Chapter 247 Willing to Pay the Price

"The Prison race dares to integrate it into their bodies, but we wouldn't dare to be so crazy." Yi Jiu flipped his hand and put away the drop of black water. "Afterward, it will be handed over to the research institute along with other spoils of war."

Xu Jingming and Senior Brother Jian both nodded.

They had decided before joining forces that the credit and spoils of war for dealing with the Prison race would be divided equally among the three of them!

After all, the three of them played a significant role.

Without Senior Brother Yi Jiu, the hope of killing a Prison race monarch who had mastered high-dimensional power would be slim! Without Senior Brother Jian, they wouldn't be able to trap the Prison race monarch at all. Without Xu Jingming, by the time Senior Brother Jian and Yi Jiu arrived from a distant place on a cosmic spacecraft, Fatelance would probably be dead, and the Black Serpent Monarch would have escaped long ago.

"Thank you, Mr. Yi Jiu, Mr. Jian, and this senior brother," Fatelance said politely, not recognizing Xu Jingming.

Xu Jingming nodded slightly, having no intention of revealing his identity for the time being.

"You need to put more effort into your life-saving abilities," Senior Brother Yi Jiu said with a smile. "Alright, we have other matters to attend to, so we'll be leaving first."

Xu Jingming immediately disappeared from the spot with his two companions.

Fatelance stood in the starry sky, breathing a sigh of relief. "This mysterious expert has concealed his appearance and aura. I wonder which high-ranking member of our Primordial Research Institute he is?"

The Primordial Research Institute had too many experts. There were over ten thousand Tier 10 Origin lifeforms! There was also a group of beings who had mastered high-dimensional power. Mr. Jian and Yi Jiu weren't even ranked in the top ten among the Tier 10 Origin lifeforms in the Primordial Research Institute.

"Judging from the way the three of them interacted, this mysterious expert is more humble, and Yi Jiu also addresses him as Junior Brother. He should be a senior brother who has mastered high-dimensional power but is ranked lower," Fatelance thought.

"Based on this exchange, my life-saving abilities are still weak," Fatelance pondered, similarly using space-time teleportation to leave.

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Black Iron Star.

Xu Jingming and the others returned.

"Killing the Black Serpent Monarch this time is a deterrent to the Prison race," Yi Jiu said with a smile. "The Prison race monarchs who possess high-dimensional power will be more cautious, and the more cautious they are, the fewer times they will take action."

Senior Brother Jian looked at Xu Jingming. "Junior Brother Wu Ming, when do you plan to reveal your identity?"

Xu Jingming still hadn't revealed his identity when interacting with Fatelance.

"I'm only a Tier 9 Origin lifeform now, and my lifeform is relatively fragile! If the Prison race confirms my identity, they will target me even more specifically," Xu Jingming said. "Although I have some life-saving methods, it's still better to be cautious. It won't be too late to reveal my identity after I become a Tier 10 Origin lifeform."

Currently, the only ones who know his identity are the other seven guardians of the Heavenly Python Cosmos Domain, each of whom has an extraordinary identity and knows to keep it a secret.

With so few people knowing, the possibility of a leak is extremely low.

"You must be careful. After killing the Black Serpent Monarch this time, I believe Monarch Moyou's desire to kill you will be even stronger," Yi Jiu said.

"Aren't there two senior brothers here?" Xu Jingming said with a smile.

Senior Brother Jian reminded him, "The invasion of the Nightmare World happens in an instant, and neither of us will have time to stop it. So you must be careful yourself."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

Relying on high-dimensional travel, he was still confident.

...

"The Black Serpent Monarch is dead?"

Within the virtual world that the Prison race had built at the border of the Heavenly Python Cosmos Domain, which only covered hundreds of millions of light-years, Monarch Moyou was somewhat surprised to learn of the Black Serpent Monarch's death.

After all, there were only six Prison race monarchs who had mastered high-dimensional power in the Heavenly Python Cosmos Domain, and now one had been lost.

"Now we can only confirm that Black Serpent is dead! We must wait until the Ancestor or the Emperor resurrects next time to know the process of his being killed." The figure shrouded in blood mist, a pair of dark eyes looking at the surrounding companions, "We have always been very cautious in the Heavenly Python Cosmos Domain, after all, death will result in the loss of the fused high-dimensional object. But Black Serpent still died, which should be due to unexpected circumstances. After integrating the intelligence, I can only guess that it is related to that mysterious guardian."

A figure as wide as a mountain said, "That mysterious guardian called the Dark Gun, has recently come to the front line. Black Serpent died not long after he came to the front line."

"This Dark Gun is extremely fast at space-time teleportation, which allows him to intercept and kill over a large area in a short period of time."

"It should be him bringing human experts to arrive, leaving Black Serpent no time to escape."

"I also agree that this is the most likely! There is also a possibility... that the Star Alliance that Black Serpent plundered happened to have a very powerful human expert guarding it, and that human expert was able to kill Black Serpent, preventing Black Serpent from escaping."

"How can there be so many coincidences? My perception of the future tells me that it should be related to that Dark Gun," a cloud of gray mist said.

These Prison race monarchs who had mastered high-dimensional power discussed.

Monarch Moyou was silent.

"Death is not terrible, losing the fused high-dimensional object is what we cannot bear," the gray mist said. "We have all paid a great price, and countless efforts to master the high-dimensional object. If we lose it, our strength will completely plummet."

"Moyou, before Black Serpent is resurrected and before we understand the truth of his death, I don't plan to take action again."

"I also want to wait and see."

"The only one who can be fearless of humans and solve the threat of that Dark Gun is Monarch Moyou."

These four Prison race monarchs were not afraid of death, but they were afraid of 'losing the high-dimensional object' and their strength completely plummeting after resurrection.

A significant drop in strength was more uncomfortable than killing them.

Even if they paid the price to obtain another 'high-dimensional object,' the fusion and mastery of different high-dimensional objects were different. It was possible that they would never be able to master high-dimensional power again in their lifetime.

"Leave it to me," Monarch Moyou said, and then went offline directly.

On the planet where he lived alone, inside that castle, Monarch Moyou sat alone on the throne, his sharp fingers tapping lightly on the armrest, thinking, "I had long guessed that this Dark Gun would have an impact on the battlefield, but Black Serpent died just after he came to the front line."

"He is deterring many Prison race Tier 9s, and even deterring Prison race monarchs who have mastered high-dimensional power. The impact on the entire Heavenly Python Cosmos Domain battlefield is too great."

"I am responsible for the Heavenly Python Cosmos Domain battlefield. If we completely enter a disadvantageous position, my merit will be greatly damaged."

Monarch Moyou didn't care about the deaths of his subordinates, but he cared about his own future.

"I must get rid of him as soon as possible," Monarch Moyou was extremely determined to kill.

Before that mysterious guardian came to the front line, the Prison race side was very arrogant, relying on their fearlessness of death and the leadership of Monarch Moyou and others.

Now the situation had quietly changed, and Monarch Moyou felt that he must nip this in the bud!

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Just five days later, in the Heavenly Python Cosmos Domain, the Prison race launched another plunder, and this time Monarch Moyou was still leading the team.

Whoosh!

Inside the huge cosmic spacecraft, sixteen Prison race members stood.

"The time interval is so short," Monarch Moyou thought. "I am here again to ambush, will the human side be vigilant and not let that Dark Gun perform missions again?"

"We've arrived, the Jade River Star Alliance."

Monarch Moyou looked at a vast starry sky outside, "Act separately according to the previous plan."

"Yes."

The fifteen Prison race leaders under his command all obeyed.

Soon they all left the spaceship, taking eight small cosmic spacecrafts and entering the Jade River Star Alliance.

In one of the small spaceships were Monarch Moyou and three Prison race leaders, which was definitely too much for plundering a life planet.

The three Prison race leaders were very nervous, after all, it was one of the top ten monarchs of the Prison race, who was usually strong enough to act alone. This time, he was actually taking them three to act with him? They naturally had to do their best.

"You plunder normally according to your experience, I will hide in the dark," Monarch Moyou said. "Just pretend I don't exist."

"Yes." The three Prison race leaders all obeyed.

Soon—

They came to a life planet.

After the first wave of plundering began, the three Prison race leaders plundered as usual according to the order! First, they instantly destroyed all living beings on the planet, and then put some resources into the attached space they carried.

"Can we wait for that Dark Gun?" Monarch Moyou turned into a Nightmare World, completely integrated into the real universe space. He did not intervene in the plundering operation, hiding and waiting for the most important prey.

...

"There is a mission."

In the manor, Xu Jingming immediately took Senior Brother Jian and Senior Brother Yi Jiu, and arrived at the Jade River Star Alliance 920 million light-years away with just one space-time teleportation, even accurately only about three light-years away from their destination.

"High-dimensional travel."

Last time, the three of them killed the Black Serpent Monarch. Xu Jingming knew that the Prison race would definitely be more vigilant. Although the interception never stopped, Xu Jingming acted with the highest alert.

"Whoosh."

At the moment of entering the high-dimensional space, the universe and starry sky with a diameter of more than ten light-years shrank like a model. Within this range, viewed from the perspective of the high-dimensional space, the inner and outer layers were all clearly visible.

Xu Jingming also saw that life planet!

The traces of human life on that life planet were still there, countless city buildings, means of transportation, clothing, food, etc., but there were no humans. Only three Prison race leaders were quickly plundering some valuable items from this life planet.

At the same time—

Xu Jingming also saw that a shadow shrouded that life planet, covering a vast range with a diameter of 1.2 trillion kilometers. It was like a monster, integrated into the universe and space-time.

"Nightmare World, Monarch Moyou?" Xu Jingming made a judgment in an instant.

With such a vast range, a range that even Senior Brother Jian could not completely trap, Xu Jingming could only think of that Monarch Moyou.

"Hmm?"

At the same time as Xu Jingming entered the high-dimensional space and observed the Nightmare World.

Monarch Moyou transformed into the Nightmare World, and his mental power had already reached the high-dimensional level. His mental power not only sensed the normal universe and space-time, but could also sense the high-dimensional space, unlike Xu Jingming who was blind in the high-dimensional space.

"That is—"

Monarch Moyou's mental power sensed three figures in the high-dimensional space, a black-robed youth, a cold man, and a big-headed old man.

Dark Gun, Jian, Yi Jiu!

Monarch Moyou determined it in an instant, and he immediately understood: "So the three of them acted together, Black Serpent should have died like this."

Xu Jingming saw the Nightmare World!

Monarch Moyou sensed Xu Jingming and the other two.

Both sides discovered each other at the same time!

"Senior Brother Jian, Senior Brother Yi Jiu, I'll leave it to you." Xu Jingming threw them out in an instant! He threw Senior Brother Jian and Senior Brother Yi Jiu directly out of the high-dimensional space, into that piece of universe and starry sky.

Throwing the two people out of the high-dimensional space, Xu Jingming himself didn't even go to that life planet, he turned around and fled!

Whoosh! Whoosh!!

Although Senior Brother Jian and Senior Brother Yi Jiu were very strong, they really didn't have the ability to travel in high-dimensional space. Everything could only be done with Xu Jingming taking them! At the moment of descending into the universe and space-time, the two of them took action.

Whether it was Senior Brother Jian's Mirror World, or Senior Brother Yi Jiu's mental power that reached the high-dimensional level, they could both discover the Nightmare World.

"Clatter, clatter, clatter."

The starry sky seemed to be reflected by mirrors, and under the mutual reflection of different mirrors, the reflected starry sky quickly superimposed, and the dense universe and starry sky completely trapped this area. But it only trapped less than one-tenth of the Nightmare World. Within this area, there were also those three Prison race leaders.

"No." The three Prison race leaders were shocked and angry.

"It's okay, Monarch Moyou is here."

"The Monarch will protect us."

The three of them also had confidence. Knowing the legends about the top ten monarchs, they knew very well that under the Nightmare World shrouded by Monarch Moyou, if humans wanted to kill them, they had to crush the Nightmare World first.

"Boom." Senior Brother Yi Jiu's pair of fists had already descended, and the Nightmare World was being crushed.

But Monarch Moyou didn't care at all at this moment.

A part of the world was shrouded and cut off? A part was annihilated?

Those three Prison race leaders were waiting for him to save them?

"Dark Gun!" At this moment, Monarch Moyou only had that target in his heart.

As long as he killed the Dark Gun and seized the high-dimensional treasure he possessed, the slight losses were worth it.

"Boom!"

Completely abandoning the three subordinates, and also abandoning a part of his own Nightmare World, all the mental power condensed a part of the Nightmare Force and instantly drilled into the 'high-dimensional space'. Although he couldn't travel in high-dimensional space, he was able to enter the high-dimensional space with the full mobilization of the Nightmare Force.

"Chase!"

It seemed slow to say, but in fact, Xu Jingming threw the two senior brothers out of the high-dimensional space and turned around to escape, and Monarch Moyou immediately chased after him at all costs.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Xu Jingming took one step of high-dimensional travel, and arrived at a starry sky several light-years away. Just as he was about to use space-time teleportation, he felt that space-time had solidified.

Obviously, within a certain range, the Nightmare World could seal and solidify space-time.

"I still have to travel in high-dimensional space." Xu Jingming had long known that in a confrontation with top experts, space-time teleportation had too many flaws.

But, he couldn't see in the high-dimensional space.

"If I can't see, then I'll just rush forward. At least I know the location of the Nightmare World."

Xu Jingming once again entered the high-dimensional space.

He rushed forward at the fastest speed in the high-dimensional space.

The Nightmare Force was also extending in the high-dimensional space, chasing in Xu Jingming's direction.

"It's really hard to escape in the high-dimensional space." Xu Jingming felt a great invisible resistance around him, and with the help of Little Jiu, he was able to run all the way.

Monarch Moyou was not easy either.

In the real universe and space-time, the Nightmare World he transformed into had a very large range, but in the high-dimensional space, he could only condense into 'Nightmare Force' and turn it into a line and move forward with difficulty, and the flying speed was very slow.

"Am I slower than him?"

Xu Jingming couldn't see, but Monarch Moyou's mental power could 'see'. The black-robed youth who was escaping in a straight line, the speed in the high-dimensional space... was obviously much faster than the speed of his 'linear' Nightmare Force.

Soon, as the distance became farther and farther, Xu Jingming's figure in the high-dimensional space had already escaped the range that Monarch Moyou could sense.

He couldn't sense it anymore.