Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 143 The Fourth Fundamental Law is Acknowledged, Changes Occur on the Extraterritorial Battlefield

Just like the "infinite divine body" of the divine power route, the concept of infinity is just a concept, and the actual scenario is bound to be constrained by reality.

The biggest factor limiting the defensive capabilities of Hunzhen's "Close at Hand, Far Away" technique is, of course, energy consumption.

Forcibly blocking the attack of a powerful expert at the peak of the King realm, it consumed nearly 10% of the original force of the main body plus the current massive divine body of the Time-Space Demon God in less than a second.

But Hunzhen's purpose was simply to delay for that one second.

The spacetime domain suddenly expanded. Within the domain, everything seemed to sink into a swamp of mud, becoming slow and sluggish, while Hunzhen's speed increased exponentially.

The longsword, burning with ominous black flames, was suddenly swung.

At this moment, he was not wielding matter, but the laws of space and time.

Countless black, linear knife marks instantly enveloped the entire area.

Hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss!

"Delete completely." Hunzhen's silver eyes were cold as he murmured softly.

With his full power activated, the Time-Shattering Demon Blade was a hundred times more powerful, instantly draining 30% of the life source reserves belonging to the Time-Space Demon God, equivalent to 300% of his original force.

Time and space seemed to be cut apart, and the three newly appointed kings who were controlled by the soul of Venerable Yuluo perished instantly.

The bodies of the two peak-level Kings also shattered and retreated. When they reformed, their divine power was noticeably weakened.

The one that was further away was alright; it reacted in time and its divine power was reduced by less than 3%. The other one, who was still within a short distance, suffered a terrible fate. It almost took the hit and was completely wiped out, and its divine body was directly weakened by 10%.

Hunzhen is not immortal and does not have the means to burn divine power, but relying on the two sources brought by the Life Source Fruit and the full power of the Time Sorrow Demon Blade, this single strike is no less than the attack of a King-level expert burning divine power.

Both of the two peak-level experts who had reached the King level had solemn expressions.

Unbeknownst to them, Venerable Yuluo, who witnessed the entire scene, was horrified.

"Unrivaled in the ranks of kings, absolutely unmatched in combat power!"

"She's still a Realm Lord, yet she possesses unparalleled combat power worthy of a King!? What will she be like once she breaks through to Immortality! If we don't eliminate her now—"

No, that's not right.

Jade Luo Venerable suddenly realized something and immediately ordered the two powerful experts at the peak of the King-level to retreat.

This did not prevent them from being wiped out by the Five-Colored Aurora Lake, but it did allow them to retain their treasures for Venerable Jade Luo to take away, which mitigated the losses to some extent.

"Mirira's talent is so great that it cannot be described as merely 'cosmic overlord'."

"At such a young age, with such combat power, if she can advance further, reaching the realm of a cosmic overlord is almost a certainty, and she has every chance of becoming the most powerful and top-tier cosmic overlord!"

In the vast universe, to achieve immortality is already a feat surpassing countless lives—a truly exceptional genius.

Among the immortals, those who can be crowned kings are the best of the best among peerless geniuses.

However, different perspectives lead to different evaluation standards.

For an ethnic group, their perspective is not limited to one or two periods or eras.

Over time, even those who are crowned kings are nothing more than ordinary people, mere expendable resources in racial wars.

At this point, only those who aspire to become cosmic masters can be called geniuses.

As a vassal race, only such talents can be noticed by the elite races.

High talent can lead to being valued, but once talent reaches a certain level, things can change drastically.

In the eyes of Venerable Yuluo, a true genius like Milirat, who has the potential to become a top cosmic overlord, would never be dragged down by a weak race and forced to be subservient to others.

Those who can become top-tier cosmic overlords basically all have the talent to break through to the level of cosmic master, but they need time to accumulate experience.

The Lord of the Universe is the strongest force in the original universe. Especially when the Lord of the Universe is unrestrained, even the most powerful races cannot restrict him too much.

"I don't need to assassinate her at all; I can just let her grow up naturally."

"The Yan Emperor of yesteryear was a subspecies of humankind, but in the end, he chose to break away from it."

"It would be better to win over Milirat occasionally, rather than assassinate her, and to create discord between her and humanity."

The Zerg are adept at manipulating people's minds.

Milirat clearly possesses at least the limit of the King-level and most likely the invincible power of the King-level. The cost of assassinating her is much higher than the previously speculated range of strength, "lower limit of the Marquis-level to upper limit of the King-level".

To ensure success, one would either need to deploy a targeted, invincible King-level combat force in conjunction with numerous other King-level peak experts, or one would need to send out a Universe Venerable-level combat force. However, given Milirat's reclusive personality, if she were to carry out an assassination within the Ancestral God Cult, the chosen individuals would inevitably perish regardless of success or failure, making it a losing proposition.

Venerable Jade Luo was convinced that this choice was far superior to continuing the assassination.

"Mirirate, you earned this life yourself."

She gave Milirat a deep look, put away the two treasures that represented the pinnacle of the King's title, and quietly left.

With Venerable Yuluo's abilities, and by deliberately concealing herself, Hunzhen truly had no way of discovering her.

Even without looking, he guessed that this assassination was most likely orchestrated by the Zerg Venerable.

There's no other reason than that the three most powerful races that are hostile to the human race would most likely use the title of king as a means to assassinate him.

The Mech race chose to remain neutral from the start.

With Niu Feiyang among the demons, it would be somewhat against the rules for others to interfere beforehand.

By process of elimination, the Zerg are the most likely masterminds.

"Little Rice Sister!"

Just as Hunzhen was reviewing his actions on the spot, an urgent voice came from afar.

It was Niu Feiyang who observed the fluctuations of the Five-Colored Aurora Lake and the situation on the Hunzhen side.

"Are you alright?"

With a whoosh, it happened so fast.

Niu Feiyang transformed into the form of a minotaur and landed. He approached with a concerned expression, suddenly reaching out his hand, as if to grab Hunzhen's hand and ask about his well-being, just like in the TV dramas.

Hunzhen hadn't even put away his Void Ghost Armor yet when he used the "Close-Up to the Ends of the Earth" technique. No matter how Niu Feiyang reached out, he couldn't get close to Hunzhen.

His expression froze.

Niu Feiyang came to offer condolences, so naturally he couldn't forcefully use his divine power to break through the seemingly insurmountable distance between them.

He could only awkwardly withdraw his hand. His divine power flashed around him, and his brain's CPU operated at an extraordinary power. Suddenly, a brilliant idea struck him, and he cleverly changed the gesture of reaching out his hand into a thumbs-up gesture: "Little Xiaomi, you're amazing! You actually managed to repel so many kings all by yourself! I give you a thumbs up! Also, hehe, you look really good in that outfit today."

Hunzhen simply smiled at Niu Feiyang's abrupt question: "Brother Niu, did you bring your inheritance token?"

It seems they completely ignored Niu Feiyang's words.

Despite being ignored like this, even though he was a cosmic venerable being and the other party was merely a realm lord of a weak race, Niu Feiyang was not angry at all. He even slapped the back of his head in annoyance: "Oh dear, concern makes me confused. I almost forgot why I came here today."

Niu Feiyang was really about to show off his humor, but seeing the smile on Hunzhen's face gradually disappear and turn into a cold indifference, he panicked for a moment and reached out to grab it: "It's here, it's here."

Hunzhen smiled again: "Thank you, Brother Niu."

He didn't even want to lift a finger; he simply used his mental power to teleport the Beast God's Inheritance Token over from the void. After expressing his gratitude, he immediately initiated the recognition process.

Then he waved his hand and said, "Goodbye then? I just survived an assassination attempt. Even if the assassins were in a hurry, they wouldn't act immediately. I'm going to the Land of Inheritance now to test its effects."

"Huh? Oh? Okay!"

Niu Feiyang was stunned for a moment, then nodded blankly. When he came to his senses, Hunzhen's figure had already disappeared.

"That's it?" Niu Feiyang looked disappointed and looked at his hands. He sighed, "Little Xiaomi didn't even want to accept the gift from my hands."

"but……"

Niu Feiyang grinned like a lecherous fool: "Hehe, that inheritance token left my hands. Although Xiaomi didn't touch it with her hands, she at least touched it with her mental power! That's Xiaomi's unique mental power! Rounding up, it's like I, Old Niu, made contact with Xiaomi herself!"

Niu Feiyang quickly became happy again.

Niu Feiyang reaped joy, and Hunzhen reaped the inheritance token. This is a win-win situation.

While Niu Feiyang was still happily chuckling and didn't leave immediately, he was taken away for investigation by the Hongmeng members who arrived later, who considered him a suspect who had previously caused the activation of the Five-Colored Aurora Lake. Meanwhile, Hunzhen also completed the second inheritance of his true form.

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It was somewhat different from what I had expected.

Hunzhen thought that one inheritance opportunity could only activate the effect of one inheritance token, but in reality, entering the inheritance land without using the Beast God Inheritance Token naturally only consumes one attempt.

The rules of the Inheritance Land found that Hunzhen was bound to the two Inheritance Tokens, naturally giving rise to two rules at the same time.

This time, Hunzhen directly witnessed the changes of the two fusion laws in the evolution of chaos, and his understanding of the evolution of chaos became more than twice as clear.

The Law of Fire, which was already just one step away from success, naturally gained the recognition of the fundamental law.

besides……

"One reason is that the fusion of the two major series of laws, wind and time, and fire and space, has created a certain degree of harmony between them."

"Most importantly, by drawing inferences from one instance to another, I have truly grasped the basics of the Yin-Yang and Five Elements theory."

Regardless of time and space, Hunzhen at this moment has reached the level of a cosmic venerable by virtue of the Yin-Yang and Five Elements alone.

A hint of surprise flashed in Hunzhen's eyes.

His initial purpose in studying Yin and Yang and the Five Elements was to use them as resources to support the laws of spacetime integration.

If we consider the concept of a large circle, then Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, and time and space are the smaller tangent circles within that large circle.

Compared to studying space and time independently, studying Yin and Yang and the Five Elements expands one's perspective and allows one to observe space and time from a higher angle.

This learning and research method is destined to not produce any results in the early stages. It requires a long period of accumulation and a real "broadening of horizons" before it can begin to show results.

Now that he has truly grasped the basics of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, he has finally tasted the first piece of the pie.

Hunzhen had a strong intuition that his research on spacetime would be at least a hundred times smoother and easier than before!

"With just a thousand years, my understanding of the laws of spacetime fusion will advance further."

"Within ten thousand years, he will probably reach the level of a cosmic overlord in terms of understanding of the laws."

Even with the aid of the simulation system, the actual time spent would be thousands of epochs, but compared to the time it takes for an ordinary universe venerable to advance, it is insignificant.

Most importantly, this rate of improvement is far from the limit of Hunzhen.

"Getting a legacy token by tricking Niu Feiyang, or more accurately, the demon race, is already the limit."

"However, it won't be long before I obtain another inheritance token on the battlefield outside the domain."

He was just stuck at a critical point before, and even if he obtained another inheritance token, it probably wouldn't bring about a qualitative change.

But for Hunzhen now, one qualitative change is enough, and even a quantitative change will shorten his cultivation time considerably.

"My cultivation is going smoothly, but there are many unexpected events on my side in the extraterrestrial battlefield," Hunzhen shook his head inwardly.

"But at the latest, after accumulating three thousand years of battlefield time in the extraterritorial domain, the first human should be able to earn ten quadrillion military merits and exchange them for a Beast God Inheritance Token from the Chaos City Lord teacher."

If Avatar Number One had been carrying the Time-Space Demon God's clone, he would probably have already earned around 100 trillion military merits.

This efficiency of a hundred years is comparable to the efficiency of 10,000 trillion military merits in 10,000 years, which the Chaos City Lord initially thought was almost impossible for Hunzhen to achieve.

Indeed, the speed at which Hunzhen improved far exceeded the Chaos City Lord's expectations, and the efficiency of earning military merits continued to increase over time.

However, bringing a clone into the inheritance grounds can also allow one to receive the inheritance and enhance the efficiency of comprehending the laws.

What's important is the understanding of the laws.

The avatars in the outer battlefields primarily focus on training and creating secret techniques. The main body, the Time-Space Demon God avatar, and the second avatar in Chaos City comprehend the laws. This was a plan he had set from the beginning.

The purpose of having the avatar carry the Traceless Pearl is to create suitable combat techniques, but if he carries the Time-Space Demon God's clone, the training effect will be lost.

Therefore, Hunzhen will not change easily.

As the saying goes, once you've tasted the marrow, you'll crave more. Once the Time-Space Demon God's clone steps into the outer battlefield, it might be difficult for him to keep the Time-Space Demon God's clone focused on comprehending the laws.

Compared to the long years of cultivation, he could easily wait several hundred years.

More than a century has passed since the Three Races Joint Conference, and the turbulent and unpredictable events on the battlefield beyond the borders have already begun to emerge.

Hunzhen thought that it was perfectly normal for his avatar to be a little dangerous because he had put his first avatar into the most dangerous battlefield.

Little did they know that this subtle change would affect the entire battlefield outside the region.

After gaining freedom, the One Avatar has one hundred avatars, and now they are basically in small teams of ten, working together to sweep away enemies on the battlefield and earn points.

The ten teams can communicate and share resources without barriers, forming a tight-knit exploration network.

Whenever an enemy of the rank of Marquis or above is discovered, multiple squads will gather together to complete the hunt.

However, even if Avatar Number One splits into a hundred, these hundred World Lord warriors are still top geniuses comparable to ordinary immortals in the eyes of the alien race.

As time went by, these one hundred names eventually made it onto the "Genius Wanted List" jointly issued by the three races, and were given special attention by the three top races and the alien races under their alliance.

This is also why, over the past century, the speed at which Avatar No. 1 has earned military merits has been slower than expected.

So far, eleven accounts have been killed.

If these alternate accounts were to be resurrected one by one, the fact that the areas swept by the hundreds of avatars were relatively close together would make it easy to spot the deception over time. In the end, Avatar Number One chose to completely ban these alternate accounts, treating them as if they were dead.

The downside is a smaller exploration range, but the upside is naturally increased individual strength.

The true source of destiny is fully replenished every day after the simulated inheritance. In addition, with its ability to freely transform primal force and mental power, it is easy to re-condense the incarnation.

Without the differentiated avatar units, these avatar units can naturally be superimposed on other avatars.

Now, there are nine squads, and each squad leader is an incarnation of two or more units.

(End of this chapter)