Swallowing the Stars, Hu Yanbo's Pre-Godhood

Chapter 224 For the sake of the race, for the sake of survival...

At the exit of the dimly lit place, a towering figure, thousands of light-years high, stood.

Huyanbo will descend upon any energy fluctuation that attempts to cross this area and approach the exit in an instant.

At this moment, the surviving Beasts, whether cunning and ferocious high-level beings or trembling low-level cannon fodder, all realized:

They are left with only two paths—to wait in silence for the unknown end to come.

Or, in the frenzied mutual devouring, become a sixth-order world beast that can transform into millions, or even become the sole king!

Deep within the darkest part of the land, the space is remarkably stable.

Teleportation, spatial blockade, domain suppression —

All tactics that rely on a stable spacetime structure pale in comparison here.

Of course, if one's strength is enough to shake the rules of this place, all suppression can be broken.

But clearly, at least for the current Beasts, this place is the natural, final arena.

At this moment, 99% of the Beasts of the Dark Land have gathered here.

Countless grotesque figures of various shapes floated in this upside-down, chaotic void, maintaining a delicate distance from one another.

"Mohe!" A world beast, as large as a mountain and with spiral patterns covering its carapace, spoke.

"Blocking all paths is clearly a ploy to make us kill each other!"

"Now, the only way is to allow a few World Beasts to become sixth-tier World Beasts here, and then use their innate abilities to evade the pursuit of the Myriad Phenomena."

"And then devour the remaining Beasts of the Realm, determining the sole 'King,' who will then contend with all things to determine the victor."

Beyond this ultimate arena, in other areas of the Dark Land, a very small number of Beasts still exist.

These boundary beasts were left outside to prevent Huyan Bo from coming in and wiping them all out.

Once Huyanbo left the exit, they immediately fled in the direction of the exit.

The great Beast Clan is now racking its brains to survive.

"Will becoming a sixth-tier World Beast allow me to escape the pursuit of all things?"

"If I become king, can I conquer all things?" Mohe did not answer, but another powerful beast responded.

Upon hearing this, the discussion that had been taking place in secret, involving the exchange of messages and the allocation of hunting areas, abruptly ceased.

A dead silence.

Only the aura of destruction flowed silently.

king".

The King of Beasts is the embodiment of the source of destruction, the nightmare of all living beings in the cosmic sea, and should be a supreme and invincible being.

But----

"Facing all things," that being who, as the master of the universe, invoked the supreme rules to celebrate, and after achieving eternity, regarded the world beasts as ants, blocking the doorway and watching them as caged insects.

Even if someone is called "King," can that bring confidence to win?

Recalling that radiant phenomenon that illuminated the universe, recalling the terror of effortlessly annihilating a million-strong army, recalling that towering phantom blocking the exit—

A deeper fear, stemming from the very instinct of life, relentlessly gnawed at the beliefs of even these strongest world beasts.

Can a "King" truly contend against an existence of that level?

"We have no choice, Garuda," another powerful Beast said in a low voice.

"Without becoming kings, facing all things, no matter how numerous we are, no matter how strong our combined essence is, we are nothing more than a herd of pigs waiting to be slaughtered, crops to be harvested at his mercy!"

"Let's fight," Mohe said coldly.

"Whether the 'King' can overcome all obstacles is the only variable we can possibly control."

"Staying in place will only lead to being slowly cleared out, or ultimately being crushed like an insect by his intrusion."

"By becoming 'king,' at least we can know the answer."

I know the answer.

Knowing that the King of the Beasts, who has gathered the essence of all his kind and ascended to the top amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood, is there still a gap between him and the golden Grim Reaper blocking the door, and whether he can contend with him.

"For the sake of the people—"

"For survival—"

"Fight!"

Without further words, the spiritual exchange came to an abrupt end.

The next moment—

"roar--!!!"

Die!

"6

"Your essence belongs to me!"

Countless beasts, their eyes bloodshot, pounced on their fellow beasts!

Claws and teeth tearing at each other, destructive energies clashing, and soul screams intertwining!

High-level hunters prey on mid-level hunters, mid-level hunters devour low-level hunters, the wounded are attacked by hordes of predators, ambushes, betrayals, and desperate counterattacks.

All rules no longer exist; only devouring and evolution are the sole truths at this moment!

Mohe's figure was like a ghost, blending into the shadow of the approaching beast tide. When he reappeared, he held the head of a world beast in his claws.

Garuda roared, withstanding three beams of destruction, tearing apart the head of a heavily wounded third-tier world beast, and greedily sucking up the dissipated essence.

Every second, a Beast of the Realm falls;

Every moment, an even more powerful aura is born and rises amidst the bloodshed!

At the exit of the dimly lit place, the golden figure, thousands of light-years tall, still stood silently.

In Hu Yanbo's perception, the dense causal lines representing the existence of the Beast Realm were dimming and disappearing one by one at an alarming rate.

At the same time, the few lines expanded and thickened like balloons.

"Poor beast!" Hu Yanbo sighed inwardly.

There are two reasons why he chose to block the exit instead of personally fighting his way in.

Firstly, preliminary tests showed that the power of the "Three Forces" far exceeded expectations.

Ranged attacks are extremely efficient at dealing with large-scale, relatively concentrated Beast Legions;

In melee mode, he might be able to hold his own against Eternal God-level Beasts (if they exist), but these Beasts, which were at most Tier 3 (at the time), were no different from ants in his presence.

Since that's the case, why bother venturing into dangerous territory? Wouldn't it be much easier to wait patiently and wait for the opportune moment?

Secondly, and more importantly.

What he needed was never to exterminate the Beasts of the Realm.

The Beast of the Realm is the embodiment of the source of destruction, and the meaning of its existence is the ultimate manifestation of the "destruction" aspect of the supreme rule.

The primordial universe can be seen as a manifestation of life.

These two, one creating and the other destroying, are like the two poles of Yin and Yang, together forming a certain underlying logic of the operation of the universe.

Huyanbo has now reached the level of an Eternal True God. Once he comprehends the Law of Chaos, his path ahead will be to pursue the ethereal and elusive Great Dao of Origin.

Life and destruction are undoubtedly two extremely important paths.

"Having a friend on the side of the origin of life, and controlling a servant on the side of the origin of destruction for observation, will allow him to level up quickly in the future when he comprehends the Great Dao through the advance payment system."

More directions, a wider road ahead.

As time passed, Hu Yanbo was somewhat surprised to feel the several lines of cause and effect expanding to their extremes.

"Oh?"

"Faced with dire straits, not only has its ferocity been unleashed, but its intelligence has also increased? Is it planning to create multiple sixth-tier 'World Beasts' at the same time?"

"Interesting," Hu Yanbo chuckled.

"Diversify your investments to increase your margin for error."

"If a king cannot be born immediately, then at the same time, there will be several sixth-tier world beasts. Then, by relying on their survival talents, we can increase the chances of them escaping from my grasp."

Based on a rough estimate of the evolutionary system of the Beast Realm, the original energy of a newly born, standard first-order Beast Realm is set to "1".

Therefore, the original energy of a sixth-order world beast is roughly equivalent to the total energy of more than 30 million standard first-order world beasts!

Since Hu Yanbo stepped into the Dark Land, the total number of Beasts he has slaughtered and suppressed with overwhelming force has approached one hundred million.

If we consider the energy that a standard Tier 1 World Beast can provide, it would be enough to provide the total amount of primordial energy needed for about three Tier 6 World Beasts!

However, the Beasts that Hu Yanbo eliminated were not standard Tier 1 beasts, but rather enhanced versions that had grown through varying degrees of fighting and devouring, making them of higher actual value.

It can be said that Huyanbo, in a very short time, stifled the enormous potential for multiple sixth-order world beasts to be born in the Dark Land.

The total number of World Beasts remaining is no longer sufficient to generate multiple sixth-order World Beasts.

"Then let me witness the power of a sixth-order world beast!" Hu Yanbo took a step forward, and his figure disappeared from the exit, continuously embedding itself into the depths of the dark place.

He could also capture a lone Beast of the Realm as a servant. No matter how many schemes the Beasts of the Realm might have, he only needed to make sure he had one Beast of the Realm on his hands.

As long as this is achieved, he will always maintain the initiative, regardless of whether any escapees manage to get into the cosmic sea.

Hu Yanbo stepped into the deepest part of the dark land, witnessing the final moment of the "transformation" being completed.

"roar--!!!"

"roar--!!!"

"Awooo—!!!"

"hiss-!!!"

In the deepest part of the dark land, six completely different roars, yet all filled with endless destruction and violent pressure, exploded almost simultaneously!

All six Beasts have reached the sixth rank.

Their auras merged into one, forming a terrifying and destructive domain.

However, when Huyanbo's golden figure appeared at the edge of this territory—

"!!!"

Six candidates for the title of World Beast King, who have just completed their metamorphosis and whose power is so surging it's almost explosive.

All the roars, all the ferocity, all the fleeting confidence born from the surge of power, were instantly frozen as if doused with ice water!

Fear, and more fear!

Even if their power is ten thousand times greater than before!

However, the kind of killing that Huyanbo had previously displayed still filled them with deep fear.

"run!"

It was unclear which of the Beasts first roared.

The next moment—

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Complex and mysterious patterns suddenly appeared on the bodies of the six world beasts. The patterns were bordered in black, but inside they were filled with dark golden light patterns. There were more than ten million of them on each beast!

This is precisely the manifestation of their instinctive awakening talents after they become sixth-order!

Then, with a loud bang, his body exploded, turning into countless streams of light that fled in all directions.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Six explosions followed in quick succession, and the bodies of the six enormous creatures exploded simultaneously, transforming into more than ten million streaks of dark light!

These dark lights, like living black meteors, shot out at a speed beyond comprehension, frantically escaping in all directions and in all directions, in every possible gap and direction!

In an instant, the core of the battlefield, which had been somewhat empty due to the final engulfment, was completely submerged!

As far as the eye could see and the divine sense could perceive, there were only wildly thrashing avatars of the Beast Realm!

The number exceeded sixty million, filling every inch of empty space.

If any eternal true god of the cosmic sea were here, he would probably lose his composure instantly, not knowing where to start, and could only watch helplessly as most of his clones escaped.

Stop.

Hu Yanbo's voice carried his will continuously.

However, this time, the escape speed of the already routed army of world beasts was hardly affected!

The stronger a Beast is, the stronger its will will be.

Although these six world beasts are divided into millions of clones, their willpower has not diminished.

Therefore, Hu Yanbo's voice was completely blocked by them.

"It's done!!!"

The six Beasts roared with ecstasy within the unique mental network of the Beasts!

"It's blocked! The Demon King's will attack has been blocked!"

"Quickly! Scatter!"

"Escape in different directions, as many as you can!"

"Leave this hell! Leave this place of darkness!"

"The universe is vast and boundless. As long as you escape, lie dormant, and devour and evolve, you can achieve your goals."

"Wanxiang! You can't stop all of us!"

A beast's consciousness, tinged with ecstatic joy mixed with boundless resentment and lingering fear, couldn't help but let out a piercing howl through one of its clones in the general direction of Huyan Bo's location: "We will remember this humiliation!"

"When we emerge from this place from the cosmic sea, you, and the human race behind you, prepare to face our annihilating revenge!!!"

Faced with this raging torrent of escapes, and the provocative and resentful harsh words mixed in with the flood, Hu Yanbo stood still, without even making any attempt to intercept them.

"As expected of a sixth-order world beast," Hu Yanbo praised.

"Even if his true combat strength is only at the limit level of a Void True God, his ability to escape with tens of millions of clones is something even an extremely powerful Eternal True God would find difficult to break!"

"But that's not enough to get away from me."

Hu Yanbo remained standing in the same spot.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the sixty million world beasts also stopped fleeing.

The twisted battlefield at the deepest part of the entire dark land seemed to have been frozen in time.

Time did not truly stop, nor did space solidify, but within the core consciousness of those six world beasts, everything around them...

The frantically fleeing shadows of their kind, the surging destructive energy, the chaotic spatial folds, and even the omnipresent darkness all vanished.

Their world was instantly replaced by the boundless void.

And at the very center of that void, at the point where all their senses converge, there is only one star.

No, those are not stars.

That was—an eye?

A colossal, slowly rotating sphere, seemingly composed of endless galaxies and ancient runes, floated silently in the void.

This is the supreme secret technique of the will—the "Art of the Dimensions"!

If Hu Yanbo were to use the seventh volume of the "Divine Eye Secret Technique" at this moment, that secret technique, created specifically for the Chaos Ruler level, would not be able to target these six World Beasts simultaneously, nor would it be able to render them unconscious in an instant.

However, the "Lieyuan Shu" is different!

Although both are driven by the will to become a saint, they are like fireflies and the moon, or soil and stars, and cannot be compared at all!