Chapter 850 - 651: Really Swallowed It!

The vast fleet had traveled through the cosmos for seven days, and finally arrived at the planet of the Azure Sky Empire. Fang Zuo woke up only three days ago, and the shock and injuries had caused him to sleep for a full four days. After feasting to his heart’s content, the very first thing he did was take a bath, intending to cleanse all the dirt and bad luck from his body. Seeing his student regain his vitality, Fang En was also very pleased.

Leaving the warship, Fang Zuo, accompanied by Fang En, went straight to meet the Emperor. However, in the Emperor’s massive study, Fang Zuo saw that the Emperor was with his military advisors, all wearing grave expressions.

Seeing Fang Zuo return, the Emperor’s face brightened somewhat.

"Father! What has happened?" The first words Fang Zuo said were not "I’m back," but instead, he immediately asked with a concerned citizen’s attitude, as if he had not just been captured. Both Fang En and the surrounding staff nodded in approval, recognizing that Fang Zuo truly was an exceptional talent.

The Emperor was naturally reassured and let out a sigh, then cast an image magic spell, "This was the planet seven days ago."

The image showed a planet that Fang Zuo recognized as the one exchanged for his own life.

Then the Emperor cast another new image, which, judging by the background, seemed to be captured from the same location. But the planet that was originally there had disappeared.

"This planet, it’s gone?" Fang Zuo asked in surprise.

One of the advisors spoke up, "Seven days ago, all personnel on the mining planet were evacuated. Then, this small planet suddenly appeared nearby, and subsequently, our people left behind this footage."

The advisor cast a new image magic spell: in the pitch-black cosmos, a small, somewhat pale planet slowly opened like a gaping maw and bit down on the mining planet. Following that, the mining planet began to crumble on one side and was pulled into the belly of the smaller planet. At the same time, a jet of magma spewed from the opposite side of the small planet and slowly solidified.

In the span of seven days, the once enormous mining planet was completely crushed, devoured, and ultimately, all that was left was a molten mass not even half its original size.

Then the small planet launched the molten mass into the sun using a vast array that covered the planet.

After that, the small planet disappeared entirely.

"It, it ate the whole planet!"

If it weren’t for the fact that everyone here was a staff member of the Emperor, sworn to honesty, Fang Zuo would have thought he was seeing an illusion! But now, he saw with his own eyes that a small planet had devoured a larger one in just seven days!

"What is it? A primeval Giant Beast?" Fang Zuo’s voice also grew heavy.

"No, that’s Ruosha and her Nightmare Knights," the Emperor said, "Or rather, it’s the same planet you just escaped from."

Fang Zuo’s face instantly turned ashen.

When he’d gone to that planet, the color of the planet hadn’t been like this. And when he left, he’d fainted upon boarding the spaceship, so he had no idea it was the very planet he had just left! But his teacher, Fang En, had realized it, and that’s why he was even more shocked than Fang Zuo.

Because just seven days ago, right after they left, the planet had vanished. Clearly, it hadn’t disappeared into thin air but had transported itself to the mining planet! And within seven days, it had swallowed an entire planet, then ejected the remnants into the sun as molten rock.

Thankfully, before the consumption, all the workers had already left. But countless mining equipments and a vast amount of minerals were still there! The Emperor had been willing to agree to the exchange initially because he thought that even if he agreed temporarily, Ruosha wouldn’t have any laborers to use. Could she possibly use the Nightmare Knights as miners? Even if the Nightmare Knights were capable, wouldn’t it be better to have them mine rather than fight? And after Fang Zuo was safe, the Azure Sky Empire could have sent a large fleet to bombard the planet. With the power of the Azure Sky Empire, they could have erased it from the cosmos!

However, most unexpectedly, before they could obliterate the planet, it came over on its own. After devouring another planet, it vanished once again.

And most importantly, you can’t blame her because the planet now belonged to Ruosha.

In fact, this was also the matter that made the Emperor feel extremely uncomfortable because, from start to finish, the Azure Sky Empire had no justification in this affair. It was Ruosha’s territory originally, and the Nightmare Knights were Ruosha’s knights. A prince of the Azure Sky Empire had led a fleet onto her territory and not only failed to win but got captured. No one else was to be blamed. Soon after, Ruosha proactively proposed negotiations. Even the Emperor thought that she was afraid of the Azure Sky Empire, but it now seemed that Ruosha’s intent was very clear. She merely wished to exchange a person of little value for a planet.

And all of this, it was all legal!

The Emperor felt he was about to go mad with anger.

This year felt particularly unfavorable to him. Not long ago, one of his sons and a daughter had been captured by the Queen of the Giant Beasts while watching a Giant Beast battle. Although they were rescued, they died on the battleship. In a rage, the Emperor executed many people, yet that did nothing to abate the anger in his heart. Because the Queen of the Giant Beasts was not only responsible for the deaths of his children but also took the legendary Phantom battleship! It was outrageous! How could the Phantom battleship fall so easily into the hands of the Queen of the Giant Beasts?