Monster Paradise

by Stayrr

800 years ago, 3000 dimensional gates opened across the entire world. In that moment, it was as if 3000 different colored eyes opened across the world as hordes of monsters swarmed out of these gates like tears. Some could destroy city walls with one strike; They had bodies the size of a giant and fed on humans Some latched onto humans, absorbing their bodies’ nutrients and ensla

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Chapter 1407: Advancing to Virtual God rank-6!

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As more time passed in the Emperor Palace, Lin Huang fully completed the refining and fusion of the Divine Fire.

As he had no idea when the invasion would happen, he could only race against the clock to improve his combat strength as soon as possible.

In the blink of an eye, two more months passed.

Lin Huang completed the refining and fusion of ten sixth-rank Divine Fire tinders. With the tempering of Divine Fire, the Godhead finally advanced to sixth-rank.

It took him almost three months to increase his combat strength from Virtual God third-rank to the Virtual God sixth-rank.

Since he had not obtained any higher-rank Divine Fire, he could proceed no further in his cultivation to improve his combat strength.

It took more than half an hour for him to adapt to his newly heightened combat strength. Finally, Lin Huang opened the door of the Emperor Palace and officially exited!

After three months of closed-door cultivation, he made his grand return, and his power had made another qualitative leap.

The moment he threw open the gate of the Emperor Palace, Sword101 and Sword102, who had been guarding the door for the past three months, immediately turned around and bowed to him.

Although they did not pry into Lin Huang's cultivation status in the Emperor Palace, as Sword Servants they could naturally sense it every time the swordmaster's combat strength was advanced. After all, every advancement led to their combat strength being unsealed.

Both of them were certain that Lin Huang had raised another three small levels in the short span of three months.

"Thank you for your hard work. I probably won't enter closed-door cultivation again any time soon. You can move around freely now."

Lin Huang gave the two a small nod.

However, the two did not leave. Instead, they walked to Lin Huang's side, a short distance behind, and silently assumed the roles of bodyguards.

This had been mentioned by Sword1. The swordmaster must have a minimum of two bodyguards with him at all times.

Lin Huang noted the development but said nothing.

As his Divine Telekinesis unfolded, he found Huang Tianfu and the others, and Lin Huang appeared in his office in a flash.

"Your Majesty!"

Lin Huang's silent appearance startled Huang Tianfu for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure.

"Did anything happen during my three months of closed-door cultivation?"

"Nothing significant."

Huang Tianfu sorted out his thoughts before he spoke again.

"We have followed your instructions and shared the information of the great world with the Union Government and other top organizations. After that, the news leaked further. Now, more than 80% of the transcendent cultivators have obtained the relevant information and knowledge about the kind of enemy that they will be facing. Therefore, in the past few months, everyone has been vigorously acquiring resources and improving their ability in all aspects.

"The major organizations have also relaxed their standards and began to accept more newcomers. A new wave of expansion and development has commenced. Many people who were originally scattered have also joined the organizations.

"Someone has been keeping watch at the Abyss Brink—nothing much has changed. But for us, no news is good news."l

"There is one more thing related to you, Your Majesty."

"What is it?" Lin Huang asked, a little surprised.

"The news of your return from the great world was leaked and it became a trending topic. Basically, all cultivators know about it now." Huang Tianfu snuck a peek at Lin Huang but did not see any change in his expression.

"If it's leaked, so be it. People will know sooner or later anyway. It doesn't affect me." Lin Huang really did not care about this kind of thing.

"The rest are small matters. Now, nearly all the organizations are busy scrambling for resources, and those that are in conflict have agreed to cooperate under the influence of external pressure. No one is doing anything at all. I would go so far as to say that it has been the calmest few months in the past 100 years."

"How has Dynasty been these past few months?" Lin Huang asked.

"As we were the first to get the news and therefore were the most prepared, we currently occupy the most wastelands and ruins among all of the organizations. In terms of expanding, our recruitment of newcomers is inferior only to the Hunter Association and the Union Government. We are ranked third. Some casuals with fair ability have also joined us."

"How about Misery?" Lin Huang pressed.

"The wastelands and ruins occupied by Misery rank second, but their expansion is slightly slower than ours. I don't know much about the specifics, so you may still have to ask Zhi Ji."

Lin Huang gave a small nod, then his Divine Telekinesis swept the area. He found that the building where Lin Xin lived was still open, and she was not outside.

"Xin Er is still in closed-door cultivation?"

"Yes, she has yet to come out." Huang Tianfu nodded.

"This girl, would she get to Virtual God rank-9 in one go…" Lin Huang thought about it inside his head.

"Xiao Mo is also not back?"

"No." Huang Tianfu shook his head.

Lin Huang frowned slightly…

The Peaceful Ocean was so vast that it occupied more than 70% of the entire gravel world. It was also connected to eight of the twelve Safe Zones.

The environment under the sea was more complicated and constantly changing, especially in the deep sea area.

Xiao Mo and the twelve sword servants dispersed and searched for three months without any results.

During this time, he also gradually developed a way to control his dreams under the guidance of a Sword Servant.

He saw more and more images about the will projection of the Crow God.

However, he had no doubt that the Crow God could also spy on him.

That was why every time that he found its hiding place, when he rushed over he was always a step too late.

Even Xiao Mo himself began to wonder if the scenes he saw in his dream were just illusions and had nothing to do with reality.

After three months, he was exhausted both physically and mentally.

Suddenly, a tyrannical Divine Telekinesis swept through the area without the slightest bit of subtlety. A sense of horror gripped Xiao Mo's heart and the hair on his body stood on end.

"What a strong Divine Telekinesis!" The Divine Telekinesis was so powerful that it was suffocating and he knew the person it belonged to must be at least a true god-level powerhouse.

As soon as he felt it, he noticed that a ray of Divine Telekinesis was suddenly locked onto him.

Before he had time to react, a figure appeared a short distance away.

Just when his scalp started to go numb and he got ready to flee, he got a clear view of the figure.

"Your Majesty?!"

Lin Huang appeared directly in front of Xiao Mo.

"I finally found you."

"You… why are you here?" Xiao Mo reacted after a stunned pause.

"I just came out of closed-door cultivation today. After I found out that you haven't been back in three months, I came to have a look. After all, there is no communication signal in most of the Peaceful Ocean, so I have no choice but to find you myself." Lin Huang explained exasperatedly. If the communicator had been able to reach Xiao Mo, he would not have bothered to make this trip.

"Have you not found that guy after three months?" He did not beat around the bush.

"No. I suspect that he spied on me much more than I spied on him. He might know what we said, what we did, where we went, and what we communicated about. As such, we were always a step too late, we couldn't even catch his shadow. I'm starting to wonder if the dream fragments I saw were real or if they were just hallucinations created under the influence of the Crow God."

"If that's the case…" Lin Huang touched his chin and went deep in thought for a moment, then raised his head to look at Xiao Mo. "Are there any items with the aura of the Crow God on you?"

Xiao Mo considered the question. "My Divine Power is of the same origin as the Crow God and there should be a certain degree of similarity in aura. Is that sufficient?"

"We can try." Lin Huang nodded.

Xiao Mo immediately stretched out his finger and exerted a ray of Divine Power.

The ink-black Divine Power curled like a small snake, clung to Lin Huang's fingers, and finally stopped in Lin Huang's palm.

After Lin Huang's Divine Telekinesis was released, he nodded after giving the ray of Divine Power a thorough scan.

"Let's try it first. If it doesn't work then we'll think of something else."

As he spoke, the invincible Divine Telekinesis swept out again. It swept across the entire Peaceful Ocean almost instantly.

After a while, the corners of Lin Huang's mouth twitched upward. "Found him!"

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Chapter 1408: Do You Still Think So Now?

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Looking at the extremely familiar environment in front of him, Xiao Mo was slightly taken aback.

"This is the location where I first saw the will projection of the Crow God in my dreams…"

Lin Huang brought Xiao Mo along and Space Warped to the place where his Divine Telekinesis had zoned in on the will projection of the Crow God. It turned out to be the first place where Xiao Mo had seen the will projection of the Crow God from his dreams a few months ago.

When he came to the Peaceful Ocean for the first time to explore the will projection of the Crow God back then, the first area that he searched was here.

Unexpectedly, the place where Lin Huang's Divine Telekinesis was locked in now was the exact same place.

Xiao Mo's Divine Telekinesis gave the surroundings a quick sweep but he still found nothing.

He could only sense the presence of a virtual god-level sea king species in the depths of the trench ahead, but it did not have even a shred of the Crow God's aura.

"I can only sense one Sea King species…" Xiao Mo looked at Lin Huang rather doubtfully.

"On the surface, there is only one sea king species here." Lin Huang said as he walked to the edge of the cliff above the trench. He looked down and shouted, "Come out! We have already found you at your doorstep. It's meaningless to keep hiding."

As Xiao Mo lay baffled, a voice suddenly came from the trench.

"I didn't expect to be found by both of you."

As if on cue, the ground on the seabed began to tremor violently.

A moment later, a huge behemoth slowly protruded its gigantic head from the depths of the trench. After it exceeded the height of Lin Huang and Xiao Mo by over a hundred meters, it looked down on them.

This was a monster similar to Hydrophiinae on earth, but it was many times larger—its head alone was hundreds of meters tall.

The red and purple stripes seemed to be a bold declaration saying "I am venomous".

However, Lin Huang's line of sight was not on this monster, but directly on top of it.

A lone figure stood there. Although it was easy to overlook in contrast to the huge sea king species, the eyesight of a cultivator noticed it easily.

However, Xiao Mo was focused only on the sea king species in front of him after he sensed the aura of the Crow God.

The figure stood on top of the head of the sea king species, condescendingly gazing upon Lin Huang and Xiao Mo below him. There was no hint of embarrassment and fear after being discovered by the enemy. Instead, he was calm and at ease.

"The Emperor of Dynasty… I underestimated the speed of your ascent."

Lin Huang and Xiao Mo looked at each other, and both of them knew that the voice was that of the Crow God from more than a year ago.

Lin Huang's identity was announced in one sentence. Obviously, for the past year, the Crow God had not stopped scouring for information from the outside world.

"Since I entered the path of cultivation, many people have underestimated the speed of my rise. You are not the first and you will not be the last." Lin Huang said it without humility; after all, it was the truth.

"On the contrary, you have been hiding in the Peaceful Ocean for more than a year and it seems that you have not made much progress. The combat level is barely at Virtual God rank-2, and the possessed body seems to have an average talent and potential. I'm quite curious why you haven't made a move for over a year. What were you wasting your time on?"

Lin Huang's words were enigmatic and had a mocking tone, his objective was very simple. He wanted to provoke his adversary and squeeze information out of him.

"Lin Huang, don't think that you're so great just because you advanced to Virtual God rank-3. In the great world, virtual god-level is just cannon fodder, and there is essentially no difference whether it is rank-1 or rank-9. If you have actually been to the great world, you should know this well."

"As for my physical body's combat level and talent potential, it matters not. The purpose of my will projection is not to defeat all the powerhouses in this gravel world nor to dominate this world."

"So what is your real mission?" Lin Huang asked in a supposed offhanded tone.

"You will know soon…" The Crow God smiled grimly.

As his voice fell, the sea king species under him suddenly moved, and its body began to rise rapidly.

At this time, Lin Huang finally noticed something abnormal.

"This spatial fluctuation…"

Lin Huang used his Divine Telekinesis to scan and discovered that the deepest part of this huge trench, which was previously covered by the sea king species, actually had a huge space crack.

The space crack had even been completely firmly formed, connecting a space gateway to the unknown.

"Is that a dimensional gateway?!" Lin Huang had just completed his Divine Telekinesis sweep and Xiao Mo also discovered the abnormality of the trench below.

"Didn't you want to know what I did this year?" The Crow God cackled wildly. "Well, here is your answer!"

"Come out!"

With a loud shout from the Crow God, a huge amount of Divine Power began to pour into the space crack.

The connected space gateway began to glow with a dazzling white light.

At the sight of this, Xiao Mo's expression changed drastically. However, beside him, Lin Huang looked impassive, as if nothing happened.

In the next instant, several true god-level auras emerged from the gateway.

Within the blink of an eye, several figures struggled to squeeze out of the space crack.

Different from the undead that Lin Huang encountered in the Abyss Brink previously, these true god-level monsters only struggled in the space crack for a short moment before successfully descending into the gravel world.

Seeing the arrival of these monsters, Lin Huang narrowed his eyes slightly.

The Crow God was obviously familiar with the process of invading the gravel world and he directly suppressed the resistance and rejection of the world will by special means.

The six monsters that descended included two of each from rank-1 and rank-3, with the true god-level combat strength completely preserved.

Sensing the aura of the six monsters, Xiao Mo's face went a little pale but he held his ground.

"Lin Huang, run away, I will stop them!"

He was so nervous that he even forgot to address Lin Huang as His Majesty.

However, Lin Huang, who was standing next to him, took a step forward, directly blocking the aura released by the six True Gods.

Xiao Mo, who was now a bag of nerves, suddenly could no longer sense any aura on the six monsters.

"I thought you would outright come by yourself, but I didn't expect you to be so cautious." Lin Huang glanced over the six True Gods and looked directly at the Crow God again, ignoring the threat posed by the six True Gods. "You just sent six small potatoes out to explore."

"Although it's only six small potatoes, it's more than enough to deal with the likes of you two." The Crow God smiled triumphantly, obviously confident he had won the game.

"Is that so?" The expression on Lin Huang's face was still extremely calm, and it did not look staged.

At this moment, the six monsters collapsed to the ground almost at the same time, and their vitality quickly disintegrated into nothingness.

The Crow God's expression stiffened slightly. He swept through with Divine Telekinesis and noticed that all the six monsters had an extra sword mark between their eyebrows.

Not only had their lives been taken, but even their souls were slashed by this sword.

"Do you still think so now?" Lin Huang asked with a faint smile, raising his head to address the Crow God.

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"What happened? Did he do that?!"

When he saw the six true god-level monsters being killed within seconds, the Crow God was thunderstruck. With his Virtual God rank-2's combat strength, his vision was not fast enough to keep up with Lin Huang's movements.

'He's just a Virtual God rank-3, no matter how much of a genius he is, he can't have the ability to kill a True God…So, there is only one possibility—someone must have made a move surreptitiously just now. The person who did it must be extremely proficient in assassination to be able to instantly kill two third-rank True Gods in a second. Whoever that is must be at least a fourth-rank True God, or even stronger…'

Lin Huang's combat strength under the guise of Thousand Face was still Virtual God rank-3, so the Crow God and Xiao Mo naturally thought that he was just a Virtual God rank-3.

However, in the Crow God's mind, he knew it was impossible to kill a True God within seconds, especially a third-rank True God. Therefore, he made a snap conclusion—Lin Huang had a true god-level powerhouse behind him, and the person was at least a middle-rank True God.

After thinking about it carefully for some time, the expression on Crow God's face became uglier and uglier.

"The first batch of six True Gods sent here to explore the path died. Could it be caused by the instability of the space gateway?"

The six small potatoes that were supposed to explore the path were killed instantly. The Crow God, who was in the great world, could sense that they had died, but he had no way to know what caused it.

In the current situation, an unstable space gateway was the most reasonable explanation for the death of the six.

The Crow God had carried out a thorough investigation and concluded that there was no True God in the gravel world.

If he had only sent a first-rank True God to explore the path who was subsequently killed by the virtual god-level prodigies in the gravel world or was ambushed and done in by a group of Virtual Gods, the possibility of this situation was not impossible.

However, he had sent over six True Gods this time, and those with the highest combat strength even included two third-rank True Gods. There should be no gravel world that could cultivate any virtual god-level geniuses that could kill a third-rank True God. And even if they were besieged and ambushed by a group of virtual god-levels, six True Gods were unlikely to be killed instantly.

Therefore, the only reasonable explanation for the death of the six True Gods was an accident caused by the unstable space gateway.

A Dimensional Storm might have struck and shattered the six; it was also possible that there was a Dimensional Whirlpool in the passage which swallowed everyone in it; he also could not rule out a Dimensional Tide happening which swept them all away…

However, these most logical inferences were not the truth.

Lin Huang naturally thought of the same things that the Crow God will projection thought of. The reason why he killed the six small potatoes that were sent to explore the path in seconds was to make the Crow God doubt himself.

If the Crow God was certain that there was no problem with the space gateway, he might assemble a large army and descend, which was not an ideal situation for Lin Huang.

The major organizations in the gravel world already had their hands full with the upcoming invasion that was about to descend on the Abyss Brink.

If a wave of invaders from the Crow God came in advance, it would greatly deplete the number of virtual god-level powerhouses in the gravel world. At that time, once the war of the Abyss Brink breaks out, things will fall into greater chaos.

To avoid this disaster, Lin Huang hoped that he could resolve the matter of the Crow God on his own.

Different from the space gateway that the invaders were already familiar with in the Abyss Brink, this space gateway on the Peaceful Ocean seabed was obviously just completed in the past few days, and had not even been operated at all.

The six True Gods that were just transported over were the first trial run by the Crow God to confirm the safety of the gateway.

Lin Huang's strategy was very simple. As long as he created the illusion that the trial operation had failed several times and coaxed the Crow God into believing that there was a problem with the space gateway, he will be in no hurry to gather an army to come down.

Once it was confirmed that the space gateway was faulty, the Crow God will undoubtedly postpone the invasion plan and find a way to fix the issue.

This delay would be enough for Lin Huang to destroy the transmission anchor point of the space gateway on the Peaceful Ocean seabed.

After that, as long as the will projection of the Crow God and his other subordinates were taken care of, cutting off any possibility of them setting up a space anchor point again, the invasion plan of the Crow God was basically nipped in the bud.

Just when the Crow God's will projection showed his worry about whether or not to give up on this invasion, the space gateway suddenly fluctuated again.

"Here they come again!" Xiao Mo stared at the space gateway, more anxious than ever.

Only Lin Huang remained calm.

Crow God making a second attempt was completely within his expectations.

The white gleams of the space gateway were prosperous and there was only one aura that teleported over this time.

The Crow God and Xiao Mo could not clearly tell who was teleporting over or what combat level it was.

Then, the head of the figure spun in a high arc and a huge headless corpse fell to the ground…

The Crow God dispatched only one person this time, a fourth-rank True God, and it was an Ankylosaurus with amazing defenses.

Seeing the Ankylosaurus that was teleported over had its head cut off by a single wave of the sword, the Crow God was even more shocked.

There was still an aura that remained on the corpse of the Ankylosaurus. He could clearly sense that it was a fourth-rank True God. In terms of defense power alone, this monster was stronger than most fifth-rank monsters. Even a sixth-rank True God was unlikely to easily kill it within seconds.

However, the reality was right in front of his eyes—the Ankylosaurus was beheaded easily.

The Crow God was beginning to become frightened. "Is it possible that the person behind Lin Huang is a high-rank True God?! But in this gravel world with incomplete rules, how can a high-rank True God survive for such a long time?!"

Crow God's back was dripping with cold sweat, and starting to feel that the situation in this gravel world might be more complicated than he ever expected.

At this moment, Xiao Mo's nervousness was turning into confusion.

He turned to look at Lin Huang but instantly dispelled the thought that had just flashed in his mind. Even if he was confident in Lin Huang's ability, he still could not believe that Lin Huang did this. Both he and the Crow God came to the same conclusion—someone made a move from behind the scenes!

Only Lin Huang maintained an expressionless front.

However, he knew in his heart that by killing the second wave of explorers, the job was already more than half done.

The Crow God replaced the six explorers with only one explorer in the second wave in order to test the stability of the space gateway. Previously, when he sent six of them, there was a possibility that the number of transfers affected the stability of the dimensional gateway. If even one explorer could not be transported successfully, it could only mean that there was a huge problem with the transmission channel.

Moreover, he deliberately chose an Ankylosaurus with strong defenses to eliminate the possibility of the first wave of pathfinders being beheaded. Even though the Ankylosaurus was only at fourth-rank in combat strength, its defense was comparable to that of the sixth-rank monster. Even if it really met a sixth-rank True God, it could easily hold its ground for half an hour.

For it to be killed within seconds, there were only two possibilities.

One was that this gravel world had a powerful high-rank True God.

The other was that there was a major problem with the space gateway, and the Ankylosaurus was torn apart by the space rules.

The Crow God, who was far away in the great world, obviously thought that the latter was far more likely.

"Will he give up or send a third wave…" Lin Huang stared at the dimensional gateway and patiently waited for the result of this round of the game…

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Chapter 1410: Fight Me One-on-one If You Can!

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After the Ankylosaurus was killed, it took more than ten seconds for the dimensional gateway to finally transmit a spatial fluctuation once again.

Lin Huang, who had been staring intently at the dimensional gateway, did not even wait to see what monster was being teleported before he started attacking again.

He knew that this wave was critical.

After completing this kill, the Crow God's plans would have been thwarted for the third time. There would be a high probability that he would not try to probe again for a fourth time, and it was even more likely that he would completely give up on this invasion.

In the void, the body of the sword turned into a purple electric light and shot through the air.

Lin Huang did not hold back in this attack.

Even though the Ankylosaurus from just now was a fourth-rank True God, it had terrifying defensive power that was comparable to a sixth-rank True God.

However, as even an explorer of such high caliber was subdued instantly, the third wave of explorers sent by the Crow God would naturally be even stronger and may possess other special abilities.

Coming to that assumption, Lin Huang did not dare to hold back in his attack even in the slightest.

Sword Dao true meaning, Elemental Enlightenment, and God Rule Power were compounded into one.

The point of the blade turned into a purple thunder light and instantly penetrated through the curtain of white light from the dimensional gateway that had yet to disperse. In the next second, a corpse that had been sliced into two dropped to the ground.

Lin Huang only realized after looking at the fallen corpse that what he had killed was a Void Hunter.

A Void Hunter was a Void-type monster that specialized in Spatial Law.

Judging from the residual aura from the corpse, the Void Hunter's combat strength was equivalent to the seventh-rank true god-level.

Lin Huang now had a general idea of what the Crow God's intentions were.

As the previous explorers were defeated twice consecutively, the Crow God had therefore sent out this Void Hunter for the third round.

On one hand, this Void Hunter's combat power level was at seventh-rank, and its overall strength was much stronger than the Ankylosaurus from before. Moreover, it specialized in spatial-related powers, so even if it encountered a ninth-rank enemy, it would not have been killed easily, let alone within seconds.

On the other hand, if there really was a problem with the dimensional gateway, then the survival rate of the Void Hunter would be much higher than other types of monsters due to its spatial powers. As long as the Void Hunter was able to make it back alive, they would be able to identify the problem with the dimensional gateway and determine if it could be used. However, if even the Void Hunter could not survive the trip, that could only mean there was a major problem with this dimensional gateway and there was no hope in using it.

However, during this third wave of probing, the Crow God miscalculated once again.

He would never have thought that there was someone in the gravel world that would be able to kill a seventh-rank true god-level Void Hunter.

He would much less have imagined that there was someone in the gravel world who was calculating his moves since the beginning, guiding him toward the wrong train of thought, and allowing him to make the wrong conclusions again and again.

Seeing that the Void Hunter was killed within seconds, the Crow God's will projection was in complete disbelief.

The Crow God's will projection possessed a big chunk of the Crow God's memories, so he knew very well that this Void Hunter was an expert at dodging attacks. An average ninth-rank True God would have had a hard time merely killing it, let alone annihilating it within seconds.

But the person behind Lin Huang was able to do it, and instantaneously killed the Void Hunter the moment it was teleported over.

"Could there be a ninth-rank behind him?!"

As he considered the possibility, the Crow God's will projection was a little depressed. His Primordial form's original combat power was only at ninth-rank true god-level, and within the ninth-rank, his strength was nowhere near the top; it could only be considered upper-middle level at most.

Now, it seems that the person behind Lin Huang was also a ninth-rank True God, whose strength was not weaker than his Primordial form's. In fact, it may even be even stronger.

All of a sudden, he felt that conquering this gravel world would be more difficult than he had initially imagined.

Even if his Primordial form came here in person, it would be embarrassing if he ended up unable to go against this ninth-rank True God opponent that was behind Lin Huang. Furthermore, the prior preparations that he had been working so hard on all this time would all go to waste.

However, after thinking about it carefully, he soon discovered another problem.

"In this gravel world with incomplete rules, there's no way a True God would be able to stay here for long. Even if there are special means to obstruct the world will, it would only be temporary. Moreover, the higher the True God's combat power level, the more they will be rejected by the world will, and the shorter the duration that they can stay. If I base my calculations according to my Primordial form, then if a ninth-rank true god-level powerhouse were to come to this part of the gravel world, they would only be able to stay here for about half a month at most."

Thinking of this, the Crow God's will projection felt that he had made a breakthrough.

"The powerhouse behind Lin Huang can only stay here for a limited amount of time. As long as we invade after his time is up, he won't be a problem anymore…"

However, what he did not know was that this so-called "powerhouse behind Lin Huang" was actually Lin Huang himself.

As a native inhabitant of the gravel world, combined with the fact that his combat power level had yet to reach true god-level, Lin Huang could stay in this part of the gravel world until the end of time if he really wanted to.

Silently putting away the two halves of the corpse, Lin Huang once again turned his attention to the dimensional gateway.

He was quite sure that the Crow God would not send a fourth wave of explorers. He kept his eyes on the dimensional gateway, just in case.

After three fruitless waves of probing, Lin Huang was almost certain that the Crow God Primordium would cancel the invasion plan.

It was simply impossible for the Crow God to hastily assemble a large army and send them through the dimensional gateway without confirming the problems with the dimensional gateway.

According to normal logic, if even a Void Hunter could not make it through the dimensional gateway, then it would be even more impossible for others to make a trip, let alone a large-scale army.

Just as Lin Huang had expected, seconds and minutes passed by, and there was no new movement from the dimensional gateway.

He stood there and waited for three to four minutes, and when he saw that the dimensional gateway did not light up again, he knew that he had won this round of mind games!

He deliberately created the illusion that there was a problem with the dimensional gateway. After three times of careful verification, the Crow God finally fell into his trap, believed in the illusion, and temporarily gave up on the invasion plan.

Seeing that the dimensional gateway did not lit up, the Crow God's will projection had gradually become discouraged.

He could clearly see from this side of the gravel world that there was no problem with the dimension gateway, but his Primordium nevertheless gave up on the invasion.

It was not difficult for him to understand his Primordium's actions. If he had not witnessed the three waves of monsters being beheaded with his own eyes, he probably would have also come to the same conclusion that the three waves of explorers encountered an accident while in the dimensional gateway.

"I'm afraid that your Primordium will no longer have any contact with the gravel world for some time." After confirming that the Crow God Primordium had given up on the invasion, Lin Huang turned his head slightly and smiled at the Crow God's will projection.

Although his smile was warm and graceful, the Crow God's will projection felt a chill down his spine. Despite that, the expression on his face remained calm and composed.

"Lin Huang, fight me one-on-one if you can, don't rely on a helper!"

This was the only way he could think of for a slim chance of survival. If the person behind Lin Huang were to make a move, he would probably be killed instantly.

"One-on-one?!" Lin Huang could not help but raise his eyebrows. He rarely heard other people making such demands from him. "Are you sure you want to go one-on-one against me?"

"Are you too scared?!" The Crow God firmly stared at Lin Huang.

The corner of Lin Huang's lips quivered upward after hearing this provocation. The rays of the sun just so happened to illuminate his cheeks at this moment, and under the intertwinement of light and shadow, he looked more handsome than ever.

"Then… as you wish."

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Chapter 1411: Resolving the Crisis

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Lin Huang did not know whether to laugh or cry when he heard his opponent suggest a one-on-one duel.

Because of Thousand Face's disguise, his externally displayed combat level was only Virtual God rank-3, but his actual combat level was already at Virtual God rank-6.

As for the Crow God's will projection, his combat level was only at Virtual God rank-2.

His combat level alone was four ranks below Lin Huang.

Moreover, Lin Huang had already been able to take down medium-rank True Gods when he was just a Virtual God rank-3. Now that he had been elevated to Virtual God rank-6, his true strength was in no way inferior to an ordinary ninth-rank True God. Even then, this was still not considered one of his trump cards.

Even if the Crow God Primordium personally came here, there was a high chance that he would have perished on the spot while facing Lin Huang. Furthermore, this current opponent was only the Crow God's will projection, and his combat level was only at Virtual God rank-2.

The Crow God's will projection was ecstatic upon hearing that Lin Huang had agreed to his one-on-one challenge.

Although Lin Huang was a Virtual God rank-3 and therefore at a combat level that was a little higher than his own, the Crow God was not afraid at all.

"Since this is a one-on-one duel, let's determine the rules in advance. During the fight, any methods are permissible. If you lose, you must let me leave unscathed."

"Not a problem. However, what will you do if you lose?" Lin Huang asked with a smile.

"I'll give up setting the teleportation coordinates, and will no longer be involved in anything related to my Primordium's plans to invade the gravel world." The Crow God's will projection strove hard to obtain a chance of survival for himself.

"You don't have to go through such a hassle. All you have to do is give up your life," Lin Huang said, casually laying out his demands.

The Crow God's expression immediately filled with dread, but he was also aware that he had no other choice. If he wanted to survive, he had to win!

His mood soon calmed down, and his confidence returned as he remembered his trump card.

"Let's fight then. I hope you'll keep your word! If I win, let me leave safely."

"Don't worry, as long as you can win, I'll let you go!" Lin Huang nodded quickly.

The two managed to come to an agreement, and Xiao Mo swiftly stepped aside.

He was very confident in Lin Huang's abilities. If Lin Huang's opponent had been a True God, then Xiao Mo might have been a little worried. However, the opponent this time was just a Virtual God rank-2, and his combat level alone was a rank lower than Lin Huang's.

When Xiao Mo heard the Crow God's will projection suggest one-on-one combat, in his heart he even had a moment of silent mourning for the Crow God.

Lin Huang stood tall and proud on this battlefield of two but did not make any immediate moves.

The disparity in strength between himself and the Crow God was too great. If he were to attack, the other party would not stand a chance at all. Besides, Lin Huang also wanted to see what tricks the Crow God had that gave him such confidence to issue such a challenge against himself.

The Crow God was full of confidence in his own abilities; he also immediately used his trump card at the very first instance.

He stood on top of the sea king species' head and his pupils turned an inky-black color.

The next second, all the pupils of the sea king species under his feet turned pitch black as well, and it opened its blood-covered mouth.

Just when Lin Huang thought the sea king species would launch an attack, a number of figures suddenly sprang out from its mouth.

Lin Huang took a closer look and saw that they were sea monsters, all at virtual god-level combat strength. The one with the lowest combat strength was a Virtual God rank-1 while the highest was a Virtual God rank-4, and there were more than thirty of them.

Seeing this, Lin Huang finally knew where the Crow God's will projection got his confidence from.

"Is this where your confidence to challenge me comes from?"

"A total of thirty-four virtual god-level monsters; the ones with the highest combat strength are the three Virtual God rank-4s. You can just surrender now and avoid any pain before I take control of them to attack." It seemed that the Crow God's will projection regarded himself as invincible.

"It seems that you still don't know enough about me." Lin Huang shook his head and smiled. "Don't you know that I'm an Imperial Censor?"

After saying this, Lin Huang snapped his fingers.

The next second, a figure appeared in front of Lin Huang.

It was a white-haired man wearing a black robe, and running streaks of blood were faintly visible on the garment.

The one summoned this time, impressively enough, was Bai.

His True God aura was only briefly revealed for a moment before Bai immediately restrained his aura, quickly sealing his combat strength to Virtual God rank-9.

Even so, as soon as Bai's Virtual God rank-9 aura radiated forth, the Crow God's will projection was still instantly dumbstruck.

Of course, he knew that Lin Huang was an Imperial Censor, but he had always thought that no matter how strong Lin Huang's imperial monsters were, their combat strength would be still limited. After all, the level of an imperial monster's combat strength was limited by the combat strength of their imperial master. However, the imperial monster in front of him with the terrifying aura had a combat strength that far surpassed his imperial master, Lin Huang.

"Spare only him; that will be enough."

At Lin Huang's command, Bai's figure flashed as he charged directly into the flock of monsters, launching a one-sided massacre.

In less than three seconds, all thirty-four virtual god-level monsters had been killed on the spot, including the sea king species under the feet of the Crow God.

Just as Lin Huang had said, not a single soul was spared!

Xiao Mo, who was watching the battle from not too far away, was also dumbfounded. He had clearly sensed that a few of the monsters controlled by the Crow God possessed combat strength that was above his own. However, one single imperial monster summoned by Lin Huang had easily slaughtered them all as if they were just a flock of chickens or a pack of dogs.

The Crow God's will projection, who was previously full of confidence, was now like a general without an army. He had even lost the mount under his feet.

The color instantly drained from the Crow God's face. He had already used up his trump card. Originally, he had thought that if he utilized his trump card right at the beginning he could win the battle without too much of a hassle, but he had not expected things to turn out like this.

After killing all the monsters, Bai only glanced vaguely in the Crow God's direction. He did not attack him further and returned to Lin Huang's side in a flash.

Even though Bai did not utter a single word from start to finish, he still caused the Crow God immense stress.

Especially when that pair of blood-red pupils glanced over at him just now—the Crow God could clearly feel the other's roiling bloodlust. If it were not for Lin Huang's instruction to "Spare only him" earlier, he feared that this fellow would come right up to him and cut him down without a word.

"You've lost." Lin Huang smiled as he looked at the Crow God.

Just as the Crow God was about to open his mouth and deny this, he suddenly noticed that Lin Huang—who had spoken just a while ago—had disappeared without him realizing it.

Almost at the same time, he felt a slight coldness against his neck.

He turned his head and looked to his right; goodness knows when Lin Huang had appeared there. The slender silver blade in Lin Huang's hand was now in front of the neck of the Crow God's will projection, and the blade had already cut into his flesh by about one millimeter. The incision on his neck was starting to bleed.

"Tell me the Crow God's plan," Lin Huang's unwavering voice came from beside him.

"I'll die whether I say anything or not, so why should I tell you?" The Crow God's will projection still chose to resist.

"As long as you tell me, you don't need to die." Lin Huang turned his head and looked at the Crow God's will projection. "Even if you live, you won't cause any problems."

Hearing this, the face of the Crow God's will projection turned pale once again. He did not know whether he should be glad to hear that or feel insulted by it.

However, he hesitated for only a moment before coming to a decision.

"I won't say anything."

As the will projection of the Crow God, although he had his own will, his consciousness still prioritized the interests of the Crow God Primordium. The Primordium's benefit was more important than his own life and death.

This was actually what Lin Huang had expected.

"Well, in that case, I'll have to take a less friendly approach."

Right after Lin Huang said this, a figure appeared in front of him again.

It was a cat-like creature with a strange appearance, resembling a saber-toothed tiger with a long nose.

After being summoned, the creature's pupils quickly locked onto the Crow God and instantly turned pitch black, as if soaked in ink.

The Crow God's will projection suddenly stopped moving, and the pupils of his eyes also turned an inky-black color.

After a moment, the Nightmare Tapir suddenly gave a grunt.

The pupils of the Crow God's will projection also instantly faded from black and turned scarlet.

The pair of scarlet eyes instantly locked onto Lin Huang.

Then, a blood-red beam shot out from the pupils of the Crow God's eyes, traversing the void like a thunderbolt and aiming straight for Lin Huang.

The speed of this attack was no less than that of a ninth-rank True God.

It was obvious that the one who launched the assault was no longer the Crow God's will projection, but the Crow God Primordium.

If anyone else from the gravel world faced this attack, all they could do would be to close their eyes and wait to die.

However, this was Lin Huang that the Crow God was attacking.

The corner of Lin Huang's lips quirked up slightly, and he met the attack without hesitation, sword in hand.

The sword gleam also turned into a blood-red lightning bolt and charged even more rapidly toward the blood-colored electric arc unleashed by the Crow God.

The two rays of brilliant red light collided together almost instantly, and boundless Divine Power surged forth wildly, turning into a Blood-red Vairocana within the void and completely illuminating the entire sky.

The dazzling Blood-red Vairocana blazed for more than ten minutes before gradually dissipating.

Only Lin Huang was left standing in his original position. The Crow God's will projection, on the other hand, had dispelled the moment the two attacks collided, turning into dust in the wind.

Obviously, there was no way the Crow God's will projection would have been able to sustain the arrival of the Crow God Primordial. After unleashing that attack, his physical body could not withstand the burst of energy and had thus automatically collapsed.

Seeing that the Crow God's will projection had been defeated, Lin Huang turned his head and looked in the direction of the dimensional gateway.

He unleashed Sword Dao true meaning, God Rule Power, and Elemental Enlightenment unrestrainedly, aiming one attack after another at the dimensional gateway.

Unlike the Space Rule of the Abyss Brink that had accumulated space rifts throughout hundreds of millions of years, the Space Rule of this newly-created dimensional gateway had yet to completely stabilize.

Under the influence of various Rule Bending Powers, the Space Rule of the dimensional gateway quickly became unstable.

Seeing that the inside of the dimensional gateway was beginning to undergo a change, Lin Huang did not halt his efforts. Instead, he continued to unleash attacks, putting his all into every blow.

Just like that, after more than half an hour, the dimensional gateway finally let out a rumble and collapsed entirely.

The space rift in the gravel world also began to close up at a speed visible to the naked eye. In less than three minutes, the space rift finally completely disappeared.

Only then did Lin Huang sheathe his sword and stand up, letting out a long sigh.

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Chapter 1412: Destroying Root and Branch

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After dealing with the matter of the Crow God and conducting a round of inspection to determine that there would be no future problems, only then did Lin Huang bring Xiao Mo and the group of Sword Servants back to Emperor City.

The matter of the Crow God was considered temporarily resolved. Although the Nightmare Tapir had been interrupted while it was reading the memory of the Crow God's will projection, it had still managed to retrieve a small part of it.

In the Emperor Palace, Lin Huang carefully examined the segment of memory obtained by the Nightmare Tapir before looking down at Xiao Mo below.

"The matter of the Crow God can be considered temporarily finished for now. It's unlikely that he will invade again within the near future. Xiao Mo, you can be at ease and go about your own affairs now—but if you sense any anomalies, remember to notify me at the first possible instant."

After he had finished speaking about Xiao Mao's affairs, Lin Huang turned and looked at the twelve Sword Servants who had been assigned to Xiao Mo.

"The mission that I entrusted to the twelve of you has been completed. Following this, all of you should join the Sword Alliance that has been set up. Later, report to Sword103 and let him arrange things as he sees fit."

After sending Xiao Mo and the others away, Lin Huang narrowed his eyes slightly; after pondering for a little while, he dialed a number.

A moment later, the video call connected; the image projected was Jiang Shan, the chairman of the Union Government.

"Emperor Lin, it's been a long time since I last saw you." As usual, Jiang Shan wore a smart suit, a genial smile on his face. He almost always appeared like this on any occasion.

More than a year ago, Lin Huang had been merely a junior in his eyes. However, now that Dynasty had grown to be one of the giants among the organizations, Lin Huang—firmly positioned as its Emperor—was already equal to Jiang Shan in terms of status.

"Indeed, it's been more than a year since we last met." Lin Huang smiled and nodded. "Chairman Jiang, I will visit and reminisce with you another day when I have more time. Today I will just get straight down to business without much small talk. The reason why I've contacted you today has to do with the matter of the Crow God's invasion of the great world…"

"The Crow God's invasion?!" Jiang Shan was taken aback when he heard that.

"Last year the Crow God sent his will projection down—all of you ought to be aware of this matter, right?" Lin Huang asked this because even if the Union Government had not participated in the affair at the time, a clash like that between Virtual Gods could not be hidden from the Union Government's eyes and ears.

"Wasn't the will projection of the Crow God routed at that time last year?" Jiang Shan obviously knew what had happened back then.

"We've always thought that the will projection of the Crow God had been taken care of back then. I only found out on my return this time that he escaped through Golden Cicada Molting; he's been hiding in the Peaceful Ocean for the last year or so. It took us three months to finally locate his hiding place and we just finished killing him ten minutes ago.

"Before I killed him, I also managed to obtain a small amount of information and plans about the Crow God through various means. In a little while, I'll organize this information in a document and send it to you. Apart from that, there is also a video that I took. It's a dimensional gateway opened by the will projection of the Crow God. I have already destroyed this dimensional gateway, and the Crow God should not be able to lead an army through for the foreseeable short-term.

"However, what the Crow God left behind in our world is definitely not confined to a single will projection. If they can open a dimensional gateway, it's possible that they may open a second and a third…"

"Do you want to make a move against Purple Crow?!" Jiang Shan immediately understood Lin Huang's intentions.

"It's not that I want to make a move against Purple Crow but we must eliminate this hidden danger," Lin Huang deliberately emphasized the word "we".

"As long as Purple Crow exists, their plans for opening the dimensional gateway to welcome the arrival of the Crow God won't be entirely extinguished."

Lin Huang stared at Jiang Shan's projection intently; it was very obvious that Lin Huang would not be altering his decision already.

Jiang Shan pondered for a moment. "What do you want the Union Government to do then?"

"It's very simple. Spread the news of Purple Crow's futile attempt to release the Crow God. Dynasty can take the lead on the remaining matters. Considering that everyone's focus is mainly on the conquest of wastelands and ruins, the Union Government can even afford not to be the main force behind the clean-up operation."

"How about this. Why don't you send your document over first— I'll convene a meeting to discuss it and come back to you afterward," Jiang Shan chose to proceed cautiously.

"Very well, we'll be in contact later."

After hanging up the call with Jiang Shan, Lin Huang spent a few minutes organizing the documents and then sent them to Jiang Shan along with the video.

Once the information had been sent, he thought about it for a while and forwarded a copy of the same documents and the video to Dynasty's Huang Tianfu and Misery's Zhi Ji. He then dialed both their numbers at the same time.

In just a moment, the video call connected. Both Huang Tianfu and Zhi Ji were startled—this was the first time that Lin Huang had brought them together for a video call.

"Afterwards, have a look at the documents that I just sent to both of you. In the next few days, gather people and prepare to eliminate Purple Crow!"

"Eliminate Purple Crow?!" Huang Tianfu could not figure out why Lin Huang had suddenly come out with something like this. Based on his previous impressions, Lin Huang never had been a person who looked for trouble.

Zhi Ji also raised his brows when he heard this. Although he did not ask any questions, the expression on his face displayed some confusion.

"The Crow God's will projection created a space dimensional gateway on the seabed of the Peaceful Ocean. If I had discovered it just a few days later, my guess is that the Crow God would have directly come through with an army of True Gods. For the specifics, you can look at the attachment afterward.

"I've already contacted the Union Government; once they've issued the announcement, Dynasty can immediately make a move. Misery can join in a few days later—wait for other organizations to come in first.

"Another thing—just the two of you gathering your people together will suffice. Don't disclose any specifics of your movements; as long as both of you know that's good enough. This is to prevent the news from leaking out, and the people of Purple Crow scattering and hiding before we can take action."

Once he had given his instructions, Lin Huang hung up the call again.

About half an hour later, he finally received Jiang Shan's video call request once more.

After the call connected, Jiang Shan's projection clearly showed that he was in a conference room and that he was not alone.

"Emperor Lin, thank you for waiting. We have read the documents and we have discussed a preliminary plan…"

The video conference with the Union Government lasted nearly half an hour before ending.

It was finally determined that the punitive expedition against Purple Crow was to be led by the Union Government.

As Lin Huang had expected, the main direction of the Union Government's discussion was still the distribution of benefits.

Lin Huang allocated the follow-up matters to Huang Tianfu and the others; he then entered closed-door cultivation once more.

It took three days to complete the refining of the Void Hunter's Divine Fire. Of the ten pieces of seventh-rank divine tinder, the first piece had at least finished being refined.

Although he did not elevate to seventh-rank Virtual God, Lin Huang could exceed one rank for a short time, temporarily increasing his combat strength by one rank without any side effects.

After refining the Divine Fire, he enquired about the progress of Huang Tianfu's discussions with the Union Government. Once he knew that things were going well and they were ready to take action, he felt relieved and continued with closed-door cultivation.

In the Emperor Palace, he crushed Epiphany Cards one after the other, learning more sword skills every day…

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Chapter 1413: Item Card—Time Cabin

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Due to his use of Epiphany Cards, Lin Huang's comprehension of sword skills was now several times faster than in the Great Heaven Trial previously, and the number of new sword skills he mastered exceeded 3,000 almost every day.

After almost a month, the total number of sword skills he had mastered soared from the original 200,000 to 300,000.

Under normal circumstances, mastering 300,000 sword skills basically meant advancing to Sword Dao true meaning Level-3—the threshold of the True Self Level.

However, Lin Huang was not able to achieve a breakthrough.

He was also aware that since breaking through to Sword Dao true meaning required opportunity, there was little sense in continuing to cultivate his sword skills. Therefore, he turned his cultivation direction toward Rule Bending Powers instead.

He crushed Epiphany Card after Epiphany Card and started a new round of cultivation.

The urgency of the situation was partly because of the upcoming invasion of the great world.

Another reason was that he had discovered his strength was still far removed from the top-tier True Gods.

Among the True Gods of the great world, the Crow God's ability was at intermediate to high level, not far from the top-rank True Gods. Even so, the Crow God of legend had still mastered one hundred and eight Rule Bending Powers.

Of course, Lin Huang was also aware that the Crow God had not cultivated all one hundred and eight Rule Bending Powers to an extremely high degree, otherwise he would be ranked among the top True Gods.

The Crow God's apparent mastery of one hundred and eight Rule Bending Powers was probably mostly on a surface level.

Even so, however, the number of Rule Bending Powers that the Crow God had mastered still made Lin Huang envious.

This was also why he had immediately devoted himself to the cultivation of Rule Bending Power after his Sword Dao breakthrough was unsuccessful.

However, what Lin Huang did not know was that during his closed-door cultivation, many things had happened in the outside world.

On the second day of Lin Huang's retreat into closed-door cultivation, the Union Government issued a notice about Purple Crow, declaring that the organization had colluded with the great world's Crow God in his failed attempt to invade the entire gravel world.

Once this news broke, all the cultivators were in an uproar.

Practically every cultivator knew that Purple Crow was one of the top dark organizations and its members had done many unsavory things. However, no one had ever thought that they would team up with the great world powerhouses so these enemies could attempt to invade the gravel world.

Purple Crow's actions immediately stirred up public outrage.

Just minutes after the Union Government released their notice, the Hunter Association and Dynasty issued a condemnation of Purple Crow and joined the faction calling for the organization's eradication

Seeing that the three giants within the organizations had come forward to express their views, the other organizations—both large and small—quickly followed suit and joined the faction condemning Purple Crow.

In no time at all Purple Crow became an object of infamy and was spurned by all the cultivators.

On the same day that the Union Government issued their condemnation, they gathered a group of Virtual God powerhouses and headed straight to Purple Crow's lair.

The Hunter Association and Dynasty also prepared their respective virtual god-level teams and joined the punitive expedition.

On Dynasty's side, there were even two Sword Servants who joined the ranks denouncing Purple Crow.

There were a total of 37 people in the three virtual god-level teams. The lowest level of combat strength was second-rank Virtual God, and the highest was naturally the two Sword Servants who had suppressed their cultivation bases. Both of them were at ninth-rank virtual god-level.

With such a team, it only took less than ten minutes and very little effort to raze Purple Crow's headquarters to the ground.

As for the people in the building, naturally, none of them survived.

The Union Government led a team to clear out Purple Crow's headquarters; within the next few days, the major organizations joined the Purple Crow extermination extravaganza.

In just three or four days, almost all the branches of Purple Crow had been eradicated. The only thing was that many people heard in advance about Purple Crow being besieged and fled before their own branch could be suppressed.

In the half-month or so that followed, the major organizations actively participated in the siege of Purple Crow, trying to get a share of the spoils.

After the enthusiasm in suppressing Purple Crow had died down, the Union Government and the other organizations began to resume their explorations of wastelands and ruins, continuing to hoard resources frantically in preparation for battle.

Meanwhile, Dynasty and Misery continued to search for where the remaining members of Purple Crow were hiding and eradicated them through overt and covert approaches respectively.

As the days passed, the number of Elemental Enlightenments that Lin Huang mastered every month increased, bolstered by the effect of the Epiphany Cards.

In the blink of an eye, three months had gone by and Lin Huang had mastered another ten Elemental Enlightenments—an increase of more than twice his usual.

He did not come out of closed-door cultivation; instead, he dialed Huang Tianfu's number.

"How is the situation in the outside world these past few months?"

"These three months have been calm. Except for the hullabaloo during the eradication of Purple Crow, all the major organizations have resumed their original status quo. Under our joint efforts with Misery, the remaining members of Purple Crow who escaped have now been completely dealt with.

"There hasn't been much happening at the Abyss Brink either. All the major organizations now have people keeping a close eye on it; if there's even a whisper of trouble we'll know.

"The exploration of the ruins and wastelands and the acquisition of resources are also going very smoothly. Except for the first month when most of the Virtual Gods participated in the elimination of Purple Crow when progress slowed down slightly, things have gone back to normal.

"However, there's something that I think I had better let you know. The Union Government might have become aware of the existence of the Sword Servants. While participating in the siege of the Purple Crow headquarters, Sword168 made a move. Although his actual combat strength was concealed at that time and he restrained himself, he was still noticed."

"If they know, then they know." Lin Huang no longer cared about whether or not the Sword Servants' identities were revealed. "It will be fine as long as they are not too high-profile."

"Is there anything happening over in Misery?" Lin Huang asked again.

"Apart from when Zhi Ji called me once previously to discuss the suppression of Purple Crow, we have not been in contact since. After the Union Government and the others withdrew from the siege, the people of Misery disguised themselves as members of Dynasty to participate in seeing to the aftermath. Any outsiders all thought that the follow-up matters were taken care of by Dynasty; Misery's role was not revealed.

"I don't know much about the situation afterward on his side, and there's been no news about Misery on the Internet. For any specifics, it's best that Your Majesty asks Zhi Ji directly."

Lin Huang nodded. "Oh yes, has Lin Xin come out of closed-door cultivation?"

"No, Mr. Fu checked last month and she is still in normal closed-door cultivation."

"How about Xiao Mo? Is there anything out of the ordinary on his side?" Lin Huang was still not completely at ease about the Crow God situation.

"Xiao Mo has been in closed-door cultivation since he came back three months ago. He hasn't come out or contacted me," Huang Tianfu returned.

"Then there should be no problem…" Lin Huang muttered in a low voice.

"Your Majesty, when are you going to come out of closed-door cultivation?" Huang Tianfu could not help asking.

"I'm not sure yet…" Lin Huang was still not satisfied with the improvement in his abilities over the last three months and he was reluctant to exit closed-door cultivation like this. "I may still need some time."

After hanging up the call with Huang Tianfu, Lin Huang chatted with Zhi Ji for a while about Misery.

Aside from participating in the punitive expedition against Purple Crow, everything on Misery's end was also calm.

Once he had ended the call with Zhi Ji, Lin Huang frowned slightly. His frustrations did not stem from the outside world, but from within himself.

Currently, his combat level could improve no further; of all the main approaches he could use to increase his abilities, the only remaining avenues open to him were advancement in Sword Dao true meaning and the mastery of more God Rules and Elemental Enlightenments.

However, even if he used Epiphany Cards, elevating his Sword Dao true meaning and mastering the various Rule Bending Powers would still require a great deal of time.

Right now what he lacked most was time.

One and a half years had passed out of his previously anticipated three years, and the invasion of the great world could happen at any time. Even if the invasion did not begin until a year and a half later, based on his current cultivation progress, any improvements that a year and a half could make in his abilities would be insufficient to satisfy him.

"Xiao Hei, besides the Epiphany Card, are there any other cards that could speed up my cultivation and also be compounded with the Epiphany Card?" Lin Huang could not help asking.

"There are several, but the one that best suits your current situation would be the Item Card—Time Cabin."

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Chapter 1414: Continuing Closed-Door Cultivation

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"Time Cabin?"

"The Time Cabin Item Card is a four-star Limitless Card that can only be activated after you advance to virtual god-level; its lowest rank is also four-stars."

"A Time Cabin will form after the card has been used. This Time Cabin can only be seen and used by the card user. Others will not be able to see or touch it, or even be aware of its existence."

"In a four-star Time Cabin, the slowest adjustable speed of time is one percent that of the outside world, and the fastest is one hundred times that of the outside world. However, the adjustment must be completed within the first three minutes of entering the Time Cabin—once set, it cannot be modified."

"Each Time Cabin Item Card is valid for 24 hours of use. It will disappear automatically after the valid period is over. However, Item Cards can be compounded one on top of the other and each additional card will increase the valid period by 24 hours."

"The lowest rank is four-stars, so is there a five-star card?" Lin Huang asked quickly, "Is the time flow of a five-star Time Cabin Item Card faster?"

"For a five-star Time Cabin, the slowest adjustable speed of time is one-thousandth that of the outside world and the fastest is one thousand times that of the outside world. All other aspects are identical to a four-star Time Cabin."

Upon hearing this, Lin Huang took a moment to consider.

Since advancing to virtual god-level and activating the four-star card pool, he had not killed many True Gods. He had only accumulated a total of 115 four-star cards. To seal the Demonic Buddhist Holy Son, he had also used up 10 cards specified for the exchange of a Seal Card, leaving him with 105 cards remaining.

In other words, specifying an exchange for a Time Cabin Item Card could only be used ten times at most. Each use was equivalent to one hundred days of cultivation, so ten times would be one thousand days.

"Fortunately, I'm only virtual god-level so I only need to use a three-star Epiphany Card. The four-star cards specified in exchange for the Time Cabin will give me one thousand days of cultivation time, which should be enough."

Once his thoughts had reached this point, he immediately took action and said to Xiao Hei, "I'll specify an exchange for 5 Time Cabin Item Cards first."

"Do you confirm the use of 50 four-star card draw chances for the specified exchange of Item Card "Time Cabin" X5?"

"Yes, I confirm this!"

"Using four-star card draw chance X50, converting …"

"Congratulations to the host, you have obtained the Item Card "Time Cabin" X5!"

Lin Huang immediately took out a Time Cabin card and inspected it.

On the front of the card was a simple wooden cabin floating in the starry sky. It evoked an odd sense of intangibility and the absurd.

Lin Huang turned the card around and checked the information on the back of it.

The description was consistent with what Xiao Hei had mentioned.

However, there was one thing that Xiao Hei had not brought up, which was that the Time Cabin also had a confinement function.

This function would directly raise the speed of time to one hundred times the normal upper limit of the card's time flow. In other words, the confinement function of the four-star Time Cabin could increase the flow of time to 10,000 times that of the outside world.

However, under the confinement function, all living beings would have all their sensory powers blocked except for their sense of time. This meant that they would be aware of the passage of time but nothing else. Even their sense of their own Divine Power, Divine Fire, and various Rules Bending Powers would be blocked. In other words, it was impossible to cultivate under these conditions.

"This confinement function is a method of punishment, right?" Lin Huang could not help asking after reading the card's detailed description.

"The Time Cabin was originally an item created based on penalty. The very first Time Cabins were used to punish the wicked."

"In other words, I can also lock people in and use the card as an item to trap people?" Lin Huang immediately found a new use for this card.

"Yes. But a four-star card can only trap a True God at most, and a card is only valid for one day. Once its period of effectiveness has passed, the Time Cabin will disappear on its own and the other party will be released."

"Uh, that seems rather costly." Lin Huang was rendered somewhat speechless.

Although the other party might feel they had been detained for 10,000 days, in fact, only one day had passed in the outside world.

Using this kind of card to trap the enemy was indeed rather ineffective.

Upon considering that he might not even have enough to use for himself, Lin Huang gave up the idea of using the Time Cabin to trap his enemies.

Lin Huang felt too lazy to continue chatting with Xiao Hei and immediately crushed a Time Cabin card.

The card turned into little points of starlight, which condensed into a simple wooden cabin in front of him, less than two meters away.

The cabin looked similar to the image on the front of the card—extremely simple and crude. From outside, the interior could be estimated to be around only ten square meters, which could fit a bed at most.

However, based on Lin Huang's experience, although it looked dilapidated and small from the exterior, it was not necessarily the same on the inside. After all, many dimensional items looked mediocre externally, but they often contained a great deal in their internally.

Lin Huang did not think too much about it; he pushed the door open and went in.

As soon as he entered, he was immediately taken aback.

A look around revealed that the cabin's interior was also laid out like a simple small cabin, which appeared to be almost exactly what was seen from the exterior.

The entire space was just over an estimated ten square meters and did not even have a bed, let alone a table, chair, or bench. It was just an empty room with a floor and ceiling. Except for a wooden door, the walls had nothing, not even windows.

"This cabin is worse than the room I stayed in when I graduated from college… At least that place had a window and a bed." Lin Huang did not expect that the cabin would be consistent both inside and out.

However, he calmed down quickly. After all, he only had three minutes to set the speed of time in here. If he did not do so within three minutes, the time flow would be the same as the outside world by default, which was equivalent to wasting a Time Cabin card.

"Set the speed of time."

As soon as Lin Huang finished speaking, a translucent dial suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Speed of time."

"Outside World: Time Cabin=1:1."

Lin Huang moved his finger to the number behind and began to swipe up.

The numbers quickly jumped one by one; 1, 2, 3…

Lin Huang dialed to 100 before he was unable to swipe up any further.

Right now, the time ratio on the dial had changed.

"Outside World: Time Cabin=1:100."

After he had finished the adjustments, a translucent dialog box popped up in front of Lin Huang again.

"Lock in the speed of time?"

"Yes." Lin Huang thought for a moment and still decided to say yes.

"Set the current speed of time as the default speed of time?"

"Yes." Lin Huang thought about it for a while and chose yes.

After the time had been set, the dial in front of him quickly disappeared. Lin Huang suddenly discovered that there was a clock on the wall opposite the wooden door; he had no idea when it had appeared.

He was very certain that when he entered just now, there were no decorations on the walls at all, merely four blank white walls.

However, he also quickly noticed that the wall clock was not displaying time—rather, it was counting down.

"The countdown has begun?"

Lin Huang raised his eyebrows and immediately sat down with his legs crossed. He regulated his breathing, calmed down, and then took out an Epiphany Card. After crushing it, Lin Huang closed his eyes and began a new round of Elemental Enlightenment cultivation…

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Chapter 1415: Lin Huang Comes Out Of Closed-Door Cultivation

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Time in the outside world passed by one day after another, and Lin Huang's time in the Time Cabin was a hundred times faster due to the time flow. With every day that went by in the outside world, he had cultivated in the Time Cabin for 100 days.

Through the acceleration of the Time Cabin, the number of Rule Bending Powers that he had mastered skyrocketed almost every day.

It took him eight days to master 86 new Elemental Enlightenments, then another two days to master 24 new God Rule Powers.

At this point, the total number of Rule Bending Powers that he had mastered soared to 120.

A True God's mastery of Rule Bending Power was divided into four levels: First Glimpse, Adept, Control, and Fullness.

Lin Huang used Epiphany Cards to advance all 120 Rule Bending Powers to Control level, which was also the current limit of an Epiphany Card. To reach Fullness level, Lin Huang estimated that at his current standard, every Rule Bending Power would need at least one additional Epiphany Card. It might even take two or three cards to reach Fullness.

In fact, a complete Rule Bending Power was the foundation for forming a god sequence chain.

However, any True God who managed to comprehend Rule Bending Power at Fullness level was the equivalent of having half a foot over the threshold of heavenly god-level. Among True Gods, this was definitely the penultimate in abilities.

Lin Huang was quite satisfied with his current ability. All 120 Rule Bending Powers were at Fullness level and his comprehensive abilities were already very close to the top-tier True Gods of the great world. Even if he was not as good as a handful of peak-level individuals, he was at least one rung below the highest level.

Although the Crow God Primordium had mastered 108 kinds of Rule Bending Powers, based on his general ability, Lin Huang guessed that most of the 108 Rule Bending Powers mastered by the Crow God were probably at First Glimpse level. Not many of those powers were at Control level.

After ten days of closed-door cultivation in the Time Cabin, Lin Huang's overall ability skyrocketed again, and his previous sense of insecurity was finally reduced.

"It's a pity; if I had another Time Cabin card, it should be possible to advance my Sword Dao to True Self Level." Lin Huang still felt that it was a pity, but he had only five four-star card draw chances left, which were not enough to be exchanged for a Time Cabin card.

As he watched the Time Cabin in front of him gradually disintegrating and transforming into endless fragments before dissipating in the void, Lin Huang shook his head and collected his thoughts.

Right at this moment, his communication ring began to vibrate non-stop.

Since communication signals had been blocked by the Time Cabin, messages from before had been accumulated until now and were currently being sent through.

Lin Huang immediately clicked on the communication page and discovered that three days ago, Mr. Fu, Zhi Ji, and Huang Tianfu had tried to reach him on his number.

The first missed call was from Huang Tianfu around 8 a.m., the second missed call was from Zhi Ji from around close to 9 a.m., and the third was from Mr. Fu. The missed call showed that it had taken place around 12 p.m.

Lin Huang frowned slightly; he guessed that something had happened three days ago.

Seeing that there were still many unread messages in his inbox, he quickly clicked on them to check.

The first message had been sent by Mr. Fu at 5:15 a.m.

"Apprentice, the seal at the Abyss Brink has just experienced abnormal fluctuations. We suspect it might have been ripped by external forces. I have already notified the Union Government. Please come out of closed-door cultivation as soon as you see this message!"

The second message had been sent by Huang Tianfu at 8:22 a.m.

"Your Majesty, the guardians at the Abyss Brink have already sent news that the seals of three space rifts have been ripped, and the spatial fluctuations from these three space rifts are getting stronger and stronger. I have summoned all the Virtual Gods of Dynasty and a meeting will be held later to discuss preparations."

The third message had been sent by Zhi Ji of Misery at 8:41 a.m.

"Your Majesty, the seal of the Abyss Brink has been broken. I have summoned all the virtual god-level Red Robes in Misery. We await your instructions."

The fourth message had been sent by Mr. Fu at noon.

"Apprentice, I will go to the Abyss Brink to investigate the situation with people from the Union Government. I will inform you and Tianfu of the specifics when the time comes."

The few messages after that had all been sent by Mr. Fu. Each message had attached photos and videos.

Lin Huang immediately clicked on them to check them out; the more he looked at them, the more he frowned.

In the photos sent by Mr. Fu, the number of space rift seals being broken kept increasing.

In the beginning, only the seals of three space rifts had been destroyed. The next day, it became seven, and on the third day, it became twelve…

On the third day, virtual god-level explorers started being teleported over through the space rifts.

Fortunately, the Union Government was well-prepared. Together with Mr. Fu who was a Virtual God rank-9, they immediately formed a battle formation and instantly killed the explorers.

After quickly browsing through the videos and photos sent by Mr. Fu, Lin Huang got up without hesitation and pushed open the door of the Emperor Palace.

Sword101 and Sword102 greeted him immediately at the entrance of the Emperor Palace.

"Both of you, summon all the Sword Servants and hurry to the third level of the Abyss Brink as soon as possible!"

Once he had given his orders, Lin Huang made a sweep with Divine Telekinesis and appeared in Huang Tianfu's office the next second.

"Your Majesty, you've come out of closed-door cultivation?!"

Upon seeing Lin Huang, Huang Tianfu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's the situation now?"

Although he had received front-line news from Mr. Fu every day, Lin Huang still wanted to find out about the situation on Huang Tianfu's side.

"It's not going well. More and more seals have been destroyed, and over the past two days, the great world has begun to teleport over to try and probe." Huang Tianfu's expression was not pleasant and shook his head.

"Yesterday, I asked Sir Baiyu and Tufu to take half the Virtual Gods to the Abyss Brink as backup. There were also seven Sword Servants who went with them."

Lin Huang also noticed that in addition to Sword101 and Sword102 who were guarding his hall, there was also a Sword Servant keeping watch on Lin Xin's roof.

"How about on Misery's side?" Lin Huang asked again.

"They are more or less in the same situation as us. They have also sent half their Virtual Gods," Huang Tianfu explained, "Only yesterday the Union Government publicly announced the news to the cultivation world, and the organizations with Virtual God guardians sent people for reinforcements."

"Good enough; I understand." Lin Huang nodded.

"Lin Xin and Xiao Mo haven't come out at all?" he asked again. Using Divine Telekinesis, he found that they were still in his courtyard.

"No, they have been in closed-door cultivation all this while and have never left the courtyard." Huang Tianfu shook his head.

"I'll take a trip to the Abyss Brink. If I don't give orders for it, there's no need to send additional manpower from Dynasty for the time being," Lin Huang finished speaking, and sent another message to Zhi Ji of Misery, giving injunctions of a similar nature.

After closing the communication page, Lin Huang immediately summoned a dimensional portal and looked up at Huang Tianfu, "You only need to take care of the Dynasty headquarters for now. If there's really a need for reinforcements, I'll notify you."

As soon as he finished speaking, before Huang Tianfu could respond, Lin Huang had stepped into the dimensional portal.

Huang Tianfu opened his mouth to say something but saw that Lin Huang had already entered the dimensional portal. The portal slowly closed; Lin Huang stood on the other side of it and waved at Huang Tianfu with a calm expression as if he were just going for a short trip…

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Chapter 1416: Conversation In The Tent

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When he stepped out of the dimensional portal, Lin Huang was already at the entrance of the Abyss Brink.

After storing the portal, he plunged into the Abyss Brink. As he steadied himself on the first layer, his figure took a step forward and appeared directly at the entrance of the second layer.

"Space Rule at Control-level really is convenient," Lin Huang muttered in a low voice before stepping through the entrance to the second layer.

Once he had entered the second layer, he took another step, appearing at the entrance to the third layer.

As he entered the third layer of the Abyss Brink, Lin Huang made a sweep with Divine Telekinesis and located Mr. Fu and the others in no time at all.

The next instant, his figure appeared right away in the area where Mr. Fu and the others were.

Mr. Fu and a few Sword Servants reacted immediately when they sensed the presence of another person, looking in the direction where Lin Huang was.

"Apprentice?!" Only upon seeing Lin Huang did Mr. Fu realize that it was his apprentice. "You came out of closed-door cultivation?"

"Teacher." Lin Huang nodded and walked toward Mr. Fu. "I just came out of closed-door cultivation today.

"I saw the messages that you left me; what's the situation now?"

The reason Lin Huang asked was that the last update he had received was from yesterday, and Mr. Fu had not mentioned anything about today's situation.

"Not very optimistic." Mr. Fu heard this question and saw Lin Huang's happy expression suddenly diminish. "Currently there are more than 30 space rifts on the entire third layer of the Abyss Brink, which is more than there were two years ago."

"This is normal. In the past, some space rifts were hidden; they were concealed within rocky cliffs or deep underground. It would be difficult to detect them if they didn't emit spatial fluctuations. It's not a bad thing if they are revealed now," Lin Huang commented.

"The problem is that since yesterday, the great world has been trying to send explorers over. Moreover, the combat level of the explorers who are being sent is getting higher and higher, and it's getting harder to deal with," Mr. Fu expressed his concerns, "If these 30 plus rifts teleport explorers over at the same time, we currently don't have enough manpower to handle things."

Since most of the Virtual Gods from the major organizations were only at beginner-stage Virtual God combat level, they had to cooperate with one another and form battle formations when fighting.

At the moment, apart from Mr. Fu, everyone else was preparing to greet their enemies with a show of force. The seven Sword Servants despatched by Dynasty and the five Sword Servants despatched by Misery were all temporarily disguised as beginner-stage Virtual Gods. Each had formed a battle formation.

Except for Mr. Fu, there were currently only 28 combat teams on the entire third layer of the Abyss Brink.

"Don't worry, reinforcements will be here in two days." Lin Huang said comfortingly.

He was not worried at all because there were more than two hundred Sword Servants on the way.

These Sword Servants were sixth-rank True Gods in terms of actual combat strength. As soon as the will of the gravel world was suppressed, their combat strength could also be unsealed.

Right now there was a lull where no explorers had been teleported over yet. Lin Huang's appearance here quickly attracted the attention of the major organizations.

After all, before he went to the great world, he was considered a celebrity in the cultivation world. He was number one on the top searches every day. Those present were all top cultivators; even if they had never met Lin Huang before, his face was not unfamiliar to them—not to mention, there were quite a few who had interacted with him before.

The seven Sword Servants with Dynasty also came to greet Lin Huang with the other members.

"Your Majesty!"

The seven of them did not address Lin Huang as Swordmaster because he had instructed them not to do so. After all, they were now pretending to be members of Dynasty, so it was more appropriate to address him as Emperor.

Lin Huang nodded slightly, his gaze alternating between the members of Dynasty. One glance in Misery's direction gave him a quick glimpse of their troops' lineup—there were five Sword Servants present. The row of people there also looked in Lin Huang's direction. At this time, everyone's attention was on Dynasty, which was not unexpected.

As Lin Huang's gaze left Misery, Dongfang Bai—the vice chief of the Union Government who was leading the team—walked over with Guan Zhong and other familiar faces.

"Emperor Lin, if it wasn't for seeing you in person today, I would have suspected that the news of your return to the gravel world half a year ago was fake," Dongfang Bai greeted Lin Huang courteously.

"Chief Dongfang, it's been a long time," Lin Huang naturally greeted him with a smile, "I have been in closed-door cultivation since I came back. I'd mentioned before that if I had time, I would visit the Union Government and have tea with you, but I haven't been able to spare a moment at all.

"I just came out of closed-door cultivation today. I initially planned to take a break, but I had an unexpected message from Teacher, so I hurried over."

"You're a busy man." Dongfang Bai reached out and shook hands with Lin Huang.

"It's still manageable; it's not as busy as the work that all of you are doing."

"We are usually fine, but these past few days have been incredibly busy." The two exchanged a few pleasantries and Dongfang Bai finally started coming to the point. "Although we have started preparing much earlier, all our preparations are inadequate when facing this group of intruders.

"Emperor Lin, do you have any good suggestions regarding this invasion?"

"My suggestion is very simple. Let's join forces, stop infighting, and do our best in confronting external enemies. If there is conflict, let it go for the time being. At this moment we can't afford to waste time dealing with internal issues. Our enemy is far more powerful than before. The gravel world may become a satellite territory of someone else if we're not careful."

Since the conversation between the two was not conducted via voice transmission, Lin Huang's words were clearly heard by everyone present.

Most people agreed, but a few looked disdainful.

"I think so too; everyone should temporarily put aside their grievances and cooperate wholeheartedly to weather these difficulties. We can resolve any conflicts we might have after we defeat the invaders." Dongfang Bai also smiled and passed onto another topic.

"Let's not talk about these unpleasant things for now. Emperor Lin, I haven't seen you for more than a year; aren't you going to invite me for some tea together?"

As soon as Dongfang Bai said this, Lin Huang immediately understood that the man wanted to have a private talk.

Mr. Fu glanced over and Lin Huang quickly glimpsed a tent not far away. He smiled and nodded at Dongfang Bai. "If you'll come this way please."

Lin Huang led Dongfang Bai and his party into the tent. Several Sword Servants were about to follow but a glance from Mr. Fu stopped them; he himself followed into the tent.

This tent only looked like one from the outside. It was actually Mr. Fu's god palace relic, and it was almost the same level as the Emperor Palace.

The interior decorations clearly reflected that it was indeed Mr. Fu's temporary imperial residence; Lin Huang had been here several times in the past.

"Mr. Fu, this palace must have cost a considerable amount!" Dongfang Bai had seen many high-quality items, but even he could not help exclaiming in surprise.

"When I bought it, I did spend a lot of my savings indeed." Mr. Fu smiled.

Lin Huang's expression was indifferent; he did not say anything. He had on hand even god sequence relics used by Heavenly Gods; furthermore, he had accumulated dozens of god rule relics. He also had the seven God Weapons with development potential. When brought out, any random one of these items was more valuable than this palace, so he naturally had no interest in participating in the discussion.

The line of people entered the hall; after they were seated, Mr. Fu took out his treasured tea to entertain them.

Dongfang Bai finally sat upright and directed an inquiry at Lin Huang.

"Lin Huang, you've been in the great world for a year, so you certainly know more about it than we do. Tell us honestly—what is the ability level of these invaders this time? Is it possible for their skills to surpass low-rank True Gods? "

Lin Huang glanced at Mr. Fu, thinking that he had mentioned something to the Union Government. However, he saw Mr. Fu shake his head slightly, indicating that he had not said anything.

Dongfang Bai and the others also noticed these non-verbal signals. "From the looks of it, you did conceal something previously."

Lin Huang could do nothing except nod. "Since the invasion has begun, there is no need for secrecy anymore.

"The invasion of lesser worlds by the great world is usually initiated by high-rank True Gods. In many cases, the initiators are ninth-rank True Gods who have their own independent organizations; it might even be several ninth-rank True Gods joining forces…"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the Union Government's several representatives suddenly turned extremely sour.

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The third layer of the Abyss Brink.

Watching Dongfang Bai of the Union Government leading a group of people into Dynasty's tent, almost everyone knew that the meeting was more than just them having a cup of tea.

Many were secretly speculating on what the vice chief of the Union Government and the Emperor of Dynasty might talk about.

What astonished many more people was that Dongfang Bai and the others walked out of the tent less than ten minutes later. All their expressions upon coming out were extremely sour.

"What's wrong? Why are the people from the Union Government wearing such unpleasant expressions?!"

"Those expressions—could it be that something went wrong with the negotiations?"

"According to legend, vice chief of the Union Government Dongfang Bai never displays his feelings. Even if he encounters something extraordinary, his face won't show anything unusual. What did Mr. Fu and Lin Huang say today that made him completely abandon control of his facial expression?!"

When they saw the expressions of Dongfang Bai and the others, everyone wondered what happened.

Afterward, people saw Lin Huang and Mr. Fu coming out later, looking as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened. Everyone's curiosity was suddenly piqued further and they secretly speculated about what had happened in the tent.

The Heretics were also talking about it.

"Boss, go and ask what happened." A purple-haired girl in pigtails elbowed the Presiding Judge, Sun Zhuo, in the waist.

"I won't go!" Sun Zhuo immediately shifted his gaze from Dynasty's camp.

"You're obviously bursting with curiosity, why don't you go ask?" The girl, Cao Ya, was persistent.

"I'm not curious." Sun Zhuo turned and walked toward his tent, his face cold.

"The look in your eyes just now betrayed you; don't think I can't see it just because you're wearing a mask. That look is obviously saying, 'What happened, I really want to know!'…"

"Shut up, if you want to know, you can go ask yourself!" Sun Zhuo kept walking—out of sight, out of mind. He went straight into his tent.

Seeing that she could not bother the Presiding Judge any further, Cao Ya smiled and turned to look at the Vice Presiding Judge, Zhou Tong.

Before she could say anything, Zhou Tong dug out a booger with his pinky. Lifting his eyes, he met her gaze and flicked his pinky with a bland expression. "Can't you see that I'm busy? Go ask them yourself!"

After he finished speaking, he put his pinky into his other nostril.

Cao Ya was a little discouraged. She shifted her gaze from Zhou Tong, then looked in Lin Huang's direction.

Perhaps because he sensed someone staring, Lin Huang turned his head a fraction and caught sight of Cao Ya looking at him.

Cao Ya was taken aback for a moment when their eyes met. She hesitated, then walked slowly over toward the Dynasty contingent.

"Your Majesty, can you tell me a little about what you said to Dongfang Bai just now?" Cao Ya decided to ask anyway when she went over to Lin Huang. "I'm just curious. If you can't say anything, then just forget about it; treat it like I never asked."

She did not use voice transmission when she said this so everyone heard her words clearly. They immediately pricked up their ears and waited for Lin Huang to answer this question.

Lin Huang glanced at the retreating silhouettes of Dongfang Bai and his party. Dongfang Bai had just said that after reporting to the Union Government headquarters, the news would be announced as soon as possible. If they continued to conceal the truth, people would be taken by surprise by when True Gods of medium or even high-rank descended from the great world.

If it was announced now, although it would hurt morale, it could also give everyone a few days to make more adequate preparations.

"The Union Government will make an announcement in the next two days." Lin Huang did not use voice transmission either and glanced past Cao Ya at the people behind her. "I can only reveal one thing. If we want to deal with the upcoming crisis, everyone must be more prepared."

Although Lin Huang had not said anything specific, the majority of people fell silent when they heard those words.

Even Zhou Tong, who was picking his nose in the distance, paused his hand briefly.

There had been a lot of discussions previously because many people thought this matter was mere gossip, and probably only related to the Union Government and Dynasty.

However, Lin Huang's remarks meant that everyone was involved. In other words, the issues discussed between himself and Dongfang Bai in the tent just now were closely related not just to everyone present, but perhaps even the entire gravel world.

Recalling the expressions of Dongfang Bai and the others earlier, it was not difficult for everyone to guess that what Dongfang Bai had learned from Lin Huang was most certainly not good news.

Cao Ya had originally come in a spirit of curiosity, but she too fell silent when she heard this answer. Without further questions, she nodded slightly, then turned and walked toward the Heretics' encampment.

Most of the people present knew that Lin Huang had been in the great world for a year, and his understanding of it was far more in-depth than everyone in the gravel world. Since he had mentioned a matter like that, he must have known something; it would not be baseless chatter. Besides, there was also his status as Emperor. As the leader of one of the six organization giants, his words would carry a lot of weight with everyone.

Many people immediately contacted their headquarters to report what Lin Huang had just said.

On the Union Government's side, Dongfang Bai and his party entered their tent, returned to the palace, and immediately dialed the number of Chief Jiang Shan.

After a while, the call connected.

Seeing the expressions of Dongfang Bai and the others on the video projection, Jiang Shan's heart thudded hard for a moment.

"What happened?! The intruders have officially arrived?!"

"Not yet."

When Dongfang Bai said this, Jiang Shan breathed a sigh of relief, but then he heard the next sentence.

"There's worse news!"

The chief of the Union Government's heart suddenly began racing again.

"Lin Huang said that in order to avoid unnecessary panic, he concealed something in the information that he gave us. The invaders' highest combat strength is not that of the third-rank True Gods that we estimated previously, but ninth-rank True Gods. There may even be several ninth-rank True Gods arriving at the same time…"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shan's face suddenly turned bloodlessly pale.

At the same time that Jiang Shan was having this conversation with the Union Government, Mr. Fu was also talking to Lin Huang through voice transmission.

"It seems that your combat strength has not improved following your last closed-door cultivation?"

"There is indeed no improvement. This round of closed-door cultivation was mainly for mastering more Rule Bending Powers," Lin Huang nodded and admitted.

"How about the elevation of your abilities? You said before that if a ninth-rank True God really arrived, you could not guarantee that you would win. How about now?" Mr. Fu asked again.

"It shouldn't be a big problem now." Lin Huang smiled.

"How sure are you?" Mr. Fu asked insistently again.

"90%." Lin Huang was entirely confident in himself.

"It's really 90%?!" Fu Xian asked rather uneasily. He was afraid that Lin Huang was deliberately deceiving him to give him peace of mind.

"As long as I don't encounter someone with half a foot across the heavenly god-level threshold, I should be able to handle it." Lin Huang did not hide anything from Mr. Fu.

"That's good!"

Mr. Fu finally felt relieved when he heard these words. He knew his apprentice, and if Lin Huang had said so, then he must have absolute confidence in himself.

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Chapter 1418: Weighty News

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When the truth of the matter was revealed to the Union Government, Jiang Shan immediately held a video conference.

The final outcome of the discussion was that the actual situation would be shared with all the Virtual Gods, but it was not to be disclosed to the lower levels.

There were too many individuals below virtual god-level. If the news spread, it would only cause widespread panic; things would also be difficult to control.

Besides, this war with the invaders was essentially a battle between gods, and the outcome depended on high-level combat strength above virtual god-level. It did not matter if the common people were aware of the actual situation or not. To avoid civil unrest, concealing the truth was the best way of dealing with things.

After determining their plan of action, at noon that day, Dongfang Bai gathered the group of people in the Abyss Brink together.

When many of the Virtual Gods present saw the serious expression on Dongfang Bai's face, they could already basically guess that the announcement this time would not bring good news. Many of them felt a little nervous.

"What I want to announce this time is bad news. After hearing it, I hope that you will keep calm and not panic.

"The highest combat strength of the invaders that we are facing this time is not low-rank True God level as previously expected, but high-rank True God level—it might even be ninth-rank True God…"

As soon as Dongfang Bai said this, almost everyone present was confused.

It should be noted that low-rank and high-rank were two completely different things.

There were no True Gods in the gravel world. If the enemy were low-rank True Gods, they might be able to rely on Mr. Fu and several other concealed high-rank Virtual Gods to serve as the core of a battle formation. In a situation like this, there might still be a chance of winning.

However, if the enemy were high-rank True Gods, it meant there was no chance of turning the tables.

It should be noted that no matter how strong a battle formation was, there was also a limit to how far abilities could be improved.

Judging from the current situation of the gravel world, even if Mr. Fu—who was a Virtual God rank-9—and several high-rank Virtual Gods served as the core, joining forces with all the Virtual Gods in the gravel world to form a battle formation, the highest level that the final formation could hold out against was third-rank True God. Any higher rank and it would be impossible.

If they encountered fourth-rank True Gods, they would barely have the ability to fight them, let alone if they encountered high-rank True Gods above the seventh-rank.

"We're done for; we haven't a hope. Let's go home to wash up and sleep, at least I can rest for a few days."

"Then what did we come here for? What was the point of everything we've done over the past few days?"

"If our enemies are only low-rank, we may be able to turn the tables if everyone works hard. But with high-rank True Gods, it's no longer a disparity that a battle formation can hope to bridge!"

Seeing the hard-won unity from the past few days instantly dissolving, Dongfang Bai clenched his fists. He had expected this situation to happen.

"The enemy's strength is far beyond our expectations; we could even say that we have almost no chance of winning. But is everyone really willing to just hand over our world, our hometowns, to these invaders from the great world?!

"Once our world becomes a vassal world, all of our resources will become fair game for the invaders. Not just the various minerals—the crystal cores in various monsters, and even the Godheads in our bodies, will become their hunting targets.

"More than that, some cultivators may even be sold as slaves by these invaders, and female cultivators are likely to become targets of assault. They don't care if the living entities of a vassal world live or die, much less about the dignity of these people.

"It's even possible that after hundreds of years, they will exhaust all the resources of this world. To prevent us from taking revenge, they will slaughter all the living entities in our world!

"Are you willing for our future to become like that?!

"We may die if we resist. But if we don't resist, all of us—even our children and grandchildren—will live a life worse than death itself!"

Even Lin Huang was affected by the inflammatory nature of Dongfang Bai's speech.

Many of those present who had already planned to give up renewed their fighting spirit once more.

Resistance might lead to death, but at least it would be a dignified death.

Instead of being hunted down like dogs, it was better to fight to the death like a wolf now.

However, there were also a few people who were not inspired by Dongfang Bai's speech and chose to withdraw to wait and see.

"The Emperor's Heart will be sending today's news to all the Emperor's Heart Rings of those at virtual god-level, but it will be sent in encrypted form. The message cannot be forwarded and will be automatically deleted within ten seconds after it has been read. I hope that everyone will not disclose the news to relatives and friends below virtual god-level to avoid causing unnecessary panic.

"If it's discovered that anyone has deliberately spread the news to the lower levels, causing riots, we will execute this individual immediately!"

Actually, Dongfang Bai had kept some things to himself. For example, the Emperor's Heart would monitor all the Emperor's Heart Rings for all virtual god-levels—all keywords related to the invasion of the great world would be blocked, and the corresponding information and records would be automatically deleted, and so on.

Less than half an hour after Dongfang Bai had finished speaking about the invaders, the Union Government also issued an announcement for all those at virtual god-level.

Outside of the Abyss Brink, everyone who read this announcement was stunned.

By the time people regained their senses, the news had been automatically deleted, and many people immediately contacted the Union Government to clarify the matter. Everyone who received the answer broke down to some degree.

On the side of the Abyss Brink, seven people beat a retreat and voluntarily withdrew from the operation.

As for those who stayed, most of them did so not because they had been swayed by Dongfang Bai's speech, but because everyone had analyzed the pros and cons of the matter.

If they stayed and resisted, they could at least fight freely.

If they did not resist, they might be able to eke out an ignoble existence for a little. Once the invaders had won, sooner or later they would wipe out the remaining Virtual Gods in the gravel world and eliminate any destabilizing factors. There were only two possibilities then—either be hunted or be a slave.

Those who were able to become Virtual Gods were powerhouses in terms of their mentality. After countless battles, they rarely retreated without putting up a fight. So, even if theoretically they knew the chances of winning were zero, most people still chose to bite the bullet and tough it out. For them, retreating without putting up a fight was a path taken only by the weak.

Upon seeing that most of the people had stayed, Lin Huang felt slightly more relieved. He had actually been a little worried that the news would cause everyone to fall apart. After all, their opponent was a strong enemy and they had almost no chances of winning. Fortunately, everyone's mentality had basically steadied. In the faces of many people, he even saw their determination to pledge their lives for the cause.

"Everyone is very motivated—at least this is good news," Mr. Fu smiled and said.

"Yes, I've been worried that everyone's mentality would break down before the war started." Lin Huang also smiled and nodded, "From the looks of things, these people are not afraid."

The two were chatting when suddenly, several spatial fluctuations occurred.

Almost at the same time, spatial fluctuations were reported in three different locations. Lin Huang immediately explored the surroundings with Divine Telekinesis and found that there were fully eight space rifts emitting fluctuations…

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Chapter 1419: Don't Forget, I Am A Imperial Censor

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As the spatial fluctuations spread, a group of Virtual Gods who were in the Abyss Brink immediately returned to the area that they were guarding, formed a battle formation, and entered a state of readiness for battle.

Lin Huang used Divine Telekinesis to sweep the area. The intensity of the auras behind the spatial fluctuations was only at beginner-stage virtual god-level, so he was not bothered.

When he arrived, there were a total of twenty-eight battle formations. Even after the seven individuals had pulled out, after reorganization, there were now twenty-six teams, which was enough to deal with eight invaders.

Mr. Fu had not taken any action either but watched silently on the sidelines with Lin Huang.

A few moments later, explorers teleported over through the eight space rifts almost simultaneously.

The twenty-six teams that formed the battle formations did not hesitate; they made their move immediately and killed the eight explorers within seconds.

This wave of danger could be considered to have temporarily passed.

The expression on Mr. Fu's face did not relax at all, however.

"There are definitely more explorers today compared to yesterday. Yesterday, at most, there were teleportations from three dimensional gateways; there were eight today."

"That's because they're increasing the intensity of their tests." Lin Huang was no stranger to this type of invasion. There had been extremely detailed descriptions in the information Bloody had provided.

"Most of the 30 over space tunnels here have been used multiple times. Under normal circumstances, the space tunnels that have been exposed to Space Rule for a long time are unlikely to have any internal spatial stability issues. Even if there were any problems, they would be small ones.

"What they did yesterday was not to test whether or not the space tunnels are effective, but to run trial tests. Yesterday they tried more than 30 tunnels one by one; some even tried more than once, and all the explorers were killed within seconds. In terms of the probability of damage to the space tunnels, this is extremely unlikely. They must have realized by now that it's not a problem with the space tunnels.

"If I don't miss my guess, they'll have probably guessed that someone on our side is running interference. Therefore, today they should be running a series of trials to determine whether or not someone is killing their explorers on our end.

"From the looks of things currently, the leader of the invaders is quite cautious in terms of character.

"If I were the leader of these invaders, I would increase the number of explorers and the level of combat strength in turn. At the very least, I would first locate a tunnel that I am sure is 100% alright. Once I find a tunnel like this, I will use it as a breach and initiate the first round of invasion as a test!"

When he heard this, the expression on Mr. Fu's face became even more serious.

After a moment of silence, he asked, "Do you want to call for reinforcements?"

Lin Huang thought for a moment. "We can call for them now, yes. Barring any surprises, this war should officially start within the next two days."

When Mr. Fu heard this, he immediately contacted the Union Government.

Lin Huang also sent a message to Huang Tianfu and Zhi Ji.

About half an hour later, the Union Government sent a notice to all the organizations with virtual god-level guardians, informing everyone that the situation in the Abyss Brink was critical and inviting them to join forces against the enemy.

When most of the Virtual Gods saw the news, they immediately packed up and set off directly for the Abyss Brink as fast as they could.

Of course, there were still a handful of people who chose to wait and see.

On Dynasty's end, apart from Huang Tianfu and the Sword Servants guarding Lin Xin, as well as Xiao Mo who was still in closed-door cultivation, all the other Virtual Gods were despatched.

On Misery's end, apart from Zhi Ji who stayed behind, as well as the remaining five Sword Servants, the rest of the Virtual Gods were also despatched.

However, in the half-hour between the Union Government receiving the news from Mr. Fu and their announcement, three more waves of invaders arrived on the Abyss Brink.

All three waves happened simultaneously across eight or nine dimensional gateways, and none of them overlapped with the initial wave from before.

A total of four waves of intruders arrived, and all 33 space tunnels were tested.

Lin Huang guessed that the other party might have had more than 33 probes in the great world, and there should be a few space tunnels that were genuinely damaged, resulting in unsuccessful teleportations.

After these four waves of tests, everyone was on full alert and ready to deal with the arrival of a new wave of explorers at any time.

Fortunately, before the fifth wave came, more Virtual Gods began to arrive on the third level of the Abyss Brink.

Many Virtual Gods had already pinpointed the entrance location of the Abyss Brink. Some had only taken daily necessities, put them in their storage rings, and set off right away—naturally, they arrived very quickly.

These newly-arrived Virtual Gods also very quickly got into a state of battle readiness and formed a new battle formation team.

When the fifth wave of explorers arrived, the original twenty-six teams had increased to twenty-nine, one more than the twenty-eight teams that had been there when Lin Huang first arrived.

However, in this wave, the number of space tunnels with spatial fluctuations occurring doubled from eight to sixteen.

The next moment after the spatial fluctuations occurred, Lin Huang raised his brow slightly.

"The explorers have gone from Virtual God rank-3 to rank-4!"

His Divine Telekinesis had detected that the combat level of this wave of explorers was higher.

However, he was not too worried. Except for the two teams of Sword Servant, most of the twenty-nine battle formations currently had Virtual God rank-3s as the core, and the strength of all the formations was close to Virtual God rank-5. There were even three teams whose cores were Virtual God rank-4s, and their battle formation strength was close to rank-6. Moreover, the number of battle formations was almost double the number of explorers.

Lin Huang's judgment was correct. This wave of sixteen newly-arrived explorers was quickly eliminated by the twenty-nine formations on the spot.

When the sixth wave of explorers arrived, the twenty-nine battle formation teams in the gravel world had increased to thirty-one.

Seventeen explorers from this new wave were also easily killed.

It was fairly easy to resist a further six waves of invaders one after another.

However, the expressions on everyone's faces did not relax, because they knew that the next wave of the invasion would be even more intense.

"We haven't got enough manpower…" Mr. Fu was about to get up to join forces against the enemy but was stopped by Lin Huang.

"Teacher, have you forgotten about my occupation?" Lin Huang asked with a smile.

Just as Mr. Fu looked a little surprised, Lin Huang crushed a handful of Monster Cards.

One after another, imperial monsters automatically coalesced and formed in front of him.

Lin Huang summoned a total of ten imperial monsters in this wave—Bloody Robe, Malachian Fiend, Imp, Eclipse Boa, Death Knight, Fallen Knight, Herculean King, Bing Wang, and two Dark Crescent Snakes.

These ten imperial monsters were not considered to be in the first ranks of Lin Huang's command, but their combat strength was already at third-rank true god-level. (After achieving true god-level, Monster Cards below the rank of Supreme God no longer elevated their combat strength alongside their the host; they needed to hunt on their own to increase their combat level.)

Sensing the rejection of the world will along with Lin Huang's secret voice transmission, the ten imperial monsters immediately sealed their combat strength to Virtual God rank-9.

The sudden appearance of ten imperial monsters immediately attracted the attention of almost all the Virtual Gods present.

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Chapter 1420: The Second Round of Summoning

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"I've heard that Lin Huang was not only a sword cultivator, but an Imperial Censor as well, but I always thought that being an Imperial Censor was just his minor. I never thought that his imperial monsters would be this powerful!"

"Are all these really Lin Huang's imperial monsters?! Judging by the strengths of their auras, they're obviously high-level Virtual Gods, right?!"

"He's not the Emperor of Dynasty for nothing. If these ten imperial monsters were to join hands, I fear that the whole gravel world would be no match for them!"

Seeing the appearance of Bloody Robe and the other summoning beasts, everyone started discussing it among themselves.

Although most of the people present could just make out that the ten imperial monsters were high-level Virtual Gods, there were a few astute Virtual Gods among them who could clearly sense that the ten imperial monsters were all Virtual God rank-9.

At the Union Government's side, there was a slight change in Dongfang Bai's expression before it reverted to normal almost instantly, as if nothing had happened.

Guan Zhong, who was standing at one side, frowned slightly and muttered in a low voice, "He's much stronger than he was a year and a half ago…"

At the Heretics Camp, Presiding Judge Sun Zhou tore his gaze away from the group of summoning beasts and turned to look at Zhou Tong and Cao Ya. "No matter what happens in the future, the Heretics must never become enemies with Dynasty!"

"Are those ten summoning beasts that strong?" Cao Ya could not help asking.

"They're not just peak-stage Virtual God rank-9, but they're also quadruple mutated mythical-level monsters! What do you think?" The reason Sun Zhou knew all this so clearly was because he had a detection-type god rule relic. Just a quick glance had left him utterly flabbergasted.

"All ten of them are quadruple mutated?!" Cao Ya could barely keep her voice down.

Quadruple mutated monsters were few and far between in the gravel world. She had never seen one despite spending the last few centuries cultivating to virtual god-level, which justified her great shock at seeing ten of them by Lin Huang's side at the same time.

Even though the others could not sense the fine details about these ten imperial monsters, there were still a few among them who were able to sense the high combat levels they possessed. They were also very aware that, in this part of the gravel world, the Emperor of Dynasty was unrivaled. They all silently contacted the leaders of their own forces and passed the news back.

Lin Huang noticed the small movements of the people but did not try to stop them—he knew very well that it was only a matter of time before his strength was revealed.

Even if it was concealed for now, it would have been revealed anyway when the war breaks out in two days. It did not make much difference if it was revealed two days earlier or later.

Lin Huang looked away from the other factions and his gaze fell upon the ten imperial monsters before him.

"I don't think I need you guys to take action this round, but when the spatial fluctuations come through next round, all of you take one space tunnel each and block off any incomers. Attack them the moment they arrive, and kill off any that you can. Don't treat this like a game, this is war!

"At present, the world will of the gravel world has not been fully suppressed yet, so your combat levels are temporarily capped at virtual god-level rank-9. You can release your combat powers and fully display your strengths once the world will has been completely suppressed. When the time comes, you will no longer feel any sense of rejection."

Bloody Robe and the other summoning beasts nodded and patiently waited for the battle to begin.

Not long after Lin Huang ended his speech, the seventh wave of explorers arrived.

However, this wave exceeded everyone's expectations. Spatial fluctuations were transmitted from thirty-three tunnels practically at the same time.

Even Lin Huang and Mr. Fu were dumbfounded when they sensed the spatial fluctuations being transmitted.

"You will take action this round too." Lin Huang immediately changed his mind and gave orders to the ten imperial monsters.

After receiving instructions to take action, Bloody Robe and the others immediately set off, each of them rushing to the location of a space rift!

The moment Bloody Robe and the others set off, thirty-one contingents of battle troops also made their moves, assigning themselves to the remaining twenty-three space rifts that were not taken by the imperial monsters. They knew that the strength of a single imperial monster far exceeded that of several contingents of battle troops combined, and therefore did not require their assistance.

Through the spatial fluctuations, Lin Huang's Divine Telekinesis sensed that Virtual God rank-4s were still being sent over in this wave.

He was slightly relieved—if they were any stronger, the virtual god-level battle formation from the gravel world would have a hard time killing them.

Shortly after, thirty-three virtual god-level rank-4 explorers were teleported over and were immediately ambushed.

Bloody Robe and the other imperial monsters instantly cut them down, not even waiting for the explorers to fully step out of the dimensional gateway.

The battle formation sites were obviously a bit slower, but they still managed to complete the coordinated attacks.

Just when everyone let out a sigh of relief, several explorer monsters suddenly crawled out from the pile of corpses.

When everyone had least expected it, they saw a thumb-sized Eclipse Boa suddenly open its mouth wide. A terrifying suction instantly enveloped the three resurrected explorer monsters, and they were swallowed in an instant.

"To think that there were three undying species hiding in there!"

Dongfang Bai and the others broke out into a cold sweat.

The mysterious undying species… it would be very difficult to kill them in a short time without knowing their fatal spots, unless you used a rule power or other special means. If it were not for the Eclipse Boa swallowing the three undying species, they feared that those over in the great world would immediately decide that the space tunnel that the three undying species went through had no issues.

Thanks to the Eclipse Boa making a timely move when it did, they had won this round's mind games.

"In the next round of exploration, we can be sure they'll either increase the number of explorers or their combat level. It seems like having ten imperial monsters is still not enough to ensure our safety…" A handful of cards appeared in Lin Huang's hand.

The Demonic Buddhist Holy Son who was a Supreme God rank-5, Bai who was a class-4.5 Pseudo-supreme God, and Charcoal, Tyrant, Grimace, Lancelot, Killer, Evil Dominator, Warlord, Thunder and Witch who were at mythical-level rank-4 were all impressively lined up in order.

These were all of the monster cards in Lin Huang's possession that were at mythical-level rank-4 and above, aside from the Bug Tribe card.

After the cards were crushed, eleven imperial monsters quickly materialized in front of Lin Huang.

The Demonic Buddhist Holy Son was dressed in white, his face half-Buddha, half-demon. However, at this moment, the aura emitted throughout his entire body was not cruel or fierce at all. His combat level was also the highest—when he was sealed, his combat level was at ninth-rank true god-level, and he was even a powerhouse that was only half a step away from reaching heavenly god-level. At the moment, his combat level was affected by his host, Lin Huang, and was suppressed at sixth-rank true god-level.

Lin Huang's gaze fell upon the Demonic Buddhist Holy Son. "From today onward, your name is—Ku Rong."

"I thank you for bestowing this name upon me, Master!"

The Demonic Buddhist Holy Son pressed his palms together in front of him and took a deep bow toward Lin Huang, looking like an eminent monk that had reached enlightenment.

After Lin Huang finished his sentence, a ray of golden light suddenly lit up from between the Demonic Buddhist Holy Son's eyebrows, and the demon half of his face started to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the blink of an eye, that part of his face became as smooth as jade-like as the normal half of his face.

A strange light flashed in the eyes of the Demonic Buddhist Holy Son; the Abyssal energy that had caused him so much suffering for endless days and nights had suddenly disappeared completely.

He focused his cultivation and realized that the energy was not actually gone, but had become dormant. Besides that, the energy that was originally uncontrollable was now under control.

After a brief inspection, Ku Rong immediately snapped back to reality and once again pressed his palms together and gave Lin Huang another deep bow. Although he did not say anything this time, Lin Huang understood the reason for his actions.

After returning a nod to Ku Rong, Lin Huang's gaze fell on Bai and Grimace.

Among the eleven of them, apart from Ku Rong, Bai and Grimace had the highest combat level. They were both at fourth-rank true god-level, whereas Lancelot, Charcoal, and the others were at third-rank true god-level.

The combat strengths of the eleven of them were only displayed during the moment they were summoned, and they sealed their own powers under Lin Huang's urging. It had been suppressed to virtual god-level rank-9.

Looking at the eleven summoning beasts that suddenly appeared in front of Lin Huang, the numerous Virtual Gods that were present were speechless…

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Chapter 1421: The Eighth Wave

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"He summoned eleven more summoning beasts?!"

"All eleven of them are high-level Virtual Gods!"

"A few of them look like humans. They're not Protosses, are they?!"

Everyone started chattering about it. They were quick to notice that Ku Rong, Bai, Grimace, Tyrant, Witch, and the others had appearances that were mostly similar to humans.

Based on the "knowledge" that they have, they immediately concluded that Bai and the others were Protosses.

In actuality, a Protoss had three forms and possessed a human form. However, not all that possessed a complete human form were Protosses.

Protoss was the general name for a group of several tribes who were jointly referred to by that name. Tribes that met the criteria and were willing to join the Protoss could be called a Protoss.

Even so, there were some tribes in the great world that possessed three forms and met all the criteria for joining the Protoss, but did not do so in favor of maintaining the independence of their tribes.

There were even a few tribes that had existed long before the establishment of the Protoss. Although they did not join the Protoss, even the most pure-blooded Protoss tribes would still pay extreme respect to them.

For example, the Observer Tribe, who had existed since the archaic epoch, also possessed complete human forms. No one knew if this was for the sake of convenience or for other reasons, but practically every Observer looked like a middle-aged man with a bald head. Even their facial features were all seventy to eighty percent similar. The only things that differentiated them were their heights and body shapes.

There was even a legend in the God Territory which claimed that a bald-headed human cultivator once accidentally arrived at the God Territory and received courteous reception due to being mistaken for an Observer.

However, the people in the gravel world did not know all this. Aside from Lin Huang and the Sword Servants, everyone that was present, including Mr. Fu, probably had never seen the real appearance of a Protoss. The news that a Protoss looked like a human was only passed around through hearsay.

On top of that, they did not know that most members of the two sword cultivator troops from Dynasty and Misery that were currently part of the battle formation to fight against the enemy alongside them were real Protosses. There were even two pure-blooded Protosses among them!

Lin Huang chose to ignore everyone's comments.

"The eleven of you, guard one space tunnel each. Immediately kill anyone that gets teleported over. It doesn't matter how many of them there are, spare none. If you notice any space rifts that are missing, repair them at once."

Upon receiving the instructions, Ku Rong, Bai, and the others each promptly chose a space rift to guard.

The two waves of summoning beasts that were summoned by Lin Huang occupied twenty-one spots, and everyone present had no qualms about it.

This was not the time to fight for resources. Everyone did not have enough manpower, and the explorers would only increase in number and strength. The appearance of the summoning beasts relieved a big load of everyone's burden, which was what everyone had hoped for.

The thirty-one contingents of troops swiftly assigned themselves to guard the remaining twelve space rifts.

However, Lin Huang furrowed his eyebrows slightly while looking at the twelve space rifts that were not guarded by the summoning beasts.

Among the thirty-one contingents of battle troops, three of them had Virtual God rank-4 cores, and the power of their battle formation was almost equivalent to virtual god-level rank-6. The remaining twenty-eight contingents had Virtual-God rank-3 cores, and their battle power was barely equivalent to Virtual God rank-5.

With such a deployment, if they were to face a virtual god-level rank-6 explorer, they would collapse on all fronts.

Lin Huang hesitated. Should he just summon the bug beasts to fill these twelve spots, or expose the Sword Servants' strength?

The reason he was hesitant to summon the bug beasts was because a regular Imperial Censor had no way of controlling the Bug Tribe.

Bug Master might have been regarded as a subdivision of the Imperial Censor a long time ago, but had long become independent and developed a different professional system.

Under normal circumstances, no Imperial Censor would waste their time learning the Bug Master matters. They would rather utilize their time to find a few more imperial monsters to elevate their own strength.

Another less prominent reason was that people from not only the great world, but also the gravel world, had a very bad impression of the bug tribe. That was why the number of Bug Masters was much smaller than that of Imperial Censors.

Lin Huang was also deliberating on whether he should expose the Sword Servants' strength.

After all, once the Sword Servants' strength was exposed, it would definitely garner widespread attention, and it would be inevitable that certain people would notice the new virtual god-level sword cultivators in Misery. If they were to dig a little deeper, it would not be difficult for them to discover the relationship between Lin Huang and Misery.

If this was any other time, Lin Huang would not have cared too much even if such things were exposed.

However, this was a time of war, and Lin Huang did not want to arouse the suspicion of the Union Government, Hunter Association, and other forces at a time like this and cause disharmony within the Union Government army.

While Lin Huang was still deliberating if he should summon the bug beasts or expose the Sword Servants' strength…

The eighth wave of invaders had arrived!

There were once again thirty-three space tunnels that simultaneously transmitted spatial fluctuations.

When Lin Huang sent forth his Divine Telekinesis to sense the number and strength levels of the invaders that came through the thirty-three space tunnels, he could not help frowning slightly.

The explorers that were teleported over this wave were Virtual God rank-5s, which was an upgrade compared to before. However, the bigger difference was that the number of explorers that were teleported through each of the thirty-three dimensional gateways increased from one to ten!

The second Lin Huang detected this, Mr. Fu also noticed the abnormality. His expression shifted slightly, and his figure immediately rose into the air and hung above the heads of the twelve groups of battle troops, ready to help at any time.

When he saw this, Lin Huang opened his mouth to stop him, but ended up not saying anything and let Mr. Fu go.

After seeing Mr. Fu taking action, the many Virtual Gods present gradually sensed the severity of the situation regarding this wave of invaders, and their faces turned pale.

Some of them also noticed that Lin Huang had been sitting still this whole time, looking like he did not have the slightest intention of making a move.

However, everyone had no objection to his behavior. After all, he had already dispatched twenty-one summoning beasts to join the battle. For an Imperial Censor, controlling such a large number of summoning beasts of such high caliber would tremendously drain them in all aspects.

Besides that, there had long been a tacit consensus among the people that those who were in the Imperial Censor profession had no real strength of their own, and they mainly relied on imperial monsters in battles. Therefore, on the battlefield, it was normal for an Imperial Censor to summon imperial monsters to join the frontlines of a battle while they themselves took a backseat.

Even for Guan Zhong and the others, who knew about Lin Huang's strength, when they saw that he had not joined the battle, the thought that came to their minds was, 'As expected, summoning twenty-one virtual god-level rank-9 imperial monsters at once is a bit too much even for Lin Huang.'

Of course, Lin Huang was unaware that he had unwittingly added a layer of drama in the minds of the others.

He was not even a real Imperial Censor. He relied on monster cards to summon imperial monsters, which did not cause even the slightest burden on him.

The reason he did not make a move himself was that he knew very well, even if the thirty-one battle troops from the gravel world were not there, Bai and the others were more than capable of coping with the arrival of the three hundred and thirty explorers!

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Chapter 1422: The God's Figurine's Combat Souls Have Appeared!

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Ku Rong stood in front of a space rift with his eyes half-lidded, as if he were completely ignoring the spatial fluctuations in front of him that kept on coming continuously. He was dressed in a white monk's robe, his clothes fluttering in the wind caused by the spatial fluctuations, making him look like a celestial being.

The moment the invaders arrived, he suddenly opened his eyes.

Even without physically making a move, the bodies of the ten virtual god-level rank-5 monsters began to disintegrate inch by inch as soon as they were teleported over—not only their bodies but even their souls were rapidly being disintegrated in the same way.

In an instant, the ten explorers had been reduced to nothingness—not even a drop of blood remained.

Not far from Ku Rong, Bai was dressed in all black, his white hair wafting slightly in the wind.

He stared at the space rift, face devoid of emotion, expression unreadable.

After a moment, the spatial fluctuation quickly reached its peak, and ten silhouettes gradually revealed themselves

At this moment, Bai stretched a finger out to point in the air, and ten blood-colored electric arcs shot forth like living creatures. The next instant, the arcs plunged directly into the bodies of the newly-arrived ten monsters.

A second later, the bodies of the ten monsters began to shrivel up, and in just a few moments they became completely desiccated corpses. That was not all, though. After another half-a-second or so, the dried corpses began to disintegrate on their own, turning into dust in the sky.

Tyrant was much more direct than the others in his attacks.

As soon as the ten explorers were teleported over, he leaped forward and punched them one by one, pummeling all the monsters into a bloody pulp.

Charcoal, on the other hand, opened his wide mouth and spewed out his Dragon Flame, burning all the invaders into ashes that blew away in the wind.

Meanwhile, Warlord made no moves whatsoever. Before the explorers were teleported over, he placed a row of small artillery batteries in front of himself.

The moment the explorers arrived, blasts from about a dozen artillery batteries simultaneously sounded, and the blaze engulfed the ten invaders.

By the time the batteries ceased fire, the ten monsters were nothing more than ten lumps of pulverized meat, and it was impossible to tell what they had originally looked like.

Seeing that these few did not even have so much as their corpses remaining, Lin Huang could not help crying out in his heart, 'What a waste!'

Lancelot, Killer, and the others were certainly far more conventional and used equally conventional killing methods. The only thing was that the speed of their kills was just a little faster and they eliminated their enemies within seconds.

That is, all but Grimace, who was the most ostentatious one of all in his methods.

The moment the ten invaders arrived, Grimace instantly took control of their bodies and steered them to walk into his own God Territory.

What happened after that, no one knew.

The twenty-one imperial monsters annihilated their enemies almost instantly.

However, it did not go so smoothly for the battle troops.

Even if they had the upper hand, only the three teams with Virtual God rank-4s as their cores were able to complete their kills. However, they were only able to kill two or three of the invaders.

Upon seeing this, Mr. Fu immediately took action.

However, at this moment, hundreds of scarlet electric arcs shot out almost simultaneously. Before Mr. Fu's own attack could land, the arcs instantly penetrated the bodies of the remaining one hundred and twelve monsters.

Impressively enough, the person who attacked was Bai, who had already completed his mission.

Before this, when Lin Huang had asked them to help in bolstering attacks, Bai had already taken it upon himself to make this his second mission.

Therefore, after completing his first mission, he turned around, immediately locked onto all the remaining explorers, and brazenly made a move!

The scarlet arcs pierced into the bodies of the monsters in front of him like lightning bolts, and the creatures quickly shriveled into desiccated corpses at a speed visible to the naked eye, before finally disintegrating into fine dust all over the ground.

Seeing this, Mr. Fu withdrew from the attack in some embarrassment. He knew very well that his own move would definitely not have been as effective.

The numerous Virtual Gods who made up the battle formations were also dumbfounded when they saw the scene that unfolded before their eyes.

Such an attack really shocked them.

Just like that, the monsters which could not be defeated even by the battle formations that they had formed had all been summarily disposed of. This also gave everyone a new understanding of the strength of Lin Huang's summoning beasts.

"That was likely more than a hundred Virtual God rank-5s, and they were all killed instantly! What kind of ability is this?!"

"I've said it before—that white-haired imperial monster looks exactly like a human, so he must be a Protoss! Do you all still have any doubts now?!"

"Say, could that white-haired individual be the strongest imperial monster under Lin Huang's command? Or could there be an even stronger fellow?"

Just as everyone was debating hotly among themselves, another wave of reinforcements arrived.

This wave of reinforcements consisted of twenty or more people. Lin Huang saw a few familiar faces; those were the Sword Servants under his command.

The reason the Sword Servants were late was that most of them had never been to the Abyss Brink before, let alone pinpointed its coordinates.

They had no choice but to teleport themselves to the nearest location with a portal, and then either teleport again and again through a fixed dimensional portal or fly over here.

A few who were proficient in Space Rule could use it to rush over, but such individuals were few and far in between. This was why the Sword Servants had arrived later than the other reinforcements from the other major forces.

At this point, including the twenty or more Sword Servants that were present, more than two hundred and sixty Virtual Gods from the gravel world had been despatched.

Almost eighty percent of the Virtual Gods from the gravel world were now assembled on the entire third layer of the Abyss Brink.

Judging from the situation earlier, the initial small contingents of battle troops comprising seven or eight people were obviously not enough to cope with the next invasion.

Dongfang Bai had already begun discussions about the establishment of a stronger battle formation with the upper levels of various forces.

As the head of Dynasty, Lin Huang had naturally participated in the discussion, but he had not expressed any opinions throughout the entire process.

He was still deliberating whether or not he should summon the bug beasts or reveal the Sword Servants' strength.

Dongfang Bai naturally noticed that Lin Huang seemed to be considering something, and could not help asking, "Emperor Lin, if you have any ideas, please do tell us."

"I…" Just as Lin Huang was at a loss for words, a sudden stirring came from within his body. It was the Eternity Fire (Qi Muxiong's Goldfinger) sending him a message—'I can provide spiritual energy to the God's Figurines.'

The reason Lin Huang had not considered using the God's Figurine's Combat Souls before was that there were only ten of them within his body that he could use, while there were twelve space rifts. Although there were still many unused figurines, there was no way for him to use them, and others would not be able to unleash their power even if they used them.

However, now that the Eternity Fire had said so, he could summon two more God's Figurines and completely block all the dimensional gateways.

"Leave the remaining twelve dimensional gateways to me. You can hone the battle formations and begin preparations for the start of the official war," Lin Huang considered this for a while before deciding to say it openly.

Everyone was stunned by what they heard.

Mr. Fu was slightly worried. "Is it really okay?"

"It's all good, I can handle it." Lin Huang nodded, then summoned the ten God's Figurine's Combat Souls, including the Ninetails Lynx, as well as two other God's Figurine that had been imbued with the spiritual energy of the Eternity Fire.

Under Lin Huang's instructions, the twelve God's Figurine's Combat Souls quickly occupied the remaining twelve space rifts and became the new guardians.

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Chapter 1423: A Blind Spot in Mr. Fu's Knowledge

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The thirty-three space rifts were all guarded by Lin Huang's summoning beasts and God's Figurine's Combat Souls, so the Virtual Gods from the gravel world were finally able to catch a break.

Many people looked upon Lin Huang with conflicting emotions; his abilities had completely exceeded the expectations of everyone present. They were all awestruck by how powerful Lin Huang was, yet at the same time, they feared him.

Everyone was aware that even if all the Virtual Gods of the entire gravel world were present, their defenses would have broken sooner or later. However, with Lin Huang here, the invaders from the great world would at least consistently fail in their explorations before the True Gods arrived.

Nevertheless, the thirty-three imperial monsters that Lin Huang summoned were also a great threat to everyone. He could slaughter all the Virtual Gods of the entire gravel world with a simple flip of his hand if he really wanted to. (Most of the people present did not know that the last twelve monsters Lin Huang had summoned were God's Figurine's Combat Souls, not summoning beasts.)

The Union Government was extremely conscious of Lin Huang's unpredictability, not only because he was strong as an individual, but also because he had Dynasty—one of the six giants—backing him. As far as the Union Government was concerned, this was a great threat to them.

For more than eight hundred years, the Union Government had been the official representative of the entire gravel world, so they certainly did not want this position to be taken by another organization.

With this concern in mind, Dongfang Bai could not help directing a question at Lin Huang.

"Emperor Lin, if by luck we win this war, what do you plan to do next?"

The question attracted attention but not Lin Huang's; rather, all the higher-ups of the other big organizations present pricked up their ears and awaited his answer.

Mr. Fu lofted a brow, glancing at Dongfang Bai with a measure of obvious dissatisfaction.

Dongfang Bai's question might have seemed to be mere random small talk, but those with a discerning eye understood the real meaning behind his question.

"What do you mean, 'if by luck we win'?" Lin Huang turned his head to look at Dongfang Bai. "In this war, we must win. There is no second choice!"

Everyone was stunned by Lin Huang's words, but they quickly regained their senses. They all felt that Lin Huang was changing the topic of discussion and deliberately avoiding the question.

Just when Dongfang Bai was about to laugh it off and let the topic slide, Lin Huang spoke up again.

"If you're asking about my personal plans after the war, I'm planning on taking Xin Er and the others to the great world with me. The gravel world no longer has the cultivation resources I need. However, this is my home. If we have time in the future, I'll still bring Xin Er and the others back for a vacation, and meet up with old friends for a meal or a drink, or something along those lines."

Of course, Lin Huang knew what Dongfang Bai was trying to ask, so he gave the answer that Dongfang Bai wanted to hear.

As a matter of fact, that was what he was planning to do anyway. In his current situation, it did not make much sense for him to remain in the gravel world. Only in the great world could his combat level be subsequently elevated.

Moreover, there was a high probability that Lin Xin would be able to directly break through to virtual god-level after her current closed-door cultivation. Once they arrived in the great world, she most likely would have some measure of ability to protect herself, however small.

Mr. Fu's combat level had also reached rank-9. If he wanted to achieve another breakthrough and advance to true god-level, he could only do so in the great world.

As for the people of Dynasty and Misery, Lin Huang felt that if some of them wanted to depart with him, he would take them along. If not, he would let them stay and develop on their own.

After receiving a response like this from Lin Huang, Dongfang Bai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He did not doubt Lin Huang's words because he knew that the main purpose of Lin Huang's trip to the great world a year and a half ago was to rapidly increase his abilities. Now that he had returned one and a half years later, there were genuinely no resources in the gravel world that were suitable for him to use in his cultivation.

Although Lin Huang's answer satisfied the Union Government, Dongfang Bai still had to be courteous and offer up pleasantries.

"This is our hometown after all, and our family and friends are all here. If I do go to the great world one day, I myself might want to come back occasionally to meet up with friends and family."

When the people around heard that Lin Huang was planning to leave, they all had mixed thoughts.

Some of them were considering whether or not they should go to the great world with Lin Huang.

After all, they were already Virtual Gods. In the gravel world, virtual god-level rank-4 was pretty much the limit. There would be no appropriate resources for them if they wanted to advance any further than that.

Many people had never traveled to the great world because previously there were too many others who had gone there and were never heard from again. Some of them even deliberately left their Soul Lamps and other such items behind before departing. The Soul Lamps had all been extinguished without exception, and this obviously meant that they had died. This was enough proof that going to the great world was an extremely dangerous undertaking.

Despite this, Lin Huang had not only gone to the great world, but he had even stayed there for a year and returned alive. This proved that he had a safe way of reaching the great world, which excited many people.

There were also some others who felt that Lin Huang's departure would be the turning point for Dynasty to decline.

They felt that their own organizations might have the opportunity to take Dynasty's position as one of the giants.

Everyone present had their own thoughts on the matter.

The space rifts soon started transmitting space fluctuations again.

The ninth wave of exploration began soon after.

This time, all thirty-three dimensional gateways opened at the same time.

The explorers' combat levels had been upgraded once more, and their numbers had increased yet again!

All the explorers' combat levels had been raised to virtual god-level rank-6, and their numbers had also increased to twenty per dimensional gateway!

If it had not been for Lin Huang bolstering the rifts with the God's Figurine's Combat Souls just in time, it was certain that the Virtual Gods of the gravel world would have suffered many casualties in this wave of attack.

Of the thirty-one contingents of battle troops that had been formed, twenty-eight of them were led by Virtual God rank-3s, and their strength was barely at virtual god-level rank-5. If they were to face off against groups of Virtual God rank-6s, the battle formations would be obliterated in an instant.

However, in the face of Bai and the other monsters, Virtual God rank-6s were nothing.

In the time it took to lift an arm, six hundred and sixty Virtual God rank-6s were all subdued in an instant, with not a single one remaining. The whole battle took no more than half a second from beginning to end.

All the Virtual Gods present could only gape at the scene that unfolded before them.

From what everyone could see, the invaders—who were stronger than themselves—were no more than sitting ducks in the face of Lin Huang's summoning beasts. They were completely subdued without a single trace of resistance.

Even Mr. Fu felt slightly despondent.

He had not expected the group of little brats who had required his guidance back then to be far more powerful than himself right now. As a Virtual God rank-9, Mr. Fu felt that he had little chance of being victorious against any of the summoning beasts that were present.

"Apprentice, these summoning beasts of yours—they can't have all been elevated to mythical-level, can they?"

Mr. Fu could not help asking through voice transmission.

"Most of them are class-4, but there's also a class-4.5 and a class-5," Lin Huang nodded in response.

"Class-4.5 and class-5?!" Mr. Fu gulped. This was the first time he had heard of these two concepts—he had always thought that class-4 mythical-level was the limit.

"Bai is at class-4.5 Pseudo-supreme God-level, and Ku Rong is at class-5 supreme god-level." When he finished, Lin Huang was afraid that Mr. Fu would not know who Ku Rong was, so he added, "Ku Rong is the little monk wearing the white monk's robe."

'There's a supreme god-level?!' Mr. Fu silently screamed internally, but there was no way he could let his apprentice discover that he himself did not know of the existence of levels beyond mythical-level. He stole a glance at Lin Huang, and when he saw no major reaction there, he nodded calmly. "The little monk does look really strong, but I didn't expect him to be a class-5."

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Chapter 1424: I Want to Go to an Even More Vast Universe!

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Bai and the others easily dealt with the ninth wave of monsters, which finally enabled the Virtual Gods of the gravel world to see some part of Lin Huang's true abilities.

This also stirred more people's curiosity about the great world.

From what they could see, Lin Huang's abilities had substantially increased after only a year in the great world, and he was practically unrivaled now he had returned to the gravel world.

Many people could not help but wonder if they would also experience such advancement if they made a trip to the great world.

However, what they did not know was that Lin Huang was able to achieve such a level of advancement primarily because he relied on conduits. With their beginner-stage virtual god-level combat powers, merely surviving in the great world for a year would be a problem.

After the ninth wave of monsters, two more waves of Sword Servants arrived at the Abyss Brink.

Guan Zhong's brows creased slightly at the sight of dozens of unfamiliar faces with virtual god-level combat powers.

As the head of the Union Government's Agency EA, he had within his grasp all intel and information on the entire gravel world. Even if it was impossible for the Union Government to gather data on all the Virtual Gods in the gravel world, at least 95% of all Virtual Gods had data records. However, there were no data records on any of the fifty or more people who comprised these two waves of reinforcements. Apart from them, there were about five or six people that he did not recognize even among the previous wave of reinforcements.

Even stranger was that these people seemed to know Lin Huang, and some of them even stepped forward to greet him.

With these doubts in mind, Guan Zhong turned his gaze to Dynasty's camp. His eyes swept the area and he realized there were also nine people he did not recognize. He was quite sure that he had never seen any information in the database on these nine individuals.

After discovering this anomaly within Dynasty, Guan Zhong immediately informed Dongfang Bai about what he had found.

Dongfang Bai frowned after hearing that.

"How have you only just discovered this anomaly?"

"For one, Dynasty is an ally, so I did not pay much attention to the status of their camp. On the other hand, though, Lin Huang and Mr. Fu are over there and they can intercept my gaze easily, so I'm trying my best to avoid looking in that direction. I only glanced over briefly just now, and thought that there were only two or three unfamiliar faces who were Dynasty's secretly-cultivated new recruits."

"Do you think these unfamiliar Virtual Gods are Lin Huang's subordinates?" Dongfang Bai asked.

"They might not necessarily be his subordinates, but there's definitely a connection!" Guan Zhong pondered for a moment before continuing, "I even have my suspicions that these people may not be local residents of our gravel world!"

"Why do you say that?" Dongfang Bai asked, puzzled.

"I pretended to glance over there just now to observe, and the Emperor's Heart Rings on these people's hands are all black market goods. Most people may not be able to see the difference, but after doing intelligence work for so long, I can tell the difference between a black market item and a regular Emperor's Heart Ring with just a glance."

"So these people's identities are fake?!" Dongfang Bai's eyes widened slightly, and he turned to look in Lin Huang's direction.

At this moment, Lin Huang also seemed to sense Dongfang Bai's gaze and looked toward him.

When their eyes met, Dongfang Bai smiled and nodded at Lin Huang, then immediately looked away.

Lin Huang raised an eyebrow. "What an odd fellow."

"Why don't we take the initiative and just ask Lin Huang where these people are from?" Guan Zhong asked.

"Do you think he'll tell the truth if he were really hiding some secret scheme?" Dongfang Bai shook his head.

"Then, what should we do now? There's no conclusive evidence to prove that there's something amiss with these people, so should we report it?" Guan Zhong asked again.

"Mention this to Old Jiang. Just tell him about your suspicions and see what he says." Dongfang Bai contemplated for a while before deciding to just push this problem to Chief Jiang Shan.

Guan Zhong nodded. After returning to the tent, he immediately contacted Jiang Shan and told him about all the things that he found odd.

After hearing this, Jiang Shan pondered for a moment.

"I'll sort this matter out."

Just when the tenth wave of monsters arrived, Mr. Fu's communicator suddenly rang. He opened the communication page and discovered that the caller was Chief Jiang Shan from the Union Government.

After a moment of confusion, he connected the video request.

"What's the matter, Xiaojiang?"

"Old Fu, I heard from Guan Zhong that there are many unfamiliar Virtual Gods who have appeared at the Abyssal Brink, and they seem to know Lin Huang. Do you know anything about this matter, sir?"

"Yes, I'm aware of this. These are reinforcements that Lin Huang brought back from the great world; there are more than two hundred of them in total." Mr. Fu nodded; he had expected the Union Government to ask about this sooner or later.

"Over two hundred of them, and they're all Virtual Gods?!" Jiang Shan was dumbfounded. Based on what he had heard from Guan Zhong just now, there were only around seventy unfamiliar faces.

"They're all True Gods," Mr. Fu corrected.

"Huh?" Jiang Shan thought he had misheard. "They're all True Gods?!"

"Yes, there are more than two hundred of them and they're all True Gods," Mr. Fu confirmed once again.

Jiang Shan could only gape in shock, at a loss for words.

If Lin Huang had brought back more than two hundred Virtual God powerhouses, he might have suspected that Lin Huang was planning to overthrow the Union Government, or even get rid of the other top organizations, so that Dynasty would be the reigning monopoly.

However, since the individuals that Lin Huang had brought back were all True Gods, conversely, he did not harbor any such suspicions. This was because if Lin Huang really had wanted to make Dynasty the top organization, bringing back two True Gods would have been enough to eliminate all other organizations in the entire gravel world. There was no need for him to expend so much effort to bring back more than two hundred True Gods just for that.

"These True Gods… can we trust them?" Jiang Shan enquired after collecting his thoughts. "Could some organization from the great world be using Lin Huang to infiltrate our world…"

"These people are Lin Huang's subordinates and they obey his every order. Also, according to what I've observed, there really is no problem," Mr. Fu revealed another piece of information, which both he and Lin Huang had previously agreed they could disclose.

He and Lin Huang had already expected the Sword Servants to be noticed sooner or later. Lin Huang had no intention of concealing the identity of the Sword Servants anyway. If they were reinforcements that he had borrowed from an organization from the great world, the other organizations would always have worries in their hearts. However, if these were Lin Huang's own subordinates, then everyone's concerns would be reduced. At least Lin Huang himself was a local resident, and no one would want their own home to be destroyed or occupied.

"Can I have a few more words with Lin Huang?"

"No problem." Mr. Fu turned the projection toward Lin Huang who was not far away.

"Lin Huang, are these people really trustworthy?" Jiang Shan asked him outright.

"They're my people, so there won't be any problem." Lin Huang nodded.

"Then, I'll ask you one last question. I hope you can answer me truthfully." Jiang Shan's expression was serious; after a moment of silence, he stared into Lin Huang's eyes and asked, "Can I trust you?"

Lin Huang nodded slightly. "You can relax and trust me. This is also my home, so like all of you, I don't want the peace of the gravel world to be destroyed.

"I only have two purposes in coming back this time. One is to resolve the crisis in the gravel world. The other is to bring my close friends and family with me when I go.

"There's one other thing that you can rest assured about. I don't have any plans regarding this world. Even though there have been quite a few problems in the development of the Union Government over the past eight hundred years, on the whole, the Union Government has done all that they could. If I were to become chief of the Union Government, I would certainly not be able to do what has already been achieved up until now.

"If I were to lead an organization, I might still be able to pull that off fairly well. However, if I were to become the ruler of a world, I'm very much aware that I wouldn't be able to do it competently. In your position, you have too many things to worry about—not just matters concerning cultivators, but you also have to take into account the countless ordinary citizens…

"For myself, I want to focus more on my own development. I like exploring the unknown and I enjoy feeling myself becoming stronger as well as the excitement that every battle brings…

"I don't believe that the great world is my final destination either. I want to go to an even more vast universe beyond the great world…"

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After ending the call with Lin Huang, Jiang Shan was silent for a long while.

When he was young, he had also considered that if one day he were to become a Virtual God, he must go to the great world to see what the vast world beyond looked like.

However, as time went on and his own cultivation level increased, he also rose through the ranks of the Union Government and had to gradually let go of his dream.

He even thought that he would never think about it again.

However, his conversation with Lin Huang today reminded him of his dream from long ago.

"I've reached virtual god-level now, but I haven't been able to visit the great world…" Jiang Shan said to himself with a wry smile.

He definitely knew for a fact that Lin Huang not having plans regarding the gravel world was true.

To Lin Huang, the gravel world was too small a stage—his arena lay in the vast sea of dazzling stars beyond!

After a while, Jiang Shan dialed Dongfang Bai's number and briefly explained the conclusion of his conversation with Lin Huang.

Dongfang Bai and Guan Zhong were speechless after hearing what he had to say.

"Old Jiang, are you sure he said that more than two hundred of those reinforcements are True Gods?!"

"Mr. Fu was the one who said it, so it shouldn't be anything false." Jiang Shan nodded.

Dongfang Bai pondered for a moment before asking again, "Do you think we can trust Lin Huang?"

Jiang Shan nodded with barely any hesitation.

"I don't think Lin Huang will be much of a problem. On the one hand, he's a native resident of our gravel world, and he won't want his birthplace to become someone else's enslaved territory. On the other hand, he doesn't seem to have any great desire for status or power. If he really wanted to take control of the gravel world, with his current overall abilities he could have done so without expending much effort. The third point is that he's only twenty years old—his desire to explore is still at its peak, and for him, the gravel world is too small."

After listening to this, Dongfang Bai was silent for a moment before he nodded. "I understand. How should we deal with the matter after this, then? Do we act as if it never happened?"

"We'll just treat it as if it never happened." Jiang Shan nodded. "Also, regarding the information about the reinforcements—it's enough for the three of us to know about it. There's no need to tell a fourth party. The more people who know about this, the more likely that other problems will arise, and some people may take this as an opportunity to stir up trouble. With our current situation, unity within the gravel world is still very important."

"I understand," Dongfang Bai agreed.

"How's the situation over at the Abyss Brink?" Jiang Shan enquired after they were done talking about matters regarding Lin Huang.

Dongfang Bai's face betrayed a slightly embarrassed expression upon hearing this question.

"As of right now, ten waves of invaders have tried to come through. The tenth wave has seen the arrival of thirty-three squads of explorers with thirty members each, and their combat level has been upgraded to virtual god-level rank-7…"

Jiang Shan's expression became increasingly grave upon hearing this.

"However, the current guardians of the thirty-three space rifts are all Lin Huang's summoning beasts, and they're all virtual god-level rank-9." This was what Dongfang Bai was embarrassed about. There were more than two hundred of his people, and they had all been reduced to mere bystanders.

"Virtual god-level rank-9… it doesn't seem like they'll last for much longer, though." The expression on Jiang Shan's face did not relax at all. "How are the pre-war preparations going?"

"The preparations have been completed," Dongfang Bai replied.

"That's good." Jiang Shan nodded. "That trump card… it's better to not use it unless we're at the most critical moment."

"Understood." Dongfang Bai nodded.

Back at Dynasty's camp, after hanging up the call with Jiang Shan, Mr. Fu could not help asking Lin Huang a question.

"Do you really plan on taking Xin Er away from the gravel world after the war?"

"I'll probably rest for a month or two before leaving." Lin Huang nodded. "We must make arrangements for Dynasty and Misery's follow-up development plans.

"Besides, there are still many areas in this world that we haven't been to yet, and Xin Er might still have places she wants to visit. Before leaving, we should go to the places we want to visit and try not to leave behind any regrets since I don't know when we'll be able to come back next time.

"Teacher, you should come with us. Go to the great world and take a look!" Lin Huang suddenly changed the topic and said excitedly to Mr. Fu.

Mr. Fu hesitated; he did not refuse, but he did not agree either.

"On our side here in the gravel world, as long as we get rid of the leader of the invaders, such invasions shouldn't occur in the future. After all, the location of the entrance to the dimension-bridging tunnel that connects the great world and the gravel world is very remote, and it's normally not so easily discovered.

"Not only that, but it also ought to be fairly unlikely for civil war to break out within the gravel world for a while after this great war. As long as the six giant organizations can find a balance, they should be able to maintain peace for a considerable amount of time.

"Besides, I think you should also think about yourself, Teacher. You can't protect the gravel world for the rest of your life. The future of this world should be left in the hands of its future generation.

"You've now fully recovered from your injury, and your combat level has reached virtual god-level rank-9. There's no longer any way for you to advance your abilities in the gravel world. However, in the great world, not only can you advance to become a True God, but it's also not out of the question for you to break through to heavenly god-level! If you ever want to return to the gravel world, you can seal your combat strength and still come back."

Mr. Fu was obviously swayed when he heard this.

"I'll consider your suggestion properly when the war is won. However, for now, let's put our focus on this war.

"Oh yes, under normal circumstances, if the invaders have been trying to test the dimensional gateways without success, will they keep delaying the start of the war? Is it possible that they might give up on the invasion?" Mr. Fu voiced his doubts.

"If it were a newly-opened space tunnel and the teleportation testing failed repeatedly, then the invaders would probably temporarily abandon the invasion.

"However, these thirty-three tunnels of the Abyss Brink have existed for a long time, and there have previously been many successful cases of teleportation. In terms of probability, even if there was a problem with the dimensional gateways, it's impossible for problems to occur in all of them. The invaders from the great world will certainly know that the reason for the teleportation failures is because someone on our side intercepted and killed the explorers. Therefore, they won't give up on the invasion.

"They also won't keep delaying the start of the war. They're testing like this now only because the suppression of the world will in the gravel world has not achieved results yet. Once the world will is completely suppressed, they'll immediately go to war without hesitation."

"But they don't know which dimensional gateway is functional. Won't they suffer a great loss if they go to war under such circumstances?" Mr. Fu asked doubtfully.

"They'll send a large number of beginner and intermediate-level Virtual Gods to pave the way, and they won't be testing with just a few dozen of them like they are now. They'll send tens of thousands of them through each gateway. Once they find a dimensional gateway that they suspect is functional, they'll send over a large number of high-level Virtual Gods for a further second round of exploration. After the two waves of cannon fodder have done their explorations, the True Gods will enter in multitudes; after that, they'll officially arrive with an army and eradicate the entire gravel world…"

"High-level Virtual Gods are only mere cannon fodder?" Mr. Fu was having a hard time comprehending what he had just heard.

"In the great world, virtual god-level is just the starting point for cultivation. There are many powerful tribes in the great world whose children are virtual god-level at birth and by the time they grow up, they automatically advance to become True Gods. For some top tribes, some of their newborn babies may even be born as True Gods, and they automatically advance to heavenly god-level once they reach maturity.

"Furthermore, the great world is connected to countless mini-worlds, and the resources available there are more than a million times that of an average mini-world. Their rules and sequences are complete, various types of energy exist in abundance, and cultivation is much easier. Becoming a Virtual God there is a hundred times easier than in the gravel world. The number of Virtual Gods in the great world is more than the number of all the transcendents in the gravel world combined, so naturally, they can only be reduced to cannon fodder."

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Chapter 1426: Sword Alliance

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The eleventh wave of invaders arrived. Their combat level was already at Virtual God rank-8 although their numbers remained at thirty for each tunnel.

It was also in this wave that the other summoning beasts began to reach the limits of their capabilities, except for Ku Rong, Bai, and Grimace.

With their combat levels suppressed at Virtual God rank-9, it was not a problem for Charcoal and Tyrant to eliminate thirty Virtual God rank-8 monsters. However, it was slightly harder for them to execute instant kills since their combat levels differed merely by a rank.

In dealing with this wave of invaders, the overall killing speed of the summoning beasts slowed down significantly. In the previous wave, Lancelot and the rest eliminated their opponents in less than two seconds. However, in this wave, Lin Huang knew at a glance that it would take them at least seven seconds or more to kill their opponents.

Mr. Fu and many Sword Servants who were present at the scene also noticed the anomaly.

Mr. Fu's brows furrowed slightly. He knew that his abilities were slightly inferior to Lancelot and the others; even if he joined in the fight, he would not be able to greatly alter the outcome.

"Lord Swordmaster, do you want us to make a move?" Sword101 asked, snapping his head around to glance at Lin Huang.

"No need for that." The moment Lin Huang's words escaped his mouth, around a dozen scarlet gleams of light shot out from his sleeves like lightning.

They were the telekinetic weapons that had evolved from the God Weapon not so long ago. Their level was akin to a god rule relic.

In truth, the God Weapon was not concealed in Lin Huang's sleeves but within his inner world instead. Lin Huang had just gotten used to unleashing his telekinetic flying daggers from his sleeves.

The red gleams sliced across the sky like lightning and hurtled into the area of battle where Bai and the rest were. Before anyone could react, the red gleams pierced through the invaders' bodies one after the other like small, slithering scarlet snakes.

In less than half a second, nearly half of those close to a thousand Virtual God rank-8 monsters were disposed of, leaving less than a hundred for Lancelot and the rest to continue practicing on.

After the red gleams had shot out and killed their targets, they shot back and disappeared into the depths of Lin Huang's sleeves.

Although all of this happened in a flash, the crowd of Virtual Gods saw everything.

"Was that Lin Huang who just made a move?!"

"Those dozens of red gleams should be telekinetic flying daggers!"

"Isn't he a Virtual God rank-3? How did he manage to kill off so many Virtual God rank-8s so easily in a matter of seconds? We're not talking about one or two invaders; we're talking about nearly a thousand of them!"

For most people present at the scene, this was the first time that they had seen Lin Huang in action. When they saw what unfolded, they were utterly astounded.

Even though Dongfang Bai, Guan Zhong, and everyone else from the Union Government had already had anticipated Lin Huang's abilities, the expressions on their faces showed only disbelief.

"I always thought that Lin Huang's power was due to his strong summoning beasts. I never expected that his own abilities would be this terrifying.

"Now that I think back on it carefully, his details actually seem to have mentioned that he is a psychic as well. But I never expected his telekinesis to be this powerful," Dong Fangbai could not help lamenting, "To be able to pierce through the bodies of dozens of Virtual God rank-8s… I believe that his set of telekinetic weapons is on par with a god rule relic, at least."

"His abilities have grown far too powerful in the past two years." Guan Zhong's expression appeared rather convoluted. When he was spying on the Wei family two years ago, Guan Zhong had already witnessed Lin Huang's strength. The current Lin Huang was goodness knows how much stronger compared to what he had been in the past.

However, the stronger Lin Huang's real abilities were, the less worried the Union Government was about him. The stronger he was, the less space he would have for advancement in the gravel world.

Nevertheless, everyone did not know that Lin Huang's attack this time was far from an actual display of his true abilities.

Lin Huang did not compound these flying daggers with any rule powers, elemental enlightenments, or Sword Dao true meaning. Neither did he activate the flying daggers' innate rule power, nor even imbue them with Divine Power. The only thing Lin Huang used was the power of a Virtual God rank-9's Divine Power to manipulate the flying daggers, and his attack was completed with ease. He depended mostly on the kinetic energy produced from his mastery of telekinesis, as well as the flying daggers' innate sharpness and durability.

However, even an attack as simple as that was sufficient to astound all the Virtual Gods who were present.

Mr. Fu vaguely managed to guess that Lin Huang had yet to go all out but he was not sure what percentage of real strength Lin Huang had utilized.

Only the Sword Servants and Lin Huang's imperial monsters knew that Lin Huang had yet to lift even a finger.

Lin Huang's demonstration was just the tip of the iceberg, but it was sufficient to impress everyone there.

Those who initially thought Lin Huang had ascended to his position only because of his summoning beasts now realized that this Emperor from Dynasty had grown far more powerful than they had ever imagined.

The crowd began surreptitiously discussing heatedly among themselves as they tried to guess how powerful Lin Huang's real abilities were.

Meanwhile, after recalling his flying daggers, Lin Huang remained seated on the spot with an expressionless face. He closed his eyes and continued his rejuvenation as though nothing had happened.

Before the intrusion of the twelfth wave of invaders, the Abyss Brink saw the arrival of yet another two waves of reinforcements. Most of them were Sword Servants. Taken together, both waves added up to a total of fifty-six Sword Servants.

In addition to the seventy over Sword Servants who were already in the Abyss Brink, the total number of Sword Servants present had now reached a hundred and thirty-three individuals. This meant nearly half the full contingent of Sword Servants were already present in the Abyss Brink.

In truth, other than the Union Government's camp, other camps started to notice the existence of this group of strangers too.

Despite not having a databank as complete as that of the Union Government, most top-notch organizations had their own intelligence systems and therefore had access to the information on most Virtual Gods. Moreover, there were not many Virtual Gods in the gravel world to begin with, so they were bound to encounter each other much of the time.

However, these Sword Servants had suddenly appeared out of nowhere. They did not just have unfamiliar faces, they had never interacted with the other Virtual Gods before. If it had merely been a few dozen unfamiliar faces, nobody would think too much of it. Yet, the most crucial point was that the number of people from the Sword Alliance's camp had exceeded one hundred. The total number of Virtual Gods in the entire Abyss Brink only came up to three hundred and seventy-one people and those from the Sword Alliance's single camp alone were already one-third of that number.

It must be noted that even for the Mystic Butterflies who specialized in collecting intelligence, the Virtual Gods who had data records in their intelligence network numbered only three hundred and sixty-one individuals. (There were not as many Virtual Gods before Lin Huang's departure. Nearly half of these were Demigods who had elevated to Virtual Gods in the past year, all thanks to Mr. Fu.) Virtual Gods whose data records were stored in the Union Government's Agency EA were even fewer—only three hundred and fifty-three. The data collected by other top organizations was even less—their records averaged around only three hundred Virtual Gods.

However, the addition of one hundred and thirty-three Sword Servants increased the number of Virtual Gods present in the Abyss Brink to three hundred and seventy-one. This surpassed all the numbers in all the organizations' records.

Excluding the nineteen Sword Servants from Dynasty and Misery, fully one hundred and fourteen Sword Servants had gathered under the banner of the Sword Alliance.

Seeing more than a hundred unfamiliar Virtual Gods congregating in an unfamiliar camp, everyone's minds were full of uncertainty. The current number of Virtual Gods present was almost more than all the Virtual Gods in the Union Government and the Hunter Association combined.

Curiosity got the better of some organizations and they attempted to acquire more information on this peculiar occurrence. The only information they managed to obtain was that this group of people belonged to a new organization named the Sword Alliance. Other than that, they had no luck finding out anything else.

Noticing the lack of response from the people of the Union Government while Dongfang Bai and the rest seemed unfazed, many people assumed that the Sword Alliance was related to the Union Government, or even that the Sword Alliance was a secret organization formed by the Union Government.

A small number of people noticed that individuals from the Sword Alliance greeted Lin Huang as well, leading them to guess that the Sword Alliance might be connected to him.

The crowd murmured among themselves in a heated discussion.

Somebody even let his imagination run wild and joked that perhaps these were reinforcements that Lin Huang had summoned over from the great world. Yet, nobody knew that this joke of his was the closest thing to the truth.

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Chapter 1427: The Thousand Snake Sect

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The great world, in the Undead Dimension.

A sumptuous golden chair floated in midair, its backrest and armrests covered in esoteric snake-like patterns. On the highest point of the backrest were carved two triangular-headed venomous king cobras, mouths wide open to reveal their poisonous fangs.

Seated cross-legged on this chair was a golden-haired man. He had just stopped shaking his crossed legs and the expression on his face was rather unpleasant to look upon.

"Sect Leader sir, the last wave failed to teleport through the dimensional gateways in all thirty-five portals again," a snake-headed, white-robed individual said in human language as he flicked his snaky tongue.1

"Is it possible that the space tunnels malfunctioned?" A long-legged young lady standing to one side blurted out. She seemed to be around seventeen or eighteen years old. At first glance, her appearance did not differ much from that of a human being. However, a close look would reveal that her eyes had reptilian vertical slit-pupils.

"That's impossible. Even if there is any form of malfunction in the space tunnels, it's out of the question that all thirty-five portals have developed problems," the golden-haired man disagreed.

"But the gravel world rules aren't complete at all! It's already so insanely difficult to level up to Virtual God that it's impossible for anyone to advance to True God. If the space tunnels aren't the cause of the problem, how did they manage to kill off so many high-level Virtual Gods instantly?" The long-legged young lady asked, "Moreover, four months ago they had only just triggered the alert for reaching 300 Virtual Gods—but the alert hasn't indicated that anyone has elevated to True God status."

"You're thinking only of native cultivators; they are definitely incapable of coping with our countless probes. But what if they got an outsider to help out?" The man lifted his golden head to look at the young lady next to him. "The internal Space Rules in all thirty-five dimensional gateway portals have long since been consolidated and stabilized. This isn't something that True Gods can ruin through human agency. Even if special conditions arose and caused damage, it's impossible that all thirty-five portals can malfunction simultaneously.

"Having weighed both alternatives, I think it's more likely that there is a powerhouse who is obstructing us by killing off our people who try to set foot there!" The golden-haired man declared with absolute certainty.

"But our scouts have all been upgraded to Virtual God rank-8 standard, and they still haven't been able to find out anything at all. If this continues, we'll have to send the Virtual God rank-9s and we only have about three hundred or so of them left in total," continued the young lady, "What do you plan to do for the next wave? Send all the Virtual God rank-9s to smash their way in?!"

"If there really is someone who's killing them off, they managed to annihilate nearly one thousand Virtual God rank-8s. Instantly eliminating three hundred Virtual God rank-9s shouldn't be too hard," the snake-headed man beside them added.

The golden-haired man contemplated in silence for a while. "Assign one hundred high-level Virtual Gods and three hundred intermediate-stage Virtual Gods to every gateway. In addition, divide one hundred Virtual God rank-9s into ten squads and send them to ten random tunnels."

"If it's a problem with the space tunnels, it would have seemed like you've arranged for half of our Virtual Gods to go to their deaths." The long-legged young lady still thought that the rounds of testing mandated by the golden-haired man were too radical for her liking.

"Currently, the world will in the gravel world hasn't been completely suppressed. Unless you would rather I send True Gods to explore the ways?" retorted the golden-haired man.

The young lady was suddenly bereft of words to retort.

There were around thirty True Gods present right now. If they intended to enter the gravel world while the world will was still whole, they had no choice but to seal their combat strength at virtual god-level. Under such circumstances, it would be like serving them up on a silver platter.

"What if we're still keeling over after this wave?" asked the long-legged young lady after a momentary silence.

The golden-haired man set down his crossed legs and fell into a prolonged silence. "We'll deal with that later."

In the gravel world, the twelfth wave of the monster invasion was more than ten minutes later than the previous one.

Just as everyone in the gravel world thought that the great world would give up on the invasion and prepared to rejoice silently, spatial fluctuations in all thirty-three portals occurred simultaneously.

As guardians, Bai and his team increased their focus to one hundred and twenty percent as they concentrated on the dimensional gateway, ready to make a move.

Despite knowing that this wave of explorers would only be stronger than the one before, none of them harbored any notions of retreat.

As the incoming spatial fluctuations were detected, everyone present at the scene dropped everything they were doing and focused their attention. Even the unending murmur of surreptitious discussion vanished entirely.

Everyone knew that this wave was the key.

Even Mr. Fu found it difficult to remain in his seat. If Lin Huang had not stopped him from doing so, Mr. Fu would have joined in the fight.

Lin Huang was the only one who remained seated on his reclining chair. He did not stand up but neither did he continue his meditation. His eyes were now wide open as they stared in the direction of the space tunnel not so far away.

A moment later, the twelfth wave of monsters finally arrived.

Lin Huang scanned the area with his Divine Telekinesis and felt rather surprised. He initially thought that this wave would be completely made up of Virtual God rank-9s but he had not expected this hodgepodge of monsters consisting of intermediate-stage and high-level Virtual Gods as well. Together with the Virtual God rank-9s, this made up a total of one hundred individuals.

'What's the meaning of this silver platter of a wave? Did they run out of Virtual God rank-9s?'

While Lin Huang made this silent jeering comment in his mind, he shook his sleeve and multiple scarlet gleams shot out.

This time, the number of telekinetic flying daggers that he propelled forth was more than the last round—fully three hundred over daggers since the explorers who had arrived this time were far more numerous.

Scarlet telekinetic daggers shot out one after the other as though hundreds of blood-red lightning bolts were raining down. In a flash, the entire battlefield was covered with them.

Not a single entrance from all thirty-three dimensional gateways was left out.

The blood-red gleams pierced through the bodies of the intruders in the blink of an eye. Not only did the daggers eliminate the invaders' physical bodies, but they also shattered the invaders' souls.

It did not matter if the invaders were undying species or spirit types—once the flying daggers pierced through their bodies, they died an absolute death.

In less than half a second, Lin Huang's telekinetic flying daggers disposed of tens of thousands of invaders, leaving only the dozen or so who were fighting the imperial monsters.

Another two seconds or so later, Bai, Lancelot, and the rest of them managed to eliminate their own enemies, completing the total annihilation of the invading force.

With that, the twelfth wave of invading explorers from the great world was proclaimed a failure yet again!

Upon seeing the end results of the invasion attempt, the thirty over True Gods, as well as the golden-haired man, lapsed into silence.

"How about we file a report on this situation then?" After a protracted silence, the snake-headed man finally could not help voicing out his suggestion.

"Ever since this mission was assigned to the Thousand Snake Sect, there have never been any slip-ups. My grandfather and great-grandfather personally carried out the same mission and destroyed the cultivation civilization in the gravel world with their own hands. Do you think I am going to file a report now that it's my turn?!"

Noticing the hostility in the golden-haired man's words, the snake-headed man lowered his head and did not dare say another word.

"No matter how much they resist or struggle, ants will be ants." The golden-haired man's murderous intent was boiling over. "Once our suppression measures come into effect, we'll begin arriving officially!"

"But we still haven't managed to find out which spatial dimensional gateway—" The long-legged young lady's words were interrupted by a glare from the golden-haired man.

"No buts! I've made my decision!"

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Chapter 1428: Wu Mo's Awakening

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The third layer of the Abyss Brink.

Dongfang Bai led Guan Zhong and a few others to Dynasty's site and headed straight for Lin Huang to ask him a question.

"There haven't been any signs of movement in the dimensional gateways for over an hour now. Is it possible that the invaders have given up?"

Lin Huang shifted his gaze to Dongfang Bai and ignored the faint look of expectation on Dongfang Bai's face.

"The lack of movement is probably because they've lost too many Virtual Gods. They're also aware that their current mode of exploration is fruitless and have abandoned further attempts at it. However, that doesn't mean they will give up on their invasion. I'm guessing they're waiting for the world will to be completely suppressed before sending in their main army!"

Dongfang Bai was still somewhat reluctant to give up after hearing Lin Huang's words.

"What you mean to say is that despite being unable to determine which of the dimensional gateways is functional, they will still persist in the invasion?"

"Based on my understanding of the invaders, yes." Lin Huang nodded.

"Aren't they afraid that all the dimensional gateways are problematic?" Guan Zhong could not help furrowing his brows and asking.

"Number one, the probability of all thirty-three dimensional gateways malfunctioning is extremely low. Number two, when their main army arrives, it will also be a chance for exploration. As long as they teleport enough people over and we can't kill them in time, they will be able to determine which dimensional gateways are usable. Only then will the True Gods arrive.

"So, as long as we massacre their main forces fast enough, their True Gods won't arrive! That'll remove all risks of getting invaded by True Gods!" Dongfang Bai's eyes shone after hearing Lin Huang's words.

Lin Huang peered sidelong at Dongfang Bai and shook his head helplessly. "It's not as easy as you think.

"If their True Gods don't arrive and they give up on this invasion, after a while they will gather more Virtual Gods to form their main army a second time. When that happens, the invaders will only be stronger and far more numerous.

"However, if their True Gods arrive all at once, we'll be dealing with less trouble in the future."

The individuals from the Union Government suddenly developed convoluted expressions once again.

Naturally, they did not wish for the True Gods to arrive. As cultivators in the gravel world who were unable to elevate to True Gods, in their minds they held True Gods in reverence.

However, they also knew that what Lin Huang said was true. If the invasion failed, there would always be the possibility of their enemies trying again—moreover, when that happened, their enemies would be even more prepared.

If they managed to eliminate all of their enemies in one fell swoop, they would be able to destroy their enemies at the grassroots.

The only thing was that Dongfang Bai and his group honestly did not have much confidence in themselves to handle an invasion from high-rank True Gods. This created a psychological dilemma for them.

After receiving this less-than-satisfactory news from Lin Huang, Dongfang Bai led everyone back to their own camp, a helpless expression on his face.

Dongfang Bai very quickly directed Guan Zhong to contact Jiang Shan over in faraway First City and update Jiang Shan on the most recent situation here.

Jiang Shan's response was, "If the True Gods arrive, you should all cooperate with Dynasty as best as you can. After all, Lin Huang's the only one who is capable of dealing with medium and high-rank True Gods. I'll attempt to sugarcoat the current battle results and try as much as I can to encourage more Virtual Gods to join the fight."

At Dynasty's site, Mr. Fu could not help but lament.

"I'm not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing that our enemies have stopped exploring."

"It's a good thing, of course." Lin Huang smiled. "The fact that they've stopped exploring shows us that they've reached the limit of losses that they can cope with. Through the numbers they've lost, we can roughly estimate the total number of invaders this time.

"That last wave especially—they only sent a hundred Virtual God rank-9s. I'm guessing that this time they've only brought three hundred Virtual Gods rank-9s with them; there shouldn't be more than four hundred. Based on these numbers right now, they shouldn't have that many True Gods. My guess is that they have less than a hundred of them.

"Further analysis of this data indicates that the invaders are either from a top grade-4 organization or an organization above grade-4.

"If it's a top grade-4 organization, their leader will only be a True God and there will only be a limited number of True Gods within the organization. As long as we eliminate all the invaders in one swoop in the upcoming wave, they most likely won't have enough force to attempt a second invasion or even dare to attempt one.

"If it's an organization that is above grade-4, the fight won't be over even if they are unsuccessful in the current invasion. They will pick up the pieces very quickly and return! Even if Heavenly Gods are unable to arrive here directly, the strength of our enemy's next invasion will far exceed their current attempt."

After listening to Lin Huang's words, Mr. Fu sank into silence for a while before continuing.

"I hope luck will be on our side, so the intruders we're facing turn out to be from a top grade-4 organization."

"I hope so too. Otherwise, I'll have to stay even longer after dealing with this wave of invaders." Lin Huang was not worried about the number of invasion waves. He was more concerned about whether or not he could eliminate this problem for good and depart this place with his mind at peace.

In the blink of an eye, another two days passed.

The rest of the Sword Servants arrived one after the other. Except for one remaining Sword Servant who was tasked with guarding Lin Xin at the Dynasty Headquarters, the remaining two hundred and sixty-seven Sword Servants had all arrived at the Abyss Brink. Their numbers had now surpassed the total number of Virtual Gods in the gravel world.

Upon seeing the increasing number of people in the Sword Alliance's camp, discussions on the issue had become even more rampant.

There had never been many Virtual Gods in the gravel world, to begin with. Most of the time, Virtual Gods would run into each other quite frequently on a regular basis. Being in long-term closed-door cultivation meant that it was rare to see unfamiliar faces. In the Sword Alliance, however, all of them were strangers to the rest. Naturally, that gave rise to considerable debate.

The Sword Servants paid no heed to these discussions.

Lin Huang could not be bothered either, even though he knew the truth of the matter.

Deep down, Lin Huang was aware that later on when the Sword Servants demonstrated their actual abilities, it would be dazzlingly impressive in the eyes of everyone present. When that moment arrived, all criticism would dissipate like smoke.

On the third day, Lin Huang felt an abnormal fluctuation within his body.

He sent his consciousness within him to investigate and discovered that the source of the fluctuation was Wu Mo's blood of the True God.

Wu Mo was displaying signs of awakening!

Ever since the fight against the God Master's will two years ago that completely depleted her spiritual energy, Wu Mo had remained in a state of slumber. Even after Lin Huang arrived in the great world, massacring countless True Gods and imbuing her body with spiritual energy to the point of saturation, she had never woken up.

Lin Huang knew that he could not be impatient in such a situation. There could have been many reasons why she had not woken up, and Lin Huang did not attempt to awaken her forcefully either. He just waited patiently for her to wake up in her own time.

However, this time, she started to show signs of stirring—whether it was because she sensed the gravel world was under invasion or for some other reason was unknown.

"What impeccable timing to wake up. We'll have another individual with true god-level combat strength to join us in the fray," Lin Huang murmured in a low voice as he watched the blood of the True God's internal aura grow stronger by the second.

He very quickly retracted his consciousness back into his body and gave his surroundings a quick scan. Realizing that nobody had noticed this inconspicuous fluctuation that came from within him, Lin Huang rose to his feet instantly and headed to the Emperor Palace, which was camouflaged as a tent.

His sudden departure attracted the attention of quite a number of people, but nobody thought too much of it.

Mr. Fu's eyes were glued to Lin Huang until Lin Huang entered the tent as he felt somewhat surprised. However, he did not look into the matter and soon shifted his gaze in a different direction.

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Chapter 1429: Rather Too Brief A Time

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After returning to the Emperor Palace, Lin Huang patiently waited for Wu Mo's aura within the blood of the True God to gradually strengthen.

After about two or three minutes, Wu Mo's aura finally rose to its peak, and she woke up from her deep sleep that had lasted for nearly two years.

"Sister Momo!" Lin Huang immediately greeted Wu Mo after sensing that she had awakened.

"Lin Huang…" Wu Mo quickly consolidated her translucent body, and immediately checked on her state of being. "My spiritual energy has been completely replenished!"

Lin Huang smiled and nodded. When he was killing True Gods in the great world, apart from the ten God's Figurine's Combat Souls being imbued with spiritual energy, any excess spiritual energy had been infused into Wu Mo's body. Her peak state was only that of a third-rank True God, so her spiritual energy had been replenished a long time ago.

"Did you go to the great world?" Wu Mo's reaction was immediate, because the gravel world simply did not have enough resources to fully replenish her spiritual energy.

"I did, and now I've come back." Lin Huang nodded. "How do you feel?"

"Pretty good. My soul has almost been restored to its peak state, and I feel better than I did two years ago," Wu Mo said with a smile. "I just lack a physical body."

"I've already prepared one for you. It's the body of a Protoss," Lin Huang said, retrieving a body from out of his space storage—a female clad in a black dress

"She was a sorcerer-type, and her combat level before her demise was fifth-rank True God. When I first killed her, I thought that her physical body would be highly compatible with you. I've preserved this body all this time because I wasn't sure when you'd wake up."

As Lin Huang spoke, he summoned the drop of blood of the True God that was leeching off of Wu Mo's body, bringing it out of her.

"The residual aura of the corpse is very powerful. Were you really the one who killed her?" Wu Mo had a slightly surprised expression on her face.

"Yes, I killed her." Lin Huang nodded.

Wu Mo's illusory silhouette floated in the air, her feet not touching the ground. Staring intently at Lin Huang, she scrutinized him carefully and soon discovered an anomaly. "Your combat level is only Virtual God rank-3, but it seems like you've already mastered Rule Bending Power. It wouldn't be impossible for you to kill a True God, but this body did belong to a medium-rank True God who was at fifth-rank after all—she was even a Protoss…"

Since they were in the gravel world, the Thousand Face mask on Lin Huang's face simply disguised his combat level. It did not disguise his appearance, nor did it conceal the fluctuations of the Rule Bending Power in his body.

"My combat level is disguised. It's actually at Virtual God rank-6," Lin Huang explained his combat power but did not extrapolate.

"Alright, we'll assume you killed her then," Wu Mo said as she pursed her lips.

Lin Huang could not help smiling; however, he gave no further explanation.

"Try the body out to see if it's good or not. If it isn't suitable, we can change it to another one."

Wu Mo nodded. Her illusory silhouette entered the blood of the True God and took control of it. The drop of blood turned into a stream of flowing purple-gold light and flowed into the sorcerer-type corpse from between its eyebrows.

A moment later, life force gradually began filling the sorcerer-type corpse.

After about five to six minutes, the life force in the body of the sorcerer-type finally reached its peak.

Wu Mo opened her eyes little by little, sat up slowly, and then looked down at her hands and body.

"This physical body feels really good! It's even stronger than my original body, and our compatibility is over 85%. It should be even higher once I take some time to get used to it…"

Wu Mo was obviously very satisfied with this new body.

"As long as you think it's suitable." Lin Huang smiled and nodded.

After getting a sense of her new body for a few moments, Wu Mo quickly calmed her excitement and asked, "How's the situation in the gravel world now? Has the invasion begun?"

"A few days ago, those over in the great world were testing the dimensional gateways, but fortunately, the tests failed. They've probably been trying to suppress the world will of the gravel world for the past few days. It's estimated that after the suppression is successful, they'll arrive directly with an army… "Lin Huang briefly described the situation of the gravel world.

Wu Mo asked a few more questions regarding the great world's impending invasion of the gravel world, and Lin Huang answered them all one by one.

"According to the sense of rejection that I currently feel from the world will, I estimate that there's still a few more days before the world will is completely suppressed. I'd like to take advantage of these few days to go back to the floating land and fetch something. After I retrieve what I want, I'll rush back here as soon as I can." Wu Mo felt a sense of rejection from the world will, and quietly sealed her combat level at virtual god-level rank-9.

"Go then." Lin Huang did not have any objections.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll become a deserter?" Wu Mo smiled so widely her eyes crinkled up like crescent moons.

"I'm not afraid." Lin Huang shook his head.

In reality, there was something else that he did not say out loud—'It doesn't matter whether you become a deserter or not. As long as I'm here, this wave of invasion will be futile.'

"Don't worry, I'll come back before the world will is completely suppressed!" Wu Mo said and headed toward the gates of the Emperor Palace.

Lin Huang followed behind and sent her off.

Mr. Fu was obviously taken aback at seeing a woman suddenly walk out of the tent.

Many of the people around also turned their eyes in her direction, their gazes full of curiosity.

"Is it another summoning beast?"

"I don't think that's the case this time. She looks more like a secret mistress."

"She came out less than ten minutes after Emperor Lin entered the tent. That's rather too brief a time."

The crowd started chattering.

Wu Mo glanced over her surroundings. Naturally, she heard everyone's comments, but she paid them no heed and turned her head back to ask Lin Huang a question.

"Previously, didn't you mention that there weren't many Virtual Gods in this era? This isn't considered 'not many'!"

"There are more than two hundred of them whom I brought back from the great world for reinforcements. More than half of the rest were transformed from Demigods this year," Lin Huang explained.

"Alright. I'll return to the floating land first; I'll be back in a few days." Wu Mo did not enquire any further.

After saying that, her figure rose directly into the air, and she sped toward the exit of the Abyss Brink.

This scenario baffled everyone even more.

"That young lady just now…" Only after seeing Wu Mo's figure disappear into the sky in a flash did Mr. Fu come back to his senses and question Lin Huang.

"That's Wu Mo, the Sorcerer Goddess I told you about before—the one from the Sorcerer Dao Epoch."

"Oh, I remember, the one from the floating land." Mr. Fu recalled that Lin Huang had brought up this True God member of the Wu Tribe in one of their past conversations. "I remember you said that she was leeching off of your body and had fallen into a deep sleep. So, she's woken up?"

"She's woken up, yes."

"Why did she fly away? Did you two have a fight?" Mr. Fu inquired, sensing gossip.

"I don't have that kind of relationship with her…" Lin Huang immediately caught what Mr. Fu was implying, and said with a helpless expression on his face, "She left because she wanted to go back to the floating land and retrieve something."

"Oh." Mr. Fu's expression said 'I understand'.

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Chapter 1430: Lin Xuan's Return

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During the few days after Wu Mo's departure, Lin Huang could clearly feel that the world will of the gravel world was rapidly weakening.

Every day, he sat in the reclining chair in front of the tent, seemingly closing his eyes in meditation. In actuality, however, he was silently cultivating his Seamless technique to strengthen his telekinesis.

His telekinetic threads increased by about 4800 daily. By the time the total number of his telekinetic threads had increased from 200,000 to about 230,000, the world will had been weakened to the point where it could barely be sensed.

Lin Huang knew that the official invasion was about to begin!

It was on this day that an unexpected acquaintance of Lin Huang came to the Abyss Brink.

Seeing this person—whose face was righty percent familiar—appearing before him, Lin Huang hesitated to acknowledge him for a moment.

On the contrary, it was Mr. Fu who suddenly exclaimed after being briefly stunned.

"Mo Kui?!"

The man nodded slightly at Mr. Fu. "I'm Lin Xuan. Mo Kui is the name of my primordium, and I'm his clone."

"Xiaoxuan, is that really you?!" Only now did Lin Huang acknowledge him.

The reason Lin Huang was not sure of the newcomer's identity a moment ago was that Lin Xuan looked at least twenty-five or twenty-six years old; his combat strength was also at virtual god-level rank-9.

When Lin Huang first found Lin Xuan, the lad was barely a ten-year-old child. Under normal circumstances, he should have had the appearance of a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy after four years.

Now when Lin Huang looked at him, however, Lin Xuan looked a bit more mature than himself.

"It's me…" Lin Xuan turned to look at Lin Huang, a conflicted look in his eyes. For a moment, he did not know how to address Lin Huang any more.

"You've grown taller, and you look more mature than me." Lin Huang smiled and patted Lin Xuan on the shoulder.

"I adjusted my body's growth rate slightly, so biologically I'm actually twenty-five years old now," Lin Xuan briefly explained.

"Let's sit down and talk." Lin Huang pulled another chair out for Lin Xuan and tugged him over to sit in front of the tent.

He actually wanted to bring Lin Xuan into the Emperor Palace to chat, but the invasion by the great world could start at any moment. Therefore, he could only chat while sitting outside the tent so that he could keep an eye out for any changes in the dimensional gateways.

"Where have you been all these years?"

"I spent most of my time in the Land of Origin, inquiring about my past, and recovering my memories."

"Did you find out what happened?"

"Yes, I've investigated thoroughly." Lin Xuan nodded slightly, then lowered his head to look down at the ground and continued, "The outcome was that I'm just a clone that was bred from a machine."

"Xiaoxuan, it doesn't matter where you came from. What's important is that Mo Kui is Mo Kui and you are you. You're an independent individual with your own independent personality, and you have different experiences and different worldviews. You can live your life the way you want to. You may have come from Mo Kui, but you're not a replica of him, and you're certainly not his vassal. Don't live in his shadow…" Lin Huang comforted Lin Xuan.

After learning about Mo Kui's situation from Mr. Fu, he actually had already expected this outcome.

"You don't have to comfort me like this. I've already come to accept it." Lin Xuan raised his head and looked at Lin Huang. "When I first found out about it, it was really difficult for me to accept, but I've been letting things sink in for the past few years. Now, although I haven't completely let it go yet, I've pretty much taken in everything."

"That's good, then." Lin Huang did not say much more.

"I heard… you went to the great world for a year. How have you been in the past year?" Lin Xuan could not help asking.

In the past few years, he had actually been discreetly keeping track of Lin Huang and Lin Xin's movements. After Lin Huang went to the great world, he had even secretly gone to Emperor City, leaving only after being reassured that Lin Xin was safe there.

"My year in the great world was very fulfilling. Most of my time was spent in cultivation and increasing my strength."

"Are there many powerhouses there?" Lin Xuan asked again.

"Quite a lot. In the great world, Virtual God is just the starting point for cultivation. After that, there's True God, Heavenly God, and even Lord."

"Then, what's the combat level of the fellow who's invading our world? Have you managed to find out?"

"I didn't come across any relevant information when I was in the great world. However, through their testing during this period, I've roughly been able to determine that our opponent is at least a top-notch grade-4 organization. In other words, their leader is at least a ninth-rank True God or stronger."

"Our world rules are incomplete. The arrival of Heavenly Gods would directly lead to the collapse of the world, so they can only send over ninth-rank True Gods at most," Lin Xuan commented, then continued, "I should more or less be able to deal with third-rank True Gods, but I don't think I'll be able to do anything if they're any stronger. That's to say, middle and high-rank True Gods will be practically invincible once they arrive…"

"Don't worry, I have a plan to deal with it." As soon as Lin Huang said that, Lin Xuan carefully scrutinized him.

Even though he did not directly voice his doubts, they were still clearly written on Lin Xuan's face.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. How's Sis…Lin Xin doing?" Lin Xuan almost said 'Sister Xin' out of habit.

"I went into closed-door cultivation not long after returning to the gravel world. She went into closed-door cultivation not long after I did and has still not come out yet."

"All the Virtual Gods of Dynasty have been despatched; is it still safe in Emperor City?" Lin Xuan immediately asked again.

"Don't worry, I've left a bodyguard with her." Lin Huang secretly mused in his heart, 'So you do have a conscience then, kiddo. You're still concerned about Lin Xin's safety.'

"Oh, that's good." Only then did Lin Xuan breathe a sigh of relief. He had rushed to the Abyss Brink right after he had finished with his own affairs without stopping by Emperor City, so he could not help inquiring after noticing that Lin Xin was not by Lin Huang's side.

Just as the two of them were chatting, Wu Mo returned hurriedly.

She seemed fit as a fiddle and much livelier than she had been when she left a few days ago. She appeared to have adjusted to her new physical body very smoothly.

"How are things over at the floating land, Sister Momo?" Lin Huang asked by way of greeting.

"It's a mess; it took me a few days to sort it all out. If it wasn't for the war that's about to start here, I would've taught those bastards a lesson!" Wu Mo said angrily, then noticed Lin Xuan's presence. "Who's this handsome fellow?"

"Lin Xuan," Lin Huang introduced, then added, "My younger brother."

Lin Xuan glanced at Lin Huang after hearing that. He did not refute Lin Huang's words, however; he just smiled and nodded at Wu Mo.

"Your younger brother? How come he looks older than you?" Wu Mo asked bluntly.

"He just matured faster than me; can't that be the case?" Lin Huang shot back in return, then changed the topic. "The war is about to start. How have you been adjusting to your new physical body?"

"Compatibility has been increased to 93%," Wu Mo replied with a smile, obviously very pleased with her new physical body. "How have things been around here these last few days?"

"No explorers were teleported over during the days after you left."

"That's good news. It means that they've suffered some great losses during their previous testing." Wu Mo raised an eyebrow.

"That's what I think too." Lin Huang nodded in agreement.

After barely exchanging a few words with Wu Mo, a new round of spatial fluctuations was suddenly transmitted from the dimensional gateways which had hitherto been still for several days…

Everyone in the Abyss Brink stopped what they were doing almost simultaneously and looked up at the dimensional gateways.

Everyone knew that the official invasion war was about to begin!

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Six days ago…

The great world, in the Undead Dimension.

From his seat on the golden snake chair, the expression on the golden-haired man's face looked extremely unpleasant.

All twelve waves of explorations had resulted in failure. Not only that, but the entire squad had also been annihilated once more.

No matter how many Virtual Gods he sent on these exploration quests, this gravel world—with all its incomplete rules—was akin to an endless black hole that swallowed everything up, leaving no trace at all. Not a single piece of information had managed to make its way back here.

"The whole group's been brought to its knees in a split second again, and we still don't know which of the dimensional gateways have no issues. What do you plan to do now?" asked the long-legged young lady, turning her head abruptly in the golden-haired man's direction. "Wait for the suppressing effects to kick in, send in the army straight away, and force our way through without knowing what the situation is on the other side?"

The golden-haired man remained silent for a long time without answering her question. After a while, he slowly opened his mouth to speak. Yet, the answer he gave was completely unrelated to her question. "These next few days, everyone get a move on and work together. Herd all the Abyssal creatures in the Undead Dimension over here, whether they be spirit-type or undying species!"

"You're thinking of using them to continue exploring?" The long-legged lady's eyes gleamed when she heard his answer. In reality, this was not such a bad idea at all. At least they did not have to keep expending people from their own side.

"I refuse to believe that they can still kill off millions of spirit-type and undying species instantly!" The golden-haired man snarled.

After settling on this strategy, the entire group spent a bit more time discussing the details. In very short order they dismissed and went their separate ways to carry out this new plan.

Simultaneously in time with the gravel world.

The great world, in the Undead Dimension.

From his seat on the golden snake chair, the golden-haired man once again gathered everyone together.

For the past six days, none of the thirty-plus True Gods and tens of thousands of Virtual Gods were idle.

The True Gods hunted solo while the Virtual Gods hunted in groups. Whatever Abyssal lifeforms they managed to get their hands on—spirit-type and undying species alike—were all tossed into their own God Territories.

Only today—the sixth day after the command—did everyone finally cease hunting. As per the time agreed upon, they all returned to where the dimensional gateways were.

"True Gods, report the number of your captures! Virtual Gods, tally up your totals while we deal with the reports here."

The golden-haired man swept the entire surrounding area with his gaze and directed his order to the assembled individuals.

"Let me announce my hunting results first then. In the past six days, I've managed to capture 311 True God monsters. Among them, there are 53 high-rank ones, 193 medium-rank ones, and 65 low-rank ones."

The long-legged young lady was the second person to speak.

"I've captured a total of 287 True God monsters—41 high-ranks, 147 medium-ranks, and 99 low-ranks."

The third person to speak up was the snake-headed man.

"My total is 265 True God monsters. There are 43 high-rank ones, 159 medium-rank ones, and 63 low-rank ones."

All thirty-seven True Gods took turns to announce their glorious results acquired over the past six days.

The snake-headed man also tabulated the final numbers.

"The number of True God monsters captured is 4981 in total. Out of these, 347 of them are high-rank true god-level monsters, 1819 are medium-rank monsters, and 2815 are low-rank ones. The total number for Virtual God monsters is 2,860,000 with 338,000 of them high-level Virtual Gods…"

In merely six short days, the monsters everyone had managed to capture exceeded nearly twenty times their own number.

"First, seal all exits in the area to prevent them from escaping! After that, based on the distribution of the space tunnels, section the place up and seal it to create thirty-five divisions," the golden-haired man ordered the moment he saw that everyone was present.

Several True Gods who were experts in setting up barriers immediately went into action. They worked together to seal up the entire area; they then created a secondary Space Seal around the nearby surroundings of the space tunnels. Thus, thirty-five tunnel divisions were created.

"Everyone, mark all the Virtual Gods that you've captured with life imprints. Don't miss any of them out. Once this has been done, send the Virtual Gods that you hunted to Long Tail and the other the thirty-five members of the group. Remember who you hand over your captures to. Once the teleportation is completed, whoever's imprint that is not annihilated for more than five seconds must immediately report to me on who your receiver is, then we can single out which space tunnel might be safe.

"White Chief, calculate how many Virtual Gods Long Tail and the others should each receive—how many beginner-stage, intermediate-stage, and high-level Virtual Gods. The numbers don't need to be too specific; long as all thirty-five groups have nearly the same number, that will be good enough…"

After the golden-haired man had completed a series of arrangements, all thirty-five True Gods finished conducting the handovers very quickly. They then each selected a sealed division and stepped into it.

The golden-haired man and the snake-headed man were the only two who did not enter any divisions and remained where they were.

After everyone had entered their sealed divisions, the aura in the golden-haired man's entire body started to soar rapidly. In merely a few seconds, it had peaked. Like a rock that had been tossed onto the surface of a lake, his overwhelming aura rippled and spread out in all directions.

Among the thirty-something True Gods present, there were only three other individuals who were ninth-rank True Gods apart from the golden-haired man.

These three people were the most sensitive to the eruption of the golden-haired man's aura. They could detect things that outsiders could not because of their heightened sense of awareness.

The strength of the golden-haired man's aura was clearly now very close to the level of a Heavenly God; it had far exceeded that of an ordinary ninth-ranked True God.

As they sensed this spine-chilling aura sweeping through, nearly everybody present felt their heart skip a beat. Even breathing felt much weightier now.

It was at this moment that the golden-haired man suddenly let out an explosive roar.

"Now!"

Like a detonating bomb, his voice filled every corner of the area instantly, ringing clearly in everyone's ears.

The instant he gave his command, his terrifying near-Heavenly-God-level aura enveloped the entire place. Everyone felt even their breathing had become heavier.

At this very moment, the thirty-five True Gods who had entered their respective sealed divisions activated their individual God Territories, releasing all the Virtual God monsters contained within.

The only thought that occupied the minds of these millions of Virtual God Abyssal creatures the moment they were released—spirit-type and undying species alike—was freedom.

However, the next second they all sensed the life-threatening aura emanating from the golden-haired man.

This aura was incredibly dangerous!

All the creatures started frantically scuttling away from where the golden-haired man was in their attempts to escape this territory!

However, a seal that had been collaboratively created by several high-rank True Gods was not something that mere Virtual Gods could shift at all. Millions of monsters bombarded the seal one after another. Unfortunately, the only effect it had was to cause barely-perceptible ripples.

As their attempts to escape were futile, they finally realized the truth. Eventually, they chose to swarm over toward the spatial dimensional gateway nearby. After all, the sooner they could leave this damnable place, the better!

Who cared what sort of place lay on the other side of the dimensional gateway—they could deal with that when they escaped!

In roughly less than five minutes, desperate with nowhere else to run, all the Virtual God monsters swarmed through the dimensional gateways in all thirty-five divisions!

"I can't wait to see if you can still instantly kill off three million Virtual Gods arriving all at one go!" Watching the number of monsters in all divisions clearing out completely, the golden-haired man could not help but quirk up the corners of his mouth slightly.

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Chapter 1432: The Invasion Begins

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In the third layer of the Abyss Brink, the spatial fluctuations this time were much greater than before in all thirty-three space rifts.

As he sensed the abnormality of the spatial fluctuations, Lin Huang could not help tightly knitting his brows together.

Under normal circumstances, fluctuations from dimensional teleportation would be affected by the number of individuals being teleported. However, the spatial fluctuations this time far exceeded Lin Huang's previous prediction.

'Based on the strength of these fluctuations, I'm afraid the number of people being teleported through is over a hundred times more than their previous exploration attempts!'

These teleportation numbers baffled Lin Huang greatly.

Based on the number of explorers sent six days ago, the enemy's last try should have seriously crippled them. Otherwise, they would not have put a complete halt on their exploration attempts before they had figured out which dimensional gateway was safe.

Yet now, it seemed as if the enemy had not exhausted even one percent of their manpower in their previous attempts.

Despite not understanding the reason behind the current situation, Lin Huang snapped out of his present mental state and pushed his questions to the back of his mind. He returned his attention to the fight at hand.

'There are at least a million invaders in this wave—in fact, there might be more than two million…' Lin Huang made a rough estimation from the spatial fluctuations. 'Even if the Sword Servants, Bai, and the rest unseal their combat strength, they won't be able to kill all the invaders in a short time. The invaders will realize all the dimensional gateways are working perfectly fine then. Following that, the enemies' True Gods will arrive; this is already inevitable.

'The biggest problem right now is that the number of Virtual Gods has far exceeded my previous assumptions. It's entirely possible that there are more True Gods than I expected…'

He had originally estimated that the number of True Gods among the invaders would not exceed one hundred but judging from the current situation, there might be far more than one hundred.

In all honesty, the arrival of millions of Virtual Gods in this wave did not worry Lin Huang. He was more concerned about the True Gods arriving in the coming waves.

After all, he only had a limited number of True Gods on his side.

Other than himself and his army of summoning beasts, there were only three hundred-plus Sword Servants.

If too many True Gods showed up and Lin Huang's side could not hold them back, the Virtual Gods in the gravel world might face the possibility of complete annihilation.

Once this line of defense in the Abyss Brink was broken, those True Gods would be able to march straight into the gravel world's mainland. Once they were beyond the Abyss Brink, they could use the power of their Divine Telekinesis and easily locate the cultivation strongholds of major organizations to launch a full-on massacre.

The current cultivation epoch might face total destruction once again.

The moment his mind strayed to these possible outcomes, Lin Huang felt sudden pressure on his initial full confidence.

Meanwhile, the spatial fluctuations from the dimensional gateways grew stronger.

Lin Huang and Mr. Fu were not the only ones to notice the anomalies; other Virtual Gods in the gravel world rapidly sensed them too.

Amid the consternation of everyone present, Lin Huang's voice suddenly burst forth like an explosion.

"Attention, all organizations! Utilize all your area-of-effect attack methods! It doesn't matter if they are divine abilities, divine skills, weapons, or equipment—as long as they have an area-of-effect attack, use them in battle! The invading army this wave may very well exceed millions!"

Although Lin Huang was not the chief of the Union Government, everyone had already witnessed his abilities in action. As a result, they readily believed him when he said this and readjusted their mental preparations for the battle ahead.

After shouting his orders to those present, Lin Huang directed a new command to the imperial monsters.

"You can all retreat now. Stop thinking about how to instantly kill off your enemies and switch to area-of-effect attacks. You may unseal your combat strength whenever necessary!"

After receiving their new orders, the imperial monsters started rapidly retreating one after the other.

Immediately after Bai and the rest retreated, the spatial fluctuations emanating from the dimensional gateways peaked almost simultaneously.

A second later, a sea of invaders maniacally swarmed out from the dimensional gateways like a mighty cataract.

The instant they teleported over, all the Abyssal creatures—spirit-type and undying species alike—that had been forced into the dimensional gateways by the Thousand Snake Sect now found themselves eye-to-eye with this assembly of the gravel world's low-level Virtual God natives.

Suddenly finding the perfect catharsis for their fury, millions of monsters maniacally swarmed toward the gravel world's Virtual Gods.

Although Lin Huang had just given them a heads-up, the Virtual Gods in the gravel world were still stunned for a while when they saw that the number of invaders far exceeded their own.

The summoning beasts under Lin Huang's command made their moves without hesitation.

Ku Rong's figure floated in midair, suspended with his eyes closed and hands clasped as he chanted phrase after phrase of religious scripture. As the scriptures started to echo through the area, myriads of golden ripples emanated from his body like waves and unleashed in every single direction. As the waves passed through all the undying species, spirit-types, and other Abyssal Creatures, they screeched in agony and disintegrated into ashes.

As a Buddhist cultivator, the nature of the Divine Power within Ku Rong was effective in countering negative energies.

Even if he only had the combat strength of a Virtual God rank-1, he could already put up a solid defense against a Virtual God rank-3—what more his current display of combat strength that was equal to the level of a Virtual God rank-9.

Wherever the religious scriptures were able to reach and cleanse, not a single one of the virtual god-level monsters survived for more than a second.

Apart from Ku Rong, Bai's performance was also eye-catching.

His eyes were glowing scarlet but he did not take any action whatsoever.

However, the air surrounding his body was saturated with colorless, odorless Almighty Vampire Particles that floated everywhere—but whenever the particles landed on a monster, they burrowed into the monster's body. After a while, the monsters' bodies started exploding one by one, transforming into Blood Demons at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Each Blood Demon retained nearly all of the monster's original powers; they transformed into warriors under Bai's command and started attacking the invaders instead.

Somewhere near Bai, Grimace had managed to get a group of rebels under his power.

What differentiated Grimace from Bai was that Grimace was cackling loudly as his ghastly outline glided through the sea of monster troops.

All the monsters descended into chaos whenever Grimace passed by and began to attack each other wildly.

This time, it appeared that Grimace bewitched the monsters with sound waves. Whoever heard his cackling would be dragged into a state of hallucination.

In another area, Lancelot—in a full set of Crimson Armor—manipulated tens of thousands of flying swords, sending them weaving through the army of monsters. With each attack, he picked off tens of thousands of invaders.

Charcoal's area-of-effect attack was even more direct.

Nearly everything touched by the Black Dragon Flame he spewed forth let out roars of pain and disintegrated into ashes.

Tyrant was more violent. Straight away, he transformed into a Celestial Giant and stomped about with his nine hundred thousand meters of height. With every step he took, he stomped across an area more than hundreds of thousands of meters, crushing everything into dust.

In this battle, Warlord displayed his superiority in team fights.

Seconds before the monsters arrived, he summoned millions of robots that filled the entire spatial dimensional gateway with dense gunfire, riddling the monsters with so many holes they looked like sieves.

He was also the only one to annihilate all invaders in the dimensional gateway in less than five seconds—even faster than Ku Rong, Bai, and the rest.

The other summoning beasts like Witch did well too. Although none of them unsealed their combat strength further, they had basically outdone themselves with their Virtual God rank-9 combat strength.

When they saw the ferocity of Lin Huang's imperial beasts at the peak of their prowess, the crowd of Virtual Gods in the gravel world was emboldened. They quickly formed their battle formations and joined in the fight!

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Chapter 1433: The True God Crasher

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"So many undying species and spirit-types?!"

Lin Huang's brows furrowed upon clearly detecting the invaders' auras, but it did not take him long to realize what had happened.

"Could those bastards have captured these creatures from the Undead Dimension?!"

A sudden epiphany hit Lin Huang. He now understood why the number of invaders that arrived this time had exceeded his estimation by so much.

The one thing the Undead Dimension had an excess of was undying species and spirit-types. In the past six days, the invaders from the great world had obviously captured massive numbers of native monsters and Abyssal trial participants from the Undead Dimension to front their army.

This also explained the monsters' extreme fury after they were teleported here.

Anyone who was kidnapped and then forced onto the battlefield would feel the same way as well.

Lin Huang was considerably satisfied with how Bai and the rest of his summoning beasts were performing. However, he chose to sit on the sidelines and watch this time, without making any moves.

Since the curtain had already risen as far as war was concerned, there was no longer any reason to keep pursuing instant kills.

The fact that there was no problem with the dimensional gateways would be discovered by their enemies sooner or later.

During moments like this, he preferred to cut some slack accordingly so that the invaders would be misled into underestimating the gravel world's strength. A brief show of weakness would prompt the enemy True Gods to join in the fray sooner.

If the gravel world started the fight in too overpowering a manner, it might trigger the invaders to be much warier. The act of hunting down Abyssal creatures to be sent to the front lines was a result of the gravel world displaying too much force in the enemies' exploration stages. Lin Huang did not wish to see any more such surprises.

Although the summoning beasts had yet to utilize their full abilities and the Sword Servants were preserving their energy, the massive crowd of Virtual Gods in the gravel world had nearly reached their limits.

They had utilized an assortment of ranged attacks, both middle-ranged and long-ranged.

As for the Union Government, they utilized the True God Crasher immediately.

Differing from the God Crasher Lin Huang obtained that could only cause damage to demigods, the Union Government's True God Crasher had an alloy barrel that was made using Divine Stones as the main component. The weapon utilized Divine Crystals as its power source and Virtual Gods had to infuse it with Divine Power to activate it.

If a Virtual God rank-4 were to activate the True God Crasher, its power would be sufficient to annihilate a Virtual God rank-6. Additionally, the True God Crasher had area-of-effect attacks. This made it unnecessary for the attacks to completely land on the target. As long as the target was within range of the attack, they would be overwhelmed even if they did not die.

However, weapons such as this had a more severe flaw as well. The higher the combat level of its user, the greater the power unleashed by the Crasher. However, the number of Divine Crystals expended would also be higher.

Divine Crystals, in themselves, were considered an extremely rare commodity in the gravel world. If not for the Union Government obtaining plenty of Divine Crystals over the past year via Royalty's duplication, the Union Government's existing Divine Crystal store would only have allowed them to use the True God Crasher a few times.

Other than the Union Government, other top organizations also played their trump cards.

Nearly every Virtual God hunter in the Hunter Association had brought along two or three beast spirits of nearly the same combat strength.

Beast spirits shared some similarities with summoning beasts, but beast spirits had no physical bodies. Therefore, they were immune to most physical attacks but the duration of their summoning was limited.

After summoning hundreds of beast spirits—which even assembled into a gigantic battle formation taking the shape of a humanoid monster holding a gigantic sword—the battle formation shadow possessed abilities beyond that of a Virtual God rank-9.

With every slash delivered by the formation, wherever its Sword Energy passed through, monster carcasses piled up.

On Misery's side, more than thirty Virtual Gods assembled in a battle formation that took the shape of a Great Golden Buddha.

The Great Golden Buddha was over ten thousand zhang tall, and from its mouth came recitations of religious scriptures.

As the sound resonated, the bodies of the monsters began self-combusting in strange red fire.

Once the fire had burned down completely, the monsters' bodies suddenly blossomed into enchanting red lotus flowers. In a trice, the battlefield seemed to be transformed into a lotus pond.

On Shadow Killer's side, the battle formation consolidated into a Black-robed Death God.

The Black-robed Death God's methods were rather bizarre.

Beneath its billowing black robe, the shadows of the countless invading monsters came to life and twined around their hosts' physical bodies, dragging them toward the darkness beneath the black robe.

However, whoever was dragged beneath the black robe lost all signs of life as though their physical bodies and souls had been submerged in a bottomless abyss.

Meanwhile, Mystic Butterfly consolidated into a purplish-red butterfly-like monster.

The butterfly monster had a wingspan of over a hundred meters. Although much smaller compared to other battle formation shadows, it was more intricate and surpassingly beautiful.

As the butterfly's wings fluttered, sprinkles of starlight scattered all over.

Yet, the moment they came into contact with just a tiny bit of these starlight sprinkles, the monsters' bodies began festering immediately, sprouting countless pustules until all that was left was a puddle of bloody pus.

Lin Huang scanned his surroundings and noted that each organization was performing quite well.

However, what he took notice of most was not the Union Government, the Hunter Association, or Shadow Kill—it was Mystic Butterfly.

'That starlight… It doesn't seem like a toxin. It looks more like Abyssal pollution-type energy…'

Lin Huang had noticed that the invading monsters' bodies festered and grew pustules after coming into contact with the starlight, not because of toxins; it was a mutation caused by energy pollution.

Despite camouflaging its move well, Mystic Butterfly failed to hide it from Lin Huang, who was proficient in rule power.

All along, Lin Huang had not bothered too much about this giant organization that had been created on the basis of intel-gathering. Yet, now it seemed like Mystic Butterfly had a definite connection to the Abyssal Tribe.

However, now was a time for war. Lin Huang had no plans to air Mystic Butterfly's dirty laundry just yet.

Lin Huang had another reason for not wanting to burn this bridge. Just because Mystic Butterfly had Abyssal-related skills, it did not mean that they sided with the Abyssal camp. An example of that was Lin Huang himself. He commanded the Bug Tribe Queen Mother and the great Bug Tribe army as well as the galactic hive, but that did not mean he sided with the Bug Tribe.

'I hope they're only borrowing those abilities to use,' mumbled Lin Huang internally while simultaneously adding Mystic Butterfly onto his personal watchlist.

Other than the several giant organizations, the other organizations seemed to be performing well too. Hardly any of them were deliberately slacking off.

Everyone understood that if they lost this fight, it would be equivalent to giving up the gravel world to the invaders. Nobody wanted to be enslaved; neither did they want to see their homeland laid to waste. Thus, there was nothing to do but to go all out in this battle.

This time around, even Mr. Fu rolled up his sleeves and joined in the fight, and Lin Huang did not stop him.

Mr. Fu unleashed his full power with no reservations the moment he entered the battle. Clad in full-body armor, he charged directly into the swarm of monsters.

Lin Huang retained a strand of Divine Telekinesis on Mr. Fu that allowed him to watch over Mr. Fu's movements, in order to lend a hand whenever necessary.

Of course, the battlefield was not completely devoid of people who were slacking off.

Other than the summoning beasts under Lin Huang's command, the Sword Servants did not unleash their full power at all in their attacks. None of them unsealed their combat strength to True God-level.

There was also Wu Mo and Lin Xuan.

Both of them knew that the conclusion of the entire battle did not lie in the current fight. They were both preserving the Divine Power within them in preparation for the battle with the True Gods later. To them, this fight was merely a warm-up and naturally did not require too much of their attention.

Meanwhile, Lin Huang himself did not make any moves. Even so, nobody complained.

Everyone had already witnessed his true abilities; they merely thought that he was conserving his energy for the later stages of battle.

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Chapter 1434: The True Gods Have Arrived!

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Great world, Undead Dimension.

Countless numbers of abyssal monsters, undying species, and evil spirit types went through the dimensional gateways.

Teng Ran sat in his luxurious, golden chair, body tense. His golden hair was slightly disheveled, his torso leaning forward slightly, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the area where the dimensional gateways were.

A moment later, individuals reported back in succession that the undying species/evil spirit types they had marked had survived for more than 5 seconds.

As the number of people reporting back increased, Teng Ran finally relaxed his body slightly, and the curve of his lips widened.

"I knew it, there aren't any problems with the space tunnels. It's someone from the gravel world messing with us!"

The reason he could confirm this was that if there really was a problem with the space tunnels, no matter how many people entered, they should have all died instantly. For long-distance space tunnels that spanned across worlds such as these, once there was a problem with the Space Rule, the strength of the resulting Dimensional Storms and space rifts would far exceed what a True God's physical body could withstand. If the explorers were fine after three seconds, then it could be assumed that teleportation was successful. Teng Ran had deliberately extended the reporting time to five seconds just to be on the safe side.

Ten seconds after teleportation.

The snake-headed man gave his report on the statistical data. "Fundamentally, we can conclude that there are thirty completely functional tunnels. There are two tunnels where the explorers died instantly, and three tunnels where the explorers all died within five to seven seconds."

There were a total of thirty-five tunnels on the great world's side, but only thirty-three teleportation exits on the gravel world's side. The two malfunctioning tunnels had only just been discovered.

As for the remaining three problematic tunnels, they were the three space rifts guarded by Warlord, Ku Rong, and Bai respectively.

"Those three tunnels are probably being guarded by powerhouses. It's unlikely that there's a problem with the tunnels themselves," Teng Ran made a snap decision, "However, let's avoid using them, just in case. Thirty tunnels are already sufficient for our use."

After he finished speaking, Teng Ran turned his head toward the snake-headed man. "Have them send their captured True Gods into those thirty tunnels."

The snake-headed man nodded and immediately sent a voice transmission to the numerous True Gods present, then began arranging for a new wave of teleportation.

The thirty-seven True Gods, including Teng Ran, were swiftly divided into two batches, and the True Gods they had captured were sent through the dimensional gateways.

Gravel world, third layer of the Abyss Brink.

Lin Huang suddenly raised his head and looked in the direction of the dimensional gateways.

Millions of virtual god-level invaders had just been teleported through barely ten seconds ago, yet spatial fluctuations were already being transmitted from the dimensional gateways again.

This time, the spatial fluctuations were being emitted from only thirty dimensional gateways.

However, Lin Huang anticipated there was a high chance that True Gods would arrive with this wave.

The world will of the gravel world had completely fallen into a deep slumber and would not be waking up any time soon. In other words, the True Gods' arrival would not be rejected any longer, and the invaders would be able to come through with full True God combat strength, their abilities no longer limited.

Although Mr. Fu and other local Virtual Gods were busy, they quickly noticed the anomaly in the space tunnels.

Most people had also guessed what was going to happen next, and the color drained from more than a few faces.

Lin Huang's voice boomed through the air.

"Everyone get ready, the True Gods should be arriving in this wave! Don't conceal anything; if you have any hidden trump cards that can go up against True Gods, now's the time to bring them out!"

From the very beginning, he knew that among the many gravel world Virtual Gods present, more than thirty of them were concealing their true combat strength. Besides the two individuals from Misery, there were still six more people who possessed combat strength equivalent to a high-level Virtual God. Two of these six were Virtual God rank-9s and were from the Union Government and Shadow Killer respectively.

Including the two individuals from Misery, the gravel world would be able to form at least eight battle formations that would be able to go up against the True Gods. However, the strongest one would only be able to battle a third-rank True God.

Lin Huang also anticipated that in addition to battle formations, the other top organizations should also have other means of attack.

After this reminder, Lin Huang immediately directed his next words to all of his Sword Servants and summoning beasts via voice transmission, "Unseal your combat strength, and prepare to face the True Gods!"

Upon Lin Huang's order, each of the summoning beasts immediately removed their seals.

Their auras— originally virtual god-level rank-9—instantaneously broke through to true god-level; terrifying auras were continuously released one after the other.

Sensing the unprecedentedly powerful auras of the summoning beasts, the Virtual Gods from the gravel world were completely stunned.

In particular, the few high-level Virtual Gods who had concealed their true combat strength were the ones who could clearly sense the summoning beasts' true god-level power.

"This aura—it's that of a True God?!"

"These summoning beasts under Lin Huang's command are actually all True Gods?!"

"Exactly how strong is Lin Huang, for him to be able to control so many true god-level summoning beasts?!"

Right as everyone was still in shock, more waves of fearsome aura were felt from a short distance away.

Everyone turned their heads to look in that direction—it was the site where the Sword Alliance had set up camp. Wave upon wave of terrifying Sword Dao rose into the air, and each aura was almost strong enough to rip apart the heavens…

"That group from the Sword Alliance… they're all actually True Gods?!"

"The strength of these guys' auras exceeds even those of Lin Huang's summoning beasts!"

"Where on earth did these sword cultivators pop out from?!"

Even the upper tiers of the Union Government—who had received the news from Lin Huang in advance—could not conceal the shock on their faces when they sensed the true aura of the individuals in the Sword Alliance.

"This group of reinforcements that Lin Huang brought back from the great world—the strength of their auras is more than a little terrifying!"

Seeing that the combat strength of the Sword Servants and the imperial monsters were all unsealed, Lin Huang waved his hand again in a grand gesture and summoned the mythical-level bug beasts—excluding several Bug Tribe Queen Mothers—before the second wave of teleportation could be completed.

A Celestial Centipede King, two Multi-eyed Worms, two Superbrain Worms, two Golden Bugs, Busby the Bug Servant, and four Spider Mother bug guardians—once the twelve bug beasts had been summoned, they immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"The Bug Tribe?!"

"Don't panic, these are all bug beasts that I subdued from the great world!" Lin Huang noticed that a lot of people were wary of the Bug Tribe and immediately ventured an explanation.

Although not many Imperial Censors would sign contracts with bug beasts, there was no rule stating that the summoning beasts of Imperial Censors had to be monsters other than bug beasts. In addition, Lin Huang had been to the great world; perhaps the Imperial Censors of the great world were able to control bug beasts. Upon considering these two points, most people relaxed.

In any case, it did not matter what type of species Lin Huang's imperial monsters were. As long as he was a human and the imperial monsters he summoned fought for humans, that was enough. Why should they care if the monsters he summoned were bug beasts, Abyssal creatures, or other things?

The bodies of the twelve bug beasts quickly consolidated in front of Lin Huang; all their combat levels were that of third-rank True Gods.

Before Lin Huang's twelve bug beasts could join the battle, the teleportation from the space tunnels had been completed…

Thousands of True God monsters had arrived!

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Chapter 1435: The Hive has Descended!

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Lin Huang used Divine Telekinesis to sweep around, and the expression on his face suddenly changed to one of shock.

Almost five thousand true god-level monsters had arrived!

His prediction had been off by miles. It must be noted that previously, he had predicted that the number of True God invaders would be no more than a hundred, but the actual number was fifty times more than that—what a smack in the face.

Nevertheless, Lin Huang also noticed that most of these nearly five thousand True Gods were undying species and spirit types, while a small number of them were Abyssal creatures. None of them were Protoss from the God Territory.

This further confirmed his previous guess—the invaders had captured a large number of monsters from the Undead Dimension to serve as vanguards; not only Virtual Gods but also True Gods.

Fortunately, among the nearly five thousand True Gods, most of them were low and medium-rank. There were not many high-rank ones—only three hundred of them—and among those, only three were ninth-rank.

Seeing the Sword Servants unhesitatingly charging into the battlefield filled with True Gods, Lin Huang activated his Divine Telekinesis, and over three hundred telekinetic flying daggers shot out from the cuffs of his sleeves. The blood-colored arcs, which were like lightning bolts, delineated boundary line after boundary line, heading off all the high-rank True Gods among the arrivals.

In reality, with his current strength being close to the limit of a True God, it would not have been difficult for him to eliminate these high-rank True Gods within seconds. The reason he only obstructed them and did not kill them outright was actually to avoid exposing his strength to the real enemies from the great world that had yet to arrive.

If he were to instantly kill these high-rank True Gods, there would be a high chance that the real enemies from the great world would call for reinforcements.

Everyone from the gravel world also bore witness to the scenario of Lin Huang blocking off the numerous high-rank True Gods entirely by his own abilities.

Although the vast majority of people could not gauge the specific combat level of the group of monsters that Lin Huang had blocked off, they could still sense the flagrantly terrifying aura emitted by each of those monsters.

Each aura was like a monstrous demonic flame in the eyes of Dongfang Bai and the others, and their hearts were beating wildly just seeing them from a distance. There was no doubt that if even just one of those beasts were to set foot here, it would be enough to annihilate the entire gravel world.

However, Lin Huang—relying solely on his telekinetic flying daggers—was able to block off these giant monsters from entering everyone else's battlefields.

The people who previously might have made an extremely high estimation of Lin Huang's strength suddenly found themselves re-evaluating.

"The three hundred-plus monsters cordoned off by Lin Huang are probably all high-rank True Gods, but he stopped all of them on his own… I underestimated his strength once again," Dongfang Bai murmured, "The gravel world really is too small for him."

It was only then that Dongfang Bai was truly convinced by Jiang Shan's words, "The gravel world is too small for Lin Huang."

"At present, the situation still isn't looking very good. The number of invaders—Virtual Gods or True Gods—far exceeds our own forces. Lin Huang alone can block off more than three hundred high-rank True Gods, but he has less than three hundred Sword Servants, and only a few dozen summoning beasts. The number of True Gods on the invaders' side is ten times more than Lin Huang's numbers.

"There's also the number of Virtual Gods. The enemy has more than two million of them, while we only have a little over two hundred. Before the True God invaders arrived, Lin Huang and the others were still able to help out, but now they're too busy taking care of themselves, so all we can do is face the enemy as one against ten thousand…" Guan Zhong felt completely hopeless about the outcome of this battle.

However, at this moment, Lin Huang suddenly made a move again.

Within the Void, a gigantic galactic hive—its size comparable to that of the moon—suddenly descended onto the battlefield.

The shape of this hive was like a rugby ball-shaped ellipsoid, standing upright in the Void more than ten meters off the ground. There were untold numbers of bottomless holes on its surface, which gave everyone goosebumps just by looking at it from afar.

The main reason Lin Huang summoned the hive was that there was too great a disparity in the number of Virtual Gods between them and the enemy, and the Sword Servants and summoning beasts were too busy dealing with their own true god-level opponents to help the Virtual Gods of the gravel world. Moreover, with the previous foretaste of the bug beasts being summoned, coupled with the pressure brought on by the number of invaders, everyone's aversion to the Bug Tribe army should have been greatly reduced. Lin Huang felt that this was the perfect time to summon the Bug Tribe army.

Even so, most people were taken aback when they saw a galactic hive suddenly appear in the Void.

"The Bug Tribe?!"

"Where did this hive come from?!"

Just as the people of the gravel world were utterly confused, countless bug beasts swarmed out of the hive like an ocean wave, then flocked towards the spirit types and undying species…

Only at this moment did Lin Huang speak again.

"Don't panic, everyone. I bought this galactic hive from the great world in preparation for this war in the gravel world."

Lin Huang's lie, naturally, was to appease everyone.

If he told everyone that this hive had long since been in his possession and that he had been raising a Bug Tribe army, it would inevitably make people wonder if he was secretly plotting something.

It was easier for people to accept that the hive was an existing treasure, bought at a high price solely for this war.

The most important thing was that everyone did not think that this hive could have been obtained from the gravel world, and its value was certainly high, so there was not much to doubt about Lin Huang's words.

Within this galactic hive, in addition to the six Queen Mothers (two of them were Spider Empresses), there were also ten mythical-level incubators.

Originally, the majority of the Bug Tribe army—which comprised hundreds of millions of bug beasts—were either at imperial-level purple gold-rank or were Demigods. After returning to the gravel world, about three hundred thousand of them broke through to virtual god-level by evolving through mutual feeding within the hive. Furthermore, through Lin Huang's hunting in the great world for the past year, he had obtained a large amount of Virtual God corpse materials, and the six Queen Mothers gave birth to a batch of virtual god-level Bug Tribe fighters. This led to the Bug Tribe army's numbers reaching one million.

Within this Bug Tribe army of a million troops, most of them were beginner-stage Virtual Gods, but there were also more than twenty True Gods who were conceived by the six Queen Mothers, using True God corpses as the main material.

Lin Huang was not the slightest bit worried about the losses that the Bug Tribe might suffer in the war. As long as the bodies of the Bug Tribe fighters were not too damaged, they could still be reconstructed after death. At most, they would need to consume a bit more material and energy. For the Bug Tribe, almost all types of beast corpses could be used as incubation material. This was also one of the main reasons why the Bug Tribe was rampant in all the different great worlds.

After this battle, the number of Bug Tribe army members under Lin Huang's command would only increase, not decrease.

As soon as the massive Bug Tribe army joined the battle, everyone from the gravel world suddenly felt that a huge burden was lifted off their shoulders.

The participation of more than twenty Bug Tribe True Gods in the battle slightly reduced the pressure on Bai and the others, but just barely. After all, the disparity in the number of True Gods between them and the enemy was still huge.

Fortunately, the True Gods that had been sent over were all fighting on their own with no cooperation among each other, which gave the Sword Servants and summoning beasts a chance to catch their breath.

Despite that, the invaders still had a huge advantage due to their sheer numbers. Even though the battle this round was temporarily at a stalemate, if this were to continue, defeat would only be a matter of time for the gravel world.

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Chapter 1436: Lin Xin Emerges From Closed-Door Cultivation

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The great world, the Undead Dimension.

Teng Ran leaned back on the chair and sat cross-legged again.

More than a minute had passed since the True Gods from the Undead Dimension—nearly five thousand of them—had been teleported to the gravel world. In all thirty gateways, there was not a single one where a True God had been exterminated. This made him absolutely certain that there was nothing wrong with any of these thirty dimensional gateways.

"What is the situation on casualties for the True Gods?" Teng Ran asked as he swept his gaze over the thirty-plus Virtual Gods present.

Before teleportation commenced, all 37 True Gods, Teng Ran included, had marked the True Gods they had captured with life imprints. Whenever a marked monster died, however, the life imprint would automatically dissipate.

The snake-headed man standing off to one side did some calculations, and very quickly shared his results.

"The total number of low-rank True Gods was 2518, and 57 died. The total number of medium-ranks was 1819; 81 died. As for high ranks, the total number was 347, and 0 died."

"Not a single one of the high-ranks died?!" Teng Ran lofted his brows upon hearing that, looking at the snake-headed man in astonishment.

"Yes, according to everyone's feedback, none of the life imprints on the high-ranks have vanished." The snake-headed man nodded.

"From the looks of things, there are two possibilities," Teng Ran pondered for a moment before putting forward his inferences. "Either there are very few high-rank True Gods in the gravel world, or they are deliberately giving us the impression of being weak by not killing the high-rank True Gods."

"I don't think the latter is very likely," the long-legged girl standing to one side could not help commenting, "If they were really trying to show that they're weak, they could have done so more realistically and killed off a token few—that would have prevented us even more from discovering their ruse. If they didn't kill any of them, I think it's more likely that they simply don't have the ability to defend against high-rank True Gods."

"It's also possible that the time is too short. After all, it's less than two minutes since they teleported," the snake-headed man off to the side added.

"Then when should we make our arrivals in the gravel world?" The long-legged girl glanced at the snake-headed man and asked.

"We'll wait a little longer and see if the situation changes," Teng Ran thought about it for a moment and gave his answer as such.

The gravel world, the Abyss Brink.

Lin Huang used Divine Telekinesis to control flying dagger after flying dagger, hemming the high-rank True Gods into one area to prevent them from interfering with other parts of the battleground. At the same time, he was monitoring the situation across the entire field of battle.

Without interference from the high-rank True Gods, the two hundred-over Sword Servants with their combat strength of sixth-rank True Gods were practically unstoppable on this medium-rank True God-level battleground.

If Lin Huang had not informed them in advance to slow down the speed of the massacre to avoid the great world detecting any anomalies, it would have taken merely the work of two minutes for the number of slaughtered True Gods to reach almost a thousand.

Currently, the Sword Servants were taking it easy. Although they were fewer in number than the invaders by far, they were all practicing their sword skills and were comfortable with their unsealed combat strength. If not for the very beginning when they had used too much force, the number of medium-rank True Gods they had killed could still have been reduced to half of what they had slaughtered now.

Over at the low-rank True Gods' battleground, Ku Rong and Bai dominated the wave of battle even though they were fourth-rank.

Although their numbers were considerably less compared to their opponents, the imperial monsters were all at third and fourth-rank, so there was not much in the way of pressure. Moreover, under Lin Huang's directive, their main mission was not to kill the enemy but to control the battlefield and prevent these True Gods from drifting into the Virtual God battlefield.

On the virtual god-level battlefield, there were now millions of bug beasts that had joined the fight. This considerably eased the pressure on the many Virtual Gods of the gravel world.

In contrast to the Abyssal creatures, undying species, and spirit types who were fighting individual battles, the Bug Tribe fighters demonstrated amazing tactics and cooperation. The degree of tacit understanding between them was even greater than the results of long-term drills carried out by the major organizations of the gravel world.

Under the six Queen Mothers' tactical grandmaster-level commands, the Bug Tribe fighters transformed into small platoons of vanguards, quickly defeating group after group of invaders.

The major organizations of the gravel world also played their trump cards.

What surprised Lin Huang most was that the Union Government's trump card turned out to be clones of 3,000 Virtual Gods.

Among them were a thousand individuals who looked exactly like Lin Xuan, and these thousand had the highest level of combat strength—they were all Virtual God rank-9s.

The other two thousand individuals were 1,000 clones each of a man and a woman. Their combat levels were Virtual God rank-3 and Virtual God rank-6.

The minute Lin Huang saw this, he knew the Union Government was the organization that had initially created Lin Xuan.

Although he harbored considerable doubts in his heart, he temporarily suppressed them.

Thanks to the addition of the Bug Tribe and all the major organizations playing their trump cards, the number of Virtual God invaders was dropping sharply. Almost every minute, tens of thousands of them died.

In contrast, the number of casualties in the gravel world was much smaller because almost all the fighting was done in small squads. Occasionally, if someone slipped up, someone else would immediately fill in for them. Mr. Fu, Lin Xuan, and several Virtual God rank-9s all carried out their respective parts with ease and skill while keeping an eye on the battlefield situation.

It was while the battle was still in full swing that a Sword Servant on the roof of an independent courtyard in Dynasty's gravel world headquarters suddenly opened his eyes and looked down through the tiles of the house.

He sensed that the woman he had been guarding for more than half a year had finally awakened today.

In the room, Lin Xin slowly opened her eyes.

She herself did not know how long she had been in closed-door cultivation this round. Every time she finished eating a Godhead, she automatically entered a state of cultivation. When she woke up, her combat strength would have increased a rank. She then consumed another Godhead and entered a state of cultivation again. She had done so repeatedly…

This had continued until this last round when she had swallowed nine Virtual God rank-9 Godheads. It was not until today that she had emerged from her state of cultivation.

"I've advanced to Virtual God rank-9?" Lin Xin checked her body, feeling the surge of the massive Divine Power within her. There was also a Godhead within her that looked like a black hole; only then was she able to confirm that her combat strength truly had advanced to Virtual God rank-9.

"I don't know how long I was in closed-door cultivation this time, but my brother will definitely be pleasantly surprised when he sees my combat level! When Mr. Fu finds out, I'm sure he'll get a shock…and I'm certain I'm more powerful than Brother Xiao Mo!"

Lin Xin opened the door and walked out in a happy mood.

"Miss Xin Er." A figure suddenly appeared in front of Lin Xin and bowed to her in respect.

"And you are…?" Lin Xin was startled. What she found more extraordinary was that she had not even sensed the other party's approach.

"I am a Sword Servant under the command of the Emperor, and I have been responsible for guarding Miss Xin Er during this period of closed-door cultivation," Sword106 replied.

"Oh I see—thank you so much for your efforts all this time!" Lin Xin quickly thanked Sword106, "May I ask, how long have I been in closed-door cultivation?"

"A total of 198 days," Sword106 remembered very distinctly.

"198 days? More than half a year?!" Lin Xin exclaimed in amazement. She had not expected her closed-door cultivation to have lasted for so long. Her previous closed-door cultivations had never lasted for more than a month.

In some disbelief, Lin Xin clicked on the calendar of the Emperor's Heart Ring and exclaimed again in astonishment.

"Today is October 23rd?!"

After confirming that it had been indeed more than half a year since she went into closed-door cultivation, Lin Xin still found it difficult to believe, but she soon accepted this as fact.

She made a sweep with Divine Telekinesis, trying to probe for traces of Lin Huang, but found nothing. What surprised Lin Xin even more was that in all of Dynasty, out of all their powerhouses, only Huang Tianfu and Xiao Mo remained here.

Not only were Lin Huang and Mr. Fu not around, but even Huang Baiyu and the others who had been guarding Dynasty's headquarters all along were gone as well.

"Where's my brother and Mr. Fu?" As Lin Xin asked this question, in her heart she already had a vague inkling of the answer.

"They've all gone to the Abyss Brink," Sword106 explained briefly, "The invasion from the great world started nine days ago."

"The invasion war has begun?! What's the situation now?" Lin Xin asked hurriedly.

"That, I don't know—you will have to ask Huang Tianfu." As soon as Sword106 finished his speaking, Huang Tianfu had already appeared at the courtyard gate with Xiao Mo beside him.

Xiao Mo's face betrayed his astonishment when he sensed Lin Xin's aura.

Huang Tianfu was also obviously taken aback, but he immediately came to his senses."I will go into details of the situation in the Abyss Brink later with you, my lady Virgen. Before that, there are some matters that His Majesty asked me to explain to you…"

"Let's talk inside then." Lin Xin nodded and ushered the three of them into the room…

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Chapter 1437: Brother, I Want To Join The Battle Too!

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On the third layer of the Abyss Brink, most of the areas had been reduced to battlegrounds, but there was a clear distinction between each of the battlefields.

The Virtual God area was led by Virtual God rank-9s such as Mr. Fu and Lin Xuan, and the Bug Tribe fighters were the main army of resistance. With the largest number of people and the smallest disparity in terms of numbers, the battle in this area appeared to be the most intense.

The battlefield of the True Gods was subdivided into three parts.

Low-rank True Gods were led by the summoning beasts and God's Figurine's Combat Souls under Lin Huang's command. The numbers on this battlefield had the widest disparity between parties, but this was the battle zone that Lin Huang was least worried about.

His God Territory had been quietly spread out from early on, and within the range of his Monster Paradise, the imperial monster cards could be resurrected.

As for the God's Figurine's Combat Souls, they were corpses, to begin with. As long as the spiritual power that propelled them was not dispersed, they would not die at all. Even if their physical bodies were severely damaged and could not continue fighting, they would be fully restored within 24 hours after being thrown into the Bug Tribe's Restorative Pod for a while.

As far as the medium-rank True God battlefield was concerned, Lin Huang was not worried in the least.

Although the number of Sword Servants was only one-seventh that of the invaders, the Sword Servants were all sixth-rank True Gods, and their abilities were almost at the level of seventh-rank True Gods. Dealing with a disorganized, undisciplined group of spirit types and undying species of fourth to sixth-rank was not a problem.

If Lin Huang had not given prior instructions, the invaders on this battlefield would have already been slaughtered by the Sword Servants in the last ten minutes.

As for the battlefield of the high-rank True Gods, Lin Huang single-handedly controlled this area.

Of the several hundred telekinetic flying daggers that had evolved from Lin Huang's God Weapon, one was assigned to each intruder. From the time the group of invaders had teleported over until now, they had been entangled non-stop by these telekinetic flying daggers.

If they were even slightly careless, the invaders' bodies would get stabbed full of holes.

Like a game between cats and mice, the telekinetic flying daggers cordoned off a group of high-rank True Gods in a specific area. The True Gods could not escape even if they wanted to, let alone interfere with other battlefields.

As Lin Huang was happily relishing the control that he had over the battlefield here, he suddenly sensed that reinforcements were coming from the third layer of the Abyss Brink.

Only after a sweep of Divine Telekinesis did he discover that it was Lin Xin and Xiao Mo. There was another person with them who looked familiar. Lin Huang recognized that it was the Sword Servant who had guarded Lin Xin during her closed-door cultivation but he could not remember his identity number.

However, after his Divine Telekinesis sweep, Lin Huang was taken aback.

This was because he realized that Lin Xin's combat strength had already reached Virtual God rank-9, which was three ranks higher than himself.

'This girl's constitution is really enviable.' Huang was speechless. He had desperately hunted for various resources and only now was he able to reach Virtual God rank-6. In the gravel world, there was no way for him to progress any further.

However, Lin Xin had merely relied on consuming Godheads, and in just over six short months, she had advanced nine ranks up from imperial-level purple gold-rank, one after the other, to her current Virtual God rank-9. It seemed far too easy!

Conversely, a look at Xiao Mo who was beside her revealed that although he had been in closed-door cultivation for several months, his combat strength had not changed much.

However, Lin Huang noticed that Xiao Mo emanated Rule Bending Power fluctuations, and vaguely sensed that it was wind attribute Elemental Enlightenment.

Obviously, even though Xiao Mo's combat strength had not improved in the past few months, his ability was no longer what it used to be. Right now, even if he encountered a high-rank Virtual God, he should have the power to put up a fight. Of course, this was based on the premise that his opponent had not mastered Rule Bending Power.

Xiao Mo's potential definitely exceeded Lin Huang's expectations as Xiao Mo was able to master Rule Bending Power while still a Virtual God rank-3.

Lin Huang withdrew his Divine Telekinesis, and less than half a minute later, Lin Xin and the others entered the field of battle.

"Brother!"

From quite a distance away, Lin Xin had also noticed Lin Huang.

She had been in closed-door cultivation for more than half a year, which meant that she had not seen Lin Huang in more than six months.

"You've come." Lin Huang nodded slightly and acknowledged her.

Despite controlling the battlefield with hundreds of telekinetic threads, this did not affect him having a conversation with people at all.

Lin Xin had planned to show off her cultivation results immediately the moment she saw Lin Huang. However, she noticed that Lin Huang was in battle mode and she did not dare interrupt him.

She was on the verge of saying, "Brother, my combat level has advanced to Virtual God rank-9!" but she stubbornly refrained.

Instead, Lin Huang took the initiative and brought it up.

"The results of your six months of closed-door cultivation are really quite remarkable; you've reached Virtual God rank-9!"

When she heard Lin Huang reveal her combat level, Lin Xin immediately felt elated and blurted out what was on her mind, "Brother, I want to join the battle too!"

Lin Huang nodded. "Alright, go to the Virtual God battlefield then."

Lin Huang agreed because Lin Xin now had the ability to protect herself. As long as she did not encounter any True Gods, with her current combat level, not many people could fight her head-on.

In addition, Mr. Fu was also on the Virtual God battlefield, along with Lin Xuan and the others, and they would always monitor Lin Xin's situation. Therefore, Lin Huang was not worried at all. Besides, his little sister really needed some opportunities for actual combat.

Lin Xin had not expected Lin Huang to agree to her request so easily.

Before she came to the Abyss Brink, she had prepared several sets of rhetoric to try and persuade her brother to let her participate in the battle.

However, Lin Huang had agreed immediately without her even needing to bring any of it up. She was instantly ecstatic.

"Thank you, brother!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she left Xiao Mo immediately and went straight to the battlefield where Mr. Fu and Lin Xuan were.

"Your Majesty, I'll go to the Virtual God battlefield too then," Xiao Mo said quickly as well.

"Go ahead. With your current ability, you'll have no trouble protecting yourself." Lin Huang nodded.

Xiao Mo had a moment of slight bafflement. Although he knew that his ability had improved, he did not know just how much it had improved. He was not even aware that the new ability he had mastered was a Rule Bending Power that only True Gods could master.

Watching the two of them join the Virtual God battlefield one after the other, it was a while before Lin Huang shifted his gaze to the Sword Servant who had just arrived.

"Thank you for your efforts for the past half a year—you've guarded Xin Er's closed-door cultivation every step of the way."

"This is your humble servant's duty," Sword1061 bowed and said.

"Your identity number is…"

"Sword106."

"Alright, I have it." Lin Huang nodded slightly. "You may go to the battlefield then, Sword106."

"Yes, your Majesty!" Sword106 bowed again. After getting up, his figure rose into the air and hurtled toward the middle-rank True God battlefield where the Sword Servants were.

After the Sword Servant had departed, Lin Huang returned his gaze to the area where the Virtual Gods were fighting.

Once on the battlefield, Lin Xin and Xiao Mo quickly entered battle mode.

Lin Xin wore silver armor and wielded a brace of pistols. Bullets flew forth furiously and each bullet penetrated through a monster's head with great accuracy; the monster's head then burst apart, rendering it a headless creature.

Her equipment had evolved from the God Weapons given to her by Lin Huang, and there were three pieces in total.

One piece had evolved into the suit of armor that she wore, one had evolved into a Hundred-Use Firearm, and the last had been transformed into a Spiritual God Weapon which guarded her spiritual dimension.

Not far from Lin Xin, Xiao Mo transformed into a black shadow and quickly shuttled back and forth through the battlefield. He did not have an accurate understanding of his current ability and the opponents he chose were all beginner-stage Virtual Gods. Between his attacks, one by one the beginner-stage Virtual God monsters were easily killed, and none of the monsters could so much as even touch the hem of his shirt…

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Chapter 1438: Combat Goddess

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On the Virtual God battlefield, Mr. Fu also noticed Lin Xin and Xiao Mo as they appeared on the scene.

Although Lin Huang had mentioned to him that Lin Xin's constitution was special, Mr. Fu was still shocked when he saw that Lin Xin's combat level had advanced to Virtual God rank-9.

One must know that Mr. Fu had been stuck at the stage of condensing his Godhead for more than 300 years. It had taken more than 700 years for him to advance from Virtual God rank-1 to Virtual God rank-8. However, it had taken Lin Xin only half a year to advance from Imperial-level purple gold-rank to Virtual God rank-9 in practically no time at all, which was far superior to his own ceaseless cultivation attempts.

Watching Lin Xin roaming the battlefield like a human gun turret, almost no monster could get within 20 meters of her.

Mr. Fu's thoughts involuntarily turned to this girl's older brother, and he could not help but turn his gaze toward the battlefield where the high-rank True Gods were.

That young man was suspended high in the air, looking down on the entire battlefield by himself. Directly below him, scarlet electric arcs kept flickering, and hundreds of high-rank True God monsters were forcibly trapped in the area enclosed by the arcs, unable to leave at all.

"Comparisons are odious."

Mr. Fu could not help muttering in a low voice. Naturally, he knew that just on combat level alone, Lin Huang was only a Virtual God rank-6 at present, which was not even as good as Lin Xin—but Lin Huang's power far exceeded his combat level.

The talent and potential of these two siblings made Mr. Fu envious.

Mr. Fu shifted his gaze from Lin Huang and turned to look at Xiao Mo, who had burst onto the battlefield with Lin Xin.

He knew that Xiao Mo had been in closed-door cultivation for several months, but from what he could see, it seemed that Xiao Mo's combat level had not improved at all—the lad was still Virtual God rank-3.

In some puzzlement, Mr. Fu observed Xiao Mo for a while and soon noticed an anomaly.

"This boy, could it be that he's mastered Rule Bending Power?"

Mr. Fu knew about the existence of Rule Bending Power. In fact, he had been trying to master Rule Bending Power for more than a year since advancing to Virtual God rank-9, but he had not gotten anywhere with it so far.

After watching Xiao Mo easily shuttling to and fro on the battlefield to the point where even some high-level Virtual Gods could not take a shot at him, after some thought, Mr. Fu realized that Xiao Mo could probably only do that if he had mastered Rule Bending Power.

However, what made Mr. Fu so angry and amused at the same time was that Xiao Mo did not even know that his abilities had improved by leaps and bounds. All his attacks were targeted at beginner-stage Virtual Gods. He would just avoid any intermediate stage to high-level Virtual Gods, slipping away even more adroitly than a mud fish.

"He's only Virtual God rank-3 and he's mastered Rule Bending Power—that's really enviable." Mr. Fu, who had always felt that he was fairly talented, received a critical blow to his confidence a third time.

He even began to wonder if there were more geniuses in this era than in the old.

At this point in his thoughts, he used Divine Telekinesis and swept the perimeter, his gaze then shifting to Lin Xuan.

Mo Kui, his apprentice, was also one of the most amazing geniuses from the old era, and it took him more than 200 years of cultivation to advance from a mortal to virtual god-level. This kind of cultivation speed was now instantly overshadowed by Lin Huang and other present-day individuals.

However, after observing Lin Xuan for a moment, Mr. Fu's jaw dropped in some astonishment. The original sword cultivator Mo Kui had now become a master of both sword and saber.

Lin Xuan wielded a saber in his left hand and a sword in his right. As he swung his weapons, he left behind a multitude of afterimages for both sword and saber in his wake, easily bisecting the corpses of the Virtual Gods as if he was slicing melons and vegetables.

What Mr. Fu did not know was that Lin Xuan was not only a master of swords and sabers but also a secondary cultivator in firearms. In terms of firearms ability alone, his skill was even higher than Lin Xin who was a Virtual God rank-9.

In addition, although Lin Xuan had not achieved True God status yet, he had already mastered six types of Rule Bending Power, and his overall ability was sufficient to go up against low-rank True Gods.

In fact, Lin Xuan and Mr. Fu had already noticed Lin Xin and Xiao Mo when they entered the third layer of the Abyss Brink.

Seeing Lin Xin, Lin Xuan's mood underwent some obvious fluctuations.

In the early days when he became a member of Lin Huang's family under the identity of Lin Xuan, he had spent most of his time with Lin Xin since Lin Huang was away from home quite a lot.

Before he came into contact with Lin Huang and Lin Xin, he was just the product of an experiment; no one had taught him how to get along with others. Most of this knowledge and subsequent life experiences, he learned through observing Lin Huang and Lin Xin.

Therefore, he had an ineffable bond with Lin Huang and Lin Xin.

In addition, Lin Huang had always been an independent character, and Lin Xin had always been in a position of being protected. His attachment to Lin Xin was even deeper than with Lin Huang, growing as it did out of his protective mindset.

Seeing Lin Xin in such close proximity again, Lin Xuan vaguely felt that he had gone back to four years ago where he was still part of Lin Huang and Lin Xin's family.

However, he quickly became aware that Lin Xin did not recognize him.

It was not difficult for him to understand why this was so.

After all, over the past four years, he had changed greatly. Based on common sense, he should look like a 13 or 14 year old boy, but now, he looked at least 25 years old. Given that he looked only 60-70% like he did in the past, Lin Xin was unlikely to recognize him at a glance.

After observing in secret, Lin Xuan discovered that Lin Xin was no longer the little girl he knew four years ago.

He was a little puzzled by the fact that her combat level had already reached Virtual God rank-9. He decided to wait until the war had ended before asking Lin Huang what was going on.

Currently in terms of ability, Lin Xin was already the top powerhouse in the gravel world.

Her use of firearms was not very much weaker than Lin Xuan's own abilities.

Lin Xuan felt gratified at this.

He still clearly remembered that Lin Xin often pestered him to guide her on firearms practice four years ago. She had said that she wanted to master firearms well and get admitted to the Martial Hunter College so that after graduation, she could help her brother shoulder part of the pressure.

The Lin Xin of today had done everything that she had aimed for previously.

Lin Xin had no idea that she was being observed.

Her current combat strength was already Virtual God rank-9, but the battle before her right now was the first one she had participated in since she had advanced to virtual god-level.

This was also officially the first time that the God Weapons Lin Huang had given her were being put to use since being activated.

She had a good mental attitude—she did not regard this as a war, but as a practical combat exercise.

She wielded a firearm in each hand, one silver and one black—one utilizing rapid speed sword skill and the other utilizing force-type. The bullets spewed out furiously like tongues of flame; almost every bullet could blow apart a head.

As the artillery fire provided catharsis, her mood became more and more cheerful. She was constantly familiarising herself with this body that was countless times stronger than before, and her hands could barely feel the recoil of the guns. Many moves that she could not do before, she could now perform.

Not only that, almost every time that she took a shot, she progressed just a bit further in the use of virtual god-level Divine Power.

She became more comfortable and familiar on the battlefield, like a natural Combat Goddess…

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