Lawful Tyrant

Chapter 334 The Will That Influences the River of Time

Before nightfall that day, Lin Qing upgraded the Abyss again.

After upgrading to the 'Abyss King', the area where this demonic ship attracts monsters has indeed increased significantly.

That night, the number of monsters 'invited' onto the ship did indeed increase considerably.

Not only has the number of inferior monsters increased, but the number of superior monsters has increased several times over.

They even encountered a so-called 'King-level monster' that, along with several high-level monsters and dozens of low-level monsters, attacked the Abyss like an army.

However, for Lin Qing, it doesn't matter how many inferior and superior monsters there are.

Once the Great Extinction of the Illusionary World occurred, the illusory world formed by this terrifying secret technique of will enveloped the consciousness of all the demons within it. Except for the king-level demons who still had one or two tenths of their strength, the other demons were either directly annihilated in their consciousness or lost their ability to resist.

Even a king-level monster with only one or two tenths of its strength is far weaker than a high-level monster and poses no threat to him.

Lin Qing not only had a full-body armor formed from the treasure of his natal universe to protect him, but also possessed the newly learned secret technique "Extreme Circulation Movement". In addition, after absorbing the bloodline of the "Momentary True God", his own strength had increased several times, so he naturally solved the problem easily.

The whole process was completely as expected.

They easily obtained the corpse of a king-level monster, as well as a large number of other monster corpses.

"It's still not that difficult..."

As Lin Qing tidied up the spoils on the deck, she pondered to herself, "What kind of test did His Majesty the King of Light mention? A Demon King?"

Judging from the intelligence he's been buying these past few days—

The chaotic creature bloodline within inferior demonic objects is too thin to be extracted.

Generally, one-tenth of high-level demonic creatures contain the fifth-generation bloodline of chaotic beings, and ten of them can be used to extract a complete bloodline.

Within a King-level demon, one-tenth possesses the fourth-generation bloodline of a Chaos creature, or within a rare King-level demon, one-hundredth possesses the third-generation bloodline of a Chaos creature.

Ten King-level monsters are enough to collect a fourth-generation bloodline, and one hundred rare King-level monsters are enough to collect a third-generation bloodline.

As for the unique monster king in the entire survival world, he possesses the complete second-generation bloodline of the chaotic creature 'Eternal Frozen Flame'!
It is said that the Demon King is ten times stronger than a King-level Demon, and is reincarnated from the soul of a Transcendent. Moreover, the Demon King is usually accompanied by hundreds of King-level Demons, as well as a vast ocean of Demons consisting of a large number of high-level and low-level Demons.

Even if a survivor gathers the bloodlines of three generations of Chaos creatures, they still need to learn various secret techniques and have a group of people working together to attack them before they have any hope of killing the Emperor.

But after learning this information, Lin Qing felt that he was no longer a threat.

Even if the Demon King is ten times stronger than a regular King-level Demon, even if he has the soul of a Transcendent and possesses the will to touch the True Transformation level, he only has 20-30% of his strength left in front of him.

Even if he were alone, as long as he continued to progress in this way, he would soon be confident enough to cross the ocean of monsters and kill the so-called emperor.

With such difficulty, how could it be worthy of the test set by His Majesty the King of Light?

"Once I leave the survival world, my strength should recover quickly, and I will be able to complete His Majesty the Light King's first test."

Lin Qing frowned slightly, "As long as the personal shelter is upgraded to a sanctuary, one can directly leave the survival world. One hundred king-level monster corpses, plus the corpse of the monster emperor, are enough to upgrade to a sanctuary..."

He narrowed his eyes. "In other words, the greatest challenge in this survival world is most likely... the Demon King?"

After much thought, the most likely difficulty in this first test lies with the Demon King.

However, the first thing to do is to find that demon king.

After collecting all the loot left by the monsters on the deck, Lin Qing also obtained more than 300 survival coins.

Now that he's at this point, he has plenty of survival coins and is too lazy to resell them anymore.

"No matter what, let's improve our strength first and continue searching for monsters with the Eternal Frozen Ice Flame Bloodline."

……

Another half month has passed.

After collecting more than twenty king-level monster corpses, Lin Qing finally encountered the first monster with the bloodline of eternal ice flame!

Although this high-level demon only contains one percent of the fourth-generation Eternal Frozen Ice Flame bloodline, it will be enough as long as it can be extracted.

"From now on, things will be much easier."

Lin Qing looked at the bloodline crystal she had just refined in her hand and couldn't help but show a hint of joy.

Now, the Bloodline Pointer can come in handy.

As long as the Bloodline Pointer uses this Bloodline Crystal as a guide, it's only a matter of time before it finds other monsters with the same bloodline.

"let's start."

……

Eight months have passed in the blink of an eye.

"Aside from the final Holy Island, there are absolutely no more monsters possessing the bloodline of the third generation of eternally frozen ice flames..."

On the deck of the Abyss, Lin Qing frowned as he looked at the vast, dark fog.

For the past eight months, in his search for the monster with the eternally frozen ice and fire bloodline, he has piloted the Abyss and searched almost the entire survival world.

The fourth generation of the Eternal Frozen Ice Flame Bloodline has long been assembled.

He only found 65 king-level monsters with the third-generation Eternal Frozen Ice Flame bloodline, which means he only obtained 65% of the third-generation Eternal Frozen Ice Flame bloodline.

We need another thirty-five to complete the third generation of the Eternal Frozen Ice Flame Bloodline.

But no matter where Lin Qing was, the direction pointed to by the Blood Source Pointer invariably led to the final Holy Island.

In other words, apart from the Holy Island, there are no longer any monsters with the eternally frozen Ice Flame bloodline in the entire survival world.

"The final holy island... Shall we go now?"

Lin Qing recalled the information about the final holy island, but he still wasn't confident enough.

Last month, some survivors had already found the final island.

That is the location of the biggest boss in the entire survival world, and the only royal family of monsters.

It is said that there are as many as 100,000 inferior monsters, thousands of superior monsters, and hundreds of king-level monsters on the Holy Island.

The Monster King is unique, which means that only one survivor can upgrade their shelter to a 'Sanctuary'. Therefore, those survivors who were confident in their strength had already started trying to land on the island.

But these survivors were scared away by the vast sea of ​​monsters before they even saw the face of the monster royalty.

Several waves of survivors, even the strongest of them, could only barely glimpse the Demon King's palace.

"They haven't even gathered three generations of bloodline yet, and they dare to go to the island?" Lin Qing shook her head slightly. "Aren't they a bit too impatient..."

In his view, even if the demon royal family was really as the intelligence said, it would still take several or even more survivors with three generations of bloodlines working together to have even the slightest chance.

Not to mention, Lin Qing always felt that the Demon King might be more than just an intelligence source.

Otherwise, with his abilities, he could have gone to the island long ago.

He was just worried about unforeseen circumstances, so he hadn't gone yet.

"Someone has already discovered numerous traces of the Azure Flame leader on the island..."

Lin Qing frowned slightly. "It seems that the remaining demons with the third-generation Eternal Frozen Ice Flame bloodline are probably all on Holy Island."

His target was the demon king who possessed the second-generation Eternal Frozen Flame bloodline, but he wasn't absolutely certain of success.

"For now, there's nothing left to improve."

Lin Qing stood at the edge of the deck, silently calculating his current strength. "Although I haven't gathered all three generations of Eternal Frozen Ice Flame Bloodline yet, I have the Illusionary World Annihilation, the Supreme Treasure of My Destiny Universe, Extreme Circulation, Desperate Strike, True Blood Body Refinement... With all these methods combined, I can consider myself at my limit."

In the past six months, with the help of a miraculous encounter, he found more than ten silver treasure chests and learned two useful secret techniques—"Heart-Slaying Strike" and "True Blood Body Refinement".

He had also reached perfection in both of these secret techniques thanks to the help of the Entropy Reversal Technique.

In terms of strength, he is much stronger than those survivors who have gathered the bloodlines of three generations.

With the added advantage of his innate universe treasure and the Great Extinction of the Illusionary World, he can crush all survivors on his own.

Logically speaking, he should be able to kill any normal monster king with overwhelming advantage.

"Let's give it a try. If it doesn't work, we'll just have to think of another way..."

With a flick of his wrist, Lin Qing produced a small, exquisite crystal statue, which bore his likeness.

This was also the treasure he obtained from the silver chest he discovered.

There are quite a few black iron chests, but silver chests are extremely rare. It is said that there are only thirty silver chests in the entire survival world.

He found more than ten silver treasure chests all by himself, which was already thanks to a stroke of good fortune.

Even if they wanted to find the silver treasure chest again, they probably wouldn't have the chance.

"Let's go." Lin Qing immediately piloted the Abyss towards the final holy island.

The Abyss is inlaid with a Heart of the Ocean gem found in a silver treasure chest, which makes it more than twice as fast as other ships of the same level.

If we sail in a straight line, we should be able to reach the final holy island in about half a month.

……

half a month later.

Lin Qingyao gazed at the isolated island hidden deep in the mist. After parking the Abyss a few kilometers away from the island, he stepped onto the water and headed towards the final holy island.

Walking on water was also achieved thanks to a treasure found in a silver chest.

However, it's of little help in land battles.

After Lin Qing stepped onto the sea and entered the holy island, which was only a little over a hundred square kilometers in size, he didn't bother to waste any more time and headed straight for the center of the island.

This sacred island is not large, but it is home to more than 100,000 demons. The outer perimeter is full of inferior demons, making it impossible to infiltrate. The only option is to fight our way in.

"call!"

After Lin Qing used the Extreme Movement Technique, his speed increased several times. Coupled with his extremely amazing dodging ability, the monsters on the outer edge of the Holy Island could not touch him at all, and he could completely ignore them.

There's absolutely no need to waste energy casting the Illusionary World Annihilation spell.

In just a short while, Lin Qing had already passed through the large group of monsters that had just reacted and discovered the palace of the monster king that was hidden not far away.

"Right inside the palace?"

Lin Qing rubbed the ring on her right index finger with her fingertips and immediately felt her senses be greatly enhanced, spreading out like a mental scan, and she could see the demon king in the deepest part of the palace.

"Ok?"

He was taken aback: "This is the Demon King?"

Lin Qing sensed with some disbelief the tiny, silver-white rat, barely the size of a palm, deep within the palace.

The so-called Demon King is actually a small, exquisite silver-white mouse?

But the aura belonging to the Eternal Frozen Flame bloodline cannot be faked.

"You can start now."

With a thought, Lin Qingxin immediately conjured up a phantom world, enveloping the consciousness of the demon king within it.

however--

"Ok?"

In an instant, Lin Qing noticed that the silver-white rat suddenly opened its eyes and broke free from this illusory world, as if this illusory world could not trap it at all!

"What terrifying willpower!"

Lin Qing's expression changed.

Even against a will of the same level, the Great Extinction of the Illusionary World can forcibly trap the opponent, at least reducing their strength to only 20-30%.

If you encounter someone whose willpower is a level lower, you can simply annihilate them!

but……

Once it encounters someone with a stronger will, the Great Extinction of the Illusionary World will no longer be effective.

This demonic royal family member's soul before reincarnation was clearly not that of an ordinary transcendent being; its mental will had reached an even higher level!
"The Great Extinction of the Illusory World is useless."

Lin Qing's heart sank, and she immediately understood the difficulty of this test.

We can only rely on our own strength!

"I'm much stronger than the other survivors, and I also have a projection of my innate universe's most precious treasure. With my own strength, I should still have a chance..."

Just as this thought flashed through Lin Qing's mind—

"boom!"

The spacetime around the palace walls suddenly distorted, and a silver streak of terrifying speed shot out from it!
Lin Qing's pupils contracted slightly: "So fast!"

Seeing that speed alone, he knew he was no match for this demon king.

"Crack!"

In an instant, the ruby ​​bracelet on his wrist shattered, instantly transforming into a layer of hazy light that enveloped him.

At the same time, the silvery-white light struck Lin Qing, and the terrifying power filled with icy aura was completely unleashed, causing Lin Qing to fly backward like a cannonball.

"no solution anymore……"

Under the dim light, Lin Qing sighed helplessly and crushed the crystal statue she had prepared in advance.

next moment--

He vanished without a trace and instantly reappeared in the cabin of the Abyss, more than ten kilometers away.

The terrifyingly fast silver-white light circled the island once, and after failing to find Lin Qing, it returned to the palace.

……

"The gap is too big..."

Inside the Abyss, Lin Qing slowly took a deep breath, frowning: "As expected, it was a test set by His Majesty the King of Light. The gap between me and that Demon King is so vast..."

Not only was his strongest willpower technique, 'Illusory World Annihilation,' completely ineffective, but the difference in their strength was also enormous.

If it weren't for the two life-saving treasures he had prepared in advance, he would probably be dead by now.

"The gap is so big, how can we bridge it?"

Lin Qing frowned, "Is there anything else I can improve on..."

……

Outside the world of survival, inside the temple of oversight.

"Lord Hongnuo, this survivor is indeed very cautious, only now going to find the Demon King?"

Looking at Lin Qing, who was landing on the island on the water screen, Manager Qiu sighed, "I wonder why this person would give up everything to be reborn into the survival world. Is this level of difficulty really the test of the ultimate being?"

The handsome young man in simple white robes said calmly, "How could you possibly fathom the thoughts of the emperors? However..."

He gazed at Lin Qing on the water screen, "If it's a test from the ultimate being, it might not be this simple..."

"Just a monster king," Manager Qiu said casually. "With this survivor's strength, plus that terrifying willpower technique and the incredibly sturdy armor projected from his innate universe treasure, he could kill it in a few moves, right?"

"Take a look," the handsome young man said softly.

next moment--

"Ok?"

Manager Qiu's expression changed drastically. "Impossible! This demon is merely a transcendent being forced to reincarnate as an experimental subject. How could it possibly possess the will to influence the river of time and space?"

The handsome young man also narrowed his eyes slightly.

Those who have just crossed the threshold of the rules of spacetime are merely the weakest chaotic beings. They cannot even enter the river of spacetime, and they can only explore the endless chaos at the edge of the universe, not daring to go far. Their will is only barely transformed into truth.

But going a step further, higher chaotic beings who are capable of entering the River of Time and Space can have their will transformed to a higher level under the nurturing of the River of Time and Space.

This is a level where one's will alone is enough to influence changes in space and time!
Those beings who have not transcended may have a sliver of hope to hone their will to the level of true transformation, which is the upper limit of the universe, but it is almost impossible for them to hone it to the point of influencing the long river of time and space!
With such a level of willpower, even a mortal can alter spacetime through willpower, such as short-distance spacetime travel, spacetime superposition, and so on.

In a survival world, possessing such willpower, one can only imagine how terrifyingly powerful one's strength would become.

"Moreover, this demon king is stronger than we prepared, and has even touched the upper limit of the world's rules."

Supervisor Qiu couldn't help but say, "Sir, before we released this Demon King, we were certain that its will was only at the True Transformation level. Now it has suddenly reached the level of a high-level chaotic being. There must be a secret behind this. It's most likely a problem with the mutated bloodline within it. Should we stop the Survival World and extract this bloodline properly..."

"Do not care."

The handsome young man said expressionlessly, "Remember this: this world of survival is already the testing ground set up by that ultimate being to test his disciples. All these seemingly unreasonable unexpected situations were probably within that ultimate being's expectations. Otherwise, how could the original level of difficulty be worthy of being a test by the ultimate being?"

He glanced at Manager Qiu and said, "Are you trying to anger the Emperor by stopping the survival world now?"

Manager Qiu was taken aback and said, "But this Demon King is already exceptionally strong. Even if this survivor's strength reaches the limit of the survival world, there's no way he can win..."

The handsome young man paused for a moment, then said, "There is still a sliver of possibility, though it seems impossible to us. Perhaps this is the requirement for ultimate existence?"

(End of this chapter)