Chapter 2861 - 16: Huge Gap in Combat Power Between Enemy and Us!

"Although I’m weaker than the black sheep, if he wants to attack, I’m destined to sense the crisis in an instant. After all, no matter how strong he is, he can’t be stronger than a Territory Master, right? I can sense even the attack from a Territory Master, so I can’t believe his attack would trigger a crisis faster than that."

Jia Yan is also worried that the black sheep might go mad and, despite the Insect Queen being nearby, launch an attack on him.

But just as he thought, the black sheep isn’t foolish to that extent.

"Since the opponent would even collude with a Territory Master, I’m not naive enough to think that during this task, he won’t interfere behind the scenes. So this trip is likely to be more dangerous than I imagined. But, as I thought before, as long as the opponent doesn’t deploy a Territory Master existence, even if a creature comparable to the black sheep comes, I may not win, but I can always escape."

"Moreover... I refuse to believe that this power has so many existences comparable to the black sheep. It seems like one of them already died last time."

Jia Yan doesn’t take on tasks casually; he has his own set of evaluation ideas, such as considering the opponent’s domain master creatures and whether the enemy has a stronger existence coming.

Comparatively, creatures like the black sheep are somewhat probable, but Jia Yan isn’t as afraid of such creatures as he is of the Territory Master. His growth has always been through defeating enemies beyond his level. Now with his enhanced strength, he appears cautious on the surface, but deep down, he is eager to find an opportunity to prove his strength against a strong enemy.

Therefore, if there’s really an existence similar to or slightly weaker than the black sheep arriving, Jia Yan doesn’t believe he will win, but with his subspace talent and various methods, he still wants to take a chance.

Buzz buzz buzz.

Within the subspace, Jia Yan travels smoothly without any obstruction.

The distance to that stellar system within half a light year, which contains dozens of planets rich in commercial atmosphere.

These dozens of commercial stars are exactly where Jia Yan will go to help promote.

Don’t underestimate these mere dozens of commercial stars because this is the edge of the Milky Way, with astonishing trade volumes with the outside world, and true treasures from the central zone of the Milky Way often appear here. When auctioned, the taxes can be staggering, making this a place the enemy absolutely won’t abandon.

And the Insect Queen treats this place as the first share, seeking to gain a certain amount of profit. After all, since arriving here, although the Insect Queen and others have made their appearance, they haven’t yet recouped their costs, not to mention the waste of energy coming all this way. Just the wars alone, everyone’s accumulated energy has been exhausted without recouping, so how could they abandon such a fertile land?

In the starry sky, there is a small battlefield area.

"The enemy is calling us out again."

"For now, ignore them; they don’t dare to rush in."

"Heh, these local inhabitants clearly lost the last battle, with even their domain master creature heavily injured and fleeing, yet they still challenge us so recklessly."

"Don’t underestimate them; locals are still locals. Although we have an advantage in strength, just judging from the fact that the Queen doesn’t let us directly annex territories but only wants commercial tax income, you can tell that even the Queen doubts whether we can stabilize our footing."

"True, and the battlefield here is a bit incomprehensible. Last time, although we won, as the battle progressed, we were pushed back to our position; it’s eerily odd."

"Can’t help it. Besides the Domain Master creature, they have more Star River level powerhouses, and us? Look, there’s only five Galaxy-level powerhouses here, and none at the level of the black sheep. Over there, they have one, and although slightly injured last time, just not acting is a threat, forcing us to retreat."

"Exactly. I wonder when the Queen will send a capable Galaxy-level adult to station here? Otherwise, the enemy might eventually wipe out our positions."

"That’s hard to say. Even the Queen recently retreated into the energy circle to recuperate, indicating that the last war also damaged her vitality. Black sheep and others can’t go all out either. If anyone comes here, it might not be at the black sheep’s level."

"Hmm?..."

"Seems like there’s communication. Oh, someone’s really here!"

"Jia Yan? Is it... that Jia Yan? I can’t believe it. Didn’t he just get promoted to the middle stage of Star River? What good is him coming here!"

...

A slightly yellow star hangs lonely in this starry sky, surrounded by small star-like objects.

In the Fu Hua Zone of the Central Starfield of the Milky Way, planets are often unnatural; they might have been pulled into orbit from external irregular paths, and even the planets themselves might be gathered by strong ones through collisions of countless miniature materials.

So this stellar system bears traces of human activity.

Of course, the power or civilization that crafted this stellar system might not exist anymore, and those occupying it now are merely picking up the remnants.

On this day, several Star River level existences forcing the Insect Queen’s power back suddenly received some intelligence and retreated to their positions.