Chapter 488: The Monarch's Anger

"No, Renhuang's doing just fine! They're hosting a celebratory banquet at the moment.

"In addition to the humans, there are also four different alien races present in the city, and everyone gets along surprisingly well. According to one of the residents of the city, the standard of living is surprisingly high—did you know that the hunters don't even have to go out hunting on their own? They can just hire a few mercenaries to help them out!"

"We're talking about the seven-kingdom joint attack, not Renhuang!"

The original poster replied, "Didn't I mention it already? The forces from the seven sura kingdoms were all defeated!"

"I'm another hunter stationed at Renhuang, and I saw the members of Team Zenith return myself! Honestly, it was rather upsetting. We'd gathered all these people, expecting to die as we marched toward Renhuang— and then, by the time we arrived, they were already making preparations for a banquet! Don't you know how terrible we felt to have come all that way for nothing?"

More and more hunters flooded into the forums; what the replies above had described clearly was an impossible occurrence.

Someone suddenly added, "The seven sura kingdoms' forces truly were annihilated. They never appeared along their projected trajectories."

"Hold on, what do you mean?"

"The seven kingdoms' forces all vanished."

"Indeed! Don't you remember what a hubbub everyone was making while the sura forces gathered and marched to their destination? In the last two days, however, we haven't heard a single word."

"Now that you mention it..."

"Surely this can't be true!"

When Amurong received the news that Renhuang had survived against all odds, he cursed. His face turned dark. If this were true, not only had Zhang Lie survived a death sentence, the reputation that he had lost would be regained threefold, fivefold, even tenfold!

Amurong slammed a palm on his table as he shouted to his subordinates, "Verify this information, as quickly as possible! I must understand what's going on!"

The investigation was straightforward: the seven kingdoms' forces had wreaked a path of destruction toward their destination until one day, they had suddenly vanished all at once.

Some members of the world federation had even headed to the battlefields themselves and borne witness to the havoc and corpses that lay strewn all over.

There was only one possible conclusion: the seven sura kingdoms really had lost to Zhang Lie!

"I was a scout who was dispatched to confirm the defeat of the sura. Following their projected route toward Renhuang, I chanced upon an entire field filled with sura corpses. Renhuang was right—the seven kingdoms' forces really have been killed by Team Zenith!"

"I can't believe it. How could this be? Every member of Team Zenith has the ability to take down a sura king by themselves?!"

"The valley at which Shicang's army fought was truly a sight to behold! Throughout the entire valley, there was no patch of ground left uncovered by ash and blood. I can barely imagine what happened there."

Everyone was shocked. To the last, no one had believed that the members of Team Zenith would be able to deal with the seven sura kings, and Zhang Lie was widely heralded as an idiot for his decision.

It was only now that they understood Zhang Lie's absolute confidence in his team.

Just what was going on with Renhuang? How could his subordinates have the ability to deal with sura kings by themselves?! Where were all these skilled hunters coming from? They had heard of the members of Team Zenith during the Void Cup, but they didn't know Team Zenith was that strong!

It hadn't even been a year since the Void Cup ended, and the members of Team Zenith already possessed such strength!

"Thinking back, given Team Zenith's performance during the Void Cup, perhaps it was inevitable that they would grow strong enough to defeat sura kings themselves..."

Most people suddenly did an about-turn with regards to Zhang Lie and Team Zenith.

No one else dared to criticize him for being a fool and an idiot, nor did they claim that Renhuang would eventually be destroyed.

Those hunters who had been his largest detractors vanished as though they had never existed, and all the world seemed to be praising Zhang Lie for his foresight and acumen.

"Zhang Lie's amazing! His team alone was able to deal with the seven sura kingdoms!"

"Zhang Lie's my idol, the man whose actions will surely spawn a new chapter in mankind's history! No other force has ever prompted or survived an attack from seven sura kingdoms simultaneously."

"Zhang Lie's a true legend, I say!"

"The seven sura kings, defeated by a motley group of humans—I can't believe it!"

Countless hunters began to boast of Zhang Lie's accomplishments, ignoring that they had just been criticizing him moments before.

"I'd been hoping to take part in the defense against the sura, but by the time I arrived, the sura kings had all been defeated!"

The hunters of the Milky Way were astounded to hear the news. The fact that the seven sura kingdoms were working together was shocking enough, but not just that—all that it had taken to destroy them was Team Zenith! As the governor, Zhang Lie hadn't needed to take a step outside Renhuang at all.

The hunters couldn't help but wonder just how strong he had grown.

Some hunters wondered, "After Zhang Lie killed two sura kings, he drew the attention of seven that attacked him together. Now that he's killed them all, what's going to happen?"

No one dared to answer. It was clear that the sura wouldn't take this lying down, so would Renhuang face an even more critical threat in the future?

Within the palace of the monarch of stars, a pillar of bloody light burst into the heavens, destroying everything it touched.

The light burned like flames. With each yell, the flames grew larger and larger. It was evident how angry the owner of the flames was.

When the monarch of stars heard the news of the death of his godsons, he couldn't quash his anger and rage. Genetic energy burst from his body, and the images of a thousand beasts seemed to appear in his shadow.

His officials trembled as they knelt on the ground, waves of energy rippling and spreading out all around them. A stout pillar in the palace began to crack as the ground shook and rumbled.

The citizens of the empire of stars all turned to the palace and glanced at the bloody pillar of light that shone out of it. As the monarch of stars' roars echoed throughout the land, the citizens all began to kneel, lying prostrate on the ground in deep supplication.