On the deck of the Black Cloud main battleship, Yuk Yaorao gracefully saluted Lu Ye: "Little Yaorao greets Second Uncle."

Lu Ye was taken aback for a moment, not understanding why the other person called him Second Uncle, but soon saw Yuk Yaorao blink at him and immediately understood that Yuk Yaorao had given him an identity that matched the previous actions.

With a turn of thought, he followed the conversation: "Many years have passed, and Little Yaorao has grown so much." Then he changed the topic: "Less idle talk, I'll escort you in breaking through."

Yuk Yaorao hurriedly asked, "How does Second Uncle plan to do it?"

Lu Ye turned to look ahead: "I'll pave the way, you follow up!"

With those words, he sprang forward, rushing towards the galactic pirate group's battleship in that direction.

Yuk Yaorao was startled and quickly gave an order: "Quickly follow up!" At the same time, she worriedly glanced in Lu Ye's direction.

Back when they first met, both were at the Divine Sea level, and at that time, she was even one minor realm higher in cultivation than Lu Ye. But now, she was only at the Constellation level, while Lu Ye had reached Moon Jade, a whole major realm ahead.

Yuk Yaorao completely didn't know how Lu Ye cultivated to improve his cultivation so terrifyingly.

But having a high cultivation is one thing; whether one possesses the corresponding strength is another. Although the galactic pirate group seemed like a scattered bunch, there were too many of them. Charging in alone like this, without enough powerful strength, would not have a good outcome.

Worriedly, she caught sight of a scene that shook her heart.

That swipe of sword light sliced through, and the Tiger Shark battleships blocking the way had no resistance, being blown apart and turning into a burst of brilliant flames.

In just a few dozen breaths, the originally impenetrable encirclement was cleared into a path.

The Black Cloud fleet immediately proceeded along this path.

Seeing Black Cloud showing signs of escaping, the galactic pirate group's attack from all directions became increasingly fierce, colorful beams came from all sides, turning the vast battlefield like a fireworks gala blooming in splendor, under which countless lives faded away.

The cultivators on this side of Black Cloud were undoubtedly highly loyal, with countless cultivators piloting Tiger Sharks or small battleships, surrounding the Black Cloud main battleship where Yuk Yaorao was, desperately resisting the attacks from the galactic pirate group, and using themselves as a shield for the main battleship.

The Nine Heavens Galactic Pirates Group, who followed Lu Ye, also joined in. Third Head Zi Xiao was frightened, terrified, although he admired their own leader's decision to take all the spoils, only when he took this step did he realize achieving this goal wasn't easy.

Originally they were part of the galactic pirate group, now turned into the target of assault, their stance reversed entirely.

Suddenly, in front of Lu Ye, a main battleship loomed in the stellar space, unknowingly from which galactic pirate group, seeing him charge so valiantly, the main battleship's arrays buzzed, assembling bright beams into a powerful attack, blasting towards him.

Lu Ye easily dodged, although the battleship's attack was strong, the charge time made it unsuitable for against cultivators, because it could be easily evaded.

The mighty sword shadow was again summoned, and as Lu Ye charged, the aura and the sword shadow rose simultaneously, soon slashing fiercely on that main battleship.

Compared with the lightning main battleship, this battleship was undeniably inferior, coupled with this galactic pirate group failing to timely adjust defenses, under this strike, the massive main battleship was split in two in mid-air, the cut smooth as a mirror.

Countless galactic pirates died under this strike, and the survivors fled in terror.

Yuk Yaorao watched this scene from afar, her heart stirred immensely, recalling back in the Taichu Realm when Lu Ye seemed invincible, dealing massive damage everywhere, so even then, she didn't qualify for the top hundred, but thanks to Lu Ye's protection, she stayed safe until the end, eventually gaining spirit light from the Taichu Realm, advancing her cultivation to Constellation.

After many years, that sense of security once again enveloped her heart, as if with this man standing before, all worries and concerns could evaporate.

"Amazing!" Beside her, Elder Lan couldn't help but exclaim.

Yuk Yaorao asked, "How does Elder Lan compare to Second Uncle?"

Elder Lan shook her head: "I am far inferior!"

Yuk Yaorao's red lips curled slightly; she knew Elder Lan was prideful, as a sword cultivator, and the strongest in Black Cloud, ordinary Moon Jade couldn't catch her eye, yet Lu Ye made her admit her inferiority...

As thoughts turned in her mind, several figures suddenly charged towards Lu Ye from all directions, Yuk Yaorao's Mental Consciousness surged, sending an audio transmission: "Be careful!"

She discerned that those figures were all Moon Jade.

Though Lu Ye had already exhibited terrifying personal strength, mowing down many Tiger Sharks, even destroying a main battleship, these Moon Jade grabbed a perfect timing, clearly thinking Lu Ye was exhausted from destroying the main battleship, striking now was opportune!

"I'll assist him!" Elder Lan quickly commented, her longsword issuing a clear sword chant, merging with the sword light and rushing into the battlefield ahead.

Before she arrived, Lu Ye had already swung his blade, easily cutting down the closest fierce charging Moon Jade!

Simply achieving this wouldn't matter, crucially, the one he slew was a Moon Jade Late Stage! The defenses the opponent deployed sensing danger were as frail as paper.

Elder Lan couldn't help but squint his eyes, secretly relieved that this person belonged to the Black Cloud. If he were truly a galactic pirate, then this trip would undoubtedly be disastrous for Black Cloud.

Killing one person first, Lu Ye immediately charged towards the second Moon Jade.

The opponent, seeing Lu Ye's relentless viciousness, dared not approach and hastily turned to flee, only to be blocked by Elder Lan, who had merged with his sword at that moment, cutting off his escape route.

Seeing this, Lu Ye promptly switched targets.

Ten breaths later, all the attacking Moon Jade were either dead or had fled, and the scene had become clear.

It's not surprising that those Moon Jade were fearful of death; their companions had died too swiftly. Even if any Moon Jade could entangle Lu Ye briefly, they might see a glimmer of hope for victory, but even the Moon Jade Late Stage couldn't withstand three strikes from Lu Ye. Who would dare act recklessly?

Galactic pirates are the most profit-driven and self-preserving group; they rarely get up without profit, swarm in when there's benefit, but flee faster than anyone else when there's risk.

If the lightning were still around, with its coordination and commands, it wouldn't be easy to deal with the galactic pirate group joining forces. But the lightning had been shattered by Lu Ye long ago, and even the head of the lightning had fled far away.

Though there were many galactic pirate groups, they were so scattered that it was difficult to achieve anything.

The tightly-knit encirclement was completely shattered, and when the battered Black Cloud fleet fled through the breach, it marked the end of this pursuit.

The Black Cloud fleet gradually disappeared into the distance, as various sizes of galactic pirate groups gathered together, with Lu Ye standing sternly between them.

One person blocked the stellar space, yet no galactic pirate dared act rashly. That dark long blade seemed like a bottomless black hole, swallowing countless lives of galactic pirates in this battle.

Until the unwilling but powerless galactic pirate groups dispersed, Lu Ye then turned to pursue the fleeing Black Cloud.

When he caught up to the escaping Black Cloud fleet, he strangely found that its size had become considerably larger.

The fleet had clearly acquired many new battleships.

On the Black Cloud main battleship, Yuk Yaorao was waving at him.

Lu Ye swiftly approached and found some unfamiliar faces here, currently scrutinizing him.

Seeing his confusion, Yuk Yaorao proactively began explaining.

Only then did Lu Ye understand that fleets and cultivators from a neighboring Star System had dispatched to meet them, but due to the long journey, they arrived slightly late and only after the intense battle had concluded.

Introduced by Yuk Yaorao, everyone exchanged greetings.

It was evident that Yuk Yaorao was very happy, as her mission had basically come to an end here without much danger. Participating in such training with her Constellation status would naturally earn her decent rewards.

After chatting for a while, Lu Ye took his leave. As the head of the galactic pirates here, it was not appropriate for him to follow them to the neighboring Star System. The few arriving Moon Jade looked at him with clear apprehension, evidently having heard of his astounding battle achievements.

Saying farewell to Yuk Yaorao, Lu Ye took his leave.

The Nine Heavens Galactic Pirates Group's battleship was waiting in the distance.

"Second Uncle!" Yuk Yaorao's voice came from behind. Lu Ye turned around, only to see her swiftly flying over.

Lu Ye stood still.

As she approached, Yuk Yaorao suddenly flipped her hand, revealing an object in her palm.

Lu Ye looked closely and immediately recognized it as the artifact he saw upon entering this training, a round sphere, entirely emerald green, that had triggered Black Cloud's downfall. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

His training task this time had been to seize this artifact and eradicate the Black Cloud cultivators.

"See if this is truly the artifact." Yuk Yaorao handed it over, "I received information that this artifact is linked to the secret of cultivators' ascension to Sun Blaze."

This was precisely the reason it attracted so many galactic pirate groups' covetousness; a normal artifact wouldn't bring such disaster upon Black Cloud.

Lu Ye raised an eyebrow, picked up the sphere, and attempted to channel Mana into it, but no reaction ensued. He also probed with his Mental Consciousness and found nothing, then shook his head saying, "It probably isn't."

Some artifacts appearing in training scenarios are genuine, meaning they can be taken out and used, but others are fake, like this sphere before him. It's merely a prop in the training scenario, purportedly hiding the secret of ascension to Sun Blaze, but in reality, it is nothing.

"That's unfortunate." Yuk Yaorao said, somewhat regretful, because if this artifact truly hid the secret of ascension to Sun Blaze, its value would be boundless. Especially since Lu Ye was currently at Moon Jade Late Stage, the artifact should have been beneficial to him.