Swallowing the Stars: Starting with Optimizing the Five Hearts Towards the Sky

Chapter 555 Killing Native Creatures of the Infinite Space

Chen Yuan's initial goal was to find the native creatures of the infinite space.

After all, the other two ways to earn reward points are relatively difficult.

Even though he thought he was already very good at mental willpower and opening up the path, the hard indicators were there, and if he didn't reach them, he didn't reach them.

Before entering this place, Chen Yuan wondered if his special mental power would trigger special rewards in the infinite space. Now he knew he was overthinking it; the reward mechanism here was just that rigid.

Want to obtain rewards related to mental will? You must reach the level of a God Emperor!

Similarly, in terms of opening up new paths, no matter how special the new path he opens up is, it must at least meet the requirements of the first level of the God King realm before the reward mechanism will be triggered.

"It has now been confirmed that neither mental will nor the opening of the Great Dao has met the requirements for infinite space. Therefore, if we want to obtain reward points, we can only target the native creatures here."

Chen Yuan shook his head. Even though this last way of obtaining reward points was the simplest, it was still fraught with difficulties in practice.

There are two main aspects.

Firstly, the reward points obtained by defeating or killing native creatures are extremely low; even if you kill native creatures, you can only get about 10 points at most.

To kill the target, only the ultimate will of a God-King, combined with a secret technique of will comparable to the "Liuyuan Technique," could possibly be achieved.

For most god-kings, this is clearly impossible.

Therefore, the main method here is to defeat the target to obtain a small number of reward points. The first time you defeat the same creature, you get about 1 point. As the number of times you defeat it increases, the reward points you get will also decrease.

If you don't kill the target, you can only get a maximum of 5 reward points from the same creature.

"We're so poor."

Chen Yuan couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "If you want to fleece local creatures, you'll have to save up for ages before you can exchange them for treasures. You'll be begging on your knees."

Even so, many people want to kneel but have no way to do so.

Even with such scarce reward points, the native creatures here have become highly sought after, with various factions carving out their territories and extracting reward points from them day after day.

This is the second problem Chen Yuan encountered – too many wolves and not enough meat!

"Those territories with abundant native creatures have basically been occupied by major powers, and even the scattered creatures are probably being watched by some god-kings."

Chen Yuan said quietly, "My willpower is only at the first level of the God King realm, which is at the bottom here. However, my special mental realm makes the stability of my mental structure far exceed that of any other life form. Theoretically, even if I encounter the will of the ultimate realm, I may not lose."

"But before the competition, no one knows what the outcome will be. To be on the safe side, we should first find a lone local creature to obtain reward points. This is one thing, but more importantly, it is to test my level of willpower in the competition."

He hadn't engaged in a pure willpower struggle for a long time. He wondered where his current willpower at the Manifestation Realm would be compared to that of a God-King level, and whether it could rival that of the Ultimate Realm.

"Let's test it on some native organisms first."

Having made up his mind, Chen Yuan immediately set off to search for native life in the infinite space.

Since the power of the Great Dao of Cause and Effect cannot be used here, he used his mental power to shield his aura, which he had not used for a long time. In this way, unless someone can break his mental barrier, no one can find out who the real person behind the barrier is.

Chen Yuan swiftly traversed the mountains and forests, simultaneously channeling his mental energy to survey his surroundings.

To be honest, in his perception, there were quite a few native creatures here, but unfortunately, most of them already had owners.

Before he could even get close, a powerful will swept over him.

"Concealing one's presence with one's willpower? Hiding one's true nature."

"This is Time-Traveling Lonely Boat's territory, get out!"

Upon hearing this warning from the will, Chen Yuan did not reply, but silently moved away from that area.

I haven't figured out my own strength yet, and it's not the time to deal with other forces. If I were to die unexpectedly, it would be as if this opportunity had been wasted.

Seeing Chen Yuan leave, the will that had just issued the warning did not chase after him.

Because he couldn't figure out the other party's background, and there was no conflict of interest at the moment, it wasn't worth risking his life, especially since the qualification to enter this place was very precious.

Afterwards, Chen Yuan wandered around for another ten days or so (primordial universe time), during which he encountered many forces, large and small, and was warned almost as soon as he got close.

"This is the territory of both palaces. Leave immediately!"

"This is the territory of the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom, and you are an unfamiliar god-king. This is not a place for you."

"This is the Ancient Kingdom of Thunder—"

For more than ten days in a row, Chen Yuan was driven away by various forces no less than ten times.

Most of them stopped pursuing him after he left, but some forces, seeing that he was hiding his identity, thought that he was afraid to face people and must have something to hide, so they sent powerful people to hunt him down.

Seeing that the powerful figure chasing him was radiating the will of the ultimate God King realm, Chen Yuan immediately lost interest in fighting. If it were a second-level God King, he would give it a try; at least if he couldn't win, he could escape.

As for facing the Ultimate Realm.

"The Thunder Kingdom, is it? I'll remember that for now."

Chen Yuan didn't turn his head, but he added another mark against the Thunder Kingdom in his heart, to be settled later.

"They run really fast." The ultimate realm will chased for a while but found it couldn't catch up, so it stopped and returned to its territory.

"Let's go." Chen Yuan turned around and sensed the surroundings, feeling slightly relieved. He then continued to wander, searching for any lone native creatures.

Time flew by, and about another month passed. It has to be said that the infinite space truly deserves the name "infinite." The scope is indeed vast. He had been wandering around for so long and still hadn't discovered any boundaries.

After a month of searching, they finally found something.

On the lake not far ahead, Chen Yuan discovered a creature resembling an octopus, emanating a powerful and chaotic pressure of will, roughly equivalent to the second level of the God King realm.

"Native species!"

Chen Yuan's eyes lit up. After a month of searching, he finally found an unclaimed one.

As he discovered the octopus's life, the creature also discovered his presence.

"My trial—has begun?"

Suddenly, an eerie red light emanated from the round head of the octopus-like creature, completely enveloping an area of ​​tens of thousands of kilometers around it. At the same time, an extremely chaotic will attempted to seep into Chen Yuan's mind.

"Good heavens, I haven't even made a move yet, and you dare to strike first."

Chen Yuan steadied himself, his entire body bathed in an eerie red light.

Countless frenzied and chaotic wills constantly tried to pry open the barriers in his mind and infect the will within it.

Unfortunately, Chen Yuan's mental structure was too solid, and the defense it formed was like a wall of sighs, which had no effect on the chaotic will in the red light no matter how it attacked.

"As expected, my powerful mental structure makes my defenses unparalleled, even though my willpower isn't strong."

Chen Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

He could sense that the will of this "octopus life" was like dirty, filthy mud, while his own will was like a flawless diamond. No matter how much mud washed over it, it could never stain the diamond with a single blemish.

"Although the willpower of this octopus is not strong, its ability to pollute would probably cause a lot of trouble for others. I feel that even the willpower of an ultimate being would be polluted if exposed to red light for a long time."

"But the opponent's will corruption has no effect on me. Doesn't that mean my will defense is stronger than that of an ultimate realm cultivator?"

Chen Yuan blinked; he was very satisfied with the result.

Although only his defensive capabilities have been tested so far, it also means that in a contest of pure willpower, even the ultimate realm would not be able to defeat him.

"In other words, as long as I don't encounter an existence with the will of a God Emperor, I am completely safe in the infinite space?"

""

It should be noted that not everyone can possess the will of a God Emperor. Apart from those God Emperor-level beings, Chen Yuan only knows of one person in the Ultimate Realm who possesses the will of a God Emperor: Di Ming.

In other words, the only people who could pose a threat to him in the infinite space were probably Emperor Ming and the leaders of alien forces such as the Two Realms Palace, the Myriad Laws Pavilion, and the Time-Space Lonely Boat.

"Moreover, I resisted the erosion so easily, who knows if the will of a God Emperor can affect me."

"However, the God Emperor level is a major leap forward, so it's best to stay away from these people for now, just to be on the safe side."

Pulling himself back to reality, Chen Yuan glanced at the octopus-like creature that was still relentlessly releasing red light, and a faint smile appeared on his face. He thought to himself, "Now that the defense has been tested, let's test the offensive capabilities next."

With this in mind, he proactively released his mental will towards the octopus-like creature.

In an instant, a pitch-black sky descended, enveloping the eight-clawed creature below. The eerie red light that had been there was instantly extinguished under the suppression of the dark sky.

"My will is that strong?" Chen Yuan was somewhat surprised. "Is it because of the 'Manifestation-level' mental realm? Or is it because my mental will underwent a qualitative change in power after merging with the Great Dao of Destruction?"

"However, the willpower of this eight-clawed life form is only at the second level of the God King realm, so simply suppressing it doesn't prove anything."

""

"Let's see if we can kill this octopus."

Chen Yuan's expression hardened slightly as he stared at the octopus-like creature shrouded in darkness, silently chanting, "Sword of Destruction, Condense!"

"Sky-Splitting Strike!"

In the instant Chen Yuan had that thought—BOOM!

The pitch-black sky erupted in chaos, with endless destructive power churning. A longsword, its body jet black but its blade faintly crackling with golden lightning, materialized, its tip pointing directly at the eight-clawed creature below.

"Uru"

As if sensing a threat, the octopus-like creature let out a low roar, its entire body glowing with a dark red light. Its eight tentacles swung, stirring up the waters of lakes spanning hundreds of thousands of miles.

"go!"

The next second, the jet-black longsword, crackling with golden lightning, tore through space and time, instantly overcoming numerous obstacles, and finally struck the eight-clawed life form, emitting a deafening explosion.

Meanwhile, in a world incredibly far from the continent of origin.

Here, the sun and stars are nowhere to be seen; the entire world is shrouded in a dark red sky, and countless bizarre monsters roam the land, hunting down the few remaining lives.

This world—once had a prosperous civilization, with powerful cultivators everywhere, but ever since the sun was swallowed by the red sun, the world-destroying being has descended.

No, it can't even be called life; it has directly replaced the natural order of this world.

The laws of nature have changed. Under the new rules, even the most powerful cultivators are like buildings whose foundations have been removed, falling to the dust and ultimately being corrupted by the dark red, eerie power, turning into all sorts of bizarre monsters that wreak havoc on the earth.

After that, eras changed, and the original civilization of cultivators was instantly transformed into the minions of the "Lord of the Red Sun." Only a small number of ordinary lives eked out a living in the corners of the earth, and the development of civilization was in grave danger.

And at that very moment—

boom!

After a startling tremor, the surviving survivors discovered that the once radiant red sun in the sky had been pierced through by a jet-black longsword!

"My God! The Lord of the Crimson Sun—has been pierced through!"

"This is bad! The power of the Red Sun is becoming restless, and those fallen ones are going even more insane!"

"The Lord of the Crimson Sun seems to be rebelling? Rebelling against that jet-black sword?"

"Nameless, dark hero, please save this world—"

Faced with the spectacle of the "black sword piercing the sun," the remaining life on earth prayed to the "black sword," even though this black sword did not seem to be a benevolent object.

Soon after, an exciting scene unfolded—golden lightning crackled on the black sword, completely suppressing the power of the restless red sun.

Then, red liquid flowed from the bright red sun, and the originally dark red sky gradually disappeared, returning to its original clear state.

"—Look, look!"

"That red sun!"

Someone pointed to the horizon and exclaimed in surprise, for as the sun's rays faded, its true form finally appeared before everyone's eyes.

That wasn't a "red sun" at all, not even the sun!

After the light faded, what appeared before everyone's eyes was a round octopus head, pierced by a jet-black sword crackling with electricity!

The eight tentacles that were originally hidden behind the red sun now drooped down helplessly.

"Oh my god!"

"The true form of the red sun is actually an octopus?!"

"So this is the truth about the Lord of the Crimson Sun? A monster from beyond the realm that has possessed the Heavenly Dao?"

"Now that this monster is dead, will our Heavenly Dao return?"

These words instantly stirred up everyone's hopes. Yes, the monster that possessed the Heavenly Dao is dead, so will their original Heavenly Dao return?

The truth is—of course!

As the black longsword exerted its power once more, the corpse of the "Lord of the Crimson Sun" was instantly annihilated, and along with it, the black longsword also vanished.

When both disappeared, a moment later, in the sky...

The spot where the "red sun" had been was suddenly illuminated again, this time with a gentle warmth that stimulated the earth to regain its vitality.

Under the bright sunshine, countless lives were filled with tears of joy as they celebrated the birth of civilization.

At the same time, there is infinite space.

"It's over—" Looking at the octopus-like creature's corpse disappearing into the lake, Chen Yuan slowly exhaled, a trace of disbelief still lingering in his eyes.

"I actually killed a native creature? It's rumored that only a God-King at the Ultimate Realm has a slim chance of achieving this?"

"So, my willpower is actually this strong?!"

His face instantly lit up with ecstasy.

This means that his strength in the infinite space has jumped directly from the bottom to the top level!

Apart from those few god emperors, he fears no one.

"In that case, my safety is assured, and I can proceed with more recklessness from now on —"

Thinking of this, Chen Yuan couldn't help but smile.

Just then, a loud boom was heard, and an invisible rule descended.

[Trial Participant: Chen Yuan from the Origin Continent/Primitive Universe]

Killing a mind creature rewards 10 points.

[Fight with a brand-new Path of Mind and Will, new Path rating: Superior, reward 10000 points]

You have pioneered an unprecedented path for the soul. Though it may be somewhat immature, its potential is limitless. I look forward to the day when this path is fully developed.

[With the body of a true god, slaying a god-king level mental being. Rating: Top Grade. Reward: 100000 points]

[With the body of a true god, he achieved the will of a first-level God-King. Rating: Top Grade. Reward: 100000 points]

[Unbelievable! Your true level is actually that of a true god. Such potential is unparalleled in the original world. I even think you should be given a new evaluation above the top tier.]

Your application has been rejected. Your reward cannot exceed the limit. Blame it on a certain old senior.

[Friendly reminder: You will be prohibited from killing any mind creatures. Another violation will result in your permanent expulsion from the Infinite Dimension]

After reading this information, Chen Yuan couldn't help but blink.