As soon as the Sky Cloud wings came down with a lurch, endless Star Devouring Rats swarmed around Ning Cheng, instantly filling the space around him with no gaps.
Ning Cheng had seen big scenes before, but the sound of so many Starry Sky Spirit Devouring Rats crowding over and making ear-piercing teeth grinding sounds still made his scalp explode.
Most of these Starry Sky Spirit Devouring Rats were not of a high rank, the lower ones were even only equivalent to Yuan Soul Realm cultivators, but some of the higher ranked Spirit Devouring Rats were already beyond Star Peeping Realm Starry Sky cultivators.
In such a dense space, Ning Cheng could not even talk about instantaneous movement, even waving his Sky Cloud wings became difficult. His instantaneous movement was using the instantaneous speed of the Heavenly Cloud Twin Wings, not a true instantaneous movement of spatial transformation. If it was a true spatial transformation instantaneous movement, he could ignore these Starry Sky Spirit Devouring Rats. But using speed, there was nothing that could be done about it now.
Previously, there were gaps between the Spirit-Devouring Rats in space, but now as soon as he landed in the starry sky, so many Spirit-Devouring Rats swarmed over and trapped him in the blink of an eye, with no gaps, how else could he use his speed to rush out?
Ning Cheng no longer concealed his star river, and his star river flame turned into a fire lance and blasted out. Choking purple exploded around Ning Cheng, and the terrifying temperature instantly turned the countless Star Devouring Rats around him into ashes, and a gap appeared in front of Ning Cheng. With a wave of his Heavenly Cloud wings, Ning Cheng once again landed in the midst of the Starry Sky Spirit Devouring Rats’ surroundings.
As this was not the way to go on, Ning Cheng’s Star River Flame simply stopped retracting and a lance formed from a single reading of the Star River Flame blasted out among the Starry Sky Spirit Devouring Rats.
Various ear-piercing screams and flame-burning scents filled the surroundings, and the Starry Sky Spirit-Eating Rat’s fur was smooth and seemed to be extremely fire-attractive. It was defenceless under the star river flames.
The lance formed by the star river flames. It was like a sharp plough. It quickly extended out. A gap appeared in front of Ning Cheng’s body, who simply stopped using his Heavenly Cloud Wings and frantically stirred up the Star River Flame, flying out all the way along this flame.
On this journey, Ning Cheng did not know how many Star Devouring Rats he had killed, but these Star Devouring Rats were not even a hair to the entire tide of rats.
The Star River Flame was indeed fierce, but using the Star River Flame like Ning Cheng did, the consumption was also immense. In just most of the day, Ning Cheng felt an extreme tiredness.
And it was at this time. He felt an incomparably powerful aura lock onto him.
This was an advanced Starry Sky Devouring Rat, at least a fellow equivalent to the Star Bridge realm. At this moment, the Starry Sky Spirit Devouring Rats in front of Ning Cheng had scattered and loosened up, not as dense as before. How could Ning Cheng care about being tired? With the swing of his Heavenly Cloud wings, he brought up a faint residual shadow and instantly disappeared.
After the Heavenly Cloud Twin Wings instantly landed, Ning Cheng found that there were still swarms of Starry Sky Spirit Devouring Rats around him, but they were just a little more sparse.
At this time, there was only one thought in Ning Cheng’s mind, escape.
After the Sky Cloud Twin Wings were upgraded to four pairs of haze, the speed of the instantaneous movement was several times faster than before. Ning Cheng again frantically waved his Sky Cloud Twin Wings. Another half a day passed when Ning Cheng really could not swing anymore. There was no longer a single Starry Sky Spirit Devouring Rat around him. And the powerful aura that surrounded him had completely disappeared at this time.
Ning Cheng stopped and heaved a few breaths, secretly saying, this tide of starry sky beasts is really too terrifying. Earlier, Lan Ya and Shi Yu Lan said that they wanted to be a star wanderer, this was carrying their heads in their hands to experience it. But everyone’s path was their own choice, and he did not want to interfere with others.
Ning Cheng took out the cottage Star River class battleship and called out to Bluea and Shi Yulan at the same time.
“Really escaped?” Lan Ya looked at the vast starry sky around her, where was there half a Star Devouring Rat?
Ning Cheng said wearily, “Yes, escaped, I need to go in and rest. This warship has the location of the Manlun Starry Sky, Senior Sister Lan and you and Senior Sister Yu Lan both help control it.”
“Ning Cheng, you go in and rest, I’ll leave this place to me.” Lan Ya’s tone was tinged with gratitude, this kind of life-saving kindness could not be expressed with thanks at all.
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While Ning Cheng entered the battleship’s cabin to rest, Lan Ya and Shi Yulan’s hearts were like a tidal wave. The two of them had been controlling this star river battleship for several days and were unable to completely calm down.
“Senior Sister Lan, what are you thinking about?” When Shi Yulan saw that Lan Ya’s expression was always a little hesitant, she finally couldn’t help but ask.
Instead of answering Shi Yulan’s words, Lan Ya looked at Shi Yulan and asked, “Senior Sister Yulan, what are you thinking about again?”
Shi Yulan lowered her head for a long time before shaking her head, “I don’t know.”
“Senior Sister Yu Lan, I don’t want to go to the Time Desolate Domain, my cultivation level is a little too low, so I might drag Ning Cheng down when I go in. I have already set my heart on becoming a star wanderer, I will bid farewell to Ning Cheng when I get close to the Ran Clanking Star.” Lan Ya looked at the distant part of the starry sky outside the star river battleship, her tone was gentle, yet unusually firm and calm.
Ran Clanking Star was a planet in the Man Lun star space, close to the Man Lun star land.
Surprisingly, Shi Yulan was not surprised, she too stared at the vast and empty starry sky before saying, “Senior Sister Lan, even if you don’t say it, I intend to say it too. Our cultivation and strength are too far and far between compared to those powerful stargazing cultivators. Senior Brother Ning has saved me several times, I can’t rely on him for the rest of my life.”
Lan Ya smiled faintly, “Senior Sister Yu Lan, that should have been said by me. I was just about to tell you that after I leave, you continue to stay by Ning Cheng’s side.”
Shi Yulan smiled faintly, then shook her head, “Senior Sister Lan, I have a man I like, and I can no longer forget his appearance. Every time I close my eyes, it’s as if I’m leaning against him and there’s no one to replace him. Senior Brother Ning is a good man, he’s not mine, and I can’t be with him.”
“Is that the star wanderer?” Lan Ya asked, staring into Shi Yu Lan’s eyes.
A slight blush appeared on Shi Yulan’s face as she nodded gently, “Yes, I like him. If I could be with him, wandering in the starry sky, clinging to each other …… then I would give him a child, and we would travel the starry sky together, together ……”
When Shi Yulan said this, her tone softened even more and became gentle. Her originally playful and matchless face became even more beautiful because of this gentle miss. It was Lan Ya who looked a little stunned.
Lan Ya held Shi Yulan’s hand and looked at Shi Yulan as she said, ”Senior sister Yulan, I know that you know very well that the Starry Sky Wanderer is Ning Cheng. Ever since Leland Star River’s Ninth Order Arcana Competition, we were all clear about this matter, we just didn’t say anything about it. Now that I am gone, you stay by Ning Cheng’s side, he is not a desperate cultivator, you ……”
Without waiting for Lan Ya to finish her words, Shi Yu Lan interrupted Lan Ya by waving her hand, “Senior Sister Lan, I know. I do know very well that Senior Brother Ning is that Star Wanderer, but he cannot replace the Star Wanderer in my heart. He is Senior Brother Ning, it’s not the same. Perhaps you don’t understand, but I understand it in my heart, very well ……”
Bluea looked at Shi Yulan in a daze, she finally understood what was going on. What Shi Yulan liked was the star wanderer in her heart, not the Ning Cheng standing in front of her eyes. It was that longing in her heart, not the one person that could be found.
“I understand ……,” Lan Ya said with difficulty as she wrapped her arms around Shi Yulan’s shoulders.
Shi Yulan was already in tears, and for a while she still shook her head, “Sister Lan Ya, you don’t understand.”
Lan Ya’s heart shook, at this moment she really understood Shi Yulan’s mind, she sighed and took the still crying Shi Yulan into her arms and said softly, “Sister Yulan, come with me to the starry sky, there is something we are looking for there.”
Shi Yulan’s crying slowly stopped, and she walked to the deck of the Star River Battleship, looking at the vast and boundless starry sky, and suddenly sang softly, “The vast starry sky, sprawling in the east, crossed with yellow birds, no mulberry in the middle; there are stars shining twinkling, not mine to follow”
The song spreads out and after penetrating the empty and boundless starry sky, only a faint coda remains.
Ning Cheng had fully recovered, his astral sea of consciousness was incredibly strong, so he had recovered so quickly from such an intense exercise of the Heavenly Cloud Twin Wings Transient.
Just as he was about to come out, he heard Shi Yulan’s song. He stopped, Shi Yulan’s song seeped into his bones, even Ning Cheng had to admit that he had never heard such a beautiful song before.
The lyrics were just a little bit more mournful, the general meaning was, “In the vast and boundless starry sky, I am like a rootless vine, spreading in the starry sky without direction. I was like a tired yellow bird chirping in the starry sky, but I could not find a mulberry tree to perch on. One star began to shine in the starry sky, yet I knew that was not where I was going ……”