<h4>Chapter 841 The Approaching Storm</h4>
Once everyone was seated, the meeting started. Tarrokov exined the current exploration situation.
After listening for a while, Raveude was overjoyed. He was going to explore the Garu Star Cluster, and the long distance stargates built by the ck Star Army gave him many more choices, which was beneficial for him.
Who knows what ck Star was thinking? Raveude gloated in his mind.
For someone like Heber who explored the Renault Star Cluster step by step, the exploration teams that came after would have no choice but to slowly hyperdrive over the already explored areas. The ck Star Army, however, did not seem to care about their own gains at all. They were basically setting themselves ame to warm the ones who came after. How selfless of them!
The mockery in Raveude’s eyes increased even more as he nced at Han Xiao.
Having noticed Raveude’s gaze, Han Xiao turned and smiled at him, also with mockery in his eyes.
Although the long distance stargates would undoubtedly make Raveude’s exploration easier, the biggest reward, the Spacetime Amber, was already in his hands.
Furthermore, Han Xiao had already upied all the known richs from his previous life, and there were very few qualitys left for Raveude. Of course, Raveude had no idea.
As their eyes shed, it was as if they made a silent exchange, both having deep meaning in their eyes.
Hehe, you’ve made such a loss, Raveude seemed to say.
Tsk tsk, you have no idea what you’ve lost, Han Xiao mocked back.
...
The meeting ended very quickly, and the people left one after another. As the first batch of the exploration teams including Han Xiao and Heber had already built the stargates, the second batch of the exploration could reach their respective Star Clusters immediately and had no reason to waste time on Lighthouse. They departed very soon.
Milizaus and Beyoni’s teams left as well, while they themselves stayed and apanied Han Xiao as temporary guards of the Evolution Cube.
As Beyond Grade As of the dynasty, neither of them minded bonding with their colleague, ck Star.
Inside a wide room, the three of them sat opposite each other. Three sses of hot and red liquid were on the table. This was a specialty that Beyoni had brought from his home. It was said to be a special drink that the Pyre Demon Tribe loved.
Han Xiao took arge sip. It had a thick and dense texture, extremely hot and spicy, and rolled down his throat like mes. His stomach felt warm, and a bunch of ‘-0’s popped up on his head.
“Not bad, what is this?” Han Xiao asked.
“Hehe, this isva from the Land of the Fire Core, mixed with condensed alcohol. It tastes quite good, right?”
Damn it, you actually gave meva to drink... Han Xiao’s mouth twitched.
Land of the Fire Core was the only Universal Treasure the Pyre Demon Tribe had. It seemed to be something that could speed up the growth of young Pyre Demons. Han Xiao recalled that the Extinguish Army always wanted to destroy it.
After some hesitation, Han Xiao did not put the ss down in the end and took another sip.
“... Another round.”
It really tasted quite good.
He had already stayed in a Fixed Star before, so drinking someva was nothing.
Milizaus looked at the cup in front of him and wondered if he should drink it since this was just his energy apparition. He shook his head and asked, “ck Star, what was the deal you spoke of earlier?”
Han Xiao put the ss down and said with a smile, “The Dragonblood Nation’s many kinds of Dragonblood Potions are renowned across the universe. I want to exchange the allocation of the Evolution Cube for Dragonblood Potions. You’re the leader of the Starry Spiritual Dragon Race, so I suppose you want some of your exceptional people to evolve, right?”
Milizaus pondered for a while and nodded. “Sure, how are we exchanging specifically?”
The Dragonblood Potions were a specialty meant for selling to start with, so of course, Milizaus was not going to reject it. The Dragonblood Nation consisted of hybrid dragons that he created with Dragonblood. It was merely an armed force under his race. The Starry Spiritual Dragon Race was what was important to him.
“Two tons ofmon Dragonblood Potions plus a hundred kilograms of Condensed Dragonblood Potions in exchange for a hundred Evolution Cube allocations.”
Milizaus was stunned in ce.
Tons?
The Dragonblood Potions are usually sold in bottles you *sshole!
“It takes more than ten tons of Dragonblood from Grade C individuals to produce one ton of Dragonblood Potions, and the Condensed Dragonblood Potion requires much more,” Milizaus said with a displeased tone. “Why don’t I just give you a few dragons and you can drain blood from them yourself, huh?”
Han Xiao pondered with a serious face. “That’s not uneptable...”
“You’re way too greedy!” Milizaus said angrily.
“I’m not asking you to purchase all the allocations at once. You can do it slowly.” Han Xiao chuckled. Friendship was one thing, and greed in business was another.
Of course, he would not be able to finish such arge amount of Dragonblood Potions. They were mainly going to be used to strengthen capable officers and sold to yers at high prices.
Selling specialties from other factions to expand the ck Star Army’s range of products and indirectly increase the faction’s appeal had already be Han Xiao’s habit.
Milizaus was speechless. Although we haverge sizes and a lot of blood, you can’t just drain the hell out of our blood!
“If you have worries, I can let your people experience the actual effect of the Evolution Cube once for free,” said Han Xiao.
“Sure, let’s find an empty space. I’ll call a dragon here.” Milizaus nodded.
Han Xiao looked at Beyoni, and Beyoni said that he had no objections—he wanted to see its effects as well.
The three of them left the room and came to a wide metal field.
Han Xiao looked up and saw an enormous dragon descending.
Whoosh!
With its wings stirring up howling winds, this Starry Spiritual Dragonnded on the field with a loud bang, and the ground slightly trembled.
Han Xiao sized it up. This enormous dragon’s body was long and streamlined. It was about a thousand meters long. It had two pairs of broad wings on its back and a pair of dragon ws below its body at the front, middle, and back, three pairs in total. It stared at the three of them with its cold golden dragon eyes.
This was a normal Starry Spiritual Dragon. Compared to Milizaus, its size was not as big. This Starry Spiritual Dragon did not have a habit of running around naked. Most of its body was covered in specially made ck heavy metal armor.
Its armor was even equipped with mechanical weapons, such as artilleries and battleship shields. It was basically fully armed. Such a heavily-armed enormous dragon could basically be seen as a battleship. The machinery and its body formed a bulky sense of beauty.
Its armor and its body also had a lot of magic circuits on them that were illuminated. They were clearly Enchants.
“This is one of my Armed Dragon Guards. Let him try the effects of the Evolution Cube first,” Milizaus said. As a Beyond Grade A, he also had his own elite team. The Armed Dragon Guards were just like Austin’s Forbidden Sorcerers.
Wow, this guy looks really cool... Han Xiao’s eyes were shing. This style ofrge creature armedpletely with machinery was perfect for his taste.
Temporarily unsealing the Evolution Cube, Han Xiao activated it. ck Evolution Energy poured out and covered this Armed Dragon Guard, forming a ck cocoon.
Ka ka...
Not long after, the ck cocoon shattered like a newborning out of its shell. Under the sharp senses of three Beyond Grade As, the aura of this Armed Dragon Guard became considerably stronger. Its size was visiblyrger, and its heavy armor became a little tight on its body.
Roar!
This Armed Dragon Guard looked up and roared, emitting bright silvery-purple dragon breath that expanded like a sea of light and shattered like fireworks in the sky.
“Looks quite effective.” Beyoni was a little jealous. If he could let the females of the Pyre Demon Tribe receive such enhancements, they would be able to endure more of his hot essence, which would definitely be beneficial in the reproduction of his descendant race.
Milizaus was also satisfied.
“Alright then, I ept this price. I shall first buy... two thousand allocations.”
“How is two thousand enough? The poption of the Starry Spiritual Dragon is not high, sure, but there should at least be a million dragons. Come on, buy more.” Han Xiao tried tempting him.
Milizaus snorted. “I’ll think about it in the future.”
If he bought tens of thousands of allocations at once, his Starry Spiritual Dragon Race would have to change their name to the Anemic Dragon Race.
“I have another request.” Han Xiao chuckled. He sized the Armed Dragon Guard up and said, “I think that you Starry Spiritual Dragons are quite magnificent...”
“What do you want now?” Milizaus was rmed.
“Do you mind if I recruit a few Starry Spiritual Dragons as my allies...”
“Don’t even think about it!” Milizaus was so angry that he could barely maintain his energy apparition.
Allies? You think I did not see the overflowing desire in your eyes? You want my people to be your mount, don’t you? Outrageous, you might as well mount me!
Milizaus had read about Han Xiao beforeing and knew about how thick skinned he was. However, after actual contact, the thickness of Han Xiao’s skin still exceeded his expectations. Never mind him raising the price so directly, he even wanted to mount his dragon offspring right in front of him. How could there be such a shameless Beyond Grade A!
However, Milizaus did not dislike it and somewhat liked ck Star’s style. Most of the Beyond Grade As in the universe took their image very seriously and always maintained a cold attitude as if they were afraid others did not know how important they were. He was quite happy to meet someone with a different demeanor.
Having lived for so long, one would either be careless about everything or develop more interests in new and fresh things. In this respect, Milizaus shared quite a lot ofmon traits with Aesop.
...
On the Arcane Church’s mother, inside arge temple, the Bishops sat around the round table, discussing the Evolution Cube.
Dispatching so many Beyond Grade As at once was no small matter. It required decisions from the highest members of the Arcane Church. However, due to what had happened with Psyker, the opinions of the Main Church were divided.
“We should give up this n!” a bishop said calmly. “We have lost the ability to locate the Evolution Cube and now are stuck. ording to thetest intel, the dynasty has noticed our intentions. ck Star has returned to Lighthouse and is hiding behind multipleyers of protection. The dynasty even gave him two bodyguards, ‘Incineration’ Beyoni and ‘Dragon King’ Milizaus. If we continue with the n, we will be facing three of the Crimson Dynasty high levelbatants, and that’s considered direct conflict, which goes against our original intentions.
“The security around Lighthouse is tight. As soon as our secret fleet appears near it, it will be discovered by the dynasty. By then, we will have to face the garrison of Lighthouse, who are fully war-prepared. The risk is too high.”
The others looked at him silently.
“More importantly, without the ability to locate the Evolution Cube, if ck Star hides it, we will have no way of finding it. Capturing ck Star is an extremely difficult task. The reward is not worth the risk. We...” After a pause, this bishop sighed and said, “We should give up the Evolution Cube.”
The others could not object. They subconsciously looked at the main seat. That was supposed to be the seat of the pope. It was not upied now, but they knew that the pope had been listening to the discussions.
The discussion hade to a stalemate. It was all up to the pope’s decision.
After waiting for a while, a 3D projection suddenly appeared above the round table. There were a few sentences. It was the pope’s reply.
“First, God has said that the Evolution Cube is still with ck Star.
“Second, change the n and directly attack Lighthouse.
“Third, new mission target, Milizaus. The [Ten Thousand Deity Scepter] can be used to kill him.
“Fourth, the Federation of Light has agreed to provide assistance.”