Emperor Wu Shihuang's handwriting, do not go out of the Milky Way border

“I know this monster’s strength very well. Even though it’s on the verge of collapse, it’s not something an ordinary level two cultivator can handle. One blow from it would be enough to kill you all. And with you around, I’ll be distracted.”

As he spoke, Ying Zheng casually brandished his spear a few times before walking straight out from behind the rock where he had been hiding.

"I'll be right back, just watch! I can beat it!" At this moment, Ying Zheng's words were full of powerful confidence.

Hearing his words, everyone couldn't help but recall the time in the Spirit God Universe when Ying Zheng single-handedly confronted the Great Creator God Herakdi. He had said the same thing back then.

He can do it all by himself!

Inspired by Ying Zheng's words, the Great Mighty Saint and the others couldn't help but nod and then watched from the sidelines.

Ying Zheng walked slowly towards the lake, his expression calm.

Perhaps frightened by the previous methods of the Great Vajra Saint Venerable and his companions, the monster did not reappear until Ying Zheng reached the lake.

The surface of the entire lake was calm and still, as if it were dead.

Ying Zheng frowned, holding a long spear, and walked half a circle around the lake.

His footsteps rang out evenly, and the slight vibrations traveled into the lake.

Finally, a huge black shadow suddenly broke through the water with lightning speed and rushed straight towards Ying Zheng.

The speed was astonishing.

However, even so, at the crucial moment, Ying Zheng still swung his spear and smashed it hard into the head of the snake that was biting him.

boom! !

With a muffled thud, terrifying power erupted, like a thunderclap from a clear sky. The Vajra Spear in Ying Zheng's hand trembled violently, emitting a buzzing sound. And the snake's head was half-crushed by Ying Zheng's strike! Eyeballs, flesh, and brain matter splattered everywhere!

The monster was instantly struck on the head by Ying Zheng, and it was in great pain. But it did not give up. Several more dark shadows suddenly sprang out from under the water and pounced on Ying Zheng, trying to bite him and devour him.

Unfortunately, Ying Zheng wielded his spear wildly, the sharp spear light flashing erratically, the blood light intertwined with the spear light, a sight that chilled the heart.

His figure flashed like lightning, dodging each attack from the snake heads. Simultaneously, his spear pierced, smashed, and thrust, killing one snake head after another! Blood splattered everywhere!
Everyone was stunned to see Ying Zheng take on the lake monster single-handedly.

They really didn't expect that Ying Zheng could display such amazing combat power in the illusionary realm!

"Is this the power of a fourth-level cosmic level?!" Venerable Mahade murmured to himself.

"The difference is too great! Level two and level four are worlds apart," sighed the Supreme Lord Hongdu.

"Ying Zheng is too fierce!" Emperor Wuxuan couldn't help but exclaim.

The other supreme beings were all dumbfounded.

Ying Zheng truly deserves to be called the number one person in the Hongmeng Universe! His reputation is well-deserved!

Ying Zheng was locked in a fierce battle with the lake monster, and in the brutal fight, he killed nearly twenty of its snake heads. Having lost almost all of its heads, the lake monster was on its last legs. Ying Zheng then leaped into the lake and finished it off!
When Ying Zheng's spear pierced through the monster's fleshy body and cleaved it open, an astonishing surge of energy flowed into his body!
Even Ying Zheng could clearly feel that his power had increased significantly!
Ying Zheng roughly estimated that his strength had increased by nearly a hundred points!
His current true strength is at the fifth level of the cosmic level, yet this single monster could provide him with such a massive amount of energy. Therefore, this monster must be at least a sixth-level cosmic level being.

If it were given the opportunity to go to the outside world, its strength would be comparable to that of ancient saints in higher universes!

Unfortunately, in this fantastical world, it could only huddle in this small pond, unable to even leave.

After the monster was killed, a dazzling red light rose from its corpse. The red light condensed and eventually turned into a red ball of light, which slowly rose to the surface of the water and floated on the lake.

Ying Zheng swam over and reached out to grab the red orb.

Within the red light, it was actually a divine artifact!
Name: Wandering Sword!
Quality: Ruby Grade
Description: A sword shadow formed from the molted shell of a cicada, which can be controlled by thought to defend against enemies.

Additional move: Wandering Sword Shadow

Wandering Sword Shadows: Allows control over ghostly sword shadows, enabling attacks at will.

Ying Zheng had already equipped himself with the Jade Ghost Hand, but he never expected to obtain another divine artifact this time.

He casually equipped the artifact, and with a thought, a sharp sword shadow shot out. The sword shadow could travel up to three meters away from his body, moving as fast as lightning. Wherever it passed, even stones could be cut through.

"Won!"

"A divine artifact has been dropped!"

"The monster has been dealt with!"

Seeing the situation on Ying Zheng's side, the Great Mighty Saint Venerable and others exclaimed in surprise and then ran over.

"How are you? Are you injured?" the Great Mighty Saint asked as he pulled Ying Zheng out of the lake.

"It's nothing, just a few scratches, nothing serious," Ying Zheng said.

"By the way, what kind of divine artifact did you just obtain?" Emperor Wuxuan couldn't help but ask.

Not only him, but everyone around him was very curious.

Ying Zheng was quite generous. He removed the equipment from the Wandering Sword and then handed the red light orb to Emperor Wu Xuan and the others, allowing them to examine it at will.

"My God, it's actually a Crimson Jade-level divine artifact!" Martial Profound Emperor exclaimed. "Wandering Sword Shadow, that move is truly formidable."

"What a pity. If this treasure could be taken out, I wonder how powerful it would be," said the Divine Venerable Xuanjian.

"By the way, when we killed the Wild Dog King last time, we also got a divine artifact," the Great Mighty Saint Venerable said to Ying Zheng.

As he spoke, he reached out and took out a ball of cyan light.

Ying Zheng took it from him and examined it.

Name: Glass Beads
Quality: White Porcelain Grade
Description: A bead made of finely polished glass.

Additional move: Calm and Composed

Calm and Composed: Equipping this item allows you to calm your mind and cultivate your inner energy, increasing energy acquisition efficiency by 10%!

"What a wonderful thing!" Ying Zheng couldn't help but exclaim.

This is actually a magical artifact that can improve energy acquisition efficiency!
If you had equipped this item before killing the lake monster, you would have gained even more energy!

"I'm sorry, I forgot to give this to you before," said the Great Lord of Vajrabhairava with a wry smile.

"It is indeed a pity," Ying Zheng said with a hint of regret.

He then returned the bead to Vajrabhairava.

Not only that, Ying Zheng also said, "I already have the Vajra Spear that breaks through the formation. The Wandering Sword is of little use to me. You can take it."

Although the Wandering Sword was fast, Ying Zheng's movements were even faster. Moreover, the Wandering Sword's attack range was only within three meters, and the length of Ying Zheng's arm combined with the length of the Vajra Spear was basically sufficient to meet his needs.

Therefore, this thing was indeed of little use to him. "This..." The Great Vajra Saint and the others looked at each other, and finally nodded.

The Wandering Sword was eventually given to the Crimson Luo Immortal Venerable.

With the Wandering Sword, the Hongmeng Universe has gained another expert.

Although the Wandering Sword was of little use to Ying Zheng, for Immortal Venerable Hongluo, controlling the Wandering Sword was enough to give her the strength of a third-level universe-level being.

After all, the Wandering Sword is extremely fast and comes and goes without a trace, and even a level three expert of the universe level would probably find it difficult to resist.

After the lake monster was slain, the spoils didn't stop there. The Great Sage and the others brought ropes, dismembered the monster, and finally managed to drag it ashore.

The monster was enormous; its flesh was enough to feed the villagers for a long time.

More and more people are coming to the village now, numbering over a hundred. Finding food is a major problem every day.

Even if the monster's meat isn't eaten in a short time, it can be dried in the sun and made into jerky. Although the taste might not be great, for Venerable Mahade and the others, filling their stomachs is the most important thing; the taste is completely irrelevant.

Want to try some delicious food? What would you like to eat after leaving the illusionary realm and returning home?

Besides, as powerful beings in the universe, they have only one purpose in coming here: to become stronger!
Having slain the lake monster, a major hidden danger has been eliminated.

Without the lake monsters, this is the place where wild dogs spawn, so you can safely and freely grind levels.

After discussing with the Great Power Saint Venerable and others, Ying Zheng decided to leave a second-level cosmic-level person to guard the birthplace of the wild dogs.

Sometimes, a Wild Dog King might spawn in the Wild Dog's birthplace. It's far too dangerous to only have a level 1 Universe-level player carry newcomers to level up.

Leave one level 2 person to guard the area. Even if they encounter the Wild Dog King and can't defeat it, the Wild Dog King can cover the escape of the others.

In the Canglan Illusionary Realm, survival is paramount. After all, one only has one life. The Venerables of the Primordial Universe have cultivated diligently for hundreds of billions of years to achieve their current accomplishments. It would be such a pity to die like this.

Hongmeng Town is now a stable stronghold, and newcomers from the Hongmeng Universe can easily come here and break through to the first level of the Universe Realm. Of course, the prerequisite is that they must first cultivate to the peak of the Primordial Supreme Realm outside before they even have the qualification to enter.

In the current Hongmeng Universe, most of the experts at the peak of the Hunyuan Supreme level have already entered, with only a small number remaining.

What they need to do now is to come in, farm wild dogs, and upgrade to the Universe Level 1.

Then complete tasks and rely on the task rewards to level up to level two!
The old clan chief in Hongmeng Town can issue four tasks every day, but there is a limit to the number of people who can accept each task.

After the Great Vajra Saint and others broke through to level two, the mission rewards they could obtain from missions also decreased relatively.

So, like Ying Zheng, they simply chose to abandon the original plan and instead decided to continue hunting monsters according to their original idea.

Of course, with their current strength, hunting ordinary wild animals is meaningless; only high-level monsters are worth their time.

“I think we can go to the swamp and clear out those zombies,” Wu Xuan Emperor suggested in the meeting hall of Hongmeng Town.

"No, no! This is too risky!" Mahadeva immediately objected.

“Even if any of those zombies isn’t as strong as the lake monster, they’re not far off. Going to deal with them is too risky.”

“I think so too. Moreover, I always feel that there are too many unknown secrets hidden on the other side of the swamp. If we go there rashly, we may be wiped out.” Immortal Venerable Hongluo also agreed.

“Going towards the mountain won’t work either,” said Xuanjian, the Divine Lord. “The cliffside ladder leading to Emerald City is broken. With our current capabilities, it’s too difficult to repair it. That cliff is at least three hundred meters wide.”

"If you don't take the cliff and try to go around it, there's no feasible path at all. It's all steep cliffs, and if you're not careful, you'll fall and be smashed to pieces."

"What about the other two directions?" Ying Zheng asked at this moment.

He pointed in a direction, let's call it south for now.

Unfortunately, they couldn't find their way around in the Canglan Illusionary Realm.

“That area is still wasteland. We have explored a long distance in that direction, and it’s all wasteland,” said the Great Lord of Might.

"Did you encounter any wild creatures?" Ying Zheng asked.

"Yes." The Holy One of Vajrabhairava nodded.

“There was a pack of wolves! We encountered them once, there were about a dozen of them. We killed three of them and the rest ran away.”

"The energy provided by wolves is not much, basically the same as that of wild dogs, just a little more."

"Judging from their appearance, these wolves are probably the most formidable wild animals in this large area."

"So, going south is pointless," Ying Zheng pondered.

"And what about going north?" Ying Zheng asked again.

“There are mountains for a long stretch to the north. This is a mountain range that runs northeast!” said the Great Vajrabhairava.

Ying Zheng pondered for a moment before finally speaking, "Take us to the western swamp first to see just how powerful those zombies are. If we can, we'll deal with them; if not, we'll continue exploring to the south."

After Ying Zheng finished speaking, the venerable ones exchanged glances and finally nodded.

After finalizing the plan, Ying Zheng and his entourage packed their equipment and belongings and set off westward.

The location where Ying Zheng and his group first entered the Canglan Illusionary Realm was about twenty kilometers away from the current Hongmeng Town.

Unlike their initial cautious exploration, Ying Zheng and his companions have now become stronger, and they no longer need to be as careful as before when traveling.

Ying Zheng and his entourage arrived at the western swamp as quickly as possible.

Ying Zheng estimated that the swamp was about fifty kilometers away from Hongmeng Town.

Just as the Venerable Yamantaka and the others said, this is a large swamp with a lot of reeds growing here.

When Ying Zheng and his men stepped down, their feet sank in more than halfway, becoming extremely muddy.

Logically, such a swampy area should have many small animals living there. However, this is not the case.

On their way here, Ying Zheng and his entourage saw many rabbits, snakes, rats and the like, but once they arrived in this area, they could not sense any life.

There was only an eerie, deathly stillness.

The reeds weren't emerald green, but rather a purplish-black. Their leaves drooped, giving off a lifeless and ominous feeling.

"This place is a bit scary," Ying Zheng said, looking around in the sparse reeds.

"But where are the zombies? I haven't seen a single one."

Just as Ying Zheng said this, he suddenly stopped in his tracks. (End of Chapter)