"We are surrounded..."

He swallowed hard. He hadn’t noticed earlier, but now that he knew his surroundings were filled with Desert Worms, how could he not be terrified?

Finding a region with relatively fewer asteroids, Li Zixuan ordered everyone to quickly retrieve the Dark Spiritual Artifact Fragments from the retrieval cabin and strengthen them with Spirit Stones.

Everything was proceeding smoothly, if you ignored those lurking insects.

Everyone was hoping to escape this place quickly. The monsters seemed ready to pounce, making them feel very uneasy.

"Captain! I’ve repaired the communications system! I’ve also restored the detection system. It should be back online and able to detect distant situations now!"

Meng Meimei rushed over with exciting news.

"Good job, Meimei!"

Li Zixuan praised her excitedly, then quickly activated the detection system and the communications system, intending to contact the Molmos Level side.

But just as he turned on the detection system, a loud shout suddenly disrupted their plans.

"Look over there! What’s happening!?"

It was Bugison Thomas from the Mad Bee Team speaking. He was using the newly online detection system to investigate the surrounding situation and immediately identified a problem.

On the surveillance image before him, the Constant Star Luminous began to rapidly expand and shrink, like a balloon inflating and deflating, threatening to explode at any moment.

"That’s a... star?"

"It’s the Prism! What’s happening to it? Something seems to be emerging from inside?"

"Damn! It’s really going to blow up!?"

Someone couldn’t help but curse. Everyone knew the destructive force of a stellar explosion—even with this warship in perfect condition, surviving such a blast was nearly impossible, let alone when the Shield system had been sabotaged by the Desert Worms.

"No! No! Hurry, let’s go! We must leave! Activate Jump mode! Get out of here!"

A miner shouted anxiously.

Li Zixuan just looked back at him, not saying much, but his eyes conveyed a clear message.

"It’s too late..."

He licked his dry lips and spoke quietly with an air of despair mixed with calm:

"The Digger-class is too large; it takes at least twenty minutes to activate the Jump Engine. We simply cannot escape..."

Finishing the sentence, he shook his head hard to keep himself sober, then said:

"Our only hope now is to use these Spirit Stones to activate the Shield, hoping it’s not entirely damaged, and perhaps activate remaining Spiritual Power to survive..."

Though he spoke this way, everyone knew the chances were exceedingly slim.

But no one wanted to wait for death, even at this final moment, everyone erupted with a strong will for survival. Led by Li Zixuan, everyone began to work rapidly, trying to activate the Shield before the Prism fully exploded.

Two minutes later.

"Boom!!"

A terrifying shockwave of Dark Spiritual Power arrived, and the massive Prism Star violently exploded at that moment.

Inside the 9300 ship, everyone felt dizzy, their heads aching almost to the point of fainting.

The scene unfolding before them filled them with fear, the Prism’s explosion was too swift, leaving no time for preparation.

A star exploding in front of their eyes was something they not only hadn’t seen but couldn’t even have imagined in their lifetime.

The suffocating sensation was so intense they forgot how to breathe; their heartbeats even seemed half a beat slow.

However, what happened next was even more unforgettable, making them wonder whether they were dreaming.

In the projected images, around the Prism, twelve figures flew in from different directions, moving so fast they were barely visible, outpacing light. If not for the System’s Dark Spiritual Artifact equipment, they wouldn’t have known what was happening.

The twelve figures surrounded the Prism, each seeming to perform a hand seal, and instantly, a colossal, translucent blue light curtain enveloped the Prism.

The powerful explosion that could destroy an entire star system halted, stopped by this one light screen.

"How, how is this possible..."

The crew watching felt their brains crashing, their thoughts unable to catch up with the situation.

"Are they Transcendents...? Are the Transcendents truly terrifying?"

"That’s a star... They managed to stop it with sheer personal might... How is that different from Divine beings...?"

A few miners gasped in awe, these words were intriguing to Li Zixuan and the others.

Though they had rarely seen true Transcendents, living on Rebirth Island for years had exposed them to more than most, naturally understanding more.

What is the power limit of Transcendents? Asked a few years ago, they might say being able to solo a warship was the limit.

After all, reality isn’t like games and movies, where you can easily destroy worlds.

Yet later, they realized they were too naive and conservative; reality outdid games and movies in its exaggeration.

Not to mention the mysterious Ji Xiang at humanity’s combat ceiling, even among known masters in the Star Alliance, some could effortlessly destroy a planet.

Though Li Zixuan and the rest heard this secondhand, becoming universally acclaimed made it truth.

They didn’t think Star Alliance individuals would lie over such matters and had witnessed powerful figures in action, unforgettable destruction-level Strength.

Now again seeing legendary Transcendents in action, and such an impressive display, left them pleasantly surprised.

Twelve Transcendents acted together, forming a vast defense network, halting the Energy surge from the Emperor’s awakening, minimizing damage to the fleet behind.

"Those Godslayer Team guys, although haughty, are genuinely strong; astonishingly, just a few of them easily stopped this explosion."

On the Third Fleet flagship, Li Xiang admired the scene.

He had prepared for impact but didn’t foresee the Godslayer Team quelling it.

Considering this wasn’t a mere stellar explosion; if it were, some Godslayer members could handle it solo without teammates’ array.

Behind this stellar burst lay another fearsome Spiritual Power impact—an Emperor awakening massive attack, from a Transcendent Level Alien Species.

Understanding Transcendent-Level is unattainable for sub-Transcendents.

Collaboratively blocking this assault validated the Godslayer Team’s formidable Strength, rightly prideful.

The explosion ceased, now the Prism was eerily transformed into a twisted, bizarre leathery sphere, numerous red tentacles extending billions of kilometers, effortlessly reaching the Third Fleet poised remotely.