The Void Dominators in the hall were also taken aback.
"Palace Master Qi, what’s wrong?"
"Did General Cang already discover us?"
"This... what exactly..."
The Void Dominators couldn’t help but ask.
Master Qi looked incredulous, murmuring, "How is it possible? A Void Creature? Could it be..."
He suddenly snapped back to reality, took a deep breath, and addressed the Void Dominators before him, "Everyone, there’s no need to worry about General Cang anymore."
The Void Dominators didn’t quite understand what he meant.
Master Qi helplessly shook his head and said, "Everyone can go out and see for yourselves."
As he spoke, he summoned the Divine Artifact Palace, taking everyone outside.
This was a vast island spanning tens of thousands of miles, located in the calm center of countless chaotic voids.
The island was composed of special materials that even the Origin Energy seawater and Void disturbances couldn’t destroy, stabilizing the space significantly.
Many Void Dominators had seen information about General Cang’s main base and could easily confirm their surroundings.
Seeing it now, everyone was stunned.
The island was nearly empty, almost devoid of any Life aura, with a massive hemispherical crater on the ground, as if a sun had fallen and blasted such a terrifying pit.
Hovering in mid-air were numerous ownerless divine artifacts.
The most frightening thing was the two divine artifacts suspended mid-air at the crater’s center, emitting terrifying auroras of Seven-Colored Divine Artifacts!
Judging by their design, they were renowned artifacts of General Cang!
Everywhere floated ownerless divine artifacts, even including High Level Divine Artifacts.
This sight instantly reddened the eyes of many Void Dominators.
Most eerily, near General Cang’s two Seven-Colored Divine Artifacts, a young man in black battle attire floated nearby, turning out to be a Void Creature.
The young man was clasping a cluster of ethereal souls in one hand, shrouded in annihilating darkness, unleashing terrifying power, seemingly attempting to annihilate that soul.
However, that soul was barely preserved, protected by strands of Secret Technique Glow, and each dark annihilating impact made the soul more ethereal.
The Void Dominators were stunned.
Was this terrifying scene caused by the Void Creature?
Yet, sensing the horrific annihilating power in that creature’s grasp, none dared to doubt further.
It was a power frightening enough to annihilate them instantly!
"It’s General Cang’s soul!"
"General Cang, along with the Scarlet Sea branch forces, were wiped out single-handedly by this Void Creature?"
"I heard General Cang cultivated Dominator Level Secret Techniques for soul protection, it seems perfected, yet still couldn’t withstand?"
"Could this powerful Void Creature be the Star God from eight thousand years ago?"
"Who else could it be..."
At this moment, the Void Dominators speculated, and none dared to covet the ownerless divine artifacts.
They had the life to take them but not use them.
Eight thousand years ago, a Main Star near the Deceitful Fog Sea birthed an innate divine artifact, taken by a Void Creature, spreading like wildfires across the Void Sea.
At the time, several strong Void Dominators were easily slain, skyrocketing its reputation!
Though it happened at the Main Star, where the Void Creature could fully unleash power, and other dominators only a tenth, it was proof enough of its strength.
Looking across the entire Void Sea, such a terrifying Void Creature was scarce.
Even historically, such brilliantly talented beings quickly became Void Dominators, not lingering long at the Void Creature stage.
Now, with this new terrifying Void Creature emerging, everyone was certain it was the same individual.
Over the eight thousand years, a rumor spread across the Void Sea—
This Void Creature was ’Lin Qing,’ the Lord of the Mountain and Sea Realm favored by the Tianyuan Constellation Ancestor.
Supposedly, this conclusion was reached by tracking experts from several 2.8-level civilizations among the Void Divine Positioners.
As the story spread, many forces accepted that the Lord of the Mountain and Sea Realm possessed an innate divine artifact.
Though not confirmed, with the story circulating widely, most naturally believed it.
"I am Qi Yin, from the Winter Moon Civilization."
Master Qi couldn’t help but ask, "I am on a mission from the Star Patrol Alliance. Sir, might you be the Lord of the Mountain and Sea Realm?"
"Oh?" Lin Qing glanced at him, speaking calmly, "You may leave. General Cang is about to die."
Saying this, he continued channeling Primordial Destruction, with annihilating darkness continually impacting and overwhelming the Secret Technique Glow covering General Cang’s soul.
Master Qi noticed he neither confirmed nor denied, assuming an implicit acknowledgment, cautiously asking, "Might I ask if Mr. Lin has seen the young master from the True Origin Group?"
"I took him," Lin Qing replied casually, "You may leave now."
Upon hearing this, Master Qi and the other Void Dominators, despite some reluctance, didn’t dare speak further, given how Lin Qing had even slain such a strong figure as General Cang.
Immediately, Master Qi said no more, glanced once more at Cang’s soul being consumed by darkness, then re-released the temple, absorbing the Void Dominators to leave the island.
As for those floating artifacts?
No one dared glance at them.
The most crucial Seven-Colored Divine Artifacts were next to him, and the other artifacts were not that crucial to the Void Dominators, they’d hardly go insane trying to snatch from such a formidable powerhouse.
"Quite sensible... saves some trouble..."
Lin Qing watched as the Divine Artifact Palace drifted away, spared it a glance before returning focus to slowly wearing down General Cang’s soul with Primordial Destruction.
"Damn it! Release me, spare me! The Marshal will not forgive you otherwise!"
General Cang’s soul continued to howl, the Secret Technique Glow on its surface still fiercely resisting Lin Qing’s power.
Lin Qing sneered, "Piracy really brings fortune—without even creating a Space Rule Divine Skill, yet you cultivated a Dominator Level Secret Technique to perfection?"
He had practiced the secret techniques from the Celestial Vault Islands, but those didn’t require external resources, designed to nurture weak talents.
However, he heard Dominator Level Secret Techniques consumed exorbitantly in resources.
The more powerful the Dominator Level Secret Technique, the more astronomical the cost.
Some even required treasures more precious than several Seven-Colored Divine Artifacts to perfect.
Only Super Strong Void Dominators could afford such cultivation.
However, for pirate plundering forces capable of such costs, it was somewhat understandable.
Most pirates were merely Void Creatures, and among strong Void Dominators, few willingly turned pirate.
Even though piracy easily earned wealth, Void Dominator levels were long past valuing Void Coins.
Such grand pirates typically pursued vast wealth quantities, backed by vast pirate factions to self-sustain, substituting quantity for quality.
Even if Void Coins couldn’t purchase Five-Colored Artifacts, sufficient Void Coins could buy Four-Colored Artifacts or similar treasures, later exchanging a sufficient quantity of this tier for a Five-Colored Artifact.
This certainly wasted considerable wealth, but for pirates, their wealth was plundered, so there was no remorse.
Such was General Cang’s case.
His tens of thousands of pirates plundered widely, accumulating wealth mainly for supporting General Cang.
This soul-protecting Dominator Level Secret Technique was indeed remarkable.
Even with Lin Qing’s current power—having used a Set of Divine Artifacts—barely entering the Star Abyss’s eighteenth layer, he couldn’t instantly obliterate the soul, only gradually wear it down.
"But..." Lin Qing smiled faintly, "This time I gained quite a haul..."