Death Calamity Sea, Dianguang Island.
The Star-rank powerhouses' assault had finally come to an end. After continuously attacking for a day and a night, the millstone completely dissipated, leaving behind only turbulent energy in the air that had yet to settle into where it belonged.
Niu Kaitian and the others gazed at the heads in the sea, brows deeply furrowed. There truly had not been the slightest effect.
Although a Li Rank still separated Star-rank powerhouses from System-rank powerhouses, a coordinated attack by hundreds of Star-rank powerhouses was truly formidable.
From the small, one could extrapolate the large.
Between Xiao Jianxian's earlier assault and this joint effort by the Star-rank powerhouses, Niu Kaitian had actually come to understand that even System-rank powerhouses would likely be of no use.
"If these heads emerge from underwater, then the Death Calamity Sea will likely..."
Niu Kaitian's heart felt heavy. As System-rank powerhouses, they could still run if they couldn't win, but what about everyone else?
It was hard to imagine what kind of utter devastation the Death Calamity Sea would suffer then.
"I wonder if Benefactor could..."
Niu Kaitian had little confidence left in himself, and a glance around at the people nearby showed he lacked confidence in the other System-rank powerhouses as well. At this moment, he couldn't help but think of Yu Xian.
Right on cue, speak of the devil and he appears.
Just then, the door of the Little Mobile Ant Car opened. Yu Xian stepped out, glanced around at the surrounding crowd, and finally let out a full-bellied burp.
It was terrifying.
Little Huangquan's excitement had spiraled completely out of control.
Yesterday, Little Huangquan had cooked a table full of dishes, and everyone had eaten with immense joy and relish.
The result was that Little Huangquan's culinary soul caught fire. The moment everyone finished the first table, she immediately began cooking a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth...
Yu Xian had a large appetite, and seeing Little Huangquan so happy at first, he played along and kept eating. Besides, her culinary skills truly were extraordinary now, and the dishes she made were delicious.
But after eating for a day and a night straight, even he couldn't sit still any longer.
Fortunately, Little Nora was still eating.
With the big-eater Little Nora running cover, he finally managed to flee the battlefield under the excuse of a bathroom break.
"Benefactor!" Niu Kaitian respectfully called out upon seeing Yu Xian.
"*Hic*... How did it go? *Hic*," Yu Xian asked as he walked over, punctuating his words with two burps.
Niu Kaitian sighed, but just as he was about to speak, Yu Xian let out another "*hic*." Composing himself, Niu Kaitian opened his mouth again, only for Yu Xian to let out yet another "*hic*."
"Hold on!"
Yu Xian realized the issue too.
He immediately activated his ability, burning through the food inside him in an instant. He thought this would stop the hiccups, but the very next second, he hiccuped once more.
*Hic*...
*Hic*...
*Hic*...
Both Yu Xian and Niu Kaitian fell silent.
[World's Best Bun Mold: Uses only flour and eggs to produce the world's most delicious buns, but consumers will randomly acquire a minor affliction, which resolves after one hour.]
For his final meal, Yu Xian had eaten the buns made by Little Huangquan. The minor affliction he had ended up with was a case of uncontrollable hiccups.
In fact, Little Huangquan had told everyone that these buns carried a minor side effect, but it had gone in one ear and out the other for Yu Xian, who hadn't paid it any mind at all. Now he finally realized what that minor affliction was.
"Benefactor, I fear this..."
"*Hic*."
"...this disaster is something we find hard to..."
"*Hic*."
"*Hic*."
"...hard to resolve on our own, and we can only rely on..."
"*Hic*."
"*Hic*."
Yu Xian raised a hand to signal Niu Kaitian to stop. He understood.
Simply put, after seeing how the Star-rank powerhouses had fared, Niu Kaitian believed the Transcendents of the Death Calamity Sea were powerless to resolve this disaster, so he hoped Yu Xian would intervene.
"Don't worry, I will *hic* step in *hic*. It's not *hic* a big *hic* deal," Yu Xian promised Niu Kaitian.
Sweat pricked Niu Kaitian's forehead. He nodded in understanding, though he couldn't help wondering why Yu Xian kept hiccuping non-stop. Could he really have eaten that much?
Following that, both men fell into silence, leaving only Yu Xian's hiccups echoing between them.
Forget it.
Let it all burn.
Yu Xian figured he had better just resolve the matter directly and make a swift exit.
In truth, he could have solved the problem right from the start; he had simply been curious about what would unfold. In short, he had just wanted to sit back and watch the drama.
Aside from Earth, he took a very detached view toward disasters in other worlds. What wasn't his business didn't concern him. There were countless worlds in the Myriad Heavens; if he came across something that rubbed him the wrong way, he would step in, and if he didn't see it, it was as if it never happened.
Otherwise, with worlds perishing every second across the Myriad Heavens, he would work himself to death without being able to save them all.
The troubles of the Death Calamity Sea belonged to the Death Calamity Sea.
In principle, Yu Xian wouldn't have interfered, but right now the awkwardness was unbearable, so principle went out the window.
So-called principles, much like Yu Xian's moral baseline, were things open to technical adjustments.
Under the gaze of countless powerhouses, Yu Xian walked straight off the cliff edge and strolled calmly above the sea. Then, he took out a tattered fishing net.
[Lineage-Terminating Net: Casting this net captures all of a designated target's kind in one swoop, truly severing their bloodline.]
Yu Xian locked onto the heads in the sea and cast the Lineage-Terminating Net downward. The next moment, the net expanded rapidly, covering all the heads in one stroke.
Yu Xian gave the cord in his hand a tug, and countless heads were caught in the net.
A crisis that Niu Kaitian and the others found utterly intractable was, for Yu Xian, merely a matter of a single cast.
He hauled up the fishing net, and the entire Death Calamity Sea was swept clean—even Feng Laixian's bloody urine was netted away completely. Yu Xian transferred the net into the God Vault Space, and with a thought in the next instant, transferred it again into the God Vault Tower inside the God Vault Space.
"All *hic* done."
"Problem *hic* solved *hic*."
"Bye-bye *hic*."
Having solved the problem, Yu Xian clapped his hands and spoke to Niu Kaitian between hiccups.
In truth, Niu Kaitian and the others were completely dumbfounded. The problem was just... solved like that? It was utterly preposterous.
One second ago, doomsday; the next second, not a damn thing was wrong.
The contrast was so jarring that Niu Kaitian felt an overpowering sense of absurdity, even starting to wonder if he had fallen under an illusion.
In fact, everyone present shared that thought. The Star-rank powerhouses in particular, having fought tooth and nail for a day and a night, knew all too well how terrifying those submerged heads were. Yet someone had just resolved it all with a single net—their worldview was on the verge of collapsing.
Inside the passenger space.
Yu Xian shut the door behind him the moment he returned, followed immediately by another "*hic*."
He suddenly thought of something: everyone had eaten those buns, so what were the others' minor afflictions?
All at once, his interest was piqued. He prepared to return to the God Vault Space to see what Nora and Niman's afflictions were, but then his eyes landed on Zhang Buyao, whom everyone had forgotten to inform.
Catching everything in one net? There was still a fish that had slipped through the net who hadn't eaten any buns!
No way.
If there was suffering to be endured, everyone had to choke it down together!
Yu Xian immediately strode toward Zhang Buyao, hiccuping as a mischievous, ill-intentioned grin spread across his face.
Chapter 411