The Ghost Demon King was enraged and couldn't help but surge toward "Zhu Chen." Ji Changkong secretly rejoiced. Transforming into a streak of brilliant light, he suddenly materialized beside the Primordial Poison.

The moment his foot touched the ground, he immediately reached out and snatched. The Dragon Radiance Blade instantly settled into his palm.

Beams of intense light roared out from the "Light Star," descending from the heavens like a torrential downpour, enveloping the entire area.

"Come!" Ji Changkong swept his hand back, an invisible force grabbing his maternal grandfather Gu Ya, Shang Bingjie, and the Primordial Poison, dragging the three of them straight toward the distant dead volcano.

The souls dodging under the intense light suddenly realized something, and they all began to mimic them, burrowing toward the surrounding dead volcanoes.

The dead volcanoes led into the interior of the star, directly into the core of this dead celestial body. As long as the "Light Star" couldn't pierce the dead star entirely, hiding in its center was indeed a good idea.

Therefore, following Ji Changkong's personal demonstration, everyone surged toward the omnipresent dead volcanoes.

Hiss, hiss!

On the side of the Meteor Sea Star Domain, several individuals were struck by the beams of intense light, their souls immediately scattering. Hei Bing and Tuo Long were among those being killed.

"Sister!"

"Brother!"

Hei Luo, Tuo Lei, and Tuo Lie cried out in agony from afar, but they were powerless to intervene.

They hadn't descended in their true bodies, unable to fully unleash the power within, making effective defense difficult. Facing these intense beams of light, their souls were utterly undefended; once struck, it meant certain death or severe injury.

While fleeing into the dead volcanoes, many others were struck down in succession.

On the side of the Solar Star Domain, quite a few people also fell victim. Their souls exploded, their life imprints vanishing completely.

With a swift grab, Ji Changkong snatched a cluster of energy swirling with residual life force, passed it to Gu Ya, and said, "Grandfather, absorb the mental energy within." Gu Ya, who was already descending toward the mouth of the dead volcano, showed hesitation. "This... I recognize this person."

"He's dead anyway; his mental energy will dissipate soon. Better to take it than waste it," Ji Changkong persuaded.

Gu Ya shook his head. "No."

"Wait a moment then." Ji Changkong rushed out of the dead volcano again, casually plucking another residual soul exploding amidst the dense light beams into his palm, and tossed it down toward the dead volcano. "This is one of Tian Lu's people."

Only then did Gu Ya nod, enveloping the dissipating soul and absorbing its residual mental energy.

"This one is from the Death Pact—two should be enough." Tossing another energy cluster down, Ji Changkong called out, "Aunt Bing, please watch over Grandfather for me."

"Oh." Aunt Shang Bingjie nodded lightly. A faint white light emanated from her Ice Crystal Dagger, enveloping the area, and she slowly flew downward with Gu Ya.

Shang Bingjie's cultivation realm was far below Gu Ya's, but she had descended in her true body, allowing her to utilize the internal Yuan force to deploy various defenses.

Although the intense lights blasting down from the "Light Star" were dense, the hidden power within them wasn't overwhelmingly terrifying. While they might be fatal to souls, they couldn't instantly kill Shang Bingjie, who possessed her actual body.

When Shang Bingjie raised the faint white light, one beam striking from outside only caused her body to tremble slightly; it failed to shatter her white light barrier.

Taking a glance, Ji Changkong inwardly relaxed. Looking toward Shang Bingjie beneath the dead volcano, he called out, "Watch Grandfather closely. I'm going out to check things."

"If you see anyone from my Shang family, help bring them over," Shang Bingjie instructed.

"Mm, I understand." He nodded. Ji Changkong manipulated the Dragon Radiance Blade.

The mouth of the dead volcano, which had deeply hidden Shang Bingjie and his grandfather, suddenly narrowed significantly, only allowing one soul-sized passage to descend.

"Kong Kong, those fellows were poisoned by me. Should I finish them off?" The Primordial Poison had returned to his shoulder, pointing to several people from the Meteor Sea Star Domain in the distance, seeking his opinion.

"What's the situation?"

"Not long after we arrived here, five elders from the Flipping Cloud Celestial Meridian came. After these five elders arrived, they immediately began..." The Primordial Poison briefly explained the situation.

"Is that so..." Ji Changkong nodded. He glanced at the opposite side from a distance and casually said, "Since Hei Luo, Tuo Lei, and Tuo Lie are unharmed, it doesn't matter if the others die. You didn't do anything wrong."

"Hehe, I think so too."

Bang, bang, bang! Bang, bang, bang!

Fierce impact sounds echoed from afar, immediately drawing the attention of Ji Changkong and the Primordial Poison.

Outside the dead star, the "Light Star" haughtily suspended in the star river was being swallowed by dense darkness. The Ghost Demon King occasionally revealed himself within the darkness, causing the "Light Star" to emit tremendous roars.

Enraged, the Ghost Demon King had taken the two "Light Stars" as enemies and began his attack.

The Ghost Demon King had also descended in physical form, gathering an extremely vast power during his time roaming the Celestial Fortune Continent. The moment he made a move, he enveloped the "Light Star" under his power.

The "Light Star" seemed to be caught in raging waves; the several-hundred-meter vessel shook under the repeated assault of the Ghost Demon King and could no longer move erratically.

"What kind of monster are you? Why are you attacking my Zak Clan?"

"Get lost!"

An angry voice came from the "Dark Star." After trembling violently for a moment, the "Light Star" finally descended above the dead star, no longer lingering in the vast star river.

It seemed the experts of the Zak Clan couldn't directly manifest in the boundless star river. Since they arrived on a "Light Star," it was clear they still feared the omnipresent, terrifying power within the star river.

These forces could potentially cause devastating harm to alien races.

The Zak Clan was likely a high-level race that feared such damage; otherwise, they wouldn't have spent a fortune acquiring the "Travelers" from the Heavenly Craft Clan.

However, once the "Light Star" was out of the star river, the Zak Clan experts immediately stopped hiding.

Five Zak Clan experts, clad in dark gold armor, suddenly flew out of the "Light Star." The five lined up, their cold eyes all focusing on the Ghost Demon King.

One of them held a Soul Plate. He shone it on the Ghost Demon King and suddenly exclaimed, "Unknown life form!"

The cold gazes of the other four Zak Clan experts simultaneously flashed with surprise. The leading figure stepped forward, studying the Ghost Demon King closely, and asked, "Did you steal our Zak Clan's Dark Star?"

"Father, it wasn't him!" A voice suddenly came from the other "Light Star." "The one below with the blade is the one who stole our 'Dark Star'!"

"It was you?" Ji Changkong looked up at the other "Light Star." He recognized the Zak Clan member speaking from the voice; it was the young leader who had escaped from him earlier.

"Indeed, it's me! Didn't expect that, did you? Our Zak Clan's revenge always comes swiftly! Boy, don't think you can travel the Infinite Star Domain just by setting up a few formations. Today, I'll show you the consequences of offending our Zak Clan!" The one hiding in the "Light Star" shouted fiercely.

"So you were the wrongdoer." The Zak Clan leader who walked out of the "Light Star" and stood facing the Ghost Demon King looked coldly down at Ji Changkong.

He turned to the Ghost Demon King and said, "This matter does not concern you; this is between our Zak Clan and him. You best not meddle."

It seemed that while he recognized the Ghost Demon King's uniqueness and knew he wasn't easy to provoke, he wasn't truly afraid of the Demon King, merely viewing him as an annoyance.

"He is mine!" The Ghost Demon King's eyes were vacant, offering no room for negotiation.

"Hmph!" The leader snorted coldly, casting a frigid glance at the Ghost Demon King. "In these few surrounding star domains, the Zak Clan has the strongest influence. You are merely a newly established race. You had best not invite utter destruction. Your strength, as a mere individual, is absolutely no match for our Zak Clan!"

"Zak Clan?" A trace of cruel ferocity flashed in the Ghost Demon King's vacant pupils. He suddenly said, "The Solar Star Domain and the Meteor Sea Star Domain will be my territory in the future. Your Zak Clan will be no exception! Since you are here, don't think of leaving. I was just about to sample the taste of your race."

As the words fell, the Ghost Demon King surged toward the five Zak Clan experts opposite him like a gust of sinister wind.

The leading Zak Clan chief's dark gold armor suddenly erupted with dark gold light. He spread his arm, and hundreds of tentacles shot out from it.

Each tentacle seemed cast from steel, gleaming with a hard metallic luster. The hundreds of tentacles, connected to his arm, extended limitlessly, instantly reaching into the sinister wind formed by the Ghost Demon King's body.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle! Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!

The hundreds of tentacles, upon entering the sinister wind, suddenly emitted a cyan electric current, a current infused with the incredibly terrifying lightning power of heaven and earth.

The Ghost Demon King's massive extended body was pierced by the cyan electric current from the hundreds of tentacles, causing it to violently tremble in the void, shaking like a tattered cloth blown by a strong wind.

"How does this 'Cyan Arc Lightning' taste?" The Zak Clan leader manipulated his hand, churning the hundreds of metallic tentacles, beginning to tear apart the essence of the Ghost Demon King's body. The sinister wind gradually dissipated, revealing the Ghost Demon King's body, riddled with holes and emitting thick smoke, even his soul appearing weak and exhausted.

The Zak Clan's "Cyan Arc Lightning" could indeed harm the Ghost Demon King!

The other four Zak Clan members watched the Ghost Demon King coldly, a hint of mockery in their eyes, seemingly finding the Ghost Demon King nothing special.

"They are done for," the Primordial Poison muttered quietly. "If the Ghost Demon King were this easy to deal with, we would have wiped him out countless times already. They will never imagine how terrifying this Ghost Demon King truly is."

"Not so bad," a voice emerged from the Ghost Demon King's fragmented body. It was incredibly strange; his mangled limbs and tendons writhed and reassembled, and in an instant, the Ghost Demon King was restored to normal.

And the "Cyan Arc Lightning" continued to shoot out electric sparks, yet the Ghost Demon King remained completely unharmed. He seemed to have achieved immunity.

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