Chapter 4132 – The First Shock

The Tian Jiu Cult had arrived.

In fact, Tianming had already tracked their positions several days earlier. At this point, Yin Chen’ range of surveillance was such that it had already begun to infiltrate the five other maniverse-class worlds.

Tianming was aware of what the people of the entire Primordial Sands were thinking. He was also fully aware how many astralships and cosmic gods the Tian Jiu Cult had.

An uproarious roar immediately swept across the Grand Jiang when they saw the Tian Jiu Cult fleet. They were like a group of small beasts hiding in a cave and seeing packs of tigers and wolves arrive. They felt confident in their position, so they aggressively howled at the Tian Jiu Cult fleet first.

However, the fleet’s first target really was the golden crystal star.

𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

“The Tian Jiu Cult is still putting on their act?” Feng Buhuo shook his head with contempt.

“Then that brat’s in danger... Wouldn’t it be bad for us if he lost that astralship?” Granny Pu was fuming. After all her careful calculations, this brat still managed to drag them down.

Tens of thousands of astralships, all at least fortuna class, blotted out the heavens as they approached the golden crystal star!

“The eternal Tian Jiu is invincible!” The unified chant shook the entire Grand Jiang.

Astralship after astralship opened up, unloading giants in a steady stream. More than ninety million cosmic gods got into a military formation, far more disciplined than the cosmic god army of the Grand Jiang.

This army had both numbers and fanaticism, bringing a truly immense oppression.

Their fighting spirit was obvious, carrying the energy of a desperate struggle. Such resolution was suffocating.

“We respectfully welcome the Pope and the Ten Paladins!”

Amid this passionate proclamation, a ten-thousand-meter-tall astral giant exited the central astralship, an imperial-class spherical vessel.

In comparison with Lord Yue’s elegance, this Tian Jiu Cult Pope was even more unusual. His body’s left side was black and the right side was white, as if black and white stars had merged together. He was tall and slender, with androgynous features and an extremely strange and sinister attractiveness. His black-and-white robe spread and fluttered in the starry sky as his divine light blazed!

With such a presence, it was no wonder he had had so many fervent followers.

Even though the Ten Paladins behind him were themselves thousands of meters tall, comparable to starlords, the ten of them together could not overshadow his presence.

“We greet the pope!” The ninety million cosmic gods knelt down in the void. Such fanaticism almost made Tianming think this pope also had an emperor system...

“Rise.” Amid the gaze of the masses, the pope lightly raised a finger and commanded. His voice sounded like a man’s, but carried an extremely bewitching element making Tianming’s hair stand on end.

After arriving here, the Tian Jiu Cult did not rush to attack, so Tianming also wanted to see what they intended.

The pope turned towards the Grand Jiang.

“Heh.” It was simply a short and simple laugh, saying nothing, but it carried such mockery and disdain that the primalwingers were infuriated.

“The pope has made the tiring journey from afar, bringing a retinue of ninety million cosmic gods. Could it be to invade us, and thus invite the scorn of countless generations?” Lord Yue’s tone was sonorous and righteous, a sharp contrast to the pope’s eerie tone.

The pope didn’t bother responding at all. Instead, he proclaimed to his army, “Ancestor Tian Jiu has graced the world once more. We’ve undertaken a grand odyssey here, with the sole hope of respectfully welcoming the ancestor home.”

“We wish to respectfully welcome the ancestor home!” The ninety million cosmic god army shouted fervently in unison, gazing at the golden crystal star.

“Sure, keep acting,” Granny Pu folded her arms and sneered.

The pope pointed, and the astralships started up. Connections sprung up between them to unfurl a gigantic white net that spread out.

“Ancestor...” Countless Jiang clan cosmic gods looked upon this scene, grief nearly making them cry blood.

“Everyone must stay calm, do not fall for the Tian Jiu Cult’s trick!” Granny Pu reminded loudly.

“No one is to leave the astralguard formation,” Lord Yue’s majestic voice added.

Still, many cosmic gods felt unspeakably helpless and pained. “No matter what, they will surely desecrate the Ancestor...”

As for Tianming, they forgot all about him.

“Be careful, do not disturb the Ancestor,” a woman of the Tian Jiu Cult, pitch-black in skin yet fiery and alluring, gave orders. She was one of the Ten Paladins, Mo Lingji. Yin Chen’s intel had shared that she was one of the pope’s closest confidants.

The vast net was positioned beneath the golden crystal star, only needing to be lifted upward to wrap around it!

Tianming and the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb were also within the range of being caught.

“These two factions really treat me like a fly, huh?” Tianming’s anger surged.

“Whack them!” Ying Huo clamored.

“Then whack we shall!” Tianming immediately gathered the nova source of the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb. The Ninedragon Imperial Tomb alit with dazzling pink radiance as its nine gigantic dragon heads condensed a pink sphere of light!

As the net closed in, the Ninedragon Overlord blasted out. As soon as the Ninedragon Imperial Tomb acted, it would become the centre of the universe. That pink light sphere transformed into nine colossal astral dragons that smashed into the net.

The net was instantly torn apart, while the tens of thousands of astralships dragging it were all blown away, some nearly even crashing into the Grand Jiang!

A pink storm of destruction rolled and raged.

“What is that?” The Tian Jiu Cult army were dumbfounded, watching their painstaking preparations ruined.

What a humiliation, tens of thousands of astralships had lost to a single astralship! “This astralship was actually that powerful?”