Chapter 90: Devouring the Super Star!

"Ten... twelve Superstar-level experts!"

"How is that possible?!"

"We have only been away for three years. How could this world have produced twelve more Superstar cultivators!"

He Wei, Li Feihu, and Jiang Zhenghong cried out in astonishment almost at the same time when they saw the eight Superstar-level cultivators appear.

Looking at the three of them, Zhou Hun said with a cold sneer, "With twelve Superstars on our side, dealing with the three of you should be more than enough, shouldn't it?"

He Wei and the others exchanged a glance.

The three of them had already forged a tacit understanding through their experience in the mystic realm, and they all understood what was in the others' eyes: flee!

Even though He Wei was at the late Superstar stage, while Jiang Zhenghong and Li Feihu were at the mid Superstar stage, facing twelve early Superstar experts, they had no confidence in victory.

Perhaps, working together, they could kill three or four of them, but they would also have to pay a tremendous price. At a time like this, it was better to withdraw and contact the other Superstar experts, then regroup before coming back to deal with these twelve.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Three piercing whistles rang out.

He Wei, Jiang Zhenghong, and Li Feihu sprang into motion at the same time, fleeing in three different directions.

Cultivation was never easy. The higher these old monsters climbed, the more they valued their lives and refused to take the slightest risk.

How could men like that bear the weight of the main clan's assessment?

"After them!"

Zhou Hun said with evident contempt, waving a hand.

The twelve immediately split into two teams and chased after Jiang Zhenghong and Li Feihu.

As for He Wei, he would be left to the boss.

"These old monsters really are cunning," Yang Ye said with a smile, shaking his head at the sight.

Before the words had even faded, he leaped into the air and pursued the direction in which He Wei had fled.

Ever since breaking through to Superstar, or rather the Black Hole realm, Yang Ye had yet to experience true combat. This was the perfect chance to test himself against He Wei.

He Wei did not fly through the air. His figure flickered across the ground at extreme speed, so fast that to ordinary people it seemed like teleportation. In only a moment, he had already left the urban area of Summer Capital.

Suddenly—

Whoosh!

A sharp, piercing whistle sounded.

While racing forward at full speed, He Wei suddenly saw a black figure appear by a small grove dozens of meters ahead.

He focused his gaze and saw a young man in a black tunic suit with short hair.

It was Yang Ye.

He Wei came to a stop, frowning. "Yang Ye!"

"That's right. It's me. Old He, why do you grow more cowardly the higher your cultivation gets?"

Yang Ye studied He Wei, whose body was lean and almost gaunt, his features rather ugly, and walked slowly toward him.

He Wei looked Yang Ye over, intending to gauge his cultivation, but the image that appeared in his mind was only an abyss of darkness.

"What is going on?" He Wei was secretly alarmed.

One must know that Yang Ye had not hidden the energy fluctuations radiating from his body.

But very quickly, He Wei figured it out.

No matter how Yang Ye concealed himself, he was still only an early Superstar cultivator.

After glancing around and confirming that no other cultivators were present, He Wei sneered, "Brat, I was just about to look for you, and yet you handed yourself over. That saves me some trouble."

Facing Yang Ye alone, He Wei was confident he could kill him.

Having said that, He Wei spread his arms and drew a circle in the air. Invisible star power gathered, forming more than a hundred sharp arrows before him.

Then he widened his eyes, and a flash of brilliance burst from his pupils.

Swoosh!

The hundred invisible arrows formed from star power shot toward Yang Ye like lightning.

Ordinary people could not see these arrows of star power, but cultivators could.

To Yang Ye's eyes, the hundred arrows were a translucent pale blue, like shards of ice.

Facing the incoming barrage, Yang Ye narrowed his eyes slightly and lifted a hand.

A spiraling vortex formed from black hole power appeared before him, spinning at extreme speed.

Seeing the black vortex, He Wei's eyes flew wide open, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart.

Sure enough, all the arrows fired at Yang Ye were swallowed by the black vortex.

Whoosh!

Yang Ye's figure flashed, accompanied by a gale-like whistle, and suddenly appeared in front of He Wei.

He Wei was startled and thrust out a hand.

Star power burst forth and enveloped Yang Ye, seeking to restrain him.

However—

Bang!

The moment the star power wrapped around Yang Ye, he shattered it by force, producing a thunderous explosion.

He Wei reacted just as quickly and retreated at once.

While dodging, he flicked his hand, and a red curved blade appeared in his grasp.

Swoosh!

He swung the blade toward Yang Ye, and as the wind howled, a crescent-shaped arc of star power slashed at him.

The strike was extremely fast and vicious. Yang Ye had no room to evade, so with a thought, the black spiraling vortex appeared once more.

Bang!

A collision rang out as the black spiral was torn apart, and the remaining star power slammed heavily into Yang Ye's chest.

Yang Ye was forced back again and again by the impact.

He was inwardly shocked. The curved blade in He Wei's hand was likely a type of rune treasure, one capable of condensing star power more tightly and altering its structure, allowing the blade aura it produced to possess tremendous destructive force.

With such a rune treasure, He Wei's combat strength naturally increased by a great deal.

Weapons of this sort were abundant in the Dragon Palace treasury, and many were of a higher grade.

Seeing that Yang Ye had only seemed lightly injured after taking the blade aura, He Wei's mouth curled, and he flashed forward, continuously swinging the red curved blade in his hand.

Under the flicker of red light, dozens of blade auras were unleashed in rapid succession, blanketing Yang Ye as they came down on him.

"Spiral force!"

Yang Ye shouted inwardly and struck out with a fist, blasting toward the incoming blade aura.

Boom!

The dozens of blade auras were shattered by the force of his punch.

"So this is all a late Superstar cultivator amounts to!" Yang Ye snorted coldly, eyes narrowing slightly.

Whoosh!

As the whistle of the wind rose, Yang Ye was already in front of He Wei.

At that instant, He Wei's eyes flew wide open.

Yang Ye was simply too fast.

Even as a late Superstar cultivator, He Wei could not react in time to such speed.

In his haste, He Wei immediately triggered the star power within his body, which erupted violently.

Boom!

Yang Ye's fist crashed mercilessly into He Wei's abdomen.

With a deafening blast, He Wei's body was sent flying into the air.

Yang Ye flickered upward and appeared above him, then brought his palm down on He Wei's head.

Bang!

He Wei was slapped to the ground by Yang Ye and sank deep into it.

"Out!"

As Yang Ye landed, he drove a fist into the ground.

Boom!

The earth exploded, and He Wei, who was already on the verge of losing consciousness, was blasted out of the ground.

At that moment, Yang Ye raised his right hand, palm facing the He Wei who had been thrown into the air.

Once again, the spiraling vortex formed from black hole power appeared, enveloping He Wei.

Only then did He Wei finally regain his senses. What met his eyes was nothing but a pitch-black void, while his body was being torn apart by a terrifying force.

In desperation, He Wei poured every ounce of star power from his body into resisting that overwhelming pull.

But very soon, he realized it was useless. His star power was draining away at terrifying speed, and the tearing force only grew stronger.

"Spare me! I have a secret to tell you..."

In panic, He Wei shouted.

Inside the vortex, no sound could escape, but Yang Ye could still hear him.

Yang Ye remained unmoved. With a thought, he increased the output of black hole power, and the vortex's rotation suddenly accelerated severalfold.

"Ah!"

At last, He Wei could hold on no longer. After a bloodcurdling scream, his body was torn apart by the vortex.

At that very moment, a bright stellar core appeared within the vortex.

This was... He Wei's stellar core!

A thought suddenly surfaced in Yang Ye's mind.

Immediately, under the control of his will, the vortex came to a violent halt, then began to spin in reverse.

When the vortex formed from black hole power rotated forward, it was in a state of release. When it rotated in reverse, it was in a state of absorption.

Under the vortex's annihilating force, He Wei's stellar core quickly turned into formless star power, which entered Yang Ye's body and rushed into his sea of stars.

When Yang Ye withdrew the vortex formed from black hole power, all that remained of He Wei's body were a few blackened remnants, along with... an antique-looking storage ring.

Yang Ye stepped forward and picked the storage ring up from the ground.

Whoosh!

At that moment, a gust of wind swept in.

Long Xiaoqing, dressed in a black tight-fitting leather outfit, appeared before Yang Ye.

During the battle between Yang Ye and He Wei, Long Xiaoqing had been watching from nearby all along.

Glancing at the storage ring in Yang Ye's hand, Long Xiaoqing smiled and said, "Husband, you're truly formidable now. You even swallowed a Superstar cultivator whole."

Yang Ye nodded. "After this battle, I think I more or less understand the greatest use of the black hole. Isn't it simply for devouring energy?"