From the Metropolis to the Strongest in the Cosmos

”Palace Master Shen Xuan, you mentioned contacting extraterrestrial civilizations before...” one of the King Level experts couldn’t resist asking.

Shen Xuan said grimly, ”The extraterrestrial civilizations won’t arrive overnight. Our priority now is to fend off these mutated sea creatures and minimize casualties at all costs. We can even resort to using nukes!”

Although using nukes would cause a series of subsequent problems like radiation and other hazards, there was no time to worry about that now.

”Alright, everyone go make arrangements immediately. Consolidate our people as much as possible!”

After saying this, Shen Xuan ended the call. His figure flickered as he flew off in a certain direction.

He arrived where Li Yang was.

”Palace Master,” Li Yang said quickly upon seeing Shen Xuan.

”Li Yang, how is your comprehension of the Thunder Law coming along?” Shen Xuan asked.

Li Yang quickly replied, ”I feel like I’ll definitely be able to break through in about twenty-some days.”

Shen Xuan nodded. ”Don’t rush it. Li Yang, I came to tell you something.”

He paused for a moment, a glint in his eyes. ”I’m planning to go kill Jin Mola.”

”Kill Jin Mola?” Li Yang was taken aback.

Shen Xuan nodded. ”My strength has improved.”

”In just a few days, Jin Mola has thrown yet another Blue Spirit Potion into the ocean. The number of mutated creatures is skyrocketing. It feels like he’s trying to force my hand, to make me contact other civilizations. He must have something up his sleeve. I can’t rest easy, so I’ve decided to make a move.”

Jin Mola has always coveted Earth. The best solution, really, was to kill him.

Otherwise, Jin Mola would just keep throwing a third, and then a fourth potion onto Earth...

If they killed him, they’d never have to worry about him tossing another Blue Spirit Potion into the ocean again!

Even if he had a backup plan, as long as they could hold out until Li Yang broke through to the Law Realm, there would be nothing to worry about.

Hearing Shen Xuan’s plan, Li Yang couldn’t help but ask, ”Palace Master, what are your chances of successfully killing Jin Mola?”

Shen Xuan said, ”I have two ways to kill Jin Mola. The first is through my own strength.”

Overall, his own power surpassed Jin Mola’s. However, Jin Mola was decked out in all sorts of Secret Pattern Divine Weapons and other treasures, making him untouchable.

As for treasures, he had only found a few in some of Earth’s ruins, and their quality was mediocre at best.

Therefore, with a mountain of protective treasures, he couldn’t kill Jin Mola.

But now, things were different.

”The other method is poison.”

Shen Xuan continued, ”Remember when we all entered the Relic Space on that island? After we left, there was an incident, and a poison spread everywhere.”

”The truth is, I found a poison in that Relic Space. It’s incredibly potent. Even I would die quickly if I touched a slightly larger amount. Jin Mola is weaker than me. My Spatial Ring is very large and can hold living creatures. I’ll place a King Level creature I control inside the ring, and at the critical moment, I’ll have it emerge carrying the poison.”

”Poison? A King Level creature?”

Li Yang recalled the previous Relic Space. Its former master, Fire Candle, had apparently been an expert in poisons.

After a moment of thought, he suddenly asked, ”Palace Master, for the King Level creature in the Spatial Ring, the stronger, the better, right? How strong is the one you control?”

Shen Xuan nodded. ”The stronger the creature, the higher the chance of Jin Mola falling for it. The one I control is at the mid-King Level.”

He had mastered an enslavement technique that could control creatures up to the mid-King Level.

Hearing this, Li Yang asked another question. ”Palace Master, can your Spatial Ring fit a fifty-meter-long octopus?”

’My octopus clone is at the Peak of King Level. Maybe it can help Shen Xuan?’

”A fifty-meter octopus?”

A glint appeared in Shen Xuan’s eyes. ”How strong is it? Li Yang, you can control this octopus?”

”I can control it.”

Li Yang nodded without hesitation and stated firmly, ”Its strength is at the Peak of King Level!”

”Excellent!!”

Hearing Li Yang’s confirmation, Shen Xuan was overjoyed. ”My Spatial Ring can definitely fit it! With the help of a creature at the Peak of King Level, my confidence has grown even more!”

Hearing this, Li Yang immediately said, ”I’ll order the octopus over right away!”

As the two of them waited, Shen Xuan spoke again. ”Li Yang, you’ve seen the civilization apparatus at the Celestial Origin Palace. I’ve already issued a command: if I die in this battle with Jin Mola, the apparatus will recognize you as its master.”

Shen Xuan had to make all the necessary arrangements before the battle.

For this trip to Mars, Shen Xuan didn’t notify any of the other King Level experts. He wasn’t sure if Jin Mola had compromised any of them.

”As soon as you break through, access that civilization apparatus and contact other civilizations!”

Hearing this, Li Yang said at once, ”Palace Master, you will definitely succeed.”

”Haha, I hope so too!” Shen Xuan laughed heartily.

Soon, the octopus clone arrived. After a quick inspection of its strength, Shen Xuan stored it in his Spatial Ring.

He didn’t ask why Li Yang was able to control a creature at the Peak of King Level.

’To have grown this strong in such a short time, Li Yang must have had many fortuitous encounters!’

”Alright, Li Yang, I’m off. Jin Mola is on Mars. I have a small Cosmic Flying Vehicle that can get me there in an hour. Victory or defeat will be decided in one hour. If I don’t return, it means I’ve lost and died at Jin Mola’s hands. In that case, I’m leaving Earth in your hands.”

Looking as though he was resolved to die, Shen Xuan waved his right hand, and a Cosmic Flying Vehicle appeared.

He said his farewell to Li Yang and entered the vehicle directly.

WHOOSH!

The vehicle started up, its speed reaching an extreme as it vanished in an instant.

Li Yang watched in silence as the vehicle departed.

And so, Earth’s number one expert, its one and only Cultivator at the Peak of Law Realm, the man who had fought the alien invader Jin Mola for twenty years, Earth’s guardian deity Shen Xuan, set off alone for Mars to assassinate Jin Mola—a mission known only to Li Yang and no other soul on Earth.

Unlike Li Yang and the others, who were constantly live-streamed and had become heroes of Earth, admired and revered by all, Shen Xuan had never been broadcast, even when he made a move.

If Shen Xuan were to die on this mission to Mars, the people of Earth would never know that such a hero had journeyed alone into danger for their safety.

Even in death, Shen Xuan would remain an unsung hero.

Although Shen Xuan was confident in his own strength, Jin Mola, an alien from the Cosmos, surely had trump cards of his own. Plus, after mining for twenty years, he was bound to have accumulated numerous treasures.

’He has to succeed,’ Li Yang thought to himself.