Chapter 395: His Highness Is Fierce

The Sun Herders on the Sun Ship braced themselves as if facing a formidable enemy. One by one, they leaped into the air, flying high above to nervously survey the barrier enclosing the Sun Well.

The Sun Well's barrier was formed from light erupting from the well, creating an inverted hemispherical body of light that protected the Sun Well. The space extending for hundreds of miles around the Sun Well became a self-contained realm.

Qin Mu had never been to the Sun Well, but he presumed there must be other forms of concealment beyond the hemispherical light body, ensuring it wasn't so conspicuous or attention-grabbing. Otherwise, a glittering golden sphere, hundreds of miles in circumference, appearing in the Great Ruins would surely have become widely known throughout the Great Ruins and even reached the outside world long ago.

For instance, Fengdu only appears when night falls, is completely invisible, and can only be entered by chance. The Sun Well, like Fengdu, is located within the Great Ruins and might be completely invisible. Therefore, finding the Sun Well isn't easy; the foreign demon gods must have expended a great deal of effort to locate it.

The sky above the Sun Well glittered golden, as if crafted from gold foil. Suddenly, a huge face appeared on it, with a nose and eyes, trying to squeeze inside, seemingly intent on breaking through the barrier and entering the Sun Well. This face had a very long chin, like a stretched handle, with its mouth located at the very end of the chin. Its eyes were large, yet there was only one, positioned in the center of the face, appearing as if a large ball was resting on its nose bridge, making it look very peculiar.

"Which world's demon god is this?" Qin Mu was astonished, having never seen a demon god that looked like this.

Just then, squelching sounds suddenly began to emanate from all directions. Peculiar faces started appearing on the sky above the Sun Well, and in the blink of an eye, the entire sky across this hundreds-of-miles-wide area was covered with them! These faces varied in size and appearance, but their structure was identical: each had a huge, disproportionate eye in the center, a long chin, and a mouth located on the chin!

In an instant, the sky was covered with these faces. Their large eyeballs rolled around, gazing with amusement at the things inside the barrier and revealing eerie, scalp-tingling smiles.

Suddenly, the large eyeballs on all these faces simultaneously turned to look at the sun suspended in mid-air, bound by chains. All the faces simultaneously showed surprise.

"These are Replicators," the old patriarch said, his expression solemn. "They are a type of demon race. Unlike other demon races, Replicators are skilled at assimilation. When they encounter a life form, they assimilate it, transforming it into one of their own, or rather, a part of them."

Qin Mu was slightly startled. Assimilating others and turning them into their own kind, a part of themselves? Such a peculiar race existed?

"The most bizarre thing about the Replicator race is that they share a collective consciousness," the old patriarch said, a flicker of fear crossing his face before he quickly suppressed it. "If you are caught by them, your mind and consciousness will be assimilated. A single Replicator demon god often comprises millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of replications. Their collective consciousness is incredibly powerful. If you are caught, they can directly overwhelm your mind and consciousness, remaking you into a part of them!"

Ling Yuxiu, Si Yunxiang, and the others couldn't help but feel their blood run cold. If such demon gods were to break out of the Great Ruins and reach Yankang, the entire Yankang Nation would likely be transformed into Replicator demons in just a few days! With hundreds of millions of minds converging, who could possibly resist? It truly seemed as the old patriarch of the Sun Herder tribe had said: if the Sun Herders were to perish and the demon gods in the Great Ruins were to break out, the outside world would also be annihilated!

Suddenly, the faces in the sky faded and vanished. The old patriarch quickly urged, "Your Highness, please command the Sun Ship to help!"

Qin Mu immediately rushed to the pillars, reaching out to touch one. The moment his palm touched it, an incredibly immense power surged from the Sun Ship, causing his physical body to rapidly expand and his aura to climb madly. In one go, he surpassed the Seven Stars, Celestial Human, Life and Death, and Divine Bridge realms, entering an unknown domain!

Boom—! Inside him, a series of explosive sounds linked together, the sounds of his divine treasures opening in rapid succession. The activation was so fast that it seemed like only one colossal roar! Waves of divine might erupted from within him in all directions, causing space to briefly distort and ripple with the tremors of the spatial waves caused by the surging divine power.

"So powerful!" an earth-shattering sound emanated from Qin Mu. At this moment, he was one with the Sun Ship. The power transferred from the Sun Ship into his body was even greater than that from the Moon Ship. The Moon Ship's moon had extinguished and was almost shattered, but the Sun Ship's sun had been ignited by Qin Mu, greatly boosting the hidden energy within the ship! This power was likely pure Yang energy, incredibly violent, filling his heart with a desire for destruction.

Two more arms grew from his armpits, grasping two additional pillars. Qin Mu felt the power within him still surging madly. Just then, he heard a soft tearing sound. Qin Mu, surprised, turned his head to look at his backside. A thick, sturdy leg had grown from his tailbone area!

"Uh, will Sister Jing also grow a third leg?" he muttered to himself.

With three legs firmly planted on the ground, he was incredibly stable. Qin Mu's confidence soared instantly as he looked up at the sky.

The sky was unusually calm. Then, with a loud bang, a long chin punctured the Sun Well's barrier. The mouth at the end of the chin opened, and instantly, countless strange Replicator demons flew out from this enormous mouth. The Replicator demons flying out from this large mouth were like countless insects, a dense, black mass. Soon they were the size of clouds, which then grew madly, transforming into a black sea of clouds.

The sea of clouds surged, rushing down towards the Sun Ship below. Ling Yuxiu, Si Yunxiang, and the others looked up, their scalps tingling. The countless Replicator demons undulated like waves; their sheer number pouring down was so immense that they could probably overwhelm the Sun Ship in a single encounter! Meanwhile, the long mouth piercing the sky from outside continued to spew out more Replicator demons. Ling Yuxiu and Si Yunxiang had both been on battlefields, having experienced the baptism of war during the attack on Langjuxu Nation. While the scale of that battle was indeed grand, with tens of thousands of legions clashing on the plains, and divine arts practitioners, giant beasts, and flying fortresses creating a moment of flying flesh and blood upon impact, compared to the scene before them, the battlefield of Langjuxu Nation was merely a drop in the ocean, insignificant.

"Kill!" On the Sun Ship, the Sun Herders roared in unison. Each giant activated their spirit weapons, their blood boiling with fervor, preparing to meet the imminent great battle.

Fox Ling'er was also ignited by their fervor. Raising her small arms, her face flushed with excitement, she shouted loudly in her still childish voice, "Kill!" Behind her, over a dozen flood dragons grew excited, each stretching their necks, brimming with killing intent, and roaring, "Maha—!" Fox Ling'er leaped onto the back of the black flood dragon, drew a small sword, and pointed it skyward, shouting along with the dragons, "Maha—!"

The dragons were exceptionally agitated. Even before the battle erupted, they surged into the sky with the little fox, charging into the dense, black mass of approaching demons!

"That little girl Ling'er, always reckless just like the Cult Master!" Si Yunxiang was exasperated. She quickly leaped onto the back of the Dragon Qilin and charged forward, to prevent the little fox from being trapped among the enemies. Just as the Dragon Qilin took flight, Ling Yuxiu also landed on its back. The two women exchanged a glance and simultaneously exclaimed, "Be careful!"

Boom—! The Sun Ship collided with the Replicator demons. The massive hull even trembled constantly from the impact. There were only over a hundred thousand Sun Herders on the Sun Ship, while the number of Replicator demons was counted in millions and tens of millions!

Countless demons landed on the Sun Ship, and a brutal battle immediately ensued. The Sun Herder warriors, who had absorbed pure Yang energy since childhood, possessed extremely profound cultivation and astonishing combat power. Their physical bodies, in particular, far surpassed those of other races; even "infants" standing three to five zhang tall possessed innate divine strength. Their magic power was also incredibly pure. They were naturally imbued with True Pure Yang Fire and Sun True Fire, and their divine arts were wondrous. Their spirit weapons were often bells, cauldrons, swords, pagodas, and glazed stupas, which was very different from Yankang Nation, where swords and sabers dominated.

With a single strike, they were almost unmatched, directly smashing and crushing the Replicator demons. But alas, the enemies were simply too numerous. Hundreds of demons swarmed like hornets whose nest had been disturbed, rushing forward and overwhelming the Sun Herders one by one.

Swish, swish, swish. These Replicator demons opened their large eyeballs, and streams of demonic light shot out, piercing many Sun Herder warriors and leaving them riddled with holes. As long as they suffered severe injuries, it became difficult to escape the mental suppression of the Replicator demons. Several hundred Replicator demons would gather together, and streams of black light from their eyes would shine on the injured Sun Herder warriors. The warrior's face would contort, their mind and consciousness constantly altered, and they couldn't even retain their own facial features. Their eyes would rapidly converge, both eyeballs merging into one large eye in the center of the face. Their mouths would continuously shift downward, and their chins would grow longer and longer, eventually transforming them into another Replicator demon, joining the other demons to attack their own kin!

The Sun Herder patriarch, leading several elders, fought fiercely. Among the Replicator demons, there were many terrifying masters—powerful individuals who had been assimilated by the demon race. Their strength was immense, and some even wielded demon god weapons as they attacked. In his haste, the old patriarch looked up. He saw over a dozen giant dragons coiling and fighting in the sky, tearing the heavens and earth apart. These flood dragons had attracted a large number of Replicator demon experts. However, there were simply too many Replicator demons, and they were still pouring in continuously.

"Why isn't His Highness making a move?" The old patriarch had just thought of this when the Sun Ship's twelve legs suddenly moved, taking step after step towards the edge of the sky, gaining speed with each stride. This giant ship, resembling a terrestrial city, was accelerating and charging towards the sky.

"Your Highness, what are you doing?" The old patriarch furiously tore a powerful Replicator demon in two, then rushed towards the center of the Sun Ship, shouting, "Your Highness, no!"

Amidst an earth-shattering roar, the Sun Ship shattered the sky and burst out of the Sun Well's protective range!

Outside the Sun Well, a colossal Replicator demon god knelt on two legs, supporting its body with its hands, its chin plunged into the Sun Well's sky barrier. Bone wings extended from its back, composed of numerous bony segments. The bone wings continuously vibrated, occasionally flapping to stir up gusts of black wind.

The instant the Sun Ship shattered the sky barrier, it sent the demon god flying. The demon god hastily vibrated its bone wings, about to take flight, when Qin Mu, at the center of the Sun Ship, suddenly gripped the chains and exerted tremendous force, swinging the sun suspended in mid-air.

The old patriarch's gaze was blank as he stared dazedly at Qin Mu swinging the Sun Herders' sun. Using the sun as a weapon, he fiercely slammed it onto the colossal Replicator demon god, smashing the demon god to smithereens in a single blow!

"Oh my god..." The old patriarch's legs gave out, and his body went limp as he sank to the ground. "This Highness is too ferocious," he thought. "He'll do anything if he seizes an opportunity..."