Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 248 The First Meeting of the World Beasts in the Cosmic Sea

There is no subordinate relationship between the Beasts of the Realm, such as "You are stronger than me, so I obey you, and in the future you will rise to great heights and give me a taste of soup".

It is a survival game where only one person can survive to the end; it is an absolute zero-sum game.

It's certainly not the development of Mohe contacting other beasts and saying, "Brothers, I've found a treasure trove, come with me!"

Instead, Mohe's "careless actions" caught the attention of several Beasts that were watching him. After discovering Mohe's movements, they weighed the pros and cons and took the initiative to enter the Cosmic Sea.

There are thirteen Beasts that have entered the Cosmic Sea this time.

Beasts are naturally reluctant to leave their lairs, so the fact that so many have been managed is quite impressive, considering how powerful Mohe is.

They did not unite and advance together, but rather fought independently, invading the cosmic sea at different times.

They were all grouped together because their invasion of the Cosmic Sea occurred around the same time and they were all part of a group that had planned this under the manipulation and calculation of Mohe.

One of the Beasts, named "Gugal," was the first Beast to arrive in the Cosmic Sea.

"Is this the cosmic sea?"

"That bastard Gadilla forced me to use the Dimensional Light Channel!"

Gugal gritted his teeth, his two ferocious heads revealing a violent and savage aura.

"Fortunately, I noticed Mohe's strange behavior lately."

"Hmph! Mohe hasn't participated in many death battles in the past millions of years, I didn't expect it to have secretly gone into the cosmic sea to replenish its strength?"

"The faint aura he emitted suggested he had reached the fourth rank!"

"If such an aura wasn't detected by those foolish, inferior life forms in the cosmic sea, then I'm also highly unlikely to be detected!"

"If I can find enough supplies here..."

As Gugar thought about it, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

Gugal, originally a third-tier World Beast with above-average strength, was defeated in a fierce battle with his rival Gadilla. After having part of his origin devoured, he used the World Light Channel to escape in terror, but also fell to the second tier as a result.

This is practically equivalent to being completely eliminated from the competition for the ultimate champion!

How could he not hate?!

The deadly battles between world beasts are similar to a survival game. Even if a higher-level beast has a huge advantage over a lower-level beast, it cannot easily kill or devour it.

Because the Beasts of the Realm can escape, scheme, and harm.

In this dynamic competition, most of the world beasts that cannot catch up with the first and second tiers are gradually eliminated over time.

As the tides turn, the number of surviving Beasts decreases, but the efficiency of elimination also decreases.

So, after millions of years, the King of the Beasts still has not been decided.

Tens of millions of years ago, second- and third-tier world beasts were the mainstream. Now, ten million years later, the number of second-tier world beasts has decreased significantly, and they have begun to be kicked out of the mainstream ranks.

Being kicked out of the mainstream ranks basically means that you will become someone else's resources in the process of determining the final champion, and you will almost certainly die!

However, what the Beast of the Realm truly cares about is not death, but the inability to become the ultimate king!

Once you fall behind, it's almost impossible to regain any hope of reaching the top, which is why Gugar was so angry!

"Fourth tier..."

A longing welled up in Gugar's heart.

Contrary to Hunzhen's assumption, fourth-order world beasts are so rare that they are almost extinct, even tens of millions of years from now.

As for Gugar, apart from Mohe, he has never even felt or come into contact with the aura of a fourth-order world beast.

The miscalculation here is that Hunzhen overestimated his "influence" on the Beast Realm.

He might have felt that the strength he had displayed in the cosmic sea would make the world beasts feel a little pressured, thus accelerating the speed at which they devoured each other.

In fact, apart from Mohe, who had recently sensed the sudden death of the Zerg Queen, the other Beasts of the Realm did not take Hunzhen seriously.

Simply put, just like the transmission of knowledge, the Beasts instinctively know that the combat power of the "tenth rank" level is roughly the limit in the ordinary universe era.

Even if the emergence of ancient civilizations gave the true gods of the cosmic sea similar secret techniques of burning divine power or other enhancements from their inherited abilities, they would struggle to even reach the twelfth rank of combat power.

In the world of Jin, this would be a True God at the limit, whose secret technique for burning divine power is restricted and whose divine power reserves are extremely insufficient.

The knowledge rooted in the World Beast system and the World Beast bloodline makes them very clear, without having to deliberately seek it out, just how difficult it is to break through the so-called barrier of the limit.

Even if the God of Time and Space was extraordinary and could unleash thirteenth-level combat power in the Cosmic Sea, so what?

Any one of their third-tier world beasts has top-tier ninth-tier combat power; they could overwhelm the opponent with sheer numbers. What's there to be afraid of?

They are not worthy of any respect!

Therefore, the Beasts of the Realm basically maintain their original evolution speed.

Hunzhen thought that the number of fourth-order world beasts might be over a hundred by now, but there were still only single digits.

Moreover, they are all hidden extremely well, secretly hunting to avoid being attacked by a group, so that ordinary third-tier hunters would not be able to detect them at all.

Only Mohe is different.

Not long ago, after discovering Hunzhen's whereabouts, the Zerg Queen volunteered to conduct a probe.

Mohe considered that the life forms in the Cosmic Sea would soon discover his actions, and was also curious about the abilities of the Time-Space God, who was hailed as the strongest being in the Cosmic Sea, so he agreed to this approach.

In his mind, the God of Space-Time had not yet broken through to the level of a True God, and was therefore two levels below the True God level in the world of Jin, not to mention that the Zerg Queen had improved considerably during this period.

Even so... he only conveyed the last words that Hunzhen had discovered before he perished instantly.

Moreover, not long ago, the Zerg Queen had passed on her power seed to the two Third True Ones, enabling them to complete their divine power transformation as well.

In other words, all three of them were instantly killed by the God of Time and Space.

The Zerg Queen is considered to have the ultimate combat power of the tenth rank in the Jin world, while the Third True Lord is described as having the combat power of the eleventh rank in the Zerg Queen's introduction.

To be able to instantly kill them all, the weakest Time-Space God must be at least at the thirteenth level...

Even so, Hunzhen has not yet broken through to the True God level; he is still just a Lord of Laws.

This does not mean that Hunzhen's strength will not be weakened even if he returns to the Cosmic Sea.

It also means that once the opponent breaks through to the True God level, their strength will experience another leap in a short period of time!

Based on the available information, the increasingly cautious Mohe rationally estimated Hunzhen's strength to be "above the fourteenth rank".

This level of strength is still insufficient to threaten the entire Beast Clan, but we must consider that the opponent will receive extraordinary training after displaying their talent in the Jin World.

Perhaps, even top-tier mechanical artifacts at the Void True God level have already been bestowed upon him. Or perhaps the opponent used this very artifact for the instant kill?

Even considering only the top-tier Void God Mechanical Treasures, they could potentially pose a certain threat to the Beast Clan.

Besides, what about him alone?

Therefore, Mohe chose to retire gracefully without hesitation.

He lured other world beasts to invade the Cosmic Sea to draw their fire, and at the same time, he tried to see if he could get the God of Time and Space to take action, so as to test the strength of the strongest being in the Cosmic Sea.

Anyway, he had already devoured the few small universes of the true gods that were easiest to devour; what was left were basically tough nuts to crack.

The astute Mohe did not share the intelligence derived from the death of the Zerg Queen with his compatriots.

Unlike Hao Lei Xingzhu and others, this Zerg Queen was a secret agent he had developed in private. As a result, so far, none of the other World Beasts except him knew about Hunzhen's threat.

Unaware that he was being used as a probe by Mohe to lure people in, Gugar, with his rekindled ambition, swiftly began his journey towards the location of the small universe marked on the cosmic sea map previously provided by the so-called cosmic sea traitors, the Beast Slaves.

"Is this a miniature universe?"

Gugal looked at the miniature universe with a diameter of one light-year in front of him, his mouth watering.

"The only reason that guy from Mohe could evolve faster than me without any real fighting is by devouring these small universes from the cosmic sea!"

"I'm starting to eat~~~"

An evil aura emanated from Gugal, and his disguised ordinary divine power instantly reversed into black destructive divine power, which then transformed into streaks of black light that shot towards the miniature universe like silkworm threads.

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"Wow! That feels so good! So good!"

Gugal trembled slightly as if he had reached an climax, and involuntarily closed his eyes, revealing an expression of enjoyment.

Splash, splash~

Brilliant rays of light traveled rapidly from hundreds of millions of light-years away along those silk-like black rays, then merged into the "boundary" within Gugal's body, causing it to continuously grow stronger and more perfect.

"Ah, is this what the origin of the universe tastes like? It's so delicious."

"As expected! Mohe must have been enjoying these delicious foods to break through to the fourth rank so early!"

"And now, I can do that too!"

Gugal felt an immense sense of satisfaction as the essence he had lost from using the Boundary Light Channel was gradually being replenished. Then, a glint of hatred flashed in his eyes: "Just you wait, Gadira! I will definitely come back to take my revenge!"

Just as Gugal was devouring the origin of the miniature universe, within the Jin World, a bird-man with three pairs of golden wings trembled, his face showing fear and rage.

"My miniature universe's origin!?"

"It's... a World Beast!? It must be a World Beast!"

"Damn it, damn it! Why did they target me? Why me of all people?!"

This true god of the Garuda race in the second era of reincarnation hurriedly contacted the divine avatars of the universe lords in the small universe through the divine power avatar left in the cosmic sea, and sent out the message immediately.

It's not surprising that he could make the connection to the Beast of the Realm.

Regardless of the fact that these true gods learned from the ancestral gods millions of years ago that the Beasts of the Realm possessed the ability to devour everything.

Not long ago, the primordial will of the universe confirmed that the previously suspicious case involved the World Beasts and issued another announcement.

This announcement was not a warning to the Beasts of the crisis, but rather a declaration that the Beasts had quietly extended their reach into the cosmic sea.

A traitor from the cosmic sea who had sided with the Beast of Realms helped the Beast of Realms devour more than twenty small universes of true gods!

However, less than an epoch had passed since the news spread, and no matter how worried the True Gods still within the Jin world were, they were unable to escape. They could only place their hopes on the True Gods still residing in the Cosmic Sea!

Because of the previous events, some of the true gods left the world of Jin in worry and retreated back into the Cosmic Sea. Therefore, the Cosmic Sea is not entirely without reinforcements.

besides……

"Have someone immediately notify the Time-Space God's avatar remaining in the primordial universe! I'm willing to pay any price!"

This Garuda true god had previously been dissatisfied with Hunzhen's domineering style, but at this moment, when he thought that the great man was the universe lord with the ability to create clones, he immediately found spiritual support!

However, informing the powerful beings in the primordial universe involves an extra indirect step compared to informing the powerful beings within the Cosmic Sea. Therefore, before informing Hunzhen, it was the true gods within the Cosmic Sea who first learned about the World Beast devouring the small universe!

Faced with the threat of the Beast of Realm, and thinking of the more than twenty True Gods who had quietly disappeared, even the former opposing forces felt a sense of "mutual dependence" and immediately chose to head towards the location where the Beast of Realm appeared!

……

"Um?"

Gugal, who was devouring the essence of a miniature universe, suddenly looked up, then frowned: "Tsk, this is troublesome."

An exquisite palace flew in at high speed.

Gugal had already recognized the identity of the first to arrive as a helper through the palace's treasures—the Lord of Bech!

With the strongest True God level strength of the Star Lord Beichi, coupled with the certain degree of autonomy possessed by the True God soldiers, he did not stay in the Jin World for long.

Instead, after acquiring some of the inheritances from the Jin world, he quickly returned to the Cosmic Sea to continue his secluded cultivation.

Since Gugal could recognize the Lord of Bechi Star, he was naturally aware of the other party's strength.

As a renowned ninth-tier powerhouse in the Cosmic Sea, and with the secret techniques and methods he acquired in the Jin World, even with the advantage of his destructive divine power, he was no match for him!

Even if he could recover his health by eating a big meal, he still couldn't withstand it.

Not to mention that if we are held up by the other side and other true gods of the universe arrive, that would be the real trouble.

"run!"

Gugar's eyes flashed, and without hesitation, he chose to run away!

"Um?"

"They just ran away!?"

Lord Beichi's eyes widened; he hadn't expected this turn of events.

However, Lord Beichi Star soon realized—

"Since it ran away as soon as it saw me, it means the Beast of the Realm is probably much weaker than we thought! At the very least, it doesn't want to be entangled with me!"

The Lord of Beichi Star's eyes lit up, and he immediately prepared to launch a pursuit, attempting to capture him.

however……

Since Gugal was preparing to escape, he naturally did everything in his power at the first opportunity.

Just as the Lord of Beichi Star was about to make a move, his body dispersed and transformed into ninety-nine streams of light, escaping in all directions.

"This...this?"

Lord Beichi was at a loss for words.

The moment the opponent saw him, he vanished in a streak of light and fled. He hadn't even stepped out of the palace treasure, so he didn't have time to use any secret techniques or activate his domain treasure to stop the opponent!

Lord Beichi star looked at the streaks of light scattering in over ninety-nine directions, completely unsure which one to chase.

At the same time, his divine avatar, which remained in his own miniature universe, received distress calls from other true gods.

The Beast of the Realm... there's more than one!

(End of this chapter)