Star Odyssey

r, that was something to do with Nightking Zhenwu, and Ling Gong decided to ignore it.
At most, she would make sure that the Lingling clan did not participate in this affair.
 

Whenever she thought of Lu Yin, she felt pity.
He had truly been too talented, to a frightening degree.
If he had been allowed to mature, then he definitely would have become one of the Ten Arbiters, and he might have even surpassed them in the future and become a leader of the Human Domain’s entire younger generation.
Such a shame. 

There was a beep, and Ling Gong looked at her gadget.
She suddenly grew excited, as the contest for the Astral Tower was about to begin. 

Ling Gong put away all other thoughts and went into seclusion.
She had to seize an inheritance from the Astral Tower and become one of the Cosmic Five.

As for Ling Que, he was simply ignored.

***

A certain pirate port in the Innerverse grew increasingly busier after the Sixth Mainland’s forces retreated.
However, its activity was still greatly lacking compared to its bustling nature before the invasion.
Even the pirates were feeling the loss in numbers due to the various people who had died, and they cursed even louder after drinking. 

Even if they did not know what the Sixth or Fifth Mainlands were, everything would still be fine as long as they could bully others. 

“There’ll be a day when I’ll invade the Sixth Mainland and slaughter that bunch of those bastards!” someone shouted, and the others all cheered. 

Within the crowd there was a woman who cheered the loudest and raised her glass.

“There’ll be one day when I’ll drink all of the Sixth Mainland’s alcohol!” That led to another loud round of cheers. 

The girl had hazy eyes showing that she was drunk, but also very excited.

After a round of commotion, a few pirates approached her in a suspicious manner, and one of them set a hand on the girl’s shoulder.
“Little sis, do you want a drink? You can follow us back to our ship.
We’ve got some good liquor there, and it was all stolen from the Sixth Mainland.”

Her eyes lit up, and she let out a drunken belch.
The air that she expelled actually condensed into a drop of alcohol that she then sucked in.
“You’ve really got drinks from the Sixth Mainland?”

The pirate was thrilled.
“Of course! As long as you follow me, you can drink as much as you want.”

She smiled, stood up, tottered around a bit, and then burped in a drunken manner.
Her face was flushed bright red.
“That’s what you told me.
If there aren’t any drinks, I’ll squeeze all of you dry.” 

The small group of pirates all laughed.
“We like being squeezed dry!.
Come on, let’s go for a drink!” 

“Let’s go,” the other pirates echoed. 

Quite a few other pirates felt pity for the girl, but they were one step too late.

Before long, the girl was led to a beat up spacecraft by a few pirates, and the entire scene looked like pure chaos.

“Where are the drinks?” the girl slurred as she wobbled around, having to keep herself steady by leaning against the walls while she looked at the pirates through hazy eyes.

They could not wait to get rid of their clothes.
“What drinks? Come and join us, and when we’re done, we’ll buy some for you.” 

The girl looked confused, but then her face flushed deeper red.
“No- no drinks?”

“Quit messing around and come play with us.” One pirate grabbed the girl and was about to force her down when her lips pursed together.

“I thought that you people were lucky enough to come across some good alcohol, but it was a lie.
In that case, I’m going to squeeze you all dry.”

“Haha! Bro, this wretch wants to squeeze you dry! Let’s go!” the pirates chortled.

She belched like a drunkard, but then her eyes turned incomparably cold as an indescribably disturbing aura fell upon the group of pirates.
They all froze in place, and then, their leader’s body suddenly started to shrivel.
First it was his hand, and next was his leg.
The process was very slow yet inexorable.
He was slowly turning into dust.

That pirate’s face went pale, and he stared at his hand in terror as it turned to dust.
Suddenly, his entire body slammed onto the floor; his leg was already gone.
“Save- sa- save me!”

The other pirates were so frightened that they fell to the floor, utterly paralyzed with fear.
They turned to stare at the girl in dread. 

She burped again.
“I warned you guys.
I told you that I’ll squeeze you dry, keke.”

“Hurry and run,” one of the pirates screamed as he fled towards the door.
However, before he made it very far, his legs suddenly turned to dust, and the remaining half of his body slammed onto the floor.
The other pirates did not even dare to move, and they simply watched on as their own bodies shriveled up and ultimately vanished. 

Before much time passed, the girl walked out of the spacecraft, swaying.
Her face was still completely flushed, and her appearance caused many other pirates to look at her with lustful eyes.
Nobody knew what had happened within the spacecraft that she had just left, as if they did, all of the pirates here would have already fled. 

“What a bunch of trash! Leon’s Armada isn’t any good either.
Pirates are all terrible,” the woman slurred in a drunken speech, but no one could understand what she said.
She continued on her way, swaying as she walked.
Suddenly, her gadget beeped, and she glanced down at it.
After a moment of time, she revealed a surprised expression.
“So the contest for the Astral Tower is going to start soon? There’s still about a year left.
Keke, one more year of drinking, one more year.” The woman paused and then cheered up.
“Time to go drink in the Neoverse.”

Then, her figure vanished. 

This sight shocked those in the pirate port, as all of them realized that this woman had not been as simple as they had assumed.
As for the few pirates who had led her away earlier, nobody knew where they had gone.

***

As the start date for the Astral Tower contest drew closer, quite a commotion was stirred up within the Innerverse, and the Neoverse was the same.

In a foreign part of the universe, a towering peak slowly floated along.
There were dozens of stars revolving around it, and a raging inferno blazed at its highest point.
From a distance, it looked like it was smoking, but every few seconds, the blaze would go out only to start burning again moments later.
The soaring smoke spread across the nearby region of outer space—this was Smoke Eater Peaks, one of the Neoverse powers.

Inside Smoke Eater Peaks, Gu Xiao ’er looked bitter.
“What’s it got to do with you? I tried my best, but not even that woman, Qiu Shi, was able to seize the Champions ’ Stage! Dad, you’re not making much sense.”

“Smelly brat, you still dare to squabble? It’s all because you have no prospects.
My Smoke Eater Peaks’ smoke is unrivaled, and from today forward, you will go and absorb the smoke until you can form it yourself.”

“Smoking is detrimental to one’s health.”

“Shut up! I still haven’t settled the score with you for losing the Cosmic Art from before.”

‘I’ve told you, that thing was stolen!”

“Nobody can steal anything from my Smoke Eater Peaks! A little brat like you needs a spanking! I’ll beat you!” 

“Save me!”

“Eh, the contest for the Astral Tower is about to begin? Xiao’er, come here.
I’ll give you some special treatment.”

“Save me!”

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