The starship 'Time' pierced through the stargate of the Cloud Sea Starfield and leaped into the boundless deep space.

Outside the porthole, the stars shimmered and flowed, a journey that should have been exhilarating, but the atmosphere inside the bridge was as heavy as iron.

Mingxi stood in front of the control panel, her gaze sweeping across the star map.

Behind the green dot representing their side, seventeen red markers followed closely, like a persistent, invasive infection.

Verina stood behind her, her expression turning somewhat serious: "I didn't expect someone to take action so quickly, and with seventeen starships at once. You've really stirred up a lot of hatred."

Mingxi was speechless: "Do you think it's possible that it's not me who's powerful, but a resource planet that's powerful?"

Verina suddenly realized.

"You're right, you're not worth it personally."

Mingxi: "..."

"A bounty on a resource planet is enough to drive desperate criminals mad."

Mingxi's voice was calm as her fingers swiped quickly across the control panel. "Captain, maintain the energy shield at 70%, increase engine power to 85%, and we'll take the 'Reef Nebula' route."

"But Lord Mingxi, the Reef Nebula's magnetic field is disordered, and there's a large amount of interstellar dust—"

"That's why large warships can't get in."

Mingxi turned to the captain, "These 17 starships aren't a big problem, but I don't want a great white shark to appear while I'm dealing with these small fry. I myself might not be a big problem, but you..."

The captain immediately understood what she meant.

She was worried that there were more 'predators' than just these, and that the reef route could prevent larger-scale attacks.

The captain took a deep breath:

"I understand, I'll carry it out immediately."

To ensure a smooth voyage, Mingxi summoned nine gold ingots.

"Little Silver Flower, help stabilize the magnetic field along the route of the Shijin Ship."

"Luo".

Little Silver Flower's cry was clear and powerful, and the 【Holy Aura】 property had expanded and surrounded the entire'Shijin' ship, which could cancel out 80% of the magnetic field interference.

The Shijin changed course at high speed and plunged into the colorful nebula marked as a "high-risk area" on ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) the star map.

The ship trembled slightly, and strange streaks of light began to appear outside the portholes.

The pursuers, however, finally revealed their true colors once they entered the reef area.

Three shuttle-shaped assault ships broke in from the edge of the nebula, forming a triangular encirclement.

Their ships were painted with menacing black scorpion symbols—the Poison Scorpion Mercenary Group, a deadly organization active at the intersection of three star systems.

"Warning! High-energy object locked on, likely a'Shieldbreaker' proton torpedo!" the monitor's voice was urgent.

Mingxi raised her hand: "All ships are on Level One combat readiness. Chiyu, you stay on the bridge to assist the starship in defense."

Gold, silver, jade, black, white, and purple obsidian—let's go!

After Chi Yu echoed her, Ming Xi disappeared from the bridge with eight gold ingots, and the next second they appeared on the launch platform on top of the starship.

The vacuum environment naturally had no effect on her.

Even without special physical attributes, with her super SSS-level physique, traversing the void with her physical body is already a basic ability.

Her unprotected appearance, standing alone in the starry sky, made many people envious.

Although they already knew about this.

After all, when she recently destroyed Zetalem, she stood in the starry sky without any protection. Although the videos were not very clear, the background of the planet's destruction truly satisfied all the romantic desires of men and women.

Mingxi had just appeared outside the starship.

Three proton torpedoes, trailing blue flames, tore through the stardust and hurtled towards the Shijin.

The small silver flower releases spatial compression and strong pressure cutting, instantaneously!

The space ahead was distorted and folded to a degree visible to the naked eye, and the three torpedoes seemed to have crashed into an invisible quagmire, their speed decreasing by 90%.

Then, Liangjing clenched her little fists and met the punch head-on.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Three muffled thuds reverberated in the vacuum as energy shockwaves, the torpedoes were crushed and exploded into three silent bursts of fire.

The mercenaries inside the assault ship were stunned.

"Did you guys see that? That pet beast actually smashed three proton torpedoes with its bare hands?! And it wasn't even hurt!"

"It's alright. After all, it's Mingxi's pet beast, so it's reasonable for it to be a little stronger!"

Is this reasonable?

The younger brothers were engaged in a lively discussion.

The Scorpion Captain, growing impatient, his face darkened. "Continue the attack! Pass the order down to all firepower! At all costs! No matter how strong she is, she's just one person with only nine pets! We have so many brothers and so many pets; I refuse to believe we can't take her down!"

Seventeen starships, seventeen cannons lit up simultaneously, unleashing a torrential downpour of energy beams, live ammunition, and jamming missiles.

This firepower, enough to sink a medium-sized frigate, completely covered the area where Mingxi was located.

Mingxi did not move.

But the gold ingots all moved.

The lightning radiation of the golden ingot, the barrier of the little silver flower, the sun and moon in the sky of the Lan Moon, the Asura River of Florence, the water control of the black pearl...

Weaken, impact, infiltrate, contain, eliminate!

Eight pet beasts, eight forces, transcend space, blooming brilliantly in the abyss of the universe.

Combining these skills could create a unique combo attack.

This is thanks to their long-standing tacit understanding and cooperation, so even though their energy forms are different, they will not conflict with each other.

Large props such as beams, cannonballs, and missiles collided with the light shield, unleashing blinding light.

The Shijin was slightly moved by the shockwave, but because Mingxi was in front of it, the starship was unharmed.

And these mercenaries began to unleash their ultimate moves.

Although they themselves do not have the ability to roam the deep space of the universe like Mingxi, their pet beasts can.

The seventeen starships carried over a thousand mercenaries, which is not considered a large mercenary group in this world.

But this mercenary group dared to attack Mingxi, so they must have some strength. Besides their leader, Poison Scorpion, they also have two SSS-level beast tamers, and more than ten S-level and SS-level beast tamers.

The number of Venerable, Saint, and Emperor-level pets is in the hundreds!

Even in space, the lack of oxygen would somewhat affect their performance.

But they were affected, as were Mingxi's pets.

At this moment, the beast army leaped out from one starship after another, a dazzling array of extraordinary creatures.

"boom--!"

The battle between eight against one hundred has begun.

And Mingxi also moved.

Walk through the dazzling display of skill fireworks, soaring through the air.

Her first step was to appear atop the first assault ship.

With the path to a thousand mountains in hand.

An ax fell.

The axe blade spewed out pale, cold flames—not fire, but a rule-based attack capable of breaking matter down into basic particles.

The assault ship's energy shield was pierced like paper, and the hull melted in half.

"The first one."

Step two.

Her figure seemed to flash to the side of another starship.

Another axe was swung.

An arc of light precisely sliced ​​through the starship's control room, followed by a deafening explosion, like a miniature fireworks display.

Mingxi stopped looking and turned to her new target, the third starship, which was the starship where the Scorpion Captain was located.

What made it even harder for Scorpion to accept was that their side was also doing poorly in the pet battle arena.

Their pet beasts, when facing Mingxi's pet beasts, were pushed aside as if by an overwhelming force. Instead of an overwhelming victory, they were shattered into pieces.

Several people on the starship have already experienced brain backlash, which only means that their pets have died!

The scorpion, no longer confident, was frantically yelling through the communication channel: "Retreat! Retreat now—"

Oh shit.

It's one thing for Mingxi's pet to be strong, but she herself is... supermodel-worthy!

The other starships realized what was happening and prepared to turn around.

But Mingxi is not alone.

The eight golden ingots weren't just for show; while they were crushing their opponents, they didn't forget to keep an eye on their own beast tamers.

After all, their beast tamer, though a great demon king, was also a delicate and soft-hearted young girl.

Their gaze upon her will never lessen.

"Dark Thunderstorm".

Space was filled with domineering and explosive thunderclouds, engulfing all opponents and starships in a terrifying thunderstorm.

The group of extraordinary beings and the mercenaries inside the starship could only passively howl.

"Psychic cone."

The cone-shaped energy beam, sharp enough to penetrate anything, sliced ​​through the shield of a ship as smoothly as a knife through tender tofu.

At the same time, its psychic spikes directly attack the mental seas of all the mercenaries on the ship.

Forced coma!

The assault ship's intelligent system takes over starship control, but don't forget, Mingxi has an intelligent butler.

The bear version of Guangguang appeared beside her, which was done to save reward time.

After all, reward time is really hard to obtain these days.

It's gotten to the point where Mingxi sometimes struggles to even give herself a cheat code.

Therefore, Guangguang can only accompany me as a mechanical beast.

Avoid consuming reward time if possible.

“Master, as long as there is no one on the starship who can manually control it, I can take over those starships at any time.”

Guangguang is indeed capable; he understood Mingxi's purpose without her even needing to say more.

Mingxi was very satisfied. "Okay, I'll leave it to you. Although these starships are just ordinary assault ships, they still have some value. It would be a pity to destroy them all."

"clear."

Looking at the other battle situations, apart from two starships known for their speed that escaped the reef area and disappeared like shooting stars, and the two that were destroyed by Mingxi, all the other starships were already under the control of Jin Yuanbao and his eight companions.

As for those pets, some were taken back, and some died.

The utter defeat of the opponent is always a cause for celebration.

Mingxi didn't make another move. She returned to the attack platform and gave the order through the communicator: "Shijin, please send a team to help control the receiving starship. As for those space pirates... you can handle them as you see fit. We'll split all the usable supplies we collect 50/50."

Upon hearing Mingxi's command, the Shijin ship fell silent, then erupted in cheers.

Verina looked at the calm figure on the screen, her brows relaxed, and a smile appeared in her eyes.

"She really...is hard not to admire."

Although Mingxi and her team easily dealt with the attack, it served as a signal, as the Shijin ship encountered five more waves of attacks in the following days.

The second wave came from a group called the'Star Remains Pirates'.

They piloted a modified, ancient starship, releasing parasitic spores that could interfere with the engine.

It's not difficult to solve.

With the help of the glittering, all-consuming spirit, Florence directly embodies the way of humanity, allowing the Fern Era to shine with new brilliance in the cosmos.

Plants bloom in abundance across the boundless universe.

The third wave consists of fanatics from the 'Void Cult' who use a rule-based item that can corrupt the spiritual sea of ​​beast tamers.

The opponent's strategy was actually successful.

Because, apart from Mingxi, everyone else on the Shijin was mentally corrupted, some vomiting blood, others falling into a coma.

However, their strategy was unsuccessful.

Because that prop had absolutely no effect on Mingxi.

The reason is simple.

Because Mingxi's spiritual power can be materialized, it can resist all damage to the spiritual sea.

Since she didn't fall, then her opponent is in big trouble.

Finally, the Void Cult was so badly beaten by Mingxi that they were unable to take care of themselves and were in a terrible state; not a single one of them could even maintain their human form.

As for Verina and the members of Shijin who were implicated, with Xiao Yinhua, Xue Qingting, and Fei Lengcui around, it's no big deal.

Some people even benefited from the misfortune, since the potions in Florence have more than just therapeutic effects.

The fourth wave was a joint ambush by three mercenary groups who had set up gravity traps in the asteroid belt.

However, the solution was quite simple: Mingxi only allowed Jin Yuanbao to appear, and then bombarded him with lightning-type skills in turn, directly fulfilling the prerequisite for the original taboo.

Those three mercenary groups were wiped out.

The fifth wave of attacks is the most dangerous.

The enemy had preemptively deployed a large number of space-shaking bombs along the route that the Shijin was bound to take. This was a forbidden item on par with the Sijinling.

Once detonated, it would be enough to tear apart the spatial structure of an entire star field.

Mingxi had no choice but to let You Wuqiong be used again.

It's not that Jin Yuanbao and the others can't handle it, but she needs to consider the safety of Verina and the others.

Verina and the people on the Timeship are innocent; they escorted her back to Earth, and it is her responsibility to ensure their safe return home.

To protect them, Mingxi had no choice but to get serious!

Fortunately, Mingxi and her pet beast are strong enough!

The staff of Shijin went from initial tension to later excitement, and now to numbness.

It wasn't indifference, but rather an almost religious trust in Mingxi's power.

As long as Lord Mingxi is here, the Shijin Ship will definitely be able to reach Blue Star safely.

and......

Because of the successive attacks and Mingxi's generosity, they only needed to do the cleanup work and they had already made a fortune.

This trip earned them more than they had in half a lifetime!

They've made a fortune.

With an opportunity like this, let alone enduring this little bit of fright, it wouldn't be a loss even if you died on the way!

Everyone on the ship was in high spirits, not like they were being chased, but more like they were on a field trip.

However, compared to them, Mingxi did not slack off.

What are you worried about?

When Verina found her in the rest pod, Mingxi and her pets were gathered together, staring at the star map with identical solemn expressions.

No wonder they are the biological beast tamer and the pet.

Don't you think these attacks are a bit... too regular?