Super gene

by Stayrr

The future unfolded on a magnificent scale into the Interstellar Age. Humanity finally solved the space warp technology, but when humanity transported themselves into the other end, they discovered that place neither had a past nor future, nor was there any land under the starry skies… The mysterious sanctuary was actually a world filled with countless tyrannical unusual organism

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Chapter 2643 Small Jade Figure

"It's good that you know. Don't ever think of things like that again," Exquisite said, feigning calmness over what she had just seen.

The silkworms of other races might not have known they were being watched by the Very High, but it wasn't surprising that the Sky knew about this, though. After all, the Sky and the Very High were once part of the same family, and the Very High had never tried to hide the fact that they spied on their silkworms. So, Exquisite didn't think it was strange that Han Sen knew about this.

"Let's go. I will help you practice here in Outer Sky. How many resources you receive over the course of the next four years will depend on how well you perform." Exquisite turned and walked out of the palace.

"Is that it?" Han Sen asked her with some curiosity.

"Well, what else did you expect?" Exquisite asked.

"Don't we need to meet with some supervisors and go through additional registration procedures or something?" Han Sen was confused. Since they had arrived, the only other Very High he had seen was Second Brother. And Second Brother probably wasn't an important figure amongst the Very High. His rank was certainly not as high as Exquisite's, that was for sure. "There is no need for any of that. Now that you've entered Outer Sky, your movements will be watched keenly by the leader. Since no one has come here to stop you, that means our leaders have given you their approval. You can now be my silkworm and practice here in Outer Sky."

"The way the Very High do things is quite different…" Considering that they were the number one race in the universe, the Very High were conducting themselves very casually.

But when Han Sen thought about their relaxed attitude a little more, he realized that he should have expected it. The Very High were incredibly powerful, but there weren't many of them, and they had no interest in mixing their blood with the blood of another race. Plus, after they practiced the Very High Sense, they lost their ability to care about things. Based on what he knew of the Very High, this process was proceeding logically.

After Han Sen left the hall, he found Bao'er and Second Brother, Li Yuzhen, chatting. It seemed that they were getting along rather well. That was a surprise.

Li Yuzhen wanted to accompany Exquisite, but she refused. He didn't push the subject further, and so he promptly took his leave.

They reboarded Exquisite's small ship and began flying east, away from the heavenly-looking palace.

"Bao'er, what were you talking to Li Yuzhen about?" Han Sen didn't believe Bao'er would have been nice enough to engage Li Yuzhen in idle conversation unless there was something she wanted

"It was nothing much. He is nice. He promised me a lot of fun toys," Bao'er said with a blink.

"Why would he suddenly give you things?" Han Sen asked.

"He said that if I tell him more about Sister Exquisite, he will bring me more stuff to play with," Bao'er naively explained. Han Sen thought about this, and he had a guess. "If Li Yuzhen is one of the people responsible for ensuring the existence of future generations of Very High, then he probably wants to…"

When Han Sen thought of that, Exquisite's face hardened. She stared at him and said, "Don't even think about it. He has zero chance."

Han Sen shrugged his shoulders. He knew his assumption had been correct.

The ship traveled for a hundred thousand miles before they stopped atop a little peak. That mountaintop had a wooden building and pavilion. It looked rather tidy. He thought it must have been where Exquisite lived.

Exquisite set Han Sen up inside the wooden building, then left.

Once Exquisite was completely gone from sight, Han Sen pulled something out of his pocket. Sky Palace Leader had given it to him. It was a small jade figure that was around the size of his hand.

"Sky Palace Leader said that once she is some distance away from me, Exquisite's ability to monitor me will weaken or perhaps even disappear entirely. The distance must be considerable, though. That is what Sky Palace Leader told me. She probably can't read my seven senses now, right?" Han Sen tried not to think. Keeping his mind as empty as possible, he lifted the small jade figure in his left hand.

The small jade figure came to life with light. The light wasn't actually coming from the small statue, though; it was coming from Han Sen's hand.

The triangular brand on his hand was glowing, and it slowly began to twist into the shape of the jade figure.

"I can't believe Sky Palace Leader came through with this. It really does work!" Han Sen looked at the outline of the statue that was now shining from his hand. The sight of it made him ecstatic.

Han Sen had no idea what the small jade figure actually was. Sky Palace Leader had told Han Sen how to use it, but he hadn't bothered to explain exactly how the device worked.

In truth, the small jade figure was a magical device that worked a little like a video camera. However, instead of merely recording visual information, the device captured data from each of Han Sen's seven senses.

Once he pressed the statue against the triangular brand on his hand, Exquisite was no longer able to sense what Han Sen was currently feeling. Instead, she was now experiencing a recorded loop of sensation.

The information that Exquisite could learn now were all things that Han Sen was fine with her knowing.

Han Sen had recorded a lot of content into the statue, most of which were the sensations that he experienced while he practiced. If Exquisite wasn't actually watching him in person, she would assume that he was training.

"Let's see how this works." As Han Sen held the small jade figure, he recorded more of his own thoughts and senses.

It was very difficult for a human to control their emotions perfectly, but Han Sen had some experience in doing so. He thought for a moment, then started making a new recording. He thought to himself, "Lady Exquisite is so beautiful and cute. And she is so kind. She is the best woman I have ever known. Although I can't be friends with her, as long as I am able to keep protecting her, it is enough…"

After the recording, Han Sen double-checked how it would come across. He made sure all of the recordings were positive and presented him in a good light. Then, he put away the small jade figure.

If Exquisite was spying on his seven senses, all she would see was the content that Han Sen had recorded. Han Sen could choose what he wanted Exquisite to see.

Of course, if they were face to face, Han Sen could set the small jade figure to run in sync. That way, he could keep Exquisite from growing suspicious.Right now, Sky Palace Leader's plan seemed to be working. But Han Sen couldn't be entirely certain. If Exquisite managed to figure out what he was doing, he would have to find another method of shielding his mind.

As Han Sen waited for Exquisite to return so that he could see if his attempts to protect his mind were succeeding, something suddenly flew in through his window.

Han Sen was shocked. At first, he thought it was some kind of xenogeneic. Otherwise, why would it have come in through the window instead of the door?

Han Sen leaned closer to the beetle-like bug that had flown in through the window. It was the God Spirit Touch that Han Sen had seen in Half-Life Fate. He instantly sighed in relief. He knew the God Spirit Touch couldn't attack, so he wasn't too afraid.

"Why did it come here?" Han Sen wondered.

The God Spirit Touch flew in front of Han Sen, and Han Sen reached out and closed his hand around the bug. It didn't try to evade Han Sen's hand. It seemed to accept him.

Tzi! Tzi!

The God Spirit Touch settled itself in Han Sen's palm, then flapped its wings and made some strange noises. It seemed like the little creature wanted to tell him something.

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Chapter 2644 The God Spirit Touch Becomes a Fairy

As Han Sen was wondering what the God Spirit Touch wanted, he suddenly received a thought. "Give me a few more drops of your blood."

Han Sen was shocked. He had encountered a God Spirit Touch before, so he knew that they were capable of basic communication. This God Spirit Touch was far stronger than the last one he had seen, though.

In Sky Palace, the thoughts of Bixi's God Spirit Touch had been blurry and undefined. Han Sen had experienced the creature's thoughts more as feelings than as direct communication. But the mind of this God Spirit Touch was very clear, as if it was speaking directly into his ears.

"Why would I give you a few drops of my blood?" Han Sen looked at the God Spirit Touch he was cradling in his hands with great interest.

"Swap," the God Spirit Touch's voice said into Han Sen's mind once more.

"This God Spirit Touch really can communicate. If they live long enough, they can evolve, it seems. This guy was around when the Very High alpha was alive. It must have traveled the entire universe with the Very High alpha. It really is special." Han Sen was shocked.

"What do you want to exchange?" Han Sen asked.

"Follow me," the God Spirit Touch said. It then flapped its wings and soared out of the wooden building. Carrying Bao'er, Han Sen spared no time in following the little bug. He was keen to see what the God Spirit Touch was offering in trade.

Exquisite had warned him not to leave the mountain. If he left it, he could be in danger. But that didn't stop him from following the God Spirit Touch. Besides, as long as he didn't go too far, there was no reason for him to be afraid.

The God Spirit Touch flew extremely fast. It was faster than Han Sen. Han Sen summoned all his power as he struggled to keep up with it.

They flew for most of the day. The God Spirit Touch didn't fly in a straight line, either. It zig-zagged and flew every which way. Its erratic flight patterns seemed to indicate that it was very afraid of something.

Many deified xenogeneics roamed freely across Outer Sky, and Han Sen was worried he might run into some of them. If he encountered a deified that was transmutation class or above, he would be unable to fight it.

His worries were put at ease after a while, though. On his way, he didn't notice any such xenogeneics. The only xenogeneics he spotted were weaker ones that wouldn't pose as much of a threat.

In the end, the God Spirit Touch came to a stop in a valley.

Han Sen could see that the valley was lush and verdant. There was a lot of vegetation there, including a large bamboo forest. The bamboo was a rich green that seemed to shine like jade.

The God Spirit Touch flew into the bamboo forest, and Han Sen pursued. They came to an empty field in the middle of the bamboo forest, and in that field, there was a patch of small white flowers.

When Han Sen drew closer, he noticed that the little white flowers were far from ordinary. They looked like flower fairies that were clad in white robes. Their tiny faces were lovely, and when Han Sen looked closer, he could even see their little eyelashes.

But those flower fairies all had their eyes closed. It was difficult to discern if they were truly living beings.

The God Spirit Touch flew through the clearing, flapping its wings hard enough to create a little breeze. When the breeze rustled the flowers, it roused the flower fairies to wakefulness. But when they opened their eyes, their bodies shook in the wind. They all squeezed together as if they were very afraid of something.

"I offer these in trade," the God Spirit Touch said as it landed near the flowers. Again, it had used its mind to communicate with Han Sen.

"What are these things?" Han Sen looked at the white flowers that looked like fairies. He detected a powerful lifeforce within each of them.

"Flower fairies," the God Spirit Touch answered.

"What do they do?" Han Sen asked.

"God King Bees love them," the God Spirit Touch said through its mind again. "What does that mean?" Han Sen didn't understand.

"You use them to attract God King Bees. You are going to need them…" While this God Spirit Touch's thoughts were much clearer than Han Sen had expected, there were still limits to its communication abilities. It could say something simple, but explaining a complex subject was beyond the little creature.

Han Sen listened as the God Spirit Touch tried to explain. These fairy flowers could attract God King Bees, and God King Bees could somehow benefit Han Sen.

Of course, that was just what the God Spirit Touch believed. And Han Sen had never even heard of a God King Bee. Therefore, he couldn't be entirely sure that what the bug was suggesting would work. "In exchange, how much blood are you asking for?" Han Sen asked, looking at the God Spirit Touch.

"One hundred drops," the God Spirit Touch said in Han Sen's mind.

"That is too much. How about one flower per drop? Hold on, let me count. There are seventeen flower fairies, so I will give you seventeen drops of blood. How is that for a bargain?" Has Sen asked, flexing his haggling chops.

Han Sen wasn't in a rush to get the flower fairies. After all, he wasn't sure what sort of benefit they would ultimately provide. He was, however, very interested in the God Spirit Touch. It knew Outer Sky very well, so there was a chance the creature would be quite useful sometime in the future. Forming a good relationship with it might come in handy later on.

"Sure," the God Spirit Touch answered with certainty.

"How do I use these things?" Han Sen asked, looking at the fairy flowers.

"Dig out the roots and take them with you," the God Spirit Touch answered.

"Will they die?" Han Sen looked at the white flowers that looked like fairies. He didn't want to hurt the beautiful creatures any more than he had to.

"No, but plant them in your yard when you get back," the God Spirit Touch said.

"Sure." Han Sen rolled up his sleeves and got to gardening. He started digging up the flowers one by one. "Blood," the God Spirit Touch requested, flying over and landing atop Han Sen's hand.

Han Sen didn't hesitate. He squeezed out seventeen drops of blood and let them pool in the palm of his hand. The God Spirit Touch fell on the blood like a hungry wolf. It gulped it all down, draining the seventeen drops of blood instantly.

The creature's crystalline body was dyed light red. It looked like an artwork made of pink crystal.Han Sen dug all the fairy flowers from the ground. While there were seventeen different flowers, their roots had grown together into a single mass. The root ball was about thirty centimeters wide. The fairy flowers trembled as he worked, looking scared.

"Don't worry. I don't want to hurt you guys," Han Sen soothed them with a smile. Those creatures were very adorable. Even if they were edible, Han Sen wouldn't want to eat them.

The God Spirit Touch suddenly flew up and away from Han Sen's hand. It landed on the ground and started digging, drilling into the soil next to the root ball.

"What are you doing in there?" Han Sen asked with curiosity.

"I am sleeping," the God Spirit Touch's voice said in his mind. The creature had already disappeared under the soil, so Han Sen couldn't see it anymore.

Han Sen asked a few more questions, but he received no response from the God Spirit Touch. At that point, he knew that he needed to return to the wooden house with the fairy flowers.

"Exquisite must know how to make use of these fairy flowers. I'll have to ask her later." Han Sen flew up out of the clearing, then turned and headed back to the mountain where the wooden house was.

Before Han Sen made it all the way back to the house, however, the small jade figure vibrated and lit up. That meant Exquisite was back in range; she could sense Han Sen again.

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Chapter 2645 Fairy Flowers

When Exquisite returned to the wooden house, she frowned. It seemed that Han Sen had already left. The further away from her that Han Sen was, the weaker her connection with him became. Now, she could only sense what direction Han Sen had gone off in and get a faint feel for his current state of emotion.

All Exquisite could tell was that Han Sen was feeling happy. She couldn't really feel anything other than that.

But if he felt happy, that meant he hadn't encountered any trouble. And that suggested she didn't have to worry about him too much.

"He is quite daring. He's just arrived in Outer Sky, and yet he has already run-off so far on his own. Doesn't he realize how many deified xenogeneics there are roaming around? Even if he uses his deified treasures to bolster his power, it will still be hard for him to survive out there amidst those ancient monsters," Exquisite thought to herself.

Han Sen was getting close to the wooden house now, and as he approached, Exquisite was able to sense more and more about him. After an hour, she could sense that he was holding a bunch of flowers.

But Exquisite could only feel and not see, which was a shame. She could sense how careful Han Sen was being to hold the flowers without crushing them, but she couldn't see what he was seeing. So, she could only guess what he was holding by judging his sense of touch.

Han Sen's happiness ran through her. It seemed that he might have already discovered a treasure of some kind.

"Fairy flowers," Exquisite realized, when Han Sen was finally close enough for her to detect what he was thinking about. Han Sen had collected fairy flowers. He didn't know how to use them, though. So, he was bringing the flowers back to ask her what they were for.

"How is that possible?" Exquisite couldn't believe Han Sen had somehow managed to find fairy flowers. Those flowers were quite unusual. Many of the Very High wanted fairy flowers, but the strange plants were incredibly rare.

Han Sen had only been in Outer Sky for two days, and already he had come across fairy flowers. This really was so weird. Since Exquisite still couldn't see Han Sen with her own eyes, she didn't believe Han Sen had discovered real fairy flowers, though. He must have been mistaken about what he had. But when Han Sen appeared in her vision, Exquisite's eyes opened wide.

Han Sen was holding real fairy flowers, and not just one, but several. There were seventeen individual flowers on the plant. Fairy flowers only opened a single bloom every hundred million years. There were seventeen flowers here, so that meant the plant had been alive for 1.7 billion years.

Across the whole history of the Very High, 1.7 billion years wasn't very long. But it was very rare to find a fairy flower that had been growing for that length of time.

Even if someone was lucky enough to find a fairy flower, it usually only had two or three blossoms. In the Very High Palace, there was a very old fairy flower that had 72 blossoms on it. That number of blossoms seemed to be the maximum that a fairy flower could achieve. The plant had never grown any further. That flower was called the Fairy King Flower, and it was the Very High's most important flower.

Han Sen's fairy flower had 17 blossoms. That wasn't a bad sum. If he was able to grow it and keep it alive, it could help him a lot. "Why did you run out there all alone?" Exquisite asked when Han Sen had returned to the yard.

"I thought I'd go check out the neighborhood. And look, I found a strange bunch of flowers. Do you know what these things do?" Han Sen asked, holding out the fairy flowers as if he had just stumbled upon them. He didn't mention the trade he had conducted with the God Spirit Touch.

Although Exquisite knew that Han Sen wasn't saying something important, she still listened to what Han Sen told her. Then, she answered, "That is a fairy flower. If you can grow it, it could very well become a true god class plant xenogeneic. But it grows incredibly slowly. It will only produce one flower every one hundred million years. Once it has 72 flowers, it will become a butterfly. Whether it can become a true god after that will depend on its luck and power."

After pausing, Exquisite looked at the plant in Han Sen's hand and said, "The plant you found has 17 flowers. It should be half-deified already. If it produces one more blossom, it will become deified."

"One hundred million years per flower? Right now, there isn't even another bud. I'm afraid I won't live long enough for it to grow its 18th flower," Han Sen said with a sardonic smile. One hundred million years was far too long for him to wait. No human had a lifespan that long.

"Maybe not. Fairy flowers don't show signs of their growth. When the time comes, a new blossom will simply sprout overnight. Maybe this plant is very close to having another flower already," Exquisite said.

"What use are the flowers, anyway?" Han Sen asked.

After a moment of thought, Exquisite told him, "The flower has multiple uses. It can be used to produce medicine, but unless the medicine was direly necessary, no one would use it for that purpose. Instead, people prefer to transplant the flowers into their own gardens. The presence of the fairy flower helps nearby plants and creatures to develop. Having a fairy flower in close proximity can also boost one's lifeforce and add to one's lifespan. And, after a while, the fairy flower will attract God King Bees. That is what yields the greatest benefit."

"What benefit is that?" Han Sen quickly asked.

"After a God King Bee eats the nectar of a fairy flower, it will become drunk and slump down underneath the fairy flower," Exquisite said. "It is about ten thousand times easier to take out God King Bees that way. If this plant can become deified and attract deified God King Bees, that would be fairly awesome."

"But I need one more flower before that happens. I don't know when it will grow that 18th flower," Han Sen mumbled, his voice a little dull. He felt as if his luck was far inferior to the luck of others. He only needed one more flower. If he could attract deified God King Bees and kill them easily, that would be a great boost to his development.

Exquisite could sense that Han Sen was feeling a bit disappointed, and so she said unsympathetically, "You can still attract half-deified God King Bees, which isn't too bad at all. It is a very good resource for you at your current level.""I have a few geno arts. Take a look and tell me if you want one. If you would like a different geno art, feel free to tell me." Exquisite placed a few books down on Han Sen's desk.

Han Sen picked up a few of the books and perused them. One of them, which Han Sen had already practiced, was God's Wander. But Han Sen hadn't known it was called God's Wander. He thought it was just a good space teleportation technique.

Aside from God's Wander, there was an assortment of knife skills, punching techniques, and a geno art called Very Real Body. Very Real Body was a geno art that strengthened a practitioner's body. If he practiced it very well, he would be able to use his body to block any physical attack. Even deified elites wouldn't be able to harm him.

Exquisite had obviously selected these geno arts based on her interpretation of Han Sen's character. They were all skills Han Sen would be very good at. It seemed as if Exquisite had gone through a lot of effort to find them.

"Thank you very much." Han Sen greatly appreciated her kindness.

"These are only what my silkworm deserves. You just need to keep practicing. If you are lacking anything, make sure to let me know," Exquisite coldly said.

After pausing, Exquisite glanced at the text for Very Real Body and said, "This copy of Very Real Body is only the basic version. It is suitable for people who haven't yet become deified. If you can become deified, I can get you the rest of this geno art, and you can become deified with it. Very Real Body can be practiced all the way to butterfly class. It is a geno art that reinforces your body. I noticed your body was strong, so I thought you might as well try it."

Han Sen agreed with her. He accepted the geno arts she had brought him and planted the fairy flowers in the garden. He was going to wait until the God King Bees came, so he could kill them with ease.

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Chapter 2646 Underworld Lake

"There are a lot of resources to be earned from Outer Sky xenogeneics, but they are very dangerous for ordinary students to obtain. This house will keep any deified xenogeneic from approaching within one thousand miles. It is hard to say what will become of you if you leave that radius, however. If you are out by yourself and encounter danger, I'm afraid I won't be able to save you in time. So, if you want to go hunting for some reason, we should go together," Exquisite said.

"What kind of primitive deified xenogeneics around here can I hunt?" Han Sen asked. Since he was there, anyway, he wanted to acquire more deified resources.

"They are everywhere. Our people haven't raised them on purpose, but the creatures have multiplied on their own over the years. They don't bother the homes of the Very High, but they can travel freely wherever else they wish to go. So, when you leave the designated safe zones, you must be wary wherever you tread. There are larvae and even butterfly xenogeneics to be found. A creature like that could end your life by exhaling in your direction," Exquisite said.

Han Sen was stunned. "I thought there were resources I could take freely. Why are they that dangerous to obtain?"

"If you want resources, you don't have to go and hunt them yourself. Our race has stockpiles for your enjoyment," Exquisite said. She now spoke in a different tone of voice as she looked at Han Sen.

"What have they got for me?" Han Sen asked.

"Follow me," Exquisite said simply. She led Han Sen out of the garden. But this time, Exquisite didn't use her little ship. She put her hand on Han Sen's shoulder, and all of a sudden, a space teleportation trick teleported them god-knew-how-far.

When they came out on the other side, Exquisite didn't release her grip on him. She used her teleportation ability again. She did this a dozen times before they came to a stop.

Han Sen saw beads of sweat on her forehead, and on top of that, her face was flushed red. It had cost her a lot of strength to bring him so far on a whim.

"We are here," Exquisite said, looking forward.

Han Sen followed her gaze. An odd lake lay before them. The lake was full of clouds rather than water.

Han Sen thought that the surface of the lake might merely have been obscured by a deep mist, but when he looked down, he realized he couldn't peer through the fog. Despite the strength of Han Sen's vision, he couldn't see anything deeper than ten meters. But all ten of those meters were clouds and nothing more. There was no sign of water within that hanging mist. And something that shimmered was moving within the vapor.

"This lake is called Underworld Lake because Outer Sky resides between the real world and the anti-matter world. It is sometimes said that this lake is a connecting point between the real world and the anti-matter world, a way for us to access the anti-matter world. I don't know if that is true," Exquisite explained, as she pointed towards the strange lake.

"No one has gone diving here before?" Han Sen asked with curiosity.

He had heard the various theories of anti-matter worlds, but what he had heard was merely hearsay. He didn't know if any of the rumors were true.

"People have gone in before, but the people who go down—no matter how strong they are—never return. They are never seen again," Exquisite said, her voice emotionless.

"Then why are we here? You aren't going to make me go down there, are you?" Han Sen looked at Exquisite, slightly alarmed.

Exquisite laughed and said, "No. Of course not. Although the Underworld Lake can be dangerous, it is perfectly safe as long as you don't go inside. You can, however, do things like go fishing. If you get lucky, you might pull something sweet from there."

"We can fish in the clouds? What can we fish for? I thought you said this is connected with the anti-material world. Is the anti-material world occupied by fish and shrimp, or something?" Han Sen asked, raising an eyebrow at Exquisite.

Instead of answering, Exquisite pulled out a spool of silk-like wire and pushed it into Han Sen's hands. "Over the next few days, you should take a load off and fish here. Once you catch something, it will be easier for you to understand what is going on."

Han Sen looked at the spool of silk and noticed that the line was as thin as a hair. It looked grey. It wasn't as shiny as actual silk. In fact, it looked fairly dull.

Han Sen continued to examine the thread. This entire situation was strange. She hadn't given him a fishing rod, and there wasn't even a hook on the line. Not even Jiang Tai Gong would excel with such primitive tools. Although that guy hadn't had a hook for his line, he had a proper rod, at least. Han Sen had been given nothing. All he had was a wire.

"There is no fish hook, and neither is there any bait. How am I supposed to fish out anything with this?" Han Sen asked, looking skeptically at Exquisite. But she must have had her reasons for giving him such a tool.

"Put some of your blood on it and give it a try," Exquisite instructed.

Han Sen put a drop of his blood onto the wire and thought to himself, "Is this the Very High or an enclave of vampires? Everything here requires blood!"

Exquisite could sense what Han Sen was thinking, and so she blinked and said, "Actually, it doesn't really require blood. It just needs your genes, in one form or another. Blood is the easiest, so…"

Han Sen found himself speechless, but he wasn't in the mood to argue with her. The line absorbed Han Sen's blood. And then, it jerked and flew up out of his hand. The line nestled itself amidst Han Sen's hair, then disappeared.

Han Sen was shocked. He realized that there was now a single strand of silver in his hair. It was the silk he had just received.

But now, the piece of silk seemed to be connected to Han Sen's mind. The silk obeyed any mental instructions that Han Sen gave it. It could be as long or as short as he commanded it to. It was as if it was alive.

"What is this thing?" Han Sen asked, turning to Exquisite once more.

"It is a xenogeneic treasure called Underworld Silk," Exquisite explained. "It is made of cloud silk essence from Underworld Lake. There are no tiers of this item, and you cannot attack with it. Its fitness isn't high, either. Even an ordinary person could rip it with ease. But it is the only thing that can return from the Underworld Lake. You can use it to fish in Underworld Lake.""Then why am I using my blood for fish bait?" Han Sen wasn't happy. Exquisite was explaining things a bit at a time instead of telling him everything upfront. Han Sen wasn't a big fan of that.

"You don't need bait. Your genes are a part of the Underworld Silk now. Your presence is in it now, and that presence is your bait."

After pausing, Exquisite went on to say, "I still have things to do, and I'm needed elsewhere for a while. Until I come back, I expect you to be fishing here. Don't go too far from this place. There are far too many xenogeneics in this area. They won't come to the shores of the Underworld Lake, so remaining here is the safest place for you."

"I would like to fish, too," Bao'er said. She stared directly at Exquisite as she spoke.

"We only have one of these Underworld Silks to spare. I will bring you another one next time," Exquisite said to Bao'er. Before Han Sen could say anything, she used her space teleportation and vanished.

Han Sen's heart jumped. The Underworld Silk lengthened stretching past his hand and down to his feet. It snaked its way down into the Underworld Lake.

"Can I really fish something out of there?" Han Sen looked at the strand of Underworld Silk that had now disappeared quietly into the Underworld Lake. Han Sen had serious doubts about this.

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Chapter 2647 Fishing

Han Sen was a little bit curious. He sat down near where the Underworld Silk disappeared into the clouds, and he decided to wait and see what happened.

But after he waited for a whole hour, the Underworld Silk hadn't moved an inch. He couldn't tell if it was working or not.

"Exquisite isn't trying to test my patience, is she?" Han Sen wondered to himself. And then, he looked at Bao'er and said, "Bao'er, do you fancy doing some fishing?"

"Yeah, I would like to," Bao'er said with a nod.

"In that case, I will give it to you." Han Sen handed over his Underworld Silk.

"Don't worry, Dad. I'm going to catch some super big fish for you," Bao'er said. She had wanted to try fishing a long time ago, and now Han Sen was making good on a long-awaited promise.

"Sure you will," Han Sen said encouragingly, not wanting to crush her hopes. But inside, he was thinking, "There is no hook and no bait. You won't be able to pull anything out of this lake. Do you really think you are Jiang Tai Gong, who can fish with nothing but a rod and line?"

Bao'er had a stern and serious look on her face while she fished. Han Sen, in the meantime, began to flip through the text for Very Real Body.

The knife skills and punching techniques were good. They were top-dog geno arts for sure, but Han Sen's knife skills and boxing talents were already high class. He only needed to briefly glance over the skills that Exquisite had brought him. There was no point in practicing them with any modicum of seriousness.

Han Sen had already trained in the use of God's Wander. He just needed to slowly reveal his proficiency with it to Exquisite.

Han Sen thought the Very Real Body was extremely interesting, however. It was a skill that could reinforce his body, and at the same time, it could make his body into a weapon.

Very Real Body had a high requirement for the practitioner's base-level strength, though. Even ordinary deifieds might not have the requisite physical power for the beginner level of Very Real Body. Han Sen, on the other hand, had a body that was stronger than any half-deified. The power granted by his four geno arts wasn't something ordinary creatures could match. So, fulfilling the requirements for Very Real Body wasn't too difficult for him.

In fact, this was the reason that Exquisite had given him Very Real Body.

"An extreme body works as a blade. Once I learn this geno art, I should be able to fight others of the same level, even if they're making use of a xenogeneic weapon. That is pretty cool." After Han Sen read through it once, he began to practice Very Real Body.

But it would take a very long time for Han Sen to practice and become talented with this geno art. This wasn't a task that he could accomplish in a day, and so Han Sen wasn't in a crazy rush. He trained slowly, and he also practiced Heart Connection in the meantime.

Han Sen set the small jade figure into a fishing mode. Even if Exquisite turned her attention back to him, she would only sense him fishing. She wouldn't realize that it was Bao'er doing the fishing for him.

Bao'er was still as serious about fishing as when she had begun. Han Sen was surprised. He didn't expect that the normally rambunctious Bao'er would be content to spend time with the slow, patience-testing, quiet art of fishing.

"What a shame… This fishing line seems entirely useless." Han Sen thought Exquisite really was testing his patience. There was no way they would be reeling anything in.

"Dad! Dad! There is something on my line!" Bao'er suddenly shouted with glee. She held onto the Underworld Silk for dear life with those little hands of hers.

"No way. You've actually caught something?" Han Sen quickly looked at the Underworld Lake. He saw that the lake's mist was swirling around the Underworld Silk. The mist had grown more cloudy, as if there really was something down there moving about.

"Pull the line! Pull the line!" Han Sen ran behind Bao'er and started reeling the Underworld Silk back with her.

Whatever was on the other end was quite heavy, and Han Sen was worried that the Underworld Silk might break. Fortunately, his worries didn't come to pass. The Underworld Silk remained undamaged as the two of them hauled it out.

As more and more of the lake's mist was disturbed by the rising object, their excitement grew as well.

"Hurry up! Hurry up! We might have caught something big…" Han Sen was happily shouting.

"I want to eat grilled fish tonight," Bao'er said. She licked her lips as her eyes became incredibly bright.

The Underworld Silk was getting longer and longer. Han Sen had no idea how deep the line had gone. He just kept pulling it in, hand over hand.

Suddenly, Han Sen and Bao'er felt as if something on the other end of the line had torn loose. The line snapped back toward them like a broken rubber band. The two of them had been pulling their hardest when they were suddenly sent rocketing back into the ground. Bao'er shot into Han Sen's chest.

And then, the two of them saw something emerge from the lake with the Underworld Silk. It arced beautifully through the air overhead, then landed next to them with a ringing noise.

The two of them turned their heads quickly. They saw a giant gold sword sticking out of the ground, every inch of it gleaming in the light.

"Holy crap! Aren't we fishing? Why did we just reel in a giant sword?" Han Sen looked at the giant, luxurious sword with shock.

The enormous sword gave Han Sen the feeling he was looking at something owned by a rich person. The whole thing had been made of gold, and it looked incredibly heavy. It was about 1.5 meters long, and the blade was one foot wide. It looked like a small door.

There were some engravings carved into the sword. There was the depiction of a phoenix, and there were jewels embedded in the metal. The sword looked very luxurious, especially the center of the handle, which held a fist-sized, gold jewel.

Han Sen had seen a lot of weapons in his time, but he had never seen a weapon that looked so opulent.

"How can you fish up something like this?" Han Sen mumbled as he stood up. He walked in front of the big gold sword. He reached for the handle to see what sort of weapon it was.

Pang!

Just as Han Sen's hand touched the pommel, the brilliant gold sword shone brightly. Han Sen felt as if an electric current was coursing through him. His entire body was hurled through the air. He rolled for one hundred meters before coming to a stop.

"Oh no… It's a deified treasure…" Han Sen lifted himself off the ground. His whole body was covered in ash, and blood dripped from his mouth. He looked happy, though.

Despite his remarkable fitness, the blade had still been able to toss him away and deal that much damage with a single touch. It was definitely a deified treasure. Any item of a lesser rank couldn't possess that much power."You can fish up deified treasure from here? Seriously?" Han Sen ran back to the luxurious sword. He still couldn't believe what he was seeing.

Han Sen stared at the gleaming sword, and he finally accepted that Exquisite hadn't just been testing his patience. There really were powerful treasures that could be pulled from this lake.

Evidently, some of them were even deified.

"No wonder the Very High are so strong. Deified treasures can be pulled from this lake. This cannot be real, surely." Han Sen felt as if his heart was going to leap out of his chest. It had taken them half a day to obtain this deified treasure. If they fished there for a few months, they would be blinged up in all sorts of deified kit.

But when Han Sen went to take hold of the gold sword again, the luxurious weapon bounced him away again. Han Sen used all his power to try and hold it, but alas, he could not.

However, when Bao'er touched it, the beautiful gold sword seemed to rest comfortably in her hands. And it even became smaller. It shrank until it seemed perfectly suited to her diminutive size.

"This cannot only be used by the person who fished it up, surely." After Han Sen thought of this, he threw his Underworld Silk into the lake again. He watched the Underworld Lake and thought, "Come on, baby. Give me a big gold sword, too. I don't mind if it makes me look rich."

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Chapter 2648 Yellow Paper

When the potential reward was high enough, Han Sen could be a very patient man. He squatted down near the lake, and he didn't move for half the day. In fact, in all that time, he didn't even blink. He was hoping he would be able to fish something out.

Bao'er spun her gold sword around, playing with it casually. But after a while, she grew tired of the weapon. She put it away inside her little gourd. She returned to Han Sen's side with her hand on her jaw. She watched him fish.

Han Sen was very jealous of her ability to use the gold sword, but there was nothing he could do about it. It was similar to when he needed to make use of Wind String. He had been able to fire the legendary bow, but he preferred using the Six-Core Snake Bow due to its adherence to his will.

"Are big gold swords the only thing that this lake contains?" Han Sen wondered. He didn't think things would be that simple, though. If it was that easy to obtain deified treasures, the Very High wouldn't have been beaten by Sacred long ago.

While Han Sen was in deep thought, he felt his Underworld Silk twitch. The vibration ran gently through his fingers.

"I've got something!" Han Sen jumped. He quickly yanked the Underworld Silk back and began reeling it in. It didn't, however, feel as heavy as last time. There was little resistance, so whatever it was had to be lighter. Han Sen thought to himself, "It doesn't seem like it is another giant sword. Could it be a dagger instead? Or maybe an arrow? It has to be something. If it's a smaller item, maybe I can use it with my Six-Core Snake Bow, at least."

Bao'er happily helped Han Sen pulling the line in. With the two of them working together, it wasn't long until they had brought their catch out of the mist. Just like the last time, when they pulled something out of the lake, it felt as if an elastic band had been broken. The Underworld Silk suddenly bounced up.

Han Sen was prepared this time, however. He stood solidly and didn't fall over. He stared at what was attached to the Underworld Silk this time.

"What is this?" Han Sen saw an old piece of yellowish paper on the end of the line. He reached out his hand and pulled the paper free.

When he brought it closer to his face, he confirmed that the piece of paper was exactly what it looked like.

"This Underworld Lake is so weird. How can I fish out paper?" Han Sen opened the old, wrinkled paper. He noticed that there was a drawing on it.

Han Sen almost coughed up lots of blood upon seeing what was inside it. He quickly closed it and pushed Bao'er's head away. He was not going to let her see the illustration.

"What the hell? What is this? Why did I fish out porn?" Han Sen felt depressed.

Bao'er had fished up a deified xenogeneic treasure, whereas Han Sen had pulled out a pornographic image. It was very beautiful, he had to admit. He only looked at it once, but his nose almost bled.

"It seems as if what can be fished up isn't fixed. If people could just randomly fish up deified treasures, the Very High would be very rich." Han Sen thought this was to be expected.

But if there was still a chance of fishing up deified treasure, then Han Sen wasn't about to miss the opportunity. So, he lowered the Underworld Silk and went back to patiently waiting.

This time, it took a much shorter time before the line twitched again. It had only been an hour when the Underworld Silk began to move.

Han Sen was so happy, and he pulled the line. Bao'er came over to help, and so they reeled in their freshest catch together again. As the two of them worked, Han Sen prayed, "Give me a deified treasure… Give me a deified treasure…"

Bo!

Something came flying out of the lake. When Han Sen saw it clearly, his face almost collapsed.

It looked like another sheet of paper. It looked similar to the last one he had brought up.

Indeed, when Han Sen took the catch in his hands, it was the same old, yellow paper.

He gripped Bao'er's head and moved it away. He opened the old sheet of paper to reveal another pornographic image.

But this was different from the last one. The people depicted were the same as before, but they were doing things in a different position.

"Holy crap! Is this whole thing a comic?" Han Sen felt depressed.

"Dad, I want to fish, too," Bao'er said, as she looked at Han Sen.

"Sure, it can be your turn to try." After Han Sen put down the Underworld Silk, he passed it to Bao'er.

Bao'er gave him a pleased grin. She took the silk and squatted near the lake's edge. She stared at the lake intently, as if she was afraid of missing this opportunity to fish.

Han Sen went back to researching the geno arts he had been given. He was still interested in fishing, but he had received two pornographic images in a row. So, he was no longer in the mood.

Very Real Body was a high-class geno art. Han Sen followed the teachings and practiced with it. The cells in his body grew numb, as if electrical currents were zapping them. It was a sensation that surged through him from the tips of his toes to the top of his head, reaching into every nook and cranny within him.

But the effect was still very weak. It would take a long time to practice, but over time, he should be able to turn his own body into a dangerous weapon.

"Dad, I got something!" Bao'er shouted, interrupting Han Sen's practice.

Han Sen helped Bao'er reel the line in. It felt so very heavy this time, and it had Han Sen thinking, "Another beautiful, enormous sword?"

"Dad, I wonder what I got this time?" Bao'er babbled in excitement. She didn't really care about procuring more items for herself, but the mystery of what she might pull out of the lake was tantalizing.

She was like a gambler, riding the lightning for all the life and death excitement she could find.

"Pull it out and you'll find out." Han Sen kept tugging, and before long, they yanked the catch out.

The thing that emerged from the mist arced above them like a rainbow and fell toward them, shining like a piece of the sun itself.

Han Sen couldn't see what it was due to the intense gleam, but he could feel that it possessed a scary presence. He didn't dare touch it, and he pulled Bao'er aside.

Pang!

That shining thing landed on the shore. Once it hit the ground, the light grew dimmer. Han Sen could look at it safely now. He discovered that the item wasn't as big as he initially thought. It was actually rather small. It was curved like a rainbow, and there were three gems shaped like a sun, moon, and star embedded within it. It looked very pretty.

"What is this?" Han Sen asked, his voice confused.

"It is a beautiful hair clip." Bao'er happily picked up the item and put it in her hair. She turned around, looked at Han Sen, and asked, "Dad, does it look good?"

"Yes, it looks very nice," Han Sen said while staring at the hair clip."A hair clip? It looks like you can fish anything out of this lake, but judging from the power inside it, this item is rather extraordinary. It seems rather easy to get grand treasures from this lake." Han Sen was so tempted. He told Bao'er, "Bao'er, how about we take turns fishing?"

Bao'er had received a beautiful hair clip. She was so happy. She nodded and gave Han Sen the Underworld Silk.

Han Sen started fishing again. And he took turns with Bao'er. The two of them created quite a ruckus as they fished.

"Come out! Give me a treasure…" Han Sen was shouting.

A piece of yellow paper came soaring out of the lake.

"Ah, what is this? It looks so pretty!" said Bao'er's voice.

A piece of yellow paper… Bao'er's excited voice… A piece of yellow paper… Bao'er's excited voice… The same process repeated itself over and over on the shores of the Underworld Lake.

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Chapter 2649 Meeting at the Lake

Han Sen looked at the thick stack of yellow papers he had amassed. He wanted to cry. Those pornographic pictures he had fished up over the past few days were enough to compose an entire book. Aside from the yellow papers, he hadn't been able to catch anything.

"Don't say that," he reminded himself. "These pictures look kind of like a comic."

If it wasn't for Bao'er being there, Han Sen would have liked to examine them in greater depth.

Han Sen looked at the Bao'er. Her experience fishing had been very different. She had managed to earn all sorts of things. Although they weren't all deified treasures, the things she had collected were all better than the yellow papers Han Sen had received.

"It looks like my luck hasn't been too good in recent times. Perhaps I should ask Mister White to calculate my fortunes and find a way to heighten my luck," Han Sen thought, considering various ways he might improve his situation.

Just as it was Bao'er's turn to fish, the small jade figure reacted. Han Sen quickly pulled Bao'er away and sat down on the lakeshore himself, pretending to be in the middle of fishing.

Not long later, Exquisite teleported there.

Exquisite walked over to Han Sen and looked at him. She didn't see anything next to Han Sen, and she said, "Don't worry. Underworld Lake is often like this. Sometimes it can take a couple of days to get something, other times it can take weeks. I asked you to come here to test your luck and give you some time to practice geno arts.

Han Sen was shocked. Hearing Exquisite, it sounded as if it was supposed to take a number of days to fish something out. But he had always received something in half a day, at the most. The shortest time it had taken those two to fish something out was half an hour. The average, if he had to guess, was two to three hours.

Han Sen had been trying to think of a way to show Exquisite those yellow papers, but he didn't have to do that anymore.

"It looks like there are no resources I can use for practice here," Han Sen said, looking at Exquisite.

Underworld Lake was magical, but he couldn't stay here if he was only pulling out old pieces of paper. He would rather kill xenogeneics.

"Don't rush anything just yet. Recently, my little sister has needed my help. I don't have the time to take you hunting. So, continue practicing here. If you have enough luck, maybe Underworld Lake will give you a pleasant surprise," Exquisite said with a smile.

Han Sen might have just been imagining things, but he noticed that when she spoke to him—even though she was still reserved—she tended to smile more and more. She was different from how she used to be.

"There was a surprise, but the surprise was so big, I wasn't sure how to take it," Han Sen thought to himself.

After a brief conversation with Han Sen, Exquisite quickly walked away. She left a few items behind for Han Sen to live off, and she also provided him with vials of geno fluid.

Han Sen had actually brought his own, but he had forgotten to tell her.

Han Sen pulled a parasol out of Destiny's Tower, and he also brought out a couple of sunbathing chairs. Han Sen and Bao'er settled themselves down comfortably on the shores of the lake to fish. As they did so, Han Sen also set aside some time to research the geno arts he had been given.

The geno fluids Exquisite had brought him weren't bad. They were good for his body, but Han Sen had yet to find a way to make a breakthrough that would enable him to become half-deified.

After another couple of days, Han Sen gave up fishing. He let Bao'er do things herself. He focused on practicing his geno arts.

Part of the reason he had given up was because he had continued to receive pieces of paper. It was pointless for him to continue. Whenever Bao'er fished, she would retrieve something encrusted in jewels. Each item was ornately wrought and beautifully finished.

But aside from the enormous gold sword and the hair clip, Bao'er hadn't gotten any more deified treasures. Clearly, deified treasures weren't easily found.

Since Bao'er had already been able to get two, though, that was still a fantastic result.

Not everything she fished up was a high-level treasure. There were a few ordinary items in there. But whether they were high-class or low-class items, they all looked sovereignly luxurious.

Suddenly, Han Sen's eyes flashed. He picked up Bao'er and pulled the Underworld Silk away from her.

A minute later, he saw someone approach. It was Second Brother Liyu Zhen, the man that Han Sen had met when he first entered Outer Sky.

Liyu Zhen saw Han Sen and Bao'er behaving as if they were having a vacation, lying down on their sunbathing chairs with a parasol. There were many snacks and drinks on a table beside them. There was even a nuclear reactor mini-fridge. The sight made him frown.

"Exquisite brought you here to practice, not to have a vacation," Liyu Zhen said coldly.

"What has it got to do with you?" Han Sen continued to lounge on the sunbathing chair. He didn't get up, and he didn't even spare the other man a glance.

Liyu Zhen's face looked cold. He stared at Han Sen for a while. Without saying another word, he went to the other side of the lake. He pulled out an Underworld Silk from his head of hair. It looked as if he had come there to fish, as well.

If most people of another race spoke to Liyu Zhen like that, he would have reacted poorly. But Han Sen was already Exquisite's silkworm. There was nothing he could do to Han Sen; that was one of the Very High's established rules. Even if a silkworm committed a crime, it was the master of the silkworm that had to deal with it.

If Liyu Zhen fought Han Sen there, he wouldn't simply be fighting Han Sen. He would be humiliating Exquisite. That was why Liyu Zhen didn't do anything.

With Liyu Zhen being there, though, Han Sen couldn't allow Bao'er to fish for him. So, he fished on his own the whole time.

Han Sen's situation was still mostly the same, though. He still reclined in his sunbathing chair. He tied the Underworld Silk to his finger, so he could sense movement the moment it happened.

Han Sen then turned his attention back to reading through the geno arts. He didn't have to look at his line, though. He knew it was only a matter of time before he received another yellow piece of paper.

Of course, an hour later, something pulled at his line. He pulled it out of the mist, revealing another sheet of paper.

Liyu Zhen glanced over when he saw that Han Sen had received something. It was just an old piece of paper, though, so he ignored Han Sen and carried on fishing.With Liyu Zhen being there, Han Sen felt uncomfortable. When there was no one, Exquisite could not feel him, and he was able to do anything he wanted to.

If he disobeyed Exquisite's wishes while someone was there to tattle on him, however, he could risk getting into trouble.

Plus, Liyu Zhen had seen what Han Sen had pulled out of the lake. Now, he could no longer hide what he had retrieved. If Exquisite wanted to read the pages, he would have to let her see them.

"What is this guy doing here?" Han Sen couldn't think of a way to get the man to leave, and he couldn't leave himself. He had to continue fishing.

After half the day, Liyu Zhen felt as if something was amiss. In that short period of time, Han Sen had pulled three things out of the lake. They all looked like old sheets of paper. Han Sen was operating at a remarkably efficient catch rate.

When Han Sen pulled out his third piece of paper, Liyu Zhen put away his Underworld Silk and walked in front of Han Sen to look at the other man's catch.

"Let me see those papers."

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Chapter 2650 Different Kind of Luck

"Why should I let you see them?" Han Sen asked, his voice relaxed and unhurried. He casually rolled up the paper, then turned a cold glance on Liyu Zhen as he spoke.

Liyu Zhen looked at Han Sen with disdain, then chuckled darkly. "You are with the Very High now."

"Yes. And?" Han Sen's face remained expressionless.

Liyu Zhen wasn't annoyed. Instead, he smiled and said, "I just want you to know that if a Very High asks something of you, you cannot say no."

"Oh, yeah? I just said it. What are you going to do about it?" Han Sen said.

Han Sen thought Liyu Zhen was going to fight him, but it didn't seem like Liyu Zhen was going to go that far. He just continued to stare coolly at Han Sen, and then, the third eye in his forehead opened. His black and white pupils looked like a tai chi yin yang symbol. That black and white symbol began to spin. It looked like some invisible light was brewing within it.

His gaze now looked as if it could see through everything, and it made Han Sen frown.

Liyu Zhen looked into Han Sen's yellow piece of paper. With a disdainful look, he said, "I thought you had pulled up something nice, but it's just a pornographic picture. I overestimated you, clearly."

After that, Liyu Zhen went back to ignoring Han Sen. He returned to his fishing spot and continued with the task.

It was a coincidence. Liyu Zhen sat there and fished for a while. But later on, his Underworld Silk began to move. It shook a lot, and it appeared as if something big was on the other end.

Liyu Zhen quickly pulled the line. He tried his hardest to tug it out, but the thing seemed heavy.

Pang!

After ten minutes of wrestling with the submerged foe, Liyu Zhen managed to pull out an item from beneath the mist of the lake. The object bounced right out of it and landed on the shore.

Han Sen couldn't help but look at it. He saw a big gold sword that was similar to the one Bao'er had retrieved. It looked a lot rougher around the edges, though. It also seemed to lack the jewels. It was just a big gold sword that was missing its luxurious touches.

Liyu Zhen looked at the big sword with excitement. He spoke to himself, saying, "Gold Slash… Is this the deified Gold Slash? The Seventh Uncle was right. My luck has finally turned around."

He picked up the big gold sword with a look of unbridled joy. He was extremely fond of his new catch. And after goofing around with it for a while, he decided to end his day of fishing. He put his Underworld Silk away and started to leave with the golden sword in his hand.

When he passed by Han Sen, Liyu Zhen looked at him. He acted as if he was talking to himself, but the words of poison were obviously meant for Han Sen to hear. "This is the luck that separates you from I. You can only fish up that useless and dirty pornography, while I get deified treasures."

"Really? Your piece of crap sword is a deified treasure?" Han Sen said with a laugh.

"Such an ignorant kid you are! Gold Slash is an obscenely rare treasure to fish up from the Underworld Lake. It is deified at the very least. Although it is a primitive treasure, it is much better than your dirty pictures," Liyu Zhen said with a cold laugh.

"That means there are higher-level Gold Slashes to be found, right?" Han Sen asked.

"Of course there are. One of our leaders managed to obtain a butterfly-class Gold Slash, but that doesn't matter to you. Carry on fishing up your useless, dirty porn… Haha!" Liyu Zhen held his sword proudly and laughed as he wandered off. He laughed in mockery.

Han Sen couldn't be bothered with the man. He thought to himself, "It looks like the sword Bao'er got was also a Gold Slash. But it is obvious that Bao'er's is of a higher class. Which class it is has yet to be determined, though."

After Liyu Zhen left, Han Sen felt a lot more comfortable where he was. It felt good to have no one watching him again. He planned to fish one more item out of the lake, then let Bao'er carry on while he went back to practicing with his geno arts.

Not long later, Han Sen felt the Underworld Silk move. Something had latched onto the line.

Han Sen thought it would just be another yellow paper, but the item he pulled up was black. It wasn't the same yellow paper as before.

"Has my luck taken a change for the better?" Han Sen's heart jumped. He quickly grabbed the black thing to take a look at it.

When Han Sen picked it up, a chill ran through him. This new item was also a sheet of paper, but it was black this time, and it was much thicker than the yellow sheets he had previously retrieved.

"Am I going to collect seven different colors of paper before I move on? Can I summon a dragon along with it?" Han Sen complained, turning the paper over so he could check it out.

Han Sen had a look, and the sight made him freeze. This new piece of paper was indeed quite different. The thick black parchment appeared to be the cover of a book. Furthermore, there were three words written on the front.

"Xuan Yellow Sutra. This cover cannot be a cover for all of those yellow papers, can it?" Han Sen was shocked. He flipped it over and had a look at all the small words inside the cover.

"If the man is in chaos, the sky and the earth will be in chaos. And the sky and the earth will turn yellow." Han Sen was shocked. This line of words was the prologue of the Xuan Yellow Sutra. This was definitely some sort of geno art, but it didn't seem to have anything to do with the yellow papers he had collected.

"Maybe this isn't a cover for the yellow papers. Maybe it's meant for another book?" Han Sen thought the entire situation was strange.

Han Sen hesitated. While Bao'er began fishing, he brought out all of the yellow papers and started to piece them together. He noticed all of the yellow pages had numbers. So, Han Sen arranged them in order of their numbers. There were many missing pages, however. The highest number was 254, but Han Sen only had 20 pages in total.

Han Sen put them down next to the Xuan Yellow Sutra and noticed that their size was a perfect fit. Still, he couldn't be sure if the cover was really meant for his yellow papers.Han Sen thought this was a bit weird. He looked at the contents of the yellow paper, and when he looked over them, he felt a strange sensation.

He thought the pictures had merely been the doodles of some horny guy in ancient times, so he had never inspected them closely. But now that he was, he noticed something.

The people in the picture were covered in thin veins of blue and red. The small lines were very light. If Han Sen hadn't decided to examine the papers closely, he wouldn't have noticed them at all. Few drawings were so realistic that they mapped people's veins and arteries.

But after a thorough inspection, he realized they weren't blood vessels. The small, blue lines should have been meridians, and the red were likely the presence.

Han Sen was so shocked, and he thought to himself, "This isn't a porn picture. It is a geno art! But why would a geno art look like this? It is easy to misunderstand it."

Due to the fact that there were no descriptions or text, and Han Sen was missing many more pages, he couldn't be entirely sure it was a geno art. But regardless, his interest in it had been sparked.

Han Sen took the Underworld Silk away from Bao'er. He continued fishing, and a little while later, he fished up another yellow paper.

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Chapter 2651 Star Tree

On a ship that was headed to the Andromeda system, a crystallizer woman turned to a man next to her. She looked afraid.

"Are you a crystallizer?" she asked.

"Yes," the man said with a nod. He sounded rather cold.

The woman looked very surprised, and she said, "I can't believe I have met someone of the same race here. My name is Lydia. You took the hall's quest to venture to the Andromeda system to hunt xenogeneics, didn't you?"

"Yes," the man answered. His emotions didn't seem perturbed at all.

"That is great. Can we combine forces and do it together?" the woman said.

"No, we cannot," the man answered.

The woman seemed disappointed, and she said, "That's fine, I guess. What is your name, anyway? Can we exchange phone numbers? There are too few crystallizers here. We can contact each other."

"No, we cannot," the man said. His face remained impassive.

The woman had spoken nicely to the man, but the man hadn't reciprocated by the smallest amount. He never gave her a reply that was greater than three words.

After they arrived in the Andromeda system, the ship's passengers spread out as they headed to the various planets. The man got off the ship while the woman followed after him.

"Why are you following me?" the man asked, turning around and looking at Lydia strangely.

"It is because, in this universe, a crystallizer woman meeting a crystallizer man is a one-in-a-billion chance. I don't want to miss out on such a rare opportunity. So, please, tell me your name," Lydia responded, lowering her head and mumbling quickly. She spoke in a volume that only dogs could have discerned.

"Yi Dong Mu," the man finally spoke his name.

Lydia looked very happy to hear that. She raised her head, wanting to tell Yi Dong Mu something. But as she opened her lips, before she could speak, Yi Dong Mu's dagger slammed through her heart.

"Why… why…" Lydia couldn't believe what had just happened. She stared at Yi Dong Mu with shock. She couldn't believe the man would do something like this to her.

"It is because I sense something dangerous within you." Yi Dong Mu pulled his dagger back out of Lydia, sending the woman stumbling to the ground.

He looked at Lydia's body, then turned around. He left and disappeared someplace into the mountains.

Shortly after Yi Dong Mu left, the lifeless Lydia opened her eyes. Weird flashes passed through her eyes, and she stood up like a wooden doll.

At that moment, Lydia looked like a lifeless robot. Her eyes were wide open, but they had no focus. It was like lots of data was scrolling through her eyes.

"It failed again. Such a heartless killer. He killed a beautiful woman of the same race simply because he sensed danger. It is so hard to deal with this guy." After a while, Lydia spoke to herself. "So annoying! I have now failed eight times trying to get close to this target. Another team failed to gain any information from him, as well. It is so hard to get information from others who have been in contact with Han Sen before. Since when did the crystallizers become so strong? It looks like this investigation will become quite difficult."

After that, Lydia's body suddenly collapsed on the ground. Her light faded, and she looked like a dead body again.

"Brother King, has anything special happened to you recently?" Wang Yuhang looked at his phone while chatting with Xie Qing King.

"I made some new friends," Xie Qing King said, with a cigar hanging from his lips. He was reclined in a CEO chair. He looked really relaxed as he spoke.

"Me, too. But it looks like something happened with Han Sen. Is he in big trouble or something?" Wang Yuhang said.

"Maybe not. Maybe they are just keen on investigating the boy. Otherwise, the people coming to ask us questions wouldn't be so gentle." Xie Qing King squinted while he spoke.

"Then, what are we going to do?" Wang Yuhang asked.

"If someone is giving you free money and beautiful women, are you ever going to say no? It would be very rude, and you would be missing out. That would sadden the person making the offer. Of course, we aren't going to do that." Xie Qing King laughed.

"Teehee! That is what I thought, too. Lin Feng, Tang Zhenliu, and the others, as well. Can you please get in touch with them? Me being here is not a coincidence." Wang Yuhang laughed.

Every day, Han Sen remained near the lake and continued fishing out pages of the Xuan Yellow Sutra. For some reason, whenever it was Bao'er's turn, she always ended up with actual treasures, and every time Han Sen fished, he ended up with a sheet of paper belonging to the Xuan Yellow Sutra.

"This is so f*cking weird. Why can I only retrieve this geno art, page by page?" Han Sen wondered. He couldn't think of an answer.

After all, anti-material worlds were difficult to explain. Common sense and logic didn't really apply to such places, and Han Sen didn't want to waste time mulling it over. He just wanted to gather all the pages of the Xuan Yellow Sutra as fast as he could. He was keen to find out what sort of geno art it was.

"A geno art that comes from the anti-material world. No matter how bad it is, it must be special, right?" Han Sen thought to himself.

Suddenly, the triangle symbol on the small jade figure glowed. Han Sen knew Exquisite was on her way over. He carefully synced his thoughts with the small jade figure.

"Find anything?"

Moments later, Exquisite teleported right next to Han Sen.

"Yes, but I did not get any fish. The stuff I've been collecting is pretty weird," Han Sen with a strange tone of voice.

"Underworld Lake is connected with the anti-material world. It is normal to fish up odd things. What did you get?" Exquisite asked.

"I got some paper," Han Sen said slowly. Liyu Zhen had seen these yellow sheets of paper before, so there was no use in hiding it. He had no choice but to reveal what he had found.

"Paper? What sort of paper?" Exquisite asked with curiosity. Although anything could show up in Underworld Lake, it was rare to get something like paper.

"About that…" Han Sen was frozen. When he thought about the lewd content on the yellow pages, he didn't know what to say.

Exquisite could sense what Han Sen was thinking. So, she blushed and said, "Never mind. You don't have to tell me. Whatever you get from Underworld Lake belongs to you. Even if you collect a deified treasure, it is all yours. When you leave Outer Sky, you can even take them with you."

"Thanks." Han Sen pretended to be relieved.

"I thought you always wanted xenogeneic resources. I have found some for you already. How much you get will depend on your power, though," Exquisite said to Han Sen. She appeared rather mellow.

"What do you mean?" Han Sen asked, curious.

"Outer Sky has a star tree. The tree produces star fruit, and it is surrounded by powerful space xenogeneics. They are King class, at least. Of course, some can even reach deified. Now, you can collect the star fruit, but how many you can collect will depend on you."

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Chapter 2652 Headstrong Elder

Han Sen listened carefully as Exquisite explained the situation to him in more detail. The star tree was guarded by seniors of the Very High. Every silkworm of the Very High was allowed one chance to claim star fruit from its boughs.

But how many star fruit could be collected would be determined by tests conducted by the aforementioned seniors of the Very High.

The test results correlated with how many star fruits could be obtained. Even if the results weren't great, a participant was always guaranteed at least one. Ten star fruits was generally the most one could receive.

But the tests were highly variable depending on which Very High senior was administering them.

"The personality of your particular administrator is very unique. If he likes you, he will only ask you a few questions. Then, he will let you claim seven or eight fruits. If he doesn't like you, he will give you a very difficult question. If you answer correctly, you will only be allowed a small number of star fruits… I hope the man will like you." Exquisite's eyes looked strange as she spoke.

"Is he often that unreasonable? Is there any point of a test if he just gets to decide regardless? Just make it a beauty contest or something, then," Han Sen thought to himself.

Exquisite could feel what Han Sen was thinking, so she laughed. "The star tree belongs to the uncle alone. Who he shares the fruit with is entirely his decision. Being willing to share with those far younger than him is already a grand act of kindness. So, even if he gives you only one star fruit, you should still be appreciative."

"I see. That makes sense then. If they are his items, then he can definitely dictate the distribution of them," Han Sen said with a nod.

"This is just a small reward. My generation will soon begin testing silkworms in earnest. If you perform well when that happens, the resources you receive will far exceed the star fruit," Exquisite said.

"How long must we wait?" Han Sen asked.

"There are thirteen of us in my generation. Now, there is only one little sister who has yet to decide on a silkworm. Once she has made her decision, the tests will begin." When Exquisite spoke of her little sister, her eyes glimmered strangely.

Han Sen's heart felt weird hearing this, too. But he carefully kept his thoughts away from the subject.

The little sister Exquisite was referring to was undoubtedly Li Keer. Li Keer wanted Dollar, so Han Sen knew all about that.

"Let's go. We should head to the star tree." Exquisite placed a hand on Han Sen's shoulder. Then, she teleported Han Sen and Bao'er away from Underworld Lake.

There were still many Xuan Yellow Sutra pages left to collect, and Han Sen wanted to carry on fishing them all out, but it was a long task that he couldn't rush. He would have to wait for the chance to fish again later.

When Han Sen saw the star tree, he was shocked. Its boughs almost blanketed the whole sky. It was like a big umbrella that formed a bridge between the land and the sky itself.

Many pieces of fruit hung from the tree's branches. They looked like suns, and their light made the leaves of the tree shine like jade. It was so very beautiful, and Han Sen squinted against the light.

According to what Exquisite had told him, the test administrator's personality was quite strange. But his story was a legendary one.

When a child of the Very High was born, it would be put into one of two factions. One faction was responsible for reproducing. They were the ordinary Very High, and they didn't practice the Very High Sense. Their personalities were comparatively normal, and they retained emotions like an ordinary person would. They were similar to Liyu Zhen.

The other faction was the one Exquisite studied with. They learned the Very High Sense, and at the end of their practice, their emotions were practically non-existent. Their strength and combat prowess, however, were the best of the Very High.

When a Very High was born, it was decided which path they would take.

This man was like Exquisite. He practiced Very High Sense, and he had reached deified class with it. He had been only a step away from becoming a true god.

But then, he destroyed his Very High Sense and started anew. Not even Exquisite knew why the man had taken such drastic action.

But as he began practicing again, the elder guarded the star tree and never left its side. Even the other Very High didn't know what level he was at currently.

"Uncle." Exquisite brought Han Sen beneath the boughs of the star tree and bowed to the roots of the tree.

Han Sen and Bao'er looked in the direction she was bowing, and there, they saw a giant stone tree root. Despite being made of stone, the root still seemed to be alive and growing. There was a gray-haired man of the Very High sitting on it.

The wrinkles in his face appeared rougher than the bark of the tree. His white beard reached the ground. He remained sitting where he was, his eyes closed. He was so old that he looked like he'd been petrified.

Han Sen wasn't sure what to make of the man's appearance. With the power of the Very High, they could keep themselves looking young until the moment they died. Doing that wasn't difficult. He wondered why this man's face looked so old.

Upon hearing Exquisite's voice, the old man opened his eyes. His eyelids were very wrinkly, too. He could barely open a small slit to see through. If one didn't look closely, one would never realize that his eyes were open at all.

The old man looked at Exquisite. Then, he turned to Han Sen and Bao'er. With a rough voice, he said, "It is Exquisite. Have you brought your silkworm? Is it the big one or the small one?"

"His name is Han Sen. He is a crystallizer…" Exquisite introduced Han Sen and Bao'er to him.

"You selected a crystallizer? That takes a lot of courage," the old man said. He observed Han Sen's body well. He started to say something more, but he suddenly saw a person teleporting in front of him.

"Uncle," the new man said, bowing to the elder.

"Liyu Zhen, what are you doing here?" Han Sen and Exquisite's heart asked the same question."Liyu Zhen, please wait aside for a moment. Allow me to help Exquisite's silkworm conduct the test. Then it will be your turn," the old man said, signaling him to stand aside for a while.

When Liyu Zhen heard the command, he bowed to the old man and said, "Uncle, if things are like that, why don't we conduct our tests together?"

Han Sen and Exquisite, when they heard it, felt a shock. They didn't know what was going on in Liyu Zhen's mind to make such a proposal.

When the old man heard this request, he went silent. Then, he nodded and said, "Why not? We can save some time. Let us do the tests together, then."

Exquisite was unsettled. Usually, ordinary Very High silkworms conducted their tests alone. And people of the Very High never had to undergo these tests at all. She was confused by why Liyu Zhen wanted to take a test, as well.

The old man seemed to understand what Exquisite was wondering. And so he said, "I have to travel soon. Others have recommended that Liyu Zhen protect the star tree in my absence. If he can pass the test, he will be in charge of the star tree temporarily."

Han Sen felt lucky. It was good that they had come now. If they came when Liyu Zhen was guarding the star tree, there was a chance Liyu Zhen would deliberately make the test difficult for him.

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Chapter 2653 Star Beetle

It really had been a coincidence that Liyu Zhen ran into Han Sen at the star tree. He had only just received the order to go there and take the test. He was there to take charge of the star tree in its current master's absence.

Liyu Zhen had received a piece of news that few others knew. Once the star tree's elder left on his journey, he might never come back. If Liyu Zhen took the star tree now, it was likely that the star tree would forever belong to him. That was why Liyu Zhen was so hyped when he arrived there. Watching over the tree temporarily wasn't a very important task, but becoming its permanent care-taker…

But when he found Han Sen already standing before the tree, he thought about how rude Han Sen had been to him at the lake. He was just a silkworm, and even so, he dared to offend the Very High's Second Brother to his face. This was a chance to teach the whelp a lesson, or so Liyu Zhen thought. This wasn't an opportunity that he could allow to pass him by.

"Out in the rest of the universe, you might be some kind of generational prodigy. I can understand why you might believe you have a right to be so arrogant. But amidst the Very High, you are lower than dirt. If you don't know that already, there is a high chance you won't survive your tenure with us. I'm just trying to be nice so that Exquisite won't end up being dragged down with you." Liyu Zhen smirked to himself.

The old man then glanced at the tree around him and said, "If this is the way that we're going to proceed, why don't you two remove the bugs from the star tree?"

"Remove bugs?" Han Sen asked, raising an eyebrow. This massive holy tree needed insect extermination? That was surprising, to say the least.

Because Han Sen had just learned of the tree's existence, he didn't know that part of the tree guardian's job was to remove bugs from it every now and again. Otherwise, the bugs would eat and destroy the three's fruit. That was what Liyu Zhen would have to do if he took over the job, anyway.

If Liyu Zhen hadn't been present, Han Sen's challenge would likely have been something different. However, because of the unique circumstances, the elder had decided that this test would be appropriate for both of them.

"While we are performing this test, you cannot use treasure or any other special powers. You need to use your own strength to remove the bugs. And while you are doing so, you cannot bring any harm to the star tree. If you damage the tree, you will receive no reward. You will, however, be given punishment," the old man said warningly.

"Uncle, what kind of bugs are we removing?" Han Sen asked the old man politely.

"There is only one type of bug that dares come close to the star tree," the old man answered. "It is called a star beetle. You will know them when you see them. I will give you a day. You will pass if you can remove one thousand bugs. Each hundred you remove will account for one star fruit."

Han Sen was delighted to hear this. He had been worried that even if he did his job correctly, the old man wouldn't allow him to collect any star fruit. Now that he had been given terms and conditions, he could rest easy. This was the best way to conduct business.

"We start now. Tomorrow, at this time, you must return here. The bodies of the star beetles can stay on the tree. They will be cleared afterwards," the old man said.

Han Sen and Liyu Zhen bowed to the old man. Then, they both flew to the top of the star tree. Liyu Zhen looked at Han Sen and used Galaxy Teleport. He vanished into the tree while Han Sen had to continue flying up.

The star tree was a goliath. Each star fruit looked more like an asteroid. Han Sen flew as fast as he could, but it still took him an hour to get to the top of the tree.

Liyu Zhen had started killing bugs a long time ago, but the tree was simply too large. Han Sen couldn't see where Liyu Zhen was. So, he had to look for the bugs alone.

Seeing the star tree up close, Han Sen noticed that the star tree's leaves really did look like jade. The giant fruits were crystal-clear.

Because the old man's request was very strict, Han Sen couldn't do any damage at all to the star tree. Therefore, he didn't dare touch the tree. He kept flying around it.

Soon after, Han Sen found a bug lying on a branch of the star tree. It looked as fierce as a dragon, and it was the size of an adult bull. Its armor was sky-blue. The light coming from its shell shimmered and glittered like a tapestry of stars, and its face looked like the face of a stag beetle. It had eight claws, and it had a weird horn that was like a pincer.

It looked much more polished than an actual stag beetle, though. Its body was crystal blue, and it shone. It was hard to imagine it was considered a pest.

The old man had given him the order to remove the bugs without damaging the tree. Han Sen looked at the bug from afar, but he didn't dive right in to kill it. He observed the bug with his Purple-Eye Butterfly first.

Without a doubt, the bug was King class. Judging from its lifeforce and presence, Han Sen was able to predict that it was a third or fourth-tier King. Such a creature wouldn't be difficult for him to deal with.

Han Sen wasn't in a rush to do anything. He looked at the bug and thought to himself, "He said I cannot hurt the star tree. That means I cannot hurt it while I fight. I need to kill this bug in one blow so that it can't damage the tree itself by attempting to fight back."

"It's an empty-type xenogeneic, so its body doesn't have an element. It is a xenogeneic based purely on raw strength. That means its shell must be extremely hard, far harder than those of xenogeneics of a similar level. Taking down a creature like this in one hit will be difficult," Han Sen thought to himself.

After observing the creature for a while, he was unable to discern any potential weak spots. Its entire body was clad in that starry shell. To kill the bug, Han Sen knew he would have to break through that surface.

"If there are no weak spots, then I will just have to break it open with brute force. But using brute force will still have the same risks if I miss. If I don't kill the bug instantly, and it struggles, it will likely harm the bark and the leaves on the star tree," Han Sen thought, continuing to observe the beetle intently.

Liyu Zhen, meanwhile, had reached the tree one hour before Han Sen had. And before he arrived, he already knew a lot of information about the beetles. Liyu Zhen knew their weak spots, and he knew how to kill them effectively.

After finding a beetle, Liyu Zhen started taking it down. Liyu Zhen hadn't practiced the Very High Sense, but the Very High had many geno arts. There were many top-notch geno arts available to learn. Liyu Zhen was a King; one of the best within the Very High, in fact. With many geno arts at his disposal, it wouldn't be difficult for him to kill a King class beetle.

The beetle's shell was extremely hard. Ordinary King class fighters of the same tier would have a hard time breaking through its shell, but Liyu Zhen only needed a few punches to destroy the beetle. He moved with insane speed.Liyu Zhen had found a few dozen beetles to kill before Han Sen had even reached the tree.

Plus, when Han Sen found the beetle, he didn't immediately attack. He stayed where he was, observing them for a while. By the time Liyu Zhen had killed a hundred beetles, Han Sen hadn't even started fighting one.

"Why isn't Daddy doing anything?" Bao'er was holding Exquisite's hand and looking into a mirror while she spoke.

The image in the mirror displayed both Han Sen and Liyu Zhen. Liyu Zhen had already killed one hundred beetles, but Han Sen had yet to do anything.

"He is thinking about how to kill the star beetles," Exquisite said.

"What would he need to think about? Even Daddy's fingers are enough to crush those little bugs," Bao'er said curiously.

Exquisite didn't answer, but the old man said, "He's thinking about how to avoid harming the star tree if he moves to attack the bugs."

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Chapter 2654 An Accurate Kill That Is Like a Surgical Incision

Han Sen spent several long minutes in observation before he finally flew forward to strike that bug. When he was close enough to it, he suddenly disappeared. When he reappeared, he was already above the bug's shell.

"God's Wander?" Exquisite was shocked to see this. She was intimately familiar with the teleporting method he had used. Although he was only teleporting a short distance, the move was still impressive for a beginner. It was strange, though, considering she had only given him God's Wander a short while ago. If Han Sen had become this proficient with it already, he was more than brilliant. His talents really were out-of-this-world.

"Does he really have an eleven armor talent?" Exquisite couldn't help but wonder. Han Sen's body was unique. If the God Spirit Touch's result was genuine, it was nuts.

Han Sen teleported behind the star beetle, but the star beetle didn't react. And then, Han Sen pointed a finger at its brain.

Ding!

There was a small ringing noise, like a steel needle striking bone. It was barely even audible. And right after, Han Sen pulled his finger away. The star beetle didn't struggle at all after the strike. It simply gave a tiny shiver. The beetle grew still again as if nothing had happened, but its lifeforce was waning fast. It didn't take long for its flame to fully extinguish.

The star beetle was in the same position as before. It was lying atop the branch, but if one looked closely, one could see a very small hole in its head that led down to the creature's brain.

"Xenogeneic King hunted: Star Beetle. Xenogeneic gene found."

A hunting announcement rang in Han Sen's head.

"What excellent powers of observation. That was a very strong ability. His body is evolving fairly well. Exquisite, I think you found yourself a decent silkworm," the old man said. He looked at Han Sen with a genuine sense of appreciation for the young man's performance.

Han Sen's attack had been very good. What the elder admired most about the scene was that Han Sen had taken the time to observe the creature before committing to action. He wasn't a reckless man whose body operated faster than his brain.

Recklessness wasn't always a bad thing. If a warrior fought someone of the same tier, the fight was usually a matter of life or death for both combatants. Neither fighter would have the opportunity to spend time deliberating their actions. The body's first response was usually the most useful.

But taking care of those bugs didn't require those instantaneous reactions. Han Sen had no idea what the star beetles were before this day. He had only observed them for a moment before killing one in a single hit. He had managed to sever the star beetle's nervous system. It couldn't even react before it died. So, the damage dealt to the star tree was minimized. That was why the old man really admired Han Sen.

Liyu Zhen had known all about the star beetles before he even began this test, but his methods of attack were still obscenely rough. He wasn't dealing much damage to the star tree, but compared to Han Sen, he was leaving a lot of wreckage in his wake.

Han Sen started to attack more of the star beetles. He teleported and used his Under the Sky knife skills. The knife silks he controlled were as accurate as a surgical blade. His strikes would pierce through the beetles' shells and sever their major nerve pathways. Under such precise attacks, each star beetle died without the chance to fight back.

Star beetles were falling to Han Sen one after another. Han Sen was like a skilled surgeon. Each cut he made had the precision of a razor. He was able to kill a hundred star beetles without missing once. None of the beetles stood a chance of resisting.

The old man was shocked. Exquisite's eyes were glued to the video. Her mind was also connected to Han Sen's mind, and it was as if she was with Han Sen, killing those star beetles right then and there.

That was the benefit of having a silkworm. She could share a bond and feel the same things as her silkworm did, thereby learning and experiencing something that she wasn't familiar with. It was a learning experience for her, too.

As Han Sen went from King class to deified or even further, Exquisite wouldn't level up with him. However, she would feel his evolution process as if it was happening to her. So, when she became deified, she would have all that experience. It was like she was being reborn, and there was no need for her to worry about going along the wrong path.

The King class star beetles were nothing compared to Exquisite; she could kill them with ease. Being as accurate as Han Sen and obliterating a beetle's nerves so that it couldn't even struggle—in addition to the fact he was killing so many star beetles without making a mistake—Exquisite couldn't have done the same.

Exquisite could feel Han Sen's reactions, and that was what shocked her the most.

Han Sen's simple finger attack looked easy. But before he did it, he used a lot of predictive powers. He calculated everything that could happen while he was performing the strike.

Even a straight strike had many potential ramifications depending on its speed and power. If Exquisite hadn't been able to feel what Han Sen was thinking, she never would have guessed that there were so many complicated calculations running through his mind.

"This guy's power is so strong. It is something you rarely see. Even those of us with the Very High Sense aren't capable of insanity like this." Exquisite's emotions were quite conflicted.

The more she studied Han Sen, the more she believed him to be a scary person.

Han Sen no longer looked like he was fighting. It was more like he was finishing work that was supposed to have already been finished. He didn't have to worry about much because everything was under his control.

Sharing Han Sen's mind allowed Exquisite to learn a lot, but it also made her feel even more conflicted with facing Han Sen now.

The Very High were quite full of themselves, and that carried through strongly in how they treated their silkworms. The masters often acted high and mighty. Right now, Exquisite was feeling the complete opposite.

The more she learned about Han Sen, the more she thought Han Sen was scarier than she was.

"Xenogeneic King hunted: Star Beetle. Xenogeneic gene found. Obtained Star Beetle beast soul."

After Han Sen killed a hundred star beetles, he earned a star beetle beast soul. He looked into his Sea of Soul, and he immediately noticed that the star beetle beast soul was an armor-type.That didn't surprise Han Sen. He had guessed that the star beetles would drop armor beast souls as soon as he saw them.

"Armor beast souls aren't bad. When I take control of the Constellation Sea, I can build a human army. At that point, beast souls like this will definitely prove their worth." Han Sen thought about a human army decked out in beast soul armor. It would be a shocking sight.

"It would be great if there was a deified class star beetle beast soul up for grabs," Han Sen thought to himself.

This was merely a random thought, of course. He didn't think he would actually have to fight a deified star beetle because the old man said he wouldn't be allowed to use geno treasures. He didn't have enough power to kill a deified xenogeneic on his own yet.

Han Sen flew around the tree, searching for more star beetles to slay. He eventually heard a buzzing noise in his ear.

The sound seemed to be coming from above. Han Sen raised his head and glanced through the gaps between the leaves. There, he saw a whole bunch of star beetles descending from the sky. They were all coming to the star tree.

The leader of the star beetles had a body that looked like icy jade. It glowed with a blue light, which was a beautiful sight. The scary presence proved its identity, as well. It was a deified star beetle.

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2655 Deified Star Beetle

"This is exactly what I wanted, but this isn't the right time. I can't use beast souls to fight. I would have to use my own power to fight it, but I'm afraid that wouldn't be enough to defeat a deified star beetle." Han Sen was troubled by this most recent development.

Star beetles were very good at physical-reinforcement. Even a primitive deified beetle would have a shell that was considerably harder than most primitive deifieds. Even if Han Sen could make use of his peacock soul robe or his Six Core Snake Bow, punching through that shell would be no small feat. Plus, there was the added fact that he couldn't make use of those tools right now.

"Don't even think about tackling a deified star beetle. You are better off sticking with the King class star beetles to get your star fruit." Han Sen continued looking around for star beetles to slay.

He didn't know where the star beetles had flown in from, but there were indeed many of them. Han Sen had been worried that the tree might not have one thousand star beetles for him to kill, but now it looked like there were at least ten thousand star beetles descending on the tree.

When the star beetle swarm reached the tree, they spread out and landed on its leaves, branches, and fruit. Their sharp teeth began to gnaw on the star tree. And while the star tree was very hard, their teeth were sharp and hard enough to leave marks in the bark. It didn't seem like a big deal now, but if they kept chewing the tree like that every day, it would only be a matter of time before the tree fell.

Han Sen continued killing all that he could. He slew many star beetles, and in three or four hours, he had brought down five hundred of them. He had also earned three beast souls.

"It looks like I should be able to kill two thousand star beetles before the timer is up. That means I will be able to grab twenty star fruits. But the star fruits are so big, how will I even cart them off?" As Han Sen pondered this conundrum, he felt something cold approaching his back. He immediately teleported away.

After he teleported off, the deified star beetle reached his old position. It landed on a branch, and its small blue eyes peered at the newly re-positioned Han Sen.

"Oh no! Why did this guy come here?" Han Sen had deliberately avoided the deified star beetle as he moved on down the tree. He hadn't expected the powerful beetle to come after him and attempt a sneak attack.

Han Sen didn't have much time to think about it. The deified star beetle was attacking him again. Its blue body became lightning that zapped its way forward to reach Han Sen.

Han Sen wasn't fast enough to dodge the beetle's charge with speed alone. He teleported away again. He put some distance between himself and the deified star beetle. He didn't stop there, either. He teleported again to get even farther away from his attacker.

But the deified star beetle wasn't keen on letting Han Sen off the hook. It continued to use its blue light to try to attack him, and Han Sen's teleportation skills weren't taking him far enough away. He couldn't shake off the star beetle. Every time Han Sen appeared out of a fresh teleportation, the star beetle was coming for him like a beam of blue light. Han Sen had no choice but to continue teleporting. He no longer had enough time to continue killing star beetles, as his focus rested on dealing with his new deified foe.

Han Sen couldn't help but frown. Because he was being pursued by the deified star beetle, he was missing out on any chance to kill the average star beetles. If he didn't kill one thousand beetles, he wasn't sure if the old man would allow him to collect star fruit.

"Weird. Why won't this deified star beetle let me go?" Han Sen frowned. This creature seemed very driven to attack him.

"This is so strange. Why does this deified star beetle keep chasing Han Sen?" Exquisite was confused, too. Star beetles weren't very intelligent, and even finding the star tree was a matter of instinct for the creatures. If their intelligence had been higher, they would have fled the moment they saw the old man sitting beneath the tree.

Liyu Zhen laughed to himself. The moment the star beetles descended, he and Han Sen both saw them. After seeing the deified beetle, an idea hatched in his mind.

He didn't have the power to control the star beetle, but he didn't need to control the deified; he just needed to give the creature a target. Han Sen was hunting the star beetles, and wisps of the dead beetles' presence would be clinging to his body. Liyu Zhen merely used a secret trick to enable the deified star beetle to smell the presence of the exterminating Han Sen. It drew the deified fiend to Han Sen exclusively.

"This deified star beetle's appearance has saved me a lot of trouble. I do still need to teach him that lesson, after all. I didn't even have to do this myself." Liyu Zhen stopped focusing on Han Sen, and he returned his focus to killing King class star beetles.

Even if Han Sen was able to escape the attacks of the deified star beetle, he wouldn't have the time to kill the King class star beetles anymore. He wouldn't achieve one thousand star beetle kills, which would keep him from earning any star fruits.

The old man squinted, but his face didn't change. Liyu Zhen's trick had been done in secret, but it hadn't managed to escape his attention. Still, the old man didn't say anything.

He cared very little about a grudge between two boys. He only needed someone who could effectively protect the star tree.

For now, Liyu Zhen's performance hadn't been bad. His abilities were higher than others of the same class. He could scrape by and be labeled guardian of the star tree.

The trick he used on Han Sen had been unfair, but it was also another way of proving his power.

Han Sen knew things couldn't keep going on this way. He didn't have the time to kill other star beetles, so if this continued, he would fail the test.

"It looks like I can't get rid of it. In that case, I will just ignore it." Han Sen's brain was spinning quickly.

Exquisite was worried about Han Sen, but what he did next shocked Exquisite even more.

Still being chased by the deified star beetle, Han Sen evaded the next attack, then headed toward a King class star beetle.

From the perspective of others, it might have looked like a coincidence. It would appear that when Han Sen dodged, he had just happened to encounter a King class star beetle and randomly kill it before teleporting away from the deified star beetle's next attack. It all played out so smoothly. It was like one grand move that happened to look like a coincidence.

But Exquisite could clearly feel what Han Sen was thinking. This wasn't a coincidence. Han Sen was planning every move he made.

In this high-speed chase, Han Sen still had the power to plan all that. Exquisite knew his methods, but if she was in his shoes, she didn't think she could have pulled it off.

The old man, as he watched Han Sen's latest performance, looked stunned.

Under the continued pursuit of the deified star beetle, Han Sen took down another King class star beetle. It was the same as before, and just as precise. The deified star beetle's attacks didn't seem to be hampering him significantly. And he maintained the surgical precision of his attacks. The King class star beetles never had the chance to fight back, either, so they couldn't deal damage to the star tree.

"He is so young, and yet he is still so calm. He hasn't freaked out, and he has continued to do everything he has planned to the best of his abilities. This crystallizer really is a genius. You picked a tremendous silkworm," the old man suddenly said to Exquisite.

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2656 Who Will Take Care of I

As Liyu Zhen was slaying star beetles, he would occasionally hear the roaring of the deified star beetle.

"Not bad. He has been holding on for this long, but why hasn't he tried to escape the star tree?" Liyu Zhen murmured casually to himself. He glanced in Han Sen's direction but didn't go towards him.

The deified star beetle was pursuing Han Sen because Liyu Zhen had enhanced the presence of death around him. Liyu Zhen had killed many star beetles himself, though. The deified star beetle could smell that, too.

Luckily, Liyu Zhen was far away, and he was using a secret skill to suppress the stench of death around him. If he was any closer, there was a chance that the deified star beetle would sense the presence of its fellows' deaths on him, and go after him instead.

So, Liyu Zhen stayed away from Han Sen's part of the tree. He didn't know that his plan to keep Han Sen from killing star beetles actually wasn't working very well.

Han Sen kept evading the deified star beetle's attacks, and all the while, he continued to kill the King class star beetles. He was taking them down faster than Liyu Zhen.

The old man underneath the boughs of the tree stared upwards in astonishment. The deified star beetle had been chasing Han Sen for an obscene amount of time, attacking continuously. But even so, not a single speck of damage had been brought to the tree.

Clearly, it was because Han Sen was kiting the creature quite carefully. Otherwise, any of the deified star beetle's attacks could have hit the star tree and damaged it.

"That is very unique," the old man complimented Han Sen even more.

Although Liyu Zhen was very good, compared to Han Sen, the elder thought he was a bit rough around the edges. It wasn't that Han Sen was stronger, but there was a finesse to his performance that put him far above his opponent.

Han Sen might not have outclassed Liyu Zhen much in terms of power, but the way Han Sen dealt with this problem was outstanding. Liyu Zhen, under the same circumstances, wasn't performing nearly as well.

"Exquisite, can I borrow your silkworm?" The allotted day had almost passed when the old man asked Exquisite a serious question.

"What do you mean, uncle?" Exquisite had an inkling of what the elder meant, but the possibility didn't seem realistic.

"I would like him to spend a year guarding the star tree for me. If I'm not back in a year, you two can take ownership of the tree for me until I return," the old man said with gravity.

Exquisite stared at him. She couldn't believe the old man had come to this decision. Allowing a silkworm to guard a star tree, or even get half-ownership of it, was something that had never before happened among the Very High.

"Uncle, are you sure you want him to take care of the star tree?" Exquisite couldn't believe her ears, and so she had to double-check.

"Yes, I have thought about it a lot. He really is the best choice for this. Are you willing to let him stay here for a year?" the old man answered with certainty.

"If you really have made this decision, then I would like that," Exquisite stuttered, unsure what to make of this strange turn of events.

Han Sen was a silkworm. She should be helping him collect resources, but now Han Sen had been given authority over the star tree, and if the elder didn't come back in a year, Han Sen and Exquisite would be allowed to take control of the star tree completely; half and half. For Exquisite, the star tree represented incredible wealth.

Outer Sky was rich in resources, but it was a very dangerous place. With the rules of the Very High, after she got a silkworm, she had to gather resources on her own. Collecting resources would be very difficult for her.

The star tree was different, though. All you had to do was pick the fruit. The xenogeneics inside weren't as dangerous as the deified xenogeneics to be found out in the wilds, either.

The time limit approached. Due to Han Sen's teleportation distance being too short, he was unable to go straight back to the base of the tree. So, he left the tree an hour early to reach the old man on time.

The deified star beetle stopped chasing Han Sen after he left. It didn't want to leave the star tree.

Liyu Zhen didn't hear the deified star beetle anymore, so he knew Han Sen had finally left.

"What was the point in holding on until now? He let himself get chased around by a deified xenogeneic for most of the day. There's no way he actually finished the elder's test," Liyu Zhen said as he continued killing star beetles. After an hour, when the time was up, he teleported back to the old man.

Because Han Sen was flying back, he reached the elder at the same time as Liyu Zhen.

"Uncle, I killed 2416 King class star beetles. Did I pass the test?" Liyu Zhen bowed before the old man.

The old man nodded and said, "Little Crook taught his student well, it would seem. Although you haven't practiced the Very High Sense, your power is no worse than those that do."

Liyu Zhen was exuberant after hearing this. Being complimented by an elder like that was something to be very happy about, especially for Liyu Zhen.

Plus, the elder sounded very satisfied with his particular performance. Liyu Zhen was certain now that he would be taking over the star tree's guardianship.

"I knew this was supposed to happen. I really was always the best choice. Otherwise, my teacher wouldn't have recommended that I come here and show you what I've got," Liyu Zhen said with a wide, grossly self-satisfied smile.

The old man paused, and then he said, "But… I have already found someone to take care of the star tree. Please convey my thanks to Little Crook for his assistance."

Liyu Zhen had been feeling super cocky moments ago, but upon hearing this, he thought something was wrong with his ears. He must have misheard the old man.

"Uncle, you said you have already found someone to take care of the star tree?" Liyu Zhen hesitated to ask this, but he still did. He knew it was bad form to question an elder, but Liyu Zhen was at a complete loss. If the elder had already selected someone, why would he bother going through the song and dance of this test? It seemed pointless, in retrospect.

The old man nodded. In his old, rough voice, he said, "Indeed. I have found someone who is more suitable to take care of the star tree. I apologize for inconveniencing you, but you may feel free to take ten star fruits with you on the way out. That will be my apology to you, as an elder, for making you come here for nothing."

"You brought me here for nothing?" Liyu Zhen didn't know how to react. What did this have to do with the person he selected?

The old man then pointed at the returning Han Sen and said, "I have decided that he will be the one who is in charge of the star tree."

"What… him…?" Liyu Zhen looked at Han Sen with a gaze of utter disbelief. After everything that had transpired, he couldn't believe that Han Sen was the one being chosen. The elder had selected a silkworm to be the star tree's caretaker.

Han Sen was just as shocked when he heard the old man say this. He hadn't expected to be the one taking care of the star tree, either. This had nothing to do with him, and he had only gone there for the star fruit.

"Elder, did you just make this decision?" Liyu Zhen had been trying to keep a lid on his simmering anger, but he couldn't douse the flames of rage in his heart. So, he had to ask. He didn't understand what part of him was inferior to Han Sen. The elder had chosen a mere silkworm over him to take care of the star tree. And on top of that, Han Sen hadn't even finished the task that the elder had given him.

Liyu Zhen thought Han Sen hadn't slain 1000 King class star beetles. There was no way he had finished the mission.

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2657 Liyu Zhen Does Not Believe I

"Yes." The old man knew what Liyu Zhen was thinking. After a brief pause, he said, "Han Sen did a better job than you. Therefore, he is better suited for looking after the star tree."

"That is impossible! I bet he didn't even kill 1000 King star beetles. How can you claim he did a better job than me?" Liyu Zhen demanded. He simply couldn't believe this.

He knew Han Sen had been chased by a deified star beetle the whole time. There was no way he could still have done a better job than one of the Very High.

"Go take a look. You can find out for yourself." Instead of explaining, the old man gestured absently up at the tree.

Liyu Zhen had received a recommendation for this job. The old man didn't really care about Liyu Zhen's personal feelings, but he still owed the young man an explanation. Otherwise, others would question the choice. Han Sen wouldn't earn the job properly, and people would speak ill of the events of the day.

Instead of going and looking for himself, Liyu Zhen simply turned to Han Sen. "How many King star beetles did you kill?"

"Three thousand six hundred and fourteen," Han Sen answered.

"Impossible! You were being chased by the deified star beetle. Even if you weren't, you couldn't have killed that many star beetles in such a short amount of time." Liyu Zhen's eyes were filled with disbelief.

Because they weren't allowed to harm the star tree when they fought, they couldn't use geno arts that had an area-of-effect. They had to kill the beetles one-by-one with great care. Killing 2000 in a single day was a shocking sum in itself. But Han Sen claimed to have killed 3614. That was the sort of tally reserved for deifieds only. It should have been impossible for him to achieve that.

And Han Sen had to spend additional time traveling. So he had spent less than a day killing the fiends.

Han Sen smiled, but he didn't say anything.

Liyu Zhen's face hardened. He teleported up to visit where Han Sen had been.

Quickly, Liyu Zhen found the star beetles that Han Sen had killed. When he first saw them, he thought they were alive. It didn't look as if any damage had been done to them.

But their lifeforce was all gone. They were dead.

Liyu Zhen frowned. He examined the body of the nearest star beetle and discovered the tiny wound on the star beetle's forehead.

"One hit to kill them by severing their nervous systems. That way the beetles had no time to struggle. That is both a very powerful geno art and a remarkable control of power," Liyu Zhen murmured.

But he didn't believe Han Sen could have killed 3614 star beetles. Geno arts that accurate could only be used in very favorable conditions, and executing a strike like that would be impossible while being chased by a deified star beetle.

Liyu Zhen quickly flew around. He found many star beetles scattered around, all dead. There were many across the branches, many more across the leaves… They had all died of the same precise head wound.

The damage had been inflicted with such accuracy that Liyu Zhen wasn't sure if he could do the same even if he had time to prepare. And if he was getting chased by a deified foe, he definitely couldn't have done it.

After a short time of searching, Liyu Zhen discovered 3000 star beetles. He then decided to stop looking. Han Sen's number was most likely correct, and there was no way Han Sen could lie to the elder about how many he killed.

But now, Liyu Zhen believed Han Sen must have cheated or made use of a powerful weapon. If he hadn't, there was no way he could have slain so many powerful King beetles while also being chased.

He teleported back to the old man. Liyu Zhen bowed to him and said, "Uncle, can I take a look at your video of the event?"

"Sure," the old man said with a shrug.

Liyu Zhen opened the video of the test. One side of the screen played Liyu Zhen's test, whereas the other was a recording of Han Sen. He didn't watch his own video. He focused on Han Sen's. He watched it at eight times the normal speed, examining how Han Sen progressed in his killing of all the beetles.

In the beginning, Liyu Zhen was trying to find evidence of Han Sen cheating. But after watching for a while, Liyu Zhen's face slowly morphed into a mask of shock.

Despite the hot pursuit of the deified star beetle, Han Sen was able to continue hunting the King class star beetles. Every time he killed one, he moved elsewhere. His progress was as fluid as could be, and there was a satisfaction to watching it all unfold.

After watching for a while, Liyu Zhen came to the conclusion that the way Han Sen killed his enemies was weird, but he hadn't cheated. Han Sen had treated the deified star beetle like a doll, as if it was no more than a puppet on strings.

Han Sen lured it left and it went left. He lured it to the right and it went right. It followed him like a puppy dog.

But Liyu Zhen knew the deified star beetle was no puppy. It was a skilled and dangerous fighter. Even if he used a deified treasure, Liyu Zhen didn't think he could easily kill it.

Han Sen hadn't used any treasures, and he was still able to play the deified star beetle like a fiddle. Liyu Zhen was at a loss. The way Han Sen controlled his surroundings was vaguely reminiscent of a deified using the Very High Sense. Even so, it seemed different.

"Have you practiced the Very High Sense?" Liyu Zhen asked Han Sen.

Han Sen shook his head. "I have never practiced the Very High Sense. I used Sky Palace's legendary knife skill Under the Sky."

Exquisite nodded and said, "Yes. He is known for his use of Under the Sky."

Since Exquisite had just confirmed it, Liyu Zhen couldn't doubt it any further. Han Sen was Exquisite's silkworm, so his thoughts couldn't be hidden from her.

Liyu Zhen was so annoyed. He had planned to teach Han Sen a lesson by beating some manners into him. But he hadn't taught Han Sen a lesson, and on top of that, the silkworm had claimed the guardianship of the star tree—a role that had previously been reserved for Liyu Zhen.

Liyu Zhen really regretted it now. He regretted suggesting they do the test together. If he hadn't pushed it, he wouldn't have lost his bid to control the tree.

After seeing the replay of Han Sen's battle, Liyu Zhen didn't say anything more. He bowed to the old man and left. He was far too embarrassed to stay.

They were both ninth-tier Kings. Han Sen had been chased by a deified star beetle, and he had still managed to kill 1000 more King class star beetles than Liyu Zhen. This result crushed Liyu Zhen.

But when Liyu Zhen left, he took Han Sen's video with him. No one knew what he planned to do with it.

"According to the agreement, you can start off with 36 star fruit. Why don't I round it up and give you 40, then?" The old man smiled, and then he went on to say, "From now on, you are in charge of protecting the star tree. You can have 10 star fruits a month as a reward. You can take the ones for this month now. So, for now, you may take 50 star fruits with you."

Han Sen was delighted. It had been a long time since something this good had happened to him. He quickly agreed.

He would only have to watch over the star tree and slay some bugs. That would earn him 10 star fruit a month. It was easy money. And killing the star beetles yielded a form of reward, as well.

Exquisite explained the method for taking the star fruit to him. Han Sen couldn't wait to start. He flew up toward the star fruits that looked like suns.

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Chapter 2658 Star Fruit

The star fruit was like an asteroid, but that was just its outer shell. The core of the fruit wasn't nearly as massive. Inside, all kinds of xenogeneics were bred. Every fruit contained different xenogeneics.

According to legend, the star tree was a shadow of the universe. Star fruit represented the stars of the universe, so each star fruit held xenogeneics that were specific to the star system that the fruit represented. Thus, star fruit from a single tree could produce many different types of xenogeneics.

Of course, that was just a legend. The tree worked a little differently in reality, but the star fruit really did produce different kinds of xenogeneics. And they were at least King class.

"Outer Sky is an amazing place. If this star tree existed within the normal geno universe, it would throw the entire universe into war. No wonder the Very High never ask for anything or fight for resources like the Extreme King. In Outer Sky, even though their race only has a few hundred people, their resources are seemingly infinite."

After Han Sen thought of that, he suddenly realized, "Outer Sky is between the real world and the anti-material world. Is this zone independent? If it is, that means that a few hundred Very High are using a whole dimension's worth of resources. That is pretty awesome. Plus, Outer Sky has that Underworld Lake that connects to the anti-material world. They can get anti-material resources while still remaining connected to the real world. That suggests that the Very High have connections to all three worlds. What could be better than that?"

But this didn't concern Han Sen. Han Sen hadn't been flying for long when Exquisite teleported toward him with Bao'er.

"How long are you going to fly around for? Let me take you there." Exquisite put a hand on Han Sen's shoulder and teleported him to the top of the tree.

Han Sen, eyeing each and every star fruit that was nearby, made his choice of fruit carefully.

Exquisite told him the star fruit didn't really ripen, but the xenogeneics that were growing inside would make the shell turn dark red when they were grown. If someone picked a star fruit before that, the xenogeneics wouldn't be fully grown yet. The creatures within would be low level.

"Let me pick a few and try my luck." Han Sen couldn't tell what xenogeneics the star fruits held. So, he didn't need to choose carefully. He found a nearby star fruit and flew toward it.

The shell of that star fruit was already dark red. It looked like a setting sun, the light of which could still be seen as it slipped beneath the horizon. The star fruit was red like an orb of fire.

Han Sen flew to where the branch connected with the star fruit. Following the instructions that Exquisite had given him, he pressed his hand against it. And then, the giant star fruit fell from the branch.

The star fruit that fell was falling quickly. It didn't have the sense of mass and gravity that Han Sen had expected, though. It was actually very light.

As the star fruit fell, the dark red shell started to melt away. It looked like a giant fireball that was burning furiously, sloughing off layers of itself as it went.

The star fruit didn't release energy like you would expect from a fireball, though. It only took a second, and the shell of the giant star fruit dissolved completely. And there was a xenogeneic curled up inside.

That xenogeneic looked like a flying dragon. Its head was near its tail, and its wings were folded closed. Its body was covered in green scales. Judging from its long body and tail, it had to be at least 40 meters long.

"It looks very powerful. It cannot be a deified xenogeneic, surely," Han Sen pondered, his heart thumping.

Exquisite said the star fruits mostly contained King xenogeneics, and very rarely, they would house a deified. But no matter what xenogeneic it was, it would be low level when it emerged. It would be like a freshly-born, first-tier King, or in rare instances, it would be a primitive deified.

But they progressed like ordinary xenogeneics after that, of course. They could be grown. How much they grew would depend on their talent.

Xenogeneics were woken from a deep slumber as they were freed from the core of the star fruit, so they were easy to kill as they emerged. Alternatively, the person who opened the fruit could allow the xenogeneics to fully awaken. The Very High had a special contract. If the xenogeneic signed the contract, then it would basically become the pet of the person who opened the fruit.

Of course, this process couldn't be completed if the xenogeneic was hostile. If the creature resisted the contract, then it would remain dangerous and uncontrollable. That was why the Very High generally activated contracts when the xenogeneic inside the star fruit was still sleeping. Being asleep kept the creatures from resisting, granting a much higher success rate for the contracts.

"This should be an aran dragon. It is a King class xenogeneic. If it is given enough resources, the aran dragon can be turned into a half-deified creature. It is a good xenogeneic to have," Exquisite said to Han Sen, as she watched the descent of the green dragon.

Han Sen was very disappointed, though. It was a meager King class xenogeneic. For Han Sen, having such a creature would be practically pointless.

Exquisite could sense what Han Sen was thinking, so she said, "It isn't completely useless. Star beetles migrate through space, and they only periodically descend to the star tree. If you guard the star tree yourself, you will have to wait for the beetles to descend before taking them all out by yourself. If you had some helpers, however, they could kill the star beetles before they even reach the star tree. Plus, you might need some help once you begin to travel around Outer Sky. I suggest you sign contracts with most of the xenogeneics that emerge from the star fruit."

Han Sen thought that her suggestions were quite reasonable. The old man who originally guarded the star tree only let the beetles descend on the tree en masse because he needed them for Han Sen and Liyu Zhen's test. If he hadn't, he would have thinned out the star beetles long before they arrived at the tree.

Ordinarily, the star beetles wouldn't even have a chance to touch the star tree. The old man would kill them before they got close. But even if Han Sen set up a defensive net of guardians, beetles would occasionally slip through the net. Han Sen would have to kill those himself.

And of course, the old man had performed the task easily, but he had been much stronger than Han Sen currently was. If a large swarm of star beetles headed for the star tree, he would need some backup.

Han Sen looked at the sleeping aran dragon. He knew it was going to wake up soon. He had to make a decision before then. If it woke up, he would be forced to kill it. It would be harder to force the creature into a contract once it was awake.

Setting aside his hesitation, Han Sen used the method that Exquisite had taught him and initiated a contract with the aran dragon.

When the contract was complete, a weird spell coalesced over the aran dragon. The spell flashed repeatedly, waking the aran dragon up.

The aran dragon spread its wings and unleashed a roar that shook the sky. Then, the beast looked down at Han Sen.

Han Sen curiously sent a thought toward the aran dragon, and the creature responded immediately. With a light flap of its wings, it lowered itself by Han Sen's feet.

Han Sen stepped up onto the aran dragon's back. Feeling good, he said, "Having a mount will be pretty nice. I can use this guy like a transport ship. When I get enough resources from around Outer Sky, he can haul cargo for me."

"I still have another 49 star fruits to select. I hope I can get a few deified xenogeneics!" Han Sen thought to himself. Then he turned and flew toward another star fruit.

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Chapter 2659 Luck Is Broken

Han Sen picked 10 star fruits one after another. Each xenogeneic that emerged was a first-tier King. The only differences between them were their breeds and their potential for development.

Although creatures that came from the star fruits always started at first tier, the lowest King rank, they were still adults. Han Sen could help them develop by providing them with resources, but there was a limit to how much they could evolve. Bringing most of these Kings up to deified would be an impossible task. Half-deified was likely as far as they could go.

He had yet to find a deified xenogeneic, and that alone disappointed Han Sen.

Exquisite comforted him by saying, "Few of the fruit hold deified xenogeneics, so it isn't strange that you haven't found one yet. You still have another 40 chances, too. There is no need to rush this process. If your luck is decent, then one or two of your 50 fruit should hold deified xenogeneics."

What she said was correct, but it still made Han Sen depressed.

"Dad, Bao'er wants to pick some fruit, too," Bao'er said, looking up at Han Sen and tugging at his clothes.

Since Exquisite could feel what Han Sen was thinking, Han Sen was careful to keep his mind blank. He told Bao'er, "Okay. You can help Daddy choose some star fruit, then."

Bao'er was enthused, and she began to look around with wide eyes. Not long after, she pointed at a star fruit in particular and said, "I want that one."

Han Sen picked up Bao'er and went there. He flew to the top of the star fruit, and Bao'er's hand touched the point where the fruit and branch connected. Then, the star fruit fell.

Han Sen watched the star fruit's shell melt away. He knew Bao'er always had good luck with things like this, so he was hoping to take advantage of Bao'er's good luck to amass an army of deified fighters.

The shell began to peel away, revealing the xenogeneic on the inside. Han Sen looked carefully at the strange xenogeneic.

Its body was very small, barely larger than Han Sen's clenched fist. It had really big ears and a tiny, Q-shaped tail. The body was stout and circular. It looked like a fat, little, pink pig.

"What is this xenogeneic?" Han Sen asked, looking at Exquisite. He could sense that the lifeforce of the creature he had just discovered wasn't strong. It was just like the other xenogeneics he had selected. It didn't have the presence that a deified creature would have, either. And presence aside, it certainly didn't look like a powerful warrior.

"I don't know. I can't recognize every xenogeneic in existence," Exquisite said with a shake of her head.

"It looks like Bao'er's luck doesn't always pan out in my favor. I thought she could get me a bunch of deified xenogeneics." Han Sen couldn't help but sigh.

Exquisite rolled her eyes. This man was actually using his daughter for his own gain. She had never seen someone this obscene before. There seemed to be no limits to his shamelessness.

But Bao'er seemed to really love the fat little creature, and she bent over and picked the pig up. She rubbed its fat body because it felt really good to touch.

"Dad! Can I have this little pig as my pet?" Bao'er asked Han Sen while looking at him.

"Of course you can." Upon seeing that the little pig wasn't a deified xenogeneic, Han Sen was fine with giving it to her as a pet. He had enough King class xenogeneics as it was.

Bao'er was so happy to receive the creature, but she didn't sign a contract with it before waking it up.

Exquisite twitched in shock. Bao'er had woken the creature up without signing a contract. Xenogeneics without a contract were as dangerous as any wild xenogeneic.

But after the little pig woke up, it showed no signs of aggression. It lifted its round body and started running around Bao'er joyously. It looked very happy.

Bao'er picked it up, and the little pig didn't resist. It rubbed its face against Bao'er's hand.

"Thank God it isn't an aggressive xenogeneic." Exquisite felt relieved.

"Bao'er, continue," Han Sen said to Bao'er.

Bao'er nodded. She let the little pig go and then flew to another star fruit. The little pig took off after Bao'er, its bum wiggling.

Bao'er swiftly decided on another fruit. The flesh of the falling fruit sloughed away, and when the slumbering xenogeneic inside was revealed, Han Sen and Exquisite were given a fright.

It was another little pig. It looked exactly the same as the first one that Bao'er had chosen, and it was the size of a man's fist. It was chubby, too. The two little pigs now looked like twins.

"Weird. Two different star fruits shouldn't yield the same xenogeneic twice in a row. Yet these two appear to be of the same race. Why has she found two little pigs that are identical?" Exquisite looked at the pigs in confusion.

Han Sen looked at the two pigs, and he realized there was a difference between them.

When he looked closely, he realized there was a white symbol on the forehead of each pig. Since the symbols were almost the same color as the pigs, the symbols were difficult to see unless you were very close to the pigs.

The forehead spell that was on each pig was different, however. Han Sen had no clue what they meant.

Han Sen looked at Exquisite. Exquisite shook her head. "I don't know what this means, either. There are too many different kinds of xenogeneics. Perhaps this is one of the rare breeds. But judging from their presence, they should only be King class. And they aren't aggressive."

"Why is Bao'er's luck broken today?" Han Sen thought glumly. She had just discovered a pair of little pigs, and they wouldn't even attack. They seemed useless. They wouldn't even be useful as slaves.

Bao'er took the two little pigs with her to open up more fruit, and what happened next made Han Sen and Exquisite freeze in place. She found another little pig.

Before Han Sen could say anything, Bao'er started jumping around the star tree. She kicked down many star fruits. More than a dozen of them were falling through the air before Han Sen could open his mouth to protest.

Exquisite quickly teleported over to Bao'er to pick her up.

The star fruits fell, burning like dying suns. They quickly dissolved and revealed the xenogeneics inside.

Han Sen and Exquisite's eyeballs almost popped out of their skulls. Inside those star fruits were more of the little pigs.

The small pigs woke up fast. They opened their eyes as soon as their shells melted away. In moments, they were all merrily running around the first two pigs. They trotted next to Bao'er, and they looked very happy.

"What is this?" Even Exquisite's face was wrought with confusion.

It was a single breed of xenogeneic, yet there were so many of them. The star tree had never done anything like this before.

Han Sen and Exquisite looked over the pigs, and aside from the spells on their foreheads, everything about them was the same.

"Bao'er, you have collected so many pigs. You should let me open the rest," Han Sen said with a strained smile. He'd been hoping Bao'er would get him a few deified xenogeneics, but it didn't look like that was happening anytime soon. And at this point, Bao'er could start her own pig farm.

There were sixteen little pink pigs running around. They all lined up around Bao'er.

Bao'er didn't comment on what had happened, but she seemed very pleased with her choice of fruits. She didn't show any desire to pick more of them.

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2660 Physiognomy

"I guess I'm on my own." Han Sen looked around. He saw a star fruit that looked fairly pretty, and so he flew up to it.

"This fruit is very puffed and full. It does seem very rich. It is obviously a sign of happiness. It must surely have generated a deified xenogeneic." Those who studied physiognomy believed they could judge the personality of a person merely by studying that person's facial features. Han Sen attempted to apply the same principle to the fruit, running his hands over its surface.

"Ha! Are you trying to read the fruit's physiognomy?" Exquisite couldn't help but laugh. The Very High had physiognomy skills, as well. But they had never thought about trying something like that on a star fruit, of all things.

"Humans have faces. Fruits have faces, too. If humans can receive physiognomies, then why can't fruit have a physiognomy?" Han Sen replied in a dignified manner.

He actually didn't understand physiognomy; he had merely seen a reference to it in the texts of the Xuan Men. Han Sen had barely glanced over the topic. He couldn't even be called a beginner. He couldn't actually read the face of a human, let alone of a fruit.

Right now, he just needed something to reassure him that he wasn't making another blind choice. He desperately hoped to receive a deified xenogeneic.

But God didn't give people what they wanted very often, and Han Sen had thus far only been able to receive King class xenogeneics. He had selected many fruits, but they all turned out to be Kings. He could only use them for grunt work. So, overall, they wouldn't be very useful.

After choosing more fruit, Han Sen realized he only had two left. Upset by his disappointing results, he grabbed the two nearest to him and slammed them down.

Bao'er was useless now. Han Sen could only depend on his own luck, and that wasn't working out well for him.

The two fruits dissolved quickly, revealing the xenogeneics inside them.

One of them was a wolf. Han Sen immediately recognized that its presence was King class, but the other one made him quite happy for a change.

It was a rock giant. It was in a sitting position, holding its knees. It was ten meters tall, and its body was entirely composed of black rock. It seemed to radiate strength. It looked like a little mountain, in many ways.

"A deified xenogeneic, can you believe it? Finally, I have received a deified xenogeneic." Feeling the mammoth presence of the rock giant, Han Sen was thrilled.

Exquisite felt relieved. One deified xenogeneic out of 50 fruits was an ordinary shake of luck. While the rock giant was still sleeping, Han Sen quickly signed a contract with it. Outer Sky was full of deified creatures, and having a deified fighter by his side would make life much easier for Han Sen.

Especially if he wanted to kill star beetles in the future, having a deified xenogeneic to help would save him a lot of trouble.

Han Sen brought his group of xenogeneics over to the old man. The old man didn't say much. When his gaze passed over the little pigs around Bao'er, he seemed surprised.

"Uncle, I wonder what these little pigs are. Why did xenogeneics that are so similar come out of so many fruit?" Exquisite asked.

"The star tree is a true god plant," the old man said simply. "It possesses the energy of the universe. It isn't something that I fully understand. It has its reasons for existing, however."

After that, the old man brought out another item to present to Han Sen.

"This is my token. You need to use it when you clear out beetles in the future. Every ten days, come back and take care of the star tree. Whenever a swarm of bugs arrives, you must make sure that you clear out each and every one. None of them can be allowed to live."

Han Sen bowed and accepted the item. It was a small stick. It was aqua colored, and it looked like it was made from jade.

The item had a very strong presence. It looked like a deified treasure.

Han Sen hadn't expected to receive a powerful item out of this deal, but he quickly took the jade stick and bowed before the old man. "Do not worry, uncle. I will do my best to take care of the star tree until you return."

"You may leave now. Come back again in 10 days," the old man said dismissively.

Bao'er and Exquisite joined Han Sen as he turned to depart, but Exquisite was unable to teleport so many creatures with her. Even if she had used her small ship, there wouldn't have been enough room for all of those xenogeneics.

So, for now, Han Sen left the creatures there. He would be returning to the tree in 10 days, anyway.

Bao'er's small pigs were only a fist-size, so transporting them wasn't difficult. Han Sen pulled out a bag and stuffed all of the pigs inside it. He carried them to the small ship.

"You should let them out. They won't take up much space, anyway," Exquisite said. She could see the pigs writhing around in the bag in an obvious state of discomfort.

Han Sen realized that she was right. He released the little pigs and allowed them all to happily run toward Bao'er, who was standing in the front of the ship. Altogether, they watched the majestic scenery go by.

"Do you want to go back to Underworld Lake, or would you rather hunt some xenogeneics?" Exquisite asked Han Sen as both of them rested in the back of the ship.

"Let's go back to Underworld Lake. I think it will be safer if I practice more with God's Wander before I begin hunting xenogeneics," Han Sen said.

"Sure." Exquisite nodded and delivered Han Sen to Underworld Lake.

Unless someone had space teleportation, they would have to use a ship like Exquisite's to travel around Outer Sky. The ship had a special power buff that deterred the creatures in Outer Sky from attempting to break it. Not even deified elites could travel through Outer Sky on foot without trouble. And Han Sen wasn't even deified yet.

So, Han Sen wanted to practice space teleportation so he could travel around Outer Sky with greater ease. He didn't plan on hunting down xenogeneics yet.

And of course, Han Sen also wanted to fish-up the rest of the yellow papers he had been in the process of collecting. That was the main reason he had asked her to take him to Underworld Lake rather than the wooden house.

Exquisite could feel what Han Sen was thinking, and it made her blush. She thought Han Sen wanted to see more of the pictures on the yellow papers. She didn't know the yellow papers actually seemed to represent some sort of geno art.

They soon arrived back on the shores of Underworld Lake, but this time, Exquisite didn't leave. Instead, she remained to fish alongside him. That was quite frustrating.

With Exquisite there, he had to control his thoughts. And that was no easy task. Even Han Sen struggled to keep his thoughts in check.

Han Sen enjoyed practicing his geno arts, and Exquisite got to experience everything that he learned as well. Although Exquisite had already learned God's Wander, watching Han Sen practice allowed her to learn some new things at times.

But Exquisite was caught off guard by Han Sen's fishing success. Before she pulled out a single thing, Han Sen had already managed to reel in a few items.

But Han Sen only seemed to be retrieving those yellow papers. Whenever Han Sen looked at them, she could feel it. And every time he did, her face blushed.

Bao'er was now close friends with the small pigs, and she played with them nearby as Han Sen and Exquisite fished. The pigs kept Bao'er occupied; otherwise, she would have been bored out of her mind. The little pigs continued to look passive, and they didn't exhibit an ounce of aggression. While they made for nice pets, they were useless. Han Sen felt a little disheartened every time he looked at them.

After a few days, Han Sen couldn't stand being watched by Exquisite anymore. So, he told her that he wanted to go to the core area.

But Exquisite told him that Outer Sky was between the real world and the anti-material world. Due to the presence of space barriers, he couldn't enter the core area.

Han Sen tried it anyway, and he really couldn't enter the core hall's door anymore.

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2661 Taking Care of the Star Tree

In a garden on a mountain in Outer Sky, Liyu Zhen met with another Very High man. They began watching the video that Liyu Zhen had taken, which showed Han Sen slaying the star beetles.

"Li Xue Cheng, what do you think after watching this?" Liyu Zhen asked, staring at the man in green clothing.

"He is very strong. He might even be stronger than a Very High of the same level. Who is he?" Li Xue Cheng asked, not taking his eyes off the video of Han Sen.

"He is the silkworm Exquisite selected. His name is Han Sen, and he is a crystallizer," Liyu Zhen answered.

"I think Exquisite is very lucky to have gotten a silkworm like this," Li Xue Cheng said with a nod.

Liyu Zhen smiled and said, "What does it have to do with us if she had good luck? To be straight with you, she is a very precious person amongst the Very High. We, on the other hand, are just breeding machines."

Seeing Li Xue Cheng frown, Liyu Zhen said, "After seeing this video, do you not have any opinions to share on it?"

"What do you mean?" Li Xue Cheng frowned again.

"When Li Keer gets her silkworm, the fights between silkworms will start. There are thirteen silkworms in total. So, which of them do you think is going to win?" Liyu Zhen asked.

"From what I can see here, Han Sen seems pretty good. But he is just a King class with nine tiers. Most of the silkworms are half-deified. One of them was even born deified. Judging from the power I have witnessed, I think the born-deified is the most likely to win," Li Xue Cheng quietly said.

"Your reasoning is sound, but I have analyzed Han Sen and the other silkworms. Han Sen is amazingly strong, and he has many treasures. He even possesses the true god weapon Shield of the Medusa's Gaze. I think he has a high chance of winning." After Liyu Zhen was embarrassed in the star tree contest, he had taken the time to investigate and learn more about Han Sen. He now knew more about Han Sen than most of the Very High did.

Outer Sky had many resources, so the Very High never lacked anything. They only ventured out into the rest of the universe to find silkworms and people with peculiar talents.

So, the Very High paid little attention to most of the races in the universe, and Han Sen was just a King. Even an ordinary deified wouldn't garner much attention from the Very High.

Liyu Zhen passed the information he had collected on Han Sen over to Li Xue Cheng. The file included a video of Han Sen using the Shield of the Medusa's Gaze to turn Meng Lie into a statue.

"This actually happened?" Li Xue Cheng was shocked. He went quiet, and then he said, "If this video is real, he does stand a chance of winning the battle between silkworms. It is just a chance, mind you. His victory definitely isn't guaranteed. After all, using the power of a treasure doesn't make you as good as a real deified. There is still a big difference in level. But if he can use a weapon like the Shield of the Medusa's Gaze, he might actually win."

"What if this silkworm fight bars the use of treasures?" Liyu Zhen suddenly laughed.

"With his power, of course, he cannot challenge a genuine deified. The video demonstrated clearly that he couldn't kill the deified star beetle no matter how strong he was. His power is no match for a deified yet. His skill will matter little in the face of such absolute power." Li Xue Cheng paused and said, "But the fight between silkworms doesn't prohibit the use of treasures."

"It didn't in the past, but this time will be different. I have a reliable source with sway in this matter. This time, the silkworm fights will ban the use of treasures," Liyu Zhen said with confidence.

"Did your family member…" Li Xue Cheng seemed to have guessed something unsavory about Liyu Zhen. But before he finished speaking, he thought better of it and closed his mouth.

Liyu Zhen smiled. "You just need to know that this silkworm fight won't allow the use of treasures. That is all. Right now, there are only four people who know about this. And you and I cannot tell anyone. The other two won't tell, either."

"But what does this have to do with us?" Li Xue Cheng still didn't understand what the other man meant.

"Did you forget?" Liyu Zhen asked coldly. "Silkworm fights are normally so boring, but this one will be rather interesting. If you send out information about Han Sen, do you think others will be like us and believe Han Sen will win the silkworm bouts?"

"That might be possible… After all, the born deified silkworm is just primitive. He is actually weaker than Meng Lie. With his treasures, Han Sen would probably win," Li Xue Cheng quietly said. As he spoke, his eyes brightened. He finally understood what Liyu Zhen had been implying all along.

"You want everyone to gamble and place their bets on Han Sen, so you can take their money?" Li Xue Cheng's eyes flashed with interest.

"Yes. And after everyone loses because of their faith in Han Sen, do you think they will be nice to him?" Liyu Zhen laughed.

"You are so evil. You'll be ripping off many people with resources, people that Han Sen might have to visit. If they don't like him, it might be hard for him to earn resources," Li Xue Cheng said, understanding.

"I, Liyu Zhen, won't allow something stolen from me to remain stolen." Liyu Zhen chuckled darkly. Then he said to Li Xue Cheng, "They will soon announce that this silkworm fight will ban the use of treasures, so you better move quickly. We need people to place their wagers before the news circulates."

"This seems like quite the opportunity. Why don't you do this yourself? Why did you have to bring me into this?" Li Xue Cheng asked, somewhat befuddled.

"I have a background with him," Liyu Zhen said, shaking his head. "If I bet that Han Sen will lose, people will grow suspicious. You don't know him, however. We can share this business half and half."

"You are right. With your relationship to Han Sen, if you bet that he will lose, they will know that there must be something going on behind the scenes." Li Xue Cheng laughed and said, "Sure. Then it's settled."

Information about Han Sen soon spread across the Very High. The Very High became interested in him, aside from those that studied Very High Sense, of course. They simply didn't say anything. Most of the Very High believed Han Sen had a chance of winning the silkworm fight, as a result.

Li Xue Cheng was able to use this opportunity to make lots of wagers with the Very High.

The results were just as Liyu Zhen had predicted, as well. Soon after the last of the bets came in, the Very High leader announced that the silkworms wouldn't be allowed to treasures in the bouts. Many of the Very High thought Li Xue Cheng had scammed them, and they hated Han Sen, too.

Things would be fine if Han Sen won the silkworm fight, but if he didn't win, many of the Very High would lose their money because of him. Even though Han Sen was completely innocent in this scheme, he was affected.

Han Sen didn't know that any of this had happened. He continued fishing in Underworld Lake, and after ten days, he returned to the star tree.

The old man under the tree was gone. Han Sen took over the guardianship of the tree. He spent some time searching through the tree's branches, but he found no more pesky star beetles occupying the tree. It seemed as if the old man had cleared them before he left.

"The star beetle swarms come every two to three months. You don't have to stay here all the time. Only come when the bugs arrive. Then, you just have to kill them," Exquisite said to Han Sen.

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2662 The Geno Art in Reverse

Because Li Keer had yet to select her silkworm, the silkworm battles were still being postponed. That went on long enough for the star tree to experience another bug invasion. It hadn't been very long since the beetles had last been cleared, though, so Han knew that there wouldn't be many of them in the swarm. He left the rock giant and the other King xenogeneics near the star tree to safeguard it. Once he was assured of the tree's safety, he went back to Underworld Lake to practice and fish to his heart's content.

"Huh? Why am I not getting any more yellow sheets of paper?" A month later, when Han Sen was reeling in his next catch, he noticed that he had brought up a broken shield instead of the usual piece of parchment.

That shield was old and broken. It was caked in rust. Han Sen gripped it with his hand, and even a tiny portion of his strength was enough to crush it.

"What the hell? How did I fish up this piece of crap?" Han Sen thought, both disappointed and insulted. But then he thought to himself, "If I'm no longer pulling up sheets of paper, does that mean I have finished collecting the last of them?"

Since Exquisite wasn't around, Han Sen brought out all of his yellow sheets of paper. He lined them up according to their numbers and placed them within the cover. It really was a complete book now.

"Three hundred and sixty-five pages. That is a magically-significant number." Starting from the first page, Han Sen read the contents again.

Usually, Exquisite was there. Whenever she was present, Han Sen didn't dare to think or practice. He only practiced God's Wander and Very Real Body in front of her; both of those were the geno arts Exquisite had given to him herself. Having only those two techniques to practice had gotten quite boring, but now that he was looking at the Xuan Yellow Sutra, his interest and vibrancy were coming back to life. This book fascinated him.

Even though the Xuan Yellow Sutra had no text and there were just pictures, after Han Sen observed it in-depth, he started to feel a chill.

The entire situation was weird. How could a paper that was fished up from Underworld Lake contain pictures of the human body?

Han Sen considered the possibility that the pictures weren't depicting humans, but a race that simply had similar features to humans. But after a thorough investigation of the red and blue lines that crisscrossed the figures in the pictures, goosebumps began to flare up across Han Sen's body.

The lines in the pictures were like the Blood-Pulse Sutra. No. This geno art wasn't similar; it was the opposite. It was like the Blood-Pulse Sutra, but in reverse.

Han Sen didn't know what would happen if one was to practice the Blood-Pulse Sutra in reverse, but that was what the Xuan Yellow Sutra appeared to be.

"Is someone trying to use this Xuan Yellow Sutra to trick me?" Han Sen frowned. He had no idea what to make of this situation.

He had fished up a human geno art from the Underworld Lake. And rather than being some random skill, it was a reversed version of the geno art Blood-Pulse Sutra. It was all so very weird.

But it didn't make sense that this was being orchestrated by someone who was trying to mess with him. Underworld Lake connected with the anti-material world. No one was able to actually go there. And even if someone had gone down there, no one should have known Han Sen could practice the Blood-Pulse Sutra and given him the same geno art in reverse.

Han Sen looked at the Xuan Yellow Sutra with a complex expression. He didn't dare practice it. He didn't even want to think about it.

He actually wouldn't have to practice it. If he ever wished to use it, he just had to cast the Blood-Pulse Sutra in reverse.

But Han Sen had no idea what would happen if he tried that. The pages of the Xuan Yellow Sutra didn't suggest what would happen, either. He couldn't guess what the ramifications of running the geno art in that manner would be.

"What is going on?" Han Sen wanted to find someone from Blood Legion to ask, but he was in Outer Sky. He was now disconnected from the outer world. He couldn't simply call up a Blood Legion member now.

Han Sen put away the Xuan Yellow Sutra. He didn't dare look at it anymore. If he was still interested in it in the future, he could cast the Blood-Pulse Sutra backward. God only knew what might happen if he did that, though.

"It would be great if Mr. White was here. With his knowledge of the universe, he should be able to help me analyze what this Xuan Yellow Sutra is all about."

Han Sen wished he had spent more time studying. Now, he really regretted that he hadn't taken the time to study the Xuan Men knowledge. If he had, he might have been able to tell what exactly was going on here.

While he was thinking furiously about what to do, the small jade figure's triangle symbol lit up again. Han Sen quieted his mind and forced himself into thinking about the Very Real Body.

Not long after, Exquisite teleported nearby. She wasn't alone, however; she had brought Li Keer along with her.

Han Sen hadn't seen Li Keer since they parted ways in the core area. She looked a bit sad, now. She clearly wasn't as happy as she had been at the beginning of the year.

Exquisite introduced Li Keer to Han Sen. Li Keer remembered Han Sen, but she had no idea he was her coveted Dollar.

"Han Sen, there is something I would like you to help me with." After Exquisite introduced them to each other, she spared no time in making a request.

"What can I do to help you on this fine day?" Han Sen asked, raising an eyebrow in surprise. He was an outsider in Outer Sky, so there wasn't much he would be able to do. This must be a very unique request if Exquisite had come to ask for his help in particular.

"There have been difficulties in Li Keer's search for a silkworm. She has been unable to find a suitable one, and therefore, she still needs one," Exquisite said.

Li Keer shook her head. Continuing to look down in the dumps, she said, "Third Sister, you don't have to beat around the bush so much. The silkworm I selected rejected me, and he will never want to see me again. Therefore, I have to choose a new silkworm."

Han Sen carefully avoided thinking about that. He was afraid that Exquisite would notice his thoughts and dredge up a disconcerting truth or two.

He knew Li Keer was talking about Dollar, but she had accused him wrongly. He hadn't been absent from the core area because he was avoiding her. In fact, he hadn't been making any effort to hide from Li Keer. He had simply been trapped inside Outer Sky, where going to the core area wasn't an option.

"What can I help you with, then?" Han Sen asked, looking at Exquisite. He didn't know what Exquisite wanted from him. He had already agreed to be Exquisite's silkworm, so he didn't know what he could do to help Li Keer.

"The time limit is almost up, and my little sister won't be able to find a good silkworm before the deadline. Therefore, I'm asking you to help. If you can convince Lone Bamboo to become my little sister's silkworm, we would really appreciate it," Exquisite said.

"I really can't do that. If Lone Bamboo was willing to come, he wouldn't have chosen to go to prison rather than become a silkworm. Nothing that anyone says to him will change that. He is his own man," Han Sen said, raising his hands helplessly.

"You're saying that even with the friendship between you two, he won't listen to you? I thought he was willing to go in your stead," Exquisite said while staring at Han Sen.

"I'm sorry, but I really cannot help you with this." Han Sen shook his head. He knew how tenuous his situation was.

Despite having the small jade figure, he still had to remain vigilant at all times. It was harder than being a thief inside a police station. If he wasn't careful, Exquisite would do a deep dive into his mind.

He was already in such dire straits, but he didn't want Bamboo to suffer the same fate.

"If you cannot convince Lone Bamboo, then there is only one other way in which you can help us." Exquisite giggled to Han Sen while she spoke.

"What is it?" Han Sen asked, feeling a little dread settle upon him.

"It's exactly what you're thinking. Please be my little sister's silkworm, too," Exquisite said, speaking Han Sen's worry into reality.

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Chapter 2663 Twice the Benefits

"How would that work, exactly?" Han Sen looked at Exquisite in shock.

"What's strange about it? Since you're already being watched by one person, being watched by another is practically the same. You just need to share your experiences with one more person. It won't be detrimental to you in any way, and you can double the benefits you receive. You will receive the same amount of resources from me and my little sister. Effectively, you'll be receiving double what others receive. Wouldn't that be wonderful?" Exquisite said to Han Sen with a beaming smile.

"I suppose you're correct, but I still think there might be a problem with this plan," Han Sen quietly said.

"What could go wrong? Aren't you happy about being able to receive twice the resources?" Exquisite thought about it a bit, and then said, "If you become Li Keer's silkworm, you can even receive more star fruit."

"But the elder is no longer here. I thought the star tree would stop giving out fruit," Han Sen said.

"I'm just giving you an example. There are many more resources like the star tree on the path ahead, and you will be receiving a double portion," Exquisite said. Then, she clapped a hand on Han Sen's shoulder and teleported away. They went straight to the altar where Han Sen had signed his contract with Exquisite.

Han Sen signed another contract to become Li Keer's silkworm.

Because Exquisite was there, though, Han Sen kept his mind carefully blank. He waited until he was alone, out of Exquisite and Li Keer's range of connection, before thinking things over some more. He was in a bad situation.

"I wonder if the small jade figure can absorb two marks. If it can't, I'm going to be exposed." Han Sen quickly brought out the small jade figure as he mulled over his situation. He moved to transfer Li Keer's branding onto the small jade figure.

Fortunately, Han Sen's biggest worries didn't come to fruition. The mark was successfully applied to the small jade figure.

"Since the jade figure managed to absorb the additional mark, this situation is a good thing, I suppose. It makes little difference if I'm watched by one person or two. And if it means I can earn double the resources, where is the harm in that? I guess this is a lucky turn of events?" Han Sen still couldn't convince himself that this was a good thing, though. He felt as if there was something dangerous about the situation, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was exactly.

"Exquisite has been talking a lot about these rewards that I'll be earning. I wonder what they are? I hope I can get my hands on some deified xenogeneic genes," Han Sen thought to himself.

In the meantime, Exquisite and Li Keer were standing in a hall, signing Han Sen up for the silkworm bouts. That was the rewards Exquisite had been talking about.

The silkworm fights provided many resources to the victor, but the silkworm had to earn them. The higher rank they were, the more resources they would receive.

There were 13 Very High students and 12 silkworms. If someone ended up outside the top 10, their rewards would be practically nothing.

Ranks five to ten weren't much better. Their rewards were fairly small, but things got much better for those in the top five. Going up sequentially, each rank gave double what the last received.

The prizes had been structured in that way to inspire the silkworms to work their hardest in battle. The Very High wanted them to bring out everything they had.

It was important for the young Very High to feel the life and death fights of their silkworms. They needed to feel every ounce of emotion such battles could draw out. And they could do it all from the comfort of their seats. They could experience the dire straits of mortal combat without ever putting themselves in danger. Only the Very High had a system that allowed their students to do such a thing.

The Very High were surprised to find out that Exquisite and Li Keer were sharing the same silkworm. It had happened before in the history of the Very High, but it was a very rare occurrence.

The Very High that practiced the Very High Sense didn't comment on the arrangement, but the Very High like Liyu Zhen were less reserved with their opinions.

"Li Keer and Exquisite are using the same silkworm. That Han Sen is quite lucky. He has benefitted from our people yet again," Liyu Zhen said coldly.

Li Xue Cheng laughed and said, "Being the silkworm of two Very High masters won't be good for him, all things considered. Although he can earn double the resources, his responsibilities will also be doubled."

After pausing, Li Xue Cheng went on to say, "Plus, once he causes many of the Very High to lose their wagers in the silkworm fights, it will be very difficult for him to gain resources anyway."

"You collected the bets?" Liyu Zhen laughed.

"I collected them all before it was announced that silkworms wouldn't be able to use treasures in the battle. I won't let the gamblers bail now." Li Xue Cheng's eyes sparkled. "Han Sen just needs to not get first place in the silkworm fights. Then, we will be rich. The resources we gain will be enough to make us deified. They will take us to larva class, at least. And some of the treasures are so rare that we couldn't have bought them with all the resources in the world. But if we lose, there is no way we can pay it all back."

"How could we lose?" Liyu Zhen said with a laugh. "Every single silkworm is at least half-deified. They are half a level higher than Han Sen. And if push comes to shove, the born-deified will be mopping the floor with him. No matter how strong Han Sen is, he will never get any further than number two."

"You are right. No matter how strong a ninth-tier King is, they cannot beat a deified. Plus, that born-deified is very talented. He isn't much weaker than the Very High students themselves. He is very good when compared to our members at the same level. Beating a mere King will be a trivial task for him," Li Xue Cheng said with assurance. He was confident he was going to win this bet.When Exquisite and Li Keer finally explained the "rewards" that they'd been promising, Han Sen shook his head. "This is the 'good stuff' you've been talking about? I will have to fight for my life in there. And I can only join as a single person. Why would there be double benefits for me?"

"You will have both of us to support you. Isn't that twice the benefits?" Exquisite said flatly.

Han Sen and Li Keer looked at Exquisite, gobsmacked. Han Sen didn't know if Exquisite was just fooling around, but Li Keer was especially surprised by seeing how Exquisite was behaving. It was hard to believe this was the same Exquisite she had grown up with.

"Why are you looking at me like that? If you have the time, read the files I've sent you about your opponents. And remember, the higher the rank you achieve, the more resources you receive. If you can reach second place, you will get a deified treasure amongst many other resources," Exquisite said calmly.

"What about becoming number one?" Han Sen kept looking at the information he was giving while he asked.

"There is a born-deified participating in this fight. He will probably secure first place. You just need to try your best to be second," Exquisite said with a small shrug.

"A born deified is joining? And I can't use treasures? I suppose I will have to settle for second, then," Han Sen said with a nod. If he couldn't use his peacock king soul robe and the Six Core Snake Bow, he didn't think he could beat a deified elite. Not even a primitive one, which was the lowest tier of deified.

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Li Keer and Exquisite departed Underworld Lake. Li Keer turned and looked at Exquisite with confusion.

"You aren't going to tell him about all the bets that have been placed on his performance?"

"What is the point in him knowing that? Are we going to make him fight for his life against a born-deified? I don't want to have to find another silkworm," Exquisite said.

"You're right," Li Keer said, tilting her head in acknowledgment. "It is impossible for a King to beat a born-deified. Plus, that deified has no lack of talent himself. He's as good as a student of the Very High. It won't be easy for anyone to win against him, and Han Sen is just a ninth-tier King."

Li Keer sighed and continued, "The people who have placed big bets on Han Sen—who believed he would earn first place—are going to lose the items they have wagered. They won't be able to do anything against Li Xue Cheng. They'll definitely take out their anger on Han Sen, even if they don't hold him personally responsible. Wherever he goes, I'm sure trouble will follow close behind."

"That is something that cannot be avoided. We just have to find a way to sort this out, or at least mitigate the fallout," Exquisite glumly said.

Han Sen spent some time reviewing the information he had been given. There descriptions and short bios of the twelve silkworms he would be squaring off against. The information was comprehensive, and whoever had been responsible for compiling it had done an excellent job. It was like a bona fide restaurant menu.

There was an image of every silkworm in the documents he received, too. Han Sen saw the born-deified fellow on the first page.

Shale: Lionheart Mutant

Level: Primitive Deified

Sex: Male

Primary Geno Arts: Lion Killer

Hobbies and Interests: Dessert

The content of the documents was very detailed, but most of the information was also pointless for Han Sen's purposes. He didn't need to know the hobbies of his competition. He didn't need to know what color of armor they wore or the things they liked to do for fun. There was no mention of their powers. All he learned was that the deified had a geno art called Lion Killer.

"So far, reading this is no help at all." Han Sen shook his head.

Han Sen kept on reading, and he noticed that every profile was the same. When he flipped over to the fourth contestant, he saw the description of Yu Shanxin. Again, the introduction was the same. It only described his looks and the fact that he was skilled in the Extreme Evil Path. That was about it.

Han Sen kept flipping through the profiles, page by page. He memorized the faces of the silkworms, their names, and their races. The other information was useless for him to remember.

Han Sen flipped through the character information and reached the last page. There, he saw his own profile.

Han Sen: Crystallizer (serving Sky Palace)

Level: Ninth-tier King

Sex: Male

Primary Geno Arts: The Story of Genes, Teeth Knife, Under the Sky knife skills…

Owned treasures: Charming God's Jian, the Shield of the Medusa's Gaze, unknown feather clothes, unknown bow…

"Wait, what is this?" Han Sen was frozen. The information he had on the other silkworms was practically useless. But the profile on him was surprisingly detailed. It said everything quite clearly, and explicitly mentioned the treasures he wielded. It even separated each one to describe each geno art and treasure in a grossly detailed fashion. It was all so very elaborate.

"Who created this d*mn folder? Why has the writer only gone and exposed my powers?" Han Sen felt as if he wanted to kill someone. He didn't know anything about his enemies, but the enemies knew everything about him. This was bullcrap.

At the end of the information, there was a summary. "The genius that can suppress thousands of races that composed the fabric of the wonderful universe we live in. The one that stands out the most can become the greatest silkworm. Aside from Shale, who we know can fight, the other has yet to be decided. He is the most popular winner in the silkworm bouts."

"You motherf*cker." After reading the summary, Han Sen felt fairly sure that he had been set up.

Han Sen flipped through the book a few more times. He finally saw the last sentence at the back of the book, too, then. It said, "Editor: Li Xue Cheng."

"Who is this Li Xue Cheng? Why is he turning everyone against me?" Han Sen wondered, bewildered. He didn't recall encountering a man that went by that name before. In fact, he'd only met a few of the Very High since he arrived in Outer Sky. He didn't know anyone called Li Xue Cheng, so there was no way he had offended him.

"Are Li Xue Cheng and Liyu Zhen working together?" Han Sen wondered to himself. Aside from Liyu Zhen, he could think of no other person of the Very High who would want to see him down like this.

Thinking of this, Han Sen was given a shock. He realized that the silkworms bouts wouldn't be as easy as he initially presumed.

Han Sen flipped back through the folder and read the details of his opponents again and again. They were all top-class fighters. There were many of the Extreme King there, and Yu Shanxin was one of the Sky.

And in regards to Shale, who was a Lionheart, it was actually a nameless race. There was only one half-deified among his people. Shale just so happened to be the son of that half-deified, but for some reason, there was a gene mutation when he was born. It led to him becoming deified. He was extraordinarily talented.

After the God Spirit Touch's test, he was registered as a ten armor talent. Following his lead, the race of the Lionhearts had gained wider renown. If he hadn't been selected by one of the Very High students to become a silkworm, he would have been planning a fight for a lantern.

Shale was chosen to be a silkworm four years ago. He had been practicing in Outer Sky for a long time, and he was so talented… With all that extra time to practice and refine those talents, it was easy to imagine how scary he would be as an opponent.

"If I can use treasures, I'll definitely be able to beat Shale and reach first place. If I can't use treasures, then I will fail to defeat Shale, and possibly all the other silkworms as well. Even setting aside the others, I'll have to fight Yu Shanxin. That guy will be very hard to deal with," Han Sen thought to himself.

At the back of the folder, there was a list of all the rewards one could receive from various placements in the silkworm bouts. When Han Sen saw the reward for first place, his mouth gaped.

"What is a deified treasure set?" Han Sen was confused, and so he continued reading. After reading it, he could only think, "The rich are stubborn."

The so-called "deified treasure set" was a set of armor composed of powerful treasures. The chest piece was a deified treasure. So was the belt. The gauntlets and the boots were four deified treasures. With the helmet, that made seven deified treasures. It combined to become a deified treasure set called the "Apollo Set."

Han Sen continued to read. He noticed the Apollo Set wasn't just a deified treasure composed of seven pieces. Each piece was an individual deified treasure. They were all primitive class. If Han Sen used them all together, it would allow him to make use of special substance chains. That would put him at transmutation level.

The second-place contestant would receive one deified treasure. There were other resources that would be awarded as well, but none of them were deified. There was a wide gulf of prestige separating the rewards for second place and the rewards to be earned in first place.The folder included a photo of the Apollo Set. The entire thing shone silver like a polished mirror. It looked bad-*ss and mysterious. It seemed to radiate glory.

Han Sen read the description of the Apollo Set, and after reading it, he felt himself starting to drool. If a user hadn't reached deified, they couldn't activate the Apollo Set's power. But if multiple people used the pieces of the set simultaneously, the seven-piece set could activate Apollo's Wings, which were the substance chains. They had primitive power, and a King could control them.

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2665 Very Difficul

"This is good stuff. The Very High can hand out rewards like this for something that is little more than a game to them? Other races wouldn't have this many resources to play with," Han Sen sighed. The Very High were f*cking rich.

Han Sen would protect any deified treasure he found like it was his own child, yet the Very High were handing out seven of them as little more than prize money. He couldn't think of another race that could match this level of wealth.

The Extreme King called themselves the number one race, but compared to the Very High, they were nothing but turtles. Their society was measly in comparison.

"If I can take down Outer Sky…" As soon as Han Sen had this thought, he shook it off. He knew he couldn't risk entertaining thoughts like that. He could never think such dangerous things during his time there. If Li Keer and Exquisite found out what he was considering for the future, it wouldn't end very well for him.

Han Sen kept turning the matter over and over in his head. Eventually, he thought, "I really want that Apollo Set. Maybe I can deal with those other silkworms. I can handle those fights, but that Shale… I really don't know how I'm going to bring him down. I can't use beast souls, and I can't use my super god spirit body, because they all know me as Han Sen. How can I beat a born-deified, then?"

Han Sen thought about this for a long time, but he couldn't figure out a solution. After all, he didn't know much about Shale. According to the information he'd been given, there was little known about the man.

When Exquisite and Li Keer came back, Han Sen asked them if they had more information on the other eleven silkworms. Exquisite already had it prepared for him. She handed over the documents that she and Li Keer had spent the last few days gathering.

"By the way, who is this Li Xue Cheng? Did I offend him in some way?" Han Sen asked, pointing to the first folder. He showed them the back and the name of the editor that was written there.

"He is connected to Liyu Zhen," Exquisite admitted after a moment of hesitation.

Han Sen couldn't read Exquisite's mind, but he was a very observant person. Exquisite was obviously reacting strangely. He knew there was something between the lines here.

"Has Liyu Zhen done something?" Han Sen asked.

Exquisite remained silent and didn't answer, but Li Keer said, "I think we should let Han Sen know. It will be for the better. He should know so he can be prepared for the fallout, regardless."

"What is going on?" Han Sen frowned again.

Exquisite explained the wagers that the Very High had made with Li Xue Cheng. And then, she said, "Actually, this has little to do with you. This is simply a whole bunch of people being scammed by Li Xue Cheng for a host of resources and treasures. I'm afraid they might not let it go easily, though."

Han Sen smiled wryly and asked, "Do the Very High like gambling this much?"

"Those who study the Very High Sense have no interest in gambling, but the other branch of our crooked tree… I think Outer Sky is too safe. The Very High on the other side don't know what it is like to fight for your life in the face of adversity and death. Some things come too easily to them, and as a result, they don't treasure what they have." Li Keer shook her head and sighed.

"If we make them lose so many resources and treasures, are they going to be mad at me?" Han Sen asked.

"They won't come after you, but I can tell you that they won't be happy with you, either. Li Xue Cheng only wanted to get those resources and treasures, and to do that, he used you," Exquisite said.

"Maybe they won't get scammed. If I help them win a lot of resources and treasures, wouldn't they be more inclined to help me out in the future?" Han Sen said with a dark laugh.

"Of course. They control many of Outer Sky's resources. It can be difficult to avoid interacting with them, and if they like you, things will go so much easier for you." After that, Li Keer looked at Han Sen with shock. "What are you going to do?"

"It's simple, isn't it? To solve all of this neatly, I just have to end up number one in the silkworm fights," Han Sen growled.

"You're right, that would fix it, but… Shale is the unsurmountable challenge you have ahead of you. His talents are scary. There is no doubt about that. In his short four years here, he has learned many geno arts. That includes proficiency with God's Wander. He can use space teleportation. If you want to fight him, I don't think anything you can throw at Shale will work," Li Keer said.

"If I haven't yet tried, how can you so easily think that I can't beat him?" Han Sen was very calm and composed throughout all this. He quietly opened the new documents and began to study them.

Li Keer and Exquisite looked at each other. They could sense the confidence that had spurred Han Sen to the lofty heights he frequently reached. He now seemed quite confident that he had what it took to defeat Shale. But they couldn't understand where that unbridled confidence came from.

"Third Sister, don't you think this is a bit weird? Why can we feel his confidence, but not where the confidence comes from? Unless he is a blindly confident bag of grass, we should be able to feel what is inside him that gives him the confidence he needs to take on this challenge," Li Keer said to Exquisite after Han Sen left. She didn't think Han Sen was a bag of grass.

"His mental control power is so strong. He can control his thoughts. Aside from direct emotions, it is nearly impossible for us to discern what he is thinking," Exquisite said.

"The hardest thing to control is your own mind. Even the Very High need the Very High Sense to do it, yet he can do it on his own. Third Sister, your choice in silkworm is exceptional," Li Keer said with a sigh.

"I'm not sure where his confidence comes from, but I think he wants to reach first place. If he succeeds, it will be good for you and me," Exquisite said.

"I only fear that he is overestimating his capabilities and will die in some tragic way because of it. Then, we will have to go and find a new silkworm." Li Keer wasn't very confident about this, and she thought to herself, "If he was Dollar, I'm sure he would be able to do this."

Sometimes, the things people wanted most were the things that they couldn't have. Li Keer still missed Dollar.

Han Sen investigated the eleven silkworms, and he started to develop a headache. None of them would be easy to fight. There were many difficult people in the competition in addition to Shale, who topped them all.

One of the silkworms was actually a Very High. It was very rare to have a Very High as a silkworm. Although all the Very High were very strong, their powers were too similar. And they had all been raised in the same environment. Having a Very High as a silkworm wouldn't allow the master to learn as much, and so not many of the Very High would agree to take one of their own as a silkworm. Plus, ordinary Very High thought that only low-life creatures deserved to become silkworms. They wouldn't want to ruin their own reputation by becoming a silkworm, so it was very rare to see this amongst the Very High.

"A Very High half-deified. That will mean he is stronger than Exquisite, right? I don't think that will be someone easily defeated. And that's not to mention the bigger trouble further ahead like Shale. Winning these silkworm bouts won't be easy, at all." Han Sen dropped the documents for the time being and went back to practicing his geno arts. There were two geno arts he had to learn before fighting Shale. If he didn't get good at those, he had no chance of winning.

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2666 Mysterious Deser

"I want to go to the core area. Is there any way for me to do that?" Han Sen asked Exquisite the next time he saw her.

He seemed to remember that when Li Keer was in the Very High, she frequently traveled to the core area. But Exquisite had told him that being in Outer Sky shut off his access to the core area. He thought she might have been telling the truth, since the many times he tried to access the core area had all ended in failure.

"There is a specific place in Outer Sky that you can go to that allows you to open the core hall door. But this is a place that not even students of the Very High can go to. If you have an urgent emergency that requires you to access the core area, perhaps I can help you." Li Keer looked at Han Sen with curiosity. She was curious why Han Sen wanted to go to the core area so badly.

"I want to go to the core area to find a friend. Perhaps he has a way that I can win the silkworm fights," Han Sen said.

Li Keer could sense that Han Sen wasn't lying about his general reason for going to the core area. In regards to the friend he had mentioned, she could tell that was partly true, as well. As for the identity of this mysterious friend, she had no idea.

Han Sen had done his best not to think about it, but when he mentioned finding a friend, he hadn't controlled his thoughts perfectly. That was unavoidable. But still, Han Sen did his best to keep his thoughts away from anything incriminating. And that was enough for Li Keer to be unable to tell the identity of the person he wished to see.

"Sure. I will look for a way. I will come back to you with an answer later. Mind you, this will be very tricky. There is every chance that this won't work, so don't get your hopes up." Li Keer was shocked by how well Han Sen could clamp down on his thoughts, but she knew he wasn't lying. Therefore, she set aside the idea of asking him again.

Han Sen waited half a day, but Li Keer didn't return. In the meantime, Exquisite came to Underworld Lake.

Han Sen didn't speak, but Exquisite could tell what he was thinking. She was surprised and she said, "Little Sister agreed to help you enter the core area?"

"She said that it might be difficult and it might not work." Han Sen was worried Li Keer might have been away for so long because she had some bad news to deliver.

Exquisite laughed and said, "This is a complicated matter. According to the theory, there is only one place in which Outer Sky can allow access to the core area. But this place is forbidden by our people. Not only is it a restricted zone for outsiders, but even most of the Very High are forbidden to go there. Not many people can do what she is doing. Little Sister is one of the very few. If she wants to help you and your luck isn't too bad, it might work."

"What is this place that you're talking about?" Han Sen asked with curiosity.

"I once told you that Outer Sky resides between the real world and the anti-material world. This place exists between those two realms. Because it connects those two opposing powers, everything here is very… strange. Connecting to the real world and opening a door to the core hall can be complicated." Exquisite didn't explain much beyond that. "Because the process can be dangerous, we forbid Very High students from entering the core hall. But Little Sister's father is the guardian, and she is much loved. It shouldn't be difficult for her to convince her father to give you a chance."

"I see." Now, Han Sen understood.

After waiting for another hour, Li Keer finally returned. She came bearing good news, which made Han Sen feel relieved.

Li Keer used space teleportation to guide him to their destination. After a few jumps, they reached a desert. That desert appeared endless. It must have been as big as a solar system.

Even with Han Sen's eyesight, he couldn't see the end of that desert. It was difficult to imagine how large it was.

As they stood in the desert, Li Keer suddenly shouted into the endless wastes. "Dad, I've brought him here! Can we go now?"

A crazy wind suddenly spawned in the quiet and dead desert. The raging wind threw yellow sand into the sky, then morphed to present the face of a Very High man.

"Remember, don't go past the three lines," shouted the Very High man. He looked like a sand god, and his voice sounded like thunder.

"I know. It doesn't matter how many times you say it, I won't forget and go beyond the three lines. We only want to go to the core area. That's all," Li Keer said nicely.

The sand deity-looking man shook his head. He couldn't stop Li Keer from doing this. The wind blew and then the sand collapsed back onto the ground. The sand god disappeared, and silence returned to the desert.

"Let's go," Li Keer said. Then, she ventured forward into the big desert.

Han Sen followed her. Li Keer kept walking and said, "The area around here is unstable. Please don't use space teleportation powers here. And don't exert too much strength. Otherwise, you might find yourself being dragged into the anti-material world. If that happened, not even our leader could retrieve you."

Han Sen nodded. Now he understood why Li Keer had to walk instead of just teleporting them forward.

The two of them walked through the desert. Sometimes, Han Sen noticed old, weird buildings leering out of the sand. There were ancient stone structures and really advanced metal buildings. There were even battleships and airships scattered here and there in the yellow sand. God only knew how long they had been there. Even the platinum, which should have been impervious to time, was rotten. When the wind blew, platinum boards broke loose and scattered like dust across the sand.

There was a statue that was 100 meters high, and there were the remains of thousands of beasts. There was a dead tree in the sand that looked like a real dragon. The whole huge desert felt very weird.

But there was no consistent style to the relics in the desert. They were obviously a mish-mash of random items stemming from a variety of different points across history. They seemed to have been tossed into the desert and left there like trash. The sight was disconcerting, somehow.

After reading Han Sen's mind, Li Keer explained, "This is a crossroads between the real world and the anti-material world. There are always items from the real world or the anti-material that get lost, twisted, and thrown in here. Every now and again, powerful items end up in here. My dad once found the xenogeneic body of a butterfly class creature. But that was just a stroke of luck. Most of the things sent here are just useless trash."

A loud boom interrupted Li Keer as she was speaking. It shook the two of them as if the sky had been cracked open. Then, Han Sen saw something very large emerge from a crack above them.

Han Sen stared up in shock. The head of a giant beast pushed its way through a gap in the twisted, crooked sky.

The beast's head was silver, and it looked like some artwork made of precious metal. Three horns emerged from its face. It kind of looked like a triceratops, but it was much bigger than a triceratops. The head alone was ten meters long. Blood gushed from its mouth.

Boom!

The giant beast fell from the sky and landed in the desert in front of them. The impact of its body hitting the ground shook the sand like an earthquake.

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2667 Meeting Destiny Again

Han Sen stared at the giant beast that had fallen into the sand. It looked a lot like a triceratops, but its body was silver and white, and a large pair of wings spread from its back. It was hard to say what race it belonged to.

It seemed badly injured, and grievous wounds covered its entire body. It was struggling to get to its feet. Blood poured from its mouth and body, dyeing the bottom of the sandy crater crimson. A small red lake was forming beneath the beast.

"A xenogeneic has fallen!" Li Keer rejoiced. She quickly raced toward the crater.

Han Sen followed behind her. Even though it was injured, he could feel the fierce presence exuded by the giant monster. It was deified class, that was for sure.

"Back off, guys!" Before they could even get close to that xenogeneic, a plume of sand rose near them. It took on the shape of a sand god; it was Li Keer's father again.

Before Li Keer could answer, a sandstorm swept over them and sucked them in. Within a second, they were tossed far, far away.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

As they got back to their feet and watched from a distance, they saw countless sand dragons emerging from the ground. They looked like ancient, deadly creatures. They followed the sand god's commands to go for the injured beast.

The beast roared angrily. It quickly stood up, and an endless silver light erupted into a wild storm that consumed the sky. It battered against the sand dragons that now surrounded it.

The ancient-looking dragons had been shaped from sand, and they couldn't withstand the power of that silver light.

Pang!

The silver light then swept over to shine on the sand god's body, blasting the shape of the sand god back into nothing, as well.

Han Sen watched with wide eyes. It was very fortunate that they had been pulled away from the creature. If they hadn't, the creature's remaining dregs of power would have been enough to destroy them.

Li Keer stared at the sight in terror. If her father hadn't appeared in time to keep them from getting close to the giant beast, the creature would have killed them in a moment.

"Li Keer's father can't have gone down that easily, surely." As Han Sen pondered this, he saw the sea of sand swell and boil like a tumultuous sea. Fountains of sand sprayed everywhere, and a pillar of sand shot straight up into the sky, then fell back to the ground, forming itself into the figure of a sand god. That process then repeated itself over and over, creating an army of the sand beings.

The sand gods raged as the remaining dragons roared. The surface of the desert had become a battlefield for ruthless giants. Despite the distance between them and the battlefield, the ground was shaking so violently that Han Sen and Li Keer were having difficulty staying on their feet. They had no choice but to retreat.

They finally reached a safe distance from the fight, but Han Sen could still detect that frightening presence. He could no longer see the actual fight, though. He could only see the distant clouds of sand as some of the sand creatures were ripped apart. His ears reverberated with the sound of dragons roaring at deafening volumes.

"My father's real body is deep inside the Three World Desert. These sand gods are just manifestations of his power," Li Keer explained with a laugh. She could sense that Han Sen was worrying about the safety of her father, but she knew he would be safe since he was deep within the sand.

Han Sen couldn't see what was going on in the fight anymore. That whole desert was shrouded in screens of sand. After a very sad scream, the scary rumblings in the desert came to an end. And then, all the dust settled. A sand god appeared on the horizon and came toward them, telling them they could proceed.

"Father, you killed the xenogeneic? What was its level? Why was it injured and still so scary?" Li Keer curiously asked the sand god.

"I don't know. It was dragged into the anti-material world," the sand god answered. Then, it disappeared.

Li Keer wished to ask something more, but he was already gone. So, she resumed her journey across the desert with Han Sen.

The massive battle had changed the sandy landscape. Many of the weird buildings and items had been revealed from beneath the sands that once buried them. And the buildings and battleships that had once been there were now gone. Han Sen didn't know if they had been destroyed, or buried deep beneath the sands of the desert, or what.

Han Sen looked around. When they reached the location where the giant beast had fallen, a large section of the desert was dyed red. But they couldn't see the body of the giant beast anymore.

"It is a shame that the beast was sucked into the anti-material world. Despite its injuries, it was able to do battle with my dad for so long. It must have been a larva class deified xenogeneic, at the very least." Li Keer looked at the red sand regretfully.

Han Sen felt that it was a shame, too. If he had been able to stab the creature once, he might have been able to nab a beast soul. That xenogeneic was so strong, and its beast soul might have been equally powerful.

Han Sen kept walking, looking around as he went. Then, suddenly, he froze. Some distance away in the desert, Han Sen saw a tower that was built from stone.

That old tower was leaning visibly, and it looked as if it might fall over any second. Han Sen looked at the stone tower's plaque. Written there were the two words, "Destiny's Tower."

The tower was styled just like the Destiny's Tower controlled by the Extreme King.

Han Sen was stunned at the sight, but he immediately clamped down on his thoughts. He wasn't going to let out any memories associated with this tower. He had to suppress everything he knew about Destiny's Tower.

Li Keer could feel that Han Sen's mind was struggling with something. She looked at the stone tower, too. After a while of looking at it, she said, "I've never seen that stone tower before. It must have been revealed by the battle earlier. Do you recognize it?"

"It is exactly the same stone tower I saw when I was with the Extreme King." Han Sen knew he couldn't hide this from Li Keer completely, and so he had to explain it a bit.

Li Keer thought for another moment. She nodded and said, "Now that you mention it, I think I remember something like that. When I visited the Extreme King, I once saw a tower like this, too."

"Let's go. We should check it out," Li Keer suggested, and so they went toward it.

She wasn't interested in the tower, but she could feel Han Sen doing his best to suppress the desire to visit the place. Han Sen was trying to keep his thoughts away from the nature of Destiny's Tower so Li Keer wouldn't be able to see everything he knew about the structures. But that sort of control on his mind suggested to Li Keer that Destiny's Tower had some relevance to Han Sen. If it didn't, Han Sen wouldn't have tried so hard to control his thoughts about the place.

"Being watched sucks." Han Sen sighed and followed Li Keer toward Destiny's Tower.

The tower looked very old, and it was impossible to tell how many years it had been there. While the structure might have been old, it wasn't broken. Li Keer reached the door and twisted the handle. The stone door swung open smoothly.

The two of them walked inside. The tower was full of dust and sand, but otherwise, it seemed to be empty. It looked like an ordinary watchtower.

"Let's go up and see." Li Keer walked toward the stairs.

Han Sen followed Li Keer, trying to keep a lid firmly over any sensitive topics that might otherwise come to mind.

The second floor was still so empty. There was nothing there. Li Keer didn't give up, though. She kept ascending the tower. The whole tower seemed to be empty until they approached the seventh floor.

"Huh? There is someone here." Li Keer looked at the top floor's stone platform in shock.

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2668 Empty God

On a large stone platform, a man was sitting with his legs crossed. The man was very still, and Han Sen couldn't sense any presence of a lifeforce within him. It looked as if he had been petrified in that position.

Han Sen's face looked weirded-out, and he couldn't help but think, "This is so similar to what I saw in the Destiny's Tower of the Extreme King. The man over there looked quite a bit different, though."

Li Keer heard Han Sen's thought, and she looked at the man atop the platform with shock. "Weird. It is a creature, but why does it not have a lifeforce?"

As a look of confusion crossed Li Keer's face, the man on the stone platform opened his eyes. He looked at them and said, "I am Empty God. The fact that you have met me today is surely the working of fate. I can fulfill any wish you speak. You can make any request you desire."

"Not again." Han Sen's heart jumped.

Li Keer looked at the man coldly and said, "How dare you call yourself a god in front of the Very High. Not even the Ancient God would refer to themselves as proper gods."

After that, Li Keer swung a swordlight at the man.

She struck too fast for Han Sen to try to stop her. The swordlight came down on the man's head, but the man didn't even have to move. The swordlight crashed against one of his eyebrows.

Pang!

The man's eyebrow wasn't even ruffled. Li Keer was hurled back by a scary force. The power was so strong that it swept past all of Li Keer's defenses. She was thrown into the wall hard, and she coughed up a mouthful of blood. She passed out and fell into a coma. Her lifeforce faded quickly.

"How dare you challenge a god's dignity and question his authenticity. This is your punishment, but seeing as this is your first infraction, the punishment will not be severe," the man said in an icy voice.

Han Sen quickly ran toward Li Keer and checked her vitals. She had only fainted, and while her lifeforce was fading, it was seeping away slowly. She was in no immediate danger. He thought to himself, "This god seems different from the other one I met. I remember the man in the Extreme King's Destiny's Tower shouted 'Empty God.' Is this the Empty God he was referring to?"

"Now, make your wish," Empty God said, looking at Han Sen.

"My life is perfect as it is, thanks. I have a wife, a happy family, great kids, and I always get what I want, anyway. Add to that, I'm super-rich. I have everything. I don't need anything more. Can I choose not to make a wish?" Han Sen looked at Empty God as he spoke.

Han Sen didn't know if this Empty God was the same as the other god. If it was the same, then this really was just a statue. It wasn't the true self of the god it represented. Therefore, he didn't have to worry too much. The black crystal armor could wipe it out in a heartbeat.

If this was the god's real body, though, then a fight might be a bad idea. Han Sen wasn't sure if the black crystal armor could also defeat these gods in their real forms.

"No," Empty God said coldly.

Han Sen's heart felt ill. He ignored Empty God, picked up Li Keer, turned around, and started to run.

Empty God only looked at Han Sen peacefully. He didn't look as if he was going to stop Han Sen from leaving.

Han Sen was trying to figure out whether or not Empty God was really going to fight. He was also doing this to test the black crystal armor, and sense if there was any movement from it. But its lifeforce was hidden, so he couldn't feel anything.

Empty God didn't stop Han Sen, either. Still holding the unconscious Li Keer, Han Sen departed the seventh floor. He went down floor by floor without being stopped by any aggressive powers. Finally, he reached the first floor of Destiny's Tower.

But when he reached the first floor, Han Sen froze. There should have been a door at the bottom floor of Destiny's Tower, but there was none. There was only another stone staircase leading farther down into the tower.

"I've already reached the bottom floor. Why are there more stairs that can lead me down even farther? Have I remembered it incorrectly, and this is actually the second floor?" Han Sen quickly dismissed that idea. Destiny's Tower only had seven floors, and with his exceptional memory, he couldn't have been wrong.

Han Sen reached out a hand to where the door should have been, but there was just a wall there. It wasn't an optical illusion. There really wasn't a door.

Pang!

Han Sen threw a punch at the stone wall. With his strength, even a mountain would have been destroyed by one of his punches. But the stone wall didn't buckle, and there wasn't a single scraped left on its surface.

Han Sen frowned. He knew that nothing would be achieved by using brute force. He looked at the stone staircase, then turned and continued walking down.

When he reached the floor below, he noticed that there was another stone platform. The stone platform had that same man on it—the one who had called himself Empty God. It was exactly as it was on the seventh floor.

"Make your wish," Empty God said, staring expressionlessly at Han Sen.

Han Sen gnashed his teeth. Still holding Li Keer, he continued trying to descend the stairs. There were more of them, and he swiftly descended another seven flights. He was still unable to find the first floor and its door. He only found more and more stairs.

After walking down the stone stairs for a while, Han Sen realized he always came back to the seventh floor of the tower. There, he saw Empty God again.

"Is this some sort of space power? Does it connect the seventh floor and the first floor to create some sort of weird Mobius strip? If that is true, no matter how far I walk, I will never reach the exit of this tower. I will just keep looping the same route over and over again." Han Sen tried using teleportation powers, but it was to no avail. No matter where he tried to teleport to, he always reappeared inside the tower, just in a different location each time.

"Make your wish." Whenever Han Sen saw Empty God again, the man would repeat the same phrase. He never said anything else.

But his expression seemed to say that Han Sen had no other choice, and that sooner or later, he would have to make a wish.

Han Sen knew that if he made a wish, some of his lifespan would be taken by those men that called themselves gods. And the wish he made would be twisted by the so-called gods. Even if the wish came true, he would have to pay too high a price.

If he didn't make a wish, though, there was a chance that he and Li Keer would never be able to exit the tower. Han Sen couldn't figure a way out of this dilemma.

He couldn't attack Empty God. Li Keer had demonstrated that inability all too well. The only chance he had to attack was if he could somehow make use of his black crystal armor. Attacking Empty God in any other way was practically a death wish.

"Li Keer's father must know we walked into Destiny's Tower. If we don't emerge anytime soon, he will surely come here in search of Li Keer." Han Sen was placing his chips on Li Keer's father.

Empty God seemed to see through what Han Sen was thinking, and he coldly said, "Have you heard of power that warps the passage of time? You might stay in this tower for a thousand years, but only a second will pass outside. If you are expecting a rescue team to come and find you, you'll be nothing but bones by then."

"Do I really have to make a wish?" Han Sen looked at Empty God and sighed.

"If you and I have met, it is something that was always meant to be. You deserve this. You cannot escape from it." Empty God spoke slowly in a bone-chilling voice.

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2669 Answer of the Origin

"It looks like I have no choice except to make a wish." Han Sen started to consider what sort of wish he wanted to make.

The last time he made a wish in Destiny's Tower, the statue's eyes had ended up being destroyed. Now, it seemed as if it might happen again. Perhaps it would have the same effect.

But even if Empty God's eyes exploded, it wouldn't help him much. The statue would still have its power, and it would still threaten Han Sen and shorten his lifespan.

"No matter what wish I make, unless the black crystal armor attacks him, my lifespan is going to be shortened. Why don't I ask a question I have always wanted to ask instead? Perhaps I can at least learn some useful information out of this," Han Sen thought. Then, he looked at Empty God and asked, "Can my wish be a question that you will answer?"

"Of course. I can do anything. I can answer any question you seek to ask," Empty God said coldly.

"I want to know, are you and I the same? Are you a creature of this universe, too? Or do you come from someplace outside the universe? Regardless of the answer, I want to know where God was born," Han Sen said, posing his question.

Empty God's eyes flashed. He looked at Han Sen slowly and said, "Are you sure you want to ask me this question? It is useless for you to know this."

"I told you already that I don't lack anything. But I'm curious about you. If you must make me compose a wish, I would like to know this answer," Han Sen said.

Empty God looked at Han Sen and frowned. "There were three questions. You can only receive the answer for one."

Han Sen looked at the Empty God for a long moment, then asked his ultimate question. "Please tell me, Empty God. Are you a creature of this universe?"

Han Sen had always been suspicious about God coming from the geno hall. Even mighty beings like the Ancient Water God had been killed in a single blow when they tried to enter the geno hall. The power of the beast within that place was far too shocking. Aside from those who called themselves gods, Han Sen couldn't think of any other being that possessed such power.

But if Han Sen asked the god where he was born, Empty God could answer by telling him a name that he wouldn't recognize. If Han Sen had never heard of the place, then he wouldn't know if it was in the universe or not. So, Han Sen eventually decided to ask the simplest of questions. He needed to confirm if the god was a creature that came from the geno universe. This was the root of all questions he would later want to ask. With knowledge of its origin, he would have a more solid basis for formulating theories and asking future questions. This was very important.

Empty God didn't hesitate this time. He answered straight away. "No. I am God. I come from God Place."

When Han Sen heard the answer, he nodded. The way Empty God said it was so vague. He had, perhaps deliberately, twisted the answer. But Han Sen had still received the answer he had wanted.

God wasn't a creature that came from the geno universe. This answer was enough for Han Sen to confirm, at the very least, that the god he was facing was something more than a deified elite. This being was even more almighty.

These guys called themselves gods. But Han Sen thought they were more like devils that had invaded the ordinary world.

Han Jinzhi and Blood Legion had been dealing with scary beings like this for a long time. The effort they had put in was unimaginable for normal people.

When Han Sen received this answer, he felt his power start to fade away. His power drained so rapidly that it actually physically pulled him toward Empty God.

Han Sen had already experienced this before, and he knew it was his lifespan being reduced. But this time, it was fading much faster than it had upon his first wish. He could see his lifespan fading away like an avalanche.

Empty God looked at Han Sen coldly. A weird light shone around the statue, making him look both godlike and insubstantial at the same time.

A moment later, a century's worth of lifespan had left Han Sen's body. It made Han Sen feel tired and worn out. The drain didn't stop, though. Han Sen was now losing years at an even greater speed.

Han Sen was prepared to give up a lot of his lifespan, so he didn't mind sacrificing a few years. After all, nabbing secrets right from God's mouth wasn't easy.

Han Sen had already received a big boost to his lifespan from the previous god doll. He could accept this kind of loss.

But the next second, the black crystal armor inside his Sea of Soul reacted. While Han Sen continued to lose years, the black crystal armor's mysterious presence exploded with energy. That power spread over Han Sen's body.

The spreading black crystal armor gave Han Sen a unique feeling. It was as if someone's presence was surrounding him.

Han Sen was quite familiar with this presence. He tried to think it over, and he finally remembered where he had felt that presence before. It was the same presence he had sensed when the black crystal armor blew up the statue of the previous god.

Han Sen didn't have time to think. The black crystal armor glowed with a strange godly light. It flew out of the Sea of Soul, then punched Empty God, who was still sitting atop the stone platform.

Empty God had been blithely sucking in Han Sen's lifespan without ever realizing that something like this might happen. Plus, he hadn't even realized that there was a power out there that could harm him. So, he hadn't remained vigilant against a sudden attack. He had grown lax in his security.

Pang!

What Han Sen had witnessed before was now happening again. Under the tremendous force of the crystal armor's punch, Empty God's body shattered. A massive surge of lifeforce rose from the crumbling statue.

"Lifespan 1… lifespan 1…"

The announcement of his lifespan increasing repeated over and over. That new power entered Han Sen's body, stretching out his potential lifespan.

At the same moment that the god doll was destroyed, in a hall inside an empty realm, Empty God's eyes blazed with terrible fury. And he said, "Sky armor power… Sky armor god… I only destroyed your god doll's eyes, how dare you destroy my god doll! This isn't over yet…"

Han Sen had no idea, but due to these meetings, he had started a fight between two gods.

The black crystal armor returned to Han Sen's Sea of Soul. Han Sen had gained more than a thousand years of additional lifespan.

"Of course, if you're going to become rich overnight, I guess killing a god is a reasonable way to do so." Han Sen was delighted by this result. After all, he had just received a big boost to his lifespan and a great deal of lifeforce. His whole body was brimming with a scary presence.

Han Sen didn't dare stay in Destiny's Tower a minute longer. He picked up Li Keer and resumed his flight down the stairs. This time, when he reached the first floor, he encountered the door that would lead him outside. There were no more stairs leading down, keeping him inside a loop.

"What just happened?" Li Keer, who had been unconscious up to this point, slowly shook herself awake.

"I'm not really know. That geezer was a bit weird, wasn't he? After you punched him, you got blasted into a wall and you passed out. But the man was shattered into bits, and he became a pile of rubble," Han Sen said, lying to Li Keer with a straight face.

"How could that happen?" Li Keer looked at Han Sen with suspicion. She didn't believe his story, but she couldn't be certain from his thoughts whether he was lying or not. She went back into the tower, and at the top floor, she saw a pile of rubble just like Han Sen had described.

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2670 Geno Hall's Message

Although Li Keer was a little bit confused and continued to search through the tower, she failed to find anything particularly suspicious. Eventually, she gave up the search and left Destiny's Tower with Han Sen.

They went back to crossing the wild dunes of the desert. As they walked, Han Sen continued to spot strange shapes rising out of the sand. None of the shapes seemed to be recognizable, and he had no idea where they might have come from, either.

After they reached an oasis, Li Keer told Han Sen, "The dimensional space here is more stable, so you can open the core area door from here. You won't be dragged into the anti-material world."

Han Sen thanked Li Keer, then tried to open his core door. This time, the core door opened like usual. Han Sen entered the core area again.

Han Sen wanted to go to the core area because, once he entered, he would be far away from Li Keer and Exquisite. They would be unable to feel his thoughts, and Han Sen could practice his secret geno arts in privacy and safety. He wouldn't be spied on.

Han Sen hadn't dared to practice his true geno arts in Outer Sky. If he had, the secrets of his four sacred geno arts would have been revealed to Li Keer and Exquisite. That would needlessly complicate his life, he believed.

So for the duration of his stay in Outer Sky, Han Sen spent his time practicing the geno arts Exquisite had given to him. Out of the geno arts in his private roster, he only practiced The Story of Genes. The Rebate and Sky Palace already knew about its existence, and if they knew, so did the Very High. There was no point in hiding it.

And it didn't matter if the two Very High women saw The Story of Genes. Aside from Han Sen, no other person could learn it.

Once he was in the core area, though, Han Sen could practice his other geno arts. But that wasn't the only reason he had come. He wanted to practice Heart Connection. If he couldn't use beast souls in the upcoming silkworm battles, that might be his only attack that could deal damage to his deified nemesis, Shale.

In addition, Han Sen also wanted to meet up with Gu Qingcheng and Elysian Moon. He wanted them to do something on his behalf. Fortunately, Gu Qingcheng and Elysian Moon had already been practicing in the core area, and they weren't too far from Han Sen's position. Han Sen quickly contacted them and arranged a meeting.

"How does it feel to be a pet of the pretty ladies in the Very High?" Elysian Moon mocked Han Sen with a smile.

"It feels terrible. It's like I'm naked 24/7. I have no privacy at all," Han Sen glumly admitted.

"You have come looking for us in a rush. Did something happen?" Elysian Moon could tell that something must have gone wrong.

"I have a geno art, but I'm not sure what it does. I can't leave the Very High, and I can't risk trying it myself. So, I want you to take this geno art and find someone. Have him take a look at it and figure out if it is useful," Han Sen said. Then, he passed his Xuan Yellow Sutra to Gu Qingcheng.

"Who should we give it to?" Gu Qingcheng asked as she accepted the Xuan Yellow Sutra.

"There is a man called Mister White among the Extreme King. I have a way to contact him, but with my current circumstances and my soured relationship with the Extreme King, meeting him might prove difficult. So, you guys need to be careful. After you have contacted him, make sure you are safe. And make sure you listen to what Mister White tells you," Han Sen told Gu Qingcheng. He quickly explained how the women could get in touch with Mister White.

Han Sen only wanted to know what might happen if he activated the Xuan Yellow Sutra. If there were no issues that could arise from it, he could just use it freely. He wouldn't even need to practice it, either. He only had to perform his Blood-Pulse Sutra in reverse, as that was what the Xuan Yellow Sutra taught.

After Gu Qingcheng and Elysian Moon left, Han Sen found a quiet place to practice Heart Connection in the core area. If he wanted to heavily wound Shale, he would probably need that skill in his repertoire.

There was also Break Six Skies, as well. Han Sen had some experience with that technique. Break Six Skies was extremely powerful, but it was an area-of-effect skill. Therefore, the power wasn't as concentrated as Heart Connection. But it was still one of the strongest geno arts Han Sen possessed.

Things didn't seem to have gone smoothly for the two women. Han Sen waited four days before Elysian Moon and Gu Qingcheng returned to the core area.

"I gave the items to Mister White. He said he would need some time to investigate. You can expect a response in two weeks," Gu Qingcheng said.

"Two weeks?" Han Sen couldn't help but shake his head in dismay. There were only three days left until the silkworm bouts began. If it took two weeks to get the results back from Mister White, he wouldn't be able to use the geno art in the fights.

But Han Sen hadn't planned to use the Blood-Pulse Sutra in the upcoming fights anyway, so he wasn't too disappointed.

Han Sen asked Gu Qingcheng about Planet Eclipse and the situation with Sky Palace. Then, he practiced his geno arts for another couple of days. When his time was up, he departed the core area.

"Why did it take you so long to come back?" Exquisite, seeing Han Sen, felt relieved. There was less than a day to go until the silkworm fights began. If Han Sen hadn't returned in time, he would have been in a lot of trouble.

"My friend didn't arrive in the core area as soon as I had hoped. I had to wait for a few days before I ran into him," Han Sen said.

"What happened?" Li Keer asked.

"It was a waste of time. He didn't have enough time to figure anything out," Han Sen said, putting on a pained expression.

"You really wanted a way for a ninth-tier King to beat a deified elite?" Li Keer asked. "It wouldn't have mattered how long you waited. That is an impossible feat. Unless you can make use of your treasures, it won't be happening. And it has already been decided that all treasures will be barred from use. It is obvious that Shale will rank first in this competition."

Han Sen thought she was most likely correct. The Very High's decision sounded as if they wanted Shale to be number one, though.

"What's going on with that Shale? They're pretty much handing him the number one spot. Why?" Han Sen asked, looking at Li Keer.

"Time is almost up. We need to go to the valley and join the silkworm bout. Let's talk while we walk," Li Keer said, and then she quickly departed the oasis.

As they traveled back across the sand, Li Keer explained the situation to Han Sen.

Because Shale was born deified and possessed a ten armor talent, he might become a true god, assuming he had enough resources and a little luck.

The most important thing was that the Very High man who had signed a contract with Shale was a very important figure, too. The Very High seemed to be grooming him to be the very best. They wanted him to be capable of fighting and breaking open the Geno Hall. So, even the man's silkworm would receive the best care possible to boost the Very High man's chances.

"The Very High want access to the Geno Hall, too? What is inside the Geno Hall?" Han Sen asked with curiosity.

"I don't know. One of our ancestors entered the Geno Hall and brought back some information regarding the place, but the information he provided us was very vague. It was like there was someone that wanted us to come to the Geno Hall, and I think they were asking for help," Li Keer said.

"I thought that getting into the Geno Hall meant you would become a god. Why would someone inside signal for help?" Han Sen asked with confusion.

"That is what we want to find out, but we have yet to find an answer," Li Keer said.

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Chapter 2671 Silkworm Bouts Begin

The valley was a giant basin in Outer Sky. The entire basin was shaped like an enormous bowl, and it was ringed by unfathomably tall mountains. The landscape of the basin itself was very harsh and complicated. Every silkworm fight would take place inside this valley.

Li Keer and Han Sen reached the valley right before the silkworm fights were going to begin. When Exquisite saw them both heading toward her, she sighed in relief.

She expected Han Sen to lose at least one of his fights, but if he didn't participate in the contest at all, the Very High would hate him even more.

The time of rest was over. When the eleven silkworms entered the valley, Exquisite didn't ask anything of Han Sen. She allowed him to proceed into the basin of combat.

The moment Han Sen set foot in the valley, the entire valley was sealed by a huge barrier. The bai sema would keep the destructive power of the combatants contained within the valley, but it wouldn't stop teleportation or the bodies of the contestants. If the silkworms teleported outside the seal, they would immediately lose the fight.

When the silkworm fights began, few Very High had come to watch the fights. Only the masters of the twelve silkworms actually showed up in person.

The Very High that practiced the Very High Sense had zero interest in such a contest, and the other members of their society had other means of spectating. There was no need for them to go all the way to the valley.

Only the masters of the silkworms had to watch the fights unfold up-close. They needed that proximity to gain the battle experience and knowledge of those they were watching.

"It finally begins. Now, if the other eleven silkworms meet Han Sen, they will do their best to fight him." As Li Xue Cheng watched the stream of the fight preparations, he cackled wildly.

"Of course. We made Han Sen, who is only a ninth-tier King, into a powerful contender who is only second to Shale. The half-deified silkworms won't be happy about this. Even if we were nice people, this still would have put them in a competitive mood, right?" Liyu Zhen squinted his eyes.

"Han Sen might drop out before he even gets to Shale," Li Xue Cheng agreed and nodded.

After Han Sen entered the valley, he wasn't in a rush to bump into another silkworm. He flew around a nearby mountain that rolled up and down. The valley was as big as a planet, but for half-deifieds or deifieds, that sort of area wasn't too big. It wouldn't be difficult for the silkworms to locate each other.

Suddenly, Han Sen felt an impressive surge of power up ahead. Someone was already fighting.

"This power… Is that Yu Shanxin?" As soon as Han Sen felt that power, he noticed how familiar it felt. And so, he quickly headed toward where that fight was taking place.

The area of combat wasn't too far away from him, and so Han Sen quickly reached the outskirts of their battlefield. There, he found Yu Shanxin and a half-deified of the Extreme King standing on a mountain. They were watching each other. They were both utterly still. The only movement Han Sen could see came from their powers, which were spilling out and shaking the mountains all around them.

Han Sen recognized Yu Shanxin's opponent. According to the information he had received, the Extreme King fellow was called Gru. Although he wasn't of the same bloodline as King Bai, his king body was very strong, certainly no weaker than any of the royal children's. He had a nine armor talent, and he was a very experienced fighter. He was quite a skilled swordsman, as well.

At the moment, Gru was really quiet. And he was holding a steel greatsword. His body was fizzing with a powerful swordmind, and before his weapon even moved, his swordmind came for Yu Shanxin. It rushed forward so fast that it pushed aside the clouds in its path.

Han Sen frowned. Gru's swordmind was no weaker than his own. The man had reached deified class with it, for sure. He might have only been half-deified, but his swordmind was remarkably developed. Gru was definitely a very powerful half-deified. It was no wonder the Very High had selected him as a silkworm.

Yu Shanxin's presence was harder to anticipate. Sometimes it raged like fire, and other times it was soft like water. It made it very difficult for those watching to determine what sort of power he had.

"It is fortunate I'm getting to watch this fight. It means I can observe Yu Shanxin and see what Extreme Evil Path can do." Han Sen maintained a careful distance from the battlefield so he could observe without getting caught up in the fight.

"Yu Shanxin, I have heard you being called the strongest non-deified in the universe. I, Gru, am going to see what is so special about your Extreme Evil Path." Gru looked at Yu Shanxin coldly as he spoke.

Gru didn't like Yu Shanxin for one simple reason; the Extreme King were supposed to be one of the top three races of the universe, but they didn't have any half-deifieds that were as strong as Yu Shanxin from Sky Palace. Now, the silkworm bouts had given him a chance to fight Yu Shanxin. In truth, he wanted to take this opportunity to kill Yu Shanxin.

"People who say such things are too kind. I assure you that those comments are not true. Compared to the illustrious Extreme King, I'm nothing noteworthy." Yu Shanxin smiled coldly.

"Huh. Let's fight and see." Gru didn't plan on letting Yu Shanxin go that easily. His swordmind rose as he gripped his steel greatsword, and a swordlight spread across the sky as it headed for Yu Shanxin.

The silkworm fights didn't permit the use of treasures, so the steel greatsword must have been Gru's gene weapon. As the sword moved through the air, even Han Sen was surprised by its power. The Extreme King's sword skills and swordmind were no worse than his own.

But Han Sen didn't think a strike like this would be enough to defeat Yu Shanxin. He stared at Yu Shanxin, wanting to see how he might deal with such an attack.

Yu Shanxin's body remained motionless. When the swordlight came down, Yu Shanxin reached out both hands as if he wanted to catch the swordlight.

The swordlight stopped when it encountered Yu Shanxin's hands, but the power of the strike was too great. While Yu Shanxin's hands had succeeded in stopping the attack, the raw force of the blow still knocked his body back.

Pang!

Yu Shanxin was pushed back through the barrier of the valley. He lost the silkworm fight.

The silkworm bout had few rules, but there was one rule that all the contestants knew: whoever left the valley first would be put in last place. Yu Shanxin had been the first to get knocked out of the valley, and so he was going to be number twelve.

Han Sen was befuddled. "What the hell is wrong with Yu Shanxin? Gru is very strong, but there is no way Yu Shanxin is that much weaker than him. How did he get blown away by that attack? He must have done that deliberately. I cannot believe this. Even if he couldn't have reached first place, there were many rewards that he could have earned by reaching the top five. Why would he just throw everything away and give up?"

Gru didn't believe Yu Shanxin was that weak, either. The man had been launched beyond the seal by a single attack.

But Yu Shanxin was already out of the valley, and Gru could no longer chase after him. So, the Extreme King turned his head to look at Han Sen.

"If Yu Shanxin was too much of a chicken to fight me properly, then you can fight me. You're also from Sky Palace, after all; it will be good to test the mettle of your people." Gru looked at Han Sen's body.

Han Sen hadn't expected the situation to change so quickly. Before he even realized what had happened, he had become Gru's opponent.

But Han Sen made no effort to run away. He could still fall back as long as he didn't leave the valley, but Han Sen remained within range of Gru. He drew Spell's two pistols.

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Chapter 2672 Swordheart Area

Seeing Han Sen preparing to strike, the Very High who were watching the fight suddenly felt very awake. Although many of the Very High were almost certain that Han Sen would lose the silkworm bout, they still held out a tiny slither of hope that he would win. They prayed that maybe, even without his treasures, Han Sen still harbored a bit of that OP power he had become renowned for.

"I would consider Gru's power to be middle-of-the-road out of the twelve silkworms. He can be a whetstone for other silkworms to grind against, and he will be an excellent demonstration of Han Sen's strength." Liyu Zhen looked excited as he stared at the video.

Li Xue Cheng looked nervous as he said, "As long as Han Sen doesn't reach first place, anyone else can claim the metaphorical throne. I do think we may have overreached with our gamble, though. Even Open Sky Elder wagered the fabled Open Sky jewelry on Han Sen ending up in first place. That was so strange… Open Sky Elder knew this silkworm fight wouldn't allow the use of treasures. Why would he still bet on Han Sen reigning supreme? If we lose, we will lose everything we have."

"Don't worry. It doesn't matter who bets on Han Sen winning. He won't be a match for Shale, no matter what." Liyu Zhen spoke as if he was trying to assure himself as well as Li Xue Cheng.

The fact that Open Sky Elder had placed such a heavy bet on Han Sen made them feel quite uncomfortable.

At the same time, Open Sky Elder was smiling as he watched Han Sen and Gru square up against each other. Li Qiyu, another Very High elder, looked at Open Sky Elder and said, "You really wagered the Open Sky jewelry that Han Sen would win this contest? You realize that this entire event has been rigged in Shale's favor, right?"

"I know." Open Sky Elder smiled and nodded. His expression didn't waver.

"If you know, then why are you doing this? You're just handing an item of immense value to Li Xue Cheng and Liyu Zhen." Elder Li Qiyu looked at Open Sky Elder.

Open Sky Elder laughed and said, "You know I've always wanted the Evil Dragon Orb that belongs to Liyu Zhen's father. He guards the item quite greedily and refuses to loan it to me, though. Therefore, I had to think outside the box to come up with a way to get my mitts on it. If Liyu Zhen loses this bet, will he really be able to fork over materials worth the price of the Open Sky jewelry on his own? No. Therefore, he will have to go and see his father. He will undoubtedly have to give up the Evil Dragon Orb."

"But with Shale here, how could they lose?" Qiyu Elder couldn't understand what Open Sky Elder was thinking.

"What if Shale isn't fighting at full strength right now?" Open Sky Elder smiled at the other man as he spoke.

"Not at full strength? What do you mean?" Qiyu Elder asked, entirely confused.

Open Sky Elder laughed and said, "Remember when Shale went to Demon Lake to hunt down xenogeneics? I had a business matter that took me there at the same time. And there, I saw Shale get his hands on something precious."

"What did he get from Demon Lake?" Qiyu Elder wondered out loud. Then, his eyes widened and he said hoarsely. "Did he get Demon Fruit?"

Open Sky Elder nodded and laughed. "I saw Shale holding the Demon Fruit in his own hands. And then, I watched him eat it."

Qiyu Elder looked at the valley in the video in shock. He was trying to see where Shale was. As he searched, he said, "Does that mean Shale has fallen from deified status?"

"Of course. Demon Fruit is a treasure from the anti-material world. Even a born-deified cannot withstand its effects. Shale has been brought down from deified to King class. The Demon Fruit's Demon Baby God can do miraculous things, and even though Shale has become King class, his potential has been increased a level. He already had a ten armor talent. So, after getting the Demon Fruit, he sacrificed his deified level for another armor talent. Although his eleven armor talent isn't genuine like the ones in the legends, it is still a very rare talent level. You won't find anyone else like this in the entire universe."

After pausing, Open Sky Elder went on to say, "Now that he's taken in the Demon Baby God, it will be a long time before Shale becomes a deified again. There is now a high chance that Han Sen will win this fight."

"If you knew what had happened, why didn't you tell me sooner? If I had known, I would have increased my bet. I would have enjoyed causing more problems for Liyu Zhen and Li Xue Cheng."

Open Sky Elder shook his head and said, "I'm still gambling. Although Shale isn't deified anymore, he still has the will of a deified. I'm not sure if Han Sen can win. Plus, the other silkworms aren't weaklings, either. Fortunately, Yu Shanxin quit the silkworm bouts. Otherwise, Han Sen's chances of reaching first place would have been greatly decreased."

Qiyu thought about it and deduced that Open Sky Elder was most likely correct. Although Shale wasn't deified anymore, Han Sen still might not be able to reach first place. Open Sky Elder wanted to make a bet, but the end of this fight was still uncertain.

Gru's swordmind shook the sky. The steel greatsword came slashing toward Han Sen, just as it had been swung toward Yu Shanxin earlier.

Now that Han Sen was facing that attack himself, he realized just how scary it was.

That swordmind was like a knife hitting the galaxy. It felt like an entire galaxy might buckle under its weight. And Han Sen was opposing that strike with only his body.

"Yu Shanxin was able to use his hands to hold back that sword light. The fitness of his body couldn't be any weaker than mine." Yu Shanxin was a scary guy.

As he considered the attack, Han Sen's body moved on its own. He vanished, and Gru's attack was now slashing toward empty air. Han Sen had employed God's Wander.

Han Sen emerged on the other side of Gru. However, the Extreme King's swordlight had reoriented itself and was still coming toward him.

So, Han Sen teleported away again. But still, Gru's sword light was able to catch up to him. He teleported a few more times, but none of his jumps shook off the pursuit of Gru's attack.

"Weird. How can he predict where I teleport to?" Han Sen thought, furrowing his brows. His God's Wander wasn't as good as Galaxy Teleportation, but he was still very good at small distance jumps. Within a short range, he could go anywhere he wanted. He only had to think about it, and he would teleport to where he wished to be.

Gru was teleporting after him and somehow managing to keep up. This fact alone was enough to prove how powerful the man was.

But Han Sen didn't have much information on Gru, and he didn't know what sort of powers the man wielded. He felt a bit confused about it all.

"Why is this happening? How can Gru predict where God's Wander will take Han Sen?" Li Keer was shocked, too.

Exquisite frowned as she studied the two fighters. "If my judgment is correct, Gru cannot predict where Han Sen is teleporting to. Instead, he is tracking Han Sen with his area power."

"Area power? Isn't Gru's area a sword area?" Li Keer asked, trying to recall. In Gru's profile, it said that his area was a sword area, and his king body was sword-based. It made his sword skills stronger.

"It is a sword element, but it is also a very special sword area," Exquisite said.

Han Sen kept teleporting, but he couldn't escape Gru's swordlight. He decided to teleport somewhere far away to put some distance between Gru and himself.

This time, Gru was unable to catch up in time. Han Sen immediately realized how Gru had been predicting his movements. If the man's attack had possessed some sort of automatic tracking function, as Han Sen had first supposed, then the attack would have caught up with him no matter how far he traveled.

"You have a very powerful area. What is it called?" Han Sen asked, looking at Gru. He could tell that this was all the effect of Gru's area power.

"Swordheart Area. My sword goes straight for the heart. Under the power of this area, I will sense your movements in my heart no matter where you go. In my area, no target can escape my swordheart's targeting ability. Even invisible foes and chameleons are visible to me," Gru said coldly.

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2673 The Glory of One Sho

Most warriors in the universe were like candles, but to be silkworms of the Very High were like blazing bonfires.

Han Sen had planned to spend more time observing Gru's sword skills, but now he had to fight.

Han Sen's fingers twitched, and Spell's twin pistols roared madly, rapidly spitting out bullets.

The steel greatsword in Gru's hands flashed like the wind, cutting each bullet in half. Not a single bullet could escape the wondrous sword lights.

A heavy steel greatsword spun around Gru like a bolt of pure lightning.

"Those are some good sword skills," Han Sen complimented his opponent.

Gru's skills were inferior to Lone Bamboo's talents, but Han Sen appreciated the fact that these techniques were incredibly stable. Every movement was rigorously practiced and could be used with a solid stance. The man was unleashing the max potential of his skills.

This was the way one should always practice their sword skills. It was a way to beat someone stronger when you were weaker, or take on an opponent who had the high ground. These were the strategies that weaker people should always employ. Being solid and using real strength to crush enemies, disabling opponents to deny them the chance to fight back… That was the real way to use a sword.

"These aren't good sword skills," Gru said. "I began practicing with a blade when I was five years old. When I reached thirty, my sword skills still weren't very good. People always thought I was dumb and unsuitable for swordcraft. But I have a sword king body. It would be wasted if I didn't practice with a sword. And so, I kept on training. It has now been 46 years, and my sword skills still aren't good. All I know is that I am better than my ancestors. But still, that doesn't make me good."

"If you are using what you have learned, believe me when I tell you that you are already quite good. Not many people can perform this well." Han Sen knew that using a sword skill to its max potential was a harder feat than making a brand-new sword skill.

New sword skills could sometimes be created in moments of inspiration, but making perfect use of an existing sword skill—regardless of the environment—would take countless hours of practice and training. It required a lot of effort.

As the two of them spoke, their hands never stopped moving. Swords flashes and gunfire rang out. They kept collided against each other time after time, with Han Sen's bullets falling and Gru's sword lights unable to touch his opponent.

"I cannot believe this Gru is so good. His sword skills are excellent. Even amongst the Very High, these sword skills have to be amongst the best." Li Xue Cheng chuckled.

"Gru was a late bloomer," Liyu Zhen said, nodding. "Even though he doesn't have the speed of Pegasus, he is so stable that it's like he has weathered all the dangers of the world. If his opponent isn't considerably stronger than him, there is no way to break his sword. If the Extreme King used him as a guard, their bases would be as strong as stone."

"It's lucky for us that Han Sen ran into Gru first. With Gru's stability, he should be able to squeeze Han Sen out of every ounce of his power. Even if Gru loses, other silkworms will know what to expect from Han Sen. They'll know his powers, and he'll be worn out." Li Xue Cheng felt at ease now.

Some distance away stood a man with the head of a lion and the body of a human. He was staring at Han Sen and Gru as they conducted their battle.

"It looks like Han Sen isn't as talented as the legends proclaim. Without treasure, that guy is pretty much worthless." A Fox woman laughed as she walked up next to Shale.

Shale looked serious as he said, "Gru's sword skill is King Path Sword, yet Han Sen is fighting him without exposing his moves. That alone proves how strong he is. Even my ninth-tier King body might expose my movements to the half-deified Gru."

The Fox woman laughed and said, "You've only fallen to King class. Did your balls shrink, as well? Where did the fearless Shale go, hmm? Have you seen him? Even Han Sen, who is just a ninth-tier King, can make you react this seriously?"

"I embody the destiny of the lionheart. I do everything I can with the utmost precision and care. I might lose, but I will not fail due to my own negligence," Shale said in a hard voice.

The Fox woman rolled her eyes. She looked at Shale and said, "Anyway, what do you make of Han Sen's power? Can he defeat Gru?"

"Gru is strong, but Han Sen can beat him," Shale answered.

"If Gru is strong, why would Han Sen win?" Fox woman asked, looking interested.

"He might win or he might lose." Shale spoke those six words and stopped talking.

"What about you? Which of you is stronger? You or Han Sen?" The Fox woman looked at Shale, trying to see through his thoughts.

Shale didn't move. "We have never fought before. So, who can tell what will happen?"

On the battlefield, Han Sen and Gru had performed a thousand moves against each other. But still, Han Sen had yet to find a way to beat Gru.

Han Sen had to admit that Gru was too stable for him. Han Sen started to think that if he kept fighting like this, he would die of old age before he found the man's flaws. It seemed impossible to beat Gru through skill.

"If agility doesn't seem to work against him, then it looks like I'll have to approach this more directly." Han Sen teleported away, establishing some distance between him and Gru.

"Gru, I really admire your sword skills. But we have to determine a winner between us. Therefore, I am sorry." Han Sen lifted Spell's guns and took aim at Gru.

"Use all the moves you are able to." Gru gripped his steel greatsword tightly. His face looked placid. It was as if even the sky breaking or the earth shattering would not move him.

Han Sen and the Extreme King were enemies, but Han Sen still admired his foe. Gru was a strong character, and if he became a leader among the Extreme King, their race would gain a great deal.

"What a shame. The Extreme King are controlled by King Bai. Gru will have no chance," Han Sen thought to himself. He aimed Spell at Gru and pulled the trigger.

Pang!

A bullet tore out of the gun with a shriek that sounded like space itself beginning to tear. The bullet was headed straight for Gru, and Gru was frozen. He had held the sword with one hand previously, but now he carefully gripped it with two. He shouted and brought the steel greatsword above his head to swing it down on the bullet.

A sword light glared with blinding intensity as it hit the bullet. The sword strike found its target, but the bullet didn't split in half. Instead, it exploded.

Boom!

It was like a hydrogen bomb detonating. Looking at it was like staring straight into the sun. It covered Gru and most of the land.

When the explosion finally faded, a huge hole had been torn into the mountain. Gru was lying in the crater, soaked in blood. His limbs were all gone, and wounds covered every inch of his body that remained.

"What frightening power." The audience was shocked. A ninth-tier King had used his pure power to defeat the half-deified Gru. That was astonishing.

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2674 One Fighting Four

The Fox woman sighed. "You were right. Gru is very stable, but he lacks the sheer power needed to beat stronger enemies. He couldn't topple an opponent who had the high ground. He can't be beaten by anyone weaker than him, but when he meets an opponent who is stronger than he is, he lacks the ingenuity to find a way to take them down."

"It looks like Han Sen is stronger than I thought. Even if I was half-deified, I don't think I would be able to suppress him with my current power," Shale said thoughtfully.

Han Sen looked down on the bloodied-but-not-yet dead Gru. He was going to finish him with a final shot. He wasn't on good terms with the Extreme King, and someone like Gru would definitely be used against him. It would only lead to trouble further down the line. He knew he would need to finish the man off then and there.

But before Han Sen could do anything, a shadow appeared next to the heavily wounded Gru. The man looked at Han Sen, grabbed Gru, and disappeared, teleporting away from the battlefield.

Han Sen didn't need to guess. He knew that the Very High who had taken Gru away was the same man who had signed a contract with him.

"What a shame," Han Sen thought to himself.

"Han Sen really is a legendary dude. The power of one bullet was enough to harm Gru like so. To be honest, it should make us feel embarrassed," said an approaching figure.

When Han Sen turned around, though, he saw more than one person. There were three people following the speaker.

"What do you guys want?" Han Sen asked, looking at the four people. He had seen them in the information booklet he had been given. The leader of the crew was from the Extreme King. Of the remaining three, one was Extreme King, and the other two belonged to other races. If they had been taken on as silkworms, though, then it was obvious they weren't foes that Han Sen could take lightly.

"You are strong, but we want to get a good ranking. So, we will have to ask you to leave the valley," the leading Extreme King man said.

After that, the four silkworms surrounded Han Sen.

Although the Very High never suggested that silkworms should team up, cooperative fights weren't forbidden, and there were no rules stating that silkworms should fight one on one. If things had to be one-on-one at all times, there would have been no reason to stick all twelve silkworms in a single valley.

The Very High didn't only want to learn from the fighting experience of their silkworms. They wanted to learn what would happen to the mind during heated exchanges, so they could determine which effects were useful and which were not. It would help the Very High determine how to conduct themselves in the future.

"Are you going to leave with your head held high, or are we going to have to send you home in a body bag?" a mantis-man asked Han Sen snidely.

Han Sen laughed and said, "You think you can bully me because you outnumber me?"

"Han Sen, are you naive enough to believe we will fight you one-on-one?" the mantis-man said with a disdainful look on his face.

He and Han Sen were both from small races. Despite that commonality, Han Sen was a famous fellow all across the universe. Even amongst the Very High, he was considered a figure of much prestige.

The mantis-man's background was similar to Han Sen's, but he had never spent time in the limelight. That lack of fame led to him hating Han Sen quite a lot.

"It isn't like that. I'm just giving you a little advice. If you want to bully me, four of you won't be enough. You should go and enlist a few others before you push your luck," Han Sen said quietly.

"What idiocy. Come on, then. Show us! Show us how good you believe you are," the mantis-man grunted coldly, as a purple and red mantis arm suddenly broke through the fabric of space. It slashed forward, hurtling down on Han Sen.

The mantis-man had space power. Wherever the mantis-man's arm went, a long mark was left in its wake.

Han Sen fell back, but he felt as if the space his body occupied had become distorted. Although he had moved nearly a thousand meters, the mantis-man was no farther away from him.

Han Sen frowned. He looked to the side, and he saw an Extreme King person unleashing a weird area power. He thought it must have been the area power that was distorting the dimensions around him.

As the mantis-arm came down, Han Sen used Spell's two pistols to take aim at the mantis scythe.

Dong!

It shouldn't have been difficult to counter the mantis' arm with Han Sen's power, but when they struck each other, Han Sen felt a surprising amount of power coming against him. He stumbled back a few steps, and his hands ached. He almost lost the tight grip he was keeping on those two pistols.

Han Sen's eyes flicked back to the mantis. A weird, gold light was covering the mantis arm. That gold light was shining on all four half-deified, actually. One of the Extreme King was glowing especially brightly. That was undoubtedly his area power.

Before Han Sen could react, there was an arrow headed toward him. It was a half-deified from the Aichi. The Aichi were born archers, so their talents with a bow were exemplary.

Han Sen was fighting four people alone, which put him at a considerable disadvantage. The four half-deified fighters were all using their special powers in conjunction.

The mantis-man had a rare space power that could break space with a scythe that was practically indestructible. One of the Extreme King fighters could manipulate space, whereas the other could buff the bodies of his companions. They restricted Han Sen's movements while also making their bodies stronger.

The Aichi archer was the icing on the cake. He had a scary proficiency with the bow. He kept harassing Han Sen from afar, and his area could buff the speed of the other three.

Because space was sometimes shortened or lengthened, the distance Han Sen kept between himself and his enemies was no longer reliable. The attacks that he could evade were now no longer avoidable. The distances at which he could attack the enemy were made longer, keeping him from touching them.

"Although Han Sen is strong, the other silkworms are very strong, too. He is fighting four people all alone. Even I, a Very High, cannot do that. He is just one Han Sen," Liyu Zhen coldly said.

Li Keer and Exquisite weren't too worried because they could sense Han Sen's heart. Although it seemed that Han Sen was being oppressed and restrained at every turn, they could feel that Han Sen's heart was like a quiet well. There was a lot of confidence inside him.

Although they hadn't yet figured out where Han Sen's coincidence came from, they knew Han Sen's situation wasn't as dire as it seemed.

An arrow was flying right toward Han Sen's face, and a sword light was coming at Han Sen's waist. The mantis arm and Spell's pistol collided, sending Han Sen back a few hundred meters. Every second of the engagement put Han Sen in a new life-and-death situation. It seemed that if the mantis-man and the others worked just a little harder, they could defeat Han Sen.

The battle raged furiously. Han Sen was attacked by many areas, knife lights, and sword shadows, and despite it all, he kept blocking everything that was thrown at him. He was countering the attacks of four people.

In the beginning, those Han Sen's four attackers had the advantage, but as time passed, they realized with shock that their restraints on Han Sen were becoming weaker and weaker. They could no longer keep him contained within their areas.

In the end, Han Sen was easily engaging all four of them at the same time. He was able to attack and defend as he pleased.

"This guy's battle talents are too scary," the Fox woman said. She was watching Han Sen fight, stunned. Each of the four silkworms was just as strong as she was, but Han Sen could fight all four of them with stability. And he was only a ninth-tier King.

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