Starforce Warriors-Chapter 1009: Summoning

Everyone in Chongque City looked over. At some unknown moment, a lone figure had appeared in front of Li Junjie.

It was a young man with a tall, commanding presence. He stood like a towering mountain, upright and unshakable. Though he stood with his hands behind his back, he radiated an unassailable aura, as though he could shield the world from all harm.

"Master... Master?" Li Junjie recognized the man and was overcome with joy.

He had never expected that his invincible master would appear in Chongque City at this moment to stand before him.

Li Xiaofei glanced at his disciple and smiled. "Well done."

This number one follower of his, who had been with him since their days in the slums, had truly matured. He was no longer the impulsive youth who would draw his blade at the slightest provocation.

He now knew how to shoulder responsibility at critical moments and how to carry the burden alone while paving the way for his fellow brothers-in-arms. He had learned to think before acting. It seemed that his years as city lord had borne great fruit. It was even more commendable that he had not neglected his cultivation.

"Master!" Li Junjie's eyes welled with tears at the single word of praise.

The other elites of Chongque City, standing nearby, were dumbfounded by the scene. The city lord was a notoriously unyielding iron man. Since assuming the position, he had fought in hundreds of battles, clashing with top experts from various factions and suffering grave injuries. Yet he had never retreated, let alone shed a single tear.

Their gazes shifted back to Li Xiaofei. As those in power within Chongque City, they were naturally familiar with the city’s history. The name Li Xiaofei was inescapable in that history.

His stories and legends had echoed through every street of Chongque City for a long time. However, this was their first time seeing him in person. As high-ranking figures personally promoted by Li Junjie, they had always been curious about Li Xiaofei.

Now, they felt a deep sense of awe. That awe first arose from the moment Li Xiaofei appeared to save someone. Then it deepened when they saw the tears in Li Junjie’s eyes. However, he was still just one man. Could he really turn the tide?

Yue Wusuan held a long spear in his hand, staring at Li Xiaofei with a gaze full of hatred. He scanned him up and down before sneering, “I didn’t expect this. A human traitor like you actually dared to come back?”

Li Xiaofei replied calmly, “Yue? From the Yue Family of the Xiao Kuang Legion?”

“Since you know, why haven’t you knelt down and surrendered?” said Yue Wusuan as he stood proudly, arrogance radiating from every inch of his body.

Li Xiaofei shook his head. The Yue Family truly never changed their nature. With a flick of his finger, a streak of silver sword light flashed and disappeared.

Whoosh.

Only then did the sound of it breaking through the air echo. Yue Wusuan’s head tumbled from his shoulders, and in that instant, time seemed to freeze in everyone’s mind.

Yue Wusuan was by no means weak. His strength had already been made clear in the earlier battles. The military forces standing beside him possessed the might to suppress the entirety of Chongque City on their own.

Yet even with their defenses already raised, they had been utterly helpless against Li Xiaofei’s casual sword strike. At that moment, many minds went completely blank. Only Li Junjie wore a look of absolute certainty. His fervent admiration for his master had never wavered.

“Li Xiaofei, do you even know what you’ve done?” A middle-aged officer, recovering from his shock, shouted with forced bravado, “You madman! You actually dared to kill the Yue Family’s current heir. Don’t you realize the Yue Family is one of the top military clans in the Xiao Kuang Star Region, you—”

Before he could finish, Li Xiaofei raised a finger and another beam of sword qi shot through the air. The peak Six Gods Realm military expert was pierced straight through the chest by the sword light. Blood scattered across the skies as his cultivation was instantly sealed and suppressed.

As the surrounding military personnel grew restless, Li Xiaofei spoke no further. He unleashed his full Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm pressure. It was like divine judgment, a prison of power. The space around Chongque City felt as though it had been frozen in time. Everyone felt a suffocating dread welling up from within as they were paralyzed.

The group of officers closest to him felt as though a grim reaper’s scythe hung over their necks. They stared at Li Xiaofei in horror and could not comprehend how someone could possess such terrifying strength.

This had already surpassed the upper limit of even the most elite warzone pillars.

Seven Transformation Realm? Or perhaps a true immortal from legend?

They trembled. All they could do now was tremble, body and soul in perfect resonance.

“I had thought that now the human race held a clear advantage, you vermin from Eden would have already gone into hiding out of fear. Yet to my surprise, you still dared plot against Chongque City.” Li Xiaofei sneered coldly. “The Yue Family... a disgraceful line of traitors who have forsaken their clan and people. They deserve nothing less than total extermination.”

Indeed, he had long seen through the fact that Yue Wusuan was undoubtedly one of Eden’s agents. Most of the troops he commanded belonged to Eden’s armed forces. Back in the Xiao Kuang Star Region, the Yue family had conspired with Yue Zhuoran and Eden’s infiltrators to hunt down and kill Li Xiaofei.

At the time, Li Xiaofei had pressing matters to attend to, which was the only reason he had not wiped out the Yue Family entirely. He had not expected them to remain so unrepentant, and to have become even more depraved.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

Streaks of sword light tore through the air. Dozens of military officers had their cultivation sealed in an instant.

“Take them. Interrogate them thoroughly,” Li Xiaofei ordered. “Use this chance to root out every last one of Eden’s spies.”

“Yes, Master,” Li Junjie responded loudly.

The coup against Chongque City, orchestrated by traitors within the human military, was swiftly crushed the moment Li Xiaofei appeared. There had been no suspense. Warships and military units were quickly seized and brought under control. Chongque City was then easily restored to order.

Without delay, Li Junjie eagerly sought another audience with Li Xiaofei in the City Lord’s Office. He looked like an abandoned child who had just reunited with a parent, clinging anxiously to him as if afraid his master might disappear again.

At the same time, he resembled a proud student awaiting praise, reporting on his years of accomplishments in Chongque City with a trace of excitement.

“Well done,” said Li Xiaofei as he patted the shoulder of his number one follower with a gentle hand.

Fate between people could be so strange and unpredictable. Li Xiaofei had never imagined that a minor lackey from his gang could one day grow to such a level.

“Stay here and keep doing good work,” Li Xiaofei said. “You’ve done well. The bases on those hundred thousand planets no longer need to be forcefully accelerated in evolution. Instead, we should let them develop naturally. The human race already holds the advantage on the battlefield, so there’s no need to continue with this reckless strategy of draining all resources just to sustain combat strength.”

“Yes, Master, you can rest assured. I’ll do my best,” Li Junjie replied firmly.

After a pause, he added, “I heard that Heaven is about to return... and that Chongque City might be abolished...”

"You don’t need to worry about that,” Li Xiaofei said. “Chongque City will not be abolished.”

Given his current status and his familiarity with several key figures in Heaven, it was a simple matter for him to ensure the city's continued existence. Moreover, in Li Xiaofei’s view, even if Heaven officially returned to the mortal realm, Chongque City still held significant strategic and symbolic value.

Seizing the opportunity, Li Junjie began to ask his master for guidance on cultivation. Li Xiaofei withheld nothing. He systematically imparted all his knowledge to Li Junjie; everything from his own cultivation methods, the combat techniques he had comprehended, and even the sword murals from the Sword Immortal Lin Beichen.

If Li Xiaofei had only nurtured Li Junjie in the beginning because he admired the young man’s loyalty and sensed potential in him, then now, he truly intended to raise Li Junjie as his direct successor.

Li Xiaofei was never one to hoard knowledge. Thus, when it came to instructing his disciple, he gave everything he had. At first, Li Junjie felt delighted but gradually, something began to feel off.

Although he was exceptionally talented, especially after his body had been modified by Little Aunt, allowing his cultivation speed to soar, he still found himself struggling. His body would often grasp concepts ahead of his mind, but this time...

This time, he clearly felt that what his master was teaching him was simply too overwhelming. It was like being force-fed knowledge that far exceeded his current understanding.

When he voiced his concerns, Li Xiaofei simply said, “Just remember it. Burn it into your memory. One day, you’ll understand. You’ll reach a realm that can handle all of this.”

“Master... are you leaving again?” Li Junjie couldn’t help but ask.

A terrible feeling gnawed at his heart. It felt as though his master was making final arrangements.

Li Xiaofei did not conceal the truth. He said, “The final war is about to begin. I must fulfill my duty and head to the battlefield. Whether I’ll return alive... I cannot say for certain.”

“Master!” Li Junjie was shaken.

He wanted to say something but no words came, because he knew... he could not stop him. Nor did he have any right to try. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

“Study well. Train hard,” said Li Xiaofei with a smile. “If I fail in battle, then it will be up to all of you. One day, the human race will see the final light.”

Li Junjie nodded solemnly, then asked, “Master, the situation on the Star Battlefield is already overwhelmingly in our favor. Victory for the human race is within reach. Where else do you need to go fight?”

Li Xiaofei replied, “The Star Battlefield is not the end. That place is merely where the Reapers evolve, their chosen playground. The true battlefield lies in the Ancestor Court galaxy. That is the Reapers’ lair. And more importantly...”

He did not continue speaking. Deep down, he had begun to sense that the Reapers were not the true enemy. The Ancestor of Wisdom had once attempted to ally with Lin Beichen, claiming they needed to confront a greater foe together.

Even the Ancestor of Wisdom, one of the most powerful and influential beings in the current universe, and the very one who controlled the Reapers, had been forced to seek help from his enemies. That alone spoke volumes about the terrifying nature of this unknown adversary.

Li Xiaofei dared not imagine what kind of existence they might be facing. He had a vague feeling that the absence of the other four great Human Immortal Emperors, Ding Hao, Li Mu, Sun Fei, and Ye Qingyu, from both the Star Battlefield and the Ancestor Court galaxy was no coincidence. It was likely connected to this enemy.

As his strength grew, Li Xiaofei began to feel a strange pull from the depths of the universe. Perhaps it originated in the final realm of Oblivion, the Land of Annihilation.

At his current level of cultivation, one more step would take him to the threshold of becoming a quasi-Emperor. Once he touched that realm, everything would change.

Over the next few dozen days, Li Xiaofei poured everything he had into Li Junjie. He taught him the full extent of his knowledge and skills, and he planted the seed of the Emperor’s Dao within Li Junjie's heart.

It was also during this period that the interrogations of the Yue Family officers came to an end. When the interrogation reports were delivered, Li Junjie and the others were utterly shocked.