From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword

Above Gravity District, tens of thousands of multi-purpose drones danced in midair, casting high explosive burning bombs, glacier bombs, plasma bombs, and other special explosives towards the writhing metal below.

Armed with the intelligence provided by Lu Heng, the Sikes Civilization Army had calculated the best plan of action in a very short amount of time.

The metal outer layer of the metal sarcomas had no vital signs. To cause damage, it was necessary to inflict effective damage on the capillary tentacles inside the metal layer.

These capillary tentacles of the Abyss Meat Tumor, like blood vessels, were hidden beneath the metal layer, and ordinary ammunition could hardly damage them.

However, metal had one characteristic: it was a good conductor of electricity and heat.

The thousands of degrees of high temperature caused by the high explosive burning bombs could melt the relatively thin metal layer, the scorching heat injuring the internal capillary tentacles.

Glacier bombs, on the other hand, exploded with extremity high temperatures, freezing the metal and reducing its mobility, thereby slowing the spread of the metal sarcoma.

Drones fluttering all over the sky were dropping all kinds of ammunition weapons, causing massive explosions on the surface of the metal sarcoma.

The metal sarcoma stretched out hundreds of meters long metal tentacles, flailing and lashing at the drones in the air.

Drones were equipped with evasion function modules, allowing them to dodge most of the tentacle attacks, but the metal tentacles still had a hit rate of about 10%.

With hundreds of metal tentacles striking, drones were blasted out of the sky and fell down every second.

On the ground.

Tens of thousands of mechanical guards wielding machine guns and ray weapons attacked the metal sarcoma.

However, small caliber kinetic energy weapons hardly caused any damage to the metal sarcoma, and ray weapons could only melt small holes on the surface of the metal sarcoma, with a very low attack efficiency.

As the metal sarcoma continued to spread, metal tentacles extended out and quickly ingested any mechanical guards they entangled into their bodies.

In an instant, the metallic material of the mechanical guards became part of the metal sarcoma.

Furthermore, thousands of Mechanical War Generals were attacking the metal sarcoma with more powerful weapons, but they could only slow the pace at which the metal sarcoma spread.

Meanwhile.

In the underground laboratory.

Su Muyu, following the command, raised a hand to beckon the Chongming Bird and cast Solar Wind.

The melting point of steel was around 1,500 degrees.

Blowing metal sarcoma with Solar Wind, reaching tens of thousands of degrees, was like a gale hitting the surface of the water; the metal layer melted into liquid iron and was scattered and splattered by the wind.

The metal layer melted at an extremely fast rate; layer by layer it was peeled away by the Solar Wind, and a cavity was opened in just a few moments.

This underground laboratory was where the main body of the metal sarcoma was hidden, so the majority of its mass remained here.

After the metal layer was broken, a pitch-black Abyss Meat Tumor began to emerge, scorched by the Solar Wind, emitting a pungent burnt odor.

At this moment, the Abyss Meat Tumor was writhing, squeezing its tumor into the metal layer, beginning to relocate.

The metal layer had no vital signs, but the capillary tentacles inside did.

The Abyss Meat Tumor could transfer its mass along the metal tentacles; if it managed to disperse its body mass, it would become difficult to eradicate completely.

Since this experiment had just been released and hadn't yet had the chance to transfer mass, most of its body was still in this underground laboratory.

Lu Heng pointed a hand towards the Abyss Meat Tumor behind the metal layer and commanded, "Attack the Abyss Meat Tumor with full force, use Thunderfire Attacks!"

As he spoke, Lu Heng had already released his Divine Embodiment. His original body and Divine Embodiment charged out together, breaking the sound barrier and simultaneously unleashing the Wind Dragon Breathless Slash.

Roar! Roar!

Two Wind Dragons emerged from the void, stirring up a storm, striking at the Abyss Meat Tumor.

Lu Heng's current level of Wind Dragon Breathless Slash was still LV1, but with both his body and avatar executing Wind Dragon Breathless Slash, the power of the two dragons surpassed LV2.

The Wind Dragons raised countless Tornado Blades, slicing at the Abyss Meat Tumor.

After unleashing the Wind Dragon Breathless Slash, Lu Heng raised his hand to release an upgraded Thunder Force Field.

Torrents of Power of thunder and lightning were woven into a field, covering a 20-meter radius, and relentless thunder continuously bombarded the Abyss Meat Tumor.

Shortly after, the Divine Embodiment exhausted all of its Source Energy to release a second Thunder Force Field.

Two Thunder Force Fields plummeted down, instantly turning half of the underground laboratory into a world of thunder.

The Thunder Force Field skill had a second Skill Effect.

[Skill Effect 2: Spellcasters attacking within the Thunder Force Field inflict additional Thunder Damage. Thunder Damage = 3×Spiritual Power.]

Lu Heng launched attacks within the field, each attack accompanied by Thunder Damage.

In other words, the higher the frequency of the attack method, the more Thunder Damage was inflicted.

Which technique had the highest attack frequency?

Indeed, Wind Dragon Breathless Slash could unleash tens of thousands of Tornado Blades, densely cutting the target.

Lu Heng had already tested the power when combining the two skills previously.

The Tornado Blades unleashed by Wind Dragon Breathless Slash could carry the Thunder Damage from the Thunder Force Field.

Now with two Wind Dragons and two Thunder Force Fields combined, the high-frequency slicing Tornado Blades transformed into Wind Thunder Blades, each cut bringing thunder, and in the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of Thunder Damages were dealt.

Lu Heng's spiritual attribute had reached an impressive 115 points, with each attack dealing thunder damage equal to 3×spiritual power.

That is to say, each slash of the Wind Blade could deal 345 points of thunder damage.

Wind Dragon Breathless Slash, when released in the order of ten thousand slashes, could immediately unleash tons of thunder damage.

Millions of points of thunder damage tore the Abyss Meat Tumor into fragments, searing it into charcoal, furiously scattering it into the skies as ash.

[Destroyed 70% of the Abyss Meat Tumor's body and absorbed 20,000 points of energy.]

An energy tide surged within his body once more, breaking through the level limit.

[Source Energy Level has risen to 41, All Attributes +5, Agility Attribute +1.5 extra]

After the raging thunder and Wind Dragon had done their work, Jian Qing led several teams to follow up with attacks, cleaning up the remaining Abyss Meat Tumors in the laboratory.

Once the destruction of the Abyss Meat Tumors reached 90%, Jian Qing saw the second challenge task, "Eliminate the Abyss Pollution Source," show as completed.

To completely eradicate an Abyss Pollution Source like the Abyss Meat Tumor required a lengthy amount of time.

Therefore, similar tasks would be considered complete once 80% or 90% completion was reached.

The core body of the Metal Sarcoma Experiment had been destroyed, and its outward spreading actions had ceased.

Without more capillary tentacles extending outward, it could no longer control the metal expansion.

Having destroyed 90% of the Abyss Meat Tumor, the time had gradually approached midnight.

The time for the summoned to return had arrived.

Jian Qing, upon seeing the completion prompt for the world task and selecting her reward, turned to face Lu Heng and waved her hand, "It's time to return, we've got to go."

Lu Heng also waved back, "See you on Blue Star."

"See you on Blue Star," Jian Qing echoed, and then instructed her team of warriors to return, before teleporting away with them.

One by one, the superpower users participating in the battle returned, disappearing from sight.

In the end, only five people, including Lu Heng, remained.

Yuan Yaoyao let out a breath and said, "We won, that was too close."

"Let us leave this place as well, leave the rest for the Sikes Civilization to handle," Lu Heng said and then led his team away, returning to the Mitchell Greenhouse Apartments.

Since Lu Heng and his group had not been summoned, they had no need to go through the return process; they could teleport back whenever they wished, but they needed to return to the Xavier Matrix and take a space transmitter back.

Although 90% of the body of the Metal Sarcoma Experiment had been destroyed, 10% of the Abyss Meat Tumor material was still scattered underneath the Gravity District.

These remnants were mainly capillary tentacles within the metal layers.

Though small in size and mass, given enough nutrients, they could still grow into Abyss Meat Tumors.

Hence, the subsequent cleanup mission was going to be a lengthy task.

Of course, this was nothing for Lu Heng to worry about, the Sikes Civilization would naturally handle it.

In his previous life, the reason the Sikes Civilization failed to save Queen Star was because they initially couldn't find a solution to combat the Metal Sarcoma Experiment.

By the time they figured out how to destroy it, the Metal Sarcoma had already consumed over a dozen cities and was beyond containment.

All subsequent resistance was merely stalling for time.

This time, with Lu Heng arriving with memories of his past life, he informed the Sikes Civilization of the method to destroy the Metal Sarcoma Experiment eight months in advance, and personally took part in obliterating most of the Metal Sarcoma Experiment's body.

This crisis had been averted.

...

After the battle, the Sikes Civilization cordoned off the surrounding areas of the Gravity District and began the final cleanup of the Abyss Meat Tumor.

According to calculations by the Sikes Civilization's Central System, this work would continue for half a year before the Abyss Meat Tumor could be completely eradicated.

The next morning.

Yeliana Sikes, herself, came to visit, awarding permanent Sikes visas to Lu Heng and his group on behalf of the Sikes Civilization, allowing them freedom of movement on all Sikes planets.

Of course, such visas wouldn't grant access to classified buildings, with privileges similar to those of an average Sikes citizen.

Hence, there was no need for Lu Heng's group to find an escort this time; they could simply buy their ship tickets back to Second Gaia Star through regular channels.

A day later, Lu Heng's group boarded an interstellar flight and returned to Second Gaia Star, meeting with the Xavier Matrix.

This meeting was also a farewell.

After spending nearly ten days with the Sikes Civilization, it was time for them to return.

After all, every additional day spent there consumed more Divine Energy.

Before teleporting back, Lu Heng inquired about the Pharaoh's team.

The Xavier Matrix had indeed monitored relevant information, "The team has returned. Half an hour before the return time, they launched a surprise attack on the Antimatter Research Institute but encountered fierce resistance.

"They couldn't break into the Antimatter Research Institute and had to wait until the return time to teleport back."

Upon hearing this, Lu Heng sighed softly.

Although the team from the Creator Organization had not managed to obtain the antimatter technology data, they had learned Lu Heng's secret.

In fact, his initial objective for teleporting here was to prevent the Creator Organization's team from getting intelligence. In the end, they managed to bring the information back with them.