Chapter 20: The Terrifying 31st Star Region, Section 2

Subspace Jump!
At this life-or-death moment, Marshal Mari finally deployed his most powerful tactic. His massive bone mech instantly transformed into a burst of black mist, its true form disappearing entirely.
Everything before his eyes warped instantly, as if covered by a layer of transparent water. But Mari had no time to care. Blood streaming from his mouth and nose made him look even more ferocious as he charged straight at the Killing Emperor. His tattered armor plates shattered almost simultaneously, revealing long bone spines protruding from within. In an instant, his mech resembled an sea urchin!
Of course, his movements were completely invisible from the outside. All they could see was a slight distortion in space. In fact, if one wasn’t paying attention, even this distortion would go unnoticed.
To some extent, the subspace system was equivalent to another parallel space. Only, this space was so closely linked to reality. If Mari could approach the Black-Haired man and injure him in this state, then the Killing Emperor in reality would suffer the same injury—potentially even death.
So, would this attempt succeed just like the last time?
“Again? What a lack of creativity,” the Black-Haired man said with a smile as he watched the black mist disperse in the air. He immediately expanded the control helmet to cover his eyes. Instantly, the view changed—no longer green mountains and clear waters, but three-dimensional shapes formed by countless lines.
Within this vision, Mari’s mech’s outer frame was clearly visible!!
“Crack!!” With a soft sound, all the cannons on the Killing Emperor’s body retracted in an instant, and his external armor returned to its original position. Immediately afterward, his impact modules began to emit loud screeches, forcing him to retreat straight backward at top speed. Sparks burst from the gaps in the impact modules like a waterfall.
At the same time, light flared from his flanks as an invisible wave spread rapidly. Wherever the wave passed, the air was forced aside, making space thick as paste!!
“How?! Why can’t the mech move?!” Outraged cries filled the air. Not only the Bone Guards but also the Blood Wolf Pirates on the Black-Haired man’s side were affected. Everyone was shocked!
The built-in heavy EMP system—activated!!

Like everyone else, Mari’s expression also changed drastically at that moment. The instant the Killing Emperor moved, a badpremonition suddenly arose in his heart. Before he could react, he suddenly lost all his strength and was trapped in the subspace, unable to move forward or backward!!

“How is that possible!? How can the EMP system control the subspace!??” The unimaginable reality made Mari shout in shock, losing his usual composure.

In contrast, the black-haired man laughed even more heartily.

What a pedantic guy. Indeed, the EMP system cannot control the subspace, but what if it’s combined with the Killing Emperor’s control mechanism for the subspace? As long as the barrier of the subspace can be broken and the EMP waves can penetrate, what’s the difference between the subspace and reality?

As a warrior, you don’t even have the ability to adapt. You, Mari, the head of the Bone Guards, are truly useless!

With a cold sneer, the Killing Emperor changed his tactics, turning retreat into attack, and instantly covered a distance of nearly a hundred meters. Under the astonished gazes of those around him, his right fist slammed into empty space!!

“Bang!!”

With a loud noise, the space in front of the Killing Emperor twisted drastically. Where there was nothing before, the mech figure of Mari, the head of the Bone Guards, suddenly appeared. Only then did everyone realize that the Killing Emperor’s fist had hit right at the cockpit of Mari’s mech!!

The armor shattered, and bone fragments flew everywhere. In that instant, Mari’s vision went dark; it felt like the world was collapsing. Although the mech’s cockpit is usually the best-protected area, even the strongest defenses couldn’t withstand such a close-range attack. Most of the components inside the cockpit were instantly burned, emitting scorching sparks. Clearly, cracks appeared on the armor plates closest to his body.

But this was just the beginning.

“Bang bang bang bang!!”

A series of loud noises, like a storm, made it impossible to count them in an instant. Under everyone’s eyes, the Killing Emperor acted like a madman. He grabbed the other man’s neck with his left hand while continuously punching the same spot with his right hand. The intense vibrations left Mari dizzy. The cockpit was in complete chaos, and it could no longer maintain even the most basic defenses.

From the outside, Mari’s mech looked like a sandbag, being thrown around by the Killing Emperor. Large amounts of bone fragments flew everywhere, and people could even see the dents created by the Killing Emperor’s attacks!

“Commander!! Commander!! Wake up!!” Wails erupted among the Bone Guards. The force attacking the pirates’ defenses grew even more fierce.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t shake the Blood Wolves’ elite mechs. All they managed was to add more dents to those giant shields.
Hearing the wails on the public channel, Black Hair found it amusing. It seemed Madaro was right—Marie was indeed their god. But didn’t that make things even more interesting?
Then let their god… perish right in front of everyone!!
“Crack!!” The outer armor of the Slaughter Emperor’s right arm suddenly opened again, revealing its dark cannon barrel. With one final violent blast, a deafening roar erupted!!
A blinding white light appeared!! The terrifying power of the Gauss cannon firing at point-blank range was shown to everyone for the first time. Everyone clearly saw that at that moment, the Slaughter Emperor’s right hand turned into a giant lightsaber, piercing through his opponent’s body. Commander Marie didn’t even have time to scream before being reduced to fragments by that fierce firepower. Countless pieces of armor sprayed out from behind the mech, flying everywhere. A huge hole had appeared through the entire abdomen of that massive bone mech!!!
“No!!” The Bone Guards wailed in disbelief!!
Their god, the greatest warrior among them—Commander Marie’s mech—was now held high by the Slaughter Emperor like a torn bag, with the huge hole in its abdomen clearly visible. It flapped wildly in the wind. In contrast, the Slaughter Emperor’s figure was terrifying, with a faint black mist surrounding his dark mech, as if he were a true demon!!!
“Whoa!! Captain, you’re absolutely a genius!! Long live!!” The Blood Wolves pirates immediately erupted in deafening cheers.
“Long live the Slaughter Emperor!!” Cheers also rang out from the warships atop the mountains. All the prisoners could hardly contain their joy, hugging each other frantically.
It was unimaginable—truly unimaginable. The strongest being among the Bone Guards had actually been defeated by the Slaughter Emperor. Though they had long dreamed of this, none of them expected it to become reality. That was Marie—the god of the Bone Guards, a being beyond even the Golden Warriors!! Could it really be the mech they created that defeated him?
The Demon Mech… the Slaughter Emperor!!
That was infinite glory!!!

Amidst loud cheers, the situation on the battlefield instantly became one-sided. The Bone Guards, deprived of their leader, lost all morale, while the prisoners were overjoyed. Coupled with the elite Blood Wolf Pirates, the entire plain became chaotic. The Bone Guards fled in all directions after being killed, no longer possessing their earlier fearless spirit. Broken bone fragments littered the ground, giving the Black Prison Planet a seemingly dark outer shell from afar.

Of course, there were Bone Guard captains who wanted to turn the tide. But they were not as strong as Mari. Faced with the bullets of the Blood Wolf Snipers, they were one by one decapitated. In less than thirty minutes, the entire battlefield turned into a one-sided massacre!!

Warships roared, and the Blood Wolves ravaged everything! For the first time in the history of the Black Prison Planet, Bone Guards fled in defeat. The waves of black soldiers came swiftly and left just as quickly. An hour later, not a single living Bone Guard could be seen around the mountain peak. Across the plain lay countless corpses without armor—too many to count!!

Annihilation!!

Just as Black Hair had said, this was a battle of annihilation!!

As the giant warships took off, all the prisoners were filled with joy. The sense of triumph made them unable to control themselves—they cried out, hugged each other, and wailed wildly. A variety of human emotions unfolded in the warships in an instant.

“I’m very grateful for your help, Black Hair. Truly… thank you so much,” said Madaro, stepping up to Black Hair with a choked voice. Through the casing of his life support device, it was clear that the leader of the prisoners had tears streaming down his face.

Facing such an expression, Black Hair shook his head.

“No need for thanks. I’m doing this for myself too. Since you Forgotten Ones have become one with my 31 Star Systems, I must contribute my strength. Anyone who tries to impose forced harmony is an enemy.” Glancing at the corpses outside the window, Black Hair sneered.

“I have no great powers, nor do I dare consider myself superior. But when it comes to enemies, I’ve only ever had one attitude.”

“You die… I live!”

Amidst the roar… the giant warships surged into the sky with powerful tailwinds…