Chapter 638

Chapter 638: If It Were Earlier, I Fear There Wouldn’t Be a Whole Corpse Left for You

While Xu Fan was chatting with Master Qianling, a streak of multicolored light flashed across the sky. Soon, Spirit Cut appeared before them.

"Qianling, long time no see," Spirit Cut said, his youthful face showing a hint of pride.

By now, Spirit Cut had advanced to the Golden Core Stage, boasting formidable fighting strength.

At his level, he was nearly invincible.

"I’ve been in seclusion for a while, but when I heard you were here, I had to come and see you," Spirit Cut said with a smile, his aura radiating power.

"It seems your spiritual re-cultivation has paid off handsomely," Master Qianling remarked.

He knew exactly why Spirit Cut had come—to flaunt the celestial tool sealed within him.

"Thanks to the Grand Elder’s generosity," Spirit Cut replied with a grin.

As the group of sunbathers grew from two to three, the tone of their conversation shifted, though it remained amicable.

After spending some time at the Hidden Spirit Sect, Master Qianling resumed his journey through the Extreme Void Domain.

Meanwhile, Xu Fan began to focus on his own tasks.

In the underground space, a miniature projection of Hidden Spirit Island floated in the air.

Xu Fan, First Clone, and Second Clone were debating whether to refine the entire Hidden Spirit Island into a celestial tool.

"That’s too wasteful. I suggest using a celestial tool as the framework and filling it with artifact-level components. Making it modular would make future upgrades easier," First Clone proposed.

"First Clone, think about our resources. If we make the exterior entirely artifact-level and use a celestial tool as the core, we might just finish before the main body ascends," Second Clone said, stroking his chin thoughtfully.

"Modularity is essential for future upgrades."

"I think we should focus on strengthening the sect’s formations first. Once we’re solid, dealing with internal issues will be easier," Xu Fan said, eyeing the shrunken projection of Hidden Spirit Island.

The three of them argued, each sticking to their own ideas.

Finally, Xu Fan proposed a compromise: they would follow his plan.

"Grape, based on my approach, draft the design drawings first," Xu Fan instructed.

"Understood, master."

"Take some time to rest. Once we have enough spirit ore, we’ll get to work," Xu Fan added.

"Understood, main body."

A month later, the Storm Thunder Ship returned, laden with spirit ore, spiritual herbs, and other supplies the sect needed.

"Pang Fu greets the Grand Elder," Pang Fu said respectfully.

"Did everything go smoothly?" Xu Fan asked.

"We ran into a fleet of giant beast race warships. They tried to ambush us, but I managed to evade them," Pang Fu replied calmly, as if such encounters were routine.

"Are there more giant beast race warships in the Extreme Void Domain lately?" Xu Fan asked, puzzled.

"Quite a few more than before. It seems the Elder Council’s Star Ship fleet suffered a defeat, which has led to an increase in giant beast race warships invading the human race’s territory," Pang Fu explained.

However, none of this affected his trading at all; in fact, it even increased his profits.

In the Extreme Void Domain, whenever he encountered a giant beast race warship, the Storm Thunder Ship would go full speed, leaving those giant beast race warships far behind, with even their tail lights vanishing from sight.

"This time, it matches perfectly; no wonder the Heavenly Refining Sect wanted the design drawings from me," Xu Fan said with a smile.

"Grand Elder, there are more beast race warships in the Extreme Void Domain. Among them, those organized into fleets have their leaders as moon-level warships; the Elder Council is struggling to deal with them," Pang Fu shared more intelligence.

"It seems that the world will be unsettled again," Xu Fan remarked with a sigh.

After expressing his feelings, Xu Fan turned to Pang Fu and said with a smile, "Pang Fu, you’ve been tagged."

"Tell me, who have you interacted with during this trip?"

"There are spies from the beast race among them."

From the moment Pang Fu arrived, Xu Fan sensed that something was off with him; he faintly detected a trace of causal power.

Then Xu Fan discovered that Pang Fu had indeed been tagged, and it was no ordinary tracking.

Pang Fu was alarmed.

"What should we do, Grand Elder? Will the giant beast race warships come after us?" Pang Fu asked nervously.

"Don’t worry; they are already here."

A light curtain appeared before them, revealing five giant beast race warships led by a large beast race warship, all heading toward the Hidden Spirit Sect.

Xu Fan observed this scene without a trace of panic; in fact, he felt like laughing.

"If you had come earlier, I might have been a bit scared, afraid that I couldn’t leave you all with whole corpses."

"But now, just go at ease; I will make your giant beast warships shine brighter," Xu Fan said, glancing at the sky while speaking words that Pang Fu did not understand.

"Grand Elder, do you mean it’s nothing to worry about?" Pang Fu asked cautiously.

"Of course, it’s nothing; it’s just a few giant beast warships. You did a great job this time; I’ll give you credit for that."

"Grape, have you figured out the cube yet?" Xu Fan asked, as he needed to reseal the space if it wasn’t understood.

"I haven’t completely deciphered it, but I can now infuse the strange powers emitted by the cube onto the puppets as the Grand Elder suggested, enabling them to perform rapid teleportation," Grape reported.

"That’s good; I’ll leave those five ordinary giant beast warships to you."

"As for the largest one, I will try it myself."

Ten Great Ascension stage puppets appeared behind Xu Fan, each emanating spatial power, gliding through the space like fish in water.

All the puppets that boarded the ship instantly vanished and were transported to the control room of the giant beast warship.

All the beast kings piloting the giant beast warships were suddenly attacked and captured without exception.

Only on Xu Fan’s side did an unexpected event occur; the pilot of the moon-level giant beast warship turned out to be an Invincible Beast King.

He sensed the spatial fluctuations in advance and dodged Xu Fan’s attack.

"Invincible Beast King, dare you to come out for a battle?"

"You’ve won. How do you intend to take these giant beast warships back?"

"If you lose, there’s nothing more to say; only death awaits."

At this moment, there were three additional Great Ascension stage puppets in the control room, all staring at the vigilant Invincible Beast King.

The Invincible Beast King glanced deeply at the three Great Ascension stage puppets before directly breaking the spatial seal and teleporting away.

All this happened in an instant.

Within Grape’s sensing range, the Invincible Beast King couldn’t be found at all.

"This has become quite troublesome, but thankfully…" Xu Fan looked at the other trembling beast race members in the control room and said.

Although the three puppets could match an Invincible Beast King, if he wished to escape, they could not stop him.

When they trapped Nine Sword Respected Elder, it was thanks to the combined power of the entire sect’s formation.

Now, this sudden turn of events, initially thought to involve only ordinary beast kings, unexpectedly included a wild card among them.