Chapter 771: A Problematic Super Star, Big Trouble

A great battle had ended.

Cleaning up the battlefield and collecting the spoils of war were all part of the necessary, standard procedure.

This time, the haul was undoubtedly bountiful: a damaged Sun God-level Spaceship, the vast wealth of a veteran Sun God…

Of course, the greatest gains were the “Knowledge Is Power” skill jumping two levels in a row to become a Rank 9 skill, and its subsequent reaction with the Divine Grace of Evolution, which caused a qualitative change.

And on top of that, he had obtained a new skill from Yua Shan: “Sword of Ban-Breaking”!

Sword of Ban-Breaking (Rank 9 Divine Skill): Condenses a long sword that can shatter rules.

The skill’s effect was simple but practical—one sword to break all techniques.

Additionally, he fed all the flesh and blood energy from the Mutated Giant Ape and Yua Shan to his Artifact Seed, bringing it just a hair’s breadth away from upgrading into a Rank 9 Divine Artifact.

He had also plundered a large amount of Power of Origin from Yua Shan, pushing the completion of Su Ze’s Beast Race Origin Gene past 50%. As a veteran Sun God, Yua Shan’s body contained not only the Beast Race’s Power of Origin but also a large quantity of highly complete Origin Genes from other races.

This massive wave of gains had sent Su Ze’s strength soaring once again.

However, it still fell a little short compared to the Genetic Enhancement from “Knowledge Is Power.”

Su Ze hadn’t expected the Genetic Enhancement to be so potent. Or rather, the Rank 9 “Knowledge Is Power” wasn’t supposed to be this strong; after all, its effect on the Mutated Giant Ape hadn’t been this powerful.

But after reaching Rank 9, the skill had undergone a chain reaction with the Divine Grace of Evolution, causing it to truly transform.

Su Ze’s original combat power was only equivalent to the weakest of Sun Gods, but after undergoing Genetic Enhancement more than twenty times, he could now rival a top-tier Sun God!

At this point, perhaps only a Sun God from a Dominator Race could stand against him.

A Sun God like Yua Shan, from a barely first-rate race, was no longer a worthy opponent.

After obtaining the new skill “Sword of Ban-Breaking,” Su Ze underwent another Genetic Enhancement. He could clearly feel the magnitude of a single enhancement and felt that this skill was becoming abnormally strong, unlike a normal Rank 9 Divine Skill.

Before its attempted fusion with the Divine Grace of Evolution, “Knowledge Is Power” had the strength of a normal Rank 9 Divine Skill. After the fusion failed, it underwent a qualitative change but remained a Rank 9 Divine Skill.

‘This seems a bit unreasonable.’

But on second thought, Su Ze realized that as a Moon God, mastering a Rank 9 skill was already his limit. ‘Surely I can’t master an Ancestral God Skill, right?’

‘Perhaps my own evolutionary level is limiting the skill level of “Knowledge Is Power”?’

‘I’ll wait until I complete my ninth evolution and see if there are any changes to this skill then…’

Putting his thoughts aside, Su Ze led his people aboard the spaceship Yua Shan had left behind.

First, they deactivated the spatial lockdown from the Space Net. Then, they immediately left the area to prevent any of Yua Shan’s potential reinforcements from arriving.

Su Ze led the group to a random, uninhabited planet to set down. His first order of business was to dismantle the Space Net from Yua Shan’s Sun God-level Spaceship, the Watchman.

They didn’t have the authorization to control this spaceship yet, and it also had damage that needed to be repaired. Su Ze planned to find a large Public Planet later to crack its systems and fix it.

However, considering this was Yua Shan’s ship and he was from the Four Beasts Commerce Association, it would be best to deal with the vessel in the territory of a race hostile to the Beast Race to avoid future trouble.

The Pope installed the dismantled Space Net onto the Magic Cube, and the Star-Catching Net it replaced was given to the Hero.

Finally, the group boarded the Magic Cube and continued their journey toward the Super Star.

The Magic Cube had been given a massive overhaul; various components had been salvaged from other ships and replaced with high-end parts.

The Super Star was located in an extremely remote, desolate, and far-flung corner of the universe. Otherwise, it would have been discovered long ago.

But because of this, it would take them a considerable amount of time to get there.

Although they had confirmed the Super Star was still ownerless, Su Ze worried about other potential mishaps along the way. Therefore, he didn’t stop to hunt any more pirates and proceeded at full speed.

…

“I have to say, this really is a godforsaken place.”

Old Waller, piloting the ship, couldn’t help but complain.

They were already very close to the Super Star, with less than a day’s journey remaining.

For the last half-month, the journey had been unprecedentedly desolate.

They hadn’t encountered a single living being, seen a single passing ship, or even found a single habitable planet.

“To think such a barren wasteland exists in the universe.” Even the Pope couldn’t help but marvel.

Desolate and lifeless places weren’t unheard of, but one as vast and empty as this was a rare sight. The key was that this region covered an immense area.

The Magic Cube had been flying at full speed for half a month and still hadn’t crossed through the region.

From time to time, someone would glance at Mage, wondering what this botanist from the Tree Spirit Race was thinking, running around in such a godforsaken place.

‘To study plants?’

‘What damn plants are there to study here?!’

They couldn’t even find a single patch of soil that could support plant life.

The planets here either had extremely harsh environments or were dead planets that had already exhausted their energy.

「A long time later…」

Someone on the ship cried out in surprise, “I see it!”

“Light! It’s sunlight!”

They had finally seen a ray of light from the Super Star.

This was sunlight from the Super Star that had been projected over an immense distance, diluted countless times, and had lost a massive amount of energy. Although it still contained more energy than the light from an ordinary sun, it could no longer be considered true Super Star Energy.