Mystical Journey

Meanwhile, within the Federation of Energy Machinists, these few people were the strongest in Level Nine. They each represented the fifteen strongest large-sized sects within the Big Three Sects. There would generally be more than a few strong individuals in the Big Three Sects who were Level Nine. Moreover, they were generally found in states of semi-seclusion and would never act rashly. All the famous powerhouses were Level Nine Peaks. Every one of them was an experienced veteran who had fought in numerous battles. Hence, they were not opponents that others would want to go up against.

"There will probably be a tough battle after that," Garen said softly while exhaling slowly. Within a few short days, he had reached the limit of his abilities to control such a huge amount of strength. There were five Level Nine powerhouses, two of whom were Level Nine Peaks. There were eighteen of them including the Level Eight Peak Guardian who had undergone parasitism.

During these few days, the Distorted Seed unleashed unimaginably terrifying effects. It resembled a rolling snowball that kept getting bigger.

However, the Energy Machinists were not idiots. Instead, they were merely caught unprepared during the attack. Moreover, those at the top were already aware of the Mech Pilots' plot. Hence, their energy was mainly focused in that area now. They had temporarily no time to attend to Garen and this allowed him to develop himself steadily for three days.

After all, neither the lower medium-sized sects nor the small-sized sects were threats in the eyes of the higher grades. Meanwhile, when the total number of medium-sized sects were added up, how many Level Nines were there? Even if all of them joined together, they would not necessarily be able to defeat a large-sized sect, much less giants like the Big Three Sects that stood at the very top.

However, no one could imagine that Garen could actually increase the strength of the powerhouses tremendously. He upgraded numerous Level Eight powerhouses to either Level Eight Peaks or Level Nines while upgrading the Level Nines to Level Nine Peaks. Terrifying increment like this allowed Garen to form an enormous organization of power quickly. His current power was already almost on par with most large-sized Level Nine sects.

With Scarlet Snow as the center, he had occupied large stretches of Star Regions in his surroundings to form the Scarlet Snow Alliance.

"Everyone, return to the base," Garen commanded briefly. Scarlet Snow's ship convoys opened the jumping wormhole immediately and flew towards their own planet.

The next task that he needed to undertake was to wait for the response of the Federation of Energy Machinists. However, Garen could predict that he already possessed sufficient power in the circumstance where he did not stir the interests of the large-sized sects. Thus, there was a high likelihood that the conclusion would be as he had expected…

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In the cold dark universe.

A small shroud of white gas enlarged and quickly expanded into the size of a human. A tall man who wore white earrings walked out slowly. There was a straightforward and sincere smile on his face. One of his eyes was red while the other was as blue as a crystal of the most superior purity.

"You actually took the opportunity to annex my territories while I was facing trouble. How interesting…"

He glanced in the direction of Planet Scarlet Snow from afar and licked his lips.

Suddenly, a red meteor shot directly in his direction from afar. It brought along a gigantic mass that was generally associated with planets and pulled the gravitational force towards the man firmly when it charged at him.

"Still not giving up?!" The white-haired man's expression changed slightly and he cursed the other person in a furious but quiet tone. He turned around and left before turning into a shroud of white gas and disappearing from his original location.

The red meteor did not display any signs of stopping. Instead, it rushed towards the Star Region on another side directly.

Not long after, a burst of bewitching red light suddenly exploded in the faraway Star Region. The redness diffused throughout all four corners and dyed the numerous planets in bright scarlet shades.

"Carthage, save me quickly!!" yelled a voice in the middle of the red light explosion.

"No one can save you now!" said a different voice of a young girl loudly in a pleased tone. "Hehehe, you can keep screaming! No one will save you even if you scream until your throat is damaged!"

The red light became more blinding.

"Holy Lord Phoenix, don't bully others!! Don't assume that I'm afraid of you!! Ahh!!" A painful scream could be heard before the sentence trailed off.

On the other side, a white silhouette floated in outer space quietly while glancing at the center of the glittering red light without moving at all. A long white sword hung at his waist. The plain-looking white robe that covered his entire body and the apathetic expression on his face gave off a strange cold disposition.

While glancing at the glimmering red light, Carthage did not display the slightest intention of making a move.

"Scarlet Snow Sect… Looks like it's time for me to return…"

Whoosh!

A white meteor shot over suddenly from afar and struck his body violently before disappearing completely in the blink of an eye.

Another whooshing noise was heard soon after as a white meteor flew over again and crashed into his body before vanishing instantly. If someone could see the white meteor clearly, they would realize that there was actually a blurry human figure inside it.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh…

Numerous white meteors flew over from all four directions quickly and flowed into Carthage's body. He could see these white meteors clearly and easily now.

Shockingly, they were actually several human figures that were exactly like him. Regardless of their dressing or appearances, their icy dispositions were almost the same.

These white meteors increased slowly and became even more densely packed. This extraordinary sight remained for a few good minutes.

Finally, Carthage exhaled slowly when the last meteor flowed into his body. The gravitational forces around his body suddenly rose from one thousand times to ten thousand times within Level Nine before it shrunk back down again from ten thousand times instantly. In the blink of an eye, it diminished itself completely into a blurry black hole that could fit in the center of his body.

Black holes-- they were the symbols of true Level Ten Perpetual Motioners. All Perpetual Motioners possessed a great weapon of destruction that caused them to suffer a common downfall. It was their Bodily Black Holes.

This was not a normal little black hole. Instead, it was a gigantic inverse space hole that could swallow everything endlessly. It could instantly connect actual and inverse space fully while its tremendous gravitational distortions could tear time and space into shreds. Hence, all creation would be ripped apart by its terrifying gravitational forces instantaneously.

The planets were not excluded.

Therefore, this was the key reason why it was difficult to counter Perpetual Motioners. When they were offended, they would simply take everything down with them and cause everyone to perish together. The Bodily Black Holes were the greatest symbols of Level Ten Perpetual Motioners. However, their limitless energy was merely sourced from their endless absorption of inverse space's energy that they used in actual space. That was all.

In reality, the black holes in the universe were divided into two types. The first type was a matter black hole that was naturally formed. Once the density of its own mass reached a terrifying stage, it would form even greater traction. The traction was so strong that it was impossible for even light to escape from being absorbed into a part of its body. Therefore, humans called them black holes because they could not see these things. In reality, these matter black holes were actually high-density objects that were similar to planets that died from exhaustion. Since light could not escape due to the overly intense gravitational forces, these things appeared black and were then known as black holes.

However, the second type of black hole was different because it was an antimatter black hole. This was the scariest thing.

These were physically formed in the bodies of Perpetual Motioners. Since the antimatter black holes could capture light similarly, they would also appear black. They were also known as black holes because of this reason but had different matters from the first type.

This type of black hole followed the principles of the antimatter universe. They were the boundaries between time and space of the universe. Therefore, the living matter that was sucked inside them would decompose from actual matter to antimatter. They would shrink into an unimaginable stage before turning into the most basic energy particles that would enter the inverse spatial universe. As such, their souls would also be ground up into the most basic energy particles.

This resembled a grinder that would stir constantly and swallow everything unceasingly.

This type of black hole would not grow bigger but could never be filled completely. Moreover, its powers were much stronger than the first type.

The Perpetual Motioners themselves were feeble forces of balance. They walked and lived between two spatial universes and transcended time and space. They were constantly situated within unimaginably enormous gravitational forces.

When the final white meteor surged through his body, Carthage's entire being seemed to become even more perfect. His qualities were purely icy cold in the beginning but now felt as if they were faintly brimming with hints of strength that were so powerful that they were dissipating.

"Chinande, it seems like something unexpected has occurred within your plans."

Red light flashed before a young girl whose red hair was tied in two separate ponytails appeared above Carthage. She wore a pink dress and did not look older than five or six years old. She looked like an elementary schooler who had recently started schooling. Nothing was amiss but strangely enough, the little girl's mouth was opened and a red colored little person who was the size of a fingernail was sitting on her fair and tender tongue. That was actually another little red-haired girl who was a few times smaller than her. Her appearance was exactly the same as the girl on the outside, down to the backpack that they carried, except that she was completely naked.

The voice came from her body.

Chinande's gaze fell on the little girl on the tongue. His pupils dilated slightly as if they were lacking moisture while his machinery turned a few times.

"What do you think?"

"I would never dare have any opinions towards you, Captain. I'm merely somewhat curious that someone was actually able to escape from your plan. This is a rare occurrence," the little girl on the tongue smiled charmingly. She gave off a tempting sort of seduction.

"You want to come along?"

The pupils of Carthage, who should perhaps be called Chinande instead, did not move at all. He resembled a zombie who was glaring at the other person somewhat scarily.

After retrieving all of his parts, it seemed as though he had become less natural instead. He appeared stiffer and more mechanical now.

"Can I?"

"It's up to you."

Chinande turned around simply grabbed something before a black crevice split open in the space in front of him suddenly. He flew into the crevice gently straight away while the little girl in the red dress followed behind him frantically.

"Wait for me!!"

The white-haired man from earlier appeared again. A straightforward and sincere smile was still hung across the corner of his mouth. However, his clean and pure body from earlier was now covered in cuts and bruises. Smoke was coming out of his hair while his face was covered in jet-black smog.

The man followed the two others from behind closely before instantly turning into a shroud of white gas that shot into the crevice and fully disappeared cleanly.

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Planet Scarlet Snow

Garen returned to the headquarters with everyone again. The surroundings of the entire Planet Scarlet Snow were densely packed with various suspended defensive cannons. Numerous defensive space station satellites guarded the entire planet like a fierce pitch-black beast that was powerful and terrifying.

Scarlet Snow Sect had already launched surprise lightning attacks during the past few days. The military exploits of these attacks were unimaginable. Twenty sects were either destroyed or subjugated by Scarlet Snow while more than ten others had joined their alliance.

The Scarlet Snow Alliance had finally formed a brand new structure now. It inclined the center of the entire nebula of the human race towards the north while forcibly occupying a small area of its star atlas to form a colossus that greatly surpassed the previous Scarlet Snow Sect.

Within an extremely short period of time, Garen's reputation had spread widely throughout various large-sized sects through instantaneous communication, allowing him to enter their field of vision.