"Knock, knock, knock..."
Lost in thought, Xu Jiaojiao heard an urgent knock on the door, and her heart skipped a beat.
"What’s going on, so urgent..."
Xu Jiaojiao composed herself.
"Come in."
A staff member of the Dragon Origin spaceship pushed the door open and entered.
At this moment, Yan Rufeng also slowly opened his eyes.
Seeing the panicked expression of the staff member, both Yan Rufeng and Xu Jiaojiao frowned.
Xu Jiaojiao asked, "Is something the matter?"
The staff member bowed respectfully, "Manager Xu, our captain requests your presence."
Xu Jiaojiao paused and said, "I understand. I’ll be there immediately."
A flash of light passed, and the staff member instantly left the room.
Xu Jiaojiao anxiously said, "What’s going on, so urgent..."
Yan Rufeng murmured, "Seeing how panicked and secretive they are, could it be that the spaceship is about to disintegrate..."
"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!"
"What a jinx!"
Just as Xu Jiaojiao finished speaking, she felt the spaceship tremble violently and then come to a sudden stop.
"Oh my gosh."
Steadying herself, Xu Jiaojiao looked horrified and exclaimed, "Brother Rufeng, did you jinx it?"
"Nope!"
Xu Jiaojiao glared, "If not, then why did your words come true? Look, the spaceship has stopped now."
"Heh."
Yan Rufeng chuckled.
"Sister Jiaojiao, cultivators in the Transcendance Tribulation Stage can fly in space. Even if the spaceship disintegrates, no big deal. Why panic?"
"Oh, go away!"
Xu Jiaojiao retorted impatiently, "Do you know how far we still are from Dragon Origin Star? If the spaceship malfunctions or disintegrates, even if we can fly in this void, who knows how long it’d take us to get to Dragon Origin Star?"
Yan Rufeng smiled, "Sister Jiaojiao, the captain is looking for you. You should just hurry and see what’s going on!"
"Heh."
Xu Jiaojiao scoffed, "Now you’re the one in a hurry. Don’t worry, we won’t die..."
Xu Jiaojiao raised her hand, adjusted her hair, twisted her waist, and disappeared in a flash of light in front of Yan Rufeng.
"Heh."
Yan Rufeng chuckled and walked out of the room.
Inside the spaceship’s main hall, people’s complaints were incessant, creating a noisy scene.
"Damn it, what’s the situation? Why did we suddenly stop flying?"
"Crap."
"The service staff of this Dragon Origin spaceship is really unprofessional. Ask them what’s going on, and they won’t even respond."
"Daoist, you’re lucky. I almost got into a fight with their staff just now."
"Damn it, I almost got into a fight with them too. Pay to ride their spaceship, and still have to deal with this crap. Open the hatch, I won’t ride anymore, let’s see if they agree..."
"Damn it, I won’t ride anymore either..."
The hall was filled with complaints.
Yan Rufeng didn’t linger and kept hovering near the spaceship’s exit.
A dazzling light flashed, and the spaceship door opened.
Inside the spaceship, it instantly turned into a vacuum. Everyone activated their Spiritual Energy Protection Shields simultaneously.
Just as Yan Rufeng was about to leave the spaceship, a domineering voice rang in his ears.
"If you don’t want to die, stay right here..."
The hall fell into instant silence.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
Dozens of figures had already flown out of the spaceship.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
More and more people flew out of the spaceship.
Yan Rufeng murmured to himself, "What’s going on, could it be...
"Brother Rufeng, what are you doing here?" Xu Jiaojiao, arriving swiftly, asked sternly.
Yan Rufeng frowned, "Sister Jiaojiao, what’s happened?"
Xu Jiaojiao whispered, "Brother Rufeng, don’t ask what you shouldn’t. Go back and wait for me."
Yan Rufeng scratched his head, "Sister Jiaojiao, is there a space storm ahead?"
"I told you, don’t ask what you shouldn’t..."
Watching Xu Jiaojiao’s departing figure, Yan Rufeng leapt and followed closely behind.
Five hundred kilometers ahead of the Dragon Origin spaceship, hundreds of Ascension Stage experts were gathered.
Xu Jiaojiao, arriving shortly, squeezed into the crowd. She saw an immensely deep spatial rift stretching endlessly, its end unknown.
"Fellow Daoists, what’s going on ahead? Why is there such a vast spatial rift?"
In the vacuum, Xu Jiaojiao’s voice was as soothing as a babbling brook, but no one was in the mood to listen.
Everyone frowned, looking worried.
An old man in the crowd spoke up, "Manager Xu, in my opinion, there must be a very terrifying Space Beast causing trouble ahead!"
"What?"
Xu Jiaojiao gasped.
"What should we do?"
Someone in the crowd shouted, "It’s not like we haven’t encountered Space Beasts before. What’s there to fear? There are so many of us, let’s just deal with it."
"Hehe."
A cold laugh came from the crowd.
"Daoist, do you know how powerful a Space Beast must be to cause such a large spatial rift in the void?"
"Daoist, then tell us, how powerful could it be?"
The person replied slowly, "Based on previous experiences, if we were to rate the power of this Space Beast, it would be at least Level 12!"
"What?"
Someone gasped, "Level 12 or higher, damn, isn’t that an Immortal Beast? What are we doing here, let’s retreat!"
The person who shouted had already flown away.
Another person in the crowd said, "Everyone, Level 12 Space Beast, even if we all attack together, we can kill it. But the casualties will be severe, so let’s just head back..."
Actually, the Space Beast wasn’t as terrifying as they said. If they attacked together, hundreds of Ascension Stage experts, even a Level 13 Space Beast would be defeated.
These people just didn’t want to take the risk.
Think about it, they were all on the verge of ascending to the Immortal World. What if they got injured or got trampled by the Space Beast while trying to kill a powerful Space Beast? It wouldn’t be worth it.
Besides, they wouldn’t gain any benefits from killing the Space Beast, so who would willingly take that risk...
An elder with a righteous appearance stepped forward.
"What this Daoist said is right. As the captain of Dragon Origin, I will now take everyone to a nearby planet to hide temporarily. Once things here calm down, we will continue to Dragon Origin Star."
Since the captain of Dragon Origin had said so, everyone immediately flew away.
However, Yan Rufeng, standing in the void, did not move.
"Brother Rufeng, didn’t I tell you to stay on the spaceship? Why did you come too?" Xu Jiaojiao shouted as she turned and saw Yan Rufeng.
Yan Rufeng smiled, "Sister Jiaojiao, I’m just curious, so I came to take a look."
"Curiosity killed the cat." Xu Jiaojiao said in exasperation, "Come back with me now."