The Rune Ship immediately transformed into a combat mecha, slamming out several devastating palms that pulverized the figures of the pseudo-gods into dust. The Black Snail Worms burrowed into their bodies, gnawing away their memories.

In their place, under the astonished gazes of the remaining 9,000-plus demigod soldiers, these figures stood up, walked familiarly toward the spatial jump point, selected a map, and initiated the sequence. "Enter!" The Rune Ship sped inside, taking the Black Snail Worm Legion with it.

As it departed, the old Green Rune Man couldn't resist controlling the ship to extend a metallic arm from its underside, scooping up all the Magitech Cannons, Star Storm weapons, and other armaments left on the ground. Just then— "Halt!" A furious roar erupted, shaking the very mist in the entire sky.

A figure tore through the void from afar, blowing the surrounding clouds aside as it plunged down like a falling meteor. This figure wore a white moon-robe, possessing a dashing and unrestrained demeanor.

With sharp sword-like eyebrows, star-like eyes, and a high-bridged nose, he was extraordinarily handsome, standing about nine feet tall. A purple axe mark adorned his brow—he was a member of the Great Yu Civilization!

"Fix!" The man raised his hand and pointed. As this single word fell, the entire sky seemed to freeze.

Wind and clouds became rigidly still, ceasing all transformation. All spacetime was suspended, even the Rune Ship speeding toward the spatial jump point came to an abrupt halt.

Control over time and space! This man was, without question, a true God-level powerhouse!

Inside the Rune Ship, the Black Snail Worms stood aside, sensing the aura permeating the heavens and earth. A primal dread shuddered through them; their bodies trembled like humble ants facing the immense might of the cosmos.

Ye Chen frowned, urging the old Green Rune Man, "Break the spacetime! No matter the cost in Pseudo-God Stones, we must leave!" Fortunately, the Rune Ship had now become a God-level warship, its internal spacetime differing from the outside.

Even though the Purple Axe Man had frozen external time, he couldn't freeze the interior of the ship. If it had been a Pseudo-God level vessel, it would have been completely solidified, unable even to circulate internal mechanical currents.

The old Green Rune Man chuckled, "Understood!" With permission granted, all hesitation vanished, and he activated the maximum power system. Boom!

Innumerable secret runes soared across the surface of the entire Rune Ship. As they circulated, they shredded the fabric of spacetime.

A scorching, violent flame erupted out of thin air, making the surrounding world intensely hot. The fierce flames generated themselves mid-air, requiring no fuel, yet they burned with astonishing intensity, capable of instantly melting even Pseudo-God-level weaponry into liquid.

"What!" The Moon-Robed Man's expression shifted slightly. "A God-level warship?

Since when did the White Lotus Divine Continent acquire one of these? Could it be the Scarlet Extinction Sect?

Or perhaps Yellow Springs Mountain's?" He had no time to ponder. Seeing the Rune Ship about to slip into the spatial jump point, he quickly raised his hand and tapped forward.

The purple axe mark on his brow flared with ten thousand beams of light, extending numerous purple secret patterns that enveloped his body, amplifying some unknown, mysterious power. He clenched his hand, and a massive Blood Axe, about two zhang long and carrying surging malevolent energy, materialized out of nothingness.

"Break!" The man flicked his wrist, and the Blood Axe cleaved open a torrent of crimson light, faintly imbued with purple energy, hurtling toward the Rune Ship. "Not good!" the old Green Rune Man shrieked, "This scoundrel is a Mid-Grade Deity!" Ye Chen’s heart jolted.

The power of a God-level expert was unfathomable. Even in his Heavenly Beast Superman Mode, he would struggle to contend with it.

Once caught within the expert's controlled spacetime, he would be exposed, and if the enemy froze time, all movement would be hindered. After all, his Heavenly Beast Superman Mode was only at the second tier, not particularly advanced.

"Blast it open for me!" Ye Chen commanded coldly. The old Green Rune Man looked grim and swiftly piloted the Rune Ship into its most emergency protocol.

Suddenly, brilliant fire erupted from the entire dark, ancient hull. The fire laws governing the entire vessel activated, tearing apart the frozen spacetime around them, and the ship shot rapidly toward the spatial jump point.

Every piece of God-level armament or vessel possesses a complete set of fundamental laws. Boom!

The entire Rune Ship shuddered violently. The stern section took the blow of the Blood Axe.

Innumerable laws scattered, and the hull swayed slightly, bearing a pale scar. If the true body of the Moon-Robed Man’s axe had struck, the entire ship would likely have been ripped to shreds.

Ye Chen was inwardly shaken, never expecting such a terrifying figure to be nearby. "Waaah...

wretch..." The old Green Rune Man felt a pain like a knife cutting his heart as he steered the Rune Ship into the spatial jump point, roaring, "Damn brat, Grandpa Green will definitely be back!" Then, with a flash of light, the Rune Ship vanished. The Moon-Robed Man arrived at the spatial jump point, staring at the pitch-black abyss.

He frowned slightly. If he pursued immediately, he might catch the Rune Ship, but doing so felt somewhat unworthy.

He had originally intervened because he saw the ship harboring fugitives who needed severe punishment to uphold city law! Furthermore, he stood to gain a bounty and a peak Pseudo-God vessel, a worthy price for a single intervention.

Now, chasing them would require extensive effort and likely a major battle just to secure that God-level vessel. Since there were few benefits, he couldn't be bothered, especially as he needed to remain in the city for supervision and couldn't easily leave.

Beside the spatial jump point, the 9,000 peak demigod soldiers saw the Moon-Robed Man and immediately stood straight, saluting loudly, "Greetings, City Lord!" The Moon-Robed Man waved his hand, gazing at the deep black hole, his brow furrowed in silent thought. ...

Meanwhile, within the spatial tunnel, the Rune Ship sped onward. "Jump Point Map: Proceed to Ancient Continent, Proceed to Celestial Kingdom Divine State, Proceed to East Asia Divine State, Proceed to Douluo Divine State..." "Traveling to the Ancient Continent requires 98 space stations!" "Arrival at the first space station in six hours." "Countdown commencing..." A string of information flowed into the Rune Ship via the spatial jump point's intelligent system.

Within the entire spatial tunnel, the spatial flow was safe and vast. "Finally out of the White Lotus Divine Continent," Ye Chen sighed inwardly with slight relief.

Looking through the Rune Ship’s monitors and seeing the Moon-Robed Man was not pursuing, his tension eased. "Damn it..." the old Green Rune Man grumbled indignantly, "That guy is too shameless!

A God-level powerhouse bullying us! And he damaged my ship!

Woo, next time, I'll definitely kill him!" Little Black consoled him, "When the boss returns next time, we'll beat him into a pulp!" "What is pulp?" "...It means thoroughly smashed." "Oh, then thoroughly smashed it is. Talk to me plainly, stop using flowery language.

We are not from the same civilization." "..." Ye Chen looked out through the deceleration glass and external view-ports of the God-level ship at the vast starry sky beyond. His thoughts drifted, and he murmured softly, "I have arrived..." The figure etched in his heart, picturesque and poetic, surfaced in his mind.

He quietly clenched his fist. "How much longer until the Ancient Continent from here?" Ye Chen asked the old Green Rune Man.

The old Green Rune Man replied without hesitation, "We need to transit 98 space stations in total, which will take about half a month." Ye Chen paused briefly, then frowned slightly, sighing inwardly. If the spatial jump point took this long, flying there manually, even with the Rune Ship's light-speed flight mode activated, might take many long years to reach the Ancient Continent.

Moreover, flying in that vast expanse of space might lead to encounters with gravitational storms, galactic magnetic fields, or fields of shattered meteoroids—disaster zones in space. If one stumbled into these dangerous areas carelessly, even a God-level warship would be ground into dust.

However, venturing through such a cosmos might yield rare metals, such as Meteor God Stones or Heaven-Quenching Iron—materials highly sought after for forging God-level weapons. With half a month remaining, Ye Chen knew anxiety was useless.

With a thought, he activated the Fire Civilization Space and stepped inside. Soon, he saw a large expanse of items neatly organized and displayed in the plaza.

"Master." Bai Lan approached. Ye Chen nodded slightly and took a manifest from her hand.

"Demigod Stones: 160 million; Pseudo-God Stones: 11 million; True God Stones: 1,248!" "Demigod Primary Sets: approximately 500,000 sets! Other individual armor pieces: 1,528,349!" "Demigod Intermediate Sets: approximately 380,000 sets..." The list showed that the plundered armor and elixirs this time were about 1.5 times the previous haul.

It also included four Mid-Grade Pseudo-God warships and eight Primary-Grade Pseudo-God warships. In addition to these, there were many refined elixirs capable of enhancing physique by several thousand points or extending lifespan by several thousand years.

To Ye Chen, these life-extending medicines were useless, but they would be greatly needed when activating the Blood God Mode! "The Bai Yijun family’s background suggests they should not lack these elixirs.

But since she called them ineffective, it's likely they’ve been contaminated by a virus, rendering the medicines useless, unable to extend her life even if consumed." "She only has ten years left..." Thinking of this, Ye Chen felt a sharp sting in his heart. Just then, a strange energy fluctuation arose.

From the insurmountable pile of unrecognizable junk, a small, pitch-black iron sliver, about the size of a fingernail, floated out and drifted toward Ye Chen. Simultaneously, an palm-sized iron sliver automatically floated out from Ye Chen's embrace.

It merged with the black sliver. With a flash of light, the two combined, making the palm-sized piece slightly larger.

Ye Chen froze, then summoned the black sliver into his hand. He examined it closely, channeling strength through his fingers, yet the sliver remained completely undamaged.

This piece had originally been retrieved from the brain of that small zombie girl on Earth; he hadn't expected another matching piece to be here. "Strange..." Ye Chen activated his internal demigod power to strike it, but the sliver remained inert, showing no particular reaction.

Ye Chen frowned, examining it repeatedly, still unable to discern anything special. He reluctantly placed it back in his possession, understanding that if even he couldn't decipher it, the sliver must be significant.

Just then, his embrace stirred. Little White Rabbit woke from its slumber, sniffed the air, as if sensing something.