Stopping his flight, seeing Brody continuously approach, he transmitted to Marquis Huangzhai with some unease, "Something's not right. It's too much of a coincidence to encounter Brody at this time!"
"It's better to be cautious."
Marquis Huangzhai also understood the seriousness of the situation. Even though he was inclined to trust Brody, he still transmitted to the approaching Brody, "Lord Brody, please stop first!"
"What?"
Brody's transmitted tone was full of doubt, as if he hadn't understood Marquis Huangzhai's words, and continued to fly normally towards them.
"Still a little short... need to get closer..."
As an Immortal, Brody knew how fast an Immortal could be. If he couldn't get close enough, the assassination would have no chance of success.
Seeing that Brody still had no intention of stopping, he also transmitted a reprimand, "Brody! Stop!"
"Stop? No problem."
Brody transmitted back, but his heart was roaring wildly, "This distance... now!"
Whoosh!
Immortal Divine Power burned frantically. Brody instantly sacrificed 10% of his divine body to self-detonate, and this crazy act caused his speed to skyrocket to the extreme, far exceeding his normal flying speed!
"Not good!"
The moment Brody self-detonated a portion of his Immortal divine body, even this ancient Immortal's expression changed, "Brody has a problem!"
Marquis Huangzhai also reacted at the same time, "His target is His Highness Ender!"
"Fire God Source Crystal!"
Brody, whose divine body was continuously burning, took out a fiery red crystal from his World Ring. It was his trump card, the V-4399 Fire God Source Crystal, which he had hidden for countless years!
Fire God Source Crystal is a type of Mechanical Race technological weapon. As the pinnacle of technology in the entire Universe, the Mechanical Race is capable of manufacturing weapons that can directly kill Immortals.
However, those weapons are all ridiculously expensive, especially those that can be used continuously, which are even more exaggeratedly priced.
For example, F-grade laser guns, super large star destroyers, etc., are rumored to cost over a hundred million Mixed-yuan Units. Even King-level Immortals might not be willing to buy them.
Besides single-person weapons like laser guns, there are also some collective weapons, such as "Starry Sky Fortress" and "Spiritual God Base." Those are incredibly terrifying weapons used on the Extraterritorial Battlefield. Even King-level Immortals might not be able to afford them even if they lose everything. Of course, there are also cheaper options.
Those are one-time use items.
For example, "Fire God Source Crystal." Fire, as one of the most explosive energies, makes Fire God Source Crystal the easiest to acquire.
This involves compressing a large amount of flame Immortal Divine Power into a crystal sphere and then instantly detonating it, causing countless flame Immortal Divine Power to explode directly, similar to the effect of a flame Immortal's self-detonation.
The principle is simple, but the technological content is extremely high. After all, to continuously compress such astonishing flame Immortal Divine Power, compressing it into "Immortal Crystal," and then further compressing it into a "Source Crystal" with a concentration tens of millions of times stronger—that level of technology is simply too high.
And the V-4399 Fire God Source Crystal belongs to the best of the low-grade Fire God Source Crystals, with an explosive power equivalent to the self-detonation of an ordinary Marquis-level Immortal.
As a one-time use item, if there is a channel to purchase it, the price is between 10 million and 15 million Mixed-yuan Units, which can be used as a trump card for a Marquis-level Immortal.
This level of self-detonation lethality is enough to threaten Marquis Huangzhai, who has just been promoted to Marquis-level Immortal!
Brody roared wildly in his heart, "Explode for me!"
Having been dormant on Titan God Star for countless years, Brody had never been activated nor had he ever transmitted any intelligence. He had only passively received updates on the assassination rankings from the Virtual Universe.
Dormant for countless years, waiting for countless years!
Brody finally waited for the moment to make a small contribution to his master, which was to use his own life to assassinate NO.2!
In the last moments of his life, he finally exposed his true thoughts, "Fire God Source Crystal! Explode for me! Explode! Explode!"
Boom...
The surrounding Universe space collapsed. The fiery red crystal in Brody's hand expanded, transforming into an incredibly terrifying super huge fireball, as if it were a star undergoing a supernova explosion!
"It's the Fire God Source Crystal! Protect His Highness!"
"I'll go first! You go after!"
He and Marquis Huangzhai transmitted to each other, instantly reaching a consensus. They blocked in front with their bodies, and the former also put Ender into his World Ring.
Boom...
As a compressed crystal of flame Immortal Divine Power, the Fire God Source Crystal's explosion was hundreds or thousands of times hotter than Law flames. Even the Universe space fragments instantly melted into a particle stream. It was as if the supernova explosion process was concentrated in an instant, producing an incredibly astonishing power!
The incredibly hot particle stream continuously impacted in all directions. The first to bear the brunt was Brody, who detonated the Fire God Source Crystal. With nearly half of his Immortal divine body burned, his strength was only one-tenth of his usual, so he naturally could not withstand the impact of the incredibly hot particle stream and was reduced to ashes!
Then, it instantly reached the ground more than ten kilometers below. The hot particle stream bombarded the ground, and the living creatures and soil on this land were all turned into ashes!
Facing the spreading hot particle stream, Marquis Huangzhai, a Marquis-level Immortal, stood at the forefront.
A thirty-meter-high giant shield appeared in his hand, entirely silver-white with a shimmering metallic luster, and also adorned with numerous dark silver mystical patterns!
Om!
As Marquis Huangzhai poured Immortal Divine Power containing the power of Law into the silver-white giant shield, the dark silver defensive amplification mystical patterns on the giant shield lit up, and an invisible barrier seemed to rise.
Boom...
The incredibly hot particle stream arrived. The extremely bright light bombarded the silver-white giant shield. The high temperature, which was thousands of times hotter than Law flames, caused the surface temperature of the silver-white giant shield to rise, and its color also became much dimmer.
His divine body was over forty meters tall. Driving the sixth-tier battle armor on his body, he curled up and hid behind Marquis Huangzhai, tightly clutching a World Ring in his arms, and Ender was precisely inside this World Ring.
A World Ring is created by severing a fragment of a world and embedding it within specially prepared materials to support it. Due to the different Materials that carry the world, the solidity of the World Ring also varies.
Although he was an Immortal, he had not left Titan God Star for a long time, and his World Ring had not been replaced for a long time. Its material was very ordinary and could only withstand World Master Level battles. Facing the power comparable to the self-detonation of a Pinnacle Military Lord-level Immortal, it naturally could not withstand it.
Of course, he also didn't know the quality of that Fire God Source Crystal, but it was always right to protect the World Ring in his arms with his body, even his life!
Boom...
The hot particle stream continued. Even with Marquis Huangzhai, a Marquis-level Immortal, blocking in front, the explosive power of this Fire God Source Crystal exceeded his expectations. He still suffered the impact, and his Divine Power was continuously depleting.
However, the hot particle stream impact caused by the Fire God Source Crystal's self-detonation came quickly and left quickly.
In an instant, the aftermath of the explosion spread further outwards. They, who had endured the close-range bombardment of the hot particle stream from the explosion, finally made it through!
Boom...
The incredibly hot particle stream spread to the distance, and the living creatures, buildings, and Ore on the ground tens of thousands of kilometers away were annihilated!
...
"Was this an assassination?!"
Suddenly being taken into the World Ring, Ender was initially somewhat confused, but then he understood, "I was assassinated in the Primal Secret Realm."
Being assassinated in the core Primal Secret Realm of the Virtual Universe Company was something he never expected. "The infiltration of the alien races is truly pervasive!"
"I'm afraid, according to the alien races' estimation, as a Disciple of a Universe Master, if I don't fall, I'm guaranteed to become a Limit-stage King-level Immortal in the future."
Ender secretly thought, "A Limit-stage King-level Immortal is enough for the alien races to use an Immortal-level Soul enslaved to assassinate."
...
"Hmph!"
After directly enduring the explosion of the Fire God Source Crystal, Marquis Huangzhai let out a muffled groan. Although he had a seventh-tier battle shield to block it, the block was too hasty and did not fully activate the defensive amplification mystical patterns.
"How can the explosive power of this Fire God Source Crystal be so strong!"
This caused him, wearing a seventh-tier battle armor, to lose nearly 36% of his Immortal divine body. Such a large loss of Immortal Divine Power would require hundreds of thousands to millions of years to recover.
Marquis Huangzhai ignored his divine body's recovery and quickly transmitted to the person behind him, "Lord, is His Highness Ender alright?"
"His Highness Ender has been taken into my World Ring."
After scanning the World Ring in his hand with Immortal Divine Power and seeing that there were no problems, he said, "The World Ring is fine."
Marquis Huangzhai split a wisp of his consciousness into the Virtual Universe and simultaneously said, "You release His Highness Ender. I will report this matter to King Suimi first!"
He said, "Okay."
Then, he infused a wisp of Immortal Divine Power into the World Ring and transmitted to Ender inside the world, "His Highness Ender, it is safe outside now. I will release you now."
The next moment, Ender was moved out of the World Ring and returned to Titan God Star.
...
Virtual Universe, Thunder Island.
"King Suimi! Something big has happened!"
At King Suimi's tall palace, Marquis Huangzhai directly entered the palace and arrived at the core great hall.
"What happened?!"
King Suimi, sitting on the throne at the end of the great hall, heard Marquis Huangzhai's low and somewhat panicked voice and couldn't help but softly reprimand, "Huangzhai! Calm down, what happened!"
Marquis Huangzhai calmed down a little, "We were on our way to Black Forest City with His Highness Ender when we were ambushed by Brody using a Fire God Source Crystal!"
"What!" King Suimi's heart trembled upon hearing this, "You said you were ambushed! And it was Brody who made the move!"
"That's right!" Marquis Huangzhai nodded and recounted their encounter with Brody.
"How could it be Brody?! How could it be Brody!"
An Immortal on Titan God Star was Soul enslaved by an alien race, and it was Brody, who had experienced the Chai Fan incident. King Suimi felt very uneasy.
"Brody very decisively detonated the Fire God Source Crystal after getting close to us. If it weren't for me and him maintaining some vigilance, he would have succeeded!"
Marquis Huangzhai said, "The Fire God Source Crystal he used had immense power. Even though we weren't particularly close, the explosive power still caused me to lose nearly forty percent of my divine body. I estimate it was a Fire God Source Crystal comparable to the self-detonation of an ordinary Marquis-level Immortal."
"This level of Fire God Source Crystal is worth over ten million Mixed-yuan Units, exceeding the net worth of most ordinary Military Lord-level Immortals, and it's not something an ordinary Military Lord-level Immortal can acquire. Therefore, Brody was definitely Soul enslaved by an alien race."
"I understand. You go back and comfort His Highness Ender first." King Suimi rubbed his temples, "Tell him that I will apologize to him on behalf of Titan God Star."
"Understood." Marquis Huangzhai nodded, "I'll go back now."
Seeing Marquis Huangzhai leave, King Suimi felt an unbearable headache, "Damn it!"
He had finally put in some effort and seemed to be building a relationship with Ender, a Disciple who had apprenticed under a great existence. Now, that relationship was directly ruined by Brody's assassination.
The previous investment was wasted, and now he needed to pay an even greater price to compensate for Brody's assassination. The problem was, what could he use to compensate?
...
"This is?"
As soon as he came out, Ender felt an incredibly intense heat, and then he was even more stunned by the surrounding environment!
Titan God Star is an ecological planet, with very few technological creations. Many parts of the planet remain in their original state, with only a few people living there.
But now, the green forests and clear lakes had vanished without a trace, and what met his eyes was a bright red, scorching world. There was a huge deep pit with a diameter of tens of thousands of kilometers on the ground, with bright red Molten Rock flowing inside. The terrifying high temperature distorted the air, and countless wisps of smoke rose from various parts of the deep pit!
Ender asked in a deep voice, "How did this place become like this?!"
"It was the Fire God Source Crystal explosion!" He replied apologetically, "We didn't expect Brody to be Soul enslaved by an alien race. He brought the Fire God Source Crystal to assassinate Your Highness."
"I am very sorry, His Highness Ender." Marquis Huangzhai apologized, "Due to our mistake, you were startled. I have already informed King Suimi about this matter, and he will apologize to Your Highness on behalf of Titan God Star."
"Marquis Huangzhai and Lord Woody, you are too kind."
Ender noticed that the aura of the two Immortals was significantly weaker, and he couldn't help but express his gratitude, "If it weren't for you two risking your lives to save me, I would probably have died in the alien race's assassination."
"Brody is a high-ranking member of my Titan God Race. His assassination attempt on Your Highness means my Titan God Race cannot shirk responsibility." Marquis Huangzhai said, "King Suimi has prepared a gift of apology for Your Highness on behalf of the Titan God Race."
Suddenly, Little Dawn's voice rang out in Ender's mind, "Master! I just received an email from Universe Star River Bank. One million Mixed-yuan Units of cash have been deposited into your account."
"What?!" Ender said in his mind, surprised, "One million Mixed-yuan Units of cash?"
"Master! Received an email from King Suimi of Virtual Universe Company." Little Dawn's voice rang out again.
"Read it to me." Ender commanded in his mind.
"Respected His Highness Ender, I am King Suimi of the Titan God Race. Regarding the assassination attempt on Your Highness by Brody, an Immortal among my race's high-ranking members, my Titan God Race was unaware. For Your Highness's encounter, I express my deepest apologies on behalf of the Titan God Race and offer one million Mixed-yuan Units as a gift of apology. Please accept it and forgive my Titan God Race."
"An apology gift of one million Mixed-yuan Units!"
"Indeed, I am a Disciple of a Universe Master. Being assassinated on King Suimi's territory, he, King Suimi, must bear some responsibility, and it's normal to send gifts to apologize."
Ender sighed a little, "It's just that King Suimi is truly generous, directly sending one million Mixed-yuan Units as an apology gift."