Chapter 1277 - 1025 Set FLAG

Long Yi gave a wry smile and said, "I don’t have much of a good solution for this either. I can’t trust these White Dragons in front of me as I do the White Dragons of the Human Realm—of course, even for the White Dragons I trust most in the Human Realm, I haven’t completely lifted all their curses. So, without being able to rely on the power of the Dragon Clan, I honestly don’t have much of a good solution. At first, I was puzzled as to why the Giants didn’t choose to exterminate the Dragon Clan. But now, I think I understand somewhat. It turns out there really are times in this world when one possesses immense power but dares not use it at will."

The Divine Envoy smiled and said, "Do you know? Even gods often encountered such times in the beginning. Her power was too strong, easily able to change everything, which forced her to be extremely careful and cautious with every choice she made."

"Even gods have it tough, huh? At least I don’t have to take part in the great war of the gods," Long Yi said with a chuckle.

Upon hearing Long Yi’s words, the smile on the Divine Envoy’s face disappeared. She observed Long Yi carefully, then shook her head and said, "Do you know, Long Yi? The rate at which your Divine Status is growing is unusually fast, so fast that it’s almost abnormal."

"Is it?" Long Yi revealed his Divine Status, and if he had to claim it had grown stronger, then indeed, it was a tad stronger than it had been a while ago. But overall, it still couldn’t be considered strong.

"You know, the extent to which Divine Status has grown in these past few days took the original god a full thousand years to achieve," the Divine Envoy said.

Her words made Long Yi’s heart skip a beat. He put down his work and asked the Divine Envoy, "Did the original god also grow little by little?"

The Divine Envoy nodded and said, "It’s inevitable. A god doesn’t suddenly become a god; she grows bit by bit, and her growth rate was nowhere near as fast as yours is now."

This, on the contrary, puzzled Long Yi even more, "Then, what is the reason for my fast growth?"

The Divine Envoy shook her head, "You are a god, and I am but a Divine Envoy. If I had to say, my rank is lower than yours. If you yourself don’t know, how could I possibly know? Perhaps you should take some time to thoroughly investigate your Divine Status."

This must be a warning.

That’s what Long Yi thought, but the warning was surely well-meaning.

Long Yi kept this matter in mind, but the work in his hands couldn’t stop. One after another, ’Dragon Eggs’ were installed into the Divine Armors. These brand-new Divine Armors would fight according to a preset program. With their help, the capital for space warfare should increase somewhat. Meanwhile, the surrounding planets also began to fully operate their war machines, continuously producing one Divine Armor after another. To Long Yi, these Divine Armors were completely expendable in front of the Black Dragon, and only by piling up more and more of them would there be a chance of victory!

Before long, the spies from The Divine Auffa Empire brought news that the magic scholars of The Divine Auffa Empire had indeed developed a magic that allowed the Black Dragons to be active in the universe for extended periods! And this magic was approved by the Black Dragon Elder Slite!

What did that mean? It meant that the Black Dragon’s next wave of attacks was coming soon!

Long Yi made sure all the Divine Armors were ready. He stowed them in the spacecraft, waiting on standby. After all, the Divine Armors didn’t need to rest. And as for the ’Dragon Eggs’ that served as their power, they just needed some replenishment of nutrient solution.

Indeed, the very next day after the message arrived, ships from The Divine Auffa Empire once again came to this place. However, unlike last time, when the White Dragons appeared again, large groups of Dragon Men immediately disembarked from the ships to form a defensive formation that blocked the White Dragons’ first wave of attacks. It seemed, even the Black Dragons understood that the number of ships they could use was limited, and the consequences of constant loss would be unimaginable, so they had to protect the ships.

Watching as the Black Dragon burst forth, Long Yi also immediately dispatched his modified Divine Armor.

When these Divine Armors appeared, the Black Dragon men immediately laughed.

"Thought they were Golems! Turns out they’re just these little toys? Hahahaha! Tear them apart!"

The Black Dragon men roared as they charged forward, their mouths spewing out corrosive Dragon Breath, and their hands releasing deadly magic.

The Divine Armor, drawing energy from the "Dragon Egg," did not cast any spells, but instead used the light cannons on their heads to bombard the enemy. In the vacuum of space, the power of these light cannons hardly diminished, packing a tremendous punch.

But their adversaries were not ordinary people of this plane, but Half-Dragon Men, whose essence is first dragon, then human. Although the initial light cannon bombardment caused them some trouble, they quickly adapted and began to counterattack.

Lacking any advantage in agility compared to the Half-Dragon Men, Long Yi had placed no restrictions on the Divine Armor from the beginning. From the very first shot, they operated at full power. Under such full power operation, the light cannons on the Divine Armor’s heads would completely break down after just thirty shots. However, most Divine Armors could not even make it to thirty shots before being torn apart by the Black Dragon men. And the Divine Armor’s own shields could hardly withstand a few full-strength attacks from the Black Dragon men.

Long Yi felt helpless; these Divine Armors were originally designed to bully humans, not meant to bully dragons, and it was too late now to upgrade them. He could only temporarily trade quantity for quality—what else could he do?

These Black Dragon men charged at their targets, laughing wildly without any formation, a free-for-all. The light cannons of the Divine Armor posed a certain threat, but they were not as lethal as the White Dragon. Now that they had mastered magic to move freely in space, the Black Dragon men dared to engage in a war of attrition with the White Dragons.

Currently, the White Dragon’s firepower environment was quite tolerable. The Divine Armor stood at the front, with light cannons and their bodies withstanding the first wave of the Black Dragon men’s assault. Meanwhile, the White Dragons unleashed all their firepower without reservation. From inside the ship at the rear, Long Yi silently observed the White Dragon’s attacks. Indeed, the might of each light beam the White Dragon spat out was astonishing, and upon self-assessment, Long Yi realized he couldn’t withstand the impact of that force. However, the fact that the Black Dragons ensured the blow only resulted in serious injury rather than death, confirmed that although the physical strength of the Black Dragon men had diminished, they remained formidable!

Now, the choices available to Long Yi for response were not many—he could either continue to strengthen the White Dragons or employ his own biotechnology to create a life form capable of rivaling the Black Dragons out of thin air.

Or perhaps... A surprising idea suddenly sprouted in Long Yi’s mind.

He had always been contemplating how to enhance his own people, but turning the thought around, might reducing the opponent’s power also work?

"I’m going to capture a Black Dragon man," Long Yi suddenly said.

"Uh, huh?" The girls beside him instinctively responded, but quickly sensed something was amiss.

"What did you say?" Ai Lin thought she had misheard.

"I said I’m going to capture a Black Dragon man; I need to do some research," Long Yi said.

"Let’s go together," Ai Lin and Little Zi said at the same time.

"No, you two wait here," Long Yi said.

"I’ll blast you with some stellar material!" Xiaodie popped out of Long Yi’s personal space, saying cheerily.

"Too slow... Your stellar material won’t be able to catch up with them," Long Yi said.

"It’s okay, I can detonate..." Xiaodie started to say but then obediently fell silent mid-sentence. Detonating stellar material, that would be like the power of nuclear fusion; aside from her, there would be no need for anyone else alive at the scene.

"I can help you block some damage," Silverlight said.

"Actually, there’s no need, I’ll just be careful, after all, I still have my trump card."

The trump card Long Yi was talking about was his own divine power. Although he wasn’t as skilled with divine power as Little Zi, it was, after all, a force entirely his own. If he really cast any magic, those spells imbued with divine power could definitely have an extraordinary effect.

"Then, be careful," Ai Lin said, sounding somewhat worried.

"Rest assured," Long Yi smiled, "I haven’t planned on dying here yet."

Boom!

Long Yi hadn’t finished speaking when suddenly a loud noise rang out, and the entire starship shook violently.

"What’s happening?" Long Yi shouted.

"Sorry, Lord Long Yi, an asteroid hit us. We fired several shots but couldn’t smash it, and the ship’s shield couldn’t withstand it either," the captain yelled back.

Asteroid? The ship’s guns didn’t dent it? Shields ineffective?

"You go, we’ll take a look at that asteroid," Ai Lin said.

Long Yi nodded and replied, "Alright."

Just as he was about to turn around, a series of collision sounds came from inside the ship, followed by a gold blur smashing through the walls of the bridge, then grabbing Long Yi and both crashing to the floor.

After a moment of chaos, everyone saw the person on top of Long Yi.

Not only did Long Yi see them, but he also felt them up close.

"Suolin?" Long Yi asked, his surprise tinged with confusion.

"Heh—heh—Long Yi, have you said that line yet?" Suolin asked between heavy breaths, struggling for air.

"That line?" Long Yi was bewildered.

"I haven’t planned on dying here yet," Suolin said.

"Yes, I’ve just said that..." Long Yi was even more confused.

Hearing this, Suolin immediately burst out laughing: "Whew, I arrived just in time, that was close, I thought I missed the right moment."

Long Yi immediately caught the implication behind her words: "Wait, I didn’t just jinx myself, did I?"

Suolin climbed off Long Yi, then casually pulled him up, saying, "You can imagine the specifics for yourself, but thankfully, I arrived just in time."

Long Yi also scratched his head and laughed, but he was sweating coldly. Suolin needing to travel through time to rescue him signified the danger he’d just flagged.

"Now, what were you about to do?" Suolin asked.

"I was just about to capture a Black Dragon Man alive," Long Yi said.

"I’ll go," Suolin declared, radiating light from her whole body, and teleported out of the starship. She then transformed into a dark golden Giant Dragon, her entire body surging with energy as she flew off into the distance.

"This sister seems to be very impatient," Xiaodie remarked.

"Probably... a side effect of time travel, always feeling like there’s not enough time," Long Yi said. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com) with recommendation tickets or monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)