Chapter 156: The Advantage is Ours

Survival could only be found in the sky.

The advantage was on his side, as the energy points accumulated on the system panel were extremely abundant. Given enough time, his physical injuries would heal by seventy or eighty percent.

Soaring nearly a hundred meters into the air, Lu Chen took a slight breath, his limbs still aching with a tearing pain. It looked like it would take at least half a day to fully recover.

In truth, the safest course of action right now would be to pilot the flying boat to another location, far away from the pack of Kaiju below. Once his body had recovered, he could return and slaughter them.

However, Lu Chen had no intention of doing that. Endless yellow sand stretched out below, with rolling sand dunes as far as the eye could see; who knew what strange things might be hidden among them. What if even more powerful winged beasts appeared further away? That would simply be walking right into a trap. After all, his body was currently emitting a strong scent of blood, which held an enormous attraction for many predatory exotic beasts.

It was much safer to stay nearby. Although these Kaiju were ferocious, they could not fly. Fearing that he might further enrage them, Lu Chen did not launch any more attacks, choosing instead to observe the surrounding environment from a distance.

As far as his eyes could see, there was nothing but yellow sand, with not a single tree in sight. It seemed his earlier guess was correct; he had been transported into another dimension through the formation array.

While he was deep in thought, the Godzilla-like Kaiju below made a new move.

"Awoo..."

It raised its head high, aiming its maw directly at Lu Chen's position.

Damn it... This was a ranged ultimate attack.

Lu Chen was more than familiar with the Kaiju's movements. Without any hesitation, he immediately manipulated the flying boat to accelerate higher into the sky.

"Pfft..."

The next second, a large mass of blue liquid spewed from its mouth, rushing toward the sky like a sharp arrow.

Yet in Lu Chen's eyes, this speed was simply too slow. Furthermore, he had anticipated the creature's movement in advance, so the attack naturally failed to achieve any effect.

As the blue liquid drifted down from the high altitude and splattered into the yellow sand on the ground, it produced a sizzling sound. Clearly, this substance was similar to the Kaiju's blood, possessing extremely strong corrosive properties.

Having failed its attack, the Kaiju continued to roar frantically, yet remained completely helpless.

Lu Chen paid it no mind, patiently waiting for his body to heal. With his current physical stamina, maintaining flight for several hours was an effortless task.

Half a day later... he finally felt that he was largely recovered.

Lu Chen stared down at the pack of Kaiju that still refused to leave, a piercing coldness radiating from his pupils.

Next up would be a one-sided massacre.

Aside from their highly corrosive blood, these creatures seemed to possess no other real dangers. As for their massive bodies, they were nothing more than living targets, entirely useless.

Being in a different dimension, Lu Chen naturally did not care about polluting the environment. The black swamp soil once again disintegrated into extremely fine dust particles, drifting downward like a gentle rain, completely enveloping several Kaiju.

Taking advantage of the moment before these creatures could react, Lu Chen condensed another dozen soil birds containing compressed energy and tossed them down.

Upon falling into the black mist and dust, these birds did not explode immediately. Instead, as if endowed with life, they rapidly flapped their wings and dispersed toward their respective targets.

Upon reaching the eyes of the Kaiju, the energy laws contained within their bodies were instantly activated, and they all detonated simultaneously.

Boom, boom, boom!

Following that, the black dust was ignited!

Smoke billowed into the sky, and a whirlwind even whipped up across the ground.

Caught at the epicenter of the explosion, the few Kaiju once again let out waves of sorrowful wails.

However, the defensive power of their hide armor was ridiculously high; even the dust explosion could not kill them.

Lu Chen had anticipated this long ago. The true killer blow was those dozen or so energy-compressed birds.

As the smoke and dust cleared, the figures of the Kaiju reappeared.

One could see that their eyes had been blown open into hollow pits, turning them completely blind. At this moment, like headless flies, they stumbled about in panic, fleeing in all directions.

This was precisely the result Lu Chen desired. Without visual perception, he could calmly face them and pick them off one by one, avoiding the risk of falling into an encirclement.

...

All dust settled.

As usual, Lu Chen stored the massive carcasses of the Kaiju into his inner space.

Seven or eight adult Kaiju yielded nearly a thousand tons of flesh and blood, which could definitely be called a bountiful harvest. Fortunately, his inner space had been upgraded a few days ago, otherwise it might not have been able to hold them all.

After a brief rest, Lu Chen unleashed compressed energy bombs toward the nearby sand dunes.

As the sand dunes were blasted open, a huge sealed rune formation was revealed inside.

Sure enough, these Kaiju had not appeared by chance. They were manipulated from behind the scenes by other alien intelligent beings, specifically set up as ambush traps.

The ones that had appeared previously in Dragon Port City were likely the same.

However, Lu Chen still harbored doubts: why were the ones appearing near Dragon Port City merely juvenile Kaiju? If they had been adult Kaiju, Dragon Port City would have been utterly destroyed long before Lu Chen could rush to the scene for rescue.

Was it restricted by the laws of the spatial rift, or were the alien intelligent beings unfamiliar with Blue Star and thus conducting a preliminary probe? Perhaps once they confirmed Blue Star's environment, a continuous army of adult Kaiju would subsequently invade.

Regarding this, Lu Chen had long held a vague sense. It was not as easy as imagined for alien creatures to enter Blue Star through spatial rifts; they were certainly bound by numerous restrictions.

Carrying his suspicions, Lu Chen carefully inspected other parts of the sand dunes. Not far away, he discovered a new teleportation array.

It seemed this dimension could only be considered a transit station; the alien intelligent lifeforms that had escaped from the misty space had not lingered here for long. Instead, they had continued through the teleportation array to reach a more distant stellar region.

Having verified his thoughts, Lu Chen had no intention of continuing his exploration. Injured twice in a single day, he was feeling a bit wary.

Moreover, in Lu Chen's view, the most valuable things in this different dimension ought to be the two rune teleportation arrays. Though deeply curious, he temporarily suppressed the thought.

With his current realm, if he were to forcibly activate the teleportation array, his body would certainly be injured again by its inability to withstand the spatial storms. No one knew what kind of dangers lurked within the new stellar region.

For now, it was better to return to the misty space.

With a heart full of trepidation, Lu Chen placed spirit stones onto the first teleportation rune array. He was quite afraid that this array was a one-way ticket; failing to return to the misty space would truly be a miserable fate.

Fortunately, the thing he feared did not happen.

With a flash of light and fierce stellar gales raging around him, Lu Chen once again felt as though his body had been thrown into a meat grinder and pulverized.

When he regained consciousness, he had already returned to the city.

He continued to use energy points to heal himself...

It was not until his physical injuries had fully healed that Lu Chen stepped out of the misty space.

Entering the hot spring valley, he immediately dialed the communicator.

Soon, Dong Mingjun appeared on the screen.

"Your Excellency Dragon King, how may I be of service?" the other party asked respectfully.

The strong are always worthy of respect!

Having witnessed Lu Chen's true strength, Dong Mingjun naturally knew what attitude to adopt when dealing with him. Furthermore, the expert panel had conducted another evaluation, confirming the Dragon King's immense destructive power. If this fellow were angered, he could wipe a medium-sized city off Blue Star within a very short time. Moreover, humanity had no way to intercept him.