Chapter 570

Chapter 570: Giant Beasts in the Extreme Void

"Rest and heal; I’ll help you get another Star Ship soon."

"With some modifications, those three moon-level giant beast race warships can be assembled into a Star Ship that’s as good as Hidden Spirit No. 2," Xu Fan reassured.

"Thank you, Grand Elder, but before I recover, there’s something important I need to tell you," Spirit Cut said after a moment of thought.

"Both the giant beasts and those giant beast race warships seem to be guarding a specific area."

"The last message from the probe indicated that at least nine giant beast warships are stationed there," Spirit Cut recalled.

At that moment, Xu Fan had an idea and took out the star stone from Pang Fu.

"Can you show me exactly where that area is?"

Xu Fan waved his hand, projecting the star map of the Extreme Void Domain detected by the Star Ship.

Spirit Cut looked at it and pointed to the area where they had encountered the giant beast warships.

As Xu Fan gazed at that area, his eyes flickered with streams of light. He held the star stone and slowly closed his eyes.

After a long pause, Xu Fan said, "It matches."

"Do you know what they’re guarding, Grand Elder?" Spirit Cut asked, puzzled.

"It’s likely a secret realm connected to the Thousand Worlds."

"There’s probably something inside that the beast race desperately needs," Xu Fan explained.

"If they’ve sent such a large force, whatever they’re after must be crucial to the War between Realms."

"Should we report this to the Elder Council?" Spirit Cut suggested.

"Good idea, but I think the Elder Council already knows."

"After all, it’s been over a month; Master Qianling should be back by now," Xu Fan said thoughtfully.

Just then, a battered classic Star Ship arrived over Lin Sen Fairy City from the Extreme Void Domain.

Soon, it landed on the surface of the Ten Thousand-Mile Giant Lake.

The avatar of the Grand Elder of Qianling Sect and Master Qianling entered the Hidden Spirit Sect.

"Has Spirit Cut returned?" Master Qianling asked anxiously.

"Don’t worry, respected elder; Spirit Cut is healing in the sect and is doing fine," Xu Fan replied.

Then, he turned to the avatar of the Grand Elder of Qianling Sect.

"Thank you for helping our sect stop the pursuing giant beasts," Xu Fan said gratefully.

From Spirit Cut’s account, Xu Fan knew that Qianling Sect had intercepted more than half of the giant beast race warships when Hidden Spirit No. 2 fell.

"It’s a shame; if I had noticed sooner, your Star Ship wouldn’t have been destroyed."

Master Qianling’s voice was heavy as he looked at the fallen Star Ship, a sibling to the classic Star Ship, feeling a deep sadness.

"Don’t blame yourself; the beast race hid their plans too well for us to detect," Xu Fan reassured him.

Though Xu Fan felt a pang of regret over the loss of Hidden Spirit No. 2, he didn’t dwell on it too much.

It was like a car owner and a car manufacturer losing their vehicles; the manufacturer only lost the cost of production.

The three of them chatted as they arrived at Spirit Cut’s cave.

"Spirit Cut, seeing you safe puts my mind at ease," Master Qianling sighed with relief.

"I’m fine. I said before I left in the morning that I would definitely return safely," Spirit Cut replied with a smile.

"…"

"Haha, let’s not talk about the Grand Elder’s divination. I have something good to show you."

"Find a wide, flat area; this is quite large," Master Qianling said with a smile.

His words piqued Spirit Cut’s interest, and soon they arrived at a plain behind the main peak.

"When the avatar was entangled with that giant beast in the Extreme Void Domain, something happened that seemed to anger the Grand Elder."

"He directly used his avatar as a medium, paying a huge price to bring his true form down to battle the giant beast."

"He even employed a celestial tool to suppress the sect and the Avatar Jade Talismans left by generations of Grand Elders."

"In the end, he slayed this creature."

Master Qianling waved his hand, and a giant beast resembling a dragon appeared on the plain, stretching thousands of feet long.

The massive weight of the giant beast landed, shaking the entire Hidden Spirit Island.

"The Grand Elder of Qianling Sect defeated this giant beast!" Spirit Cut exclaimed in shock.

"The Grand Elder used everything he had; if he didn’t kill this giant beast, it would be quite a loss," Master Qianling remarked.

To slay the giant beast, Master Qianling showed great respect for the mighty forms of the invincible respected elders who had ascended from Qianling Sect throughout history.

It took the combined power of the Grand Elder’s avatar along with four rare Avatar Jade Talismans from generations of invincible respected elders to bring down the giant beast.

Xu Fan gazed at the giant beast, now half-ahead exploded, with countless ideas swirling in his mind.

"So this time I came to see if the Grand Elder can use this giant beast’s body to craft a Star Ship," Master Qianling said with a hint of hope.

"Of course, we can craft a Star Ship; the skeleton of the giant beast can serve as the keel."

"Its outer skin can be used for the Star Ship, and with a bit of artifact-level spirit ore added, we can create a Star Ship with incredible Defensive Strength," Xu Fan remarked as he looked at the massive dragon-like giant beast.

"But does your sect really intend to let me use this giant beast to craft a Star Ship?"

"When the Grand Elder’s true form arrived and saw this giant beast, his first thought was to kill it and have the Grand Elder craft a Star Ship."

"If it weren’t for the need for an invincible respected elder-level fighting strength to hold the fort, the Grand Elder would probably have come to discuss this in person," Master Qianling added.

"Disassembling this giant beast could allow us to craft one large and one small Star Ship."

Xu Fan took a step and leaped beside the giant beast, placing a hand gently on its refined outer skin.

"What’s most valuable is that the outer skin of this giant beast contains a vast amount of spatial force; once crafted into a Star Ship, it can enable long-distance teleportation at certain costs."

Xu Fan sensed the abundant spatial force within the giant beast’s outer skin, already thinking of the formation to be inscribed once it was turned into a Star Ship.

"What kind of cost is required for teleportation?" Master Qianling asked with delight.

"Approximately three times the consumption needed to teleport a Star Ship of the same size before the spatial seal was established," Xu Fan estimated.

"Three times the consumption!" Master Qianling exclaimed.

It wasn’t because it was too much but rather because it was too little—under the spatial seal, teleportation usually cost at least a hundred times more.

"If the spatial formation inscribed is slightly optimized, the consumption may be even less," Xu Fan replied, smiling.

"Grand Elder, once crafted, how about the large Star Ship goes to me, the small one to you, and we split the remaining flesh and organs of the giant beast that can be made into magical treasures?" Master Qianling suggested.

If the Grand Elder hadn’t mentioned it, he truly considered giving these things away for free.

Deep down, he had already seen himself as one of the Hidden Spirit Sect.