46. Swearing by the Luo River

Short, sharp screams echoed through the abandoned factory, halting the impending departure of the alien army.

"What's going on?"

At that moment, Alien Abbu, Alien Muzin, and the leader of the Darambia were holding a final closed-door meeting in a nearby room, fearing that others might deliberately hold back their strength during the upcoming battle. Startled by the commotion, they immediately rushed toward the source. As soon as they stepped out onto the lower floor, they were horrified.

What was this? A living hell?

It looked like an unrestricted death match arena, with figures fighting and killing each other everywhere. The Darambia, who should have been comrades, were locked in brutal, life-or-death combat, while that Alien Kietell had completely lost his mind, hacking at whoever crossed his path.

"What are you doing? Stop at once!" the Darambia leader cried out in shock.

At that moment, the Alien Kietell used a short blade to hack a Darambia in half, a brutally gruesome scene!

"We are partners in cooperation, we cannot slaughter each other!" Alien Nantan also shouted, though he kept his distance, daring only to advise from a safe perimeter.

Acting like a mindless killing machine, the Alien Kietell turned a deaf ear to everything around him. He emitted low growls like a ferocious beast and continued his frantic massacre of the Darambia.

Alien Abbu stepped forward. "This guy has lost his mind. Let me take him down first."

Alien Muzin, who had remained indifferent until now, blocked his path. "Are you trying to pick us off one by one and enslave us?"

Based on his observations, Alien Abbu was the strongest among them. If Abbu dealt with Alien Kietell, the remaining aliens combined probably wouldn't stand a chance against him, especially since they were already estranged and deeply suspicious of one another. Therefore, he could not allow the delicate balance among the top three factions to be shattered.

Alien Abbu argued, "Are we just going to leave him be? At least take that strange chain off his neck first."

Alien Muzin replied, "Once he vents enough, he will stop on his own." He was worried that Alien Abbu might use this opportunity to strike a treacherous blow behind their backs. To an alien who treated living beings as prey for his own amusement, the deaths of a dozen Darambia meant nothing at all.

Hearing this, the Darambia leader standing beside them grew utterly furious.

What kind of nonsense was that? Were they trying to reduce him to a commander with no troops left?

Flaring his black cape, he rushed forward to engage the berserk Alien Kietell in combat. In the original series, this Darambia leader could fight equally against a human-sized Power Type Tiga, so dealing with the current Alien Kietell was a simple task.

"What a magnificent display!" Seeing the laser fired from the Darambia leader's eyes repel Alien Kietell, Alien Nantan cheered from a safe distance away.

However, the Darambia leader could not feel happy at all; anxiety spread deep within his heart. No matter how loudly he shouted commands to halt, those Darambia with crimson chains wrapped around their necks, savagely attacking their own companions, refused to stop.

"It must be those red chains, but how did they appear..."

"Is it an enemy attack? But where is the enemy?"

Alien Muzin and Alien Abbu were pondering this as well. They did not believe humans possessed the capability to launch such an attack.

Had some other external force infiltrated them?

Alien Abbu suggested, "Let's put an end to this farce first."

Alien Muzin agreed, stating they should at least tear apart those suspicious-looking red chains.

Just as they were about to make a move, Alien Kietell, suppressed by the Darambia leader, seemed to reach his breaking point and abruptly grew to giant size.

Now towering in giant form, Alien Kietell brandished a long spear and thrust it directly toward the abandoned factory.

"This guy is completely insane!"

"He wants to kill everyone!"

For self-preservation, Alien Abbu and Alien Muzin also had to grow to giant size, revealing their true forms.

Compared to Alien Abbu, Alien Muzin's giant form was far more ferocious, featuring sharp spikes on both shoulders and heavy armor plates along his back.

Alien Nantan also grew to giant size, but his first instinct was to turn and flee, escaping the battlefield that resembled a meat grinder, no longer daring to participate.

The other aliens considered him insignificant and paid him no heed, letting him leave unhindered.

However, Qi Ming had no intention of letting this "walking source of Star Blessings" get away.

"Whoosh!" Nova grew to giant size, and a crimson whip lashed out, binding Alien Nantan's right leg.

"You are... you are the saucer monster of Planet Black!" Alien Nantan looked back, scared out of his wits.

With a mighty swing, Qi Ming used Nantan like a meteor hammer, hurling him straight toward Alien Muzin.

"Damn it, this thing is from Planet Black!" Alien Muzin intercepted him with sharp claws, swatting Alien Nantan aside like a sandbag.

"You must be the one behind what just happened!" The massive spaceship that Minnan had seen earlier rose into the air, its cannons locked onto Nova, carrying the angry voice of the Darambia leader.

With so many of his subordinates dead, there had to be an accounting for this!

Meanwhile, the giant-sized Alien Kietell shook off the influence of the red mist due to his surged energy and returned to his senses.

Realizing that his recent loss of control was caused by Nova, he was consumed by rage, eager to impale the monster with the spear in his hand.

Alien Muzin and Alien Abbu also stepped forward, surrounding Nova in the center.

Those same aliens who had been plotting against and suspecting one another just moments before had now formed a tacit understanding to eliminate the strongest threat, Nova, first.

Yet Qi Ming would never sit back and watch a five-on-one situation materialize.

"Alien Abbu, do you remember me?" he transmitted telepathically to Abbu.

"That voice, you are..." Alien Abbu trembled, instantly realizing this was the entity that had blinded him with intense light inside the spaceship that night.

"Guess what I brought with me? A device capable of emitting a light a hundred times stronger than last time, enough to melt you into a puddle of mush in an instant!" Qi Ming began bluffing again.

"No, don't do that!" Hearing that Qi Ming even knew the gruesome fate his kind suffered when exposed to intense light, Alien Abbu was seized with absolute terror.

Qi Ming continued, "Want me to spare you? Fine. A life for a life—go kill Alien Kietell, and I will grant you a way out!"

Alien Abbu hesitated, fearing that once they died, he would be completely at this entity's mercy.

Qi Ming pressed on with his private transmission:

"Actually, I'm not from Planet Black. I just have a way to transform into this saucer monster."

"I am a native-born human. If you don't believe me, I can swear upon the sacred river of the Divine Land, the Luo River."

"If I break my oath, may heaven and earth destroy me."

"What do you think? If you refuse now, I will have no choice but to eliminate you first."

Under the threat to his life, Alien Abbu dared not think further and agreed. Furthermore, as far as he knew, many earthly beings held nature in awe and feared karmic retribution, so this oath should hold weight.

With that thought, he immediately lunged at Alien Kietell, attacking him with brute force.

The five-on-one deadlock instantly transformed into a two-on-four battle.