Swallowing the Stars: The cheat system only comes when I'm almost a god?

The headquarters of Virtual Universe Company—this was only the second time Lin Yuan had set foot on this continent in his life.

Last time, he spent a full 30,000 Chaos Units to get a spot in the Initial Universe, and he still had to wait for everyone to arrive before they could enter together. Even if he had to wait ten years in advance, he still had to find a place to wait.

This time, having become a disciple of the Flame Moon King, he only needed to undergo identity verification before the spatial passage to the primordial universe was opened, just for him!

"Strength is the only true passport!"

Lin Yuan gained a deeper understanding of this well-known saying.

When the Chiling arrived above Chaos City, although the Flame Moon King had a residence in the city, she had been active in the outer battlefields and had never given a public lecture like other grandmasters. Therefore, Lin Yuan naturally did not know the details and needed the attendant who was already waiting there to lead the way.

……

"You have a clone?"

This was the first thing Queen Yan Yue said to Lin Yuan when he met her.

She patted Lin Yuan on the shoulder, her face full of surprise, and said, "My system shows that you are still working normally in the Universal Warehouse, and I am also certain that what's in front of you isn't a divine clone. Even if your supervisor, Marquis Lingguang, is incredibly bold, he wouldn't dare to overreport people and have them embezzle salaries. I never expected you to have a hidden clone!"

Lin Yuan smiled and remained silent. In fact, Ferromante was quite bold. After all, according to the rotation system of the division, he only needed to work for 20,000 years out of 100,000 years. Even if he didn't leave any clones behind, as long as he could return to his post within 80,000 years, the other party would still pay him a salary.

But there was no need to say such a thing. He bowed and said, "Teacher, I have fully mastered the fourth move of the Wildfire Hundred Slashes. The fifth move, Skybreaker, is still a bit lacking and I need your guidance."

"You mean you'll be learning the fifth move soon too?" King Yan Yue was even more delighted. What teacher wouldn't like a child who has initiative in learning?

She pulled Lin Yuan directly outside: "Come with me, let's go to the cultivation room. Let me see the specifics of your mastery of the secret techniques, so that it will be more reasonable when we formulate your future cultivation plan."

Lin Yuan is currently just a member of the Doomsday Secret Realm. If he wants to test the secret techniques, he has to go to the exclusive training area. However, Yan Yue Wang is different. As a King at the limit, she has extremely high authority in the Virtual Universe Company. Her training room is directly connected to a desolate star field in the initial universe. Even if Lin Yuan keeps outputting at the limit, he can't destroy much of it.

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In the desolate star field, Lin Yuan stood suspended in the dark starry sky, his flaming spear burning with crimson divine fire, which turned into a raging sea of ​​fire that made the surrounding void tremble.

With a thought, the laws of space were quietly activated, and a faint spatial barrier instantly spread out, firmly sealing off the starry sky within a radius of 300,000 kilometers, even causing stardust to stagnate in mid-air.

"Wildfire Hundred Slashes - Fourth Form: Severing Star River!"

A roar echoed through the starry sky, and the spear, carrying flames that scorched the heavens, cleaved out with a thunderous crash!

A crimson spear light swept across the sealed-off airspace, the laws of fire and the power of spatial tearing merging to transform into a world-shaking crimson blade of light, slashing straight down at the desolate planet with a diameter of ten thousand miles below.

The light blade struck down in an instant, the planet's crust cracked instantly, molten core magma shot into the sky, and the entire star was split in two from its core, the two halves of the star exploding in flames!

His eyes narrowed, and he seized the opportunity to launch a follow-up killing move.

"Wildfire Hundred Slashes - Fifth Form: Skybreaker!"

However, as soon as the move began, its clumsiness and flaws became apparent: the spatial laws were sluggish, the connection with the fire laws was disordered, the divine fire at the tip of the spear flickered, the spear light that should have been condensed and uniform suddenly became chaotic, and the sealed spatial barrier also showed fine cracks, with its power leaking out of control.

Even so, the extremely violent spear light, still carrying the ferocious power of shattered space, swept towards the entire planetary system!

The asteroid belt was instantly crushed into dust, the surrounding satellites exploded with a roar, and even the distant gas giants were torn to pieces by the fire waves and space turbulence. The entire planetary system was completely turned into a sky full of stardust in a single shot!

"Clap clap clap!"

As soon as Lin Yuan sheathed his gun and stood still, King Yan Yue clapped his hands and stepped forward: "Excellent, excellent! Your fourth move has reached perfection. Even I can't offer you any more advice, especially that spatial barrier—it was a stroke of genius!"

"Although its coverage area is relatively small and its sealing strength is average, it can already show the prototype of a King-level powerhouse's spatial sealing. If you can continue to comprehend it, you may have the possibility of advancing to the King level within tens of millions of years."

"However..." she changed her tone, "but I still hope you will first comprehend the teleportation technique, one of the three great mysteries. As my disciple, you will encounter many life-threatening crises in the future, so escaping and preserving your life is the most important thing."

After a long silence, Lin Yuan finally replied under the other party's strange gaze, "Thank you for your guidance, teacher. This disciple will strive to comprehend it."

Who understands this? Someone who set his sights on mastering the secrets of teleportation from the moment he broke through to immortality can only watch helplessly as his skills in spatial strangulation and spatial blockade improve. It's ridiculously absurd!

Both the Door-Door Fruit and the Pass-Pass Fruit in the One Piece world are spatial portals, but you have to walk through them yourself after opening them; it's not like instantaneous spatial teleportation after folding a piece of paper.

Lin Yuan was genuinely happy for a while after Gu Xun'er joined the group. He thought he could gain a lot in this world where the laws of space were made public with his super strength. However, when he arrived, he found that the spatial passages in this world were no different from the previous ones. Xiao Yan was able to quickly browse the various landscapes of the Dou Qi Continent by "walking" in the later stages. He was basically running in the void!

But what about spatial strangulation and spatial blockade?

With the Eight Desolate Annihilation Flame tearing through space, the Nine Nether Golden Ancestral Flame freezing space, the Nine Nether Wind Flame cutting through space, and the Void Devouring Flame, an extremely powerful strange flame born from the void, no one would believe that Lin Yuan's two abilities are not strong!

To be honest, he had a premonition that once the strange fire in his hand broke through to the immortal level, he would be close to fully mastering the profound mysteries of spatial strangulation or spatial sealing, which meant that he would soon be able to break through to the King level.

"Forget it, let's destroy them!" Lin Yuan sighed inwardly. "At worst, I'll just crush them with my strength after I break through. If I'm strong enough, it'll be them who's in a hurry to run away!"

"Lin Yuan, how many clones do you have?" Just as he was pondering this, Yan Yue Wang's question brought him back to his senses.

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"Why are you asking this? Do you expect me to send all my clones to the extraterritorial battlefield?"

It is important to know that clones are related to a person's life, and very few people will tell others the exact number. Even lovers who have been together for thousands of years often do not know how many clones their partner has. He has only been a disciple of the Flame Moon King for two hundred years, so it is indeed a bit presumptuous for the other party to ask this question.

Seeing the hesitation on Lin Yuan's face, she immediately knew what his concerns were, so she explained, "Don't misunderstand, I just want to formulate a cultivation plan based on the number of your clones. Ideally, one clone can stay in the initial universe to comprehend the Chaos Stele, one can go to the outer battlefield to train, and another one can be responsible for replenishing divine power."

"This... is a brilliant idea, teacher."

He bowed respectfully again, and after thinking for a moment, he decided to tell the other party the truth. After all, he had been receiving benefits from his teacher ever since he became his disciple, and there was nothing for the other party to covet.

"I have three avatars. One works in the Universal Warehouse, and another was granted an opportunity by the original cosmic will to have no size restrictions. When I broke through to the Marquis level, I used it to replenish the divine power of my two normal avatars, so it was almost completely exhausted and is now recuperating in the Divine Kingdom."

"Three Venerable Ones? And one without size restrictions?" King Yanyue was overjoyed; Lin Yuan had truly given him too many surprises.

"With ample divine power to replenish myself, I can be a bit more aggressive!" she murmured to herself, and soon she made a decision.

King Yanyue looked up at Lin Yuan: "Bring the rest of your clones. I'll find you a place at the Virtual Universe Company headquarters to store your large divine bodies. There's plenty of cosmic energy there, so your divine power will accumulate much faster than in other places."

"I'll give you 100,000 years to find a way to accumulate the equivalent of five ordinary early-stage Marquis-level divine power. If you lack resources, just say so, and I'll help you solve the problem. But I expect you to meet my requirements before heading to the outer battlefield!"

"Yes, teacher, I will definitely work hard."

"Hmm." The other party nodded, took out a long spear and tossed it to Lin Yuan. "This is the gift I promised when we parted last time. Use these 100,000 years to familiarize yourself with it. It will be enough for you to use until you reach the King level."

"Thank you, teacher." He bowed and then carefully examined the spear in his hand.

The spear was smooth and lustrous, with the shaft wrapped in dark-patterned silk and covered with a layer of fire crystal. Its entire body was dark gold and molten flame color, with flowing red starlight patterns on the surface.

The spearhead is forged from the essence of the Burning Heaven Star, its sharp edge resembling the setting sun after the stars have burned out. The three crimson flame patterns at the junction of the spearhead and the shaft can accelerate the flow of power. When the burning divine power erupts, it can also unleash the Burning Heaven Explosion Flame. Even a tiny spark can turn ordinary immortal gods into ashes. Even a Marquis-level expert would not dare to easily take it head-on.

The gun was a good gun, but Lin Yuan, holding it, had a strange expression. "This familiar feeling... there's no mistake, it's the Vajra Pestle that Ye Fan gave me, especially the Nine Heavens Divine Jade in the core of the shaft. Where in the primordial universe could you find something like that?"

"Uh... teacher." He hesitated, then stopped himself.

"Didn't I tell you to stop being so wishy-washy!" the other person said boldly, waving their hand. "Just say what you want to say. Right now, besides Teacher Yan Cang and my senior brothers, you're the closest person to me. Do you think I'd eat you alive?"

"Yes, teacher." Lin Yuan no longer hesitated and asked, "Was this gun obtained from Yan Lie, the king of the Yan God Clan?"

King Yan Yue's face was full of surprise: "How did you know? I remember that Marquis-level experts are not allowed to enter the Divine Arena. Do you know other King-level experts?"

"no!"

Lin Yuan shook his head, and finally revealed the answer when she started to loosen her knuckles out of impatience: "This was made with the help of Tothilek before, but... cough, Lord Yan Lie forced me to buy it, and I provided all the materials, so I can recognize it."

King Yan Yue's face was full of surprise: "How did you know? I remember that Marquis-level experts are not allowed to enter the Divine Arena. Do you know other King-level experts?"

"no!"

Lin Yuan shook his head, and finally revealed the answer when she started to loosen her knuckles out of impatience: "This was made with the help of Tothilek before, but... cough, Lord Yan Lie forced me to buy it, and I provided all the materials, so I can recognize it."

"In that case, we are indeed destined to meet." King Yanyue looked at him with a smile. "According to the plots of some melodramatic stories, with so many coincidences bringing us together, it would be strange if nothing happened between us!"

Her bright smile made Lin Yuan's mind keep flashing with the thought that "she likes me," one of the three great illusions in life. He had to silently recite the Heart-Cleansing Mantra dozens of times to suppress the throbbing in his heart.

He lowered his head awkwardly and said in a low voice, "Teacher, we should go back."

"Alright!" King Yanyue nodded. "Then we'll talk about it after all your clones arrive."

King Yanyue didn't care about Lin Yuan's reaction at all, which made him even more certain that he had just imagined it.

"Oh, right!"

After returning to the Flame Moon Royal Residence via the spatial passage, she slapped her thigh and pointed at Lin Yuan seriously, saying, "I almost forgot something! Don't mention my name to anyone else after we go to the extraterritorial battlefield!"

"Why? Will someone die?" Lin Yuan wanted to lighten the mood, but seeing the other person's still serious expression, he asked with a wry smile, "Isn't it said that when a peerless master retires, their disciples only come out to show off after mastering their skills? Why does the style change when it comes to me?"

"Actually, you can pretend even if you're not afraid of death." The Flame Moon King's sweet voice sounded like a witch's whisper to him at that moment.

"What makes me famous? Slaying alien kings! They must hate me to the bone. Saying you're my disciple will certainly attract the attention of humans and allied races, and even gathering a huge force wouldn't be difficult. But you have to be prepared to be besieged by multiple kings!"