This Is What Should Be Captured

The star shuttle continued to approach, and the outline of the massive behemoth became increasingly clear.

Only at this moment did Ye Chuan truly understand what a Starry Sky Behemoth was!

It was huge!

Its body stretched across the universe, with no end or beginning in sight. Its dark purple, nebula-like flesh squirmed slowly, its surface covered in black scales the size of meteorites.

Each scale was larger than the Blue Source Planet, reflecting the light of distant stars. As it moved slowly through the cosmos, it emitted an overwhelming sense of oppression.

The solitary planet Lin Xi had seen just a moment ago now seemed as insignificant as a grain of sand on a beach when compared to its massive body.

"My God..." Lin Xi covered her mouth, her voice trembling. "It... it's many times larger than the entire Alpha Space Station!"

Kalen stated, "According to the database, an adult Starry Sky Behemoth can reach a length of light-years. They feed on stars and planets and are among the apex predators in the universe."

"And the one before us is still in its infancy."

Still an infant?!

Then how big would a true adult be?

The star shuttle kept drawing closer.

In front of it, the spaceship was as tiny as a bacterium landing on an elephant.

"It hasn't noticed us at all," Ye Chuan said softly. "To it, we are no different from cosmic dust."

Before he could finish speaking, the behemoth slowly shifted its body.

An indescribable, massive gravitational pull instantly swept over them. The star shuttle was constantly dragged and forced to activate its shields.

Kalen tried his best to pilot the ship, barely managing to stabilize it.

"This is terrifying..." Lin Xi's face was deathly pale. "We should leave quickly, Mr. Ye. We can't defeat it!"

"Leave? Why should we leave?" Ye Chuan smiled.

"Such a magnificent collectible is impossible to find even if you searched with a lantern."

This was the kind of Pokémon an immortal cultivator should capture, such a massive one!

Ye Chuan had a soft spot for things that were huge and bizarre.

Especially the kind that could be captured.

After saying this, without waiting for Lin Xi to persuade him otherwise, his figure flashed, and he appeared in the vacuum of space.

Ye Chuan floated beside the behemoth. Looking up, he couldn't see the top of its head, and looking down, he couldn't see the edges of the monster.

He reached out his hand, and the Demon King's Authority within him erupted with full force.

Dense black demonic energy spread out like a tidal wave, attempting to invade the behemoth's consciousness and control its soul.

However, one minute passed, then ten minutes passed.

The behemoth continued to swim slowly, completely unresponsive.

"No good," Ye Chuan twitched the corner of his mouth. "Its soul is far too vast. My Demon King's Authority can't even locate its core consciousness."

It was like dropping a bit of ink into the ocean; it wouldn't change the color of the sea at all.

With a wave of his hand, the Demon King's Sword appeared in his grasp.

The black demonic sword burned with roaring hellfire, and the wails of countless vengeful spirits wrapped around its blade.

Ye Chuan gripped the sword with both hands, channeled all the Chaos Power in his body into it, and swung it fiercely forward.

"Slash!"

A hundred-thousand-meter-long black sword aura tore through space, carrying an apocalyptic might as it viciously struck the behemoth's scales.

"Clang!!!"

The sword aura dissipated, leaving not even a shallow scratch on the behemoth's scales.

Ye Chuan: "..."

Alright, it really was just a tickle.

Let alone hurting it, it probably didn't feel a thing.

"It seems physical attacks are useless." Ye Chuan stroked his chin, his eyes flickering.

"Then let's try this."

Cognitive Contamination!

Sister, grant me strength.

A bizarre red light flashed in his eyes, and the invisible Cognitive Contamination spread like a virus deep into the behemoth's consciousness.

This time, there was finally a reaction.

The slowly swimming behemoth suddenly paused.

Its gigantic eyes slowly turned, looking at the tiny, almost invisible black speck on its scales.

"Roar!!!"

A deafening roar echoed through the universe.

The terrifying soundwaves formed visible shockwaves that spread out in all directions.

The distant asteroid belt was instantly shattered into dust, and even space itself rippled from the tremor!

Ye Chuan was pushed back repeatedly by the soundwaves.

"Good lord, what a temper."

Ye Chuan recovered his posture in an instant, but the smile on his face grew even wider.

The fact that it reacted meant there was a chance to capture it.

The behemoth was clearly enraged.

It raised a claw, like the giant palm of a god, and slammed it down fiercely toward Ye Chuan.

Wherever the appendage passed, space was forcibly crushed!

The planet that had been floating between its appendages just a moment ago was crushed into cosmic dust without making a single sound.

"Holy crap?! It's that huge, yet it can move so fast?"

Ye Chuan's figure flashed, instantly teleporting tens of millions of kilometers away.

"Boom!!!"

The gigantic claw struck where Ye Chuan had just been, shattering the void and forming a massive cavity.

"I was almost squashed into a meat patty." Even if Ye Chuan had a resurrection armor, he didn't want to take that hit. The feeling of being swatted to death would definitely hurt.

"Looks like I can't play around anymore."

At this moment, the Starry Sky Behemoth was still growling low, seemingly infected by the Cognitive Contamination.

The aura within his body erupted without any reservation.

Black and gold Chaos Power soared into the sky, churning through the cosmos like a giant dragon.

Empress Jiuhua's inherited power operated simultaneously. The golden light intertwined with the black and gold Chaos Power, forming a pillar of light that pierced through heaven and earth.

"Domain Expansion—"

A boundless black and gold mist instantly spread out, attempting to engulf the entire behemoth.

However, the behemoth was simply too massive.

The Chaos Domain continued to expand, but even at its limit, it could only wrap around one of its appendages and a small fraction of its body.

"Whatever, I'll just trap a part of it first."

Ye Chuan raised his hand, and the World-Suppressing Banner appeared in his grasp.

"All divine souls, come forth!"

"Buzz!!!"

Countless black divine souls surged out from the World-Suppressing Banner, densely packed like a swarm of locusts blotting out the sky.

Among them were members of the Divine Punishment Squad he had previously devoured, soldiers of the Starfall Fleet, Outer God Apostles, and countless demons and cultivators slain by Ye Chuan.

At this moment, these divine souls were all pushed to their limits by Ye Chuan. Emitting shrill roars, they lunged toward the behemoth's body.

Ignoring the behemoth's indestructible physical defenses, they phased right through its scales, drilled into its body, and frantically gnawed at its soul.

But to the beast, they were indeed no different from bacteria.

However, if there were enough bacteria, they could be fatal.

"Roar!!!"

The behemoth let out a roar of agony, its colossal body beginning to thrash wildly.

Countless appendages and claws flailed haphazardly, whipping the surrounding space and shattering the void into pieces.

"Looks like it's somewhat effective."

Ye Chuan raised his hand and stored away the Demon King's Sword, swapping it for the Demonic Sword Beyana.

It could strike the soul directly; he wondered if it would have any effect.

"Take this sword!"

Ye Chuan's figure flashed, transforming into a streak of black and gold light as he dashed toward the direction of the behemoth's head.

He had to find the behemoth's soul core, shatter its will with a single strike of his sword, and completely subjugate it.

Sensing the threat, the giant beast let out an even more frenzied roar.

It opened its cavernous maw, and a brilliant white orb of light—larger and more dazzling than a planet itself—rapidly began to condense within its jaws!!!