A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 151: Chapter 129 Deep in Hell_2

“Boom—!!!”

Just as the sword in the enormous demon’s hand was about to slash Duanmu Huai, Duanmu Huai raised his right hand and activated the gravity gloves again, which changed the direction of the sword’s gravity in front of him. At the same time, he gripped his war hammer tightly and swung it hard, hitting it directly on the side of the sword. Under Duanmu Huai’s full-strength blow, the sword held by the huge demon was deflected and smashed heavily onto the ground, instantly smashing a huge trench into the ground. Those knights and demons who didn’t manage to dodge in time either lost their lives under the giant sword or fell into the abyss of the trench, vanishing without a trace.

But it wasn’t over yet!!

“Whoosh———!!”

Accompanied by rising dust, Duanmu Huai leapt up. Then he gripped his chainsaw sword tightly with both hands, fixated on the glowing red core of the massive demon’s chest. The next moment, jetpacks on Duanmu Huai’s back exploded with a strong blast of air combined with the speed provided by gravity, and like a bullet, Duanmu Huai rocketed towards the demon’s core!

From afar, one could only see a black stripe whizzing across the sky, piercing into the demon’s chest. The next moment, the demon’s back blew open, and the howling shock wave mixed with the formidable attack of the chainsaw sword blew open the armored chest of the demon, piercing through its heart. The mighty demon, having suffered this fatal blow, lost all resistance, falling back onto the ground in a desperate attempt to fight, to no avail.

“Thunk—————!!!”

The massive body of the demon fell heavily to the ground, the sight of which sent others demons panicking and fleeing. As the dust settled, Duanmu Huai, covered in blood, fell from the sky, reappearing before the steel knights.

Staring at the armored giant covered in fresh blood who had once again appeared before them, the steel knights didn’t move. They only watched him closely. Following that, the leading knight put down his weapon, kneeling halfway on the ground. As if taking their cue from him, the other knights also put down their weapons, knelt, lowered their heads, and began murmuring a word.

It was a word Duanmu Huai found familiar.

“Astarte………”

After that, Duanmu Huai chatted with the warriors and finally understood their origins.

As it turned out, these warriors were also descendants of the Human Empire – but they themselves had long forgotten this piece of history. To them, they had acquired a new name.

The Yajinians.

These Yajinians live in a place called Nur’s Ring, a world created by beings known as “Elemental Spirits”. Like the Star Gods and the Ancient Saints, these beings were creatures that existed from the beginning of the universe. However, this group of Elemental Spirits wasn’t as warlike and kept to themselves.

Later, the Yajinians reached an agreement with the Elemental Spirits and began to develop here. Their world wasn’t entirely peaceful, but it was prosperous.

Eventually, an alien civilization known as the Mek Tribe arrived. After some friendly exchanges, the Yajinians became the Mek Tribe’s vassals. The Mek Tribe provided them with advanced culture and knowledge, and the Yajinians became the frontiers of the Mek Tribe, fighting for them in various fields and planets.

As would be expected, through this process, they ended up coming to the subspace and encountered the demons there.

This was common. Almost all civilizations wishing to explore across galaxies would sooner or later have to interact with the subspace.

At first, the Yajinians were pushed back by the demons. But they later secured their footing. They even acquired Hell Essence from some demons they had captured – a strong and mysterious demonic power. This power not only could grant the Yajinians eternal life, but it could also strengthen their technical powers.

In this circumstance, almost all members of the Yajin Clan fell under the influence of this demonic energy (or spiritual energy, to put it plainly). They had almost completely abandoned the Elemental Spirits they once worshipped. Only the Night Guards still maintained the traditions of old.

However, during their next expedition into Hell, the Night Guards were astonished to discover that the Yajinians’ overlord, the Mek Tribe, had already made a pact with the hellish demons. The Mek Tribe wanted the power of Hell to maintain their own immortality, and for this, they even betrayed Nur’s Ring and the Yajinians. They also imprisoned the Elemental Spirits whom the Yajinians worshipped, making them constantly produce Hell’s power for the Mek Tribe.

They even planned on invading and decimating Nur’s Ring, assimilating it with Hell, and even using the souls of the Yajinians on Nur’s Ring to refine this vile power!

After learning this, the Night Guards tried to convince the people of Nur’s Ring to resist the Mek Tribe. However, the Yajinians who were already corrupted by Hell’s power had already abandoned their traditions. In order to preserve their tribe’s purity and traditions, the Night Guards started a civil war and once again stormed into the depths of Hell, nearly obliterating the Mek Tribe’s Yajin energy production factory.

But there were traitors amongst the Night Guards, leading to their attack’s failure. The remaining troops were either annihilated or had to flee.

The group Duanmu Huai encountered was such a unit of Night Guards who were being chased by demons. Had he not intervened, these Night Guards would surely have met their fate.

The fact that these Night Guards could recognise Duanmu Huai was due to their traditions.

Even though tens of thousands of years had passed, and the Human Empire had faded into history’s dust, the ancestors of the Yajinians hadn’t completely forgotten their history. Their mythologies still detailed how the ancestors of the Yajinians travelled aboard their metallic arks to escape disaster and, under the guidance of the gods, arrived at Nur’s Ring.

And amongst these frescoes, naturally, there were depictions of Astarte—the great angel wearing skull armor, fulfilling the will of the gods to protect mankind.

Now, in the eyes of these Night Guards, the legendary Astarte just materialized before their very eyes. It was the providence of the gods!!

Well……Duanmu Huai really wanted to tell them that the Judge and Astarte belonged to different organizations.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

But he decided against it.

After regrouping with these Night Guards, Duanmu Huai immediately had his next objective.

He had to fight his way back to Nur’s Ring and take the Mek Tribe and the demons down!

Joking aside, who is Duanmu Huai? He is the Judge of the Empire! As for the Mek Tribe, an Alien race, how dare they ally with the Chaotic Demon and enslave the people of the Empire? If this isn’t causing for purging, what is?!

It’s time for these damned Alien races to taste the wrath of loyalty!