Edge of the Apocalypse
Chapter 1231: Liquidation

In the vast and boundless space, a strange phenomenon of stretching suddenly appeared in a space. After maintaining the stretching phenomenon for a while, it returned to normal. When that space returned to normal, there was an additional starship in space.

Dawn.

In the control room, Ellen tapped on the armrest and asked, "Do you know where we are?"

"We haven't left Star System yet, Young Master." The captain replied. The so-called star domain was naturally the vast star domain where the Heavenly Star was located.

"Have you found the source of the signal interference?" Alan asked again.

"Activating the self-test system" The captain stared at the screen. A series of data was constantly beating on the screen. Soon, the result came out. "I found a number of signal sources on the outer armor of our ship. External electric current has been activated."

Bright electric currents flashed across the ship's body. They wrapped around the ship's hull and flew back and forth. Strong electric currents detonated the tracking devices attached to the armor on the ship's body. The captain exhaled when the signal sources on the screen disappeared. One of the readings on the screen suddenly soared. His expression changed and he shouted, "Young Master, there's a change in the spatial readings. There will be a passageway in the nearby space soon!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the starship trembled. It was caused by the shockwaves generated when a spatial passageway was opened nearby. A dark purple vertical ripple appeared on the large screen that reflected the space behind the starship. The vertical pattern began to spread to both sides, stretching out an elliptical shape. The passage continued to expand, quickly forming a full circle. The outlet of the circular passageway flashed with purple light. The edges of the passageway were constantly twisted with light purple streams of light. Rings of invisible fluctuations spread out from the exit of the passageway into the surrounding space, like an invisible undercurrent.

Amidst these undercurrents, the ship's hull swayed unsteadily.

Something drilled out from the exit of the passageway. Alan could clearly see that it was the front end of a starship. Just the bow of the ship was more than ten times larger than the Dawn, but it was a colossal creature comparable to a battleship.

"Evade." Alan said.

Dawn's engine crew began to work, and the electric fires sprayed out from several of its rear engines cancelled out the effects of the spatial undercurrents and began to move away from the spatial passageway. From the big screen, a large starship had already leapt out of the passageway. There was a skeleton on both sides of the starship, emitting a dark and evil scent.

Red Skull!

Stark immediately ordered the starship to chase after Dawn after tracing its coordinates. Through accurate positioning, the Red Skull appeared in space not far from Dawn. When Alan saw the Pirate Emperor's car on the screen, Stark did the same. He stood on the bridge and looked at the Dawn on the screen. He coldly squeezed out two words from his mouth: "Attack."

On the screen, it was easy to see that the battleship-sized creature was constantly raising its turret. Alan took a deep breath and said, "Prepare for battle."

Then he sat back in his seat.

"Open the defensive barrier!"

"Weapons platform ready!"

The captain kept issuing orders. Soon, a defensive barrier appeared on the Dawn. It was like a dark blue bubble wrapping around the hull of the ship. As soon as they were ready, a crimson beam of light brushed past the barrier, causing a small ripple to appear on the barrier. Then, more beams of light flew over from behind Dawn. All of the beam turrets on the Scarlet Skull were fired, crazily gathering and shooting at the Dawn, which was much smaller than the Scarlet Skull.

At this moment, the engine of the Dawn was ablaze with lightning, pushing the starship forward like cannonballs. Many of the cannonballs on the Red Skull fell to the ground, leaving behind a string of fireballs behind the Dawn in vain.

The interior of the starship trembled and Allen asked, "Can you open the passageway?"

The captain said awkwardly, "It's very difficult, Young Master. We're under attack, and even opening the passageway will be affected at this time. If we're lucky, we might just be throwing the passageway out. If the passageway collapses, it'll be a devastating disaster for us!"

"In that case …" Alan narrowed his eyes. "I can only fight back."

After all, the Dawn was not a combat starship. Although it was loaded with weapons platforms, neither its firepower nor ammunition was comparable to a large fellow like the Red Skull. With the flexibility of the starship and the interception of the artillery turrets, they could still last for a period of time, but they were definitely not sustainable. More importantly, once the barrier load disappeared, the outer armor of the unprotected starship would not be able to withstand the bombardment of the Scarlet Skull.

After a period of pursuit, Dawn ventured into the nearby meteorite swarms, using the meteorite swarms to block a burst of enemy artillery fire, giving the defensive barrier precious buffer time. However, after leaving the meteorite group, there was no more space to hide from. The captain's forehead was already covered in fine beads of sweat.

Alan looked at the big screen and suddenly asked, "Scan around to see if there are any planets to land on."

Dawn immediately sent out a circle of detection wave energy. In a few seconds, it swept across several nearby planets, large and small. Soon, the data was fed back to the ship's brain screen. The captain anxiously said, "Find one, young master." The data show that the planet's surface is twice as warm as Earth's, only a third as big, but with atmosphere and water. [Life Reading C]. Clearly, there are no intelligent beings. Their living conditions are average. However, it's not a problem if they stay here temporarily.]

"Very good, immediately enter that planet and let us fight within it." Alan said in a deep voice.

Dawn immediately changed directions and flew towards a pale yellow planet amidst the Red Skull's artillery fire.

On the Red Skull, Stark whispered, "Follow them. Looks like they want to fight us inside the planet. In other words, they have experts on board. That's interesting. Are you up there, Ellen?"

The two starships chased after each other as they flew towards the interior of the planet. Dawn was the first to enter the planet's atmosphere. The starship shone with two flames, like a pair of giant flaming wings. A moment later, the Red Skull also entered the atmosphere. At this time, all the turrets could not function properly, so Stark stopped attacking.

Alan sat in his seat, and a red light lit up in the control room, illuminating his face. After the starship passed through the atmosphere, its hull finally stabilized. The front shield was put away, and one could see through the ship's hull window that the interior of the planet was absolutely not calm. Standing in front of Dawn was an electric cloud that flickered with lightning. The starship had to raise a defensive barrier to prevent the electric currents in the clouds from interfering with the normal operation of the instruments inside the starship.

The Dawn was thrown into the electric cloud like a rock into a lake, and did not cause much reaction. Soon after, the Red Skull passed through the atmosphere and appeared above the electric cloud. At this time, the Red Skull had already lost track of Dawn. The interference of the electric clouds had also affected the Red Skull's locking down, but this did not affect Stark's determination to pursue.

He made a simple gesture and the Red Skull drilled into the electric cloud. As soon as they entered the clouds, countless electric currents as thick as tree trunks crazily struck the starship, but they were blocked by the starship's defensive barrier. Even so, the interior of the starship still trembled endlessly.

At this time, Dawn had successfully passed through the electric clouds and arrived at a relatively calm high altitude. Looking down from the sky, the planet was filled with mountains and rocky terrain. Few plants could be seen, and even fewer lakes and oceans could be seen. The air was filled with many harmful substances, but it was nothing to an expert of Allen's level. However, it was very difficult for ordinary humans to survive or move on this planet without any protective measures.

The Dawn finally landed on a high ground. Alan asked Bai to stay on the starship to protect it from attacks. He also asked all the non-combatants on board, including the captain, to stay. He then brought Belmord and the others off the starship. After the Ascending Deck landed on the ground, Alan walked down the deck and looked up into the sky. A shadow was growing in the electric clouds that enveloped the entire sky.

Alan coldly snorted and pointed at the relatively flat ground below the high ground. Belmord and the others understood and left the highlands in their own way.

Balls of dark fog flashed and finally Belmord walked out of the black fog. When he walked out of the black mist, his body was already covered with the Dark Flame Armor, activating his primordial sin posture. Belmord appeared like a black knight on the ground that was about to become a battlefield. Compared to Belmord, Hubble was much more violent. The people of Gatu directly jumped up from the high ground, and their bodies flew through the air like cannonballs, emitting rumbling sounds that resembled heavy artillery shells flying through the air. He smashed roughly onto the ground, directly creating a shallow pit on the ground. The Gatu people smashed their mouths and didn't know what to say. Then, they swung a double-edged axe specially forged for him by Lin Si and walked out of the shallow pit. Of the three, only Laura appeared normal. She dived down from the high ground in a proper manner, only activating the summoning stance of the ancestor as she flew. By the time she dragged the Blood Shattering Sword to the ground, she had already transformed into a berserk orc.

When the three of them reached the ground, a stream of fire descended from the sky and sparks splashed everywhere. The splashed flames continued to burn on the ground without any vegetation. Amidst the remnant flames, Alan leaned his saber on the ground. He held onto Red King's hilt and looked up at the expanding shadow in the electric cloud.

Finally, the Red Skull broke through the clouds. Several pillars of clouds that were still carrying electricity were pulled down by the starship. Only when the starship completely broke away from the clouds did it reluctantly let go of the ship. The Red Skull hovered a thousand meters away and threw a beam of light from the bottom of the ship. A figure descended from the pillar of light, and Alan's pupils shrank slightly. His line of sight immediately narrowed, and he saw Stark's perfect and handsome face.

When he saw Stark, the latter also saw him. Their gazes met in mid-air, and their gazes seemed to be filled with sparks.

Stark landed on the ground. Behind him were two sword slaves and Diego. Above his head, there were several blue-skinned shield slaves that were over five meters tall. When these blue giants landed on the ground with giant shields covered in spikes, the ground clearly trembled.

Stark's cold voice sounded a thousand meters away. Everyone, including Alan, could hear it clearly. "So it's really you, Alan. I was wondering if it would be a waste of effort if I chased the wrong person. From the looks of it, fate is still on my side."

Alan looked at Stark. He looked very carefully, looking down from Stark's face. When his gaze landed on his prosthesis with a robotic arm, he could clearly feel Stark's body trembling slightly, and then Alan laughed.

Laughter was as ear-piercing as it was in Stark's ears.

Stark snorted coldly, suppressing Alan's laughter. "Have you gone mad with fear? But you should, Alan, because you have no other choice."

Alan stopped laughing and narrowed his eyes. "I'm happy."

"Oh, I don't think you have anything to be happy about in this situation."

Alan shook his head and looked at the devil-like man, saying, "Of course, I am happy because you are still alive! I am even happier that I can avenge my grandfather with my own hands!"

Stark sneered, "Really? That's interesting. Can you tell me where your confidence came from?"

"It's fine to tell you, but before that, can you tell me, Diego, why are you here?" Alan turned his gaze away and landed on another person beside Stark.

Diego.

For some reason, when Alan's gaze fell in time, Diego subconsciously took a step back and used Stark to block most of his body. Only then did he realize that this was the most obvious sign of weakness, and he suddenly felt a burning sensation on his face. Once upon a time, he didn't put Ellen in his eyes at all. But now, he retreated with a single glance?

Before he could reply, Stark smiled and said, "You should know that it was Adahua Planet who gave the information about the Son of Twilight to the Earth Federation that led to the events that followed. But have you ever thought about who told Adahua Planet this information?"

Alan's gaze was still on Diego.

"That's right, it's Mr. Diego." Stark laughed. "Of course, I was the one who planned all this. But without Mr. Diego's help, I couldn't get this message to the people of Adahua Planet smoothly. How does it feel to be betrayed by my own kind?"

"So it's like this." Alan exhaled and said, "Then everything will come to light."

He looked at Diego and said, "I won't accuse you of anything, but since you've done it, you should think of taking responsibility for everything you've done. So today is the day for us to settle accounts."

Alan's gaze fell on Stark. "None of you can leave today!"

Skyfire danced wildly in his eyes!

At the same time, Alan and Stark's momentum soared to the sky at the same time.

Stark's head of black hair flew in the air, dancing wildly behind his head like thousands of black snakes. His eyes flickered with seven different colors, and beams of light appeared around his body. Naturally, it wasn't a ribbon of light, but spatial rifts!

At the same time, the eighteen blue-skinned shield slaves behind Stark sprinted forward. These giants ran on the ground like a group of ancient mammoths with astonishing momentum. In the Blue Skin Shield Slave, two purple silhouettes appeared, but Merry and the other two sword slaves were also mixed in.

"What are you waiting for? Are you waiting for him to harvest your head? Mr. Diego, you don't have a choice now, do you?" Stark said.

Diego glared at Stark with hatred, shouted angrily, opened his Qi, and rushed out with a war spear. He arrived first and crossed the two sword slaves in just a few breaths, becoming the forefront of the attack.

Behind Alan, Belmord and the others also rushed forward to block the miscellaneous soldiers for Alan, leaving him a battlefield to fight against Stark alone.

Alan began to walk towards Stark.

When he took the first step, the light in the sky began to dim. Stark keenly sensed an abnormal aura in space. He raised his head and saw a faint flash of fire in the electric cloud.

"You know what? Actually, I've never hated those so-called brothers I met on the Burning Road. In front of you, there's Ceglis and Karin. They're all here to kill me, and they've used all their means …"

Alan's voice came from afar, but Stark did not lower his head. He could already see that the flames in the electric clouds were getting brighter and brighter. The clouds seemed to be lit up. Behind the clouds, a flame was gradually spreading.

"Actually, we are all pathetic characters on this path. The path of burning blood is a fate that we cannot refuse. In the end, we are all puppets under the line of fate, so I do not hate them, even if they do everything they can to kill me."

"But you're different, Stark!"

Stark finally lowered his head and trembled.

Allen's eyes glowed with flames. This was not a metaphor, but a real flame! His skin began to float with a faint red color. In that faint red skin, fireworks would occasionally swim and fly through his blood vessels. The scenery around Allen twisted. The temperature of the surrounding space had risen to a terrifying height. As Allen walked past, the ground ignited spontaneously without fire.

A deep, black flame rose beneath his feet. This circle of black flames did not seem to explode and could not fly. It was more like a mist, slowly rising and spreading, enveloping Alan's body. Not only did it block Stark's line of sight, Stark's senses could not even penetrate this layer of mist and fire. Alan's senses immediately became blurry.

'You dragged all those irrelevant people in, and Lucy had to leave me because I disappeared from the Iron Hell's explosion. You've taken almost everything from me, Stark, I've never hated a man so much as I do now!'

On both sides of the mist and fire, strands of pale flames appeared in the air. Together, they formed two white swords floating in the air. The two white swords continued to emanate Cang Yan from both sides of the blade. At this moment, the skin on Allen's forehead split open and a diamond-shaped crystal rose from the mist. There was a brown vertical ripple in the crystal. It looked like a foreign object looking through Allen's eyes and observing the world.

The sky rumbled loudly.

Stark raised his head and saw sparks falling from the sky. The entire space was dyed dark red. The electric clouds on the sky had completely burned, just like the scene in Stark's dream.

"Impossible" Stark finally cried out, "Impossible, this can't be true."

"Let's settle this, Stark!" Alan waved his hand and a White Emperor sword shot towards Stark.

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