Although the blood-colored lightning spear's attack was much stronger than Lu Ze's original attack, he was now facing a strong planetary-state being.

Still too weak!

Lu Ze gritted his teeth and absorbed those red orbs that he was initially planning to use to break through to the Mortal Evolution State.

After seeing the red orbs disappearing one by one, Lu Ze's heart ached so much that he couldn't breathe.

However, with the disappearance of the red orbs, a violent power began surging in Lu Ze's body, and some cracks began to appear on that extremely strong body of his.

But, in just an instant, the regeneration god art's gray light flashed across, and Lu Ze's body had recovered once again. Thus, Lu Ze's body was hovering between being 50 percent cooked to completely raw and was now on the verge of exploding as well. The red orbs disappeared one by one and proceeded to enter Lu Ze's body. Following this, Lu Ze injected all of the energy into the blood-colored lightning spear.

The blood lightning god art had a much higher upper limit than the ordinary lightning god art. After all, Lu Ze's current lightning god art was gradually transforming into the blood lightning god art, and he had experienced it first-hand.

It was also due to this that Lu Ze was confident that he had the power to attack. The energy from the red orbs kept entering the blood-colored lightning spear, and the length of the spear kept increasing.

20 meters...

30 meters...

40 meters...

Following the increase in the length of the blood-colored lightning spear, an intense spirit force shockwave was moving afar. With Lu Ze as the center, it formed several spirit force storms.

Less than 2000 kilometers from Lu Ze, Chi Xiaomo, and Mo Xie were struggling to keep the raging void beast from moving toward the line of defense.

They could no longer block the void beast's spirit force attack toward the mothership at the line of defense and could only deflect the spirit force attack.

However, as the beast got closer, the situation would become more dangerous.

Moreover...

The chi of these two people was becoming weaker.

After overworking for so long, it was also very hard for them to block off the void beast.

Just at this moment, Chi Xiaomo and Mo Xie felt a chi rising up from behind them, almost reaching the peak of both their strengths.

1 We

Both of them were taken aback, and a tinge of surprise appeared in their eyes.

Bernie woke up?

Three people together were definitely better than two.

Suddenly, the two men took advantage of the attack and retreated. They turned to look in the direction of the chi.

However, Bernie did not appear. Instead, it was a boy with red hair and eyes with blood-colored lightning intertwining around his body.

The boy looked quite young.

In front of him, there was a blood-colored lightning spear floating and that terrifying chi came from the blood-colored lightning spear.

Also, this blood-colored lightning spear kept getting longer. Simultaneously, its chi also persisted to rise up to the point where it was at the same level as their strength at their peak.

Mo Xie: "?"

Chi Xiaomo: "?"

Two of them looked at the red-haired boy, stunned and full of question marks in their heads.

'Who is this?'

'Why don't they know him?'

The three of them had come out of the Milky Way due to special reasons and had just returned. In the end, they encountered the natural wormhole situation the moment they arrived.

This was also why they were able to rush over so quickly to help.

However, since when did a prodigy whom they didn't know about appear in the Federation?

They weren't bragging, but they were also one of the top young dukes in the Federation

– they were only slightly weaker compared to those most talented ones.

But right now, even Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha, those top elites, weren't their opponents, right?

They were still very confident at first.

In the end, they actually encountered someone whom they didn't know and was as powerful as they were?!

Just as they were thinking, the blood-colored lightning spear was getting bigger and longer, its chi had already surpassed their peak performances.

Both of them looked at one another with a strange expression.

That was fast!

In just a short moment, that blood-colored lightning spear's chi had made them shudder.

'Who exactly is this person?!'

At this moment, the crowd watching this battle was also looking at Lu Ze.

"That... isn't he Lieutenant Colonel Lu Ze?"

"Seems... seems like it?! But his hair and eyes are different, right? Lieutenant Colonel Lu Ze has black hair and eyes?"

"Could it be Lieutenant Colonel Lu Ze's twin brother?"

"... what twin brother? That is Lieutenant Colonel Lu Ze himself, alright? The color of his hair and eyes should be caused by his god

art?"

Lu Ze was very popular in the Federation now, unlike Chi Xiaomo and Mo Xie. Very quickly, everyone could recognize Lu Ze.

"But... Lieutenant Colonel Lu Ze is only at the mortal evolution state, right? This is a planetary-state void beast eh?"

"What is he doing? Why isn't he leaving? A talent like Lieutenant Colonel Lu Ze cannot die here! If he dies, it will be a huge loss!"

Everyone naturally knew that Lieutenant Colonel Lu Ze's power was only at the mortal evolution state, but he was only 18 years old!

'What about when he is 28 years old?'

'What about 38 years old?'

Almost everyone felt a convulsion in the heart.

'Who let him go there?!'

Everyone looked at the screen and felt suffocated.

Only the guards, who were monitoring at the base, were stunned, and some completely did not understand the situation.

There was total silence in the control room. Thereafter, a hoarse and trembling voice echoed in the quiet room, "Lu... the energy... energy value of this strike from Lieutenant Colonel Lu Ze... had already exceeded the planetary-state... and it's still increasing rapidly!"

The guards in the control room trembled. They looked at the young man with red hair and eyes on the screen in disbelief.

'Wow... what deity is he?!'

On the battlefield, Lu Ze was feeling an intense pain throughout his body, including his head.

In just a short time, he had taken in all of the red and purple orbs until there were only two left.

Nevertheless, Lu Ze was in so much pain that he couldn't even feel if his heart was hurting or not.

If he wasn't out in public, he would have cried out loud.

Furthermore, with the energy constantly flowing, Lu Ze felt like he couldn't control it any longer.

In front of him, the blood lightning on the blood-colored spear flickered, and the raging spirit force fluctuated—even Lu Ze felt its powerful suppression.

His cultivation was a little too weak and had not even reached the mortal evolution state.

Thereafter, Lu Ze's blood-colored eyes looked at the void beast from afar, and he grinned.

How lucky!

If this void beast wasn't hit on the head and was now in a state of fury-only caring about the line of defense and those two young dukes

– Lu Ze didn't know if he could even successfully launch such a powerful attack.

He could use the space god art to dodge the void beast's attack, but he wasn't certain if he could still stabilize this blood-colored lightning spear after using the space jump.

At first, he was hoping that the two young dukes could go in front of the void beast and block it from moving toward the line of defense, but it wasn't needed now.

At least, this was something he could be happy about.

Just as Lu Ze felt somewhat pleased, the fluctuations of a raging spirit force became more intense, and the spirit force storm caused the violent void beast to stiffen up.

It turned around and stared straight at Lu Ze.

Lu Ze's blood-colored eyes met the void beast's eyes as he grinned, and a sinister look flashed in his eyes.

Only see him now?

Too late!

The last two orbs entered the blood-colored lightning spear, and at this moment, there was only one-third of the red and purple orbs left.

However, this wasn't the time to care about this.

Lu Ze's voice was somewhat hoarse due to the pain. "Die!"

The blood-colored lightning ray that was over hundreds of meters long turned into a stream of light and swept across the vacuum. The violent spirit force shockwaves formed storms and arrived in front of the void beast almost instantly.

"Roar!"

It was only then that the raging planetary-state void beast returned to its senses.

The gray spirit light around its body formed a spirit force shield as it tried to counter-attack.

However, the blood-colored stream of light had already pierced through that spirit force shield, and the lightning spear thrust deep into the cracks on its bone armor, piercing through its body.

Those blood-colored eyes of Lu Ze were malicious and violent. He yelled with a hoarse voice, "Explode!"

The violent blood-colored lightning spear exploded, and the spirit force shockwaves caused a huge hole in its body. Fresh blood with lightning flickering on it spurted out.

Subsequently, the tyrannical blood-colored lightning entered the void beast's flesh.

"Roar!"

Receiving such a heavy blow and with the murderous blood-colored lightning still flowing in its body, this planetary-state void beast howled loudly. Eventually, its breath dropped drastically in an instant.

Its giant body kept swaying, and there seemed to be an extreme pain in its howl.

When Lu Ze saw this, a hint of pain flashed in his eyes.

Not good...

His pain that was initially decreasing began to hurt again when he saw how this beast was swaying and rolling. Lu Ze was speechless-it was a void beast boss, be stronger!

"The pain I'm feeling is way worse than yours, okay?'

'So painful, I really want to cry.'

The planetary-state void beast's pain lasted for a while. When a moment passed, its life slowly slipped away, and its corpse twitched twice before it stopped moving completely. Seeing the gigantic corpse floating in the vacuum in silence, the line of defense in the area turned silent.

The guards and other void beast groups, even the two young dukes, were staring at the huge corpse and didn't say a word.

The War Site's comment section was quiet, and everyone was looking at the void beast's corpse in disbelief.

That was a planetary-state void beast ah!Three young dukes weren't able to take down this powerful being, but it was actually dead now?

Everybody turned to Lu Ze and opened their mouths, but they didn't know what to say.

And at this moment, Lu Ze watched as the vitality of the void beast dissipated. Lu Ze's body had lost all of its strength, and the pain hit him like a tide as he went unconscious.

Just at this moment, Lu Ze felt the back of his head knocking against something as though he was being held.

Hmm...

Wait a minute!

This familiar feeling of firmness? This familiar strength?

He felt that he knew this person?!

Just as Lu Ze felt like he knew this person, Lin Ling's worried voice reached his ears.

"How are you? Are you alright?"

When Lu Ze heard her voice, he felt stunned.

Then, he finally recalled why it felt so familiar.

She seemed to have held him like that too at Xiaer System?

However, in the vacuum this time, Lu Ze couldn't smell the nice scent on Lin Ling, so he didn't recall immediately. Thoughts ran through his mind, then he pursed his lips and spoke with a hoarse voice. "I'm fine. How did you come over?"

"Although I can't help you deal with the planetary-state void beast, I can still help you with the other void beasts."

Lin Ling looked at Lu Ze who was breaking out in cold sweat, and her heart ached for him. She wanted to reach out to wipe the sweat off Lu Ze's forehead, but she was wearing battle armor, so she couldn't do it. Lu Ze took a deep breath, and his body was trembling slightly. After relaxing for a moment, the pain around his body turned more intense. The pain was like a wave of the tsunami-constantly devouring his energy.

Since Lin Ling was there, he could relax completely. Thereafter, he said hoarsely, "That... Lin Ling, could you hold my head in your arms?"

Lin Ling was slightly taken aback. She blushed and replied with a slight hesitation, "What do you want to do?"

Although Lin Ling was doubtful, she still listened to Lu Ze and put his head in her arms, stroking his forehead gently.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched a little, and he smiled bitterly. "It's too painful. I'm afraid I might cry, and it would be so embarrassing with several people watching."

As he spoke, Lu Ze felt the pain becoming more intense. He gritted his teeth and endured severe pain.

Hold it in!

Can't hold it in any longer!

Not going to hold it in anymore! Lu Ze's eyes reddened as tears began to flow.

With his entire body maintained at a 50 percent cooked condition and each cell being electrocuted—who could endure this?!

Lin Ling lowered her head and looked at Lu Ze's tightly shut eyes as he began crying. She was heartbroken but also found it somewhat funny. At the same time, she was more relaxed.

It was good that he was fine.

Lin Ling looked at Lu Ze's face, and her eyes glistened slightly.

Just at this moment, Lu Ze's trembling voice could be heard. "Lin Ling, I have a very serious suggestion."

Lin Ling was awakened by Lu Ze's words, and she shifted her gaze slightly as she asked, "What suggestion?"

Lu Ze said in a vexed manner, "Can you change the material of your battle armor to something softer? My head hurts each time I get hit."

This was already the second time, and each time, his head would hurt so badly for knocking against her chest armor.

He was a severely injured person after all!

Shouldn't she be gentler?

Lin Ling: "..." (Lin Ling's limited edition)

Just as Lu Ze closed his eyes in anticipation, he suddenly felt his hands shrinking, and his head tightening

Then, that cold voice of Lin Ling's came over. "I think you might have hurt your brain just now. Let me treat you!"

"Wa... wait wait! I was wrong! This is perfectly fine! My head hurts!"

Lu Ze felt Lin Ling's chilling aura and quickly admitted his mistake before Lin Ling finally let go.

Just as Lu Ze and Lin Ling were fighting, everyone, who had fallen to silence initially, was now rejoicing.

"Lieutenant Colonel Lu Ze is invincible!"

"Too strong! He actually killed the planetary-state void beast! He is really too strong!" "This strength is already at the peak among the young dukes, right?!" "... I remember Lieutenant Colonel Lu Ze hasn't been bestowed the title of young duke yet, right?"

II

11

The moment that was said, everyone went into silence once again.

They looked at Lu Ze, who was in Lin Ling's arms at the moment, and their mouths spasmed—their hearts aching for him.

He wasn't a young duke, yet, he was already stronger than most young dukes?!

How was the Federation going to bestow a title on him by then?!

Everyone was speechless.

Also, at this moment, in the control room at the base, all the guards could finally heave a sigh of relief.

W

If the line of defense was really broken, they would suffer very heavy losses. Luckily, there were three young dukes who supported at first before Lieutenant Colonel Lu Ze launched an invincible attack and actually killed that planetary-state void beast.

The guard in charge of the monitoring revealed a smile of relief.

"There shouldn't be another planetary-state void beast, right?"

"Definitely not. After all, the location of the entrance and exit of the wormhole is fixed. A region with four planetary-state void beasts is already considered a lot, how could there..."

One of the guards hadn't finished his sentence yet when an ear-piercing alarm interrupted him.

The relaxed crowd jumped, and everyone looked at the natural wormhole with widened eyes.

Far away, in the natural wormhole, a huge head appeared, followed by a huge body.

Very soon, the entire void beast appeared and revealed its entire body.

That was a void beast that was slightly smaller than the one that was killed just now and was about 10 kilometers tall.

When this void beast appeared, there was an overwhelming silence in the control room.

Nobody expected that there was still one more planetary-state void beast?!

After a moment of silence, the one in charge of the guards came to his senses and yelled in a hoarse voice, "Quick! Quick, inform everybody! There is another planetary-state bastard! Its power is around the beginner level of a standard planetary-state!" The guards were drenched in a cold sweat as they quickly took action.

Although Lu Ze was still feeling severe pain and was very tired, it wasn't over yet. Hence, Lu Ze wiped his tears away and opened his eyes.

He looked around.

Due to the death of the void beast boss, the void beasts were all stiffened up.

All of the void beasts stood rooted to the ground. They didn't even dare to roar and seemed extremely strange.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched slightly—these fellas are too terrified?

After their big boss died, they were extremely afraid.

A distance away, Chi Xiaomo and Mo Xie attacked the dead body of the void beast a few more times to confirm that it was really dead before flying over to Bernie who was floating afar.

After confirming that Bernie was still alive, they could finally breathe easy.

Just then, Hubert, Jinrong, and the others flew over to Lu Ze's side.

Seeing that Lu Ze was fine, all four of them heaved a sigh of relief as well.

Everyone looked at one another, then looked strangely at Lu Ze who was in Lin Ling's arms.

After all, this chap just killed the void beast within seconds!

After some time of silence, Jinrong looked at Lu Ze and said earnestly, "Student Lu Ze, it's all thanks to you this time."

Otherwise, with the defenseless mothership, there was no chance of blocking that planetary-state void beast.

If not for Lu Ze, his army would probably be completely wiped out.

Lu Ze smiled. "It's what I should do, but it's not over yet."

Hubert smiled cheekily. "Since Lu Ze had already dealt with the strongest void beast, leave the rest to us. Although we cannot fight with the planetary state, those mortal evolution state void beasts at level nine that want to harm you would have to go past our dead bodies first!"

Jiaxuan's eyes were glistening as she looked at Lu Ze. "Lieutenant Colonel Lu Ze is too amazing. You actually killed a planetary-state void beast. Have a good rest, and leave the rest to us!"

Lyon nodded firmly. "I don't believe there would be other planetary-state void beasts after that, so just leave the rest to us!" Suddenly, a wormhole appeared next to the corpse of that planetary-state void beast in the distance, and a smaller void beast flew out of it.

Everyone: "..."

Damn?! There's still more?!

The planetary-state void beast, who recently appeared, glanced at the corpse of the void beast at the side, and its eyes turned blood red.

"Roar!"

Roars of rampage resounded, and those void beasts that froze up just now were now roaring arrogantly at this moment too.

See that?!

We still have a big boss!

A malicious look flashed in Lu Ze's eyes. He didn't care about his current condition, and the spirit force in his body began to activate.

Lin Ling immediately hugged him, and her eyes shone brightly. "I'll block in front of you this time!"

Hubert and Jinrong looked at one another then exclaimed, "1st Lieutenant Lin Ling, bring Lieutenant Colonel Lu Ze away first! We will block it!"

Lu Ze seemed like he was out of strength at this moment,they had to protect him now! They couldn't let Lu Ze die here.

Mo Xie and Chi Xiaomo were pulling the unconscious Bernie and were planning to leave. When they saw this void beast, their faces turned pale instantly.

They didn't have much strength left.

Although this void beast appeared weaker than the one before, they didn't even have the energy to run at this moment.

Everyone's hearts sank when they saw this scene.

Nobody had any strength left!

Were they going to die?

Especially Lu Ze... he was a prodigy that killed a planetary-state beast!Just at this moment, a golden stream of light swept across the vacuum and traveled thousands of kilometers as it rammed against the planetary-state void beast.

It seemed to have felt the threat, and the void beast that was about to attack suddenly had a gray spirit force shield around its body.

However, the golden stream of light's chi was wild and berserk; it blasted the gray spirit force shield almost instantly, then went through the void beast's grayish-white bone shield and exploded in its body.

The violent force sent that huge void beast flying thousands of kilometers. Fresh blood spurted out, and its life was slipping away.

Killed in seconds!

The group of void beasts, which became arrogant again due to the emergence of a new boss, was dumbstruck once more.

They opened their mouths, looked at the new boss that was killed within seconds, and didn't dare to move an inch-they didn't even dare to make any noise.

The battlefield went into total silence once again.

The new planetary-state void beast died the moment it appeared-everyone was still quite stunned.

Who was so strong?

That person actually killed a planetary-state big boss within seconds from thousands of kilometers away?

Just at this moment, a golden stream of light and a pink stream of light swept across the vacuum and flew over from thousands of kilometers away.

These two streams of light stopped next to Lu Ze, then two slender figures appeared—they were Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha.

There were some cracks on their battle armors and some wounds that hadn't healed. They looked quite pale-clearly, they rushed over directly without resting properly.

After seeing Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha, Mo Xie's and Chi Xiaomo's eyes widened in disbelief.

How could it be them?! How could they be so strong?! As young dukes of the same generation, they naturally knew each other. Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha weren't so strong at first-how did they manage to kill a planetary-state void beast from such a distance now?!

Everyone who was watching this scene was stunned as well—not just the two of them.

Especially those who were watching the live broadcast of the north border battle on the war site and then switched over, they were completely dumbfounded.

"Young duke Jing and young duke Hesha? Why would they be here?!"

"That's right, they disappeared after the battle just now, and I thought they went to treat their wounds. Didn't expect that they actually rushed over to Ena System?!" "Their wounds aren't healed yet. They must have rushed over directly."

Everyone was taken aback. They had just gone through a huge battle. Why didn't they treat their wounds properly first? They actually came over to Ena System?"

Nobody knew why.

At this moment, when Lu Ze saw that Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha had killed the void beast within seconds, he could finally relax.

The moment Lu Ze relaxed, he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and his face turned very pale.

He was already severely injured and had to forcefully activate his spirit force after that. With injuries on top of his current wounds, Lu Ze felt awful at this moment.

Upon seeing Lu Ze spewing out fresh blood, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha went to Lu Ze worriedly. Nangong Jing asked, "How are you? Are you alright?"

Lu Ze smirked and shook his head. "Still alright. I probably wouldn't die."

Both of them looked gently at Lu Ze, then Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "Take a break, leave the rest to us."

Lu Ze glanced at both of them then smiled. "Alright, be careful."

He was out of power now, and these two women were so strong. He could breathe easy knowing this.

Nangong Jing placed her arms on her hips and smiled widely. "We are really strong

now!"

When Lu Ze heard that, he looked at the happy Nangong Jing, and his mouth twitched.

These two women are really strong now indeed.

'Tsk, it seems like he had to work much harder if he wanted to knock this alcoholic's forehead'.

He would never forget to get back at her.

With that thought, everything turned blurry before him, and his consciousness sunk into darkness.

Lu Ze was too tired.

After killing that planetary-state void beast, he was already drained. Thereafter, he had to forcefully activate his spirit force, it was already considered very good that he didn't faint instantly. Seeing Lu Ze closing his eyes and going into a deep sleep, Nangong Jing's and Qiuyue Hesha's eyes had a tinge of warmth in them.

After that, both of them looked at the battlefield around them and paused at the void beast's corpse, then looked at the group of void beasts that were sneakily retreating.

Nangong Jing's gold pupils had a tinge of tyranny in them, then she turned to Lin Ling and smiled. "Lin Ling, take care of Ze, the vixen and I will deal with these void beasts first."

Lin Ling nodded. "Yes."

Seeing Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha's retreating figures, Lin Ling's eyes lit up. They were so strong.

In comparison, she was still too weak...

Planet Jinyao, in the little cabin of old man Nangong old man Nangong was in a pretty good mood. He had a wide smile on that wrinkly old face of his and was brewing a pot of kumquat tea -planning to enjoy it slowly. He took a sip of tea and nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad, not bad..." Following this, he sighed softly. "Too bad, Jing Jing had taken away all the Jinyao Searing Sun, ay..." With that thought, his eyes flickered. "Seems like I've got to get Jingjing to marry soon, then she wouldn't keep coming to cheat me of my Jinyao Searing Sun, huh? And I'll get to have a grandson sooner, hehe~".

"En... that Lu Ze chap is not bad. Tsk tsk, his power is at level six of the mortal evolution state when he's only 18 years old. His chances of reaching the cosmic state are very high. He might even reach the cosmic shroud, huh? If he really reaches the cosmic shroud, then it would increase the hierarchy of our human race..."

He was in a relatively good mood currently, and it was because of what Lu Ze had done in the Gracious System.

That young man's power had actually reached this level at such a young age—it had never happened before in history.

Also, he had met Lu Ze a few times before and had a pretty good understanding of Lu Ze's character-he was quite a good kid. As long as Lu Ze grows up, even if a couple of old men really died, he could still be relieved.

'If Jingjing gets together with that Lu Ze guy, their child would definitely be gifted and matchless, right?'

"Yes... both of them are also quite close, right? When that Lu Ze guy returns, I must give him some advice..."

As for his Jing Jing, old man Nangong was quite proud of her.

After all, in terms of talent and appearance, Jing Jing was the top in the Federation. Her only little flaw was that she was a bit too fierce and drank a bit too much, but these were just minor things~

The son of these two people might have a chance to compete with the elites of the elf race ah...

Just as old man Nangong was dreaming about having a grandson-his phone suddenly rang.

Old man Nangong furrowed his brows and was unhappy that someone interrupted his sweet dream as he slowly took his phone out.

When he saw the caller, old man Nangong was taken aback as he answered. A virtual image of a handsome golden-haired middle-aged man appeared.

Old man Nangong took a sip of tea leisurely and said plainly, "Qiao Bu, didn't I ask you to protect Lu Ze in the dark? I don't think you're there yet, are you? What's the matter?".

Lu Ze had already reached this level, so old man Nangong obviously didn't want him to be messing around outside.

Qiao Bu was at level eight of the planetary state elite already. He was also one of the vice-principals of the Federal University.

Yes, the honorary principal of both the Federal University and Emperor Capital Academy was old man Nangong himself.

As the vice-principal, he didn't have much to do, so old man Nangong got him to go over to the border first and secretly ensure Lu Ze's safety.

When Qiao Bu heard old man Nangong's words, his mouth twitched. After a moment of silence, he said in embarrassment, "Principal... Lu Ze encountered a planetary-state void beast just now."

"Pfff!"

Old man Nangong spat out the tea in his mouth.

At the same time, he wasn't able to control his chi, and the entire planet Jinyao shook a little.

Countless birds and animals flew out of their nests in fear as though it was the apocalypse.

Even the people of Jinyao City looked in the direction of the cabin, feeling confused.

What happened to Lu Ze?

How could something like that not stir him up?!

In the cabin, old man Nangong's face twitched slightly and he bellowed, "Who is the recent planetary state elite? Get him to go over to support immediately. We must save Lu Ze!"

"Nonsense! Utter nonsense! Who let Lu Ze deal with that planetary state beast?! Ridiculous!"

Lu Ze was very talented, but it was still too early for him to be dealing with a planetary-class beast.

Who allowed him to do that?! That was sending him to his death!

Qiao Bu's lips spasmed when he saw how anxious old man Nangong was, and he said, "It was Lu Ze who chose to deal with the beast... and that planetary-class void beast died."

Old man Nangong: "...?"

There was total silence.

After some time, old man Nangong blinked and looked at Qiao Bu. "...what?"

Lu Ze was only at the cosmic state level. Did he hear it incorrectly?

Qiao Bu saw how old man Nangong was stunned, and he laughed dryly. "That planetary-class void beast was killed by Lu Ze, Mo Xie, and the others..."

Qiao Bu had some discontentment when old man Nangong asked him to protect Lu Ze. He was a level eight planetary state elite, after all, and was very strong among the planetary states.

Although Lu Ze was gifted, he was in the inner region of the Federation-sending a weaker planetary state level would be enough, right?

However, when Qiao Bu saw how Lu Ze actually killed the planetary-class void beast with only one attack, he was slightly unhappy in his heart.

This sort of talent needed good protection indeed.

At least, until he has fully grown up, no harm should come unto him.

Old man Nangong: "..."

An aperture opening state-level killing a planetary state?!

What sort of freak was this fella?!

Old man Nangong tried to keep a straight face and said indifferently, *cough* "Glad that he's alright..."

After some time, he said plainly, "Oh right, protect that Lu Ze kid well when you reach there. Don't do anything unless it's a matter of life and death."

As he spoke, he held the teacup leisurely and wanted to take a sip of tea to calm down.

Qiao Bu looked at how calm old man Nangong was and couldn't help but admire him.

The principal was a sage, indeed. With such a piece of huge news, he could still remain so calm. Qiao Bu was embarrassed when he recalled how he reacted when he saw Lu Ze killing the void beast.

Qiao Bu sighed in his heart. Thereafter, he said, "I'll get going first, then."

"Yeah."

Old man Nangong nodded slightly, took a sip of tea, and responded.

The virtual image disappeared, and old man Nangong's calm and unperturbed image was gone immediately.

He opened his mouth, and the old wrinkly face grinned like an old chrysanthemum.

Inside the cabin, all sorts of wolf howls of a haunted house reverberated.

"HAHAHA... HAHAHAHAHA... amazing! Amazing!" "Hm... When is an auspicious date to get married?"

"Yeah..."

Lu Ze knitted his brows and slowly opened his eyes. What he saw next was a ceiling with a vintage luxurious crystal chandelier.

He stared at the chandelier for a moment.

This place was...?

Lu Ze found this ceiling somewhat familiar, then his eyes lit up, and he managed to recollect it.

This is a hotel suite in Star City?

How did I end up here?

Wasn't I on the battlefield?

Wait a minute!

Let me recall...

He frowned and began recalling.

After he went all-out to kill that planetary-class void beast, another one seemed to have appeared?

Thereafter, the alcoholic and vixen came over?

Speaking of which, weren't they at the northern border? Why would they suddenly come over to the line of defense at Ena System?

However, the alcoholic was really quite strong.

Lu Ze recalled that punch that killed the planetary state void beast and couldn't help but sigh.

That woman's strength wasn't at the beginner level of the ordinary planetary state anymore.

Although the vixen did not display her strength, it wouldn't be bad either, right?

Hm...

It seemed like he would need more time if he wanted to surpass them.

Lu Ze continued to look back on his memories. It appeared that he had fallen asleep due to the arrival of the alcoholic and vixen, huh?

He was simply too tired at that time and didn't have any ability to think anymore, wasn't he?

Did he sleep until now?

He wondered what was the situation on the battlefield.

Since both of them had arrived, everything should be under control, right?

Just as Lu Ze was staring at the ceiling with thoughts running wild, that familiar and a little intoxicated voice could be heard. "Ze, you're awake?"

"Yes."

Lu Ze turned to look at his bedside.

Nangong Jing was seated on the sofa at the side with a bottle of alcohol in her right hand as she smiled at Lu Ze.

Seeing that she still looked a little pale, it was obvious that she hadn't recovered fully from her injuries.

However, seeing the bottle of alcohol in her hand and her slightly intoxicated voice, she had probably drunk quite a bit.

Lu Ze sat up, moved his body a little, and realized that his body felt very relaxed-there wasn't any difference—and he was very energized too.

It was clear that the deep sleep recovery was pretty good.

He looked at Nangong Jing and was somewhat speechless. "You're still drinking when you're injured?"

Nangong Jing was a bit upset. "You're too ignorant, aren't you? Alcohol is the cure for everything!"

Lu Ze: "..."

Alright, anything you say goes.

Lu Ze indicated that he didn't want to argue with this alcoholic.

At this moment, the room door opened. Qiuyue Hesha and Lin Ling heard their voices, so they entered the room.

Qiuyue Hesha was just like Nangong Jing, her face was pale too, but Lin Ling still looked fine-she didn't look too awful.

Both of them looked at Lu Ze who was seated on the bed and heaved a sigh of relief.

Lin Ling blinked and asked, "How are you feeling? Do you feel better?"

Lu Ze smiled. "Yes, I've recovered fully." After a pause, he asked suspiciously, "How long did I sleep for?" Lin Ling laughed. "It's been two days. If not for your stable breathing, we would have thought something happened to you."

Lu Ze was taken aback when he heard that.

'I actually slept for so long?"

Lu Ze hadn't slept this long for a very long time.

Actually, the practice of martial arts really had several benefits.

Even without sleep, he could still be energized, and if they were in the Earth era, it was simply a must-have for late nights.

He didn't have to worry about sudden death or hair loss ever!

Then, Lu Ze suddenly thought of the battlefield and asked, "How's the line of defense?"

Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "The line of defense is fine. The female T-rex and I helped Lieutenant General Nigel to kill three planetary state void beasts. Two lieutenant generals came later, and we all stood guard until the natural wormhole disappeared."

Lu Ze listened to the Qiuyue Hesha and felt relieved. Subsequently, he had a complex gaze. "There were many guards who died, weren't there?"

After all, many aperture opening state guards died from just a few mouth cannons from the void beast, and there would probably be no less in the warship and other areas.

The moment Lu Ze said that, all three of them went silent. Following this, Qiuyue Hesha sat by the bed, and her fingers stroked against Lu Ze's cheeks gently, making Lu Ze feel slightly ticklish.

She smiled with a gentle gaze and said, "Little brother Lu Ze, you don't have to bear too many burdens. You are very gifted, but you've cultivated only for a short period. Don't put all of the responsibilities on yourself."

Nangong Jing took a few gulps of alcohol and came to Lu Ze's side as well. She grabbed Lu Ze's neck with one hand and rubbed his hair harshly with another, then said unhappily, "Brat, you even dared to go up against a planetary-class void beast, huh? What if something happens?! You're still young, and this is not something you should bear. Nobody would blame you even if you didn't fight the beast."

Lu Ze's lips twitched, and he was in a bad mood.

In any case, he rendered great service and killed the planetary-class void beast, right? Yet, he got scolded by these two women? Tsk, weren't they too aggressive?!

Just as Lu Ze's heart was breaking, Nangong Jing put more force on the hand grabbing his neck and pulled his body forward.

Thereafter, Lu Ze found his face wrapped in softness, and a faint fragrance wafted into his nostrils. Lu Ze: "?!"

Wait a minute!

This touch!

Could it be...?

Just then, Nangong Jing's gentle voice resounded. "But because of you, Ze, at least we managed to lose fewer motherships, even Mo Xie, Chi Xiaomo, and Bernie wanted to thank you for saving their lives. You're my student, indeed!"

Lu Ze: "..."

He was slightly stunned as he felt the softness against his face.

Did this woman drink too much? She wouldn't kill him to silence him later, would she?

With that thought, Lu Ze felt terrified and kept feeling that death was looming.

Not only Lu Ze, even Lin Ling and Qiuyue Hesha, were stunned by Nangong Jing's actions.

They clearly didn't expect that Nangong Jing would do such an action that was hated by both man and god.

Lin Ling's eyes lit up, then, she said, "Big sister Jing, Ze's injuries had just recovered. It is not good for you to stimulate him like that. It is better to let go."

Nangong Jing was dumbfounded. It seemed like she hadn't reacted to what Lin Ling had said until she felt the warm breath on her chest. She froze and realized what she was doing

Wait a minute!

She was actually hugging this Lu Ze kid?!

She immediately felt unwell and was so embarrassed that her head was about to melt off.

Hence, she didn't hesitate at all and pushed Lu Ze away.

Lu Ze, who was thinking whether to push Nangong Jing away, suddenly felt a strong force, and he was immediately shoved toward the bed.

Nangong Jing said calmly, *cough* "Anyway, I am proud of you."

Lu Ze: "..."

He was plastered to the bed, and his mouth spasmed.

He didn't feel like she was proud of him at all...

At this point, Qiuyue Hesha's eyes narrowed, and she said languidly, "T-rex, I didn't expect that after your god art was enhanced, your love luck has improved too, huh?"

When Nangong Jing heard that, she became enraged, and the chi around her body surged. She glared at Qiuyue Hesha. "This was an accident! Vixen, are you trying to start a fight!"

Lin Ling lowered her head and mumbled, "There was a similar accident previously too, right?"

Yeah... when they were drinking together previously?

Nangong Jing froze.

Even this obedient Lin Ling wasn't speaking up for her, huh?

Nangong Jing was so tired.

She wasn't interested in Lu Ze at all. Besides, Alice liked him.

Anyway, she had decided to commit her life to martial arts and keep becoming stronger to protect the human race, how could she fall for Lu Ze?

It wouldn't happen!

Lu Ze scratched his head and didn't know what to say.

Mhm... it felt like he had been taken advantage of?

Should he thank the alcoholic for treating him with the utmost kindness?

Lu Ze lifted his head, looked at how angry Nangong Jing was, and his lips twitched.

I think that maybe I should just forget it? Otherwise, I might be beaten to death. Being teased by Qiuyue Hesha and Lin Ling, Nangong Jing couldn't really retaliate. She seemed to have thought of something when her eyes lit up, and she changed the subject.

"Oh right, Ze, your power and Lin Ling's have reached the mortal evolution state and above level 3 of the federal honor badge. Both of you had also done a great job this time and fulfilled the conditions of becoming a young duke. You will be bestowed with the title on earth next week."

Lu Ze was stunned when he heard that. Following this, a trace of surprise flashed across his eyes. "Lin Ling and I are going to be young dukes?"

Amazing!

He waited so long for this day!

Hm... he waited about three to four months, eh?

It finally arrived!

Next time, he would be young duke Lu Ze!

By then, it would be quite a level up in terms of class for him, and he was quite excited about it!

Lin Ling had already gotten the news earlier on and didn't really react to what Nangong Jing said.

Right then, Lu Ze looked at Nangong Jing eagerly and asked, "Would there be any rewards or something after being bestowed with the title?"

As a young duke, the rewards should be quite bountiful, right?

Nangong Jing smiled when she had successfully changed the subject. "Of course, as a young duke, you'll be the core military strength of the people. As long as you don't fall, most people are able to reach the highest discipline of the planetary state, some even reach the star state. There would definitely be rewards for prodigies like these."

"Before a young duke reaches the planetary state level, the Federal Government will give at least 2 million federal contributions points per month. As to exactly how much one would get is dependent on the young duke's talent and his or her contributions. Also, each young duke will have a private spaceship that is very fast and has a nearly planetary state level of attack and defense."

With that said, Nangong Jing paused. "My Golden Whirl is a reward from the Federation."

After finishing her sentence, Lu Ze's eyes lit up.

He always thought that the alcoholic bought the Golden Whirl for herself so that it was more convenient for her missions. He didn't expect that it was a reward for becoming a young duke? Does this mean that he would also have a spaceship too?

Awesome!

Also, the federal contribution points are so high?

If he received at least 2 million points a month, that would be 24 million a year!

Moreover, most of the young dukes receive more than this, right?

They receive plenty of resources without doing any missions!

It was almost like the Federation would cover all the expenses needed to reach the planetary state level once you become a young duke.

It was clear that the Federation's treatment of the young dukes was amazing.

The rewards of becoming a young duke were not bad, but to Lu Ze, even though the federal contribution points were quite attractive, he was currently able to support himself and was not lacking in resources. Hence, a spaceship such as the Golden Whirl was more attractive to him.

Of course, this was only for Lu Ze, but not everyone was like him and had access to resources in the pocket hunting dimension.

For others, the federal contribution points were more precious.

Then, Lu Ze recalled something very important. He lifted his head, looked at Nangong Jing, and asked, "Oh right! Teacher Nangong, what about my young duke title?" He wanted one that was fierce, cool, and awesome!

Nangong Jing's mouth twitched a little. She recalled her young duke title and was a little upset.

On the other hand, Qiuyue Hesha was in a good mood. Her red lips curved upwards, and she said languidly, "The appointment of a young duke is a joyous day for everyone; sometimes, we don't even have a single young duke for a year, so we obviously need to allow ordinary people to participate."

"Things like the young duke's title is already an unwritten custom. When the Federation appoints a young duke, they will not be giving him or her the title, but the public will give it by seeing what the young duke's special characteristics are. For example, my young duke title is City Charming Young Duke, obviously because of my good looks." At this moment, she glanced askance at the expressionless Nangong Jing and grinned. "Like the female T-rex, her head is filled with muscles, so she's Iron Fist Young Duke."

Qiuyue Hesha laughed happily. She and Nangong Jing were evenly-matched in every aspect, and the only aspect she won in was their young duke titles!

Nangong Jing gritted her teeth, and her face was filled with dissatisfaction and bitterness.

This was the only thing that made her really upset!

She was just 18 years and 145 months young

girl!

Would it kill them to give her something like Fairy Young Duke or something?!

She actually lost to the vixen in this aspectit was simply unacceptable!

Lu Ze looked at Qiuyue Hesha smiling gleefully, and his lips spasmed.

Wasn't this woman called City Charming Young Duke because she used her seduction god art to destroy a city...?

This has nothing to do with her looks at all, right?

Although this woman was indeed very beautiful.

However, she's a little too self-obsessed, huh?

Lu Ze didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Nevertheless, Lu Ze found the female T-rex's young duke title pretty good, it fits this woman's characteristic.

Of course, seeing how upset Nangong Jing was, Lu Ze obviously didn't say it out loud.

Maybe, since he almost died while fighting the void beast, Lu Ze's desire to live was extremely strong during this period.

At the same time, a tinge of anticipation flashed in Lu Ze's eyes.

He wondered what his young duke title would be.

However, if this was the case, then according to his performance of killing the planetary-class void beast, he should get something like 'Matchless Young Duke' or 'Invincible Young Duke', right? Or 'Blood Lightning Young Duke' was also acceptable?

Maybe 'Starkiller Young Duke' or something?

By then, when he introduced himself to other people, he must say, "I am Matchless Young Duke, Lu Ze, may I get your name, please?"

He was grinning from ear to ear just thinking about it.

It seems pretty good?

It was quite posh!

At the same time, he glanced at Lin Ling who seemed somewhat apprehensive but excited and wondered what Lin Ling's young duke title would be.

Just then, Lu Ze's phone suddenly rang, and all three people in the room looked over immediately.

Lu Ze opened his phone to take a look, and it was Lu Li.

He was taken aback-Lu Li?

They usually used texts to communicate and hadn't called each other before, so why was she calling all of a sudden?

After answering the call, Lu Li's virtual image appeared in the air, and Alice was next to her.

The second both of them appeared, they looked worriedly at Lu Ze.

Lu Li immediately asked anxiously, "Big brother, are you alright? I saw the battle at Ena System, why did you go fight that planetary state..."

Alice looked at Lu Ze as well. "Senior, Lu Li and I were scared to death when we heard that you were fighting that planetary-class void beast..."

Both of them were like machine guns the moment they appeared. They were planning to talk some sense into this guy. Lu Ze was always like that, always making everyone worry.

In the end, they merely spoke a few phrases when they noticed Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha seated by the bed and Lin Ling standing at the side.

Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, and Lin Ling were all looking at Lu Li's and Alice's virtual images as well.

Lu Li and Alice didn't bother about Lu Ze anymore and shut their mouths as they stared at those three people.

The place was extremely quiet. Lu Ze initially knew that these two people would definitely give him a good scolding, but he didn't expect that they would actually meet Lin Ling and the rest?

Lu Ze felt that the atmosphere was a bit weird and looked at all five of them.

Thereafter, Lu Ze recalled that it seemed to be their first time meeting?

But he did mention them before.

With that thought, Lu Ze smiled and said, "Li, Alice, I don't have to introduce Teacher Nangong, do I? This is Teacher Qiuyue, she's also known as City Charming Young Duke. This is Lin Ling, she would be appointed as a young duke with me very soon."

With that said, Lu Ze was somewhat pleased.

He was about to be appointed as a young duke!

He was planning to boast about it tonight to these two people, but in the end, they actually called.

Afterward, he looked at Qiuyue Hesha and Lin Ling. Lu Ze also introduced the both of them. "This is my little sister, Lu Li. Hmm... we're not blood-related. I only found out that I was actually adopted a while ago."

Then, he pointed at Alice. "This is my junior, Alice. She cooks very delicious food, you guys have tried it before, right?".

After the introductions, Lu Ze nodded in satisfaction. "Alright, now all of you know each other?"

And at this moment, the atmosphere turned even more silent.

Lin Ling looked at Lu Li and Alice, her eyes slightly glistening. They weren't blood-related?

So this junior was her? Lin Ling felt like she had heard about her before and found her familiar.

Qiuyue Hesha looked curiously at Lu Li and Alice. She didn't have any thoughts about them.

These two girls seemed to have a special interest in little brother Lu Ze?

They were treating her like a love rival?

This was quite interesting, huh?

When Lu Li heard Lu Ze's introduction, her smile became gentler, and she looked at Lu Ze with a deep gaze. Hehe... hehehehe...

Dumb Lu Ze... to think that she was so worried about him. He was doing very well?

Hm... it's about time to give this fella a good scolding huh?

Subsequently, she glanced at Lin Ling and the rest before finally looking at Qiuyue Hesha.

Her intuition told her that the beautiful and seductive Qiuyue Hesha was the most dangerous character.

As for Nangong Jing, with a bottle of alcohol in her hand, she shouldn't be the type that Lu Ze would like, right?

Hm... as for Lin Ling, she shouldn't be a big threat, right?

As for Alice, she was beaming when Lu Ze praised her for her delicious cooking in front of so many people. It was awesome that senior Lu Ze liked her cooking!

But...

She looked at these three people, and her eyes glistened.

Senior Lu Ze really had... more opponents now...

With that thought, Lu Li and she looked at one another.

It seemed like it was three against two now? The situation didn't seem very good?

Both of them communicated with their eyes, then Lu Li and Alice's faces revealed a hint of anger and worry as they glared at Lu Ze.

Lu Li's eyes were watery as she said, "Big brother, how could put yourself in so much danger and fight with the void beast?" The bright smile on Alice's face disappeared as well. "What happens if something happens to you, senior?"

As they spoke, both of their eyes reddened as they bit their lips, stared at Lu Ze, and didn't continue speaking.

Lu Ze initially thought that Lu Li's attention had gone to Lin Ling and the rest, so she didn't care about that incident anymore, but in the end, he was stunned when he saw their reddened eyes.

After that, he recalled the day of the graduation and how Lu Li leaned on his chest with two hands grabbing the corners of his shirt.

Lu Ze: "..."

After some time of silence, Lu Ze said, "Sorry Li, Alice, I made both of you worried again."

Lu Ze felt a little guilty.

There were so many people who cared about him. Mhm... if he could, he wouldn't take a risk like that in the future.

However, sometimes, it's not up to him.

Lu Li's and Alice's lips trembled slightly when they heard Lu Ze's apology. Their eyes turned even redder—they were filled with tears.

Initially, those two people were merely acting, but now they really felt aggrieved, all thanks to this bastard!

After some moment of silence, both of them slowly recovered.

Then, Lu Li revealed that familiar warm smile of hers and said softly, "Big brother, since you know that you're in the wrong, you're only going to apologize?" Lu Ze looked at Lu Li's smile, and his lips spasmed as he laughed dryly. "Li, what do you want then?".

What's this girl thinking?

Lu Ze always panicked whenever he saw this girl's smile.

When Lu Li heard that, she glanced at Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, and Lin Ling in the room, then smiled and said gently, "Since this is the case, could you go out and play with me and Alice for a day when you're free next time? You're always cultivating and haven't gone out to play for a long time, have you?"

Lu Ze went blank and looked at Lu Li in girl's wish was actually so simple?

This was so unlike Lu Li!

Lu Ze nodded and smiled. "Sure."

This was too simple!

He just needed to accompany her to play, right?

He guaranteed that they would have so much fun!

After Lu Ze agreed, Lu Li's lips curved upward and revealed a smile.

They shall get together first then talk!

After Lu Ze agreed to their request, Alice smiled as well. "Senior, I have a piece of good news to tell you."

Lu Ze was surprised, and he looked at Alice doubtfully. "What good news?"

Alice said excitedly, "My mother woke up."

Before Lu Ze could respond, Nangong Jing's eyes widened. She exclaimed in surprise, "Auntie Hong Lian had woken up?"

Lu Ze: "..."

He looked at Nangong Jing strangely and remembered that this woman was quite close to Alice's family.

Alice smiled and nodded. "Yes, she had woken

up."

As she spoke, she looked at Lu Ze with a complicated gaze. "All thanks to senior Lu Ze."

If not for him, she would probably have been dead herself by now.

Lu Ze smiled. "Alice, congratulations."

Since Alice's mother had woken up, this meant that Alice could now awaken the source flame, right?

Lu Ze was also quite happy for Alice—this young girl had a tough life because of the source flame.

Alice giggled. "My mother said that she wanted to meet you, senior. She seems to be very curious about you."

Lu Ze scratched his head. "It's almost the holidays soon, and I will be returning home then. Anyway, we live very near to each other, so it would be very easy for us to meet up."

Moreover, Alice's mother had recovered, so Uncle Merlin wouldn't be so fierce toward him, right?

This was pretty good, wasn't it?

Lu Ze was quite pleased.

Alice smiled and nodded. "Yes, I will let my mother know."

They chatted for a while before Lu Li and Alice hung up.

Planet Lanjiang, Chang Yang's Number One High School

At the roof of the teaching building.

After Lu Li and Alice hung up, both of them looked at the students walking around and remained silent.

After some time, Lu Li said, "We still have half a year before the high school final exams..."

Alice pursed her lips then said, "Yeah..."

They were still in the first half of the semester in their third year and would have to wait until next year for the final exams.

During this half a year, Lu Ze would always be with those other girls. Who knows what would happen?

Both of them didn't continue speaking.

A girl's heart will always be filled with worries, and there were some things that were better off kept to oneself even if the other party was your good friend.

However, now that they had other competitors, this made them let go of the feelings between both of them for the time

being.

Does that fella know how they feel toward him or not?

Gracious System, Star City.

In the suite.

Lu Ze hung up and heaved a sigh of relief.

When Lu Li called just now, he already knew that he would get a scolding.

He wondered whether his mother and the others knew about it?

... *cough* they definitely do.

With that thought, Lu Ze felt his teeth aching.

He shook his head and didn't think further

Just then, Nangong Jing looked at Lu Ze excitedly and said, "Ze, Auntie Hong Lian has recovered! She has recovered!"

Lu Ze looked at Nangong Jing speechlessly then rolled his eyes at her. "I know that. I heard the same thing too."

Wasn't this woman a little too excited?

Nangong Jing knocked Lu Ze's forehead when she saw that he wasn't very excited and said, "This means that Alice can recover soon too! Next time, this girl would be a prodigy..."

Alice's god art was considered the top god art in the universe-one could imagine how powerful she would be once she awakens the god art.

However, with that said, she suddenly recalled something.

After using the red orbs given by Lu Ze, she had fixed her loopholes and built up her foundation, even her god art had evolved again, which meant that she wasn't too shabby, right?

With that thought, she looked weirdly at Lu Ze.

This boy's god art might be even stronger than what she thought.

Qiuyue Hesha and Lin Ling didn't know about Alice's issue, but looking at the way Nangong Jing and Lu Ze were acting, they didn't seem to have any intention to share. Therefore, Qiuyue Hesha and Lin Ling didn't ask either.

Nevertheless, Lin Ling felt like she heard about that Alice girl before.

...She shall ask grandpa Zeng when she goes back.

She recalled the way that the young blue-haired girl looked at this silly boy and was suddenly very interested in that Alice.

At for Qiuyue Hesha who was looking at Lu Ze with a faint smile— 'little brother Lu Ze is very popular, huh?'.

But of course, Lu Ze is so outstanding, after all. It should be very normal for him to be popular, isn't it?

She was also very interested in him, wasn't she?

But she knew that she wouldn't fall for him.

At this moment, the sky outside was completely dark.

Deep in the night, the stars were resplendent and appeared calm and quiet. There wasn't that intense fighting atmosphere like in Ena System.

Nangong Jing stretched, gulped a few mouthfuls of alcohol, and smiled. "Alright, since you're awake, we shall recover first before going back tomorrow."

There was still one more week to the appointment of a young duke ceremony, so they weren't in a hurry.

Lu Ze nodded. "Yes."

During this period of time, everyone underwent an intense battle, so it was indeed better to take a break first.

Following that, Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, and Lin Ling left Lu Ze's room, and the lively room became quiet once again.

Lu Ze lay in bed with both arms behind his head and stared at the ceiling with a complex gaze.

Does Alice like him?

He was a little afraid to look straight into her gaze just now.

What about Li?

He wasn't very sure. After all, he had seen these two people as his sisters, and perhaps, they treated him as their big brother, right?

Relationships were complicated...

Also, if they both liked him, who should he pick?

Li's face appeared in Lu Ze's head-her adorable face when she had just woken up, that gentle smile when she's scheming something in her head, the way she grabbed the corners of his clothes when she's helpless, and her laughter on the training ground...

Then, Alice's face appeared in Lu Ze's headthat smile of hers that was as bright as the sun, how she cried in despair as she leaned against him, the way she plays the piano in a lively and moving way, her concentration when she cooks delicious foods, and even the way she looked at him so deeply...

After calming down, Lu Ze sat upright with his legs crossed and closed his eyes.

Cultivate, cultivate

What's the point of thinking so much? His head was going to hurt. Just let nature take its course.

Since Lu Ze was in deep sleep as he recovered during these two days, he hadn't gone into the pocket hunting dimension.

Right now, he could already enter the pocket hunting dimension.

In the pocket hunting dimension, Lu Ze entered that deep pit that was covered with black and gold light.

He was only left with less than half of the 1st body god art energy. When he was done absorbing, it would be time for him to enter the third map.

In the dark room, Lu Ze opened his eyes. A black and gold stream of light flashed in his eyes, accompanied by a hint of pain.

The corners of his mouth spasmed as he lay in bed, waiting for the pain to subside.

After about half an hour, Lu Ze slowly took a few deep breaths, and after he felt that he had somewhat recovered, he sat up once more.

Thereafter, his lips curved upward and revealed a smile.

He was done absorbing the 1st body god art energy!

He could feel that he had become stronger physically. At the same time, his 1st body god art had improved quite a bit.

Unfortunately, there weren't any special results.

But next time, he should be able to enter the third map already!

A hint of excitement flashed in Lu Ze's eyes.

It has been a long time since he was chased and attacked in the pocket hunting dimension, he wasn't very used to it.

Lu Ze shook his head slightly and didn't think further as he closed his eyes for the second time.

In the small mental dimension, that blood-colored lightning in the middle was still there. In order to deal with that planetary state void beast, he absorbed the blood-colored lightning into his body, and now that it had broken away once again, it was clear that he hadn't truly transformed the lightning god art.

However, after absorbing the blood-colored lightning into his body previously, he began to transform faster and was almost 20 percent done. He was sure that if he used the lightning spear again, its destructive power would certainly be further enhanced!

Perhaps in the absence of the battle armor, it could reach the destructive power of level five or six of the mortal evolution state?

This was considered quite a big improvement.

However...

Lu Ze looked at the remaining one-third of red and purple orbs in the mental dimension, and his heart clenched slightly—the loss of orbs was too great.

However, the opponent was a planetary-class void beast, after all, so he didn't really have a choice.

Other than these, Lu Ze looked at the various colorful god art orbs.

These god art glass balls were of no use to him for enhancement anymore, since his god art had reached completion at the second map already.

He would leave them here first.

There was also one more divine art rune with a purple flickering light.

That was the divine art rune from the rabbit boss, he hadn't had the time to learn it.

Lu Ze contemplated deeply.

He planned on sorting out the results of his current cultivation before deciding what to do next.

Currently, his cultivation had already reached the aperture opening state perfection and was only lacking in spirit force accumulation before he could reach the mortal evolution state.

As for the fire god art that Lu Ze had learned at the beginning, he hadn't used it ever since he utilized it to burn Liu Tianyu's corpse as it wasn't of much help to him at the moment.

The wind god art, lightning god art, regeneration god art, body god art, space jump god art, mental force god art, as well as special transformation god art, had to be considered as well.

He could cultivate and reach the limits of these god arts currently. He would need to wait until he reached the third map before he could continue to enhance.

Furthermore, he had the strength god art that he learned currently, he only had the star crippling punch divine art for the strength god art, so it wasn't very useful at the moment.

As for divine arts, he had the green jade slash, star crippling punch, and wings of wind and lightning, which were all at perfection mastery level already.

He also had the blue bird 1, lightning spear, super speed regeneration, and black gold battle armor from the pocket hunting dimension.

The lightning spear divine art had already reached the experienced mastery level while the blue bird 1, super speed regeneration, and black gold battle armor were still at the familiar mastery level.

These divine arts could still be enhanced and would increase his power substantially.

Other than these, he also had the rabbit boss' lightning divine art to learn.

These were everything he had learned so far.

For the time being, he would first enhance his divine arts. After reaching the third map and getting more red orbs to accumulate spirit force, then he would break through to the mortal evolution state.

Lu Ze opened his eyes and looked outside the window.

Under the night sky, all the destroyed houses in Xingzhan City had been rebuilt. It seemed as though the catastrophe they had gone through never occurred at all.

Lu Ze looked at the few hundred-meter tall constructions in the distance. He could not help but feel stunned at the sight. After all, it had only been three days, and yet, this efficiency is undeniably too great.

This was indeed the future world.

After sighing for a while, Lu Ze cleared his thoughts. He then took a break and closed his eyes once more.

Since he couldn't enter the pocket hunting dimension again today, then he would have to focus on finding ways to improve his divine art instead.

While he was fighting that planetary state void beast, his stock of overlord orbs was consumed entirely. If he were to rely on the ordinary purple orbs to learn the divine art rune left by the rabbit boss, then a long period of time would be needed. That won't do right now, particularly because a week later, he will go to Earth to be appointed as a young duke

Upon pondering about it, Lu Ze wanted to see whether he could improve the grade of other divine arts.

His lightning spear had reached an experienced mastery, but it was quite hard to attain perfection. All that was left were Blue Bird 1, super regeneration, and black-gold battle armor divine arts.

In terms of speed, he had space transmission to make up for things, so he could leave Blue Bird 1 divine art on the side for now. After some careful consideration, Lu Ze chose to improve the black-gold battle armor.

After all, stronger defenses meant receiving less damage, and thus, it was acceptable for super regeneration to be weaker for the moment.

When he finished making up his mind, Lu Ze took out purple orbs from his mental dimension. They turned into waves of cool chi that entered his brain, clearing his thoughts and bringing about enlightenment.

Lu Ze slowly opened his eyes again. His eyes flashed with a complex black-gold rune. He then grinned.

Although he wasn't able to improve the black-gold battle armor to experienced mastery, he was almost at the peak of familiar mastery.

Lu Ze jumped off the bed and checked at the time. It was already 5 o'clock in the afternoon the next day.

Was it due to the lower quality of the purple orbs that he took longer? Lu Ze stretched his body and walked out of the room.

At this moment, he heard the sounds of swooshing water and frolicking. "Hehehe, Lin Ling, don't run, let me touch."

"Wait... sister Hesha, don't do this!"

"Hey! Fox demon, you're bullying Lin Ling!"

Lu Ze looked at the direction of the sound and was then dumbfounded.

In the swimming pool, three figures were playing around Qiuyue Hesha's back was facing Lu Ze and in her arms was a struggling figure.

Meanwhile, Nangong Jing was leaning on the side while sipping her wine.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. He almost forgot the swimming pool in this suite.

The last time they came, he asked Lin Ling to swim, and she cursed him.

Now, they were having a fun time without even inviting him.

Lu Ze was unhappy.

At this moment, Nangong Jing saw how Lu Ze's expression changed non-stop. Cough!

Then, she waved at Lu Ze. "Ze, are you finished cultivating?"

Qiuyue Hesha and Lin Ling's body froze at the same time.

Lin Ling quickly sunk her entire body into the water.

Oh no, this retard saw what they were doing just then. She wanted to die!

This was all sister Hesha's fault!

On the other hand, Qiuyue Hesha turned to look at Lu Ze. Their eyes met, and the atmosphere turned awkward.

The corners of Lu Ze's mouth spasmed. He didn't know what to say.

After some silence, he let out a dry laugh. "I didn't see anything just then."

Lu Ze felt unsatisfied. Qiuyue Hesha's back was facing him. He didn't get to see anything.

Qiuyue Hesha grinned seductively. "Even if you saw it, I wouldn't mind. Little brother Lu Ze, you don't need to explain to me."

"Do you want to come swim together?"

Lu Ze's eyes lit up and immediately looked at her with gratitude.

She was a great person!

"Then, I'll..."

Suddenly, Lu Ze felt three icy-cold chi. Lin Ling's head was out of the water. She gave Lu Ze a death stare. Likewise, Nangong Jing did the same thing as well.

Even Qiuyue Hesha looked strangely at Lu Ze.

What a joke, since when had they bathed with men? Even Lu Ze won't do!

Lu Ze: "..."

He coughed. "Never mind... you guys can play."

By the looks of things, if he went down, then he would be utterly destroyed.

Qiuyue Hesha answered with some regretful tone. "Really? Are you really not coming down to play? That's such a shame."

Lu Ze: "Ahaha, you guys can have fun..."

Lu Ze turned around and ignored them. Thereafter, he took out his food and started eating.

Soon, the aroma of food spread across the surroundings, and the three appeared on the couch.

Lu Ze looked up, they had put on bathrobes.

Nangong Jing looked pitifully at Lu Ze. "Ze, I'm missing some dishes to complement my wine."

Qiuyue Hesha also looked seductively at Lu Ze and said softly, "Little brother Lu Ze, I want to eat too."

Lin Ling blinked her eyes and smiled. "I haven't cooked these few days, Ze, I want some too." Ze: "..."

Since when were these three so shameless?!

They didn't even let him play with them, and now, they wanted his food?

No way, he wasn't going to give them anything!

At this time, he saw a shallow mark under Qiuyue Hesha's neck.

Lu Ze felt dazed at the discovery. Sword wound?

Were her injuries still not healed yet?

It seemed they really were fighting with their lives against the Lord of Eternal Life.

Subsequently, he looked at Nangong Jing.

Her robes were wrapped rather tight. Lu Ze didn't see any wounds, but she probably did receive some.

He couldn't resist asking, "Your wounds haven't healed yet?"

Qiuyue Hesha was caught off-guard. She then looked inside her face blushed a little, and then, she grinned. "Your eyes are misbehaving."

Lu Ze said seriously, "Your skin is so white, so that wound is really obvious."

Qiuyue Hesha blinked. "You've got a sweet mouth."

Following this, she stretched out, and the robes slid down a little, revealing more of her skin.

She didn't mind and just smiled. "The wounds are pretty much healed. There's only a little remaining. Don't worry."

Lu Ze nodded.

He looked at the regeneration god art orb in his mental dimension and thought, 'He didn't really need these. He would find a time to give these to them as well, so they could be safer.'

Lu Ze took out the food and smiled. "Let's start eating."

After dinner, everyone discussed and came to a conclusion to leave Gracious System, return to Dawn System, and then proceed to Earth. The main reason was that Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha missed Yingying a bit, especially because they hadn't seen her for a long time.

The group settled on this decision and left the hotel.

Thereafter, they flew up and headed outside Xingzhan City. In the air, Qiuyue Hesha joked with Lu Ze. "You're really popular. That girl at the front desk looked like she wanted to eat you."

Nangong Jing and Lin Ling also threw teasing glances at Lu Ze.

Lu Ze: "..."

He said innocently, "It's not my fault. It's all my charisma's fault."

What could he do?

He was also suffering.

The other three: "..."

Lin Ling could not stop herself from complaining. "So narcissistic."

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha nodded in agreement.

Lu Ze looked at Qiuyue Hesha. "Teacher Qiuyue, they can say I'm narcissistic, but you're clearly more narcissistic than I am."

Nangong Jing and Lin Ling nodded in agreement once again after hearing his words. Nangong Jing laughed happily. "Hahaha... Fox demon, did you hear that?"

Qiuyue Hesha raised a brow and grinned. "Is that so?"

Lu Ze sneered after seeing the threatening look of the latter. "Teacher Qiuyue, don't you know what sort of person I am? Am I the type of person to be threatened? You're clearly City Charming, how can it be narcissism? I was just joking." Nangong Jing: "..." Lin Ling: "..."

Qiuyue Hesha nodded with satisfaction. "Little brother Lu Ze is the best."

Outside Xingzhan City, the four stopped at the tall plains. Nangong Jing took out Golden Whirl. Lu Ze looked at this with some anticipation.

Soon, he would have a private ship like this.

Suddenly, Lu Ze thought of something.

He looked at Qiuyue Hesha. "Teacher Qiuyue, you're a young duke too. You have a private ship too, right?"

He had never seen hers after all.

Qiuyue Hesha nodded. "Of course, but because we don't need to use two ships together, I haven't been using mine. If I go out alone, I would use it then."

Qiuyue Hesha grinned at Lu Ze. "Do you want to sit in my ship?"

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She slid her fingers across Lu Ze's face and said seductively, "If we go out alone, we can go in my ship." Lu Ze: "..."

He didn't even look at Qiuyue Hesha. There was no way he believed that.

She saw that Lu Ze didn't take the bait and shook her head in dismay.

At this moment, the ship doors opened, and the group quickly went in.

Inside the ship, Lu Ze sat down and looked at the gradually diminishing planet Gracious.

He felt a little complicated. He hadn't been here for long, but he had experienced a lot here.

He even had a life and death experience.

At this time, Lu Ze recalled something and spoke seriously, "I just remembered something very serious."

The other three girls looked over in confusion.

Lin Ling blinked her eyes. "What is it?"

Lu Ze smiled. "That Ling Dongyu still owes me a lot of Xingzhan fruit pancakes!"

"For all that I've done, I'm going to ask for 100... no, 200... no, 500!" The three girls: "..." Then, Lin Ling said, "I want 500 too."

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha looked at Lin Ling in disbelief.

Was this the Lin Ling they knew? Nangong Jing asked, "What is that Xingzhan fruit pancake... is it delicious?"

Lu Ze quickly nodded. "Of course!"

"Although it wasn't similar to Alice's cooking, it is still rather tasty due to the ingredient."

Suddenly, Lu Ze's expression changed, and he asked, "Are Lin Dongyu and the rest fine?"

Nangong Jing smiled. "They are fine. We came back with them.".

Lu Ze immediately breathed easy when he heard the response. Thereafter, Qiuyue Hesha said, "But if you want him to give you that food, it would probably take a few days. They will be very busy dealing with the aftermath of the void beast incidents."

Lu Ze wasn't too happy, but he had no choice in the end.

He could only nod in return. "Okay, I'll remind him in a few days."

The ship flew across the air and toward Dawn System.

Inside the living room, they weren't in a rush to go back to cultivation.

They needed some rest to relax their tension after the war.

Lu Ze was chatting with Lu Li and Alice.

They were more concerned about his young duke appointment.

Nangong Jing was happily sipping her wine while Qiuyue Hesha was watching her concert videos.

As for Lin Ling, she was watching the news.

Their names appeared in almost every news Jing and Qiuyue Hesha slew the Lord of Eternal Life while being a mortal evolution state and then helped Northern Border Commander Yue Jing kill Blade Demon General Kakaroya. They even went back to Ena System to slaughter a few planetary state void beasts. They were viral now.

Among the young dukes, their combat power had exceeded others by quite a margin.

Lu Ze had the attention of countless people too.

Comparatively, Lin Ling didn't have any absurd combat record.

Her killing level five mortal evolution state void beast at aperture opening state with 600 apertures was already extremely absurd, but Lu Ze, Nangong Jing, and Qiuyue Hesha were more absurd.

Despite so, she's still renowned as the strongest female young duke in the next generation.

At this moment, Lin Ling saw a report, and her mouth twitched. "Sister Jing, Hesha, and Ze, come look at this."

"What happened?"

Upon noticing the curious glances of the other three, Lin Ling projected the report in the air for everyone to see.

Lu Ze and the rest looked over. When they saw the title, the expressions on all of their faces turned strange.

"Discovery! The secrets of the number one prodigy of the new generation, Lu Ze, young duke Jing, young duke Hesha, and Lin Ling."

*Cough* *Cough*

Nangong Jing immediately spat out the wine in her mouth.

Meanwhile, Lu Ze and Qiuyue Hesha were dazed too.

Lu Ze asked in confusion, "Is there some secret between us?"

How come he didn't know about it?

The other three shook their heads in unison.

Lin Ling thought about things, and her eyes flashed. "Close friends?"

Nangong Jing touched the corner of her mouth. "Teacher-student relationship? A really close one?"

Qiuyue Hesha played with her hair and smiled. "Sugar daddy and sugar baby relationship?"

Lin Ling and Nangong Jing: "?"

They then realized that this wasn't wrong. Lu Ze had been giving them red orbs after all.

However, that statement was a strange way to put it. Their faces became a little red.

Even Lu Ze felt awkward.

The statement was simply too misleading.

Thereafter, they started to look at the content.

"Young duke Jing and Hesha showed their mighty power at the northern border-killing Lord of Eternal Life Frudenand and helping Lieutenant General Yue Jing kill Blade Demon General Kakaroya. But after that battle, they were heavily injured. Still, they didn't stop at all and made their way to Ena System's defense line? The reason? What could make them go there at all costs?"

Following that, a photo of Lu Ze and Lin Ling was included.

"Please look at these photos-young duke Jing and Hesha looking at the heavily-injured Lu Ze with worry and a trace of love." *Cough* *Cough* Nangong Jing was shocked once again.

She silently put down her bottle. She couldn't drink anymore while reading this report.

On the side, Lu Ze felt a headache.

The alcoholic and fox demon was really caring toward him, but who would believe it was love?

They didn't even believe it themselves.

"At the same time, Lin Ling came to Lu Ze immediately when the latter was heavily injured and carried him in her arms. Her eyes were also worried and revealed a trace of love."

Lu Ze: "... Who wrote this. They can't even use different words?"

Lin Ling laughed and rolled her eyes at Lu Ze.

"From this, one can conclude that there's a love square between the four great prodigies! Shocking! Who would've thought that Lu Ze is not only a prodigy in battle and cultivation but also a prodigy in love?! No, he's the public enemy of males!"

Qiuyue Hesha and Nangong Jing didn't know what to say.

Right then, Qiuyue Hesha smiled at Lu Ze. "Little brother Lu Ze, a love prodigy and public enemy of males, how do you feel?"

Lu Ze answered, "Very good, why would I not be satisfied with it when the three most excellent girls of the Federation like me? The title of public enemy can't suit me any better."

Qiuyue Hesha rolled her eyes. "You wish."

On the other hand, Nangong Jing's face looked lifeless. Alice already had some misunderstanding about her yesterday. Now, it would only become worse.

Not too good. And her grandpa...

She suddenly didn't want to go back anymore. Who knew what her grandpa would do?!

Lin Ling said, "Sister Jing and Hesha are very popular. Ze, look at the comments." Immediately, the other three looked over curiously. "I object to this marriage!"

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"What a playboy! Isn't he going to be appointed as a young duke? His title should be 'Playboy Young Duke'."

"I think he doesn't deserve to be young duke!"

"Admit it, you men are jealous!"

"I admire young duke Jing and the rest... does little brother Lu Ze still need someone to warm his bed? I'm good-looking and 36E."

"I feel the editor is extreme. Perhaps, they're just close."

The comments had reached more than 100 million.

Most of the guys were saying Lu Ze was being a playboy and didn't deserve the three.

Meanwhile, the girls were admiring the alcoholic.

However, there were no curses and undermining comments. After all, they had all made huge contributions to the Federation.

Lu Ze looked at the comments with a serious face. Lin Ling looked curiously at Lu Ze and asked, "What happened?" Lu Ze frowned. "They want to give me the young duke title 'Playboy'." Just imagine when people introduced him as Playboy Young Duke. That was too embarrassing.

Lin Ling, Nangong Jing, and Qiuyue Hesha thought of that scene too and laughed.

"Playboy Young Duke... haha! That's a great title!"

Nangong Jing slapped Lu Ze's shoulder. This title was worse than hers.

Lu Ze expressionlessly slapped away Nangong Jing's paw.

At the same time, on planet Lan Jiang, in Lu Li's room, Lu Li was also reading this report.

She frowned after seeing half of it and threw her phone on the bed. She also collapsed into the bed.

It had only been a few months and they were already this close?

When he came back, she was going to show him what's up!

In Alice's room, Alice had a complicated expression. Was sister Jing that close to senior Ze already? However, she already asked sister Jing about him.

Sister Jing didn't even tell her! It seemed they were competitors now.

On the Golden Whirl, Lu Ze lay on the sofa while looking lifeless. The occasional glances of the other three girls made him uncomfortable by the Young Duke...

At this moment, a notification could be heard. "The ship is about to enter warp travel."

Qiuyue Hesha got up and stretched. "GO cultivate."

Lin Ling nodded with firm eyes.

Nangong Jing finished her last bit of alcohol and got up. "Fox demon, let's see who reaches the planetary state first."

Qiuyue Hesha flicked her pink hair and said, "You're losing for sure."

Nangong Jing sneered. "That's what I should be saying."

Soon, they all returned to their rooms. Lu Ze sat on the bed with a hopeful mindset. He was about to enter the third map!

What will the third map look like? Lu Ze slowly closed his eyes as his consciousness drifted into that familiar dark space.

Soon, the entrance to the third map appeared. Lu Ze peered in and saw that it wasn't too similar to the first and second maps.

The inside seemed to contain a patch of barren earth. There were just a few occasional trees and grass.

He couldn't see much, but just this small patch of wilderness made Lu Ze's eyes lit up.

It was different! Finally, there was a change.

What other changes would there be?

Lu Ze took a deep breath and connected his mind to the third map. When he regained his vision, he was inside the map.

He then looked around. It was a boundless wilderness. Occasionally, there would be a tree standing there.

Some trees were just a few hundred meters tall, but others were a few thousand meters tall. Their leaves were lush, covering the barren ground like huge umbrellas.

There were also small patches of greenish-yellow grass. The grass was only a meter tall.

At the same time, there were violent winds from time to time. They brought up storms of sand and stones.

Lu Ze breathed in the dry air, and he felt great. Amazing! It was finally not the smell of grass anymore.

New map! New beginnings!

Lu Ze grinned. Shake in fear, prey on this map!

Just as Lu Ze was rejoicing, there was a sudden slight vibration from the ground. In turn, Lu Ze tensed up and looked toward the direction of the movement. A few thousand kilometers away, the dust rolled-forming a huge yellow earth dragon.

There seemed to be a cluster of animals running across the field. Due to their actions, the dust rose up to nearly 100 meters in the air.

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The dust storm was rapidly closing in. In just tens of seconds, the dragon was just a hundred kilometers away from Lu Ze.

Lu Ze watched the scene in a dazed manner. There were about 30 huge rabbits happily running. They soon passed the area in front of Lu Ze and kept running to his right. The rabbits were constantly running to the point that they had crossed over a few thousand kilometers.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched.

Fat rabbits! Even in the third map, you can still manage to survive tenaciously!

The rabbits were about 10 meters high at the shoulder. The tallest was not taller than 15 meters. Their entire bodies were earth-yellow in color. Such color was quite similar to the wilderness around them. If it weren't for Lu Ze's good eyesight, maybe he wouldn't notice them at all.

Lu Ze touched his chin. Because they were the first monster Lu Ze encountered on the third map, he should give them a good name.

Since they were rabbits and could cross the wild...

He would call them 'range rabbits'!

Lu Ze felt disappointed. They clearly passed by him, but they didn't attack him at all?

These rabbits didn't seem too strong?

Since they didn't fight him, then he should take the initiative.

He sensed their cultivation level when they ran past. These rabbits were only at level one to two of the mortal evolution state. The one leading the pack, which was nearly 15 meters tall, was only at level three of the mortal evolution state. Lu Ze grinned.

Too weak!

They couldn't compare with the rabbit boss from the previous map at all.

His body flashed with green light, turning into jade-colored wind blades.

In a short instant, there were more than 100 wind blades around him.

His wind god art was really strong now too. The power of green jade slash could reach level three of the mortal evolution state.

Green jade slash was enough for these weak rabbits!

Lu Ze said plainly, "Die!"

Subsequently, he waved his right hand, and a group of green jade slash flew toward the range rabbits.

Most of the green jade slash went for the level three mortal evolution state rabbit while the remaining proceeded to cut through the other ones.

The long ears of the rabbits suddenly shot up, and their bodies quickly stopped sprinting.

The leading rabbit turned around and roared, "Gugugu!"

Its body flashed with dense earthlight, which spread to wrap the entire pack of rabbits.

The green jade slashes hacked on the barrier.

Rumble rumble rumble...

Explosions then occurred. The green jade slashes continuously clashed with the barrier until the former finally shattered, creating a powerful aftermath that covered the entire area surrounding them. As a result, a not too deep mark was left on the ground.

On the other hand, the yellow barrier remained unscathed. It didn't even shake!

Lu Ze looked at this in disbelief.

"It was stopped?!"

Even a level four mortal evolution state wouldn't be able to block 100 green jade slash so easily.

He looked strangely at the pack of range rabbits. Were they hacking?!

Suddenly, he felt a cold sensation in his heart. His skin crawled, and he quickly teleported a thousand meters away.

In the next moment, without a warning, earth spears of a few hundred meters long soared into the sky. They shot toward Lu Ze's previous location.

Oh my!

That method of attack contained at least a level six mortal evolution state power!

How was this possible?!

He looked at the leading rabbit as if it was a ghost. Did it just unleash a level six mortal evolution state power while only reaching level three of the mortal evolution state?

Was it a young duke?

Originally, even the alcoholic and fox demon could only barely fight against those who were four levels above. Didn't this mean that the fat rabbit had approximately the same power similar to the previous capability of the other two?

Those two were already top young dukes. Under normal circumstances, most young dukes struggled to fight against those who were three levels above.

So in conclusion, most of the young dukes were weaker than a rabbit?!

Lu Ze could feel his mind trembling.

There was a problem with this map, wasn't there?!

Just a random rabbit was this absurd? How could he even play? Thereafter, he felt a cold sensation again.

He planned to use space jump to dodge it once more. However, the rabbit suddenly stomped on the ground and roared.

Immediately, Lu Ze felt that the surrounding space was bound by an invisible force. It became several times more difficult to use space transmission.

Oh shit!

Lu Ze infused more energy to his power and used space jump again.

Immediately, earth spears shot out again, barely missing him.

Beads of sweat trickled on Lu Ze's forehead. This was too dangerous! He didn't think this rabbit could interfere with space through its god art!The rabbit couldn't completely block the space around him, but just a small interference was hard enough.

Even with his black gold armor and physical defense, he would either die or be heavily injured from taking a spear.

He could use regeneration god art to recover, but in the pocket hunting dimension, he couldn't use red orbs to recover his energy. His recovery wouldn't' be able to keep up for long.

Lu Ze's mouth spasmed. It seemed that the rabbit mastered earth god art.

Its mastery was rather high, or it wouldn't be able to fight beyond its level so much.

If its attack could reach level six of the mortal evolution state, then its defenses shouldn't be far off.

Lu Ze's heart ached. He might not even be able to beat a rabbit...

But who can tell the results when he hadn't even tried his strongest attack?!

Lu Ze sighed a bit and gazed at the yellow barrier.

Right now, he wanted to test the strength of this barrier. Just as Lu Ze was thinking about such, that huge rabbit flashed with yellow light again.

Lu Ze didn't wait for the rabbit to attack. He employed brute force to break through the space lock and used space transmission once more.

This time, he appeared only 100 kilometers away from the rabbit pack.

Immediately, he flashed with purple-red lightning and formed a lightning spear.

The lightning spear emitted a terrifying chi. As his lightning god art transformed into blood lightning to a certain extent, the power of his lightning spear got stronger and stronger.

The power of his lightning spear was approaching level six of the mortal evolution state.

In fact, this was the range of Lu Ze's power without his combat armor. If he were to add his combat armor, then the overall power of his attack might be even stronger.

The rabbit roared again after sensing the power of the lightning spear.

Following that, the barrier around its pack grew denser in color.

The lightning spear shot out and collided heavily against the barrier.

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Rumble! The violent power surged as bolts of lightning shot in all directions. Simultaneously, the earth sunk while several wide cracks, looking like a spider web, appeared on the ground.

Under the terrifying power of the lightning spear, the barrier trembled violently. Thereafter, slight cracks appeared within the barrier. However, a yellow light flashed in an instant, and then, the previous cracks disappeared.

Lu Ze: "..."

This defense was stronger than he had thought!

His lightning spear was rather strong, and yet, it could only create a mere crack like that? Most importantly, it was repaired all at once in just a blink!?

Lu Ze flashed with silver color and dodged another incoming earth spear.

When he appeared again, he was a few hundred kilometers away. Instantly, he fled from the scene.

These rabbits were too strong.

Lu Ze didn't even look back as he switched between Blue Bird 1 divine art and space transmission. After flying out a few thousand kilometers and confirming that the rabbits didn't chase after him anymore, he finally stopped.

He landed on the ground and panted.

That lightning spear was his full-powered attack. Without the support of red orbs, he could only use a few of those lightning spears. He also kept using space transmission to run. Right now, he felt he was drained.

After half a minute, Lu Ze slowly recovered.

He frowned as he thought about that battle.

Just then, it was only the leader rabbit who fought against him and defended the entire pack. The other rabbits didn't attack.

At first, Lu Ze thought they didn't need to, but when he ran, those rabbits didn't chase over.

Lu Ze had a guess.

Perhaps those other rabbits were weak, and he just happened to encounter a very strong rabbit? Otherwise, judging from how ferocious they were, there was no reason for them to stop chasing after him when he just launched an attack toward them.

Lu Ze felt he should try finding other living organisms.

Moreover, there was another problem.

Lu Ze furrowed his brows. He then raised his right foot and stomped on the ground.

Rumble!

The ground cracked, spreading out a cobweb-like pattern across a few hundred meters.

Indeed...

The ground was so tough on this map. Lu Ze panted and stop pondering about this matter.

Just like the other two maps, he knew nothing upon entering. As such, he had to explore things himself.

He estimated that this map's boss was probably stronger than he could imagine.

After all, a rabbit on par with a young duke appeared in just among tens of rabbits. If it was a rabbit overlord...

Lu Ze didn't feel so good. He was indeed a noob.

Lu Ze flew across thousands of kilometers, but he didn't find any other beasts.

After flying for another ten thousand kilometers, Lu Ze finally sensed a chi belonging to a beast.

He immediately headed toward that direction, and soon, he found another pack of range rabbits on a grassy plain. There were around 60 of them.

Lu Ze watched from a tall tree a few hundred kilometers away. From his spot, he found one mortal evolution state at level four, six mortal evolution state at level three, and 21 mortal evolution state at level two. The rest of the rabbits were at level one of the mortal evolution state.

They were happily grazing on the grass.

Lu Ze's eyes flashed, and he locked his eyes on the level one mortal evolution state rabbit on the side.

He didn't feel that all the rabbits knew god art, but what if they did?

In that case, a rabbit who had a power at level two of the mortal evolution state would release an attack at level five of the mortal evolution state.

The only one he could take on easily was a level one mortal evolution state rabbit.

Thinking about this, Lu Ze wanted to cry.

Outside, he could even fight a planetary state void beast, but on the third map, he could only fight a level one mortal evolution state.

The reality was tough. Lu Ze stared at the rabbit. Subsequently, he flashed with a silver light. He crossed a few hundred kilometers instantly and appeared next to the rabbit that was his target.

Then, he released a purple-red lightning spear!

Rumble!

Before the rabbit could even react, the purple stream instantly penetrated its body, annihilating its life force.

"Gu!"

"Gugu!"

The other rabbits looked over and were furious.

Lu Ze felt a shivering sensation before he could rejoice. He quickly flashed in silver light and disappeared.

Screech!

Tens of earth spears shot up, and a few of them even reached a power at level seven of the mortal evolution state!

Space was twisted from the stirring of these earth spears. Most of their power was at level six of the mortal evolution state.

Lu Ze appeared a thousand meters away. Before he could even rest, he felt the same sensation once more, and he quickly used space transmission.

Right now, Lu Ze sensed a far stronger space interference than before. He gritted his teeth and used his god art frantically.

Finally, Lu Ze moved a few hundred meters away, barely dodging tens of earth spears.

Lu Ze's face became pale. These rabbits weren't rabbits at all! How were rabbits this fierce?

The interference in space was clearly done by several rabbits. Just moving a few hundred meters consumed an energy equivalent to moving tens of kilometers.

If this continued, he would soon run out of energy...

Once more, a familiar sensation dawned on Lu Ze. He could only use space jump in response. In a short while, Lu Ze space jumped ten times.

His face was getting paler and paler. With the constant depletion of Lu Ze's energy, he was getting weaker and weaker.

At this moment, Lu Ze glanced at the place where the rabbit died. He could see the dust on the ground, along with six bright red orbs and five mysterious orbs.

He rejoiced and quickly jumped toward that location. Subsequently, he grabbed all the orbs as fast as he could.

As soon as he was done, he felt a petrifying sensation once more.

Before he could move, more than ten spears penetrated his body.

Lu Ze's vision went dark. Soon, he was back in his room.

His face was pale from all that pain. This was just from a level one mortal evolution state rabbit.

He had killed so many mortal evolution state bosses on the second map, and yet, on the third map, he was bullied by rabbits again?! Half an hour later, Lu Ze recovered, but he didn't get up immediately. He thought about this hunt.

The beasts on the third map were infinitely much stronger than he had imagined.

Along with a god art, range rabbits that reached level three of the mortal evolution state possessed a defense that was at the peak of level six of the mortal evolution state, as well as an attack at level six of the mortal evolution last level four mortal evolution state rabbit had an attack that was at level seven of the mortal evolution state. Its defense might be unknown, but it was probably not lower than level seven of the mortal evolution state.

Despite this... not all range rabbits knew earth god art. Moreover, not all level three mortal evolution state range rabbits had god art.

Back then, he was secretly observing while he attacked. Based on his findings, only those rabbits which were at level three and level four of the mortal evolution state had earth god art.

If that was the case, then next time he would need to find a pack where the strongest was at level two of the mortal evolution state.

Otherwise, he would have to settle for other beasts.

Despite everything, there was still an advantage for Lu Ze. At least, the beasts on the third map weren't ferocious. They didn't attack him on sight.

Perhaps, the beasts on the third map weren't inherently cruel?

Lu Ze was a little moved by this.

When he finished analyzing the information on the third map, Lu Ze closed his eyes and began to prepare for cultivation.

Subsequently, his mental force entered his mental dimension. In addition to the blood lightning and lightning divine art rune, there were six more red orbs and five purple orbs.

Their quality was slightly inferior to the ones from the overlords of the second map, but they are much substantial in quantity.

In general, it would be useful enough for the current Lu Ze.

He then fell into contemplation as he looked at the collection of orbs. When Lu Ze fought against the rabbits, the latter, through their own god art, constantly interfered with his space god art. As a consequence, he had to consume much more energy than usual.

It seemed that these beasts were smarter than void beasts. If only they could be as dumb as those void beasts.

Since his space transmission was suppressed during combat, he needed to rethink his speed.

Lu Ze was originally planning to improve his black gold combat armor to an experienced level, but now, there was an apparent need for him to enhance his Blue Bird 1 divine art instead.

His cultivation level also needs to advance as well.

As long as he can break through to the mortal evolution state, those level three mortal evolution state rabbits would definitely be no match for him.

Lu Ze looked at the orbs and drew a purple orb inside him. Then, with a clear mind, Lu Ze started learning the Blue Bird 1 divine art.

Eight hours later, Lu Ze opened his eyes. He used up four purple orbs. As a result, his Blue Bird 1 divine art improved quite a bit. However, he still needed some time to reach a familiar level of mastery.

Lu Ze sighed and got off the bed. He walked toward the living room. No one was there.

Following that, Lu Ze had some food before returning to his room.

This time, he consumed the red orbs to increase his spirit force. Once he had enough spirit force, he would be able to break through to the mortal evolution state.

Those red orbs at level one of the mortal evolution state weren't too effective for Lu Ze. Still, they weren't entirely useless in terms of building up spirit force.

A tinge of pain overtook Lu Ze's senses. He then raised a brow. This pain was nothing. It was almost like a massage.

Eventually, he used his mental force to bring the second orb into his body.

The pain suddenly rose a level, but it still wasn't intense enough.

Without hesitation, Lu Ze brought the third orb inside. The pain escalated again.

It was fine...

He could still add more if pain tolerance was his only concern. However, if he put another orb, his body might not be able to handle it.

At that point, he would be forced to use his energy to activate his regeneration god art that will repair the wounds. As such, his current state was much more preferable—it was just right.

Two and a half hours later, he used up the three orbs. Without stopping, he used three more.

Another two and a half hours later, Lu Ze opened his eyes and exhaled slightly.

Perhaps his foundation was too solid, the spirit force he needed to break through to the mortal evolution state was too much. The six red orbs, which were at level one of the mortal evolution state, could only account for less than 1% of what he actually needed.

In conclusion, he might need 600 orbs at level one of the mortal evolution state to successfully break through to the mortal evolution state.

This meant about 100 range rabbits which had reached level one of the mortal evolution state.

As it turned out, he was going to become a rabbit hunter once more.

His body underwent some considerable pain after that five hours of intense cultivation. After such, he got off his bed to stretch his body and then took out Alice's food.

Half an hour later, Lu Ze regained his prime condition and happily sat back on his bed.

His red orbs were depleted, and there was one purple orb remaining, so he closed his eyes to learn Blue Bird 1 divine art.

Two hours later, the purple orb was used up. Accordingly, Lu Ze began to use the purple aperture opening state ones, so he could carry on with learning Blue Bird 1 divine art.

Soon, it was already night time. Lu Ze proceeded to enter the third map.

On the barren land, a fierce glint could be seen within Lu Ze's eyes. He was going to farm well!

A green light wrapped around Lu Ze's body, eventually turning him into a green stream. Quickly, he disappeared from his current spot. Although his Blue Bird 1 divine art couldn't reach an experienced level of mastery, there was still some noticeable improvements. Using just a few seconds, Lu Ze had already crossed thousands of kilometers.

Thereafter, Lu Ze could sense some chi coming from a few thousand kilometers to the left. He immediately flew toward that direction.

Lu Ze landed on the ground and hid behind a tree that was a few hundred meters tall as he peaked at the three huge figures.

They were like boars that were about 20 meters tall and bulky. These beasts were covered in earth-like armor while their fangs protruded more than 10 meters.

Their teeth slid across the earth, and the tough ground was effortlessly sliced open like tofu.

Lu Ze thought he should give them a name.

How about stone-armored boars?

Two of them were at level four of the mortal evolution state while one was at level five of the same state.

Why did he feel that these boars were as strong as the rabbits?

Should he fight them?

Did they have god art?

Just by judging based on their armors, Lu Ze felt that they had earth god art. Despite taking such fact into consideration, Lu Ze wouldn't feel satisfied unless he fought against them.

How could he be scared before fighting?Lu Ze flashed with purple-red light. Simultaneously, a lightning spear was formed, heading toward the level five mortal evolution state boar.

On the other hand, the boars immediately noticed Lu Ze. His target then raised its massive head. That level five boar subsequently roared, and similar to the rabbits previously, a barrier that had the color of the earth was formed.

Rumble!

An ear-deafening sound occurred as the lightning spear clashed with the barrier.

However, Lu Ze didn't even stop to check the aftermath. Instead, he directly flashed out a few hundred kilometers away.

It was the boss!

A level five mortal evolution state beast with earth god art! Meaning, its attack and defense would reach level seven of the mortal evolution state-if not eight.

Run quickly!

"Roar!"

Lu Ze had just flown for a thousand kilometers when he heard an angry growl coming from his behind. Along with those sounds, there was this powerful chi approaching him as well.

However, due to the limited increase in speed brought about by the earth god art, the speed of that level five stone-armored board just then could not even reach level six of the mortal evolution state.

Since its speed could only reach level five of the mortal evolution state, it ended up far behind Lu Ze.

After covering a few thousand kilometers, Lu Ze soon landed on the ground. Subsequently, he used his chi stealth technique. Thereafter, he changed direction and quickly took off.

When Lu Ze had run for nearly ten thousand kilometers once more, he finally couldn't sense the powerful chi from before. Accordingly, he stopped.

Lu Ze wiped some sweat from his forehead. These boars were much more ferocious than the rabbits. Those rabbits didn't even chase after him, but these boars did.

Luckily at a far distance, his space transmission couldn't be interfered with. It would be more convenient for him to escape with such god art.

Lu Ze felt great at this moment. He ran super fast!

However, after noticing his depleted energy, his earlier delightful mood sunk again. Without the supply of red orbs, he wouldn't be able to hold up well if he were to continue running with just his regeneration god art.

Lu Ze looked around and saw that there was no danger, so he sat down to recover his stamina.

After just a few dozen seconds, Lu Ze had completely recovered. He got up and flew toward another direction.

Lu Ze didn't dare to give up!

It was impossible that weaker beasts did not exist on this map.

It must be that he hadn't flown far away enough yet!

Half an hour later, Lu Ze snuck into some dry bushes. He peeked at an enormous figure a few hundred kilometers away.

It was a feline animal-about 30 meters from the shoulder—with a faint golden fur. This creature had extremely sharp teeth.

Every time it raised its claws, Lu Ze could see that such knife-like claws were a few meters long with a faint golden color as well. Its claws sliced across the air, and the air itself seemed to have been sliced apart.

Moreover, every time its thick tail swept, waves of violent winds would be created, blowing the sand away from the ground.

On its back, a row of a few meter tall golden needles was erected.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched.

He couldn't mess with this...

Just from its chi, the animal had already reached level six of the mortal evolution state. Even if it didn't have god art, Lu Ze might not be able to beat it. On the other hand, if it had god art, then, in that case, Lu Ze might not be even able to escape.

Was there no ordinary prey for him to hunt?

Lu Ze slowly moved away. After a while, Lu Ze remembered that he hadn't named the cat yet.

It resembled a tiger, was golden, and had needles. As such, he would call it 'golden needle tiger'!

Half an hour later, Lu Ze hid at the top of a one-kilometer tall tree and looked at the huge beast on the ground.

That beast was 100 meters tall. Its body was covered in red scales.

In addition, it had thick hind legs and comparatively thinner front legs. Its head had three sharp red horns that looked hideous. Somehow, it was a bit similar to a T-Rex, but it was much more ferocious.

With every step it made, the entire ground trembled. At the same time, the air was twisted around it. Steam was even coming out. Clearly, the temperature was extremely high.

At this moment, the beast suddenly roared.

The terrifying air and sound wave swept over a hundred kilometers. Within the affected range, the leaves shuffled and fell. Even though Lu Ze was a few hundred kilometers away, he could still feel the surrounding temperature rise.

Lu Ze: "..."

When would he be able to beat this?!

Its cultivation level had already reached level eight of the mortal evolution state, and clearly, that beast had fire god art!

Its power should not be weaker than a mortal evolution state at the peak stage. Perhaps, its power might be even close to the planetary state rather?

Oh my god...

This map was too dangerous! There were bosses everywhere!

Suddenly, a black beam appeared in the air, instantly penetrating through the head of the beast before Lu Ze. As a consequence, its head hit the ground heavily. Screech!

There was a smooth huge hole left on the ground. Black smoke was coming out of such hole—there wasn't even a trace of cracks around it.

Lu Ze: "?"

He could only look at the corpse of the terrifying beast. Everything happened so quickly that Lu Ze didn't have enough time to react accordingly.

Boss?

How did you die like that, boss?

Lu Ze snuck behind the leaves and tried his best to conceal his chi—not daring to move.

At this moment, a black and white beam flew over and landed next to the beast's body.

Lu Ze watched silently-leading him to identify the perpetrator. It turned out to be two massive snakes. Their bodies were over a thousand meters long. Both appeared to be extremely pretty, as though they were made of white and black jade respectively.

Wait!

Lu Ze suddenly had the feeling that these two snakes were quite familiar. He seemed to have seen the two on the second map.

They were the ones who were displaying their affections publicly. At that time, Lu Ze sensed that these two bosses were extremely strong. However, he didn't expect them to be this strong!

Their chi was approaching the planetary state, and by the looks of it, they definitely had god art.

So... their combat power was not lower than the planetary state, right?

Perhaps they were on par with the alcoholic and fox demon, weren't they?

Lu Ze could not help but shrink before the domineering beasts. They probably didn't have an appetite for someone as small as him, right?

Luckily, these two didn't seem to be interested in him. They immediately flew up, carrying along the body of the dead beast through the black smoke which wrapped around the latter.

Fortunately, he was small.

Lu Ze was proud of his size. After waiting for a while, Lu Ze left the tree and flew off.

In the ensuing three hours, Lu Ze flew over hundreds of thousands of kilometers. He had found several new beasts.

For instance, there was a beautiful fox that was nearly 30 meters tall. Its fur was burning. Hence, Lu Ze named it 'firefox'.

There was another goat-like beast that had one faint golden horn. It was earth-yellow in color with a height of nearly 30 meters tall. Lu Ze called it 'golden-horned goat'.

That flock had a few hundred of them. Their manner of walking was extremely cocky.

Some beasts lived alone while some lived together. Those beasts who were independent were very strong. They had reached, at least, level five of the mortal evolution state. Meanwhile, those who lived in packs had beasts at level two and level three of the mortal evolution state.

Lu Ze had scoured for a long period of time. As such, he couldn't help but admit in defeat that he was probably only capable of beating the rabbits and nothing else. This was agonizing for him.

Even that could cost him his life...

So, was he a noob hunter again?After seeing numerous bosses, Lu Ze wasn't hopeful of leaving the pocket hunting dimension alive. Still, his death should at least be meaningful. He couldn't just die from killing a level one mortal evolution state range rabbit.

This time, he had to kill two at least.

Soon, he had stumbled upon an extremely wide barren plain. He didn't sense any danger in the air, so he flew forward. However, he still couldn't see the border of the plain.

Lu Ze raised his brow. At an extremely far side of the plain, there was an area that was protruding. It seemed like a mountain range. He thought about it for a moment. In the end, he decided to visit that location.

He landed on the ground once more and

meters tall. Lu Ze's body was completely covered by the grass.

He slowly walked toward the mountain range. However, Lu Ze halted his movements soon.

Within a thousand-kilometer radius from him, Lu Ze noticed the presence of six chi. Their chi was, at most, at level three of the mortal evolution state.

Lu Ze thought about it for a moment and moved closer to the chi that was at level three of the mortal evolution state.

Soon, he discovered the owner of the chi by peering through the grass. It turned out to be a grazing range rabbit. Lu Ze's eyes lit up. After seeing so many bosses, he realized just how cute these range rabbits were.

Up until now, he had only found range rabbits that were at level one of the mortal evolution state.

Lu Ze decided to accept the fate of being a rabbit-killer.

He then silently retreated because he didn't know whether this range rabbit had earth god art. If it did, then he could still flee. However, running away would be a waste of time, and it wouldn't provide any benefits to Lu Ze.

Right now, his target should be those rabbits that were at levels one and two of the mortal evolution state. They were easy to kill and wouldn't cause a ruckus.

Thinking about this, Lu Ze moved away. Soon, he found his target.

It was a rabbit that had only reached level one of the mortal evolution state. Within the thousand-kilometer vicinity of the level one rabbit, only two other mortal evolution state rabbits were present-one was level two while the other was level three.

Lu Ze smiled while looking at the rabbit. It was you!

His eyes went cold as he flashed in silver light. He instantly appeared next to the rabbit.

Green jade slash!

Screech!

The green jade wind blade sliced into the rabbit without resistance. This entire process was very smooth.

For Lu Ze, forming a lighting spear would require a moment. However, this wasn't the case for the green jade slash. He could use the slash as he will because he had already perfected its mastery.

Moreover, the lightning spear caused too much commotion. It might startle the other rabbits. In comparison, the green jade slash was almost a silent attack.

Sure enough, even when his target rabbit turned to dust, the other two rabbits didn't notice anything.

Lu Ze picked up the five red and purple orbs and smiled.

Great!

He could secretly hunt mortal evolution state rabbits that were level one and level two, allowing him to slowly accumulate more orbs. By the time he reached the mortal evolution state, he would show those level three mortal evolution state rabbits what's up.

Soon, Lu Ze found another level two mortal evolution state rabbit. There were also no rabbits above level three of the mortal evolution state within its thousand-kilometer vicinity.

Lu Ze grinned and used space transmission to appear next to it.

Green jade slash!

Screech!

Just like before, the green jade slash wiped out the rabbit's life force.

As Lu Ze watched the body slowly turn to dust, he felt great. It wasn't too hard.

Soon, he could be invincible!

The orbs from the level two mortal evolution state rabbits were bigger than the level one orbs. Their colors were deeper.

Keep it coming!

The plains were vast. Soon, Lu Ze found another rabbit.

It was a level one mortal evolution state range rabbit.

Lu Ze grinned and used the same tactic.

Green jade slash!

At this moment, a yellow barrier appeared around the rabbit. The green jade slash created a shocking sound when it slammed against the barrier. The violent clash of power spread over tens of kilometers.

In turn, this violent chi naturally caught the attention of the other rabbits.

Black gold battle armor appeared around Lu Ze to block this shockwave.

However, he felt stunned. Even level one mortal evolution state rabbits could have earth god art?

He had always thought that such god art could only be owned by rabbits at level three and above of the mortal evolution state.

Several beings with chi were now approaching toward Lu Ze's location. Few of them were at level three of the mortal evolution state.

Not good. There were bosses coming.

Run!

At this moment, Lu Ze felt the vicious chi from the ground.

Immediately, he moved a few hundred meters, dodging the rising earth spears.

He looked coldly at the rabbit attacking him. How dare this little thing do that!

If it was a level three mortal evolution state boss, he would run, but this rabbit was only at level one of the mortal evolution state!

Lightning spear!

Rumble!

The lightning spear pierced through the range rabbit, finally wiping out its life force.

At this juncture, Lu Ze felt a cold sensation in his heart. He quickly disappeared from the spot in silver light.

Immediately, a few hundred-meter long earth spears flew into the sky.

Lu Ze dashed toward the outside of the plain without hesitation.

Eventually, Lu Ze crossed a few thousand kilometers. Those level three mortal evolution state rabbits couldn't keep up with Lu Ze at all. Later on, he couldn't detect their chi anymore after leaving the plain.

Phew...

Lu Ze wiped the sweat from his forehead and sat on the ground while panting.

He didn't even have sufficient time to pick up the orbs dropped by that rabbit which had an earth god art.

What a pity!

But...

He still managed to kill mortal evolution state rabbits that were level one and level two respectively. That was enough resources for a day of cultivation!

This was acceptable!

Lu Ze felt happy again.

Simultaneously, he planned to go back to that place. Perhaps, the orbs were still there.

After half a minute, Lu Ze recovered and concealed his chi. Thereafter, he crept toward where the rabbit died.

A few minutes later, Lu Ze carefully moved to the location of the body.

There were six red and five purple orbs. These orbs were similar to the ones dropped by ordinary level one mortal evolution state rabbits. However, in the center, the vigorous red energy seemed to have condensed into a vibrant red liquid.

The purple orbs also condensed into a drop of mysterious purple liquid?

Would it be better in quality?

Lu Ze was hopeful.

However, Lu Ze became disappointed after discovering no god art orbs were , since he got orbs with better quality, Lu Ze was pretty satisfied.

At the same time, he had a bold idea. Since these drops wouldn't disappear, he could kill those rabbits with god art and then flee.

That way, he would acquire much more.

Thus, Lu Ze began to execute his plan.

Perhaps due to his ambush, the rabbits weren't so dispersed. They ate grass in groups of twos and threes.

Lu Ze didn't mind. He could still change places.

Ten thousand kilometers later, the rabbits in this region weren't so alert. Most of them were alone.

Seeing this, Lu Ze's smile became evil.

Two hours later.

"Gu!"

"Gugu!"

"Gugugu!"

Earth spears flew around non-stop around the grass plain. Violent chi and roars spread across the entire region.

Currently, Lu Ze's chi turned weak. His body flashed in silver color. Subsequently, he appeared a few hundred kilometers away in an instant.

Thereafter, he used Blue Bird 1 divine art to run away ceaselessly-leaving the plain quickly.

Behind him was a rabbit that over 20 meters tall. Its chi was at level four of the mortal evolution state. Accordingly, the power emitted by the earth spear was extremely alarming

He would definitely die if he took one.

Lu Ze gritted his teeth and drew out his power as much as possible. He switched between space transmission and Blue Bird 1 divine art as he fleed. It took him over a few thousand kilometers before he could escape the hunt.

He panted on the ground with some residual fear in his eyes. Lu Ze didn't expect the arrival of a terrifying rabbit on the outskirts of the plains. He almost died.

As he recovered his power, he looked at the direction of the plain. In the depts of the plain, a mountain range could be found. Lu Ze felt that he would be caught before even reaching that place.

That rabbit just then was too powerful. Perhaps, even those stone-armored boars will not be sufficient to beat it.

But...

Lu Ze also gained a lot.

In these two hours, he focused on hunting range rabbits that were at level one and level two of the mortal evolution state. He managed to kill 12 ones that were level one. Among those, three of the rabbits had earth god art.

As for level two mortal evolution state rabbits, he ended up killing 10. Two among those had earth god art. Every time he encountered a rabbit with god art, he needed to cause a big commotion to kill them. Therefore, he had to run six times.

He collected at least a hundred red and purple orbs. His only regret was that he wasn't able to obtain earth god art orbs.

Lu Ze suspected that the pocket hunting dimension devoured it.

Did he have to be on the side to get the god art orbs?

If that was the case, then he wouldn't be able to get any in a short while.

Lu Ze recovered while pondering. Soon, he was well-rested again. He then crept toward the body of that rabbit once more.

After discovering Lu Ze, the rabbits were quite alert. Still, they couldn't see the orbs after all. Lu Ze moved carefully toward the location of the body.

However, when Lu Ze saw the orbs, his eyes bulged with joy. There were six red, five purple, and one yellow orb.

Earth god art orb?

Great!

It seemed that he was going to have one extra god art!

He had been poked by earth spears from these rabbits non-stop. He wanted to try it himself!

Thinking about this, Lu Ze happily collected the orbs.

A while ago, he assumed that the pocket hunting dimension consumed the god art orbs already. In this case, was there a probability that there was a drop rate for god art orbs?

But...

This rate wasn't high. He had already killed five rabbits with god art, and yet, only one had dropped!?

Lu Ze touched his handsome face. Would one's luck drop for being too handsome?

This wasn't right!

There must be a pattern. He just couldn't grasp it yet.

Lu Ze shook his head and surveyed the surrounding chi. The rabbits were very alert, so he could only go somewhere else.

He slowly moved out. However, just when Lu Ze was only a few hundred kilometers from the outside, he felt the ground tremble.

Lu Ze felt stunned. All the rabbits seemed to have received some order because they approached the mountain range in an orderly fashion. In turn, Lu Ze carefully avoided a few rabbits passing by him.

He became confused. Since when were rabbits so orderly?

What were they planning to do? He looked into the distance. The sun was setting, and the sky was red.

It was getting dark?

Lu Ze raised his brow.

This was his first time experiencing the night on this map. Would beasts be more ferocious?

Lu Ze slowly followed. He thought that he wouldn't be able to enter that mountain range for a long while. Yet, there was such an opportunity here.

In that case, he would follow suit.

Lu Ze followed behind the rabbits. When all the rabbits entered the mountain range, Lu Ze had also approached the mountains.

Now, the sky was dark.

Unlike the second map, the night here was pure darkness. There was no light in the sky at all.

Even with Lu Ze's current power, he could only see an area of less than one kilometer.

He carefully inched toward the mountain ranges. After tens of kilometers, Lu Ze had successfully entered.

In the area, Lu Ze could only see that the mountains were piled with several yellow rocks. These rocks were uneven. At the same time, some weeds were growing around the corners.

Lu Ze climbed the rocks. He encountered some caves along the way. Some of these caves were only more than ten meters in diameter, and some managed to exceed fifty meters in diameter.

However, the inside of the caves appeared to be extremely quiet at this moment. No sounds could be heard at all.

Lu Ze went around the caves and kept climbing toward the top of the mountain.

Soon, he reached the peak.

Lu Ze then looked around. All he could see were mountains, but these mountains weren't high. Some were just a few thousand meters. On this map, even the trees were a few thousand meters tall. Instead of calling it a mountain, it was more like a hill.

From the looks of it, this hill was the hive of the rabbits.

It must be!

Back then, he was a frequent visitor of rabbit hives.

Mhm... he would be the guest at this rabbit cave.

Just as Lu Ze had such thoughts, a painful sensation overtook his senses. Thereafter, he woke up back in his room.

Lu Ze blinked his eyes.

What happened?

What attacked him?

He was on high alert!

Still, he didn't sense anything at all.

Lu Ze: "..."

Did he encounter a ghost?

Thinking about this, Lu Ze didn't feel too good. But then, his eyes flashed with sharpness. Even if it was a ghost, it was still inside in the pocket hunting dimension after all. There would be more chances to encounter it later.

Then, he would see what the ghost looked like!

Now, it was time to count the harvest

He checked his mental dimension. Subsequently, he counted carefully. Among the level one mortal evolution state orbs, 69 of them were red while 62 were purple.

Out of those red ones, 17 were dropped by rabbits with god art while 16 out of the purple ones were also dropped by such rabbits. They were different.

Meanwhile, in terms of level two mortal evolution state orbs, 53 were red and 50 were purple. 11 of the reds ones were dropped by rabbits with god art while nine of the purple ones were dropped by the said creatures.

There was also an earth god art orb.

Lu Ze counted this and smiled vibrantly.

This was a huge earning! At least, it was enough for the next few days of cultivation!

Would this be enough for him to break through to the mortal evolution state?

Lu Ze looked at his mental dimension. He thought about it for a moment before he finally decided to use the red orb left by the level one mortal evolution state rabbit with god art.

He wanted to see the difference between this and ordinary red orbs.

As soon as the red orb entered his body, it turned into dense energy that fused into his body.

Lu Ze discovered that this dense energy was similar to the red orbs dropped by the overlords on the second map. It was more pure and gentle than the ordinary red orbs dropped by range rabbits. At the same time, this kind of energy was more than twice as powerful as the regular red ones.

Lu Ze's eyes flashed with joy.

Great!

If he used such orbs, then he could cultivate twice as fast. Lu Ze then consumed two more red orbs that were dropped by rabbits with god art. The powerful force washed over his body while drawing spirit force in.

His cultivation speed really doubled. Lu Ze became quite excited.

Originally, he needed 600 red orbs to gather enough spirit force. Within five hours, he was capable of consuming six. If he used 10 hours to cultivate a day, then he could only consume 12 red orbs. In this scenario, it would take him 50 days to reach the mortal evolution state.

However, using these purer orbs, he would now only needed 20 or so days.

Time was money after all. This difference was substantial.

The stronger he got, the more powerful beasts he could slay in the pocket hunting dimension. He would also improve faster.

Lu Ze suppressed his excitement and went back into cultivation.

Two and a half hours later, Lu Ze finished consuming the three special orbs produced by level one mortal evolution state rabbits. He clutched his fists and gauged his improvement.

Lu Ze felt great. Thereafter, he set his gaze on the special red orbs dropped by level two mortal evolution state rabbits. Will the speed increase much faster this time?

With a bit of anticipation, Lu Ze guided a special red orb from level two mortal evolution state rabbits toward his body.

As soon as the orb entered his body, it transformed into a ferocious tide of energy. This energy was even better than the one he consumed previously.

He felt he could still handle some additional burden, so he drew in another special red orb.

Immediately, the powerful force ravaged his body. Blood came out of Lu Ze's mouth.

This was just about enough. If he added more, then he might end up exploding.

Subsequently, Lu Ze closed his eyes and focused on digesting energy

Two and a half hours later, Lu Ze opened his eyes once more.

These two orbs helped him cultivate twice as fast as three special orbs at level one of the mortal evolution state.

Consequently, this should mean that one special orb at level two of the mortal evolution state was equivalent to three orbs at level one of the mortal evolution state.

However, since the quality of the level two orb was higher, it was comparatively better in terms of digestibility. As such, the level two orb brought more improvements. Lu Ze had calculated that his current body could at most handle special orbs at level two of the mortal evolution state. As for a special orb at level three of the same state, Lu Ze wouldn't be able to handle even one.

At this moment, he realized that he couldn't even beat rabbits at level three of the mortal evolution state that had god arts. He shouldn't even dare to think about those special orbs then.

It dawned on Lu Ze that if he kept using level two special red orbs, then he could break through to the mortal evolution state even faster-it would only take about 10 days.

Lu Ze beamed with pleasure.

Great!

He saw that he only had nine of those level two special red orbs. Those would last him about 10 hours.

His schedule was that he would spend 10 hours cultivating spirit force, and the remaining time would be used for things like divine art and god art.

If he wanted to improve his combat power, then he couldn't just improve his foundation. The reason he could fight so many opponents that were past his own level was due to his divine art and god art being so much stronger.

Lu Ze continued his cultivation.

...

Five hours later, Lu Ze finished the last sliver of energy and slowly opened his eyes.

His eyes flashed with a tinge of pain. He used his body's toughness to forcefully cultivate. Currently, his body was throbbing.

"Not good, I can't take it. I need some rest..."

If Lu Ze didn't pursue cultivation speed, then he could just happily settle with only one orb to cultivate.

However, he needed to pay the price for choosing speed.

Lu Ze then closed his eyes and took a break.

Half an hour later, he got off the bed.

The feeling of satisfaction after a painful sensation was not bad. Lu Ze walked out of his room to take a shower.

As he walked toward the living room, he saw Qiuyue Hesha sitting lazily on the couch while wearing a loose pink bathrobe.

There was a holographic screen projected before her.

Lu Ze looked at it. It was a clip of Qiuyue Hesha wearing sexy clothes and dancing on a stage.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. How was she so excited about watching her own videos?

She was really narcissistic.

Sensing the movement behind her, Qiuyue Hesha looked around and saw Lu Ze. She grinned. "Did you finish cultivating, little brother Lu Ze?"

Lu Ze smiled. "Yes, I'm taking a break. I'm going to take a shower."

Although with their cultivation level, they could stay clean and immaculate, a hot shower was an enjoyment. Lu Ze wasn't going to give it up because he was strong. Even Qiuyue Hesha, Nangong Jing, and Lin Ling liked hot showers.

However, she smiled really seductively. She was indeed City Charming.

Qiuyue Hesha immediately offered, "Do you want me to scrub your back?"

Lu Ze: "..."

His mouth twitched once more, and he quickly rejected it with a serious tone. "No, thank you!"

She was very evil! How could she really scrub his back?

He would never believe her words again.

Lu Ze quickly tried to clear his mind.

On the other hand, Qiuyue Hesha smiled once more after Lu Ze's refusal. "I was thinking that while T-Rex and Lin Ling are cultivating, only the two of us are here. I wanted to give you some benefits, but you rejected it. You have quite some principle."

Lu Ze: "..."

Looking at her pretty face, Lu Ze was confused about whether she meant it.

Was it too late to regret it now?

After glancing at Qiuyue Hesha's smile for a while, Lu Ze woke up from being dazed. He was a righteous innocent man. How could he get tempted by these minor benefits?

No way!

He was old enough to take a shower by himself

He rolled his eyes and said, "I'm going to shower."

Then, he went into the bathroom.

Qiuyue Hesha looked at Lu Ze's back and grinned.

She turned off the projection and went back into her room.

In the shower, Lu Ze relaxed as the hot water trickled down his body. His tense spirit had eased up as well. A hot shower was really comfortable.

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Half an hour later, Lu Ze came out of the shower and saw Qiuyue Hesha wasn't there anymore.

He didn't think much about it anymore. Instead, Lu Ze took out Alice's food for his enjoyment before returning to his room.

Continue cultivation!

Lu Ze sat on the bed and looked at the yellow orb. Should he try digesting it now?

After some time, he decided to use it.

It was just one earth orb. Using it won't allow his earth god art to surpass his other god arts, but the third map had quite a lot of beasts with earth god art. It was better to understand it.

Thus, Lu Ze took the yellow orb out of his mental dimension.

Inside his body, the orb turned into a thick and dense special energy.

Lu Ze's body seemed to have been buried by the earth. Every cell was covered by yellow energy, making them heavier and lose their vitality.

At the same time, knowledge of earth god art shot into his brain. Lu Ze used another special purple orb that was at level two of the mortal evolution state.

The effects of the special purple orb were very good. Lu Ze immediately felt a clear sensation in his mind as clarity dawned on him.

The profound arcanum of earth god art had become organized, coordinating perfectly with Lu Ze's physical body. He could now deeply feel the numerous mysteries of the earth god art gradually enlightening his mind.

...

Time flew past. 10 hours later, Lu Ze slowly opened his eyes. His eyes flashed with the color of the earth as his chi turned heavy.

Earth god art, learned!

Lu Ze sighed and then waved his right hand. Beams of earth light surrounded it, emitting a strange wave.

So this was earth god art? With the ground nearby, earth god art proved to be very powerful whether it was replenishing energy or buffing god art.

If one was in an area of dense earth elements, the defensive capabilities of the earth god art were probably stronger than most god arts.

However, if one was in space, the earth god art would greatly weaken, unless one's earth god art could affect planets.

Elemental god arts would differ in different environments.

Elemental particles were spread out in different places in the universe.

But...

His earth god art wasn't strong enough. Still, it could at least weaken the space interference discharged by the range rabbits.

This time, his running ability improved a little. This could be considered a benefit.

Lu Ze grinned. He looked at the time and saw that there were four more hours before he could enter the pocket hunting dimension. As such, he started learning Blue Bird 1 divine art.

Four hours later, Lu Ze felt the great enhancement of his Blue Bird 1 divine art. In just a few days, he was confident that it would be able to reach experienced mastery.

By that time, his speed could reach level five or even level six of the mortal evolution state.

Then, with his space transmission, he would be invincible!

Lu Ze collected his thoughts and entered the pocket hunting dimension. When he came in, he saw a patch of forest.

The shortest trees were at least a few hundred meters tall. There were quite some thousand-meter tall trees as well. The canopy blocked out the sunlight. As a result, the light, peeking through the gaps in the leaves, was scattered all around the area.

Lu Ze felt dazed at this scene. He looked around. Behind him was still the vast wilderness, and he was at the border of the wilderness and the forest.

Lu Ze scanned his surroundings and didn't find any dangerous chi around. He then flew up.

The forest stretched on for over ten thousand kilometers.

He just remembered that the third map was very large, and every time he entered, it was a random location.

So the question was, could he still find that good hunting place from yesterday? With this question in mind, coldness seeped into Lu Ze's heart.

Not too good. However, there was no point in standing here.

Lu Ze thought about it and eventually didn't venture into the forest. His instincts told him that the forest was more dangerous than the wilderness.

He had stayed in the wilderness for two days. It felt more familiar to him.

He definitely wasn't scared!

Then, Lu Ze turned to walk back to the wilderness.

Simultaneously, the place was swept up by a violent power that made the ground tremble.

Extremely far ahead, Lu Ze saw a vibrant red and yellow light flash at the same time.

Subsequently, there were thunderous sounds and shockwaves that reached his current position.

It was thousands of kilometers away, and yet, it could still reach him.

That was a boss for sure.

It was best not to join in the fun.

Lu Ze silently changed directions to flee.

Two hours later, Lu Ze hid in the crest of a tree as he watched 16 wolf-like beasts that were 30 meters tall with red scales pass by him. He didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

After they disappeared, Lu Ze let out a sigh of relief.

It was another boss! A group of them!

He missed the range rabbits.

He moved off again. After half an hour, Lu Ze suddenly stopped. He looked to the right excitedly.

It was a chi belonging to those who were at level one of the mortal evolution state!

A group of them!

It was the rabbits!

Finally, he found them! Lu Ze happily inched toward them.

After moving nearly hundreds of kilometers, Lu Ze saw a large grassy plain. There were a few trees growing inside.

He concealed his chi and went into the plains. After evaluating the situation, Lu Ze raised his brow.

He found something strange.

There was much more chi in the grass plain than the one yesterday.

He sensed nearly 20 chi in the thousand-kilometer perimeter. Although most of them were at level one of the mortal evolution state, two were at level five.

Why were there so many range rabbits? This grass plain wasn't even as big as the one yesterday.

Lu Ze was confused, but this was good news for him.

He hadn't found a level three mortal evolution state up until now. This meant that he didn't need to run for his life anymore. He had a higher chance of killing more rabbits instead.

Thinking about this, Lu Ze grinned. This was a nice place.

He approached the closest being that had a chi of level one mortal evolution state. Lu Ze still carefully crept up.

When he was only 30 kilometers away from his target, Lu Ze peeped at the range rabbit...

Wait?

What was that?

It wasn't the range rabbit but a completely new beast which Lu Ze had never seen before.

It had a round body and sharp ears. Its head was also very round.

Its dark eyes were very cute. In addition, it had short limbs. However, its claws were very flexible. It was grabbing grass and stuffing it in its mouth with its claws.

This strange animal was only five meters tall. It was much smaller than the smallest range rabbit.

It had smooth yellow fur and a purple stripe at its back, along with a thick, furry purple tail.

Lu Ze felt that it looked like an obese possum.

This animal seemed to be tastier than the rabbits.

Lu Ze watched the strange beast, but his eyes gradually went cold.

This little thing looked cute, but he was a ruthless jungler! He wasn't going to be tricked by appearances. In his eyes, this little thing was red and purple orbs—perhaps even god art orbs.

His body flashed with silver light as he instantly appeared before the strange little beast.

It was clearly immersed in its food and didn't notice Lu Ze's arrival.

Green jade slash!

A green beam instantly annihilated this little thing.

Lu Ze looked around and didn't find any beast noticing his actions. He didn't know what was special about this beast, but as long as he could hunt it, then it was good.

Seeing the body turn to dust and drop five red and purple orbs, Lu Ze felt happy.

Perhaps he didn't need to run today! There weren't any level three beasts around! This was heaven for him.

There would be a huge harvest today!

Thereafter, Lu Ze moved toward another chi that was at level two of the mortal evolution state.

When he neared it, he discovered an eight-meter tall and fat possum.

Lu Ze didn't hesitate to repeat the hunting process.

Screech!

The fat possum died!

Lu Ze happily picked up the six red and five purple orbs. Following this, he soon came before another level two possum.

Green jade slash!

Screech!

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At this moment, the possum was covered with a yellow barrier.

Lu Ze was very familiar with this situation. Without hesitation, he formed a lightning spear.

However, what made Lu Ze dazed was that after the possum blocked the strike, it flashed with lightning and darted away. It was extremely fast, even reaching level five of the mortal evolution state!

Lu Ze watched the events unfold as he felt dumbfounded. However, he immediately came back to his senses.

Lightning spear!

The purple-red stream shot toward the fat possum that was 100 kilometers away.

Screech!

"Chit chit chit!" the possum squeaked as it erected the barrier once more. Its body swerved to the left as it attempted to avoid the incoming attack. Rumble!

The lightning spear clashed with the barrier, and in an instant, the barrier shattered. The violent power caused the possum to fly upside down. However, since it managed to dodge in time, coupled with its lightning god art, the remaining power of the lightning spear didn't fatally injure it. At most, the possum's fur was only burnt. In turn, the possum squealed and wanted to keep running.

At this moment, Lu Ze flashed with silver light and appeared next to the possum.

Lightning spear!

"Die!"

The second lightning spear formed and pierced through the possum, annihilating its life force.

Watching the possum slowly drop, Lu Ze was a bit stunned.

Two god arts and both of them were so strong?

Its defenses reached level five of the mortal evolution state. It was the same case for its speed. If the possum used both god arts, then its attack might be able to reach level six!?

Oh my! This fat possum was too strong.

He was certain that rabbits of the same level couldn't beat the fat possum!

This possum even had some of his demeanor! Except for its physical body, it was very strong in all aspects. He wondered whether this fat possum was just a special one or there were also other beasts with two god arts.

If there were, this third map was stronger than he had imagined.

"Chit chit!"

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At this moment, a violent squeal could be heard. Lu Ze sensed a suddenly rising chi a few thousand meters away. It quickly flew toward his location.

Level three of the mortal evolution state?

Lu Ze's skin crawled. It wasn't possible for him to beat it. He then looked at the body that hadn't turned to ashes yet. At this juncture, he could only bite his teeth and move immediately.

If he didn't run now, he wouldn't be able to escape. The level three mortal evolution state possum probably had a speed that was at level six of the mortal evolution state. Even if he used space transmission and Blue Bird 1 divine art together, he wouldn't be able to shake it off.

If he was caught in a deadlock and his power was exhausted, then he would have to die.

He used space transmission to jump 1000 kilometers and then flew off with Blue Bird 1 divine art.

After flying for a few thousand kilometers and using the chi stealth technique, Lu Ze finally got it off his tail.

Phew...

Lu Ze, feeling a bit speechless, collapsed on the ground. He was wrong. This heaven was too perilous!

It seemed rabbits were better indeed. Their speed was far slower than the obese possums.

Lu Ze missed them, but a night in the pocket hunting dimension seemed extremely dangerous. He didn't even know if he could survive until daylight. There wasn't much choice left. The day time should not be wasted on finding a hunting ground. As a consequence, Lu Ze could only keep fighting fat possums.

Soon, Lu Ze recovered and secretly moved toward that body earlier. Luckily, he didn't sense the level three mortal evolution state possum nearby.

When he looked at the drop, his eyes flashed with surprise and joy. Six red and purple orbs, as well as a flashing lightning god art orb!

Lu Ze suddenly jumped and gathered the orbs.

Great!

There was a lightning god art orb drop! Sure enough, the fat possum was better.

Lightning god art was his strongest god art right now. If it could improve it, then his offensive power would be enhanced as well.

He had decided to stay here!

But...

Didn't the possum also have earth god art? Why was there no orb for it? He thought about this for a while, but eventually, he decided not to dwell on it further. After all, if he kept hunting, he would eventually get those kinds of orbs. There was no point in thinking too much.

Lu Ze picked up his loot and began hunting again. After the ruckus just then, the possums went in threes. Lu Ze felt it was funny thinking about the chubby figure of the possum. They appeared like a ball when scared.

This wasn't too much of a problem for Lu Ze since there was no level three mortal evolution state nearby. Even if he failed, then he could just run.

Later on, he encountered a possum squad, which consisted of two possums that were at level one of the mortal evolution state and one possum that was level two.

Space transmission!

Green jade slash x3!

The three possums died without making a sound. Subsequently, Lu Ze picked up the drop and changed his targets.

...

Two hours later.

Lu Ze happily picked up the 20 red and 18 purple orbs from the ground. In just two hours, Lu Ze had succeeded in harvesting more orbs than yesterday! So far, he had killed five possums that were at level one of the mortal evolution state and two ones with god arts that were level two. He also got another lightning god art and earth god art orbs.

Although it was riskier than yesterday, Lu Ze took pride in his ability to escape level three evolution state possums time and time again. The loot today made him laugh his head off.

Continue!

Lu Ze then found another pack of threes and used green jade slash x3!

Violent chi surged, and Lu Ze launched a lightning spear.

"Die!"

The lightning spear instantly penetrated through the level one mortal evolution state possum.

Chit Chit chit!

There was a furious squeal from afar. Sensing the approaching chi, Lu Ze's face stiffened.

Oh shit! A level five mortal evolution state boss?!

Lu Ze broke out in a cold sweat. He didn't even dare to look at the bodies as he disappeared from the spot. When he emerged once more, he was already 1000 kilometers away.

At this moment, Lu Ze sensed a chi rapidly closing in. His mouth twitched, and without hesitation, he kept flying.

Tens of seconds later, Lu Ze saw a 30-meter tall extremely fat possum before him.

He opened his mouth, but before he could even speak, he was enveloped in purple lightning

When Lu Ze regained his consciousness, he was already back in the Golden Whirl room.

His body trembled as he slowly lay down. He hadn't been electrocuted for a long time. Although he had lightning god art, that possum's lightning god art, which reached level five of the mortal evolution state, was clearly stronger. Half an hour later, Lu Ze slowly recovered. His mental force entered his mental dimension, allowing him to look at his harvest. Immediately, he grinned.

There were a few hundred red and purple orbs!

He had accumulated 42 special red orbs, as well as 43 special purple orbs. With respect to level two special orbs, he managed to gather 20 red ones and 17 purple.

Lu Ze didn't plan to use the ordinary orbs anymore.

Mhm... he would give it to Lin Ling and the rest later on.

The fat possums also dropped two lightning god art orbs and one earth god art orb. With these, his lightning god art would greatly improve, including the power of his offense.

Thereafter, Lu Ze took out two special red orbs that were level two and proceeded to begin his cultivation.

...

10 hours later, Lu Ze slowly opened his eyes. He had consumed eight of those level two red orbs during this time. As a result, his spirit force was building up rapidly.

"Not bad!"

If this continued, he would be able to break through to the mortal evolution state in about 10 days.

Then, he would be invincible!

Lu Ze was quite excited. He jumped off the bed and then went out.

In the living room, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha were staring at each other on the couch. The atmosphere was tense.

The two seemed to be arguing again?

Lu Ze felt it was best for him to avoid getting involved. Who knew whether he would get beaten up by both of them?

At this moment, Nangong Jing said angrily, "Fox Demon, you actually ate the chicken wing that I saved for later! Do you want to fight?!"

Qiuyue Hesha grinned in contempt. "You took a piece of roasted pork of mine. This is fair." Lu Ze's body froze. He looked at the two in disbelief. They had appetizing food but didn't tell him about it!

At this moment, the bathroom door opened and Lin Ling walked out.

Seeing Lu Ze, Lin Ling smiled. "Ze, I just made something to eat, and we've all eaten. I left some for you. Do you want it?"

Lu Ze's eyes lit up and looked at Lin Ling gratefully while nodding. "Yes! Lin Ling is the best!"

Lin Ling rolled her eyes and said, "I'll get it for you."

Soon, Lin Ling carried out dishes of foodtofu, fish, roasted pork, pickled vegetables, chicken wings...

Although these were just ordinary household food, they were mouthwatering, probably because Lin Ling had been cooking for them recently. She had gotten better at it.

Lu Ze saw there were still five chicken wings and quite some roasted pork left. He felt dazed and asked the other two, "Aren't there a lot of chicken wings and roasted pork?"

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Why were these two still arguing then? Nangong Jing said, "We had to leave you some, alright?"

Lu Ze: "..."

They were really great!

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Lu Ze laughed. "Let's eat together. Otherwise, I would be embarrassed to eat by myself while you guys watch."

The three girls' mouth twitched, but they still happily picked up their chopsticks.

After all the dishes were done, the four rested on the couch with satisfaction. The atmosphere was extremely peaceful.

At this moment, Lu Ze spoke. "By the way, my power has improved during this time and the cultivation god art has improved too. I can gain much more orbs."

The three looked over. All of them cared about this a lot. They were relying on Lu Ze's orbs after all.

He took out some aperture opening state red orbs, as well as tens of ordinary mortal evolution state red orbs, for Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha.

Subsequently, he thought about it for a moment before taking out a special red orb that was at level one of the mortal evolution state for Lin Ling.

"Lin Ling, see if you can use this. If not, then use the smaller orbs." The energy of the special orbs was rather gentle and with Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha here, nothing major would go wrong. Lin Ling nodded. She knew her power was a bit weak now, and she needed stronger energy to become powerful.

Lin Ling sat down and digested the orb. Almost instantly, a painful expression crossed her face as blood seeped out of her pores, almost dyeing her entire body with blood.

Her brows furrowed, but she didn't make a sound.

Lu Ze and the rest looked worriedly at Lin Ling. A moment later, they could feel that power slowly being digested.

Four hours later, Lin Ling opened her eyes. She wanted to get up, but her body gave out, and she fell toward Nangong Jing.

In turn, Nangong Jing caught Lin Ling. The former could feel the latter's body trembling.

Nangong Jing asked worriedly, "Are you okay?"

Lin Ling panted and answered, "I'm fine."

She then measured her current power and said with excitement, "I've improved by nearly 30 apertures."

This was just one red orb!

Still, she probably couldn't use a second one anytime soon. She needed at least a day of recovery.

In just about a week, she would be able to reach the peak stage of the aperture opening state and then reach the mortal evolution state, which is barely catching up with Lu Ze.

On the side, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha were shocked at Lin Ling's progress. They didn't even dare to fathom such speed back when they were in the aperture opening state. However, Lin Ling's body could barely handle this energy. Clearly, one couldn't use such energy when they first reached the aperture opening state. Lu Ze breathed easy after seeing Lin Ling was fine. Then, he saw Nangong Jing's and Qiuyue Hesha's dumbfounded expressions. Lu Ze smiled and explained, "My progress has been pretty significant during this time, so I am able to gather better orbs. Of course, I can't get many orbs of this level right now."

Thereafter, Lu Ze made a joke. "Perhaps there will be stronger orbs when I reach the mortal evolution state."

He looked at Lin Ling and said, "Lin Ling, I'll give you ten of these orbs. Don't be too impulsive."

Lin Ling rolled her eyes. "Do you think I'm stupid? I could barely handle one. How could I proceed with another one?"

Lin Ling silently put away the special red orbs Lu Ze gave her. She looked at the blood on her body and said, "I'll go take a shower."

Seeing Lin Ling return to the bathroom once more, Lu Ze lay back on the couch and felt relieved. He was making preparations for the production of purple orbs and even god art orbs. He will be distributing those to everyone soon.

On the other hand, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha glanced at each other. With the appearance of the new orbs, their cultivation speed would increase once again.

Reaching the planetary state wasn't a far-fetched dream now.

There was a competition between them! Suddenly, Nangong Jing said, "I'm going to cultivate."

Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "I am too."

Accordingly, the two sped off into their respective rooms.

Lu Ze glanced at them and then at the bathroom. He looked at the mess on the table and shook his head. Following this, he put the dishes in the dishwasher before going back to his room.

Cultivate cultivate!

He would hurry and surpass those two!

Sitting on the bed, he entered his mental dimension. After giving out the three orbs, he only kept a portion of the aperture opening state and mortal evolution state orbs. These were for Li and Alice. Then, the rest were for himself.

He chose the lightning god art orb and started learning

Three days later.

During this time, Lu Ze had stuck to his schedule of cultivating spirit force at night and learning god art in the day.

Currently, Lu Ze had managed to accumulate almost half of the spirit force he needed. Five more days and he could break through to the mortal evolution state.

He entered the pocket hunting dimension every night but never survived past it. He was always killed by all sorts of bosses, but Lu Ze was used to it after all. This was nothing. Of course, he acquired a lot of loot too.

Lu Ze had encountered several small groups of range rabbits and possums. He had gathered 50 special red orbs that were level two. In addition, he collected more than 100 orbs that were level one. These were for Alice and Lu Li in the future.

At the same time, Lu Ze also got three lightning god art orbs and five earth god art orbs. They had now all been consumed.

Lu Ze reached out his right hand and small bolts of purple-red lightning flickered with a shocking destructive chi. His lightning god art was now 40% stronger than before. Moreover, he discovered that his blood lightning was fusing faster too. Meaning, his lightning was now a quarter blood red. This made the lightning god art's power even more terrifying

If Lu Ze used the lightning spear at full force, it's power would approach level seven of the mortal evolution state. This was a huge improvement, and Lu Ze felt delighted.

When he walked out of his room, he came across Lin Ling, Nangong Jing, and Qiuyue Hesha, who were all gathered outside.

Nangong Jing smiled. "We're about to reach Dawn System."

Her tone sounded a little relaxed. After all, the non-stop war had made everyone exhausted. This was the same for the other two girls, who let out a sigh of relief. Even Lu Ze eased up. Subsequently, the ship left the warp tunnel.

Outside the window, they could see the two large stars of Dawn System. Seeing this familiar scene, the four couldn't resist smiling.

...

An hour later, Golden Whirl entered planet Venus and stopped outside Nangong Jing's house. The four got off. Qiuyue Hesha was the first to disappear and then followed by Lin Ling Nangong Jing immediately called out, "Wait for me, you two!"

Then, she ignored Lu Ze and disappeared as well.

Lu Ze scratched his head speechlessly and walked to his room. Afterward, he went straight upstairs to Yingying's room. Without a doubt, these three ran so fast to see Yingying. Indeed, as soon as Lu Ze came he saw the three girls rubbing Yingying's chubby face. Lu Ze could even see Yingying's brows frown a little. "Okay, my turn!"

Nangong Jing stole Yingying from the others.

Lu Ze: "..."

It was just a little kid.

Come rub him!

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Lu Ze went over and rubbed Yingying's face too. It was still really soft, as though he was kneading dough. While he was reveling in the softness, Lu Ze's hand was slapped away.

"Ze! Don't use so much force!"

Lu Ze looked innocently at the three girls. "Didn't you guys use a lot of force too?"

Their faces stiffened, but when they saw Yingying's terrified look, they immediately put her back on the bed. Following this, the three glared at him. Lu Ze could only sigh in return. "I know."

Feeding time.

You weren't as keen as this moment when I give you the orbs, huh?

He took out a level one mortal evolution state red orb and placed it on Yingying's starlight. The red orb merged into Yingying's body. Her face relaxed immediately. Drool came out of her mouth as though she was eating something nice.

Lu Ze smiled and fed her another one. He had collected quite a lot of ordinary mortal evolution state orbs that were level one and level two. He should be able to feed Yingying until she was happy.

As he fed the orbs one by one, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha frowned. Nangong Jing complained, "She really can eat."

Qiuyue Hesha nodded in agreement.

They were very prudent in using the red orbs. Their cultivation level was too high. If they really went all out, they could use up the orbs in a day or two. However, Yingying was a cosmic state being after all. She probably couldn't even really feel it.

At this moment, the starlight gradually weakened.

Qiuyue Hesha said, "Little brother Lu Ze, Yingying is about to wake up. Do you have enough orbs? If not, I have some leftovers here."

"Same here, save the orbs you need," Nangong Jing offered.

To them, the orbs Lu Ze needed for cultivation were far more important than theirs.

Lu Ze smiled. "I still have some more. It should be enough."

He then fed three more, and the starlight completely disappeared into Yingying's body. Her lashes flickered, and then, her deep blue eyes opened. Her eyes seemed a little confused due to waking up. Thereafter, she rubbed them with her little hands.

Her eyes cleared up, and then, she saw Lu Ze and everyone around her.

She blinked her eyes and said with some disappointment, "Lu Ze, sister Ling, Jing, and Hesha, you guys are all here? I dreamed that I was eating drumsticks but as I ate, later on, I found that I couldn't eat anymore... so I woke up..." Yingying's face seemed a little sad.

Everyone: "..."

Their hearts ached.

So she thought the red orbs were drumsticks!

Seeing Yingying's aggrieved expression, Lin Ling carried the girl and said, "Good Yingying, I'll go make some food for you, alright?"

Yingying's eyes lit up, and her dissatisfied look was soon washed away from her face. Actually, she opened her deep blue eyes wide as she directed her hopeful gaze at Lin Ling. "Really?"

"Mhm." Lin Ling smiled.

Then, everyone went downstairs.

Lin Ling went into the kitchen to cook. Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha relaxed on the couch while Yingying sat between them and started watching cartoons on the computer.

Lu Ze smiled. They didn't expect Yingying to wake up this time, but they were happy.

The only regret Lu Ze had was that this little guy didn't wake up a few days earlier. Otherwise, she probably could've eaten that wormhole in one gulp.

Lu Ze wanted to laugh. Would a wormhole suit her tastes?

Soon, the food was ready. Lin Ling brought out several dishes that were enough to fill the entire dining table.

"Time to eat."

Yingying immediately turned off the computer and looked up. When she saw the table filled with food, her eyes shined with anticipation. "Wow, amazing!"

She instantly appeared before the table and gave her personal blue and white bowl to Lin Ling.

With excitement, Yingying exclaimed, "Sister Ling! I want to eat more! Fill it up!"

Lin Ling smiled as she scooped food for Yingying

At this moment, Lu Ze and the rest walked over. Lu Ze's eyes lit up after seeing this table of food too. He also passed his bowl over. "Lin Ling, I want to eat more too! Fill it up!"

Nangong Jing grinned. "Lin Ling, me too!" Qiuyue Hesha said, "Me too." Lin Ling said plainly, "Do it yourself! How old are you?"

Lin Ling was too unfair. They could only fill their bowls by themselves.

Dinner took an hour. Everyone ate quite a lot, especially Yingying. She managed to finish five bowls. After dinner, everyone sat on the safe leisurely. Nangong Jing suddenly thought of something and asked, "By the way, Ze, you guys are getting appointed the day after tomorrow. Let's go to Earth tomorrow?"

Lu Ze and Lin Ling were slightly taken aback. Being appointed as a young duke was the greatest honor for the young generations of the Federation. Every young duke serves as the supporting pillar of the Federation. If they didn't die, then they were bound to reach the planetary state or even star state.

Up until now, all the star states were previously young dukes. Uncle Merlin was known as "Pale Flame Young Duke" before.

Since it was their turn right now, then naturally, they were quite excited.

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Lu Ze smiled and nodded. "Mhm, okay." At the same time, Lu Ze felt a bit complicated. Earth. How long had he not seen it?

Almost half a year!

He could go visit Earth tomorrow?

He had been so busy at Dawn System that he almost forgot this matter.

Yingying also looked up and asked, "Lu Ze, you guys are going to Earth?"

Lu Ze nodded and rubbed Yingying's head. "Mhm, Yingying do you want to come with us?"

Yingying immediately answered, "Yes!"

After all, Earth was the first place she came across when she first woke up. Essentially, it was her birthplace. Moreover, her first friend even lived on that planet too. Of course, she also wanted to return and see.

Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "You guys don't need to prepare anything for the ceremony. We can go play around on Earth first tomorrow."

Nangong Jing took a sip of wine and smiled as well. "Then, everyone should go together."

After the decision was settled, Lu Ze and Lin Ling went back to their dorms. On the other hand, Yingying was left in the care of Qiuyue Hesha-with a plan to sleep together for the night.

At this moment, it was dark. The two suns were sinking below the horizon. The orange sunlight dyed the clouds red. It was ethereal and beautiful.

Lu Ze and Lin Ling flew toward the dorms of the elite class.

Quite some students were coming back from missions at this time, and they saw Lu Ze and Lin Ling flying in the air. In response, the eyes of the onlookers widened while bearing a strange expression. As might be expected, Lu Ze and Lin Ling noticed their weird glances. Lu Ze then asked, "What happened to them?" Lin Ling shook her head. "They probably know that we're going to be appointed as young dukes."

It's all over the news now.

Lu Ze and Lin Ling didn't mind. They came to their houses. As soon as they landed, few people dashed out of the nearby houses and soon surrounded them.

"Ze! Lin Ling! You guys are finally back!" Ye Mu's familiar voice could be heard.

Next to them were Ian, Xavier, Xuan Yuqi, Tianyuan Qianhua, and Jessica. Lu Ze scratched his head. "What's going on?" Hearing this question, Tianyuan Qianhua's eyed widened in disbelief. "What's going on? Don't you guys know?"

Ian looked up at Lu Ze with admiration and a familiar blush on his face. "Ze, you guys are going to get appointed as young dukes. You're really amazing!"

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. "Cough... you guys know already?"

Xuan Yuqi rolled her eyes and said, "The entire Federation knows, okay? Congratulations..."

On the side, Jessica was a bit envious. "Would we have the chance to become young dukes..."

Even though they were above average among the elite class of Federal University, they still had an extremely small chance to become young dukes.

Ye Mu exclaimed, "Damn it! Lu Ze, you make people too envious. Not only you became young duke, but even teacher Nangong and Qiuyue couldn't also escape your palms? I thought it was just Lin Ling!"

Before he could complete it, he was kicked into the lake by Lin Ling.

The atmosphere turned awkward. How many times did this happen? Lu Ze admired this guy. This guy knew how to die more than him!

It was a good thing that both the alcoholic and fox demon weren't here.

At this moment, Lu Ze noticed that Xavier's face was a bit pale and his chi appeared to be weak. As such, he asked in confusion, "Xavier, are you injured?"

Xavier scratched his head. "I encountered an opponent during this mission and received some injuries."

Lu Ze said, "You guys went to Gracious System this time too, right?"

Xuan Yuqi explained, "Mhm, we also received the mission to annihilate the Eternal Life Palace. We encountered a few core martial state members of Eternal Life Palace. Luckily, we had Xavier's black star body god art to help us block a lot of attacks."Ye Mu crawled out of the lake and said, "This time was quite dangerous indeed."

Lu Ze looked at them and fell silent. He was wondering whether he should give them the red orbs now. He was originally planning that when he was strong enough to the point of not needing secret protection, then he would reveal his god art to old man Nangong. Thereafter, he would also hand out some of his orbs to the old man, as well as Ye Mu and the rest.

But now, they were already encountering dangerous situations during their missions. He didn't want anything to happen to them.

Lin Ling knew what Lu Ze was thinking. She smiled at Ye Mu and everyone. "By the way, our contribution was huge this time. The reward would be huge too. We're about to be young dukes too, so we probably can't even use our academic credits. I'll lend you five million academic credits. Similar to the stipulations made by Lu Ze previously, you need to pay me the interest."

Lu Ze felt dumbfounded and looked at Lin Ling. Lin Ling smiled back at him.

Lu Ze: "..."

He couldn't resist smiling as well. Lin Ling's choice was good. The reason Ye Mu and the rest participated in missions were for academic credits and resources. With five million academic credits, they probably didn't need to do any missions for the next year.

A year later, he might be able to reach the planetary state? By then, he would be strong enough. Thinking about this, Lu Ze grinned. "Then, I'll lend you guys five million too."

10 million academic credits?!

Ye Mu and the rest ended up stunned at Lu Ze's and Lin Ling's offer.

Other than very powerful prodigies like Margaret, ordinary elite class students probably couldn't even earn 10 million academic credits in four years. Yet, Lu Ze and Lin Ling said they were going to give them 10 million academic credits just like that!?

They might have phrased it as "lending", but it was actually not different from giving After some silence, Ye Mu grinned. "Then, I won't be too polite."

Xuan Yuqi nodded and looked deeply at Lu Ze and Lin Ling. "In that case, me too."

Everyone else chose to accept their goodwill. They just needed to remember this huge favor.

After all, 10 million academic credits were too important to them. Of course, such an amount wasn't substantial to Lu Ze and Lin Ling. Their rewards might not have been issued at this moment yet, but surely, they wouldn't be negligible. Furthermore, after they become young dukes, they would also receive a monthly salary.

The group chatted for a while until dark before returning to their dorms.

Lu Ze took a shower and went back to his room. He looked outside. A light wind blew past and the bamboo forest made shuffling sounds. There might be fish jumping out of the lake from afar too. The night seemed pleasant and tranquil.

Lu Ze couldn't help but indulge in relaxation.

After a while, Lu Ze broke out of the trance. He then sat up and began cultivating.

Early the next morning, Lu Ze opened his eyes and stood up. Today, he was going back to Earth! He felt very excited.

He went downstairs and met up with Lin Ling before proceeding to Nangong Jing's house. Upon reaching the house, Qiuyue Hesha and Yingying were already there.

Qiuyue Hesha had a smile and seemed to be in a good mood today. Meanwhile, Yingying still watched cartoons expressionlessly on the couch.

Seeing Lu Ze and Lin Ling, Nangong Jing grinned. "You're here. We'll head off once we have breakfast!"

Then, she looked at Lin Ling. Her intentions were all too clear. In return, Lin Ling rubbed her head and walked to the kitchen.

After breakfast, the group rode the Golden Whirl and left planet Venus. In the living room, Lu Ze looked outside the window and asked, "I've never been to Earth. How is it like there?"

Nangong Jing scratched her head and answered, "Earth is the mother planet of the human race and also the political center of the Federation. It's a good tourist place?"

Qiuyue Hesha provided, "If we're going to talk about tourist spots, then Earth has quite a lot of ancient ruins. For example, the Great Wall, pyramids, and so forth..."

The Great Wall...

Lu Ze's eyes could not help but flicker. He felt a bit nostalgic. Then, he said, "Then, let's go visit when we get there."

Lin Ling was also interested. "Yes, let's go."

At this moment, Lu Ze suddenly recalled something, "By the way, does Earth still have those traditional ancient snacks?"

Without a doubt, the food of the intergalactic era changed a lot from traditional foods.

Due to the question, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha felt stunned. They then nodded in response.

Nangong Jing's eyes were filled with eagerness as well. "Earth is indeed a haven for food... We can go try."

Due to Lu Ze's long term influence, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha were very interested in food. They had been to Earth a few times, but they never had thought of trying the snacks.

Yingying's eyes widened.

Lu Ze spoke again. "By the way, what should we do when we're appointed as young dukes?"

Lin Ling also looked curiously at Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha. It was their first time, and they were quite nervous.

Nangong Jing smiled. "Tomorrow at 9 o'clock in the morning, you will be appointed before the Palace of Heroes."

"You don't need to do anything. The ceremony will be presided by Saint Lin Dong before the deceased Federal Heroes and Federal Senators as witnesses."

On the side, Qiuyue Hesha grinned. "Even we can't enter the Palace of Heroes without a special permit. We won't be there when you are appointed as young dukes, but the live stream is throughout the entire Federation. There won't be a lack of audience."

Lu Ze and Lin Ling nodded. They felt assured now.

As for palace heroes, Lu Ze knew about it a little.

In the past two thousand years, all those people who had reached the planetary state and above, particularly those who contributed greatly to the Federation, would have their own sculpture and tablet at the Palace of Heroes after they died.

If it was a very huge contribution, you can still leave your legacy there even if you were below the planetary state.

Even the eight dead saints had their sculptures erected there.

Wait!

Elder Lin wasn't dead.

Was his sculpture in there then?

He wondered how elder Lin would feel if his sculpture was there, even though he was still alive.

Five hours later, the Golden Whirl left the warp dimension.

Currently, they were before a solar system that was not too vast. In the middle was a medium-size star with eight planets orbiting around it. There were too many of these solar systems in the universe, but this one was special to the human race. It was the birthplace of the human race after all.

The Solar System...

He was back.

He saw the sun once again.

The check-in was rather rigorous outside the system. Every period of distance, there would be a security station checking the ships. It was even stricter than the Gracious System during the riot incident.

Lu Ze watched as the planets flew past himNeptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter...

Due to the advancement of technology, there were quite some artificial buildings on these planets. Some were made to be suitable for living.

Soon, a blue planet entered Lu Ze's eyes.

Lu Ze smiled. He returned to Earth.

Nangong Jing suddenly said, "Golden Whirl can't enter Earth directly. We need to stop on the moon and enter it through the Earth-Moon rail after a careful inspection.

The Golden Whirl was near the moon. Several facilities could be observed on the moon. All sorts of planes landed and flew off—it was quite prosperous. Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "There are many powerful people here."

Lu Ze nodded. This was the political center after all. It was all too common for bosses to be here.

Soon, the Golden Whirl stopped at a space station. Nangong Jing smiled. "Okay, let's get off."

Qiuyue Hesha carried Yingying, and everyone alighted from the ship.

The area of the space station square wasn't small. There were squads of black-armored soldiers patrolling.

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha had been here a few times. The two of them led Lu Ze and the others to the checkpoint.

Along the way, several people looked at them. This, of course, was due to the rising popularity of Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha. A few days ago, both their powers had reached the planetary state. They even managed to kill the Lord of Eternal Life. These accomplishments were noted on the news which went viral across the system.

Moreover, with Lu Ze around, it would be impossible for the group to avoid attention. After all, he also performed quite well during the battle on the border of the Ena System.

As they walked, they could hear other people whispering.

"So that's Lu Ze and the rest? I really didn't expect to see them here."

"Lu Ze and Lin Ling are going to be appointed as young dukes tomorrow. It's normal that they came today."

"I didn't expect young duke Jing and Hesha to be with Lu Ze. They're really close."

"Look at the kid in young duke Hesha's arms, could it be..."

"Lu Ze is really a winner of life..."

"Too envious..."

Lu Ze could feel the onset of a headache due to the comments around him. It seemed a lot of people read that report regarding the "love square". Little did they know, he was the one who was always abused.

Meanwhile, Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, and Lin Ling remained calm.

Yingying looked at Lu Ze curiously and asked, "Lu Ze, what is love square? Is it tasty?"

Everyone: "..."

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. Subsequently, he responded, "It's not tasty. It's not something to eat."

"Oh." Yingying nodded in disappointment.

At this moment, he felt oppressive glances coming from the three girls.

Lu Ze: "..."

This wasn't his fault. They were really unreasonable. However, in order to avoid getting hit, Lu Ze chose not to argue.

All of their Federal honor levels weren't low, so they used the special passage. One had to have at least a level two Federal honor badge to gain access to the passage. Lu Ze, Nangong Jing, and Qiuyue Hesha had naturally obtained level two badges. Soon, they passed through the checkpoint and arrived at the Earth-Moon rail. They call it a rail, but it's actually a small-sized transporter ship.

They proceeded to the special class region of the ship. There were also other people present too. Overall, it was rather empty. Less than a third of the seats were filled.

Lu Ze and his group soon found a casual place to sit while waiting for the departure of the ship.

At this time, Lu Ze asked, "Should we wear face masks?"

Perhaps they might get surrounded upon alighting from the vehicle.

The three girls nodded in agreement.

Half an hour later, they arrived at Earth's station. Lu Ze and the rest exited the transporter ship and went outside.

Thereafter, Lu Ze looked around. All he could see were metallic skyscrapers. Numerous flying cars were gliding between tall buildings. The streets outside were very busy.

The four of them had already put on their face masks. Even Yingying felt this was interesting and asked for a mask as well. She rather enjoyed it.

Lu Ze asked, "Where is this?"

This wasn't the same Earth as before. How could he tell where this place was?

In addition, there had been shifts in the tectonic plate. The continents were in different positions now.

Nangong Jing replied to his question. "This is South America, but there are no cultural heritage sites here."

She offered, "Ze if you want to travel, we can go to Asia and see the Great Wall?"

Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "And, Asia has plenty of amazing food."

Yingying immediately said, "Then, let's go to Asia!"

Lin Ling had no problem with it. Simultaneously, Lu Ze agreed.

Accordingly, the four flew toward Asia.

Earth was too small. With their speed, it took them only half an hour to reach the continent even though they didn't fly extremely fast.

Lu Ze looked at this land, and his eyes seemed to emit a complicated expression.

A few more wars happened during the post-Earth era, and the tectonic plates shifted. The previous Asia wasn't really the same Asia now. Still, when he saw the Great Wall, Lu Ze still felt emotional. This land was previously his home.

It wasn't hard to repair the Great Wall with modern technology, but in order to leave people a reminder, it's kept in it's broken state.

The Earth of this era had a much better environment than 2000 years ago. There were beautiful forests everywhere.

Soon, they reached a huge city with a radius of hundreds of kilometers.

The moment Lu Ze saw this city, Lu Ze asked, "This is?"

There were ancient-styled buildings.

Nangong Jing answered, "This is called China City. This land once belonged to a nation called China."

Qiuyue Hesha explained further, "On Earth, some cities would be built according to their architectural design in ancient times. You can consider this as a type of heritage."

Lu Ze nodded.

Yingying suddenly said, "I smell good food!" The four glanced at each other and smiled. Subsequently, Lu Ze said, "I want to eat too."

It was lunchtime and all sorts of aromas wafted across the air.

It wasn't just Yingying-even Lu Ze wanted to eat the cuisines too.

All these restaurants...

Lu Ze's saliva was dripping.

Lin Ling didn't know which to choose. "Where should we go?"

Lu Ze said firmly, "Only kids choose, I want it

all!"

Yingying's eyes lit up too and said in excitement, "I want it all too!"

Lu Ze rubbed his head. "Well done, Yingying!"

In turn, the other three girls were speechless.

In the following hours, the group ate throughout the afternoon until it became night. Only then did they leave a hot pot restaurant.

Lu Ze scanned the place and realized that he had tried the entire street. This was the benefit of having a high cultivation level. The food he consumed can be instantly digested.

Lu Ze frowned in contemplation. Qiuyue Hesha asked, "What's wrong, little brother Lu Ze?"

"I'm thinking whether we could go eat it all again?"

The three girls: "..."

This guy had been eating for more than 10 hours. Was he still not satisfied?

Yingying exclaimed, "Eat again!" "No!" Lin Ling said seriously.

"We're going to the appointment ceremony tomorrow!"

Lu Ze just remembered this.

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha glanced strangely at Lu Ze. Qiuyue Hesha asked, "Lu Ze, don't tell me you forgot about it?" Lu Ze immediately answered, "How is that possible? Am I that type of person?"

Under the pressure of the other three girls' weird glances, Lu Ze retreated in defeat. Even Yingying lowered her head obediently.

Eventually, they decided to find a hotel to rest for the night.

Other than Lu Ze, Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, and Lin Ling were all very rich. They found an expensive hotel and booked a suite.

Everyone went to take a shower and proceeded to their respective rooms.

The next morning at six o'clock in the morning. Lu Ze opened his eyes.

He looked outside the window. The sun that had just risen radiated a golden light. Gentle sunlight poured into the room. The corners of Lu Ze's mouth was slightly raised.

What a familiar scene!

He got off the bed and walked out of the room. At this moment, Nangong Jing's door opened, and she walked out of her room already dressed.

She was still carrying a bottle of wine.

Seeing this, Lu Ze's mouth twitched. "Teacher Nangong, you're drinking in the morning?"

Nangong Jing grinned. "Ze, do you want some? Today's your big day. How about you drink some to celebrate?"

Qiuyue Hesha's door opened as well. With a lazy tone, she said, "T-Rex, you really have muscles in your brain. You're asking little brother Lu Ze to drink before going to the Palace of Heroes?"

Nangong Jing just remembered that they were going to the Palace of Heroes. This was a very serious matter.

Nangong Jing argued with some awkwardness, "This is just fermented water. You can't say water is wine."

Lu Ze: "..."

Qiuyue Hesha: "..."

They looked away. This alcoholic was beyond help.

Soon, Lin Ling came out of her room too.

Nangong Jing said, "Okay, I'll take you guys near the Palace of Heroes. You need to get there early. When we pay respects to the heroes, you need to change into the appropriate garments."

Lu Ze and Lin Ling nodded in understanding.

The ceremony started at nine, so they didn't think about having breakfast.

After leaving the hotel, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha took Lu Ze and Lin Ling toward the south.

The Palace of Heroes had always been guarded by Saint Lin Dong. Of course, he wasn't just guarding the palace, he's guarding the entire solar system.

Half an hour later, the group came near Antarctica.

The ice covered the ground, and blizzards loomed over the continent.

Lu Ze felt dazed upon witnessing this blizzard. He can't remember that there was such a terrifying blizzard in Antarctica back in the Earth era.

Then, Lu Ze guessed this was probably Saint Lin Dong's means? Even he could barely change the weather.

At this moment, 12 white-armored soldiers flew out of the blizzard.

Their chi was powerful, and they were all aperture opening states. On the other hand, the captain of the squad was a mortal evolution state.

Their power was on par with the Jin Yao city guards.

Soon, these soldiers came to Lu Ze and the rest. The captain nodded to Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha.

"Young duke Jing and Hesha, please stop there. We will take Lu Ze and Lin Ling inside."

Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "Thank you."

The guards felt stunned for a moment, but they managed to quickly recover.

Nangong Jing said to Lu Ze and Lin Ling, "You guys go in then. We'll be watching the live stream at the hotel."

Lu Ze and Lin Ling nodded.

Yingying waved her hand from Qiuyue Hesha's arms. "Goodbye Lu Ze, sister Ling."

Thereafter, Lu Ze and Lin Ling followed the guards inside the blizzard.

When the two had completely disappeared. Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, and Yingying went back.

Soon, Lu Ze and Lin Ling arrived at a huge city that was made completely of white crystal.

The city had a diameter of 100 kilometers, and half of that was occupied by a huge palace.

The palace was also made of pure ice. It looked extremely beautiful.

The captain turned to Lu Ze and Lin Ling and introduced, "This is the City of Heroes, and in the center is the Palace of Heroes."

Lu Ze looked at that huge palace in shock.

This was the Palace of Heroes?

The two felt surprised.

Everyone who came here for the first time had the same reactions.

The captain said, "It's forbidden to fly above the city of heroes. We'll enter the city gates. Please follow me."

The squad landed. Lu Ze and Lin Ling quickly followed.

They stopped before the city gates. There were two squads of soldiers standing on the side like sculptures.

Subsequently, they took Lu Ze and Lin Ling inside the city. The two looked around curiously. There weren't many constructions in the city, but there were all sorts of ice sculptures.

The ice sculptures depicted various battle scenes. One side was humans and the other side was other races.

Were these the tragic battles of the predecessors?

The two watched as they walked. Soon, they reached an ice crystal building that was five stories high.

The guards halted, and the captain said, "You need to take a shower and get changed before you pay respect to the heroes. Please go in. At 8:30, we will take you to the Palace of Heroes. There, Saint Lin Dong will appoint you two as young dukes."

The two nodded and went in.

While Lu Ze and Lin Ling were changing their clothes, countless people in the Federation were waiting before their screens for the ceremony.

Every time a new young duke was born, it meant that there will be a new powerful being for the Federation. This was a celebration for the entire Federation.

On planet Lan Jiang, in Lu Ze's home, Lu Wen, Fu Shuya, Lu Li, Merlin, Alice, and a black-haired beautiful woman who resembled Alice were waiting for the beginning of the ceremony.

Lu Wen wanted to pretend that he didn't care, but he couldn't control his smile.

Meanwhile, Fu Shuya didn't hide her smile at all. If today wasn't a holiday, they would let everyone in the company to watch their son Thinking about how all of her friends would look at her with envy, she felt great.

At this moment, the beautiful woman exclaimed, "Ze is indeed excellent. He became a young duke at 18 and has already surpassed most young dukes. He's far stronger than I am and Merlin when we were his age."

Merlin's mouth twitched. He laughed dryly "Hahaha... Hong Lian is too right. Lu Ze is indeed strong..."

Alice said proudly, "Mother is right! Senior is the strongest!"

Merlin's face sunk.

Dawn System, dormitory area.

Ye Mu and the rest gathered together, waiting for the live stream.

Their eyes had complicated expressions.

Half a year ago, they were fighting on the Xiaer System's battlefield together. Yet, in just half a year, Lu Ze and Lin Ling became young dukes.

The difference was really huge.

It was not just them. The students and teachers from Lu Ze's high school, even Margaret, Li Qingyun, and Eldon were watching the live stream. They had witnessed Lu Ze become stronger step by step. In the beginning, they were much powerful than Lu Ze. Suddenly, their hearts spasmed.

What sort of monster was Lu Ze?

How was he so terrifying?!

Nine o'clock was soon approaching. At this time, Lu Ze and Lin Ling finished changing clothes. They put on simple long white robes.

After walking out of the building, the captain of the guards said, "Let's go, we'll take you to the Palace of Heroes."

Lu Ze nodded. "Okay, thank you."

Oh my, so nervous!

Lu Ze and Lin Ling followed the squad and soon neared the Palace of Heroes.

Before the huge palace was an ice square with a radius of 5 kilometers. After passing the square, there were a few hundred ice stairs. At the top was the gates to the Palace of Heroes.

On the square were 24 people wearing the same white robes, standing on the two sides.

Their ages weren't young. Their faces were serious, and they stood before the Palace of Heroes in silence.

They were the senators of the Federation. They had all made great contributions to the Federation.

At the top of the stairs, there was a pale old figure sitting before the door.

The guards stopped, and the captain said, "Go up the stairs. Saint Lin Dong is waiting for you two there."

Lu Ze and Lin Ling nodded at the command. Accordingly, they stepped on the square. The light footsteps made the senators look at them. At the same time, the old figure sitting at the top slowly opened his eyes.

His ice-blue eyes were cold and calm.

"It has begun!"

The ceremony has finally begun!

With every step that Lu Ze and Lin Ling took, a scene would appear in their head. Some were scenes of the battles, some were of human planets being destroyed, and some were of the human race destroying other civilizations.

Blood and fire blossomed in the universe. There was no right or wrong in the war between civilizations. All races fought for survival and development. The human race was not an exception.

Lu Ze and Lin Ling walked as they watched the history of the Federation.

In the beginning, when humans first entered space and had non-stop internal conflicts, there was a threat of getting extinct. People then bonded together, and after countless hardships and disasters, they reached this level.

When Lu Ze and Lin Ling went up the stairs and came before Saint Lin Dong, those images finally disappeared.

Lu Ze and Lin Ling woke up and realized that they were before Saint Lin Dong already. They were so immersed in the history that they didn't notice it at all.

Saint Lin Dong had gotten up now. His cold voice could be heard. "Did you see the past of our race?"

Lu Ze and Lin Ling nodded.

Saint Lin Dong watched Lu Ze and Lin Ling in silence for a while before slowly turning. The tightly shut doors of the Palace of Heroes finally opened, revealing the ice statues inside.

The door was a few hundred meters wide. The area inside was extremely wide. More than a thousand five-meter tall statues were neatly lined up. Below the statues were their epitaphs.

Lu Ze looked at the leading eight statues and their epitaph.

Of the eight statues, five were men and three were women. Lu Ze looked at the statues. He felt one of them looked quite similar to the alcoholic?

He looked at the epitaph:

'Saint Heavenly Phoenix, Mo Yunxi, died in 1264 of the Federal Calendar Year at the void universe defense border. She ignited herself in a huge insectoid tide and died along with three cosmic system state insectoids.'

Lu Ze's eyes flashed.

So the Federation had experienced such a terrifying insectoid tide before?

Clearly, Saint Heavenly Phoenix was extremely strong to have dragged along three equally powerful opponents with her. Lu Ze guessed that this saint was probably the ancestor of the alcoholic?

Could she be the wife of the old man Nangong? Lu Ze thought about it and felt that it was highly possible. He could ask the alcoholic when he got the chance.

Thereafter, Lu Ze looked at another statue.

'Saint Wind and Lightning, Jamier Hebert, died 1423 of the Federal Calendar Year in the battle against the cosmic system states that came to the Federation through wormholes.'

His wings of wind and lightning was this saint's divine art, right?

Wasn't he half his master?

Lu Ze looked at another one.

'Saint Lin Xi, Lin Heng, died in battle outside the Milky Way Galaxy." Lu Ze: "..."

This was elder Lin for sure!

He wondered whether elder Lin was watching the broadcast. What would his reaction be?

And how would Lin Ling react to seeing her great grandpa's epitaph even though he was still alive?

Lin Ling was looking at the statue in a dazed manner.

The tablets didn't include the merits of the saints. All they recorded were the manners of the saint's deaths.

All the saints died for the Federation.

At this moment, Saint Lin Dong said, "Pay respects to the ancestral heroes!"

The senators repeated this too.

Everyone bowed to the statues three times.

Thereafter, the saint looked at Lu Ze and Lin Ling and said, "The predecessors have died. They're the past of the Federation. Because of them, the human race can stand at the top of the Milky Way Galaxy."

"But the present and future are in your hands."

"Lu Ze, Lin Ling, are you two willing to become the young duke of the human race. Once you have completed your cultivation, protect the human roots and expand the authority of the human race?"

"Never to betray the human race?"

The saint's authoritative voice spread through the square and across the Federation through the broadcast.

Countless people were waiting for their answers.

In Lu Ze's home, Lu Li and Alice clasped their hands.

Lu Wen and Fu Shuya looked at Lu Ze with pride and worry.

Being a young duke wasn't an easy task. It was an honor, but it also entailed responsibility.

Merlin and Hong Lian reminisced. They went through this too.

old man Nangong watched the broadcast with deep eyes and so did elder Lin. Lin Ling had finally grown now.

All over the Federation. Countless people were waiting for Lu Ze's and Lin Ling's answer.

Lu Ze and Lin Ling answered seriously, "I'm willing!"

The saint said again, "I hereby appoint Lu Ze, Lin Ling as the young dukes of the human

race!"

The senators said, "We hope that once young duke Lu Ze's and Lin Ling's cultivation have come to fruition, both of you will still remember today's oath and protect the human race!"

The Federation that had been quiet previously had erupted. "With young duke Lu Ze and Lin Ling, the human race will only get stronger and stronger!"

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha looked at the two with soft eyes.

Nangong Jing laughed and chugged a bottle of alcohol while Qiuyue Hesha rubbed Yingying's small head.

Yingying asked in curiosity, "Sister Jing, Hesha, why is the Federation so excited that Lu Ze and Lin Ling became young dukes?"

She could sense the entire Milky Way Galaxy.

Nangong Jing rubbed Yingying's face and answered, "Probably because everyone hopes that the Federation would become stronger, so all of us can live better lives?"

Yingying nodded.

The saint once again said, "The young duke appointment has concluded. Next, there's an extremely important issue."

Lu Ze and Lin Ling, who had just been appointed, were stunned after hearing the words of the saint.

Something else?

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha didn't inform them that there would be another matter after their appointments!?

Even the audience was dumbfounded. Wasn't it over now?

What else could be considered extremely important to Saint Lin Dong?

Saint Lin Dong spoke. "The young dukes this time are very special."

Lu Ze and Lin Ling were stunned for the second time.

What was special about them?

Nangong Jing and the others heard this and had a flash of realization.

Saint Lin Dong faced the square and continued to speak. "Lu Ze is 18 years old today, a first-year student at Federal University. His cultivation level is at the peak stage of the aperture opening state."

"Graduation trial, he annihilated the insectoid tide almost completely on his own and saved a few thousand students."

"Entrance test, Lu Ze found the spirit metal mine and destroyed a blade demon base. While at the Gracious System..."

"... Lu Ze annihilated the secret base of the Eternal Life Palace and then sabotaged the scheme toward Ena System before it was enacted."

"Finally, at Ena System's defense line, he helped three experienced young dukes kill a planetary state void beast."

Saint Lin Dong's tone changed to that of approval:

"As a young man, he had risked his life and made several great contributions to the human race!"

"As an aperture opening state, he killed a planetary state creature!"

"This is unprecedented in the history of the human race!"

"Perhaps, this is the beginning of a new era. This is the beginning of the rise of the human race!"

"Us old guys have discussed to give Lu Ze an additional appointment."

He looked at Lu Ze and said, "At the winter solstice, one yang is the beginning of life. It is the new dawn."

"We appoint Lu Ze as 'Monarch of the New Dawn'."

The entire Federation fell silent.

Everyone looked at the screen in shock.

The old guys mentioned by Saint Lin Dong clearly meant the other saints of the human

race.

This meant that Lu Ze is above the young dukes and considered by the saints as the new dawn of the flourishing human civilization?

This information was so huge that everyone could only feel dumbfounded for a while.

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha stared at this for a long time. Both couldn't utter a single word out.

Yingying stared at the two and asked, "What happened?"

The two then regained their senses and looked at each other.

Above young dukes!

This was the first appointment of a monarch in Federal history.

Lu Ze was above them now. They were both proud and envious. Even though they were the top young dukes of the Federation, none of them were able to receive such an appointment!

When that guy came back, they must beat him up.

Back in Lu Ze's home, everyone watched the screen in silence.

Hong Lian collected herself, putting away her initial shock. She sighed, "Monarch of the New Dawn? It seems that the saints favor Lu Ze more than I imagined."

Merlin was also extremely shocked. "This is indeed... the first appointment of a monarch in Federal history..."

When he first saw the kid, he was only a spirit martial state.

This progress was terrifying.

At this time, he thought of something and looked at Alice. Alice looked at Lu Ze like a crazed fangirl. Merlin immediately felt a heartache.

His precious daughter was probably out of his reach.

Meanwhile, Lu Li watched the screen as her hands were clasped together.

The first appointment of a monarch in Federal history, and it was her brother!

He was the best!

Lu Ze looked at saint Lin Dong's deep eyes with a heavy heart. The saints decided this together. They had extremely high hopes for him.

He was just a weak and pitiful jungler.

He really didn't know anything about being the new dawn and creating a prosperous era.

Lu Ze felt great pressure, but this was beneficial to him. At least, Monarch of the New Dawn sounded like a good name.

Previously, he was scared of receiving a stupid young duke title.

Now, he didn't need to worry about it anymore.

Meanwhile, Lin Ling felt complicated. Lu Ze once again beat her.

She was appointed as a young duke while this guy was appointed monarch.

At this moment, Saint Lin Dong said, "Alright, the appointment ceremony has concluded."

With this, the live broadcast terminated. Only then did the audience react.

"Oh shit! Monarch of the New Dawn!"

"This isn't a young duke appointment. It's a monarch appointment."

"This is creating history!"

"The first prodigy to be appointed monarch!" "So little brother had done so much already?"

"He's so handsome! Does anyone know his contact information?!"

"Same!"

Soon, the comments were flooded with people asking for Lu Ze's contact information.

"Hehe, keep dreaming. Monarch of the New Dawn has young duke Jing, Hesha, and Lin."

"By the way! Although young duke Lu Ze is appointed as a monarch, he's also a young duke. Young duke title!"

"Yes, young duke title!"

Those envious people finally found a way to exert their envy.

They must give that bastard a stupid young duke title!

In Lu Ze's home.

Lu Li got up and said, "I'm going to cultivate first."

Alice got up as well and smiled. "Senior's broadcast has ended. I'm going back to cultivate too."

In the China City hotel, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha enjoyed the comments section. Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "Little brother Lu Ze is really popular."

Nangong Jing complained. "It's just being Monarch of the New Dawn. Do those girls need to be like that? I don't get them. What's so good about that kid?"

At this moment, she saw people wanting to give Lu Ze a young duke title. Nangong Jing's eyes lit up. "I must think of a title for that kid!"

Qiuyue Hesha felt dazed. Subsequently, she grinned. "This is quite interesting. I'll think of one too."

Seeing the two big sisters smile so strangely, Yingying said crisply, "I want to get one too!"

After the ceremony, Saint Lin Dong looked at Lu Ze and exclaimed, "Lu Ze, we old guys don't have much time left. Your talent and character are greatly approved by Nangong. We've all seen it too. We hope you can give us surprises, so we can be on our way with a peaceful mind."

Lu Ze nodded. "I'll try."

He didn't expect old man Nangong to favor him that much. The other saints seemed to feel the same.

To be honest, Lu Ze didn't want to receive so much of their hopes.

He just wanted to be happy. He never thought of himself as the savior of the world.

However, he needed to respond to the hopes of these old saints. They all deserved his respect.

Lin Dong smiled and patted Lu Ze's shoulder. "Very well, since we've appointed you as Monarch of the New Dawn, then we're your strongest supporter. If there's anything in the future, you can come to us. Of course, this includes cultivation issues."

Hearing the words of Saint Lin Dong, Lu Ze's eyes lit up suddenly. He now had the strongest people in the Federation as his backers!

Could he be a cocky second-generation? However, just as Lu Ze had such a thought, he realized this wasn't in line with his character.

He was originally a relatively low-key individual. Hence, he would feel a bit embarrassed about becoming a high-profile person.

At this time, Saint Lin Dong looked at Lin Ling with a complicated expression. "Your great-grandpa still doesn't plan to come back?"

Although elder Lin's statue was constructed in the Palace of Heroes, the saints were well-aware that the former wasn't actually dead.

Lin Ling nodded. "Great-grandpa is still unable to recover."

In turn, Lin Dong sighed. "Only a few of us old guys remain. We're still all here, and the Federation is stable. So what if he has no power?"

Nevertheless, since elder Lin has insisted on such a decision, Lin Dong wouldn't naturally say much. Lin Ling didn't say anything either, but there were just a few weeks until the holidays. She would take Yingying back and see whether the latter could perhaps cure her grandpa. She was very hopeful.

Saint Lin Dong waved his hand. "Okay, the ceremony is over. Your rewards will be given to you guys after you get back. Don't waste your talents, and be diligent in cultivation." Lu Ze and Lin Ling nodded.

"Go."

The two then left under the gaze of the senators. Thereafter, Lu Ze and Lin Ling returned to that ice house to change their clothes and left the city with the guards' lead.

Leaving the blizzard area, Lu Ze and Lin Ling flew back to China City.

At this moment, Lu Ze suddenly felt a cold sensation. It was as though someone with malicious intent was lurking around. He scanned the area around them vigilantly, but he failed to discover anything in the end.

Lu Ze frowned.

What happened?

Did people want to harm him?

Noticing the alertness in Lu Ze, Lin Ling asked in curiosity, "What happened?".

When Lu Ze heard the question, he shook his head. "I feel like someone is targeting me?"

Could this probably be an illusion?

Lu Ze stopped thinking about it.

Soon, he recalled the extremely cool title he had received. Immediately, the wariness just then was swept away by happiness. Lu Ze beamed a smile and looked at Lin Ling, saluting her with his fist in a serious manner. "I'm the Monarch of the New Daw, Lu Ze. What is your name, girl?"

Lin Ling: "..."

She silently clenched her fists as she watched Lu Ze's smug expression.

On the other hand, Lu Ze felt her killing intent and sensed that Lin Ling was about to attack. He quickly changed the topic then. "Hmm? Lin Ling, why are you prettier than yesterday?"

Lin Ling: "..."

Why was she even angry with this retard?

She lowered her fists and rolled her eyes. "Let's hurry back."

The two soon reached the suite. Upon entering the door, they saw Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, and Yingying staring at their phones.

Lu Ze asked curiously, "What are you guys doing?"

Nangong Jing put her phone away and smiled. "Nothing."

Qiuyue Hesha looked seductively at Lu Ze. "Oh, our Monarch of the New Dawn is back."

Lu Ze immediately grinned and saluted with his fists, saying "I'm Monarch of the New Dawn, Lu Ze, what are your names, girls?"

The three girls: "..."

The atmosphere fell silent for a moment, and Qiuyue Hesha walked over to Lu Ze. She slid her fingers across Lu Ze's face and said softly, "Little brother Lu Ze, how do you want to call me?"

Lu Ze's body and face went stiff.

Oh shit! The fox demon used seduction god art?

It was a good thing he quickly sat down.

At this moment, Nangong Jing suddenly appeared next to Lu Ze. Subsequently, he felt a painful sensation coming from his forehead.

"Wait... I'm sorry!"

Lin Ling silently approached Yingying and covered her curious blue eyes.

Half an hour later, Lu Ze lay lifelessly on the couch. On the side were the satisfied Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha.

Why did they have to treat him like this? Lu Ze strongly objected to this.

At this juncture, Lu Ze asked a question. "By the way, what about the young duke title?"

Nangong Jing smiled. "The announcement will take a few days. This will be decided by the vote of all the people."

Lu Ze felt a bit flustered about this. "Would it actually be Playboy Young Duke?"

He wanted a cool-sounding title.

Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "We'll know then."

Lu Ze nodded helplessly.

Then, his eyes lit up and a smile crossed his face. "It's lunchtime. Let's go get lunch!"

Yingying immediately raised her hands in excitement. "Let's get lunch!"

She had a great time eating yesterday! "Let's go."

At night, the vibrant stars decorated the black sky. The food street of China City was very quiet.

Lu Ze and the rest exited a hotpot restaurant again.

In a single afternoon, until the night arrived, they managed to finish the entire street once more.

Lu Ze glanced at the closed restaurant doors. Meanwhile, Yingying's eyes were full of dismay.

Lin Ling rolled her eyes at Lu Ze. "Stop looking, we're going back."

Lu Ze sighed. They discussed and settled that they would be returning to the Dawn System tonight. After all, they came to Earth just for the ceremony, and that was over now. The group then proceed to the Earth-Moon rail, went back to the moon, and then boarded the Golden Whirl.

Lu Ze stood in front of the window. He looked at the blue planet that was gradually getting distant. A trace of reluctance could be seen in his eyes. He had only been back for a day, and he was leaving again.

However, he would be back!

Nangong Jing suddenly thought of something and said, "By the way, Ze and Lin Ling, you need to prepare for a young duke celebration."

"Young duke celebration?"

"Mhm, you have just become young dukes. You still need to get to know the other young dukes and Federal high-levels. There should be a lot of military districts, famous schools of the Dawn System, and some prodigy adventure teams inviting you over to join. They venture outside the Milky Way Galaxy."

"Of course, you're still students now, so these adventure teams don't suit you. Nevertheless, there will be an opportunity for cooperation in the future. It's good to get to know each other."At this moment, Qiuyue Hesha grinned. "What little brother Lu Ze probably needs is not a celebration for a young duke but a celebration for a monarch, is it?"

Nangong Jing felt dazed. "Mhm, it should be a celebration for a monarch."

Lu Ze smiled triumphantly. "A monarch celebration... Am I the first to have one?"

The three girls immediately rolled their eyes at Lu Ze.

Lin Ling asked, "How should you organize a young duke celebration?".

Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "It's usually held within half a year of becoming a young duke. You decide the location yourself. Of course, you need to work on how you treat the guests. Most importantly, as a new young duke, you need to show your power."

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. "Can we not do this?"

This was so troublesome.

Nangong Jing: "..."

Qiuyue Hesha: "..."

Lin Ling: "..." The three people looked at Lu Ze speechlessly.

Nangong Jing rolled her eyes. "When people come to congratulate you on becoming Monarch of the New Dawn, they will be giving gifts to you..." Qiuyue Hesha provided, "Every young duke celebration is akin to a gathering of Federal high-levels and prodigies. The gifts might not be extremely precious, but they will be rare."

Lin Ling: "..."

She looked strangely at Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha. These two big sisters understood Lu Ze so much.

Lu Ze's eyes lit up. He gritted his teeth. "Let's do it! I'll be asking for rare foods!" Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, and Lin Ling recognized such a look. They knew this guy's mind would veer in that direction.

Nangong Jing said, "As for treating them, the academic credits from Gracious System this time will be abundant. Lin Ling became a young duke, and Lu Ze, you became Monarch of the New Dawn, so you will receive a lot of academic credits each month. To us, academic credits aren't very useful. You can use it to buy some spirit fruits to treat the guests."

Lu Ze nodded. "I was thinking that too."

To them, they used red orbs for cultivation. Currently, they would only choose to spend their academic credits for buying materials, divine arts, and secret techniques.

In Lu Ze's case, however, he could alternatively learn divine art from the pocket hunting dimension, so he had very limited use for academic credits.

He looked at Lin Ling. "Lin Ling, how about you ask for a rare food too?"

Lin Ling rolled her eyes and nodded helplessly.

She didn't care what she got. She had been using red orbs for cultivation as well. Accordingly, academic credits had very little use for her too.

Lu Ze smiled. "Since we have decided, let's have it next semester. We should do it as quickly as possible."

He was worried about progressing too fast and accidentally reaching the planetary state in half a year. By then, it would be awkward to still hold a young duke celebration. If that happened, he would lose his chance to acquire rare food.

Nangong Jing smiled and nodded. "The fox demon and I are well-versed in this. We can help."

Then, Nangong Jing put her arm around Lu Ze's neck and said, "Ze, let's negotiate. How about it?"

Lu Ze's body immediately tensed in vigilance. "What do you want?"

Did she want to beat him up again?

When he surpasses her in the future, he would be the one beating her to the ground!

Nangong Jing smiled. "It's not a big deal. Just let them add some wine in their gifts."

Qiuyue Hesha: "..."

Lin Ling: "...'

These two were the same.

Lu Ze grinned. This alcoholic was asking him for a favor, wasn't she?

"You want to have some wine?"

Nangong Jing quickly nodded. "Mhm!"

Lu Ze grinned. "Then, that will depend on your behavior."

Nangong Jing's smile froze, and she clenched her fist. "What behavior? I didn't hear it clearly."

Lu Ze: "..."

He glanced at the fist and said seriously, "I'm saying, you're going to help me organize the celebration. That's so hard. It's only natural that I should ask the guest to bring some wine as gifts!"

Nangong Jing silently took back her fists and smiled. "So it's decided then!"

Qiuyue Hesha and Lin Ling looked speechlessly at this interaction. This would probably be the strangest celebration for a monarch in Federal history, on top of being the first.

It would take five hours to get back to the Dawn System, so everyone returned to their rooms to cultivate.

On the bed, Lu Ze fell in contemplation. There were three weeks remaining until the end of the semester examinations. He had nothing to occupy him until then.

During this time, he needed to break through to the mortal evolution state and hone all his divine art to perfect mastery. At the same time, he needed to learn the divine art from the rabbit boss on the second map.

That divine art was stronger than the lightning spear and was capable of executing a large-scale attack. It would be quite beneficial to him on the third map.

Lu Ze thought about it. His reward this time probably included a time inside the dao enlightenment room.

If he could go there, he should focus on learning divine art first.

For now, he should just concentrate on improving his cultivation level.

Lu Ze closed his eyes and used two special red orbs that were at level two of the mortal evolution state.

Five hours later, the ship left the warp dimension and flew toward planet Venus. Lu Ze slowly opened his eyes and walked out of the room.

Yingying was sitting on the couch while watching cartoons. Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, and Lin Ling were still in their rooms.

Lu Ze sat next to Yingying. He then carried her in his arms and watched cartoons with her.

Soon, the doors to the other rooms opened. Nangong Jing and the rest walked out.

Seeing Yingying in Lu Ze's arms, the other three girls laughed.

Nangong Jing said, "Ze, you two look like a father-daughter pair."

Qiuyue Hesha nodded in agreement. "Indeed."

Lin Ling nodded too.

Lu Ze replied, "I'm still young. Yingying is, at most, like my little sister."

He even doubted himself.

Did he look really old?

Yingying just kept watching cartoons.

Suddenly, their phones rang at the same time.

Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "It seems that the awards have arrived."

The four took out their phones. Lu Ze checked his reward.

The rewards were divided into two parts. One part was his contribution to the Gracious and Ena Systems while the other part was the reward for his appointment as Monarch of the New Dawn.

He was awarded 90 million academic credits for the war contribution, as well as 10 days in the dao enlightenment room and three planetary state Heaven Yang spirit fruits for cultivation.

Lu Ze was a little surprised by how much reward he got. Last time, the alcoholic and fox demon received 80 million academic credits, 10 days in the dao enlightenment room, and two planetary state cultivation fruits by virtue of their deeds in the Xigui System.

This meant that Lu Ze's reward was a little higher than what they gained at that for becoming Monarch of the New Dawn, the reward was equally bountiful. This entailed a private space ship, seven days in the dao enlightenment room, 30 million academic credits, as well as another 30 million academic credits every month until he reached the planetary state.

Lu Ze remembered that the salary for being a young duke was at least two million a month. Although most young dukes wouldn't just receive 2 million, he wondered if there were people like him with 30 million.

He wanted to ask Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha how much they got each month, but he was scared of getting beaten up by those two, in case he had much more credits than them.

Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, and Lin Ling all smiled at their rewards. Clearly, they were very satisfied with them.

Nangong Jing smiled. "Fox demon, how are your rewards?"

Qiuyue Hesha grinned. "200 million academic credits, 1 month in the dao enlightenment room, 10 Heaven Yang spirit fruit, and one star forge fruit." Nangong Jing's smile disappeared, and she sneered, "It's the same."

They were even again.

At this moment, Nangong Jing looked curiously at Lu Ze. "Ze, what is your reward?"

Lu Ze's face suddenly stiffened upon hearing Nangong Jing's words. He wondered what he should do. After all, he received plenty of rewards. Wouldn't he get beaten if he revealed how much he got?

He let out a dry cough. "Ah, there's actually not much reward..."

Qiuyue Hesha narrowed her eyes and laughed. "It seems little brother Lu Ze is very flustered, isn't he?"

Nangong Jing and Lin Ling also turned to stare at Lu Ze, narrowing their eyes just as Qiuyue Hesha did.

Lu Ze: "..."

Under the pressure of their gazes, Lu Ze eventually stated his awards before the three girls. "120 million academic credits, 3 Heaven Yang spirit fruits, and 17 days inside the dao enlightenment room."

When Lu Ze was finished talking, no one dared to speak a single word.

After a while, Nangong Jing gritted her teeth and glared at Lu Ze. "You call it not much, huh?"

Lin Ling took a deep breath and gritted her teeth. "I only got 80 million academic credits, 10 days in the dao enlightenment room with no Heaven Yang spirit fruits..."

The difference was almost doubled!

So annoying!

A smile crossed Qiuyue Hesha's face. She then said, "May I ask how much is the monthly salary of a Monarch of the New Dawn?"

Lu Ze: "... 30 million academic credits."

The atmosphere turned stale once more.

Nangong Jing said in a strange tone, "The fox demon and I only received 10 million..."

Lin Ling silently added, "Mine is 12 million..."

The three looked at Lu Ze and approached him.

Lu Ze met their eyes and moved back a bit. "... What do you want? I'm still a clean and virgin kid! Don't do anything! Even if you get my body, you can't get m-".

Lu Ze couldn't finish his words.

"It hurts! I'm sorry, Teacher Nangong, I was wrong!"

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Yingying watched curiously.

This time, sister Ling finally didn't cover her eyes since she was bullying Lu Ze too.

Moments later, Lu Ze rubbed his aching head and sat on the couch.

Nangong Jing suddenly said, "Ze, you can consider using Heaven Yang spirit fruit to treat the guests."

Qiuyue Hesha smiled and nodded in agreement. "Young dukes are all mortal evolution states. No one has used Heaven Yang spirit fruit during a celebration yet."

All of them knew that Lu Ze had red orbs. As such, he didn't need these spirit fruits to increase his cultivation level. These were planetary state spirit fruits. Their value should be enough to satisfy the guests at the upcoming celebration."

Lu Ze nodded. "I was thinking of this too."

At this moment, the Golden Whirl had stopped next to Nangong Jing's house.

Lu Ze asked, "By the way, are you guys going to the dao enlightenment room tomorrow?"

Nangong Jing and the others felt stunned. Then, Nangong Jing went to inquire, "You're not going to wait for your young duke title to come out before heading to the room? It takes at most two days."

After hearing this, Lu Ze just remembered that he was waiting for his young duke title. Should he go and check how the polls are faring now?

However, since the results weren't out yet, there was no point in monitoring it. He was even afraid of checking it now. After all, there was a possibility that it would affect his cultivation.

He was about to break through to the mortal evolution state!

Lu Ze calculated the time. There were 22 days left before the end of the semester examinations. He could wait a few days first before proceeding to the dao enlightenment room and use up all the period until the time runs out."

Thinking about this, Lu Ze nodded. "In that case, I'll enter into short solitary cultivation for a few days. I feel I'm about to break through to the mortal evolution state."

Nangong Jing: "..."

Qiuyue Hesha: "..."

Lin Ling: "..."

This retard was about to silently transcend to the mortal evolution state?

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha didn't feel so good immediately. If this continued, they would soon be surpassed.

That wouldn't do!

Work hard in cultivation!

Lin Ling's eyes also flashed with determination. Due to the special red orbs that Lu Ze gave her a few days ago, she was almost close to reaching the peak stage of the aperture opening state. Once she had accumulated enough, she would be able to break through to the mortal evolution state!

She couldn't fall too far behind this guy!

But...

Nangong Jing smiled. "But these two days' time probably wouldn't be enough. After all, it's not so easy to form a planetary seed. Even you would take three to five days." Qiuyue Hesha nodded "Probably three days."

Lu Ze asked the two, "How long did it take for you two to form the planetary seed?"

In his opinion, it shouldn't be difficult to form the planetary seed. However, he had to consider their thoughts as well since both of them claimed that it would be hard.

Nangong Jing's mouth twitched. "15 days. I can't even remember how many times I failed."

Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "The same time as the female T-rex."

Lu Ze's eyes widened in disbelief. "It takes this long? Isn't it formed immediately?"

Oh, shit!?

Will it take that long?

Even Lin Ling's eyes widened. Sister Jing and Hesha were the pinnacle prodigies of the Federation. If both of them would even need 15 days, then how long would ordinary people take?

A few years?

Nangong Jing smiled. "We're considered very fast, but Ze would probably be faster than us. After all, he's perfect in all aspects. It should take him around three days." Thereafter, Nangong Jing waved her hand. "Alright, leave quickly, go." She had to quickly go and cultivate. Otherwise, this kid would surpass her. At that time, she wouldn't be able to flick his forehead anymore.

... would he flick it back?

Nangong Jing suddenly felt scared.

Lu Ze looked at Nangong Jing with confusion. He didn't annoy her, didn't he?

With confusion, Lu Ze, Lin Ling, and Yingying flew back to her dorms. It was deep in the night, and the air felt cool and refreshing. Lu Ze and Lin Ling soon returned to the dorms area. Currently, the area was very quiet, and the students were naturally cultivating at this hour.

Lu Ze went back to his own dorm and sat on the bed.

In the next two days, he wasn't going to learn divine art nor god art, he was going to focus on breaking through.

Two days' time! If he concentrated on gathering enough spirit force, he should be able to do it.

Lu Ze closed his eyes, used the chi gathering chant, and consumed the red orbs. In turn, spirit force was dragged into his body from space, and his cultivation level grew.

Two days later, the sun had already risen, but Lu Ze's eyes remained tightly shut. Simultaneously, he had a frown on his face.

The mortal evolution state was a turning point for the human race cultivation. Such a turning point had two aspects.

One was the spirit body. It could allow people to be closer to the spirit force.

On the other hand, the second was the planetary seed. This seed was the step for human evolution. Only when this seed was formed could humans continue to evolve and become stronger.

In order to form a planetary seed, he needed to gather his spirit force in his cells and finally reach the nucleus so that he could merge his spirit force with his cells.

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha estimated that he would take three days, but they didn't know he had purple orbs. Lu Ze thought that if he used them, then it would probably be faster, and he could finish forming the seed in two days.

He took a deep breath. Lu Ze's mental force surged a bit and a level two special purple orb of the mortal evolution state entered his mind.

Begin!

A dense spirit force reached every corner of his body. It was then guided by Lu Ze toward his Du meridian. His spirit was calm as he inserted the spirit force into small but lively cells.

Lu Ze was very gentle with this procedure. Fortunately, his control over the spirit force was very precise. His body and cells were naturally strong enough to handle the process.

Soon, the spirit force poured into his cells and covered the nucleus.

Next, it was time for the fusion to begin. This was probably the hardest part.

Lu Ze tried to draw his spirit force to jumpstart the fusion with his cell nucleus. However, what Lu Ze didn't expect was that, as soon as his mental force willed it, the spirit force naturally entered his cells. The hard work and effort he anticipated previously weren't needed at all.

Lu Ze: "?"

The fusion resulted in a glamourous planetary seed. It went in just like that!? Wasn't it supposed to be extremely difficult?

Where was the hard part?

Why was it so fast?

The situation was so strange that Lu Ze wasn't able to react accordingly for a long time.

Didn't the alcoholic and fox demon say that it was extremely difficult? Lu Ze had already expected himself to struggle for two days, and yet, as soon as he attempted forming the seed, it was already finished!?

Looking at the flashing planetary seed, Lu Ze fell silent. He must not let those two know. Even if they were to discover his successful attempt, then it should be after his cultivation level surpassed them.

Otherwise...

He received a headache from thinking about it.

After making up his mind, Lu Ze continued to draw in the spirit force. After a planetary seed was formed, a strange wave spread across his body. The fusion of the other spirit forces and cells would be much easier.

Lu Ze didn't even need to try hard. As soon as spirit force entered his cells, it automatically fused with his cell nucleus. Faint planetary seeds started appearing.

As more and more seeds were merged into his cells in his Ren and Du meridian, the two meridians glowed.

The mortal evolution state was also divided into nine levels. It corresponded with the nine levels of the body refinement-skin, flesh, tendon, bones, five bowels and six viscera, 12 meridians, as well as Ren and Du meridian.

The perfection of body refinement state could allow martial artists to open more apertures at the aperture opening state.

The perfection of the aperture opening state can grant a perfect spirit body to an individual.

If there was a flaw in the spirit body, the flawed area wouldn't be able to form a planetary seed. It would then make things harder for martial artists to break through to the planetary state. They might not even be able to transcend to the planetary state.

Everything started from the foundations. If the foundation wasn't sturdy enough, then it would be a mere dream to go further.

Only a perfect spirit body like Lu Ze wouldn't leave any flaws behind. His every step was perfect.

The sequence in forming the planetary seed was the exact opposite of the order in body refinement. In the case of the former, it's from the inside to the outside—from the Ren and Du meridians, in particular. By the time you had converted all your cells into planetary seeds, then you could now consider breaking through the planetary state. Of course, this was still too far-fetched for Lu Ze. He was just a level one mortal evolution state noob.

Lu Ze moved his spirit force into the Du meridian and happily began converting such a force into planetary seeds.

Every time a planetary seed appeared, his body would gradually grow stronger. He became immersed in this feeling of getting strong.

Lu Ze wasn't aware of the fact that as his cultivation level kept rising, a powerful pressure was also released from his body. This pressure was brimming with oppressive force, affecting the entire dorms of the first-year elite class.

Lin Ling, who was cultivating, opened her eyes and looked in Lu Ze's direction. That retard broke through?!

Wasn't he supposed to have just finished accumulating the spirit force? Sister Jing and Hesha said he would need at least three days to breakthrough.

Why was he so fast?!

Lin Ling felt the ever-increasing pressure.

It was extremely strong...

Even though it was just breaking through, the pressure released by Lu Ze was already this great.

She could only sigh as she closed her eyes to continue her cultivation.

In another room, Yingying was lying on the bed while watching cartoons.

She suddenly sensed something and looked in Lu Ze's direction, but after a moment, she went back to watching cartoons.

Almost all the freshmen students of the elite class were woken up by the pressure. Shock quickly filled their eyes.

Who was this?

The pressure was so terrifying! Their cultivation level was relatively low after all. Even though the coercive force emitted by Lu Ze wasn't supposed to be damaging, it was still something the rest of the students couldn't handle.

They all stood up and went outside. Along the way, they met up with each other, quickly noticing the paleness on everyone's faces.

"Which powerful being is running rampant in the Federal University?"

"Is it some teacher joking with us?"

"I believe so too. This is the Federal University, after all. Who would dare to run rampant here?"

"Perhaps, this is some special test. The end of semester exams is near." "Oh my, this pressure is getting stronger!" "I feel like I'm being crushed to the ground!"

"Don't give up! Keep running!"

Although they were just first-year students most of them had reached the abstruse martial state after a semester. They weren't slow. However, despite running for a few kilometers, the pressure didn't ease up. Instead, it stretched further as though it chased after the students.

The ones running at the front were Ye Mu and his group.

Ye Mu complained, "If this continues, it's going to reach the second- and third-year students. Is this person planning to subject the entire dorms of the elite class under his pressure?"

Xuan Yuqi frowned. "Is it some special test that requires all the students from the elite class of Federal University?"

"I don't know, but I've never seen any figure of the teachers."

Soon, the pressure spread to other areas as well. Those students with higher cultivation opened their eyes. Second-year students had mostly reached the higher level of the abstruse martial state. Some of them had reached the core martial state.

Third-year students were mostly core martial states while some were aperture opening states.

Fourth-year students, on the other hand, were pretty much all aperture opening states.

The pressure released by Lu Ze managed to affect the whole area where the entire student body, across all year levels, was.

Those second- and third-year students also lost the color in their faces. Fear became apparent in their eyes. Only those who were aperture opening states and above were faring relatively better. Still, they couldn't resist the force entirely.

Everyone exited their dorms and ran outside.

At this time, the pressure expanded further, reaching nearly 50 kilometers before halting.

All of the students felt awkward. They were cultivating, but they were now forced out.

Amidst the crowd, Margaret and Li Qingyun were standing at the front. Everyone was surrounding them as they were the strongest two students in Federal University.

Margaret frowned. "It's a mortal evolution state pressure!" Li Qingyun felt confused. "Which teacher came over?"

"No, it seems this pressure unintentionally spilled out. It's not targeting anyone."

"Is some teacher pulling a prank?" "This school has no teacher that does these sort of pranks."

Gui Yuping suddenly asked, "Did you see junior Lu Ze's appointment ceremony?"

Those students immediately looked over.

"Of course! Monarch of the New Dawn!"

"The first monarch of the Federation! Junior Lu Ze is too amazing!"

"He's brought honor to the Federal University!"

People immediately began discussing this excitedly. The pressure inside wasn't threatening, so they just needed to wait for the teachers to come over.

Margaret suddenly thought of something.

Feeling shocked, she asked, "Gui Yuping, you're saying it might be junior Lu Ze?"

Gui Yuping smiled bitterly. "At the ceremony, didn't saint Lin Dong say that junior Lu Ze was at the peak stage of the aperture opening state..."

These words made the scene sink into silence.

After a while, someone finally spoke. "This is... impossible!"

"Yeah... the ceremony was only two days ago, wasn't it?"

Li Qingyun said with disbelief, "I know about planetary seeds. Those rather talented people would need a few years. Even better prodigies need a few months. Young dukes could usually form seeds within several months. The fastest record is set by Barren Dragon Young Duke from 300 years ago. He just used 11 days..."

When Li Qingyun's words echoed in the quiet air, everyone felt a tremor in their brains.

Moments later, Margaret said, "He just used two days to form a planetary seed. Perhaps this is the Monarch of the New Dawn's talent?"

The air remained silent as no one dared to utter a word. All of the students could only look at each other, but deep inside, they harbored the same thoughts. Everyone had felt that what Margaret and Gui Yuping said was highly possible.

After all, this unintentional release of pressure could be greatly attributed to a recent breakthrough.

Was Lu Ze actually possessed by the devil?

How could anyone improve their cultivation in this manner?

Wasn't it too much?

He made them feel they were idiots... Gui Yuping suddenly thought of something. Subsequently, he had a strange smile on his face. "But... junior Lu Ze's young duke title..."

At the mention of Lu Ze, the lifeless students suddenly recovered with a gleam in their eyes

—even an indifferent person like Margaret could not help but grin.

Li Qingyun sighed. "Amazing..."

"I wonder how junior schoolmate Lu Ze would react when he sees his young duke title?"

"I pitied him before. However, seeing how insane he is, I feel a little good?"

"Same."

"Hahahaa..."

Lu Ze's and Lin Ling's young duke title came out last night. Lu Ze's young duke title had spread like wildfire online. If the news regarding Lu Ze's breakthrough to the mortal evolution state was also released, then another huge wave of discussions will emerge.

After all, breaking through to the mortal evolution state with just two days was speed on a completely different level to other young dukes.

Although the title "Monarch of the New Dawn" was decided by the saints and no one dared to say anything about it, it was difficult to suppress the thoughts and doubts of others. However, now that Lu Ze had managed to break through, then those people should be convinced.

At this moment, four chi reaching the mortal evolution state quickly neared the crowd. The students felt relieved.

"The teachers are here. We should be fine."

"This isn't a surprise exam?"

"Probably not..."

"What's going on?"

Ian said in a quiet voice, "Do you think Ze and the others are back? Is this actually the pressure released by Ze?"

Ye Mu said, "We went to their dorms these few nights. They're not back yet."

Xuan Yuqi frowned. "And, Ze isn't the sort to pull this prank."

Meanwhile, the people on the side heard Lu Ze's name and looked over curiously Everyone looked at the six with envy. After all, Lu Ze and Lin Ling were young dukes now. These six were quite close to them. If Lu Ze and Lin Ling helped them, they would be able to progress very quickly.

These six people were above average among the freshman students, even if they weren't the top.

Yet, after a semester, they had reached level eight to nine of the abstruse martial state, and their combat power was at the core martial state. Even Ji Zhengtian, who was at level four of the abstruse martial state when he started the semester, was only at level eight of the abstruse martial state now.

They could improve so fast all because of Lu Ze and Lin Ling.

At this moment, those four teachers who entered the dorms flew out. Their faces were serious and yet filled with surprise.

Didn't these teachers go in to deal with the pressure?

The pressure was still there, but why did they come out?

A middle-aged teacher approached the students. He then said, "Go to the classrooms first. The dorms are closed for now. No one can enter."

Everyone: "?"

Go to the classrooms?

How?

It wasn't even 7 o'clock in the morning...

The other year levels also had teachers telling them that they couldn't return to the dorms for now. The students looked at the teachers. They were almost certain that it was Lu Ze breaking through. Otherwise, the teachers wouldn't be this serious.

At this time, one golden and one pink stream of light dashed into the dorms area.

"Teacher Nangong and Qiuyue?"

"Weren't they with Lu Ze and Lin Ling on Earth? They're back already?".

"Wait! In that case, Lu Ze and Lin Ling are back too, right?"

Lu Ze and Lin Ling returned to the dorms in the depths of the night two days ago. Hence, no one knew about their arrival.

They immediately figured out things. Xuan Yuqi's cold face carried some excitement. "Two days... Ze really broke through to the mortal evolution state in two days!"

Ian gasped. "Ze is so amazing!"

The other people smiled. They were happy for Lu Ze, of course.

Lu Ze breaking through to the mortal evolution state in two days meant too much. If they could be friends with such a monster, they would wake up from their dreams laughing

Ji Zhengtian walked over and smiled. "Ye Mu, you guys didn't even tell us Lu Ze came back. We're all fellow students. Lu Ze was appointed as Monarch of the New Dawn and Lin Ling was appointed young duke. We should celebrate for them." "Yeah, fellow students, we're like brothers."

"Yes, we should celebrate for Lu Ze and Lin Ling."

Regardless, being fellow students was a rather reliable relationship. It was better than anything to be connected to Lu Ze and Lin Ling.

Xuan Yuqi said coldly, "We didn't know when Ze came back. As for the celebrations, if Ze and the others choose to send out invites, then naturally you guys can go, but if not, then even we can't go." How could she not know what these people were thinking?

It was best not to trouble Ze and Lin Ling with these things.

Ji Zhengtian smiled apologetically. "True, the young duke celebration should be the formal one. Moreover, he's the first monarch. It's a bit sudden for us to celebrate."

If they were close to Lu Ze and Lin Ling, it was natural for them to hold a celebration for two. Otherwise, it wasn't too appropriate. As for the young duke celebration, his family was quite well off. He had the right to receive the invitation. Then, as a fellow student of Lu Ze, it wouldn't be hard to get in.

Lu Ze didn't know he spilled out the pressure.

As spirit force entered his two meridians, he could feel improvements in all areas. It was like every cell in his body was getting massaged. This felt so much better than when he used the red orbs to improve. That was a sadistic Ze felt sad. Progressing was so hard.

Three hours later, the spirit force he gathered completely fused into his Ren and Du meridians. Patches of planetary seeds glow.

Lu Ze's Ren and Du meridians glowed with a color similar to that white energy dropped by the overlords of the pocket hunting dimension.

Lu Ze could feel that he formed about 10% of the planetary seeds in his Ren and Du meridian.

If he wanted to keep improving, he would need red orbs, but Lu Ze just broke through to the mortal evolution state. Right now, he didn't have the mood to cultivate. He slowly opened his eyes.

Lu Ze gauged his power. He wasn't sure what level his combat power would reach once he used his divine art at full power, but it should be many times stronger than before.

Those level three mortal evolution state possums and rabbits won't be a match for him. Now, it was his turn to chase them.

Thinking about this, Lu Ze couldn't wait to go into the pocket hunting dimension and fight those bosses.

Lu Ze proceeded to check the time. It wasn't even lunchtime yet. Guess it wasn't too plausible to fight bosses now.

It's okay, he could wait until night.

Lu Ze got up and stretched. His goal of reaching the mortal evolution state was now achieved. He felt quite good.

He then walked out of the room and went downstairs. There, he found Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, Lin Ling, and Yingying waiting for him already.

They all looked at him, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Lu Ze asked, "How did you guys get in here?"

Why were they here? He didn't even give them the keys.

Qiuyue Hesha touched Yingying's head. "We let Yingying take us in."

He saw a prideful look in Yingying's eyes. He almost forgot that she was a cosmic realm state being. There were probably very few places in the universe that Yingying couldn't get to.

Lu Ze was a little worried. Did they find out about him breaking through to the mortal evolution state?

Should he tell them that he didn't break through yet? However, Lu Ze immediately gave up on the idea. He really didn't want to lie to them.

Change the subject!

He still wanted to know whether his young duke title was out.

Lu Ze smiled and was about to ask the question, but Lin Ling interrupted him. With a smile, she confronted him. "Ze, how does it feel breaking through to the mortal evolution state?"

Lu Ze: "...?"

Impossible! How did Lin Ling know that he broke through?

He didn't reveal his chi now. Even the alcoholic and fox demon wouldn't be able to tell.

By the expressions on their faces, they knew about it already?

What happened?

Lu Ze couldn't understand.

The three girls were speechless with Lu Ze's expression.

Nangong Jing rolled her eyes. "Why do you think we came over? When you broke through, your pressure spilled out. We came to protect you."

Realization finally dawned on Lu Ze. It was no wonder they came over. Thinking about this, he felt relaxed a little.

Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "A few days ago, you were still accumulating spirit force. You probably just tried a few times and you formed a planetary seed, right?" Lu Ze coughed awkwardly. "To be honest, I don't know how I broke through to the mortal evolution state so quickly. I was ready to struggle for a few days, but then I passed the first time..."

The other three: "..." What could they do? They were very dejected as well.

Compared to those guys outside who didn't know what was going on, they took the most direct hits.

This guy broke through straight up! Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha, who tried for 15 days and failed countless times, had the urge to cry at this moment.

Lin Ling also felt speechless.

Her cultivation level could reach the peak stage of the aperture opening state in these two days. Thereafter, she could think about breaking through to the mortal evolution state. What Lu Ze did just now gave her too much pressure.

They looked strangely at Lu Ze. Nangong Jing and the rest hoped that Lu Ze would say something weird so that they would have a reason to beat him up.

Seeing the atmosphere was dead silent, Lu Ze felt he needed to change the topic, so he asked, "By the way, has the young duke title come out yet?"

This was what he wanted to know the most right now. On the other hand, the strange glances of those three deepened further.

Nangong Jing got up and patted Lu Ze's shoulder. "Ze, you need to be strong..."

Qiuyue Hesha looked at Lu Ze. "Little brother Lu Ze, you already have Monarch of the New Dawn as your title. You don't really need the young duke title." Lu Ze: "?"

Lu Ze felt things weren't so simple.

It seemed his young duke title was very bad?!

Lu Ze looked at Lin Ling-wanting to get an answer from her.

Lin Ling silently looked away as though she was trying to hold in laughter.

Lu Ze: "..."

He suddenly didn't want to know his young duke title.

Nangong Jing forced down her smile and said, "Wait, I'll open the website for the voting poll of your young duke title."

Every time a young duke was appointed, this voting website would appear. Accordingly, the citizens could vote for the young duke based on his characteristics.

Of course, the title couldn't be offensive, but strange ones weren't banned.

The worst title that Lu Ze knew was Blue Flower Fruit Young Duke. Mhm... it's said that guy loved eating blue flower fruit.

Lu Ze made some mental preparations for his young duke title. He sighed and opened the voting website.

However, the rankings on the website made him stiffen.

Xinghzhan Fruit Pancake Young Duke

Playboy Young Duke 3. Yingying Young Duke 4. Ying Ying Ying Young Duke 5. Iron Fist 2nd Young Duke

Foodie Young Duke

Sister-Loving Young Duke 8. Upside Down Planting Young Duke 9. Unparalleled Young Duke

New Dawn Young Duke.

Lu Ze: "?"

What was going on?

He must have been hallucinating!

Lu Ze closed his eyes and counted to three before looking at the list once more. It was still the same.

Oh shit!

Among the top ten, only the last two were normal?

What were the first eight titles?

Who revealed that he liked eating Xingzhan fruit pancakes?

What was Ying Ying Young Duke?

Without a doubt, Iron Fist 2nd was the alcoholic's fault.

So, who put the sister-loving one in there?

Lu Ze didn't know what to say. He rubbed his head and said, "Speak, which ones did you guys came up with?"

He was going to note this down and get revenge upon becoming stronger. Yingying's crisp voice had a disappointed tone. "I gave you 'Yingying Young Duke', but people didn't vote for it."

That name sounded so good. Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "Mine is Ying Ying Ying Young Duke."Nangong Jing sighed. "I choose Iron Fist 2nd Young Duke. I thought we could form an Iron Fist Young Duke battle squad."

Lin Ling shook her head. "I was cultivating and didn't dare to look at the voting website, so I didn't choose one for you."

Lu Ze looked at Lin Ling. "What is your title?" Seeing Lu Ze's hopeful eyes, Lin Ling rolled her eyes. "Mine is normal, Spirit Eye Young Duke."

Lu Ze: "..."

He gritted his teeth and asked, "Who chose the first one?"

If it weren't for Xingzhan Fruit Pancake Young Duke, he would be called Playboy Young Duke!

Nangong Jing coughed. "You need to ask commander Ling Dongyu of the Gracious System."

Lu Ze: "..."

Hearing Nangong Jing's response, Lu Ze's mouth twitched. "Did Ling Dongyu, that bastard, do it?"

If it was true, then Lu Ze decided to visit the Gracious System in order to beat him up, no, beat him for half a year!

He finally understood how Blue Flower Fruit Young Duke felt. He thought he wouldn't end up like that, but in the end, he actually did. Sure enough, the netizens targeted him.

Nangong Jing shook her head. "That's not the case."

"Didn't you ask him to get some more pancakes? Ling Dongyu felt that you helped him a lot. As a form of gratitude, he gathered all the Xingzhan pancakes he could and asked people to make more quickly."

Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "Thus, news of you asking Ling Dongyu to send more Xingzhan pancakes spread out."

"If this didn't happen, your young duke title would have been Playboy Young Duke, but this news blew up. Hence, this title soon surpassed Playboy Young Duke and became first."

Lu Ze: "..."

Could he blame Ling Dongyu? Ling Dongyu really put in a lot of effort in helping him collect the Xingzhan fruits. In the end, the retarded internet people gave him such a name.

What else could he do?

He was desperate too!

Should he still go beat Ling Dongyu up? He was a mortal evolution state, so he should able to handle a beating.

Lu Ze gritted his teeth. "I'm never going to eat Xingzhan pancakes again! I will think of my young duke title. This is too hard to accept!"

Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, and Lin Ling felt dazed. Thereafter, Nangong Jing smiled at Lu Ze. "Really?"

"Really!"

Lin Ling smiled. "Last night, Ling Dongyu sent them here. There are over 10,000 Xingzhan fruit pancakes. It can last a few

years."

Lu Ze's body stiffened.

10,000?

That was a lot!

A hint of saliva trickled at the corner of Yingying's mouth. She then asked, "Is that pancake really tasty?" She hadn't tried it yet.

Lin Ling rubbed Yingying's head. "Very tasty. Since Ze doesn't want it, Yingying can have some more."

"Wait!" Lu Ze suddenly shouted.

The three seemed to have been expecting this. All of them looked at Lu Ze with a knowing smile.

Lu Ze: "..."

His mouth twitched. He said, "Um... I have thought about it... Ling Dongyu put in so much effort, I can't just waste it. So, I'll just eat some then."

Qiuyue Hesha grinned. "But didn't you say this will remind you of your young duke title?"

Lu Ze answered, "This is just a joke of the Federal citizens. I'm Monarch of the New Dawn. I don't need to take it seriously. If I let this young duke title affect me, then clearly, there is something wrong with my mentality."

Seeing Lu Ze like this, the three girls felt quite happy.

Lin Ling smiled. "In that case, you can have it."

Lu Ze's eyes lit up, and he smiled.

Great!

How about disregarding his plan to beat up Ling Dongyu?

At this moment, Lin Ling recalled something and said, "By the way, other than the Xingzhan fruit pancakes, Ling Dongyu also sent five people over. It's the five Eternal Life Palace guardians you caught. We forgot about them at the hotel."

Lu Ze just now realized that he had forgotten about them. They were actually sent here?

Lu Ze nodded. "Okay, then teacher Qiuyue can bring them to the interrogation department. I was thinking about using them to locate the base of the Eternal Life Palace."

Qiuyue Hesha nodded. "Although the Lord of Eternal Life is dead, a part of the Eternal Life Palace people is still alive. It's good to find their base. Where are they?"

Lin Ling replied, "I left them in my dorm. We'll go pick them up later."

Following that, Lin Ling took out 15 large cases that filled the living room.

Lu Ze and Lin Ling had five cases each. Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha got one each while Yingying had three.

After dividing the cases among everyone, Lu Ze showed a satisfied smile. These pancakes could last him a long time. When he went back, he would let Li and Alice try.

Then, the group left and went to Lin Ling's dorm. They took out the five unconscious Eternal Life Palace guardians. Qiuyue Hesha took them off to the interrogation department.

As it was time for lunch, Lin Ling went to cook first.

In the living room, Lu Ze and Nangong Jing sat on the couch. Yingying took out a Xingzhan pancake bigger than her little head and bit down on it.

"Awuuu!" Yingying's eyes lit up with a single bite. Clearly, she really liked this.

Nangong Jing suddenly thought of something and said, "By the way, Ze, since you broke through to the mortal evolution state, then let's go spar. It can allow you to understand your current combat power." Lu Ze: "..."

He looked at the serious-faced Nangong Jing with suspicion. He felt she was just trying to find an excuse to beat him up.

However, she had a point. Indeed, he needed to understand what his limit was.

Lu Ze nodded. "Mhm, let's spar after lunch."

Half an hour later, the food cooked by Lin Ling was ready, and Qiuyue Hesha came back from the interrogation department. They were both excited to hear that Nangong Jing was going to spar with Lu Ze. After finishing their food, the group headed to Nangong Jing's home.

The virtual reality stage expanded to infinity. Four people stood on top of it.

Lu Ze wore loose black robes while Nangong Jing and the rest wore white martial robes.

Lu Ze and Nangong Jing stood 100 meters apart. Their chi rustled and spread out.

A green light flashed in Lu Ze's eyes as he disappeared from the spot.

Blue Bird 1 Divine Art!

At mortal evolution state, when Lu Ze used Blue Bird 1 Divine Art with full power, his speed would reach level six, approaching level seven, of the mortal evolution state.

This was on par with him wearing the combat armor before.

Lu Ze appeared behind Nangong Jing.

Crackle...

Purple-red lightning appeared in the air, forming into a violent lightning spear. The chi was so shocking that its power had nearly reached level eight of the mortal evolution state.

Lu Ze was covered in black gold battle armor like a war god.

Rumble!

He let out a punch.

Star crippling punch!

The lightning spear was aimed at Nangong Jing's head while Lu Ze's punch headed toward Nangong Jing's force blew Nangong Jing's hair around.

Nangong Jing's eyes flashed with a flicker of gold as a golden beam soared from her body. She spun around quickly and grabbed the lightning spear with her right hand. Rumble!

The lightning spear was crushed into blood-red lightning until it scattered into nothingness. It couldn't even break the golden light around Nangong Jing. At the same time, her left fist met Lu Ze's star crippling punch head-on.

Rumble!

Her slender fist clashed with Lu Ze's black metal fist. The ground cracked a little.

Lu Ze just felt an unstoppable power coming from her tiny little fists. The golden beam instantly tore through Lu Ze's armor and into his body. One punch, heavy injury!

A painful sensation spread all over Lu Ze's body, but his face was calm. A gray light flashed in his eyes.

Super regeneration! His broken body rapidly regenerated. Blue Bird 1 Divine Art was continuously utilized. Once again, his body disappeared, allowing him to evade Nangong Jing's powerful punch. The two figures crossed each other a few hundred times before separating.

Above the damaged stage that was riddled with cracks, Lu Ze's martial robes shattered. His body was covered in wounds as his blood slowly poured out.

At this time, his chi was a little weak, and his face was pale. Following a momentary sigh of relief, a gray beam of light flashed across Lu Ze's eyes.

Super regeneration!

Immediately, a stream of gray light-with water-like movements-smoothly covered all his wounds, which then began to rapidly heal under such a light.

He raised his head to look at Nangong Jing who was standing opposite him. Her robes remained pristine white and immaculatenot a single trace of damage could be found. As opposed to Lu Ze's condition, her chi was stable, and she remained at ease.

Seeing this, the corners of Lu Ze's mouth could not help but twitch. Sure enough, the gap between them was wide.

All this time, he already had gone all out, but Nangong Jing wasn't even serious yet.

On the other hand, Nangong Jing was a little worried watching Lu Ze recover.

This kid just broke through to the mortal evolution state and his power reached level six of the mortal evolution state. If he launched a full-powered lightning spear, then the strength of such an attack would approach level eight of the mortal evolution state.

This progress was too fast!

It had only been a semester. If this continued, then he would soon catch up to her. In that case, how could she keep bullying him?

She had already grown addicted to flicking his forehead. If she couldn't do that anymore, she would be bored to death!

Soon, Lu Ze's body recovered completely. He slowly breathed out and gathered his chi.

After employing full-powered attacks in those hundreds of collisions just then, including launching a lightning spear, Lu Ze's power was mostly drained out due to the substantial consumption. Right now, his power was insufficient.

However, the purpose, after all, of the combat between them was to ascertain what level he had reached. If that was the case, then they had already accomplished that purpose.

Just when he was about to speak, Nangong Jing suddenly grinned. "Ze, you've recovered? If so, let's continue!"

Lu Ze: "?"

"Wait! This isn't what we agreed to!"

Nangong Jing clenched her fists and smiled. "Since it's a battle, we naturally have to fight to the end!"

Of course, she wouldn't admit that she wanted to beat the kid up more before he could surpass her.

Qiuyue Hesha sighed. "Little brother Lu Ze is progressing fast. If this carried on, his combat power would soon reach the peak of the mortal evolution state."

It was rather hard to achieve planetary state combat power, but Lu Ze may be able to surpass the mortal evolution state next semester.

If he progressed even faster, then during the Monarch Banquet, Lu Ze's power could probably overpower almost all young dukes. Nangong Jing's and Qiuyue Hesha's combat powers had managed to reach the planetary state all because of Lu Ze's red orbs. The other young dukes don't have such a strong combat power. Lin Ling, on the side, nodded slightly as her eyes flashed with light while watching the battle scene. She could not help but smile. "Ze is really strong." Qiuyue Hesha smiled softly. "You feel the pressure?"

Lin Ling nodded without any intention of denying. She had always wanted to surpass Lu Ze, but now, it seemed too difficult.

Qiuyue Hesha grinned. Suddenly, she reached out her arms to hug Lin Ling from behind. Her red lips were next to Lin Ling's white ears when she lightly blew out an air.

In turn, Lin Ling froze, and her face went red. Then, Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "This tough Lin Ling is really cute." "... Sister Hesha, let go of me!" Lin Ling struggled out of Qiuyue Hesha's arms speechlessly.

Rumble!

At this juncture, a violent explosion reverberated. A surge of air made Lin Ling's and Qiuyue Hesha's beautiful hair fly out.

The two redirected their attention to the battle.

Before them, Lu Ze fell into the ground of the stage with his weak chi.

Nangong Jing squatted next to Lu Ze and poked his forehead. "It seems you have no more power left. We'll stop here." Lu Ze: "..."

This alcoholic! Just you wait! I will beat you back when the time comes!

Qiuyue Hesha and Lin Ling walked over.

Qiuyue Hesha let out a soft smile. "It seems little brother Lu Ze is being bullied by the female T-rex."

When Lu Ze heard her words, he turned to look at Qiuyue Hesha as he felt touched.

Qiuyue Hesha was indeed gentler.

Right then, Qiuyue Hesha continued, "Little brother Lu Ze, do you want to spar with me? Don't worry, I'm very gentle."

Lu Ze: "..."

In the face of such a question, Lu Ze silently turned his head, indicating he didn't want to talk anymore.

He would rather get beaten up by the alcoholic than compete with this fox demon!

Lu Ze asked curiously, "By the way teacher Nangong, what is my current strength now?"

Nangong Jing fell silent for a moment before she answered, "Ordinary level six mortal evolution state is not your opponent anymore. Level seven mortal evolution state would be heavily injured if they're not careful enough and they failed to avoid getting struck by your lightning spear. They might even be instantly killed."

Lu Ze nodded. This was what he thought as well.

The breakthrough to the mortal evolution state was too huge of improvement for Lu Ze.

Next...

Lu Ze's eyes flashed with sharpness. He could fight those level three mortal evolution state bosses now.

Perhaps, he could even try a level four mortal evolution state boss?

Thinking about this, Lu Ze couldn't wait to enter the pocket hunting dimension until it was dark.

The four kept sparring and cultivating. Five hours later, Lu Ze and the rest left virtual reality.

Yingying was still on the couch watching cartoons. She was kicking her short legs from time to time. Clearly, she was in a good mood.

The sun was starting to set, and Lu Ze suddenly thought of something. "By the way, when are we going to the dao enlightenment room?"

His cultivation level had reached the mortal evolution state while his divine art desperately needed to improve.

Up until now, his divine arts were all at familiar mastery, except for lightning spear, which was at an experienced level of mastery.

If all his divine arts could reach perfection, Lu Ze was certain that his combat power would at least reach level seven of the mortal evolution state—maybe even level eight of the mortal evolution state.

With that, he would be able to benefit more from the pocket hunting dimension.

Nangong Jing said, "There are 20 days left until the end of semester examinations. How about we go tomorrow? Lin Ling can stay in the dao enlightenment room for 10 days. Ze can stay in for 17 days. When you guys come out, the timing would be perfect."

Qiuyue Hesha looked at Yingying and smiled. "We'll go to old man Nangong first and let Yingying stay there." Yingying's eyes immediately lit up after hearing Qiuyue Hesha's words. "I want to go to grandpa Nangong! His roasted fish is really tasty!"

Seeing the longing look on her face, the four looked at each other and smiled. Lin Ling said, "I'll go cook first."

When dinner was finished, it was completely dark already. Lu Ze and Lin Ling left Nangong Jing's home and went back to their dorms. Yingying was then left to Qiuyue Hesha's Ze didn't even bother washing himself. He ran straight to his bed. Then, he immediately went into the pocket hunting dimension.

Amidst the wilderness on the third map, Lu Ze appeared in a grassy plain that was just a few hundred meters wide. He grinned. But then, his expression quickly changed. He crouched down and proceeded to lie on the ground while using the chi stealth technique to conceal his chi. He didn't dare to let a single breath escape from his mouth.

At this moment, one white and black figure appeared in the sky. They were the two huge snakes from last time.

They were intertwined as they let out some playful hissing sounds.

Everywhere they went, an overflowing powerful pressure ensued. Facing such pressure, a trace of sweat appeared on Lu Ze's forehead.

Why couldn't they do these things elsewhere?

Lu Ze silently watched those creatures play around for half an hour before the latter flew more than a few hundred kilometers away.

Lu Ze then snuck in another direction.

An hour later, a grin crossed Lu Ze's face as he looked at the grassy plain tens of kilometers away.

Found it! On that particular plain, 12 earth-colored rabbits could be seen.

Among them, the strongest was a level three mortal evolution state range rabbit. Two of the rabbits were at level two of the mortal evolution state while the other nine were at level one of the mortal evolution state.

Lu Ze discovered that a small group of rabbits, as compared to a large pack, were typically stronger.

In a relatively large group of rabbits, such as one with 12 members, a level three mortal evolution state wouldn't normally appear in their ranks.

Still, this was beneficial for Lu Ze. At least, he could hunt level three mortal evolution state rabbits in peace now.

Thinking about this, Lu Ze's eyes slowly turned cold. A silver light flashed across and he disappeared from the spot. Thereafter, he appeared in front of that happily-grazing level three mortal evolution state rabbit.

ZZZ...

Purple-red lightning went to surround Lu Ze's entire body, burning the air and making it sizzle. Quickly, the lightning condensed and transformed into a lightning spear-a terrifying chi came along with it. The range rabbit was rather alert while it grazed the land. The moment Lu Ze first appeared, the long ears on the back of its head stood up. The rabbit then turned to look at Lu Ze.

The instant the lightning spear was formed, the rabbit's body flickered with an earth-colored light. Lu Ze, who had just condensed the lightning spear, suddenly felt the violent fluctuation under his feet.

It was the earth spear of the range rabbit!

Once more, Lu Ze disappeared from his position as the light flashed in his eyes. Simultaneously, the lightning spear in front of him was launched toward the range rabbits.

"Gu!"

Sensing the threat of the incoming lightning spear, a thick earth barrier emerged to cover the entire pack of rabbits. Consequently, the lightning spear collided heavily against the barrier.

Rumble! The impact produced a deafening sound, and the purple-red sparks spread across all directions as incessant sizzling sounds filled the area. The sparks left a trail of burnt grass in its wake.

At the same time, the violent spirit force ravaged the earth, sweeping past toward the distance.

One rabbit that was at level two of the mortal evolution state whined as the residue of the lightning swept across the barrier, causing the latter to fluctuate.

Without hesitation, the rabbit ran off into the distance.

However, at this juncture, another lightning spear was launched across the air, instantly piercing through the runaway rabbit.

Since the rest of the rabbits didn't possess god art, they were fried upon being hit by the lightning, quickly turning into charcoals and instantly dying! At the center of the collision, the barrier erected by the level three mortal evolution state rabbit was shattered. Even though the lighting spear was greatly weakened, a piece of it still remained.

The surviving spear struck heavily on the rabbit's body.

Rumble!

The huge body of the rabbit was forcefully thrown away due to the impact. It plowed through dozens of kilometers of land before gradually stopping. The body of the rabbit left off a smell of burnt meat, which wafted across the air.

Lu Ze couldn't help but swallow his saliva. This smelled really good! He really wanted to eat it, but he couldn't!

However, after seeing the body of that rabbit turn to dust, Lu Ze smiled. He managed to kill a level three mortal evolution state rabbit with god art!

During his previous hunting experience, he was confined to being chased around by those kinds of range rabbits.

But...

Soon, Lu Ze realized something. The stronger the beasts were, the more vigilant they were. As soon as Lu Ze appeared, the rabbit reacted accordingly. It directly sent an earth spear toward Lu Ze, who, in turn, failed to form his lightning spear at its peak state.

Lu Ze's ability to kill the rabbit could only be attributed to his much-improved power. However, it would be an entirely different outcome if the opponent was a level four mortal evolution state rabbit. It wouldn't work if he wanted to use space god art to get closer.

It seemed that he couldn't probably ambush a level four mortal evolution state rabbit. Even so, Lu Ze still wanted to try and see whether he could fight a level four mortal evolution state boss.

While Lu Ze was having such thoughts, the corpse of the rabbit turned to ashes, and a group of orbs was revealed.

Six red ones and five purple orbs, as well as an earth god art orb.

Lu Ze happily collected all his loot.

Then, he flew off into the distance.

Two hours later, Lu Ze looked at a group of 23 rabbits passing by in the distance. His eyes exhibited a solemn expression.

In a span of two hours, he came across three more waves of rabbits and possums, but the strongest among those groups had only reached level three of the mortal evolution state.

Although this loot could be considered good for Lu Ze, it was not sufficient to satisfy him.

But this time...

The leading rabbit of this pack was a level four mortal evolution state. It was over 20 meters tall. This rabbit possessed a powerful chi.

It was a boss for sure!

Lu Ze grinned and put up his 1st shield. He reappeared above the head of the level four mortal evolution state boss that was more than 100 kilometers away.

Zzz...

A lightning spear was formed.

"Gu!"

The rabbit suddenly stopped.

Suddenly, Lu Ze felt a powerful ripple from the ground.

Screech!

Four of the twenty-three rabbits flashed with an earth-colored right.

Other than one rabbit that was at level four mortal evolution state, there was also one that was level three and two ones that were level two.

The earth spears instantly flew out and shot toward Lu Ze.

The powerful forces twisted the air.

In an instant, the lightning spear proceeded to face the strongest earth spears. At the same time, a breeze circulated around Lu Ze. Instantly, he disappeared from his spot.

Rumble!

When both of the spears clashed with each other, a violent vibration was created.

At this moment, Lu Ze appeared before the level four mortal evolution state rabbit. Right then, he let out a punch.

Star crippling punch! Rumble!

The black and gold fist force hit the earth barrier heavily.

Even with a perfect level of mastery, the star crippling fist could only make a ripple on the barrier.

Lu Ze frowned slightly as he planned to attack again. Suddenly, he felt another ripple from the ground.

Once more, Lu Ze managed to dodge it.

Multiple spears plunged toward his original position.

Rumble!

Lu Ze's battle against the level four mortal evolution state rabbit made the surrounding few thousand-kilometer areas tremble. The center of their battle had turned into a hundred-kilometer wide ditch.

Only the rabbits with god art managed to survive from that group. The rest of them had all died.

After another collision, Lu Ze frowned. His full-powered lightning spear crushed the earth spear, but the remaining lightning spear could only create a fluctuation on the barrier.

In the end, he couldn't kill it. Its defenses were too strong. Lu Ze suspected that even if the earth spear didn't collide with his lightning spear, its power would only be enough to break the barrier.

Its defense was near level eight of the mortal evolution state.

Lu Ze considered killing the level three rabbit first, but each time, his lightning spear would be weakened to the degree that they couldn't sufficiently kill level three rabbits.

This was quite this continued further, he felt that he would be fatigued to the point of death.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched as he flashed with a green light, immediately flying off into the distance.

The two furious rabbits wanted to keep chasing, but they could only watch as Lu Ze went farther and farther away.

They might be rabbits, but earth god art could only contribute a little boost to speed. It was impossible for them to catch Lu Ze.

Lu Ze heard the furious roars behind him. He then raised his mouth slightly.

Catch me if you can!

However, a light swept up Lu Ze's vision, and a painful sensation overtook his body. The next thing he knew, he was already back in his room.

What happened just now?

Lu Ze sat on his bed with a dazed expression, completely unaware of how he died just now.

His body was convulsing in pain, and the corners of his mouth twitched. He couldn't help but fall back on the bed, looking lifeless.

Whatever. He died already. He was used to this.

Half an hour later, the pain on Lu Ze's entire body subsided. He then closed his eyes and looked at the orbs in his mental dimension.

He killed four rabbits and possums, which had reached level three of the mortal evolution state and had also possessed god arts. In sum, there were 25 special red orbs that were level three and 24 purple orbs.

As for the earth god art orbs, he had managed to gather three, while for the lightning god art orb, he had one.

The level two mortal evolution state beasts with god art also dropped tens of special red and purple orbs.

At this point, Lu Ze didn't need level two special red orbs for cultivation anymore.

His body grew many times stronger when he broke through to the mortal evolution state. He was confident that he could easily handle the energy of the level three special orb.

As for the special red ones that were at level two and level one, Lu Ze planned to give them to Lin Ling and spare a portion for Alice and Lu Li.

He was going to enter the dao enlightenment room tomorrow. He could use the god art orbs there, so right now, he just focused on increasing his cultivation level.

Lu Ze drew in a level three special red orb to test the waters.

As soon as the orb entered his body, Lu Ze felt a gentle and powerful force entering his body. Countless spirit force was drawn inside him from space, which then entered his Ren and Du meridian, leading into the formation of planetary seeds.

Lu Ze felt that one wasn't enough for him, so he drew in another one. Even with that, it still didn't feel good enough, so he brought in an additional.

The energy contained in those three special red orbs that were level three was akin to a tide. It even made his current body feel some piercing pain.

However, this pain was nothing for Lu Ze. He didn't even frown.

Two hours later, Lu Ze opened his eyes and checked his progress. According to this speed, he would only need a month to reach level two of the mortal evolution state.

This was rocket speed. After all, he was referring to the mortal evolution state.

Who dared to make small-scale progress in the mortal evolution state within a month? Even the alcoholic and fox demon needed a few months to break through to a slightly higher level.

This wasn't even Lu Ze's fastest speed.

By the time his divine art reaches the perfect level of mastery, Lu Ze is confident that he could kill level four mortal evolution state beasts with god art. At that point, his cultivation speed would be even faster.

Would he be able to reach the planetary state before finishing his first year?

At this speed, he could probably reach the star state before graduation?

Early the next morning, Lu Ze got down the stairs. Subsequently, he heard a knock. Accordingly, he opened the door and came face to face with Ian who was blushing as usual.

Ian looked at Lu Ze with admiration.

Lu Ze: "..."

Lu Ze took a step back. He then realized Ian had company. Ye Mu and the rest were present as well. He smiled at everyone, "Come in, what's up?"

Ye Mu rolled his eyes. "You made such a commotion as soon as you got back. The internet is filled with news about you."

Xuan Yuqi grinned. "Monarch of the New Dawn Lu Ze just used two days to break through to the mortal evolution state. People are going crazy."

Ian said with excitement, "Ze is really amazing!"

Tianyuan Qianhua stared at Lu Ze for so long that he felt embarrassed. Lu Ze's mouth twitched. "Why are you looking at me like this?

Tianyuan Qianhua sighed. "I really want to know how you were born. Why are you such a prodigy?"

What could he do about this?

All these achievements were made possible in exchange for dying every night.

Xavier smiled at Lu Ze. "Ze, we've discussed throwing a celebration for you and Lin Ling. What do you think?"

Lu Ze smiled. "Sure, but it'll have to wait until next semester. We're entering the dao enlightenment room these few days. By the time we come out, it would be the end of the semester examinations."

These people listened with envy. It was just one semester, and yet, Lu Ze and Lin Ling nearly stayed there for two months. It was like the dao enlightenment room was their own home.

Who wouldn't be envious? Still, they knew this was due to Lu Ze's and Lin Ling's contributions.

At this moment, Lu Ze said, "By the way, Lin Ling and I will be holding a celebration for becoming a young duke, you guys can come too."

"Hehe, I'm going to ask everyone to prepare rare foods for us as gifts. Oh, and wine too since teacher Nangong requested for that."

Everyone: "..."

Seeing the proud look on Lu Ze's face, everyone felt confused.

So these are the thoughts inside the head of a prodigy? They were indeed different. As such, they didn't know what expression to look at Lu Ze with.

After some period of silence, Ye Mu smiled. "We'll be attending the class first. Lin Ling still seems to be cultivating. You can tell her about the celebration. Anyways, hehehe..."

Ye Mu revealed a somewhat lewd smile.

Lu Ze looked at him with pity because Lin Ling was standing at the door. They failed to notice her presence since their backs were facing the door and Lin Ling was so much stronger than they were.

Ye Mu turned around and planned to leave, but when he saw Lin Ling standing at the door expressionlessly, his smile immediately disappeared.

Ye Mu's mouth twitched. He then said, "You don't need to do anything, I understand!"

Immediately, he ran out of the room and jumped into the lake.

Everyone was speechless at his actions.

Right then, Lin Ling said to the others, "I heard about the celebration."

Tianyuan Qianhua blinked her eyes and smiled. "Lin Ling, we'll be going to class first. We won't disturb you two."

Lin Ling: "..."

Did Ye Mu infect her? Things between her and Lu Ze weren't what they thought it was.

Why did they all give her a look like that? Lin Ling nodded.

Ye Mu climbed out of the lake at this juncture. On the side, Lu Ze was speechless. He remembered how this guy was copying the cold demeanor of Luo Bingqing, but it seemed he had completely given up on it Ze let out a smile. "Let's go too."

Lin Ling nodded.

They were going to planet Jinyao now for solitary cultivation.

They proceeded to Nangong Jing's home.

Upon arrival, Qiuyue Hesha, Nangong, Jing, and Yingying were already there. They were eating Xingzhan fruit pancakes happily.

Nangong Jing saw the two enter and smiled. "I always feel that when I'm eating this, I remember your young duke title. It's like eating you."

Lu Ze: "..."

He was going to remember this.

Lu Ze picked up a Xingzhan fruit pancake and started eating it happily. Coupled with the soft texture, the flavor of the food evaporated in his mouth. It was really amazing! Each of the five people managed to consume two pancakes. When Nangong Jing was finished eating, she gobbled down the last sip of wine and stood up.

"Okay, let's head off."

Nangong Jing took out the Golden Whirl, Accordingly, everyone boarded the ship.

The ship then soared out of the atmosphere and soon entered space. Half an hour later, they arrived at planet Jinyao.

Golden Whirl landed near the small wooden shack of old man Nangong.

Since they were going to the dao enlightenment room and Yingying wasn't sleeping now, they needed to send her in the care of the old man first.

Lu Ze and rest alighted the ship. Yingying was carried by Qiuyue Hesha in her arms. Her face was still expressionless, but her eyes revealed some happiness. She hadn't been here for a long time. She would soon be able to eat roasted fish once more!

Birds chirped in the forest around the shack. Next to the river, a skinny figure sat while holding a fishing rod.

Yingying's eyes lit up when she saw old man Nangong. She immediately ran next to the river, then, she looked down into the water.

She asked, "Grandpa, did you catch a big fish?"

Her voice was soft as though she feared scaring the big fish away.

Naturally, the old man already noticed the group. He looked amicably at Yingying and smiled. "Grandpa will catch you a big fish for

you."

Yingying quickly nodded. Thereafter, she thought of something and asked, "Where's is my little fishing rod, Grandpa? I'll help you fish as well."

The old man smiled as he reached out his hand. A small fishing rod appeared in his dry palms. He passed the rod to Yingying and said, "Yingying is really nice, you know to help grandpa."

Yingying had some pride in her eyes as she sat next to the old man. In a very familiar manner, she threw the hook out.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched upon seeing this scene. Why was she so familiar with it? It seemed she had fished quite a lot last time she was here. However, looking at the old and young figure sitting down together, the four smiled. They really did seem like a grandpa and granddaughter pair.

Lu Ze and the group walked over and sat next to the two.

Nangong Jing grinned. "Old man, we're going to the dao enlightenment room to cultivate. Yingying can play here."

The old man didn't even look at Nangong Jing and just stared straight at the fishing hook, fearing he would miss a movement.

He waved his hand with annoyance. "I know, go do what you need to do. Can't you see I'm busy?"

It was rare for Yingying to come. He was very satisfied to catch fish for her and see her happy.

Nangong Jing: "?"

She looked dazedly at this old man, doubting things weren't too real.

This was probably a fake old man?

He didn't push for me to get married? Oh my god!

Nangong Jing felt that bliss came too suddenly. Perhaps, she was dreaming. She had made up her mind that if she ever came here again, she must bring Yingying along.

The other three also looked at the old man in disbelief. This wasn't right!

Lu Ze sunk into thought as he wondered whether he should remind the old man. He was no match for the alcoholic and she messed with him before. Now, he wanted to see her being messed with too.

Life felt lacking if the old man didn't urge the alcoholic to get married.

But...

If he dares to remind the old man now, he could already foresee his forehead being in pain for a long time.

Lu Ze was hesitant, but Qiuyue Hesha grinned. "Old man, about Jing Jing's marriage..."

"Old man, we'll be going first!"

Nangong Jing was supposed to send a signal for everybody to leave. However, this fox demon dared to sell her out!?

She was going to duel with her to death when they got back!

She glared at Qiuyue Hesha and ran off back to the ship.

The old man was attentively watching the hook. Right then, he was planning to pull, but Nangong Jing's yell made the fish scurry away.

"?"

Who did I mess with?

I'm just trying to catch a fish for my granddaughter and I would get disturbed?

Lu Ze and everyone quickly escaped. When the old man turned around, everyone was long gone.

His mouth twitched, and he threw the hook back in the water again.

As soon as they got back in the ship, Nangong Jing glared at Qiuyue Hesha. "Fox demon, how dare you!"

Qiuyue Hesha showed a regretful look. "I'm doing this for your benefit. After all, you're not too young. It's time to get married and have a kid. Otherwise, the old man would be very worried."

Lu Ze: "..."

Lin Ling: "..."

At this time, old man Nangong frowned. He seemed to have forgotten something. He thought about it for a moment. Then, he remembered that there was something he needed to say.

After all, he felt Jing Jing and Lu Ze could try having a kid. He was planning to send a hint to Lu Ze, but Yingying came over, and he was too happy that he forgot about this matter.

Seeing Yingying sit nicely next to him, the old man smiled gently. Nevermind, there will be an opportunity in the future.

The Golden Whirl stopped outside Jinyao City's space station. The group got off and walked toward the city.

At the city gates, Derrick was sitting with his eyes closed. Sensing the presence of other people, he opened his eyes.

When he saw who they were, he grinned. "Lu Ze, Lin Ling, congratulations on becoming young dukes."

He looked at Lu Ze and said with flashing eyes, "Lu Ze, congratulations on becoming the first monarch of the Federation."

He also watched the live broadcast. Derrick was in disbelief when Lu Ze was appointed as Monarch of the New Dawn. After all, as a prodigy with a young duke level, he didn't feel convinced.

However, when he heard that Lu Ze used just two days to break through to the mortal evolution state, he felt completely dazed.

It took him 19 days! This was above average among young dukes. Lu Ze was nearly ten times faster than he was. His skin crawled.

Was the difference between them really this huge?

He grinned. "Lu Ze when are you holding a monarch appointment celebration? To be honest, I believe that you do deserve the young duke title, but as for becoming a monarch, I don't feel so satisfied. I'm going to test your power at that time." Lu Ze felt stunned. He didn't expect Derrick to be this straightforward, but at least, this was brought to the surface. He didn't feel any unhappiness.

Lu Ze had already anticipated that people would be dissatisfied with his appointment as a monarch. After all, this was the first in Federal history. There were so many prodigies out there. How could they admit defeat?

Nevertheless, Lu Ze didn't mind. He would use power to make them admit his status instead.

Lu Ze smiled. "The celebration will be held next semester. Please come, teacher Derrick."

Derrick smiled. "Don't worry, there will be a lot of people coming. Of course, I won't miss

out."Then, Lu Ze said, "By the way, you must remember to bring rare foods for gifts. Otherwise, I won't welcome you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Ze suddenly felt the gaze of the alcoholic. His mouth twitched. "Ah, and wine..."

Nangong Jing nodded with satisfaction.

Derrick: "?"

He suspected that he heard it incorrectly.

Rare food and wine for gifts?

What sort of gift was this?

Shouldn't it be cultivation resources, weapons, armors, or even divine arts?

At the gates of Jinyao City, the atmosphere was a little silent.

After a while, Derrick forced out a polite smile. "Rare foods and fine wines. Got it. Don't worry, there will be no shortage at that time."

Lu Ze nodded in satisfaction.

Thereafter, Nangong Jing said, "We're going to enter the dao enlightenment room."

"Mhm, just check-in."

Derrick was present at the border battlefields too. Likewise, he managed to reserve 15 days in the dao enlightenment room.

Most likely, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha would have the privilege to use the room for a longer period.

Derrick looked at Qiuyue Hesha who didn't utter a word. His eyes flashed. Sometimes, liking someone wasn't a joyful thing.

After checking in, Lu Ze and the rest proceeded in a familiar manner to the dao enlightenment room area. There were two young girls waiting at the moment. Those two felt dazed when they saw Lu Ze and everyone coming. Subsequently, both the girls were starry-eyed as they watched Lu Ze.

Since Lu Ze had Nangong Jing and the others next to him, they didn't walk over. Lu Ze felt great after sensing those fiery eyes. He was so handsome that girls couldn't resist his charm.

Right then, the doors of the dao enlightenment room opened, and two young guys walked out. They were probably students from another school.

Similar to the girls previously, those two guys were also dazed upon noticing Lu Ze and everyone. Only then, did the girls, who were peaking at Lu Ze, regained their senses and enter the dao enlightenment room.

On the side, the two guys immediately left the dao enlightenment room area. Then, two more doors opened. Nangong Jing looked at Lu Ze and Lin Ling and said, "You two should enter first."

Lu Ze and Lin Ling nodded.

Inside the room, Lu Ze smiled at the familiar environment. It was almost like coming back home.

Lu Ze shook his head and sat on the cushion.

17 days!

He couldn't waste it. Lu Ze was going to make an attempt to improve all his divine art to the perfect level of mastery.

But before this...

Lu Ze looked at the divine art rune in his mental dimension. This belonged to the rabbit boss. It was stronger than the lightning spear divine art.

He was going to learn this before anything.

Lu Ze drew the divine art rune toward his body. Immediately, buzzing sounds arose in his brain. His powerful and lively cells were filled with violent lightning.

The lightning surged, and his cells became damaged. Numbness and pain spread all over his body. In an instant, Lu Ze's face turned pale from the agonizing sensation. Beads of sweat also appeared on his forehead.

A boundless dark patch of lightning cloud appeared in his mind. Lightning snakes emerged from time to time in the clouds. The terrifying pressure was bearing down on Lu

Ze.

He used a level three special purple orb and started learning this divine art.

...

Three days later, Lu Ze slowly opened his eyes. Electric arcs swam around his body.

He had successfully learned the divine art rune!

A grin appeared on Lu Ze's face. This divine art was indeed stronger than the lightning spear. Even with the aid of the dao enlightenment room and coupled with the level three special purple orbs, he still took three days to learn the divine art.

As for its exact power, Lu Ze decided to test it in the pocket hunting dimension. He felt he could enter the pocket hunting dimension now and so he did.

Amidst the barren lands, Lu looked around his surroundings. There were no beasts in sight, so he flew in a random direction.

Half an hour later, Lu Ze dodged a few waves of powerful beasts and finally found a patch of plains.

There were more than a hundred range rabbits happily grazing. Two of them were at level four of the mortal evolution state, eight were at level three of the mortal evolution state while the rest were between levels one and two of the mortal evolution state.

Lu Ze grinned. This pack of rabbits would be his test subjects to gauge the strength of his new divine art.

Although there were two bosses that had reached level four of the mortal evolution state, their speed wasn't fast. As such, Ly Ze wasn't worried at all.

He could always run.

Afterward, Lu Ze flashed with silver light, and his body instantly appeared above the grass plain.

Following that, Lu Ze's face became collected, and complex runes started flashing in his eyes.

Rumble...

Dark clouds gathered in the air as the violent chi pressed down heavily. The rabbits immediately raised their ears in vigilance.

"Gu Gu!"

The two rabbits that were at level four of the mortal evolution state, five ones that were at level three, including several levels one and two rabbits, simultaneously flashed with earth-yellow colors.

Lu Ze felt a violent chi surging from the ground. Then, few hundred-meter long spears emerged from the soil. They were headed toward him.

Screech! In every area the spears passed, the air therein became twisted.

Lu Ze maintained the lightning clouds while he used Blue Bird 1 Divine Art at full power, in a bid to dodge the spears.

When the barrage was over, Lu Ze stopped and looked coldly at the rabbits that wanted to run away.

"Die!"

The lightning clouds rumbled as dense clusters of purple-red lightning rain fell.

They seemed weak and small but were extremely dense. The rain trailed toward the rabbits.

Those rabbits without god art shivered as the rain poured on them. Gradually, their bodies were invaded by the lightning rain, leading them to their deaths as they collapsed on the ground. On the other hand, those rabbits with god art propped up earth barriers and kept running. When the rain drifted onto the barriers, it aroused faint ripples. Eventually, these ripples were so concentrated that the barrier broke like a shattered crystal. Accordingly, their life force gradually dissipated , only those with god art remained. Among them, two ones were at level four of the mortal evolution state and five were at level three.

The two leading rabbits roared frantically at Lu Ze upon witnessing the casualty.

While maintaining the barrier, they flashed with yellow colors and shot earth spears toward Lu Ze.

In turn, Lu Ze quickly dodged them all and controlled the lightning clouds to condense, restricting their radius from hundreds of kilometers to tens of kilometers.

With this, the rain became denser. The ripples on their barriers grew denser too. The barriers shook as though it would break at any time.

One rabbit that was at level four of the mortal evolution state expanded its barrier and shielded all the other rabbits, which directed their efforts to shoot more earth spears at Lu Ze.

Lu Ze didn't intend to leave at all. He kept dodging the spears while maintaining the lightning clouds. Half a minute later, the ripples grew very intense and the entire barrier trembled.

The rabbits cried out with urgency. The barrier wasn't going to last for long!

At this moment, another level four mortal evolution state rabbit noticed that something was amiss. Immediately, it sustained another earth barrier. The original barrier immediately crumbled and the lightning rain fell against the newly-erected barrier.

Lu Ze's mouth couldn't help but twitch. He originally thought that he was close to killing off these rabbits, but he didn't expect the sudden developments.

However, Lu Ze sensed his remaining stamina. Right now, he still had more than half left.

We'll see who can last longer today!

At this moment, the rabbits suddenly roared. Thereafter, the two rabbits that were at level four of the mortal evolution state took the other five rabbits as they run toward the distance.

Although their speed was reduced due to the bombardment of lightning rain, they still managed to cross tens of kilometers in an instant.

After covering some distance, these rabbit bosses brought up an earth dragon that took them away into the distance.

Lu Ze felt a little confused while looking at the earth dragon. He thought he was going to fight until the end with these rabbits. Yet, they ran off.

Where was their honor as bosses?!

Lu Ze was planning to follow suit, but he came to realize that if he desired to move while maintaining the stability of the lightning clouds, then his speed would be greatly reduced. In that case, such a speed would only be equivalent to level three of the mortal evolution state.

If he went any faster, the lightning clouds would probably collapse. It wasn't too plausible to catch them with such a speed.

Sigh...

But soon, Lu Ze grinned pridefully. He was quite strong now.

If it was yesterday, then even if he just encountered one rabbit that was at level four of the mortal evolution state, there would be a need for him to run. However, now, he chanced upon two, but they were the ones that had to run.

Soon, he landed on the ground and picked his orbs while evaluating his new divine art.

He only had one word for it.

Powerful!

Although in terms of instantaneous explosive power, it would be no match for the lightning spear. However, this was natural since his level of mastery over the two divine arts differed. He only had familiar mastery for it while his lightning spear had already reached the experienced level.

The most important thing was that the new divine art can absorb spirit force from space to sustain itself.

For this powerful divine art, Lu Ze only needed to supply around one-third of his energy.

The energy that Lu Ze used was allotted to stabilizing the cloud and extracting the spirit force from space. Most of the energy of the cloud came from space.

It was really powerful!

His other divine arts all required him to provide the energy.

Moreover, even though the divine art was capable of executing a powerful ranged attack, the energy consumed was not more than that of Blue Bird 1 divine art.

Even if Lu Ze used them simultaneously, he was confident that he could last ten minutes.

However, this divine art had its drawback as well.

If he wanted to move the lightning cloud, his divine art mastery needed to reach the experienced level.

If he wanted the cloud to follow him however he wished, then he would probably need to wait until reaching perfect mastery.

Lu Ze was aware that it would probably be difficult for him to kill level four mortal evolution state rabbits with just the lightning clouds alone.

In his current situation, the only threat he can pose against level four rabbits with god art was lightning spears. Lu Ze's eye flickered slightly. An idea had dawned on him.

He intended to combine the lightning spear and the lightning cloud. In this case, he might have a chance of killing a level four rabbit.

As for a level four possum, Lu Ze didn't plan to attack it for the time being. It had earth and lightning god art after all. As such, it would have much stronger resistance against lightning god art. Furthermore, it was faster than the range rabbits.

Lu Ze flew off into the distance in search of more prey. He could only beat the range rabbits and fat possums now.

As for other beasts like the stone-armored boars, Lu Ze hadn't seen one lower than level three of the mortal evolution state. In addition, they lived in groups that had a boss which was at least level five of the mortal evolution state. Lu Ze couldn't mess with them at all.

Lu Ze dodged bosses wave after wave and sneaked attacks on small groups of rabbits and possums.

Two hours later, he looked at a distant grassy plain. There were tens of huge rabbits eating there. One of them had reached level four of the mortal evolution state.

Lu Ze flashed above the plain.

Rumble!

Lightning cloud spread across the entire grass plain, covering the sun along the way. As a result, the grass plain became pitch-black. The rabbits looked up at the lightning snakes in the lightning cloud and immediately planned to flee.

However, the rain fell and instantly covered all the rabbits. Those rabbits without god art were killed almost instantly.

Moments later, only three rabbits with god art that was at level three of the mortal evolution state and one with god art that was at level four of the same state managed to survive.

They bared their sharp fangs at Lu Ze. Thereafter, Lu Ze felt a terrifying wave from the earth. Earth spears with a power that had reached level seven of the mortal evolution state shot toward Lu Ze.

Lu Ze was ready for this as green light flowed across his eyes. He dodged the spears one by one.

Although his speed didn't reach level seven of the mortal evolution state, the long-distance attacks gave him more room to evade.

At this point, the lightning clouds began to shrink. The remaining three rabbits that were at level three of the mortal evolution state could barely move without the barrier propped up by the level four rabbit.

The level four rabbit noticed this. It immediately wanted to go and save his little , Lu Ze's eyes went cold as a hundred-meter long lightning spear appeared before him.

Lu Ze felt his energy drop by a huge amount, but he didn't have the time to care anymore.

"Stop!"

This purple-red beam shot toward the level four rabbit.

The rabbit growled and stomped heavily on the ground. Earth spears shot up, which then proceeded to greet the lightning spear.

Rumble!

This clash disturbed the lightning rain in all directions. However, in an instant, the rain covered the entire place once more.

Those rabbits were struck by the rain. Accordingly, their barriers shattered.

Pain

After the barrier was broken, countless raindrops fell on the three range rabbits. The purple-red lightning poured into their flesh and destroyed it.

These three rabbits that were at level three of the mortal evolution state weren't able to last long. Upon the barrage of the violent lightning, their life forces were completely wiped out in a short time.

On the other hand, Lu Ze's lightning spear clashed against all the earth spears. After such a collision, the lightning spear turned extremely dim, but its trajectory didn't stop as it proceeded to hit the heavy barrier set up by the level four rabbit with the lightning rain.

Rumble!

An explosion reverberated. The barrier shook for a few times, but it soon regained its sturdiness.

Lu Ze felt this was normal. It wouldn't be too plausible for the weakened lightning spear to break the barrier in one go.

Moreover, on the ground, earth god art had a great advantage.

Lu Ze wasn't too worried since there was only one level four mortal evolution state rabbit this time. Without its friends, no one would be able to erect another barrier anymore if the strength of the level four rabbit was drained.

The wave at this moment was balanced!

"Gugugu!"

The rabbit wanted to run outside the lightning clouds.

Lu Ze was speechless watching it struggle. They were all so timid.

But...

Lu Ze grinned. If he let it flee like that, how could he be a cold and merciless jungler?!

Lu Ze instantly appeared in the direction where the rabbit ran.

As long as he didn't move the lightning cloud, Lu Ze's speed would be equal to level six of the mortal evolution state. Meanwhile, the rabbit boss became even slower under the bombardment of the lightning rain. It was too easy for Lu Ze to stop it.

"Get back!"

The lightning spear gathered and instantly shot toward the rabbit boss.

"Gugu!"

The rabbit roared furiously as an earth wall formed from the ground, blocking the lightning spear.

A terrifying explosion occurred, but Lu Ze didn't even look at it. He circled around the earth wall while keeping his eyes on the rabbit boss. He feared it would fly off in another direction.

If it ran outside the lightning clouds, Lu Ze didn't have much hope in dealing with it.

Indeed, as soon as Lu Ze went around, he saw the rabbit sneaking toward another direction.

"Go back!"

Rumble!

Another lightning spear was launched at the rabbit boss.

At this moment, the lightning spear also broke the earth wall and attacked the yellow barrier.

The force of the spear and rain made the rabbit stop for a moment. Consequently, the barrier shook vigorously. "Gu!"

Feeling the lethal threat, the rabbit shot out earth spears once more. Rumble!

Another clash occurred as the lightning spear crushed the earth spear. Without stopping, it heavily struck the barrier.

Rumble!

The barrier then shattered like glass, and the endless rain landed on the rabbit's huge body.

The lightning produced sizzling sounds as it covered the rabbit's earth-colored body.

The rabbit slowed down even more. Its body started trembling intensely.

It moaned painfully. Unlike the level three rabbits before, its body was strong enough to not die instantly.

In just a few seconds, the rabbit's chi started to slowly dissipate. Eventually, it fell on the ground with a heavy thud. Its pretty earth-colored fur was burned, quickly turning black as its body emitted an enticing aroma.

Lu Ze looked at the lifeless rabbit and felt relieved. He dispersed the clouds in the sky.

His face was a little pale, and his chi was weakened.

During the whole process, Lu Ze had used three lightning spears. If it were just the lightning cloud alone, he would be able to hold on for 10 minutes. However, that time was greatly reduced with the use of the lightning spear.

At most, if he were to release seven lightning spears, then he wouldn't be able to sustain his lightning cloud divine art.

Sure enough, such duration was lacking.

Lu Ze was a bit helpless, after all, his cultivation level was still low at the moment.

Still, he managed to kill the level four mortal evolution state rabbit boss with the three lightning spears.

Looking at the body of the rabbit, Lu Ze felt elated. He could actually kill a level four mortal evolution state rabbit boss!

As the body turned to dust, six vibrant red and five purple orbs remained. There was also another earth god art orb.

Lu Ze grinned.

Level four mortal evolution state orb would provide him huge improvements.

Lu Ze quickly collected these orbs and the other ones.

Just when he was about to leave, he turned around and saw a two hundred meters tall golden needle tiger looking at him.

Lu Ze: "..."

Oh shit! When did this boss come over?

While Lu Ze was frantically complaining in his heart, the tiger roared. Violent and sharp air current flowed out of its mouth, which then swept over Lu Ze's body like iron knives.

Lu Ze felt extreme pain all over his body. He wanted to hold on, but he soon lost his consciousness.

Back in the dao enlightenment room, Lu Ze opened his eyes.

His body ached, but such pain wasn't comparable to the psychological damage he received

He was roared to death by a boss.

Could you believe that?!

He couldn't even survive a roar?

He was really a noob.

However, looking at the orbs in his mental dimension, he felt better. In time, that golden needle tiger boss would only be lying dead in front of him.

Lu Ze still had 14 days left in the dao enlightenment room. He needed to improve all his divine arts to perfect mastery.

The lightning spear had reached experienced mastery. It was difficult to raise it to perfect mastery, so he could only put it aside for the moment.

The lightning cloud divine art was at a higher level than the other divine arts and harder. He could let it go for now.

Lu Ze had Blue Bird 1 divine art, black gold battle armor, and super regeneration divine art. They were all at familiar mastery. It wasn't hard to bring them to the level of experienced mastery.

In the end, Lu Ze selected the special purple orb that was at level four of the mortal evolution state. He then started learning the secrets of the Blue Bird 1 divine art hours later, Lu Ze opened his eyes.

Blue Bird 1 divine art, experienced mastery!

Lu Ze almost couldn't believe this speed!

He closed his eyes once more and began learning the black gold battle armor divine art again!

Seven hours later, his black armor appeared. It became more exquisite and detailed. Lu Ze immediately had a violent and domineering chi.

Black gold battle armor divine art, experienced mastery!

The corners of Lu Ze's mouth rose crazily. This speed was so much faster than he had expected.

There were two of those purple orbs left. He closed his eyes and continued.

Ten hours later, Lu Ze opened his eyes again. This time a gray rune flashed under his eyes while a gray mist surrounded his entire body.

Super regeneration divine art, experienced mastery!

With just 23 hours, all three of his divine arts had reached experienced mastery. Lu Ze was dumbfounded.

Oh shit, I'm so strong!

Lu Ze pondered about his progress. With four of his divine arts reaching experienced mastery, then his combat power had now reached level seven of the mortal evolution state in all facets. The lightning spear divine art would be stronger due to the evolvement of his lightning god art. It was even approaching level eight of the mortal evolution state. At the same time, his other divine arts weren't lacking either. Among those who had reached level seven of the mortal evolution state, he was by no means weak.

Even if Lu Ze didn't use the lightning cloud divine art, he still had a higher chance of killing a level four mortal evolution state rabbit.

He even felt he could fight those level four mortal evolution state possum at his current state.

Originally, a level four possum was faster than he was, but now, he was confident that he wouldn't lose in terms of speed.

Lu Ze closed his eyes and checked whether he could enter the pocket hunting dimension. Right at this time, he couldn't yet. Thus, Lu Ze decided to keep learning the lightning cloud divine art.

Since five special purple orbs that were level four were consumed already, Lu Ze settled with using a level three special purple orb.

It had half the effect, but he could only make do with it now.

An hour later, Lu Ze opened his eyes, wherein a complex purple-red rune flashed.

With this speed, he would be able to reach experienced mastery in three days. He was quite hopeful to see how strong the lightning cloud divine art would be then.

Lu Ze went into the pocket hunting dimension. Before anything else, he peeked around to see if there was a boss.

He was still traumatized from last time. He completely didn't know when that golden needle tiger even arrived.

Lu Ze concealed his chi and flew off into the distance.

Two hours later, a grassy plain with a diameter of tens of kilometers was encompassed by lightning clouds. Thunderous sounds spread throughout the entire area.

Lu Ze flew in the air-easily dodging the earth spears-as he formed a lightning spear and launched such toward the fleeing level four rabbits.

Rumble!

The level four rabbit's barrier was soon broken. Lightning rain fell on its body as its life force gradually disappeared, accompanied by its distressed moans.

Lu Ze landed from the sky.

With his Blue Bird 1 divine art reaching experienced mastery, his speed had greatly increased. Prior to such, he had to carefully dodge the earth spears. However, he could do it now with ease.

He was becoming more and more familiar with his lightning cloud and lightning spear divine arts. A single level four mortal evolution state rabbit couldn't escape at all.

Lu Ze gathered the orbs and searched for his next target.

An hour later, Lu Ze looked at a distant grassy plain. The place was over 100 kilometers in diameter. It had a thousand-meter tall tree. The canopy of the trees covered the sun like a huge umbrella.

Nearly a hundred possums were on the plains.

Lu Ze's eyes flashed. He hadn't fought possums yet after learning his new divine art.

Would he be able to beat them?

In terms of speed, attack, and defense, all those level four mortal evolution state possums had a power equivalent to level seven of the mortal evolution state.

He didn't have as much stamina as they had, so Lu Ze needed to be stronger in order to survive.

Lu Ze soon dismissed his previous thought. After all, he could only find out by fighting. Hence, he flashed with silver light and appeared above the barren plains. Then, the lightning cloud covered the entire place. "Chit?"

"Chit chit?"

The possums looked up dazedly at the lightning cloud. Instantly, lightning rain fell down and landed on the possums. Upon sensing the danger, they immediately started running toward the outside. Those possums with god art flashed in purple lightning. They were extremely fast. Meanwhile, those possums without god art had difficulty fleeing.

When the lightning rain hit the ground, those level two and level three mortal evolution state possums with god art already escaped the range of the lightning cloud. Only those that were level one and without god art remained, and they died on the spot.

Lu Ze didn't mind these small fries. His gaze was fixed in the direction of the tree. There was a level four mortal evolution state possum in that place.

That was his target. Rumble!

At this moment, the tree flashed with purple lightning. Thereafter, a beam of purple and yellow darted in his direction with extreme speed.

Feeling this chi, Lu Ze's eyes focused. The green wind spun as his black gold battle armor formed instantly.

Fight!

Lu Ze clenched his fist and punched. His fist instantly collided with the possum's claw. Due to this clash, the lightning rain halted for a moment before dropping down once more.

Lu Ze frowned after sensing the powerful force from his fist.

The star crippling punch couldn't increase his combat power as much as the other divine arts. A star crippling punch with perfect mastery only bore a power that was at level six, and such level was only attained with the help of his black gold battle armor, which amplified it further. In turn, the black gold battle armor mitigated most of the impact of the power caused by the clash. The remaining power couldn't even injure him. This time, Lu Ze didn't use a lightning spear to attack from a distance. The long-ranged attacks wouldn't pose a threat to the extremely fast possum. He needed to keep the possum busy at a close range. As long as they didn't leave the lightning cloud's area, the possum wouldn't be able to last long with its barrier.

Meanwhile, Lu Ze didn't need to constantly use energy to maintain the armor.

As such, Lu Ze just used black gold battle armor divine art and star crippling punch to wrestle with the possum. Rumble!

The sound of the collision and the shock wave spread across every direction, creating craters all over the ground. Even the huge tree was broken.

Crack!

After tens of clashes, Lu Ze's armor was hit by the huge claws of the possum. As a result, the armor cracked, and a terrifying power poured into his body. Lu Ze felt his bones cracking with a crisp sound as he spat a mouthful of blood. He was forced back more than ten kilometers away before stopping.

Subsequently, his body glowed with gray light.

Super regeneration!

At the same time, the black gold battle armor was reformed. Without a moment of rest, Lu Ze appeared before the possum that tried to escape from the lightning cloud's range. Fortunately, that possum was slower than Lu Ze due to the interference from the lightning cloud.

As soon as Lu Ze caught up, he punched without hesitation.

Chit chit!

Lu Ze's fist clashed with the huge paw !

Both of them were repelled by the force of the collision-ending up a few hundred meters away. Thereafter, Lu Ze chased after the possum once more.

It didn't matter if he could beat it or not. What mattered was that Lu Ze didn't let it escape from the lightning clouds.

Rumble! Rumble!

In half a minute, Lu Ze and the possum clashed more than a few hundred times. Lu Ze's armor was crushed five times. His face was pale. In addition, there was blood on his mouth, and his chi was much weaker.

On the other hand, the possum's earth barrier appeared as though it was about to crack at any moment.

Every time it tried to run, Lu Ze would stop it.

After waves of rain fell on the barrier, the barrier finally shattered upon the final clash.

Almost instantly, the body of the fat possum was flooded by the lightning rain. The rain wanted to enter its body. However, the possum had lightning god art as well.

Suddenly, a burst of purple light flashed across the possum's body. It was an attempt to repel the lightning rain.

On the other hand, the current purple-red lightning god art was an evolved one, which was extremely powerful. Despite the efforts of the possum to repel Lu Ze's attack, a trace of the lightning rain remained and continued to pour into the body of the creature.

"Chit chit chit?"

The severe pain made the possum howl in disbelief.

Why was this lightning god art so painful?

As the purple-red lightning damaged its body, it also became slower.

Seeing this, Lu Ze used his remaining energy to form a lightning spear. "Die!"

The lightning spear instantly penetrated through the possum and annihilated its life force. The lifeless body of the possum crashed from the sky, leaving a crater on the ground upon landing. Lu Ze panted heavily and wiped the sweat from his forehead. His eyes flashed with excitement.

He really managed to kill it!

Understandably, Lu Ze had used up almost all his energy. After all, the possum just now was much stronger than the range rabbit.

He felt great! With this kill, he would have more options for hunting.

Since the level four possum died, those other possums that were watching the scene outside the range of the lightning cloud fled. Lu Ze didn't follow them anymore due to his depleted energy.

Soon, the carcass of the fat possum turned to dust. Along this process, seven red and six purple light orbs were left behind, along with a lightning god art and earth god art.

Lu Ze happily picked them all up. Then, he looked around vigilantly. There was no boss around him currently. He felt that he was quite lucky. The wilderness was so vast, but how come he managed to meet several of them just now? Eventually, Lu Ze didn't think much of this matter anymore. He proceeded to leave.

Rumble!

Right then, an aggressive growl radiated from heaven and earth. The entire land seemed to be trembling vigorously.

Lu Ze looked into the distance in disbelief.

Four earth pillars suddenly landed from the sky. The top of the pillars pierced deeply through the clouds. Due to this event, Lu Ze immediately felt his body being crushed by an immense pressure.

In just an instant, Lu Ze's vision went dark, and he lost consciousness thereafter.

When he regained his sight, he was already back in the dao enlightenment room. Even up to this point, his brain still couldn't grasp what transpired.

Shit! Just what was that?

The entire barren lands seemed to have been crushed by that thing. Recalling the scene, Lu Ze felt it was akin to doomsday. That scene was extremely terrifying.

It must've been a super boss.

Lu Ze shook his head. Those bosses were out of his league.

He shouldn't even think about fighting those bosses without reaching the star state or cosmic system state.

It was a good thing he collected the orbs from the fat possum. Otherwise, he would cry to death.

Lu Ze went to check the various orbs he gathered in his mental dimension. After thinking about it, he settled with a level four mortal evolution state purple orb and began to further his understanding of the lightning spear.

13 days later, noon.

A sudden sound echoed throughout the dao enlightenment room.

"Lu Ze, your time in the dao enlightenment room is up. Due to your status as Monarch of the New Dawn, you are entitled to have your cultivation time extended by three days if there's a special circumstance. The amount of contribution needed will be deducted during your following visit." Lu Ze felt dazed upon hearing the announcement.

As it turned out, there were more benefits in becoming a Monarch of the New Dawn?

Although it would still be deducted from future rewards, such extension privilege would be very useful under special situations.

Nevertheless... Lu Ze didn't choose to extend the time.

17 days inside the room had already brought him tremendous benefits.

Lu Ze smiled and got up. Subsequently, he opened the door.

"It's Lu Ze?" someone exclaimed. Lu Ze followed the direction of the sound and looked over. There were two guys and two girls standing outside.

Lu Ze addressed the two people at the front and smiled at them. "My time is up. You can go in."

Seeing Lu Ze smile at them, the two young girls blushed.

The golden-haired girl spoke to the black-haired girl. "Yixiang, how about you go in first? I'll wait for the next one."

Yixiang smiled. "No no no, Lily, we're good friends. You can go first. I can wait."

"No no no, you first, you first..." "Oh no, you first..."

Lu Ze: "?"

Since when were girls so polite these days?

Lu Ze frowned. "Time in the dao enlightenment room is precious. How long are you guys going to be like this for? If you're not going in, then you can let others go in first."

This caused the other two guys to glance at Lu Ze in surprise. It seemed Lu Ze wasn't a bad guy.

With an apologetic tone, Lily offered to the two guys behind them, "You guys can enter first."

As a result, both the guys glanced at each other. Thereafter, one of them went in. Meanwhile, the two girls were planning to talk to Lu Ze. However, two more doors opened during this time. Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha walked out.

Nangong Jing saw these two girls and said, "The door is open. You can go inside..."

Yixiang and Lily: "..."

The two exchanged glances with each other. Both of them wore dumbfounded expressions. They then went inside obediently under Nangong Jing's gaze.

They didn't want to get beaten up.

Lu Ze smiled. "Let's go find Lin Ling."

The three walked toward the spirit gathering rooms.

Lin Ling could only stay inside for 10 days, so they agreed for her to cultivate here first and wait for Ling was already waiting outside. The group then headed out to the city.

Back at the gate, the stationed guardian was still Derrick. He glanced at Qiuyue Hesha, but seeing that Qiuyue Hesha didn't even look at him, he smiled at the group without saying anything

Outside the city, Lu Ze and the rest entered the Golden Whirl and flew toward old man Nangong's shack.

Inside the ship, Nangong Jing lay on the couch and drank a bottle of alcohol.

"Ah- It's quite refreshing to drink after cultivation!"

Lu Ze, Lin Ling, and Qiuyue Hesha glanced at her speechlessly.

She was beyond help.

On the side, Qiuyue Hesha glanced at Lu Ze. "How did it go, little brother Lu Ze?"

Nangong Jing and Lin Ling looked at Lu Ze as well. They were well aware of his talent after all.

During those 17 days in the dao enlightenment room, the girls wondered how much Lu Ze had improved. Surely, he must have progressed a lot, right?

Lu Ze blinked his eyes after hearing the question. "It's alright? My combat power has improved, but I'm not exactly sure to what extent. I will know after I get back."

Nangong Jing's eyes lit up and said excitedly, "Then, we can spar with each other when we get back."

Lu Ze: "..."

He looked at Nangong Jing speechlessly. She definitely wasn't just simply doing it to evaluate his progress. Definitely, she wanted to beat him up instead, wasn't she?

Using a somber tone, Qiuyue Hesha said, "Little brother Lu Ze, do you like the T-rex more? Why do you not want to spar with me?"

Lu Ze: "..."

This fox demon was really good at acting, but he wasn't going to fall for it!

"Um, we'll talk about it when we get back." Lu Ze quickly shook his head. Then, he asked the three, "How did you guys do?" Lin Ling grinned. "At most, I will be able to break through to the mortal evolution state the day after tomorrow!" Lu Ze, Nangong Jing, and Qiuyue Hesha weren't surprised by her words.

"And, my spirit eye god art, as well as strength god art, had improved a bit as well."

As she spoke, she turned her gleaming eyes at Lu Ze. "Ze, when I break through, why don't we spar with each other too?"

Lu Ze smiled and nodded. To him, he could learn quite a lot from fighting Lin Ling. Her spirit eye god art was perfect for spotting weaknesses. Accordingly, he could use this opportunity to make up for his weaknesses.

Nangong Jing grinned. "At most, I will be able to break through to the planetary state. What about you, fox demon?"

Qiuyue Hesha smirked. "I will be faster than you."

"Pfft, then let's see."

Lu Ze and Lin Ling looked at the two in surprise. He then asked, "Teacher Nangong and Qiuyue, you guys are going to reach the planetary state?"

Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "This is all due to you, little brother Lu Ze. If you didn't give us red orbs to perfect our foundation, then we would probably need a year to breakthrough."

Nangong Jing nodded in agreement. "Me as well."

Lin Ling also looked at Lu Ze. She was able to reach the mortal evolution state this quickly all due to Lu Ze too.

A smile appeared on Lu Ze's face. "Don't look at me like this. I can't use everything all by myself. You guys are so nice to me. There's no reason for me to leave those orbs to waste away instead of giving it to you guys."

He already had a large stash of god art orbs, and he didn't dare to take out the purple orbs too.

On the other hand, upon seeing his smile, the eyes of the three people flickered. They also smiled in return.

At this moment, Lu Ze said, "By the way, I'll give you guys a surprise when we get back."

That was probably the best time for Lu Ze to tell them about the purple orbs and god art orbs.

"Surprise?"

Qiuyue Hesha grinned. "What surprise?"

Lu Ze rolled his eyes. "I said it's a surprise, so of course, I can't tell you now."

Nangong Jing was about to speak, but the ship had stopped next to the shack already.

Nangong Jing immediately stared at Qiuyue Hesha seriously. "Fox demon, if you dare to play tricks, I'm going to smash your chest!"

Qiuyue Hesha narrowed her eyes and said, "Don't worry, I won't say anything."

Nangong Jing looked at her dubiously. "Really?"

"Yes, since when did I not live up to my

words?"

Nangong Jing nodded and got off the Golden Whirl.

Lu Ze thought, 'The fox demon failed last time. Perhaps, he could try this time?' However, he was also scared of getting beaten

up.

By the stream of water, before the shack, old man Nangong was roasting a three-meter long, ferocious-looking fish. Enticing aroma drifted out, making Lu Ze drool.

Yingying, who was sitting next to the fire and watching the fish, noticed Lu Ze and the others. She quickly ran over.

"Sister Jing, you guys are back."

Nangong Jing hugged Yingying and nodded. "Yes, have you had fun here, Yingying?"

"Yes! Grandpa's roasted fish is very tasty."

The old man looked at everyone and smiled. "You're back, it seems you've all improved quite a bit. The fish is ready. Let's eat it together."

Everyone walked near the fire and sat down. The fish smelled very good. The old man gave everyone a piece, and they began to eat happily.

Only Nangong Jing was a little worried. Lu Ze saw this and was distraught himself. Just when he decided to say something, old man Nangong thought of something. With a sad voice, he said, "Sigh... looking at Yingying, I thought of something."

Nangong Jing's mouth twitched. Her face looked miserable at this moment.

Meanwhile, Lu Ze's eyes lit up. He was just about to say something while risking getting beaten up. However, the old's man memory wasn't too bad.

Qiuyue Hesha and Lin Ling also smiled at Nangong Jing Suddenly, the old man turned his head to look at Lu Ze. "Little kid, what do you think of Jing Jing? I'm not bluffing. She's so pretty, gentle, and caring. Although her cultivation talent isn't as good as yours, it's also considered the top among the human race. I think you two are a good match."

Lu Ze: "?"Qiuyue Hesha: "?"

Lin Ling: "?"

Gentle and caring...

Was it really alright for the old man to blatantly blurt out such false words?

Nangong Jing's face turned red. Even she didn't believe it herself.

Nangong Jing immediately said, "Old man! You said it three times last time already! This is the fourth time! I'm going to steal all your precious wine!"

The old man stopped smiling, but his voice was transmitted to Lu Ze's mind. "Ze, let me tell you, if you can get Jing Jing, you have my full support! Just tell me whatever you need!"

Lu Ze: "..."

In reaction to old Nangong's remark, Lu Ze opted to maintain a polite yet awkward smile. He didn't even believe it himself if he didn't have a good impression of Nangong Jing.

Although Nangong Jing was alcoholic and violent, she was indeed an excellent girl. Moreover, she was very nice to him too.

However, that, after all, was merely a good impression. When it came to feelings, Lu Ze didn't feel that he was attracted to her romantically.

Mostly, they were just friends.

After eating the roasted fish, Lu Ze and the rest were planning to take Yingying and leave.

Yingying waved her hands to the old man while being carried in Nangong Jing's arms.

Everyone got back on the ship and left the planet Jinyao.

In the living room, Nangong Jing sat on the couch helplessly and guzzled some wine. "I really thought he wasn't going to mention it this time."

Then, she looked at Lu Ze, feeling a little embarrassed.

At this moment, Qiuyue Hesha suddenly said, "Little brother Lu Ze, if you were really told to marry her and have a child, would you be willing?"

Lu Ze felt dazed. At the same time, Lin Ling and Nangong Jing looked over curiously.

There were no outsiders present anyway. Despite being branded as fierce earlier, Nangong Jing was quite curious herself.

Lu Ze rolled his eyes. "Of course, I don't want

to."

"Why?" Nangong Jing, who didn't feel convinced, asked.

She wasn't being narcissistic, but her appearance was definitely among the top in the entire Federation. Why was this kid not willing?

So annoying!

Lu Ze looked at Nangong Jing speechlessly. "I'm only 18 years old. Teacher Nangong, you're not trying to do something to me, are you? I'm still a kid! How about... We wait until we graduate?"

Nangong Jing: "..."

Qiuyue Hesha: "..."

Lin Ling: "..."

Lu Ze moved back a little.

At this moment, Yingying went to ask something "What is 'marry? Can you eat it?" Immediately, the atmosphere just then was ruined by Yingying. Lu Ze quickly hugged Yingying and used her as a shield. "Of course! There's a beautiful food called 'wife pancake'. Yingying can ask the cook to not make the pancake but add some extra wives. It's really tasty!" Yingying's eyes lit up. "Wife pancake? Is it like the Xingzhan pancake?" "Yes yes yes, exactly the same!" "Then, I want some extra wives, no pancakes!"

Lu Ze rubbed her head. "Okay, we'll go eat it next time."

The three wanted to beat Lu Ze up, but when they saw that he was holding Yingying, they could only back down and sit.

40 minutes later, the ship was back on planet Venus. Before the little house, Nangong Jing stopped.

She was no longer angry.

Back in her home, she smiled at Lu Ze. "Ze, let's go spar. We can test how well your power is now."

Lu Ze nodded. Although he knew she wanted to beat him up, what needs to be done should be done.

In the virtual reality, Lu Ze and Nangong Jing stood opposite each other.

Lu Ze's eyes flashed with black and gold lights as an exquisite black metal armor covered his body. A domineering chi emerged from him.

Above the armor, beams of green wind were spinning, making his domineering chi appear more ethereal.

Black Gold Battle Armor Divine Art, perfect mastery!

Blue Bird 1 Divine Art, perfect mastery!

Lu Ze's chi exploded as he disappeared from the spot and appeared next to Nangong Jing.

Crackle...

Purple-red lightning circulated around Lu Ze's body and then formed into a spear on his hands.

Lightning spear, perfect mastery! Rumble!

The lightning spear instantly shot toward Nangong Jing's chest.

Nangong Jing's eyes narrowed as golden light flashed in her eyes.

Golden light flowed out of her body as she clenched her fist and greeted Lu Ze's spear.

Rumble!

The ground cracked, which then stretched for tens of kilometers.

Violent spirit force shot out in all directions.

As the shockwaves reached Lin Ling, who was tens of kilometers away, silver light arose around her to block it.

Lin Ling was shocked. Even though it was only the shockwaves, she still had trouble blocking it.

Qiuyue Hesha gazed at Lu Ze with her big eyes.

"The power of little brother Lu Ze's punch has reached level eight of the mortal evolution state and is close to level nine."

She was in disbelief.

It had only been two weeks, but his power rose by two levels?

This was the mortal evolution state, not the beginning of cultivation!

Lin Ling was surprised at the absurdity of his speed too.

Meanwhile, Nangong Jing couldn't quite accept the reality before her. This fist wasn't just strong. In addition, that purple red lightning wasn't ordinary as well.

Her defenses were almost broken due to being caught off-guard.

Without hesitation, Lu Ze moved toward Nangong Jing's location. Thereafter, he attacked Nangong Jing with all parts of his body.

Rumble!

Rumble!

In a short instant, they clashed more than a hundred times. Violent explosions spread throughout the entire stage. The damage sustained by the arena was gradually repaired by the system.

At this time, a golden ray flashed, and then, Lu Ze was swept out.

His armor was broken, and his blood was dripping from his mouth.

However, as he flew back, his body flashed with gray light, and all his wounds disappeared. The black gold battle armor allowed his body to recover. Once more, he charged toward Nangong Jing. Simultaneously, lightning clouds formed above his head.

Rumble!

Upon the strike of the thunder, tens of meters of purple-red lightning formed and rushed toward Nangong Jing in the distance.

Lightning cloud god art, experienced mastery!

Nangong Jing blinked and appeared before the lightning cloud.

Hiyahh!

She yelled and punched. The golden fist beam penetrated through the lightning clouds, dispersing the latter in the process.

But Lu Ze appeared behind Nangong Jing at this time, and another lightning spear formed on his hand.

Nangong Jing felt the terrifying chi. Her eyes turned golden as she turned around and punched.

The domineering fist force shattered the lightning spear and continued to clash with Lu Ze's Ze, in turn, only felt a massive power strike against his body, and then, his black gold battle armor broke while the violent power damaged him.

Rumble!

Lu Ze landed heavily onto the ground, creating a hundred-meter deep trench.

Qiuyue Hesha and Lin Ling glanced at each other.

Qiuyue Hesha said, "It seems little brother Lu Ze will surpass me faster than I had thought."

This progress was too huge.

Lin Ling's eyes flashed. Even if she broke through to the mortal evolution state, her combat power would, at most, reach level five of the mortal evolution state.

Meanwhile, Lu Ze just reached the mortal evolution state and wasn't even at level two of that state, and yet, his power was already at level eight of the mortal evolution state.

In the trench, Lu Ze was covered in wounds. His face was extremely pale.

The overwhelming painful sensation became more apparent. Lu Ze's mouth could not help but twitch. Subsequently, Nangong Jing landed next to him and poked his forehead. Lu Ze complained, "Can't you be more gentle?"

Nangong Jing smiled. "You have regeneration god art, don't you? Moreover, this is virtual reality. What are you scared of?"

Lu Ze: "..."

Lu Ze sighed as gray light started to repair his body.

Since the injuries were serious and Lu Ze's energy was used up, he didn't use the super regeneration divine art.

He looked at Nangong Jing curiously. "How is my combat power now?"

Qiuyue Hesha and Lin Ling flew down into the trench too.

Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "With your current power, ordinary level eight mortal evolution states won't be a match for you. Your power among the young dukes is in the top bracket too."

Those young dukes, who were at level five of the mortal evolution state, were at least 30 years old or older. In terms of fighting capabilities, they could only fight those who were three levels above their own.

Lu Ze smiled pridefully. "It seems I have grown quite strong."

Lu Ze was quite satisfied that he was stronger than most young dukes when he just broke through the mortal evolution state. Lin Ling said, "Perhaps you will be more convincing once you have healed all your wounds."

Soon, Lu Ze's injuries recovered, and the four began cultivating again.

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha sparred too. They fought so intensely that Lu Ze and Lin Ling kept retreating until they were a thousand kilometers away.

In the end, they were still evenly matched.

Four hours later, the group left the virtual reality with smiles on their faces.

They were rather happy with their current progress. Although their power couldn't even be ranked among the entire Federation, they were still young and had endless possibilities.

Downstairs, Lu Ze thought of something.

He smiled. "By the way, didn't I say I was going to give you guys a surprise?"

Nangong Jing and the others were stunned. Lin Ling asked, "What is it?"

Lu Ze answered, "Now that my cultivation level had reached the mortal evolution state and I cultivated in the dao enlightenment room, my cultivation god art has progressed. I can create other types of orbs."

Lu Ze's words made the three girls hold their breath and stare right at him.

The red orbs alone were already shockingly powerful.

Nangong Jing asked, "What sort of orbs?"

Qiuyue Hesha interrupted. "Wait!"

She looked at Yingying who was watching cartoons on the couch and carried the little girl over. Subsequently, she went to ask, "Little Yingying, can you create a field so that people outside can't hear nor see the situation inside?"

Yingying blinked. "Sure."

Thereafter, the living room was covered in starlight.

"Okay."

Yingying also looked at Lu Ze curiously. His red orbs were very delicious. She wondered how the other ones would taste. Qiuyue Hesha smiled at Lu Ze. "Although the old man is in the solar system, he's a bit far after all. It's better to be careful."

Lu Ze nodded. Under their gaze, Lu Ze reached out his hand and a purple orb appeared.

"This is the special orb I've acquired."

The group looked at the orb with curiosity.

It was only the size of a cherry, and it glowed with purple light. Even though it looked mysterious, they couldn't tell what its use was for.

Nangong Jing looked at it inquisitively, "How do you use this?"

Yingying bit her fingers and said, "This looks very tasty."

Her instincts told her that this orb would be beneficial to her. Lu Ze looked at Yingying with surprise.

He thought only red orbs would be useful to Yingying. It seemed purple orbs would be helpful to her too?

Lu Ze gave the orb to Nangong Jing. "You can try it."

Nangong Jing took it without hesitation and put it into her mouth. She had complete trust in Lu Ze.

As soon as it entered her mouth, Nangong Jing's eyes widened. She had a look of disbelief, but she quickly sat down and began cultivating

This made Qiuyue Hesha and Lin Ling very bemused.

This reaction was a bit intense?

Lu Ze took out two more for Qiuyue Hesha and Lin Ling. "You guys can try too."

They took it and ate it as well.

Immediately, they also sat down and entered the cultivation state.

Lu Ze smiled and waited for them on the couch.

He only gave the aperture opening state purple orbs to them. It should take them quickly to digest it.

At this moment, Yingying jumped next to Lu Ze and pulled on his sleeves. "Lu Ze, I want it too."

Lu Ze smiled gently. "Sure, open your mouth."

"Ahhh."

Lu Ze took out a purple orb and threw it in Yingying's mouth. Yingying covered her round little face with a satisfied look. "Yummy!"

Lu Ze felt it was quite interesting, so he asked, "Do you want more?" "Yes!"

Lu Ze flicked another purple orb, which was caught by Yingying's mouth.

Seeing this, Lu Ze's smile turned evil. He continued to flick out more orbs in different directions—up, down, left, and right—but all of them were still caught by Yingying.

Lu Ze felt extremely blissful after seeing Yingying so satisfied. Feeding Yingying was really interesting.

Five minutes later, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha opened their eyes.

This purple orb could improve their enlightenment by 50%!

They were in disbelief.

The energy in the orb might not be enough, and it could only last for five minutes. However, one would only need that final bit to fill the gaps in learning divine art sometimes.

They immediately looked up in Lu Ze's direction. Consequently, what they saw was Lu Ze happily flicking out the purple orbs and Yingying catching it with her mouth.

Nangong Jing: "?"

Qiuyue Hesha: "?"

What was this bastard doing?

Was he feeding Yingying like a pet? Their smiles disappeared. They wanted to be fed like that!

Immediately, Lu Ze suddenly felt two cold glances. He looked back toward Nangong Jing's and Qiuyue Hesha's direction.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. He was having so much fun that he failed to realize they already woke up.

Qiuyue Hesha suddenly disappeared and came next to Lu Ze. She wrapped his head in her arms.

Immediately, Lu Ze felt his face being surrounded by warmth and softness-a faint aroma entered his nose.

While Lu Ze remained to be confused, Qiuyue Hesha closed the distance between them. She reached into his ears and whispered in a seductive voice, "Little brother Lu Ze is the best! This purple orb is so amazing."

Lu Ze: "..."

How could he resist this?

Lu Ze felt his reason was about to leave him at any moment. During this time, a powerful force grabbed his shoulder and pulled his head away from Qiuyue Hesha's arms.

Nangong Jing said disgruntledly, "Hey! Fox demon! Don't seduce my student!" Lu Ze was the person who Alice liked. Before the arrival of Alice, she needed to watch him closely.

Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "Little brother Lu Ze was willing to give me such precious orbs. So what if I'm a little intimate to him?"

Lu Ze rubbed his forehead speechlessly. "Don't argue. How well does this orb work for you guys?"

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha sneered and looked away.

Nangong Jing answered, "This is very good. Although the energy isn't strong enough, it can allow us to increase our enlightened state by 50% for five minutes. It also seems to increase one's mental force." Qiuyue Hesha blinked. "It has a certain catalytic effect for mental force-type god art."

Lu Ze fell into contemplation. If aperture opening state orbs could only last five minutes, then the mortal evolution state should work around an hour or so.

Although it was less than half the time it lasted for Lu Ze, their cultivation levels were much higher.

Likewise, mortal evolution state orbs should be capable of improving an enlightened state by a huge margin. Lu Ze smiled. "I've gathered numerous purple orbs during this time, so you guys can use it." Thereafter, Lu Ze took out ordinary orbs that were at level four or below of the mortal evolution state. Each of them was given a hundred.

As for the special orbs, those were reserved for him, Lu Li, Alice, and Lin Ling, given that all of them did not have a high cultivation level. Looking at the large group of floating red orbs in the air, Qiuyue Hesha and Nangong Jing felt dazed.

They didn't expect that Lu Ze had a lot of supply. They glanced at each other and took the orbs.

They already owed Lu Ze so much already. They didn't care if they owed him more.

At this juncture, Qiuyue Hesha suddenly grinned at Lu Ze, and she spoke with a seductive tone. "Little brother Lu Ze, I might not be able to return the favor you have given me. How about selling myself to you then as a form of gratitude?"

Lu Ze: "?!"

He rolled his eyes. "I refuse."

Qiuyue Hesha nodded. "Oh."

Lu Ze felt a little annoyed.

Why didn't they ask him why he refused?

He had so many things to say.

Nangong Jing rolled her eyes and said, "We have known you for so long. How can we not understand you?"

Qiuyue Hesha asked, "Are you regretting your decision? I don't mind."

Lu Ze: "..."

During this moment, Lin Ling suddenly emitted a powerful pressure. The three looked over.

Lu Ze's eyes flashed with surprise. "You broke through?"

Lu Ze was familiar with this pressure. This was the pressure of a mortal evolution state.

Nangong Jing gasped. "Lin Ling is so much more fortunate than us at the time."

They spent huge efforts to form planetary seeds during their time. Lin Ling had red orbs to perfect her foundation and had purple orbs to increase her enlightenment.

The living room was secured by Yingying's forcefield, so there was no ruckus like the previous incident with Lu Ze.

Three hours later, the pressure receded from Lin Ling, and she opened her eyes. She didn't expect to break through from just a purple orb. This was two days faster than she had anticipated.

The gap between her and Lu Ze was shorter now!

She looked in the direction of Lu Ze. On the couch, Lu Ze, Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, and Yingying each had a Xingzhan pancake in their hands.

Lin Ling: "..."

Her excitement disappeared. Were these guys watching her for a show? Lu Ze smiled. "Congratulations Lin Ling, you broke through to the mortal evolution state."

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha also smiled.

Nangong Jing said, "In this case, Lin Ling can surprise everyone at the young duke celebration next semester too." Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "Lin Ling is much stronger than us at the time. You're amazing."

Lin Ling felt great after hearing these words.

She looked at Lu Ze. "That purple orb is quite useful. Otherwise, I might need a few more days to succeed in breaking through. Thank you, Ze."

"That's good, I have some more for you to

use."

Lu Ze took out additional levels one and two mortal evolution state special purple orbs. He subsequently handed them out to Lin Ling.

With a serious expression, he said, "Other than this, there's another special orb."

Thereafter, Lu Ze took out a gray god art orb.

Everyone looked at this.

A realization seemed to have dawned at Nangong Jing. Her gaze widened as she looked at Lu Ze. "This is your regeneration god art?"

Qiuyue Hesha and Lin Ling looked at Lu Ze in disbelief.

He could even take out god art?

If that was the case, then didn't that mean... Lu Ze smiled. "Yes, after the upgrade of my cultivation god art, I can now form some god art orbs."

The three: "..."

Lu Ze continued, "These god art orbs are god arts that I've learned. I can't use them to improve, so you guys can use them instead."

"Last time, teachers Nangong and Qiuyue received some heavy injuries. If both of you had regeneration god art, then things would be better, right?"

Nangong Jing: "..."

Qiuyue Hesha: "..."

Complicated emotions surged within them.

As it turned out, Lu Ze didn't forget?

After a moment of silence, Nangong Jing grinned. "Since I'm a young duke of the human race, getting injured is a daily routine, even if I die in battle..."

Before she could finish, she saw Lu Ze staring at her. Her mouth twitched, and she looked down.

Lu Ze said, "I've stored these god art orbs for some days. You guys can use it with the purple orbs."

Following that, Lu Ze gave them some god art orbs.

The three took those orbs and nodded.

Right then, Yingying dragged Lu Ze's sleeve. "Lu Ze, I want to eat."

Lin Ling asked, "Yingying, is this useful to you?"

Yingying nodded. "Yes."Lu Ze threw out a regeneration god art orb to Yingying. Yingying ate it, and immediately, her body flowed with gray light.

The chi made Lu Ze and the others dumbfounded.

Regeneration god art! Everyone's minds were in a state of disarray.

What was this?

She didn't even need to digest it. Yingying just learned the god art outright!

This was too absurd.

So this was the star spirit race?

The difference was too huge.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched, and he took out another regeneration god art orb. "Yingying, do you want more?" Yingying answered, "Yes!" Once more, Lu Ze fed the orb in his hands to Yingying.

After ten more orbs, Yingying finally shook her head. "That's enough. I've learned it already."

Lu Ze: "..."

It was no wonder she was born a cosmic realm state being.

Lu Ze gave the other god art orbs to Yingying. Soon, she learned all the god arts that Lu Ze knew. This entire process took less than five minutes. Lu Ze felt a painful ache in his heart. How long did it take for him to learn everything? Suddenly, he felt as though he was stupid. Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, and Lin Ling were also dumbfounded. They suddenly lost so much confidence. However, Yingying was from the star spirit race after all. She was different from humans. There was no point in comparing.

Lu Ze smiled. "Okay, there's no more left. That's all I have."

Nangong Jing also said, "Yingying, you can remove the force field now." Yingying nodded. Accordingly, the starlight field disappeared.

It was already night time outside. Lin Ling said, "I'll go cook dinner first."

...

After dinner, Lu Ze and Lin Ling left Nangong Jing's home. Meanwhile, Yingying stayed to sleep there. Lu Ze and Lin Ling flew in the night sky. The wind blew past their faces, soothing their skin. Lu Ze could even smell the faint aroma from Lin Ling.

At this moment, Lin Ling suddenly said, "Ze."

Lu Ze looked at her. "What's up?" Lin Ling opened her mouth, but then, she looked away in the next second. "No, nothing." Lu Ze: "?"

During this time, Lin Ling spoke again. "I'm a mortal evolution state, so can we spar tomorrow?"

"Sure." Lu Ze nodded. So that's what she wanted to say? "Mhm, see you tomorrow." They had arrived at the dorms. Lin Ling waved her hand to Lu Ze as she proceeded to her dorm.

Back in his room, Lu Ze cleansed himself and sat on the bed.

His Blue Bird 1 divine art, lightning spear, super regeneration, and black gold battle armor had all reached perfect mastery. He could control them freely and utilize every ounce of power efficiently. Even if he used a few of them at the same time, there wouldn't be an unnecessary waste of energy. Perfect mastery of divine art was indeed extremely powerful.

As for lightning cloud divine art, it was still stuck at familiar mastery, but it wasn't far from perfect mastery. It could allow Lu Ze to move faster while remaining more stable. Of course, it was also very strongalmost on par with the lightning spear in terms of power.

If his lightning cloud divine art reached perfect mastery, then he would be able to fight a level nine mortal evolution state, right? A level one mortal evolution state being fighting against a level nine mortal evolution state! Surely, this would seem absurd to others.

Lu Ze closed his eyes and entered the pocket hunting dimension.

On the barren lands, Lu Ze opened his eyes.

He looked around and noticed that there were no wild beasts present, so he concealed his chi and flew off.

With his combat power reaching level eight of the mortal evolution state, he could kill level five mortal evolution state rabbits and possums, but they weren't the best option anymore. Four hours later, Lu Ze landed under a huge tree and saw a huge figure. It was a huge fox that was over 100 meters long and 30 meters tall.

Its fur was burning like flames. Simultaneously, its resting figure also seemed very elegant. Level 5 mortal evolution state firefox! Lu Ze's eyes turned cold as he flashed with silver light.

Space transmission god art!

Bzzz...

A small figure appeared above the napping fox. Such a figure was Lu Ze. Lightning crackled and gathered on Lu Ze's right hand.

Sensing this threat, the fox immediately looked up at Lu Ze mercilessly. Thereafter, the flames on its body began to burn intensely.

The scorching fire waves penetrated through Lu Ze's body.

So powerful!

Lu Ze felt stunned. This firefox's combat power was definitely nearing level nine of the mortal evolution state.

A deep grunt came from its throat as it opened its mouth. Thereafter, a swirling fireball formed.

Rumble!

A vibrant red pillar shot out of its mouth. Lu Ze's eyes went cold as a black gold battle armor formed.

At once, the lightning spear that formed on his right hand collided against the fire pillar. Rumble!

Along with the shocking explosion, fire and lightning spread across everywhere. The huge tree instantly turned to dust under this inferno. Violent spirit force ravaged the area. Lu Ze didn't stop at all. He appeared to the left of the fox's stomach. Purple-red lightning crept all around his body.

"Die!"

Rumble!

He aimed his fist and punched the fire fox's stomach.

"Roar!"

The fox maneuvered its body, and the huge flaming tail swept at Lu Ze.

Rumble!

Another clash and the two retreated tens of kilometers each. The wilderness was utterly destroyed by the fire and lightning. While retreating, a complex rune flashed in Lu Ze's eyes.

Rumble! A patch of lightning clouds formed above Lu Ze's head. Lightning surged and a green flow of light flickered in Lu Ze's eyes. He disappeared from the spot and launched an attack toward the firefox. The speed of the lightning cloud was only at level six of the mortal evolution state, but the lightning bolts were much more powerful than before. It struck the firefox with such power.

Rumble!

After clashing more than a few hundred times, Lu Ze's black gold battle armor was riddled with cracks. His face had also turned pale. The pretty fur of the fox was scorched. Purple-red lightning jumped around its elegant body. With every jump, it would shudder lightly. The pain caused by the evolved lightning god art was very intense. Even this fox couldn't handle it well. Accompanied by a furious roar, flames slithered around the fox's paw as it hit Lu Ze's body.

Lu Ze surged with a beam of lightning once more.

Lightning spear! Rumble!

Even though Lu Ze's small figure couldn't match the size of the fox's paw, the clash of his fist and the latter's paw reached a stalemate. Suddenly, three purple-red lightning bolts shot down from the clouds and burrowed deeply on the back of the fox. Immediately, its back was scorched.

The fox wailed as its chi went chaotic. Lu Ze instantly appeared behind its back and threw out a lightning spear! Thereafter, the huge fox was buried into the ground by Lu Ze.

Seeing the fox still struggling in the trench, Lu Ze flashed with lightning. Subsequently, he struck down, despite feeling weak. His feet carried violent power, which then trampled the fox's back.

Rumble!

The cracks in the ground spread even further. By now, the fox was dead.

Lu Ze panted as he watched the fox turn to dust.

He almost didn't beat the this situation, Lu Ze couldn't even run as he didn't have enough energy. It would be up to fate whether he would live or die.

Lu Ze looked at the eight red orbs, seven purple ones, as well as the vibrant red fire god art orb. Then, a smile crossed his face.

His fire god art hadn't improved for a long time!

He picked up the orbs and quickly flew off with the energy he just recovered.

Before Lu Ze could finish thinking, a distant heavy growl could be heard. Accordingly, he felt an extremely hot chi rapidly closing in, and his vision went dark.

When Lu Ze woke up, he was back in his room.

Which boss was it this time?

Indeed, with the increasingly chaotic fluctuations brought about by his battles, more bosses were likely alarmed. Nevertheless, Lu Ze didn't have any means to prevent that. When the pain dissipated, he used a special purple orb from the fox and began learning the lightning cloud divine art further.

Four days later, in the morning, in the first-year dormitory area of the elite class.

Lu Ze slowly opened his eyes and grinned.

During these four days, he spent his mornings cultivating at Nangong Jing's place, afternoons increasing his cultivation level, and nights learning the lightning cloud divine art. Today, he finally raised the level of the lightning cloud to perfect mastery.

Right now, the lightning cloud was his strongest means of attack. It even surpassed the lightning spear.

At the same time, Lu Ze used some of his time to spar with Lin Ling in virtual reality. The battle between them enabled him to discover his flaws through Lin Ling's spirit eye god art. After addressing his weaknesses, he improved quite a lot. At least, those beasts whose combat power was at level eight of the mortal evolution state would not be a threat to Lu Ze anymore.

Up to this day, Lu Ze wasn't able to test his power against a beast with a combat power reaching level nine of the mortal evolution state, but he was willing to try.

Lu Ze got out of bed and smiled.

Today was the end of the semester examination. After this, there would be holidays!

Lu Ze felt great.

He hummed songs as he went to clean himself.

As soon as he got down, someone rang his doorbell. He opened the door and saw Lin Ling and everyone gathered.

Ye Mu and the rest appeared quite nervous. Lu Ze smiled. "It's just an end of semester test. Why are you all so nervous?" Ye Mu rolled his eyes. "I heard from the seniors that the rewards were quite bountiful. There was even an opportunity to enter the dao enlightenment room. You two use it as your own home, so of course, you're not nervous." It was extremely hard for them with their current power to reserve a time in the dao enlightenment room. As such, the end of semester examination was the best opportunity. The competition was intense. Both Lu Ze and Lin Ling felt dazed. "Rewards?"

They weren't aware of the rewards. After all, they barely attended class. Most of their time was spent with Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha.

Lu Ze made some calculations. Most likely, he hadn't been to class for two months.

He felt a little embarrassed.

Xuan Yuqi explained, "The specific rewards are different each semester. They might include dao enlightenment room, spirit gathering room, rare spirit fruits, or academic credits. The teachers would announce it today."

Lin Ling glanced at everyone and smiled. "You guys are all level nine abstruse martial states. It wouldn't take you long to reach the core martial state. There should be no one who can match you among your class, right? Then, it is highly likely that you would get the rewards." They were probably the strongest bunch in the class.

Everyone then exchanged glances with each other.

Xuan Yuqi said, "I won't go easy."

Ian nodded. "Me neither!"

All of them were in agreement.

Lu Ze and Lin Ling smiled without adding anything. Eventually, Lu Ze said, "Let's go."

"Mhm."

Lu Ze used wind god art to take everyone to the school building

On the way, students went in either by flying cars or running in groups. Upon seeing Lu Ze's figure and the rest, they all looked over with admiration. Ye Mu and everyone were really lucky.

Lu Ze and the whole group walked into the building and found that there were only a few people present.

Their speed was much faster than flying cars and people running on the ground.

Soon, they found a corner to sit on, and as time passed, people started coming in. Ten minutes later, the classroom was filled with first-year elite class students. At this moment, a gray-haired, middle-aged man entered.

This was their class teacher, Miran Cale. His cultivation level had reached level five of the mortal evolution state. During the entire semester, Lu Ze had only encountered him twice. If today was counted, then now would be the third time.

Miran glanced across the class when he got on the stage before speaking. "Today is the end of semester examinations. I believe all of you here didn't waste time this semester."

"However, I still must say that there will be excellent students from the ordinary class challenging you. If your progress won't be enough, then you need to move aside."

"The martial arts elite class only needs the strongest, most hardworking, and talented students."

These words turned the atmosphere tense. There were some changes in the expressions of some students.

Miran continued, "Of course, there are punishments for students who don't work hard enough, but there were also rewards for those who do."

"Your talent shouldn't be bad since you made it here. Show everything you've got in the exam and we'll give rewards accordingly."

With those words, the atmosphere finally lightened. Most students were rather pleased with their progress.

"Lastly, this is also the most important point." All the students looked over. Seeing this, Miran smiled. "It seems you have heard your seniors talking about it." "That's right, there will be a ranking. The higher you are, then the better the rewards." "1st place, 10,000 academic credits, two hours in the dao enlightenment room." "2nd place, 8000 academic credits, one hour in the dao enlightenment room." "3rd place, 5000 academic credits, half an hour in the dao enlightenment room." "4th..."

Everyone listened quietly. Only the top three had a chance in the dao enlightenment room. After that, there were other rewards. Still, they had to fight for it.

But... several people looked at the expressionless Lu Ze and Lin Ling. Their eyes showed some helplessness.

Two monsters were in their year their combat power had just reached the core martial state, those two had already broken through to the mortal evolution state. They should eliminate their hopes for the top two and focus on reaching the third rank instead. The top people in the class looked at those who posed a threat to them. Simultaneously, they became filled with fighting spirit. Meanwhile, Lu Ze thought, 'Two hours was such little time.'

He glanced at Lin Ling, who was also bored.

Miran then said, "There's one more thing that I believe quite some students would be happy to hear."

Lu Ze looked up with some anticipation.

Were there some secret rewards? Miran smiled. "The ranking for the rewards I have just mentioned will not include Lu Ze and Lin Ling."

Lu Ze: "?"

Lin Ling: "?" Despite the shortness of the period awarded in the dao enlightenment room, it was still an opportunity inside the room after all. Wasn't it too inappropriate to just exclude them? Lu Ze felt dissatisfied with the unfairness. He and Lin Ling were students of the Federal University as well.

Meanwhile, the other students tried to hold in their laughter. They couldn't laugh right now. What if Lu Ze and Lin Ling hated them for it?

Ye Mu and others looked at Lu Ze and Lin Ling with strange expressions. They then shifted their gaze at Miran, not knowing what to say. Excluding Lu Ze and Lin Ling from the ranking would be beneficial for them. However, considering their friendship, this was indeed unfair.

Miran smiled. "Lu Ze's and Lin Ling's situations are special."

"A student becoming a young duke during his first year has never occurred in the history of the Federal University. As such, the standard for their test should be separate from the others." Basically, it was an implication of Lu Ze's and Lin Ling's superiority over the other students. It had reached a point wherein it would be considered unfair to hold them under the same standards.

Although it was reality, it was still hard to face it.

Then, Miran said, "Since Lu Ze was appointed as Monarch of the New Dawn, he would receive five hours in the dao enlightenment room. On the other hand, Lin Ling's appointment as a young duke, despite being a first-year student, entitles her to the same hours in the room as well."

Immediately, everyone looked at Lu Ze and Lin Ling with green eyes. They were envious of the two! While they had to fight so hard for the two hours in the dao enlightenment room, Lu Ze and Lin Ling didn't even need to do anything, and they would instantly receive five hours.

Lu Ze and Lin Ling smiled. They were quite satisfied with this.

Miran continued, "Other than this, if both of you perform exceptionally at the martial arts test, your time in the dao enlightenment room would increase accordingly." "If you beat a level two mortal evolution state opponent, the time would increase to 8 hours. If the opponent was level three mortal evolution state instead, then you would have 12 hours. Level four mortal evolution state would give you one day while level five mortal evolution state would be equivalent to three days. Level six mortal evolution state then would be a week.

"Lu Ze, Lin Ling, you brought great fame to the Federal University. This is the school's reward for you."

"How is it? Are you happy?" Lu Ze: "..." Lu Ze asked, "Then, what about opponents above level six of the mortal evolution state?" Naturally, even Lu Ze desired an opportunity to cultivate in the dao enlightenment room a lot. A time inside the room worked perfectly with his purple orbs. Hence, for Lu Ze's best interest, he had to clear things up right off the bat. Facing Lu Ze's question, Miran's smile froze. He looked at Lu Ze in confusion.

He was well aware that Lu Ze was extremely strong and capable of killing a planetary state void beast. However, that should only be possible with the help of his combat armor and his extraordinary move, right?

The rewards this time were decided by the high-level authorities of the school. They failed to mention anything beyond level six of the mortal evolution state.

Lu Ze looked hopefully at Miran. He wanted to know how much cultivation time he would get for beating a level seven mortal evolution state.

Moreover, what about a level eight mortal evolution state?

Lin Ling's eyes flashed. The strongest she could face with her current power was only a level five mortal evolution state.

After a while, Lu Ze looked toward Miran in confusion.

What happened? Did he have to look dazed for a long time?

Should he remind him instead?

After all, the exams were about to start soon, right? During this time, a warm voice could be heard at the door.

"If you managed to beat a level seven mortal evolution state, then you will be granted 2 weeks in the dao enlightenment room. Level eight mortal evolution state will grant you 1 month while level nine mortal evolution state gives you 3 months. If you can beat a planetary state, then the dao enlightenment room will be your home from now on."

The voice just then caused everyone to look over. A handsome golden-haired man smiled as he looked at Lu Ze. Miran's eyes widened, and he walked up with respect. "Vice-principal Job, why are you here?" This is a high-level planetary state individual!

Usually, it would be quite difficult to find him.

Did he come here for Lu Ze and Lin Ling?

But then, Miran realized that with Lu Ze's and Lin Ling's talent, they would definitely become star states in the future. Even the saints felt Lu Ze had the potential to reach the cosmic system state. It was no wonder that Vice-principal Job came. Job smiled. "I'm just passing by."

He was sent by old man Nangong to protect Lu Ze, but ever since the latter came back, Job didn't need to follow him anymore. After all, the Dawn System was old man Nangong's territory.

Job was merely bored, so he came over to look around. He didn't expect there was an opportunity for him to enter the scene.

He smiled at Lu Ze. "Lu Ze, is this reward good enough?" Job was quite shocked. Since Lu Ze dared to ask, then it should mean that level six mortal evolution state wasn't a match for him. Meaning, Lu Ze was confident that he could beat those level seven or higher.

Lu Ze had only broken through to the mortal evolution state for around half a month. Being able to beat those who were at level seven or above of the mortal evolution state was extremely shocking. If Lu Ze could really defeat a planetary state, then even the sage, Jinyao, would definitely allow Lu Ze to enter the dao enlightenment room at any time. Lu Ze smiled and nodded. "It's very nice. Thank you, Vice-principal Job." During this moment, he felt regretful. If Lu Ze could really beat a planetary state, then the dao enlightenment room would become his home. However, he really couldn't defeat a planetary state now.

Lu Ze's heart was nodded and waved his hand. "No need to mind me. You guys, continue." Thereafter, he walked away leisurely. Miran glanced at the door for a moment before looking back in the classroom. He said, "Alright, all that needed to be said has been said. It'll depend on your performance from now on."

"There's half an hour until the theoretical tests. Prepare yourselves." All the martial arts students of the Federal University, whether they were from the elite class or the ordinary one, were taking the exam together. The subjects of the exam in the morning included Universal Common Language, Blade Demon Language, Elf Cosmic Region and Races, and so forth.

The exam was conducted in the classroom. Everyone had a computer.

It was so much harder to cheat in this era. The defenses of the Dawn Network was so insane. If someone could bypass it, then why would he need to be a student?

Lu Ze had self-studied all the theories and answered the questions with ease.

Two and a half hours later, it was 12 o'clock in the afternoon.

Lu Ze and the rest went to eat lunch first. Thereafter, they proceeded to the virtual reality classroom.

Now, it was time for the martial arts examination.

Upon the commencement of the martial art examination of the first-year martial arts students, the atmosphere in the vast examiner's room turned silent.

At the moment, the staff responsible for monitoring the virtual arena was a bit nervous because, in addition to the teachers who will be supervising the event, several powerful figures had also attended.

Among those figures were the four honorary young duke teachers at the Federal University. At the same time, some high-level officials of the Federal University were present. Their powers had all reached the planetary state. Even Job, who was the vice-principal, was also here. Naturally, all of them came to watch the performance of Lu Ze and Lin Ling. This was, after all, the first martial arts competition between Lu Ze and Lin Ling after being appointed as young dukes. They had to pay attention to the two prodigies. Job laughed. "It's been 10 years since we've last gathered to watch the student martial arts examination, right?" A white-haired old man smiled and glanced at Nangong Jing. "The last time was when you were a second-year student, right, teacher Nangong?"

When Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha were appointed as young dukes during their second year, several people came to watch too. Nangong Jing laughed. "Old man Wen, I can't compare to Ze." Everyone felt dazed. They could not help but look strangely at Nangong Jing who was laughing. They were well-acquainted with Nangong Jing's pride. Not a single young duke from the current generation had entered her eyes, and yet, she was now openly admitting that Lu Ze was better than she was!?

Due to her actions, everyone's curiosity regarding Lu Ze was more piqued. Even Luo Bingqing glanced at Nangong Jing, but he didn't say anything. Another beautiful black-haired woman looked at Nangong Jing and smiled. "Little Jing, I heard you're very close to Lu Ze. Some people also say that Qiuyue..." "Hey! Dai Er, don't say that! It's people spreading rumors!" Nangong Jing argued. "Is that so?" Dai Er grinned. "The fox demon isn't here, so just tell me about it." Nangong Jing rolled her eyes and began to ignore the other party. The handsome golden-haired man next to Dai Er smiled. "I've been hearing about Lu Ze non-stop all this time. Now, I'm curious about him as well."

He glanced at the expressionless Luo Bingqing and grabbed his shoulder. "Ice block, you've seen Lu Ze, right? What do you think?" Luo Bingqing replied plainly, "Extremely talented." It had only been a semester since he first saw Lu Ze, and now, even he couldn't believe Lu Ze's progress.

It was too fast.

He didn't know what cultivation god art Lu Ze had, but it was definitely stronger than all the god arts of the young dukes. The man and Dai Er stopped breathing for a moment. First, it was Nangong Jing, and now, Luo Bingqing too. Their rating of Lu Ze was extremely high. Clearly, this person was stronger than they had thought.

The golden-haired man grinned. "Interesting, the exam is about to begin. I'm getting more and more curious about this kid." Nangong Jing said nothing. Soon, this man wouldn't be so calm.

"It has begun!" Someone said. Subsequently, everyone turned their attention to the screen.

Inside the virtual reality, Lu Ze appeared on a rather dry barren land. There were distant volcanoes erupting. Simultaneously, the air was filled with the scent of sulfur.

A few hundred meters in front of him was a massive figure.

Its appearance was akin to a huge humanoid creature that was made up of dark gray rocks. It was five meters tall, and like a statue, it was standing still amidst the wilderness. Lu Ze looked at the information.

Kaka Race, Silicon-Based Life Form: A race from the Elf Cosmic Realm. This race wasn't far from the Milky Way galaxy. God Art: Earth God Art

Combat Power: Level 1 of the Mortal Evolution State

Lu Ze just realized that he had seen this life form in the Martial Trial Tower before-although the one he fought was only an abstruse martial state.

Right then, the Kaka being moved. A red light similar to lava flashed along the cracks of its stone body as a violent chi emerged from within.

"Roar!"

Its dark red eyes were like two gems embedded on its oddly-shaped head.

At this juncture, a green beam sliced past the neck of the Kaka Race.

Immediately, the roaring stopped, and its head fell off.

Its body turned to a pile of lifeless rocks.

"Passed."

Moving on to the next level, the map remained the same, but the opponent was different.

Lu Ze was now facing a three-meter tall bulky humanoid that had metallic armor and gray skin. There was just one vertical eye on its body and a huge mouth was placed under it.

Dark Metal Demon Race: A race with immense strength and strong defenses.

God Art: Can turn into steel; Strength God Art.

Combat power: Level 2 of the Mortal Evolution State

This was a race near the blade demons. It wasn't far from the territory of humans.

The demon bared its fangs and roared at Lu Ze.

Again, Lu Ze sent out his green jade slash, which then sliced the demon in half.

Unlike his previous opponent, the Dark Metal Demon had blood akin to gray metallic water. Lu Ze didn't have much interest in delving further.

Second level passed.

Third...

Fourth...

Fifth...

Lu Ze passed every level easily.

The moment Lu Ze managed to kill a level five mortal evolution state blade demon with relative ease, everyone was dumbfounded-even though they thought they had prepared themselves well. Dai Er sighed. "A level one mortal evolution state instantly killing a level five mortal evolution state creature. It is rare in the entire human history for someone to swiftly kill an opponent that was four levels above one's level, especially in the mortal evolution state."

Even the strongest bunch of young dukes found it hard to fight those who were four levels beyond their own.

None of them could do it.

The golden-haired man smiled. "I'm not surprised that he can do this. After all, he was appointed as Monarch of the New Dawn by the saints. What happens next is the critical part."

Everyone nodded at his remark. Now, the opponent was going to be a level six mortal evolution state. This was the final target that the high-level authorities set for Lu current scene was in deep space. In front of Lu Ze was a five-kilometer-long void beast.

It had tens of thousand meter-long tentacles. Its head and mouth were hideous. Its dense rows of red eyes could trigger trypophobia.

The ones he saw in Ena System were much better than this.

Special waves were emitted by the void beast. Such waves attempted to provoke Lu Ze's mental force. At the same time, its tentacles swept at Lu Ze. The violent chi created storms in the universe.

Lu Ze's face remained calm. Purple-red runes flashed in his eyes. Accordingly, a lightning spear was formed, which then pierced through the massive body of the void beast.

Sixth level passed.

The people who were watching this in the examiner's room were stunned. Their mouths could not help but twitch.

They knew Lu Ze was capable of killing a level six mortal evolution state opponent. However, his manner of directly killing the enemy was too absurd.

Nangong Jing glanced at the shocked group and guzzled some wine. "This is normal. It is nothing to be surprised about, isn't it?"

Everyone's mouth twitched.

Was this normal?

What about an advanced one then?

The golden-haired man gasped. "So strong. Those saints were right about him indeed."

Everyone else nodded in approval. All of them were aware of Lu Ze's extremely powerful cultivation god art.

Although they were not certain whether his talent would be sufficient to break through the cosmic system state, they were sure that it was stronger than theirs.

Right at this time, Dai Er looked at Nangong Jing. "I heard Lu Ze has a very powerful cultivation god art. Is this true? I've never seen his divine art before. Could it be..."

As a young duke, her authority wasn't low, thereby giving her access to various information. However, even she hadn't seen the divine arts used by Lu Ze.

Job interrupted, "Teacher Dai Er, if you want to know, then you can ask Lu Ze."

Everyone already had their own speculations, but it wasn't good to ask directly after all. That would amount to an invasion of Lu Ze's privacy. Since he was not offering to say it himself, then they would naturally not ask about it.

Moreover, they didn't believe Nangong Jing would know.

On the side, Nangong Jing was also confused regarding Lu Ze's divine arts, but after Lu Ze took out those orbs, she guessed that they probably also came from his powerful god art. She glanced at everyone and smiled. If they knew Lu Ze could give his god arts to other people, then how would they react? Still, Nangong Jing wasn't going to reveal anything because she already promised Lu Ze to keep it a secret.

She didn't even tell her own grandpa. He was starting to get suspicious of her sudden improvement in cultivation speed. Fortunately, she found some good excuses. Otherwise, if the old man knew about it, then she would probably be really tied up to have babies with the kid.

Her mouth could not help but twitch as an image of Lu Ze approaching her with an evil smile popped out in her mind. She was certain that guy was going to flick her head back!

Dai Er suddenly spoke. "Jing, what are you thinking about? Why is your face so strange?"

Nangong Jing smiled in response. "It's nothing. It's level 7 now. Let's watch the exam."

Currently, Lu Ze was at the seventh level. He appeared in a place filled with rocks.

The sky was dark yellow. Lu Ze felt this environment was quite similar to the third map of the pocket hunting dimension.

In front of him was a hideous creature with a shoulder height of about three meters. It was an insectoid covered in black armor. Its sharp claws stood on the ground as its red eyes radiated a tyrannical chi.

Without hesitation, it charged toward Lu Ze.

In turn, Lu Ze flashed with purple-red light while he formed a lightning spear. Thereafter, he launched it toward the insectoid.

This insectoid sensed the danger and wanted to dodge, but the lightning spear was too quick. If it had reached level eight of the mortal evolution state, then the insectoid might have the ability to avoid it. However, it was just a level seven mortal evolution state.

The lightning spear pierced through its body, destroying it in the process. The carcass fell to the ground with a heavy thud as it emitted a burnt smell.

Another instant kill. The people who were watching felt dumbfounded. Didn't this mean that Lu Ze could kill level eight mortal evolution states? The golden-haired man looked at Nangong Jing and wanted to confirm his guess. "... don't tell me he can instantly kill level eight mortal evolution states?"

Nangong Jing grinned. "Don't worry. He can't."

What a joke! She had just beaten up the kid yesterday morning. Although he was practically invincible against level eight mortal evolution states, it was farfetched that he could instantly kill them.

Once again, the scene changed, and Lu Ze appeared on a grassy plain. When he finally saw the opponent, his eyes could not help but bulge.

It was a creature that was pretty much similar to a human being. It had short white-gold hair and a handsome face. In addition, it was two meters tall.

The only difference between it and a human was the white pair of wings behind its back.

Was this the winged race?

Lu Ze had learned about these creatures from the textbooks. According to the references, they had come to Earth during ancient times. Since ancient times, these winged beings had left legends.

Lu Ze was quite interested in them. He didn't expect to see one here.

They were legendary creatures.

Even the people watching the exam felt stunned.

Job smiled. "Didn't expect it to be a winged race? By the way, the Four-Race Social Gathering will be held next year. You will be going to the void border for practice. That will be arranged by Saint Shen Wu for you guys."

Nangong Jing and the rest nodded. "Understood."

Dai Er sighed. "It's the Four-Race Social Gathering again."

"Lu Ze and Lin Ling will be going too, right?"

"They're mortal evolution states, so of course, they need to participate."

"That would be fun to watch."

Lu Ze raised a brow. He had just raised the level of his lightning cloud god art to perfect mastery.

Should he try it out?

The rewards were too great. Hence, he was spurred to go all-out.

Then, in that case...

Accordingly, a complex rune flashed in Lu Ze's eyes.

Rumble...

A heavy thunder sound could be heard, and the sky darkened. Thereafter, a lightning cloud was formed, which then expanded to cover the surrounding ten kilometers.

The winged race flapped its wings in a bid to fly off.

Do you want to escape?

Rumble!

Tens of purple-red lightning bolts landed from the skies.

Then, the winged race was instantly surrounded by lightning bolts.

Rumble!

The explosions lasted for a few seconds. Subsequently, the lightning dispersed, and a charred body fell from the sky.

Lu Ze scratched his head.

Did he go too hard? They were members of the alliance after all.

But then again, this was just virtual.

He felt quite happy as the lightning cloud was much stronger than he had expected.

If he didn't use the lightning cloud, he was still confident that he could beat this winged creature. However, he might not be able to kill it.

It seemed the lightning clouds were his strongest means of attack now. Most importantly, it didn't even consume a lot of energy. He could use it often then.

Great!

The examiner's room fell silent once more. It was as though the lightning struck their hearts instead.

Another instant kill!

Didn't Nangong Jing say it wouldn't be like this?

Everyone looked at Nangong Jing with a strange expression.

Nangong Jing's face went stiff. When she felt the glances directed at her, she looked away in embarrassment. Ze, this bastard! He had improved once again without her knowing. This made her lose face.

She was going to beat him up later!

Clearly, Lu Ze had another breakthrough yesterday. Otherwise, his lightning cloud divine art wouldn't reach its current level.

Nangong Jing had sparred with him numerous times. She knew just how much power his lightning cloud divine art had. With a gloomy voice, Dai Er said, "With just a level one mortal evolution state power, he can instantly kill a level eight mortal evolution state being. This power..."

The golden-haired man glanced at Luo Bingqing. This was much stronger than they had imagined.

Lu Ze's combat power was approaching theirs. Yet, he had merely reached level one of the mortal evolution state.

Dai Er, the golden-haired man, and Luo Bingqing felt a sudden wave of pressure. If this continued, Lu Ze would soon surpass them.

Nangong Jing bit her lips. As it turned out, she needed to double her efforts too.

It took her a month to reach the planetary state previously. However, that length of time wouldn't be necessary anymore. With the help of Lu Ze's purple orbs, Nangong Jing was confident that it would only take two days. The fox demon wouldn't be any slower than her.

At this point, the map in the virtual reality changed again.

This time, he appeared above some grassy plain. Ahead of him, he saw another familiar figure-pretty white face, long green hair, pointed ears, and green armor inscribed with runes.

Lu Ze didn't expect to encounter the Elf race at the ninth level.

He proceeded to check its stats.

Elf Race Prodigy

God Art: Wood God Art, Strength God Art, Super Agility, Green Battle Body

Cultivation Level: Level 3 of the Mortal Evolution State

Combat Power: Level 9 of the Mortal Evolution State Lu Ze: "..."

Lu Ze could feel the worsening ache in his head. This female elf being was stronger than he had imagined!

So this was an Elf Race Prodigy?

How many of these prodigies did the elf race have?

The people in the examiner's room had some complicated emotions.

"I didn't expect seeing the elf race..."

"Their inherent advantage is just too great compared to the human race."

This type of prodigy was equivalent to the students of the Federal University in the human race.

A prodigy from the human race was already quite terrifying Then, what about the most talented prodigies of the elf race?

Perhaps, it would be possible for them to actually kill a planetary state being even though they had just broken through to the mortal evolution state?

This was something a noob race like the human race couldn't compare with at all.

Soon, the battle had begun. The female elf being glanced at Lu Ze with her emerald-like eyes. Following this, she flashed with green color, and her chi was enhanced accordingly. Lu Ze saw this. In turn, he activated his black gold battle armor divine art.

Was this the green battle body then?

With a single tap of her feet on the ground, the elf instantly disappeared from her spot silently.

Right away, Lu Ze sensed an incoming huge threat. As the hair on his back stood up, he quickly dodged to the side. Immediately, an immense wave of air and a long white slender leg sliced across the place where he previously stood like a battle-ax. After such, her foot landed with a heavy thud on the ground. Rumble!

Along with the deafening explosions, the grass on the land was pulverized. The subsequent release of the violent power repelled Lu Ze's body, forcing him to be thrown away.

A green light flashed in Lu Ze's eyes, and he stopped the momentum of his body. Then, a lightning cloud was formed above his head.

Rumble...

Purple-red lightning snakes surged.

During this moment, Lu Ze sensed a powerful wave behind him. He stepped to the side and a slender long arm passed by his chest. The air pressure made it hard for him to breathe.

Lu Ze's eyes flashed with a glint of seriousness. Purple-red lightning swirled around his black gold battle armor. It continued to gather around his fist.

Lu Ze executed a punch toward the elf's head.

Lightning spear! At the same time, the lightning above formed nets and closed in on the elf rapidly.

Rumble!

Lu Ze's lightning spear fist proceeded toward the female elf, but in the end, it only hit a shadow.

Once again, he sensed that powerful wave before. It was heading to his right.

He couldn't dodge this attack at all since he just recently released one.

At this juncture, a lightning arrow shot at the elf being. The elf frowned. The power of this lightning cloud god art was enough to threaten her.

She quickly maneuvered her body to retreat. The arrow missed. On the other hand, Lu Ze didn't need to resist. This time, he will be the one attacking.

To be honest, Lu Ze really wasn't sure whether he could take this hit.

Runes flashed in his eyes, and the lightning net shot towards the elf.

Simultaneously, the elf was bombarded by lightning bolts. Lu Ze then rushed forward.

Rumble!

Rumble!

Rumble!

Clashes went on non-stop.

In another confrontation, Lu Ze's lightning spear fist clashed with the elf's fist.

The lightning spear was crushed, and the black gold battle armor was shattered by the remaining power, which then seeped into Lu Ze's right arm.

Immediately, Lu Ze felt an extremely painful sensation. His bone seemed to be broken.

Both Lu Ze and the elf flew back. Following this, a gray light surrounded Lu Ze's right arm. It then quickly recovered.

At the same time, Lu Ze grinned, and the lightning instantly surrounded the elf. Did he succeed?

Lu Ze panted heavily as he gazed at the lightning cocoon with a dazed expression.

He didn't expect that he would be able to fight against a level nine mortal evolution state boss for this long. His combat power had only reached level eight of the mortal evolution state.

Without the aid of his black gold battle armor and super regeneration, that single punch just then would have ended him.

Did this mean a three-month time in the dao enlightenment room for him?

However, a turbulent sound suddenly came from the lightning cocoon.

Rumble!

Green beams escaped out of the lightning cocoon.

Once more, Lu Ze's hair stood up.

He didn't have the time to think anymore. Just when he was planning to dodge the green wind, a green beam pierced through the lightning and struck him.

Lu Ze's mind blackout.

Oh shit!

I knew it wasn't that easy! Lu Ze felt his innocent heart was tricked!

Everyone in the room felt quite complicated. Job sighed. "That elf prodigy's combat power at level nine of the mortal evolution state is considered the best among the best. It's already amazing that Lu Ze forced her to use divine art."

Nangong Jing nodded. "Ze is a level one mortal evolution state while that elf being is a level three mortal evolution state. If they had the same cultivation level, Ze can definitely kill that prodigy instantly."

Everyone nodded in agreement. Reason told them that it was already unbelievable that Lu Ze could kill a level eight mortal evolution state while only being a level one mortal evolution state. Of course, deep inside, they wanted him to slaughter his way up to the planetary state being.

Job asked casually, "What degree did Ze reach in the ninth level?"

The staff extracted the data and answered with a shaky voice, "Nine... ninety-eight percent... that elf prodigy was heavily injured by Lu Ze."

Everyone glanced at each other.

So close!

In truth, the people from the surveillance room didn't expect the turn of events. It seemed a bit surreal that Lu Ze could almost defeat an elf prodigy who was at level nine mortal evolution state.

We're talking about a prodigy of the Elf race!

The golden-haired man laughed. "The young duke celebration next semester will be interesting."

Dai Er smiled. "I'll go visit as well then. Jing, remember to tell Lu Ze to send me an invitation."

Nangong Jing grinned. "No problem."

She would be collecting wine, so the more number of people attending, the better.

However...

Nangong Jing bit her lips. She must try to reach the planetary state!

Lu Ze walked out of the virtual reality pod in the classroom.

He looked around. It seemed he was the only person who had come out. Even Lin Ling was nowhere to be seen.

Since the examination was conducted through virtual reality, there were no supervising teachers around.

Lu Ze walked to the side and sat down to wait for people to come out.

Not long after he sat down, a pod opened and Lin Ling stepped out from it. She bit her lips. Her exquisite face revealed some dissatisfaction.

Lu Ze asked, "How did you do?"

Lin Ling approached him and sat down. "Mhm, I didn't pass level six of the mortal evolution state. I was so close, but I already used up my energy."

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. "You're only at level one of the mortal evolution state, alright? It is already considered amazing that you can beat a level five mortal evolution state opponent. How would others feel?"

Lin Ling rolled her eyes. "How many levels did you pass?"

Lu Ze: "Eight."

Lin Ling: "..."

Right after, another virtual reality pod opened. Ian exited with a disappointed expression.

Lu Ze asked in confusion, "What's wrong, Ian?"

Ian's eyes were wet. He closed the distance between them and said, "I have only passed level three of the core martial state."

Lu Ze and Lin Ling exchanged glances with each other. They didn't even know whether that was considered good or not.

What can they say?

Lu Ze smiled and attempted to comfort Ian. "Don't worry. Perhaps other people will do worse than you." Lin Ling: "..."

Was this how you comfort someone?

Ian felt stunned, and then, his eyes became wetter.

That was an opportunity to cultivate in the dao enlightenment room!

Lin Ling smiled. "The results aren't out yet. Just wait and see first."

Ian nodded and sat down. After a while, Ian looked up at the two and asked, "How did you guys do?"

Lu Ze smiled. "I passed eight levels."

Lin Ling answered, "I passed five. I was so close to passing the sixth!" Ian: "..."

Lin Ling passing five levels meant an opportunity to stay at the dao enlightenment room for three days. As for Ze, since he managed to pass eight, then he would be granted a month in the dao enlightenment room.

Ian: "..."

He felt he was stabbed in the chest. Soon, the pods opened one by one. Xuan Yuqi came out too.

She walked over, and Lin Ling asked, "How did you do, Yuqi?"

She smiled. "I pushed my limits to the extreme."

Xuan Yuqi had no regrets.

Ian asked, "How many levels did you pass?"

Xuan Yuqi smiled. "I failed to pass level three of the core martial state."

Ian couldn't quite believe it. The disappointment in his face was washed away.

This time, it was Xuan Yuqi's turn to look at Ian. "What about you?"

Ian replied, "I... I passed level three of the core martial state."

A bit of hope ignited in Ian's heart. In this case, can he perhaps reach the top three? Xuan Yuqi smiled. "Congratulations."

Ian scratched his head and didn't know how to respond.

Lu Ze and Lin Ling glanced at each other. Thereafter, Lin Ling dragged Xuan Yuqi over. "The results aren't out yet. We should wait and

see."

Xuan Yuqi nodded plainly. Then, she looked at Lu Ze and Lin Ling. "What about you guys?" Lu Ze responded, "Eight levels."

Lin Ling replied, "Five levels."

Xuan Yuqi: "..."

Half an hour later, all the students of the elite class had come out.

After conversing, they realized that other than Ian, everyone just managed to pass level two of the core martial state.

When they asked Lu Ze's and Lin Lings's result, they received another mental blow.

Soon, the examinations were over. Everybody returned to the classroom.

Miran was already waiting for them there. After everyone sat down, Miran smiled, "First, congratulations! You've passed your first semester in the elite class of the Federal University, where the most elite people of the entire Federation are at."

"The ranking has come out, and this includes all the freshmen students."

Accordingly, Miran projected the rankings.

1st, Ian Harrison

2nd, Ji Zhengtian 3rd, Xuan Yuqi

4th, Ye Mu

5th...

Ian and Xuan Yuqi reached the top three. Both of them were now entitled to cultivate at the dao enlightenment room. The rest of the people on the list managed to secure a rank. Nevertheless, they were still a little disappointed.

The students discussed among themselves. Numerous glances were thrown in the direction of Lu Ze and his group.

Ian and Xuan Yuqi might not be weak, but in the class, they weren't among the top three students. Yet, during this examination, they got first and third place respectively.

Clearly, this was due to Lu Ze's and Lin Ling's help, right?!

They were very envious. Meanwhile, those who were ranked at the very bottom had pale faces. Miran spoke, "Ren Wenhan, Phillip Hawker, Howard Karter, your results aren't very ideal. There are three people in ordinary classes who have higher grades than you do. Tomorrow, they will get the chance to challenge you. If you are defeated, then you will be demoted to the ordinary class, and they will replace your spot in the elite class."

Those three people looked worried.

The battles in virtual reality were mostly a reflection of their actual power. This meant that they were quite possibly not a match for those three ordinary students. Miran continued, "Likewise, if you disagree with the top ten, then you can also challenge them tomorrow. If you beat them, you can replace them."

Miran's words made those few powerful students surge with fighting spirit.

Lu Ze really didn't think there would be people who would be bold enough to challenge him and Lin Ling.

At this moment, Miran smiled at the two of them. "You two don't need to come tomorrow."

Lu Ze smiled.

What could be happier than going on holiday while other people still had examinations? "Sure, Teacher Miran," Lu Ze replied.

Miran nodded. "Alright, the examination for today ends here. Go back and prepare." Thereafter, Miran left, and everyone quickly followed suit as well.

Since they were required to prepare for tomorrow's challenge. Ian and the rest were extremely nervous. They returned to their dorms to cultivate.

It wouldn't help much, but it was still necessary for them.

By the lake, only Lu Ze and Lin Ling remained. Lu Ze said, "The holidays will begin after the challenge period is finished. Should we directly head back?"

Lin Ling nodded. "Mhm, I'm going to take Yingying with me and see grandpa."

Lu Ze acknowledged her answer. If Yingying could cure elder Lin, then the human race would have one more cosmic system state. This would be a very good outcome.

At this time, Lu Ze asked, "By the way, when will our private ships be given to us?"

Every young duke would get a private spaceship. It had been half a month since they were appointed as young dukes.

Driving his own spaceship had always been Lu Ze's dream!

Lin Ling shook her head. "I don't know."

Lu Ze thought about it for a moment. "Then, should I call and ask teacher Nangong?"

Lin Ling agreed to his suggestion.

Just when Lu Ze was about to call Nangong Jing, his phone had rung first.

Nangong Jing was calling.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched.

When did they have such tacit understanding?

He proceeded to accept the call. Thereafter, Nangong Jing's face was projected in the air. She spoke before he could even utter a word. "Ze, Lin Ling, I have watched your performance in the examination. You two did very well."

The two people, who were praised, smiled.

Nangong Jing continued, "The fox demon and I are going into solitary cultivation in the following two days. You don't need to come over. Yingying will go back to Lin Ling's dorm."

"Solitary cultivation?" Lu Ze and Lin Ling were shocked to hear her declaration.

"Yes, to break through to the planetary state," Nangong Jing clarified.

Lu Ze looked at Nangong Jing in surprise. "Already? Congratulations!" He thought he almost caught up to her. However, since she was breaking through to the planetary state, then it would take some time.

His fingers were itching. Nangong Jing smiled. "Congratulate me after I successfully breakthrough."

"By the way, your private ship will be arriving the day after tomorrow. You can wait for their arrival first before returning home through it. It's much faster than a transporter ship."

Lu Ze's and Lin Ling's eyes lit up. Lu Ze smiled. "Okay."

"Then, I'm going into solitary cultivation," Nangong Jing said.

Lu Ze smiled at Lin Ling. "Perfect, they still have challenge matches tomorrow. Let's go back the day after tomorrow then."

Lin Ling nodded. "I'm going back to my dorm first."

Yingying would be there. She needed to go and check.

Lu Ze nodded. Both of them returned to their respective rooms.

It was already night, and Lu Ze had some Xingzhan pancakes. This reminded him of something.

Should he invite Ling Dongyu and the others for the celebration of becoming a monarch?

After all, he hadn't thanked them yet for the Xingzhan pancakes.

Lu Ze shook his head and took a shower. Following this, he proceeded to his bedroom.

He sat down on his bed and felt that he needed two more hours before he could enter the pocket hunting dimension.

Lu Ze planned his future. All his current divine art had reached perfect mastery. He didn't really need to improve his divine art anymore. However, his fire god art could still be enhanced further. He had to buy the fire clone divine art then.

Of course, he was not in a rush. After all, he just received an opportunity to cultivate in the dao enlightenment room for one month. As such, he could hold off purchasing the fire clone divine art until the next semester.

And…

He looked at his mental dimension. There were more than a hundred earth, lightning, and fire god art orbs.

Lately, he wasn't able to focus on working on his cultivation level. He was currently stuck at level one of the mortal evolution state. He should prioritize increasing his cultivation level first while learning god art orbs on the side.

After finalizing his decision, Lu Ze closed his eyes. He drew in two special red orbs that were at level four of the mortal evolution state. Following such, he began cultivating.

Despite being able to kill level five mortal evolution state beasts with his current power, Lu Ze's body could only handle using two orbs that were level four.

Using the level four special red orbs increased Lu Ze's cultivation speed even more. He was confident that he would reach level two of the mortal evolution state within 20 days.

However, his body was a bit weak. It would take a bit more time before he could use the special red orbs that were at level five of the mortal evolution state.

Having the orbs but not being able to use them left him upset.

Did the third map have beasts with physical body god art?

Two hours later, Lu Ze opened his eyes. The energy in the orbs had been converted into spirit force.

Lu Ze grinned.

He closed his eyes, and this time, he entered the pocket hunting dimension.

Above the barren lands, the sky couldn't be viewed as it was obstructed by the sand. Lu Ze looked around and then disappeared from the spot.

An hour later, he appeared above a grass plain that was a few hundred kilometers wide. He used lightning cloud divine art. Subsequently, a lightning cloud spread across the entire plain.

Rumble…

After a flash of lightning, more than a hundred rabbits died on the spot. The scent of barbecued meat wafted in the air. It made Lu Ze drool.

Too bad, he couldn't have it. Lu Ze sighed and picked up all the orbs.

It was quite a harvest. The lightning cloud enabled him to harvest with ease.

Lu Ze then set on the path of jungling again.

Five hours later, Lu Ze watched the three stoned-armor boars turn to ashes. A smile then crossed his face.

Two of them were level four mortal evolution states while one was a level five mortal evolution state. All of them had earth god art.

Because Lu Ze's lightning cloud divine art had achieved perfect mastery, he could kill even level five mortal evolution state boars with just a short few seconds. This greatly reduced his chances of being caught by a boss.

Hence, this time, he managed to stay in the pocket hunting dimension for more than six hours!

Lu Ze felt that perhaps he could survive until dark?

This was a huge improvement, and Lu Ze could not help but smile. Just then, Lu Ze sensed some motion behind him. He quickly turned around. He was rendered speechless when he finally saw the beast.

It was a creature covered with golden needles. It had a pink and sharp snout. The appearance of the organism was similar to an echidna.

Most importantly, it was only half a meter tall.

This was hard to believe since even rabbits were over ten meters tall.

Lu Ze looked at this echidna with pity.

Poor thing… It must have been tough to survive until now.

Lu Ze wondered whether this echidna survived by acting cute. Otherwise, how could it survive until now? Lu Ze casually sensed the cultivation level of this golden echidna. By the looks of it, perhaps it had only reached the aperture opening state? If that was the case, then it would be completely useless to Lu Ze.

However, after Lu Ze finished evaluating its cultivation level, he gasped at this echidna in disbelief.

It was a level three mortal evolution state?!

Lu Ze stared at the little thing. At the same time, the creature stared back at Lu Ze in curiosity.

After a while, Lu Ze's eyes contained some evil intentions.

Clearly, this was a special beast. Lu Ze thought of the rabbit boss and silver fox on the second map.

What thing would this beast drop?

Lu Ze was quite hopeful.

A level three mortal evolution state...

Surely, this being could not be considered his opponent at all.

Lu Ze's eyes went cold and his chi rushed forward. A lightning cloud appeared above his head.

Rumble!

Violent purple-red lightning struck toward the golden echidna.

At this time, it looked up and blinked its dark eyes.

Chit chit!

It flashed with golden light, and then, countless golden needles appeared. They proceeded to envelop Lu Ze's body.

Screech!

Lu Ze felt the overwhelming pain all over his body. Soon, he lost his consciousness.

In the next moment, he woke up back in his room.

Lu Ze: "?"

With the lingering painful sensation, Lu Ze felt confused.

How could it be that powerful?!

He died so quickly.

That little thing seemed to be a level three mortal evolution state, and yet, it was capable of instantly killing Lu Ze.

Even that elf prodigy wasn't this powerful.

As it turned out, that little thing was stronger than the elf prodigy?! Lu Ze lay back on his bed as he felt a bit lifeless. Countless thoughts ran through his mind.

He should have been able to notice it. If that beast was ordinary, then he should have immediately sensed its chi that was at level three of the mortal evolution state. However, Lu Ze wasn't able to sense it right off the bat.

Lu Ze took a deep breath and got rid of his arrogance.

Suddenly, Lu Ze remembered that he hadn't even picked up the orbs from the boars he killed! Right away, Lu Ze felt miserable.

It was a huge loss.

Little rat, just you wait!

As long as that little thing didn't reach the planetary state, then he could still come back for it.

He was going to remember this! Lu Ze will be plotting his revenge until he becomes stronger.

Half an hour later, the painful sensation soon vanished. Lu Ze sat up and used two special red orbs that were at level four of the mortal evolution state.

Early the next morning, Ye Mu and the rest formed a group and walked toward the virtual reality room. The challenge matches were held today.

Sensing the jealous glances from other people, Ye Mu sighed. "When Ze and Lin Ling were here, these people were very scared, but now, they are jumping about."

Xuan Yuqi said plainly, "It's normal. Ze and Lin Ling did help us a lot."

Xavier scratched his head. "We're just lucky to encounter Ze and Lin Ling."

The rest of them nodded too.

Ian's face turned serious. "I won't let the academic credits given by Ze and Lin Ling to be wasted!"

Seeing his determination, Ye Mu grinned. "Ian, I'm going to challenge you later."

Ian stared straight at Ye Mu. "I won't lose!"

They all wanted to occupy the top three places.

Sunlight and fresh air came into Lu Ze's room. He frowned and opened his eyes as he panted.

Lu Ze got off the bed and stretched out.

For a period of two hours, Lu Ze would use two special red orbs that were at level four of the mortal evolution state. Hence, he managed to consume eight orbs within one night. He gained a lot from this time.

His body was getting stronger and so was his cultivation level.

His affinity with spirit force was also increasing. Lu Ze could feel it. His cultivation speed would be increasing every day.

This was rather terrifying.

What a pity... It would still take a while before his body could handle special orbs that were at level five of the mortal evolution state. Lu Ze shook his head. He walked out of the door and cleaned himself. Thereafter, he remembered that the challenge matches would commence today. Ye Mu and the others were participating

He was rather confident in their abilities since they were all pretty hardworking.

He didn't need to watch over them anymore.

Although it was good to act cool in front of them, increasing his cultivation level was more important.

Before he resumed his cultivation, he consumed two Xingzhan fruit pancakes first.

When Lu Ze opened his eyes again, it was already night.

He headed downstairs and heard the doorbell. When he opened the door, Ye Mu and the rest were there to greet Lu Ze. At the same time, Lin Ling and Yingying were present too. They were all surrounding Yingying. Even a cold-faced girl like Xuan Yuqi smiled warmly.

Lu Ze went up and rubbed Yingying's round face before asking, "How did the challenge

go?"

With a dull tone, Ye Mu answered, "The rankings didn't change at all."Xuan Yuqi smiled. "My ranking went up by one."

Lu Ze was dumbfounded. "You're second now?"

"Mhm, I beat Ji Zhengtian." Xuan Yuqi sounded a little proud. After all, Ji Zhengtian's power and talent were rather amazing. If it weren't for the academic credits lent by Lin Ling and Lu Ze, he would probably be number one.

Ian said, "Ze, my family will pick me up tomorrow. Do you want to come over to my house?"

Tianyuan Qianhua hugged Lin Ling. "Lin Ling, do you want to visit my house?"

Lu Ze and Lin Ling were a bit helpless.

The backgrounds of the families of these guys shouldn't be underestimated. There were probably two objectives in inviting Lu Ze and Lin Ling over. One reason was to take them around, but the other one was probably due to the request of their parents.

Their parents wanted to connect with the first monarch and the youngest female young duke in Federal history.

Lu Ze smiled. "We'll visit next time. This holiday is only a month. We're going to celebrate new years. I want to go straight home."

Lin Ling nodded. "Me too."

Hearing their answers, Ian and the others didn't insist any further. They were prepared for the rejection.

The group chatted for a while longer and ate food together. Thereafter, Ye Mu and everyone returned. Only Lin Ling and Yingying remained.

When everyone was gone, Yingying ran to Lu Ze and pulled his sleeves. "Lu Ze, I want to eat that."

Lu Ze smiled and took out the orbs. Then, he began to feed Yingying again.

Lin Ling sighed helplessly.

Ten minutes later, Lin Ling saw that Lu Ze fed more than a hundred red orbs. She immediately got up and said, "Ze, we're going back first."

Why did he feed so much to Yingying?

This little girl didn't know self-control either.

Lu Ze threw the last orb in his hand to Yingying and nodded.

Yingying was carried by Lin Ling. She looked at Lu Ze. Clearly, she wasn't satisfied yet, but she didn't start trouble.

After everyone left, Lu Ze went back to cultivate in his room again.

The next morning, Lu Ze was startled by the sounds of knocking.

He came downstairs and saw a square-faced, middle-aged man standing outside.

The man said, "Lu Ze, your private ship has arrived."

As he spoke, he took out a little box for Lu Ze.

Lu Ze's eyes lit up. The ship was finally here!

He had waited for so long! Lu Ze took the box and smiled. "Thank you." He felt this guy was quite hardworking, so Lu Ze took out a Xingzhan pancake. "You haven't had breakfast, right? This is very tasty."

But then, Lu Ze recalled something. His young duke title seemed to be 'Xingzhan Fruit Pancake Young Duke'?

The atmosphere went silent.

The man glanced at Lu Ze and then at the pancake. His eyes seemed to contain complicated feelings. Seeing this, Lu Ze felt as though his heart was stabbed. He was so happy that he forgot about his young duke title.

The middle-aged man took the pancake, and his mouth twitched. "Thank you, Lu Ze."

"The ship has been bound to you as the master. You can control the ship directly. If there's nothing else, I'm going first."

Lu Ze laughed dryly. "It's fine. Goodbye."

The man nodded and left.

Lu Ze looked at the man for a long time without uttering a word.

At this moment, Lin Ling's voice could be heard. "Why are you standing at the door?"

With a dry laugh, Lu Ze replied, "Nothing."

He quickly changed the subject. "By the way, did your private ship arrive?"

Lin Ling smiled. "It's here."

Even she was quite excited to receive a private young duke ship.

It was the very pinnacle of current Federal technology

Its speed, attack, and defense could all barely reach the planetary state.

It cost an insane amount of resources to build such a ship.

One could even see how the Federation seriously takes the young dukes.

Lu Ze smiled. "Let's check it."

Subsequently, he opened the box that was delivered to him by the man earlier. There was a faint golden ring inside.

The ring had a golden-red sun on it, as well as dense runes. It looked very exquisite.

Lin Ling smiled. "Does this represent new dawn?"

Lu Ze grinned. "Probably, what's yours like?"

Lu Ze looked at Lin Ling's ring. It was completely black with a silvery-white eye.

Lu Ze smiled at her. "So this ring is crafted based on young duke title."

Lin Ling's title was Spirit Eye Young Duke.

Following such, the two of them took out their ships.

Lu Ze's ship looked similar to the Golden Whirl. It was in the shape of a water droplet but was much longer than the Golden Whirl, which was 50 meters. Lu Ze's ship reached 80 meters.

The ship was painted with a faint gold and red color. Quite some complex runes were engraved on it as well. It looked very grandiose.

When Lu Ze surveyed his ship, he wasn't able to locate a single crevice on the vehicle. His mouth twitched.

How was he supposed to enter this? He shouldn't have let that guy leave so early. However, the atmosphere before was indeed awkward.

Screech.

Lu Ze heard a sound. When he looked over, Lin Ling had already managed to open her own ship. Right now, she was entering it.

Lu Ze: "?"

How did she open it?

Lin Ling's ship had the same size as the Golden Whirl. It was pitch black with some silvery-white eye runes.

It was smaller than Lu Ze's ship.

Clearly, as Monarch of the New Dawn, Lu Ze's ship was a grade higher than young dukes'.

Lu Ze was very happy, but he didn't know how to open it.

He scratched his head and walked into Lin Ling's ship to see the interior. He found that the interior was the same as the Golden Whirl. The only difference was the furniture. They weren't as luxurious. After all, Nangong Jing paid for the new decorations herself.

Lu Ze navigated into the different rooms until he finally found the room where Lin Ling was. Lin Ling asked without looking back, "Why did you come here?"

Lu Ze's mouth twitched, and he asked awkwardly, "Lin Ling, how did you open your door?"

Lin Ling: "..."

"The ship has your spirit force recorded. You just need to insert some spirit force into the ship."

Was it that simple?

Lin Ling smiled. "Let's go and see your ship. My ship is pretty much similar to the Golden Whirl."

Suddenly, a frown appeared on Lin Ling's face. "I'm going to replace the furniture too." Lu Ze: "..."

Lu Ze felt it was already very good. There was no need to change it.

Lu Ze smiled. "Let's go."

He wanted to see his ship too.

They walked toward his ship. Lu Ze pressed his hand on the ship and inserted some spirit force.

Screech.

The door opened on Lu Ze's side.

The two proceeded inside. Inside, a light made performed some scans. Afterward, a robotic voice could be heard. "Life waves confirmed. Monarch of the New Dawn Lu Ze, I'm your flying ship assistant. I can help you deal with all matters in the ship. Please give me and your ship a name."

Lu Ze felt dazed. He then recalled that Nangong Jing's ship had an assistant too. Did it assist in piloting the ship as well?

Lu Ze said, "Just call this ship New Dawn. As for you..."

Lu Ze scratched his head. "New Dawn too."

The robotic voice could be heard once more. "Naming, success. New Dawn is at your service."

Lin Ling looked at Lu Ze speechlessly. "You're bad at naming."

Lu Ze looked at Lin Ling. "What's your ship's name then?"

Lin Ling looked away. "Spirit Eye."

"What's your assistant's?"

"... Spirit Eye."Lu Ze: "..."

The two stared at each other for a while and looked away to avoid this sad topic.

Putting such a matter behind, Lu Ze and Lin Ling began to inspect the interior.

This ship's living room was much larger. There was a very high-quality couch, screens, bar, wine rack, and even war games.

Comparatively, it had more rooms—they were eight in total. The bathroom was much vast as well. In fact, the bath had the size of a small swimming pond.

Lu Ze then proceeded to the cockpit excitedly.

That's the place that Lu Ze wanted to see the most.

This was a man's dream!

Under the guidance of New Dawn, Lu Ze and Lin Ling walked through the white metal corridor and arrived at the door of the cockpit.

The door opened, and the two proceeded inside curiously. The area inside wasn't extremely vast. In fact, it was only about 30 square meters. There were two rows of eight metallic chairs. At the front of the two chairs, two control stations can be found.

Lu Ze excitedly walked over to the front. He wanted to see how it would feel to drive a spaceship.

But soon, Lu Ze ended up confused. There were three rows of control buttons and a few levers, as well as some devices that Lu Ze couldn't completely recognize.

What was this?

How come he couldn't recognize a single one?

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. "New Dawn, do you know the functions of these buttons?"

"Yes, Master."

"Tell me, what is this?" Lu Ze pointed to a random button and asked.

"This is the gravity device activation button. It can change the gravity inside the ship."

"What about this?"

"Spirit force suction device."

"This?"

"This is..."

Soon, Lu Ze asked about all the buttons. He discovered that the buttons on his ship were different from those on ordinary cargo ships.

It was more simplified.

With Lu Ze's improved comprehension, it was much easier to learn operating the spaceship than driving a car back in the Earth era. In just two hours, Lu Ze had completely grasped how to drive this spaceship.

He was going to drive it back home soon!

"Lin Ling, do you still have anything you need to pack? Where's Yingying? Should we head off now?"

Lin Ling was a bit surprised. "Are you going to drive it yourself?"

Lu Ze grinned. "Of course! I've waited for this day for so long!" There was some hesitation in Lin Ling's eyes. "Will it be okay? Would we explode?"

With their power, even if the ship exploded, they would be fine, but what about the money that would be wasted?!

Lu Ze said confidently, "It's okay. New Dawn will assist me."

During this time, New Dawn's voice could be heard. "Sorry Master, you currently don't have the right to pilot the ship. Unless there's a special circumstance, you won't be able to drive the ship for now."

Lu Ze's smile froze.

After a moment had passed, he asked, "What would be considered a special circumstance?"

New Dawn answered, "When the smart assistance stops working and New Dawn can't control the ship anymore."

Lu Ze: "..."

"Then, how do you deactivate smart assistance?"

Lin Ling glared at Lu Ze. "What are you trying to do?"

Lu Ze replied innocently, "I'm asking, just in case."

Lin Ling stared at Lu Ze for a few seconds before she dragged him outside. "Before you have the right to drive, don't come here again!" She was scared Lu Ze would act like an idiot and end up damaging the ship. "Okay, I know, I know. Stop dragging me away."

Lu Ze, who felt lifeless, was pulled out of the cockpit. It was as though his passion was also shut down

when the door was slammed shut.

Several students gathered outside the ship. The proliferation of the news regarding the appearance of a new private ship was a bit fast. Since the first-year students lived close to each other, everyone came over together. Numerous higher-year students arrived as well.

They gawked at the New Dawn and Spirit Eye with shining eyes.

"This is Lu Ze's and Lin Ling's private ship, right? My aunt's neighbor's son is a young duke too. I heard every young duke will receive a private ship as a reward."

"It's not an ordinary private ship either. It's said that young duke ships could rival planetary states in many aspects," one person added.

"Wow, that's amazing!"

They were all first-year students.

Why was the difference this huge?

"By the way, why is Lu Ze's ship so much bigger than Lin Ling's? Lin Ling's ship seems to have the same size as other young duke's."

"Are you dumb? Lu Ze was appointed as Monarch of the New Dawn. How could it be the same? Of course, his ship would be better in terms of quality."

"Would Lu Ze be willing to take someone on board?" a pretty-looking girl asked.

Xuan Yuqi and the others glanced at her.

Would Lu Ze be someone as thirsty as that?

During this time, they chanced upon the scene of Lin Ling dragging the lifeless Lu Ze out.

When everyone saw Lu Ze's expression, they felt dumbfounded.

What was this expression?

Were there any problems with the ship?

Was he not satisfied with it?

No wonder he was the Monarch of the New Dawn. If they had the chance to own an ordinary young duke ship, they would be overjoyed.

Bosses were bosses indeed.

Meanwhile, Lu Ze was stunned to see the mass of people gathered outside.

What were these guys doing?

He looked at the ship behind him and realized the answer.

Right at this minute, Ye Mu and the rest walked over. Ian asked worriedly, "Ze, are you alright? You don't seem to be well?"

Lu Ze forced out a smile. "It's fine."

"Junior Lu Ze, are you not happy with this ship?"

Lu Ze and Lin Ling turned around and looked at the people approaching them.

"Seniors Margaret and Li Qingyun, you guys are here too."

Lu Ze hadn't seen them for a long while.

With a somewhat complicated tone, Margaret lamented, "I'm really not a good senior. Junior has already become a young duke, and yet, I'm still far from it."

Lu Ze evaluated her chi. It was already at the aperture opening state with 300 apertures. This level of progress should be considered extremely fast already.

Li Qingyun had 300 apertures as well.

Lu Ze smiled. "Senior Margaret is progressing very fast. You will become a young duke soon."

Base on her speed and age, she should be able to have a mortal evolution state combat power before turning 30. By then, if she had enough contributions, she could become a young duke.

Of course, such power was just average among young dukes.

Margaret just smiled. She didn't bring up the subject anymore. "Let's not talk about that. Is our Monarch of the New Dawn not satisfied with a ship this big? If it's you, then you can probably request something else."

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Lu Ze's mouth twitched. "No, the ship is better than I imagined."

Lu Ze was truly satisfied with the ship. The only issue right now was that he couldn't drive it himself. Still, he couldn't really say that in front of all these people.

Otherwise, his reputation would be this, everyone became more confused. However, since Lu Ze didn't want to say it, then no one could force him either.

Currently, the students were about to leave. Li Qingyun said, "If you're free to visit Weimu System, you must come and find me. I'll treat you around."

Lu Ze nodded. "Of course."

Margaret nodded and smiled as well. "We'll be going first."

Ian and the rest bid their farewells to Lu Ze too. Their families were waiting outside the school.

Soon, the dorms became very quiet. Most of the students had left.

Lu Ze and Lin Ling glanced at each other.

Lu Ze smiled. "Take Yingying and let's go back too."

Four days later, a faint golden ship and a golden-red ship exited the warp tunnel. Both of the ships headed toward the Telun System.

In the couch, Lin Ling bit her lips and glared at Lu Ze. Meanwhile, Lu Ze grinned back at her.

"How is it? Do you like it?"

Lin Ling gritted her teeth. "Yes!"

"Good!" Lu Ze smiled.

Yingying was lying on the couch. She looked at Lu Ze and Lin Ling. Thereafter, she scolded Lu Ze. "Lu Ze, you can't bully sister Lin Ling!" Lu Ze smiled and took out a purple orb. "Open wide."

"Ahhhh~!"

Immediately, Yingying looked very satisfied.

Lin Ling covered her face. Lu Ze was an evil bastard.

Lu Ze rubbed Yingying's face. He wasn't really trying to anger Lin Ling, Upon boarding the ship, they made their cultivation plan for these few days.

In the morning, they would spar in the virtual reality pods. In the afternoon and night, they would cultivate alone.

The reason Lin Ling was so mad was that every time she tried her best, she couldn't even make Lu Ze treat her seriously.

Lin Ling calmed herself down and looked outside. "We're almost there."

She looked at Yingying and smiled. She was going to give great grandpa a surprise.

Lu Ze nodded and looked hopefully at the Telun System.

His eyes flashed. He had some business to sort out with Li and Alice!

Soon, they arrived at the system border checkpoint. Following that, Lin Ling took out her own ship and split off with Lu Ze.

Their destinations weren't the same, after all, since Lin Ling resided in another planet.

New Dawn traveled extremely fast. Soon, he had reached the atmosphere of planet Lan Jiang Lu Ze didn't park the New Dawn at the space station. It would cause too much commotion. He found an abandoned area to park his ship instead. Subsequently, he put it away and flew toward home.

In a few short minutes, Lu Ze reached his home.

Lu Ze smiled and landed from the sky. He opened the door and noticed that the house was empty.

It was just midday. His parents were probably at work and Lu Li was still in class.

He looked in his room. His bed was already made and kept the same as when he left. Clearly, it was frequently organized. Lu Ze looked at the familiar ceiling.

Hmm?

Lu Ze sniffed the room. As a result, he discovered Lu Li's lingering scent.

She used her god art to clean it up. If his cultivation level wasn't so high, he wouldn't be able to sense it at all.

Why was she in his room?

Lu Ze immediately became vigilant.

Things didn't seem to be so simple!

Lu Ze checked his room and swept every nook and cranny with his mental force. In the end, he didn't find anything.

Did her conscience hold her back at the last moment, so she didn't do anything?

Lu Ze relaxed on the bed for a while and sat up.

He wanted to go visit his high school.

Although he had graduated already, there were a few teachers who were quite nice to him-for example, Li Liang and the principal.

The principal gave him a level three cultivation serum. Despite him not using it, Lu Ze still remembered this favor.

Lu Ze thought about it and put on a face mask before leaving his home. He first headed to the official department of the Federal Martial Artists Site.

It was a hundred meter-tall building.

Lu Ze came to the foyer, which was about a few hundred square meters. There were a few stations that had smart assistants serving as receptionists.

Lu Ze proceeded to a station that had no smart assistant. He then had his palm scanned.

At the very top level in a huge office, a golden-haired, middle-aged man was looking down at the huge city.

He smelled the green liquid he was holding and showed an expression of enjoyment.

The planet's Tune tree tea was very sweet. It had a lasting aftertaste. This tea was considered a luxury drink. 500 grams cost around 20,000 star coins.

Only someone like him who was a core martial state and was the manager of this building could occasionally enjoy it. Just when he was about to enjoy the drink, an alarm went off from his table. "Beep beep beep! An important figure has come. He is identified to be a Level 2 Federal Honor Badge owner, Monarch of the New Dawn Lu Ze. Branch leader Li Qi, please greet him immediately!"

Hearing this, Li Qi's hands shook, and he spilled some tea on his mustache, but he didn't care about it anymore. Instead, he charged out of the door.

When he got to the door, he realized that he was still holding his cup of tea, and the tea that was supposedly contained by the cup had already spilled.

His mouth twitched, and he quickly placed the teacup into his storage ring and went out.

He cleaned himself on the way and fixed his appearance. As the elevator dropped quickly, he put on a polite smile.

Lu Ze was confused regarding the girl who suddenly came out.

What did he do?

He just wanted to buy something. This girl kept asking whether he wanted to rest for a while, eat fruits, and drink anything!?

Other people didn't seem to receive this kind of treatment.

Sensing everyone's strange glances, Lu Ze didn't feel at ease.

Was he spotted?

No way!

His disguise was perfect!

Unless someone swept his or her mental force toward him.

However, if someone really did that, then he would beat them up.

Suddenly, a golden-haired, middle-aged man in a slim black suit came out quickly.

He signaled to the young girl, who then bowed and left. Li Qi bowed as well. "Honorable Sir, I'm the manager of this Federal Martial Arts Building, Li Qi Arnold. I will be serving you."His actions made the foyer go quiet. Even the little girl who just left looked at Li Qi in shock. She just received information that she must take care of this strange clothed man.

However, seeing the prideful branch leader acting like this, she realized that things weren't so simple.

Meanwhile, Lu Ze's mouth couldn't help but twitch.

Alright, his disguise was exposed.

Lu Ze nodded. "Thank you."

"No problem, please come with me."

Noticing that Lu Ze was easy going, Li Qi relaxed a little.

He didn't know Lu Ze well. Li Qi only knew that he came from planet Lan Jiang. He had presumed that it would be hard to deal with him since he was the Monarch of the New Dawn. As it turned out, his worry was unfounded. It seemed it was quite easy to communicate with the Monarch of the New Dawn.

After Lu Ze left with Li Qi, the noise in the originally quiet hall gradually returned.

However, perhaps they were worried about inadvertently disturbing the big shots who had left, so their voices were still quite soft.

"Did you see that person just now? Who is that? I know Li Qi—he knows how to sail with the wind very well and for him to treat someone like that, who could that be?" "I don't know. He was totally covered up. Who could see him?"

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"Nobody even dared to look, alright? If we offend someone, it wouldn't be good."

"But... he sounded a bit young, judging by his voice."

"That's right, he should

Just as everyone was whispering among themselves, Lu Ze had already followed Li Qi into an exclusive lift that led to the top floor.

In the lift, Lu Ze smiled. "Li Qi, how did you recognize me?"

Lu Ze was quite curious since his disguise should have been perfect.

When Li Qi heard that, he bowed slightly. "When you registered at the hall, your identity was recorded, and the system notified me."

Lu Ze then understood what happened.

'So it was the identity authentication.'

He thought that his flawless disguise was exposed.

It gave him a scare.

Very soon, the lift reached the top floor, and Lu Ze followed Li Qi to his office.

Li Qi smiled and asked, "Mr. Lu Ze, do you want something to drink? I have top-notch Tune tree tea here."

As Li Qi said this, his heart ached a little.

Nevertheless, he didn't have a choice. For a big shot like Lu Ze, he had to entertain him with Tune tree tea, and this might even be a bit too shabby for him.

With that thought, Li Qi was somewhat uneasy, afraid that Lu Ze would be unsatisfied with his service.

Lu Ze was taken aback when he heard that.

Tune tree tea?

What is that?

He hadn't heard of it before.

However, he was in a rush, and it was already almost three o'clock. Hence, the sooner he bought the stuff, the sooner he could return to school before classes ended.

With that thought, Lu Ze smiled. "No need, but thank you. Let's just go straight to proper business."

Li Qi's heart thumped hard when he heard Lu Ze's response.

Indeed!

The tea was too beneath him?

Of course, why would Lu Ze like a beverage like this?

He usually drinks spirit tea for sure, right? Beads of perspiration appeared on Li Qi's forehead. He was afraid that Lu Ze would say that he didn't do a good job, but he didn't dare to delay further.

He nodded continuously and ushered Lu Ze to sit on the sofa. "What business would you like to do?"

"I would like to buy something," Lu Ze replied and paused, "that can be used in the spirit martial state and abstruse martial state, like a spirit fruit or cultivation serums, things like these."

Since Lu Ze had always been using red orbs and his power was already at the abstruse martial state, he had no idea about things regarding the abstruse martial state.

Li Qi was taken aback.

Wasn't Lu Ze already at the mortal evolution state?

And his power was quite strong in the mortal evolution state too, right?

As a core martial state martial artist, he wasn't very familiar with the mortal evolution state, but he felt that Lu Ze was very powerful.

This was why Li Qi thought it was weird for Lu Ze to buy things meant for spirit martial state and abstruse martial State.

However, he obviously didn't dare to question it further.

Li Qi smiled and said, "Mr. Lu Ze, please take a look at the spirit fruits and cultivation serums we have in stock here."

As he spoke, a screen appeared before Li Qi and rows of information about the spirit fruits and cultivation serums were presented.

Lu Ze merely took a quick glance, and his eyes widened.

So cheap!

Even the most expensive one was less than 100 federal contribution points!

How could they be so cheap?

Lu Ze was very used to seeing things like divine arts which cost hundreds of thousands of academic credits and was a bit taken aback upon seeing things that cost only about 10 federal contribution points.

Still, Lu Ze came to his senses very soon. These were low-grade items, after all, so it was quite normal.

Since he wouldn't be using them for himself, he basically bought spirit fruits and cultivation serums that had higher usability; he bought hundreds of them in total and only spent about 5,000 federal contribution points.

"Alright, I'll get these then."

Lu Ze was very pleased.

'Wow, these things are too cheap eh?' Although his rewards were all in academic credits, he still had more than 570,000 federal contribution points, which were awarded to him at the Xiaer System. During his time at the Federal University, he didn't have to use the federal contribution points at all. He only spent his academic credits.

Just as Lu Ze was done with his purchase, he turned and looked at Li Qi who was quiet the whole time and realized that his expression looked quite stiff.

Lu Ze couldn't help but ask, "Li Qi, are you alright? Are there no stocks?"

When Li Qi heard Lu Ze's question, he returned to his senses and shook his head. "There are, there are, please give me a moment, Mr. Lu Ze, I'll get them ready in about 10 minutes."

He was completely stunned.

5,000 federal contribution points!

This was a total of 5,000 federal contribution points!

Gone in a blink of an eye?

How long must he save up to have so many contribution points ah!

But judging at the way Lu Ze was acting, the latter thought that the items were too cheap?

Li Qi had served several people before, so he obviously had a rough gauge in his heart.

Lu Ze was a big shot, indeed.

When Lu Ze heard Li Qi's reply, he nodded slightly and laughed. "I'll have to trouble you then."

"It's no trouble, no trouble at all. I'll go get everything ready for you then."

Li Qi forced a humble smile after responding.

Lu Ze nodded.

Thereafter, Li Qi left the office.

10 minutes later, Li Qi returned and placed a large pile of items that were already packed properly in front of Lu Ze.

He smiled and said, "Mr. Lu Ze, the things you bought are all here, please check."

Lu Ze glanced at him and smiled. "I believe you wouldn't make a mistake." Li Qi smiled as well. "Thank you for your trust."

He wouldn't dare to, even if he was given a hundred guts ah.

Lu Ze smiled and kept the items. "I'll get going, then."

Li Qi hurriedly walked forward and opened the office door for Lu Ze. "I'll walk you out."

"No need. I don't want to attract too much attention."

When Li Qi heard that, he looked at Lu Ze's disguise and hurriedly nodded. "Sorry, I was rude. Take care then."

Lu Ze nodded.

Subsequently, he entered the lift, and as the lift door closed and went down, Lu Ze rubbed his forehead.

He didn't expect that his high position would give him such a benefit. Seeing someone so much older than him being at his beck and call, Lu Ze felt somewhat uneasy.

Di!

The lift reached the first floor and Lu Ze walked out to the hall. The originally noisy hall that began to hush down gradually before was now completely silent.

Lu Ze looked at how everyone was casting weird glances at him, and his mouth twitched as he walked out quietly.

After getting the gifts, Lu Ze tossed everything that happened just now at the back of his head and found a corner to take off, flying toward Chang Yang. A few minutes later, Lu Ze arrived at the sky of Chang Yang high school. Seeing this familiar campus, that teaching building and martial arts hall, Lu Ze couldn't help but sigh.

It has only been a semester, yet, it felt like a lifetime ago.

Lu Ze had gone through too much during this semester.

However, he was very strong, and with the pocket hunting dimension, he would see and experience more in the future. Lu Ze shook his head slightly and didn't contemplate anymore. He descended from the sky and went into the campus happily.

This feeling of walking outside while others were still having classes was amazing!

Just at this moment, Lu Ze saw a few familiar figures at the field a distance away-Xu Yang, Xufang, Leo, Ren Zhan, and Lin Huan.

Currently, they were strolling on the field as they chatted.

Xu Yang's voice was still very clear. "Didn't expect that Old Li is actually having a class right now, what a bad time to visit."

Xufang smiled. "It's been so long since we came to school, walking around feels quite good too."

Ren Zhan laughed. "Xufang is right, we should relax a little."

Lin Huan nodded and didn't say anything. Then, Leo chuckled. "I wonder if Ze would come back to visit Old Li?"

Leo's words made everyone silent.

After some time, Ren Zhan grinned and looked at Xufang. "Xufang, I heard that you still have a crush on that Lu Ze guy?"

Xufang's expression remained unchanged. "So what? The number of people who have a crush on him right now could fill up our entire planet. It didn't matter if I did or not. Also..."

After pausing, she smiled widely. "Also, that chap rejected me immediately, and I should thank him for that."

Xu Yang glanced at Ren Zhan and teased, "Ren Zhan, you even overestimated your strength and challenged Ze previously, didn't you? I still remember all your bets."

Xu Yang's words caused Ren Zhan to tremble, then he replied indignantly, "What about that? At least, I can say that I was defeated by the Monarch of the New Dawn, can you?"

As to what Ren Zhan said, everyone merely laughed and didn't disagree with it.

Being defeated by Lu Ze, others would only look up to you.

Not everyone could be the opponent of the Monarch of the New atmosphere turned silent once again, and everyone remained strolling. After some time, Xuyang sighed. "I wonder if that guy still remembers us?"

Lu Ze flew too high and too quickly. At first, there were still some people whom he wanted to chat with and spar against, but now, the gap between them was too wide. Xufang laughed. "Don't talk nonsense, didn't Teacher Chu say something about it previously? Ze asked about us when he was at the Gracious System."

Leo scratched his head. "The Federal University is also having their holidays now, right? Should we contact him?

Everyone became quiet once more.

The gap is too wide. It would be different even if they contact him again. Previously, they could chat and mess around innocently, but right now, things were different.

After a moment of silence, Xuyang lifted his head and looked in the direction of the classrooms, then said slowly, "... we're in different leagues already."

"What different leagues?"

Just at this moment, a voice could be heard from behind them.

Lu Ze was quite surprised to bump into Xu Yang and the rest.

After all, he came to visit Old Li and the old principal—he didn't expect that they would be here as well.

Since he saw them, he obviously had to say hello.

Lu Ze also recalled that these people hadn't contacted him for a long time, right?

They were all from the Dawn System, after all, and it was nice to get together once in a while.

In the end, the moment he walked over, he heard their discussion.

To Lu Ze, things like leagues didn't matter at all.

Anyway, he had the pocket hunting dimension, and everyone in the human race, no matter who it was, would never be able to cultivate as quickly as he did, so did he need to care about this when he's making friends?

In his opinion, what mattered was that they could get along well.

Just like how he gave Ye Mu and the others some academic credits; he wasn't trying to gain anything out of them and was merely doing it because he wanted to.

If he didn't want to, who can force him?

No matter what he did, he just had to make sure that he didn't let himself down.

If he had to consider whether it was a gain or a loss to him every time, wouldn't it be very tiring?

When Xu Yang and the rest heard Lu Ze's voice, they froze up, then turned around and looked at Lu Ze with a tinge of surprise and awkwardness in their eyes.

There was total silence, and Lu Ze's mouth twitched, "Am I some devil?"

Was he that terrifying? He wouldn't even eat them up.

When Xu Yang and the rest saw that Lu Ze could still joke around with them, the awkwardness soon dissipated. Xu Yang burst out laughing and said, "You're now the Monarch of the New Dawn, we would definitely react differently when we see you now."

Xufang looked at Lu Ze with glistening eyes, there was also a smile on her cute round face. "We feel a lot of pressure facing you right

now."

When Lu Ze heard that, he grinned. "Seems like I am indeed too brilliant, huh?"

As he spoke, he looked at everyone.

Thousand Sun University was also a famous school in the Dawn System. They were just like the Federal University, and one needed to work hard to earn academic credits to cultivate. Also, Teacher Qiu Dongyi mentioned that they were also elite class students, so they were under quite a bit of pressure too.

Everybody seemed to have matured quite a bit since high school.

The last time Lu Ze saw Ren Zhan, the corners of Ren Zhan's smile still had a hint of arrogance but now, he seemed much calmer than before.

He probably had a few setbacks in the Dawn System. Also, they were much stronger than before, and everyone was already in the abstruse martial state.

eren

Although they had just entered the abstruse martial state and couldn't be compared to Ye Mu and the others, they were in different schools, after all. They should be considered quite outstanding in Thousand Sun University, right?

Lu Ze smiled. "I bumped into your martial arts teacher in the Gracious System previously; otherwise, I wouldn't have known that you guys are in Thousand Sun University." Hearing that, Xu Yang laughed in embarrassment. "It cannot be compared to the Federal University, so we were too embarrassed to tell you."

After all, they were aiming to get into the elite class. If they enrolled in the Federal University, they might only be assigned to the ordinary class. Since that's the case, they might as well enroll in Thousand Sun University and have the chance to enter the elite class.

As he spoke, he changed the subject. "Oh right, Ze, why are you back here? Fetching your younger sister?"

He knew that Lu Ze's younger sister, Lu Li, hadn't graduated and thought that he was here to pick her up. Lu Ze smiled and looked at them, but he didn't answer Xu Yang's question. "What are you guys here for?"

Leo scratched his head and smiled. "It's rare that we came back, so we're here to see Old Li."

As a teacher, Li Liang had fulfilled his duty, and many students still remembered him.

Lu Ze obviously didn't forget how embarrassing it was when he said Li Liang's palm was poisonous during their spar.

Thinking about it now, it was quite funny.

Hm, he was simply too funny in the past! He wasn't as mature and modest as he was now, was he?

Lu Ze laughed. "I'm also here to visit Old Li and the principal."

Seeing that Lu Ze actually came back to visit Old Li, Xufang and everyone were surprised.

After all, with Lu Ze's current status and position, he didn't really need to come all the way back personally to visit Li Liang.

He could simply make a call, and it was giving Li Liang face already. After some time, Xufang laughed. "Let's go together, then. Old Li should be ending his lessons soon." Lu Ze smiled and nodded.

Subsequently, all of them began walking toward Li Liang's office.

On the way, they talked about some things in school, and slowly, they realized that Lu Ze didn't look down on them or distance himself from them on purpose. Due to this, they weren't as reserved as before anymore.

"Old Li is now a dean because of you, but he's still in charge of teaching third-year students. He has a big office now, much better than the original one."

Xu Yang, who came back once before, led the way in front and smiled as he spoke to Lu Ze.

Lu Ze smiled while he listened and realized that Old Li was doing pretty good himself, wasn't he?

Very soon, they reached Li Liang's office while Ren Zhan and Lin Huan went off to look for their own teacher.

They weren't in the same class, after all.

The office door was still closed and just as everyone was planning to wait, Li Liang walked in their direction.

When he saw them, he froze slightly then revealed a bright smile. "Xu Yang, Xufang, Leo, why are you guys here?"

He greeted them and looked suspiciously at Lu Ze who was wearing a mask, then asked, "This is... your classmate?"

When Lu Ze heard that, he smiled and removed his mask. "Teacher Li Liang, it's been long since we last met."

After seeing Lu Ze remove his mask, Li Liang's eyes widened. Thereafter, he stiffened on the spot as he looked at Lu Ze in disbelief.

There was silence, and only the boisterous sounds of students from afar could be heard occasionally.

After a long silence, Li Liang finally came to his senses. He opened his mouth and said in a hoarse voice, "Lu... Lu Ze, no, Monarch of the New Dawn? No... Star..."

"Stop!" Lu Ze saw that Li Liang was somewhat stunned and wanted to call him by his young duke title, so he quickly called out, "Old Li, you'll regret it if you call me by my young duke title! Just call me Lu Ze."

If Li Liang called him by that, he wouldn't be receiving a gift. When Li Liang heard what Lu Ze said, he came to his senses. Even so, he was still in disbelief. "Lu Ze... you came to find your sister?"

He simply couldn't believe that Lu Ze came to visit him. After all, Lu Ze was now the Monarch of the New Dawn. Even if Lu Ze didn't visit him, it was already considered an honor to have groomed a student like him.

Li Liang was doing so well now, mostly because of Lu Ze.

Lu Ze smiled. "I've come to visit you and the principal, then fetch Lu Li home."

Li Liang's eyes reddened slightly when he heard that Lu Ze came to visit him.

Li Liang blinked and composed himself, then smiled and said, "Come on in."

As he spoke, he opened the office door, and everyone went in.

Lu Ze looked around Li Liang's office. The decoration was nice, and there were also various medals around. He could tell that Li Liang should be doing quite well.

Everyone sat on the sofa in the office, and Li Liang brought them tea. Time went by quickly as they talked about their high school days and over half an hour soon passed. Then, Li Liang looked outside and smiled. "Lu Ze, classes are ending soon, don't you need to visit the principal as well? The principal's office isn't far from mine. I'll bring you over."

When Lu Ze heard that, he nodded and smiled. "Alright, sure."

Then, all of them left Li Liang's office and walked toward the principal's office.

When they arrived at the principal's office, Li Liang knocked on the door, and an old voice could be heard. "Come in."

Li Liang opened the door and led everyone in.

The principal was seated behind his desk, and when he saw Li Liang entering, he smiled. "Li, what's the matter?"

As he spoke, he turned and looked at the people following behind Li Liang.

When he saw Lu Ze, the smile on his face froze.

Lu Ze?

Am I that old?

I actually had this sort of illusion.

The principal sighed, closed his eyes, and rubbed them with his right hand. Before he opened his eyes again, he heard Lu Ze's voice.

"Principal, your eyes are uncomfortable?"

When the old principal heard Lu Ze's words, his hand shook, nearly poking his eye. It's really Lu Ze?

He couldn't care less about the pain from his eyes and quickly opened them as he looked at Lu Ze in disbelief.

"Lu... Lu Ze? Why are you here?"

Before Lu Ze could reply, the old principal jumped out of his seat excitedly and ran to Lu Ze. He grabbed Lu Ze's hand, and his face turned rosy, "You came at the right time. I need your help with something."

Lu Ze was puzzled and looked at the principal's excited and flushed face. "What is it? I will not decline as long as it's within my means."

The principal nodded. "It isn't anything difficult for you at all."After pausing, he smiled and said, "Since you're back, I'm thinking of gathering all the students in the auditorium and get you, as their senior, to deliver a speech to your juniors. Consider it a motivation speech before their exams, what do you think?" Lu Ze: "..."

Lu Ze's eyes widened, and he looked at the principal in disbelief without being able to get his words out for a long time. The first thing that they wanted him to do after coming back was to motivate the students for their exams?

Doing this was a bit of a show-off.

Li Liang's eyes widened. Suddenly, he was ashamed of himself

He actually didn't think of this just now!

As an outstanding educator, he was negligent in his duty.

Indeed, old ginger is spicier than a new one.

Xu Yang and the others glanced at one another, then looked at Lu Ze's stiff expression. They wanted to laugh, but they didn't dare to.

Just as Xu Yang and the rest were holding their laughter, the old principal turned toward them.

"Xu Yang, all three of you as well. You guys will have your speech before Lu Ze, and Lu Ze will do the finale."

After all, Lu Ze was too gifted and was no longer considered an ordinary person.

Lu Ze would do the finale to maintain the students' enthusiasm. The talents of Xu Yang and the others were normal people's talents. Their experience would be very useful for students.

The moment the old principal said that, Xu Yang and the others were stunned.

They didn't expect that they had to give a speech as well?!

Going before Lu Ze was definitely better than going after. However, with Lu Ze around, their speech would just be unnecessary, right?

The three people looked at one another awkwardly.

Although compared to ordinary students, being able to get into a renowned school in the Dawn System was already not bad. Still, compared to Lu Ze, who was the same age as them and was crowned the Monarch of the New Dawn, they were nothing. The old principal smiled when he saw the awkwardness among the three people. "Don't worry, before Lu Ze goes up, we will not be announcing that he's giving a speech." As he spoke, he turned to Lu Ze and asked, "Lu Ze, what do you think?"

Lu Ze remained quiet.

Although Lu Ze was embarrassed to give a speech, this was still his alma mater, after all. Giving a speech to his juniors wasn't a big deal, and he didn't have a reason to reject it.

Lu Ze nodded and smiled. "I'm fine with it."

Seeing that Lu Ze had agreed, the old principal got very excited and said to Li Liang, "Li, inform all the teachers and gather all the students in the auditorium."

The third-year students were the graduating cohort, but it was rare for Lu Ze to be here, and they might not have a chance like this in the future. Hence, they obviously had to gather the first-year and second-year students as well.

At the same time, Li Liang nodded excitedly. "I'll go right away." Whether it was Lu Ze or Xu Yang and the others, they were all his students, and now that his students were going to give a speech to the entire school, he was really proud.

In one of the training grounds in the school, Lu Li and Alice came out together.

Behind them were the martial arts teacher and their classmates. All of them looked at Lu Li and Alice with a little awe.

On the training grounds, they never had to use any strength and merely used the refinement state's cultivation to fight. Even so, their teacher could feel the immense pressure from their strength. That was the power of an abstruse martial state.

No matter how many times they did it, it would always shock them.

They knew that only senior Lu Ze could display the power of the abstruse martial state in the refinement state.

But these two actually managed to do it.

And one of them was senior Lu Ze's younger sister.

No wonder they are siblings, huh?

Just then, an announcement was broadcasted throughout the school. "All teachers and students, please gather in the central auditorium! All teachers and students, please gather in the central auditorium! All teachers and students, please gather in the central auditorium!"

The announcement was repeated thrice, causing everyone to stop in their tracks and to feel puzzled.

Lu Li and Alice looked at one another. Both were confused.

Lu Li touched her black hair and raised her brows. "Why are they asking us to gather all of a sudden?"

She didn't enjoy herself to the fullest when she fought with Alice in school, but she didn't have a choice.

With their current strength, if they really fought seriously, the entire school would be destroyed, so they could only put on a show.

Alice blinked and shook her head. "No idea."

Just at this moment, the martial arts teacher following behind them smiled. "Since it is an emergency announcement, let's go to the central auditorium right now."

Everyone turned around and headed to the auditorium.

The central auditorium was a white cube-like building that took up a huge area-it could hold all the teachers and students inside. At this moment, Lu Ze, Xu Yang, Xufang, Leo, Ren Zhan, and Lin Huan were in the backstage.

At first, the old principal didn't know that Ren Zhan and Lin Huan were here too. After realizing their presence, he naturally pulled them over to do the speech together.

At this moment, all of them looked at each other with a strange look. Lu Ze was still alright, but Xu Yang and the rest were under a lot of pressure.

If Lu Ze wasn't there, they would be quite willing to give the speech.

After all, being able to gain the respect of their juniors was a good thing.

But with Lu Ze around, if they were to be compared to Lu Ze, they would really want to die.

Even when they had calmed down a bit, but the proud Ren Zhan was still looking at Xu Yang unhappily-why were they dragged into this?

Right then, the old principal smiled. "Alright, since all the teachers and students are here, which of you is going up first?"

The old principal looked at Xu Yang and the rest.

Other than Lu Ze being the last, the sequence of the others didn't matter at all.

Xu Yang and his group looked at one another. After some time, Lin Huan said plainly, "I'll go first, then."

In the auditorium, Lu Li and Alice were seated in the first row. They were taken aback.

Just now, the teacher mentioned that some outstanding seniors who had graduated would be giving a speech to talk about their experience during the exams and give them some cultivation tips? Both of them looked at one another awkwardly.

After a moment of silence, Li Li's expression was strange. "I don't think the cultivation of those seniors is higher than us, right?"

This was a good thing, but both their cultivations were already at the aperture opening state already. They probably didn't need the tips from these seniors, huh?

Alice giggled. "Didn't my father say it before? Our current strength is currently the top among the third year elite students in the Federal University. If it was Lu Ze, it's still alright, but the cultivation of the others wouldn't be as high as ours I guess?"

With that said, her eyes lit up and she looked at Lu Li. "Li, do you think senior Lu Ze came?"

When Lu Li heard that, she became stunned, then, her eyes glistened, and she curled her lips. "That fella probably wouldn't come so quickly? He has the company of three beauties in school, so why would he want to return?"

Dumb Lu Ze, could it be that he really came back?

Although that was what Lu Li said, she was still hoping that Lu Ze had really returned.

Hearing that, Alice thought about Nangong Jing and went silent. Then, she stuck her tongue out and smiled brightly. "Even if it isn't senior Lu Ze, he should be coming back soon, right? I've learned quite a number of new dishes recently. I'll cook them for him when he's back."

Lu Li smiled warmly. "I'll prepare them with you."

During this period of time, she used her precious treasures in exchange for a chance to learn how to cook from Alice. After a period of tough training, she was confident that the food she prepared would no longer be like before! Just then, a young blue-haired girl walked out from the backstage.

Many people started whispering the second she appeared.

"It's senior Lin Huan."

"I think she enrolled in Thousand Sun University's elite class? That's a renowned school in the Dawn System!"

"Didn't expect that an outstanding senior like her would give us some tips. It's our lucky day!"

II

II

When Lu Li and Alice realized that it wasn't Lu Ze, they immediately lost interest.

Lu Li curled her lips slightly.

Dumb Lu Ze, he must be flirting around with those three vixens in school!

A hint of disappointment flashed across Alice's eyes as well. Eventually, she didn't think further about it anymore.

Lin Huan gave some tips about cultivating. She also gave some information about the graduation test and things to take note of during the college entrance exams.

Ten minutes later, Lin Huan was done with her speech, and Xu Yang walked out of the backstage. He then added things that Lin Huan didn't talk about.

Everyone had a different way of learning, after all, so their focus was naturally different.

After that, Ren Zhan, Xufang, and Leo went up one by one and finished their speech.

The students listened intently. These seniors were the students from Thousand Sun University's elite class. With that in mind, everything they said was relatively useful to them.

Even some teachers found it very helpful. One must know that other than a few teachers in the school, most of the teachers' cultivation was only at the spirit martial state while Xu Yang and the rest were already at the abstruse martial state, so everything they mentioned was obviously beneficial to them.

After everyone was done with their speech, the old principal walked up to the stage and smiled. "Other than the few outstanding students who had given their talks, we have also invited a special graduate."

Many people got curious. Senior Xu Yang and the others had already surprised them; other than them, who else was a special graduate? Seated right in front, Lu Li and Alice, who were almost dozing off, froze up when they heard what the old principal of them looked at one another, and there was a tinge of eagerness in both their eyes.

Was it him?

The old principal smiled when he saw the curious and eager looks on the students' faces. "Next up, let's invite the most outstanding graduate in the history of Chang Yang High School, Monarch of the New Dawn Lu Ze!"

The old principal's words caused the entire auditorium to be in silence, and everyone stared at the stage in disbelief. Monarch of the New Dawn Lu Ze?

After a moment of silence, someone said hesitantly, "It's... Senior Lu Ze?"

This voice led everyone to regain their senses, and there was a sudden outburst of cheers in the auditorium.

The noise was so loud that it could probably blow the auditorium ceiling off.

"Senior Lu Ze! Senior Lu Ze is here!"

Lu Li and Alice, who were initially looking at the old principal eagerly, were now staring at him with widened eyes after hearing what he said.

After that, both of them looked at one another and saw the excitement in each other's eyes.

That fella actually came back!

Just as Lu Ze was about to walk out from the backstage, he got a shock when he heard the deafening cheers.

I never knew I was so popular?

This was not bad huh?

Lu Ze felt very pleased. When Xu Yang and the others heard how the students reacted completely different from before, their moods were complex. This... What can they say?

They were extremely envious.

Lu Ze took a deep breath, calmed himself down, walked out of the backstage, and went up on stage.

After seeing Lu Ze, the deafening cheers turned even louder as the crowd became more excited, and every student was looking at Lu Ze with glistening eyes.

This is Lu Ze!

The Monarch of the New Dawn Lu Ze!

They were actually so close to him right now!

These second- and third-year students basically watched Lu Ze rise from the seed battle all the way to the graduation trial.

They all felt the same sense of honor toward this senior of theirs. For those first-year students, there were many from other cities in the Telun System and even other systems who came to study at Chang Yang High School because this was Lu Ze's alma mater. Obviously, they admired Lu Ze. Seeing Lu Ze standing before them right now, they were naturally very excited.

Lu Ze looked at the audience flushed with excitement and was a little embarrassed.

He was more popular than he thought.

In other words, why would a girl confess her love for him directly? He knew that he was handsome, but he wasn't that sort of person...

Lu Ze's gaze swept across the auditorium, and he quickly spotted Lu Li and Alice who were seated at the front.

Compared to others, both of them were too calm. Although they were slightly excited, it wasn't comparable to the others.

Even if they were excited, they were merely excited that Lu Ze was back.

After all, they weren't like the others and were already very close to Lu Ze, especially Lu Li.

The old principal smiled as he looked at the excited audience, then he winked at Lu Ze mischievously and left the stage tactfully.

Lu Ze didn't know whether to laugh or crythe old principal actually had this side to him.

He looked at the cheering crowd and became confused-what was he going to talk about here?

Cultivation?

If he was going to talk about cultivation, Xu Yang and the others had practically covered everything. Tips on the graduation trial or things to look out for during the entrance examination?

He basically winged the graduation trial, and his experience was to just keep charging forward-it wasn't useful at all for other people.

As for things to look out for during the entrance examination...

He was fighting on the battlefield when other people were taking the entrance examination...

So what should he talk about?

When Lu Ze thought about the battlefield, he immediately recalled those warriors fighting a bloody battle in the Xiaer System, and those guards trying to suppress the void beast in the Xigui System and Ena System.

Suddenly, Lu Ze laughed and asked, "Have you guys taken pride in being part of the human race before?"

Lu Ze wasn't loud but with his cultivation, it was simply too easy for everyone to hear him amidst the cheering.

Lu Ze's voice had a tone of coercion. After going through so many battles, Lu Ze was too familiar with the murderous air on the battlefield.

Of course, he didn't dare to release his overbearing pressure completely, otherwise, he might crush everyone to death.

Even so, the auditorium that was initially filled with revelry, now felt like there was a murderous aura around and caused everyone to quieten down instantly.

Everyone felt that pressure and were stunned when they heard what Lu Ze said.

Who would think about whether they took pride in being a part of the human race or not?

Seeing that everyone was silent, Lu Ze didn't mind it, he laughed and continued, "I've destroyed the base of the blade demon race in the Xiaer System before; I've also saved a number of people in the Xigui System and killed that planetary-state void beast in the Ena System; I've even been given the title of Monarch of the New Dawn by the sage personally. I've made history in the Federation and when people look at these, everyone thinks I'm awesome, right?".

The atmosphere was still suppressed, and Lu Ze gradually took the pressure away, there wasn't a sound in the auditorium.

Although some teachers and the old principal could resist this pressure, they were still looking at Lu Ze happily and didn't say anything.

Of course, Lu Li and Alice's strengths were only second to Lu Ze. Accordingly, it didn't really affect them. They looked at Lu Ze with glistening eyes without saying a word too.

Lu Ze paused before he continued, "But I've seen the bloody battles in the Xiaer System and the unsung warriors who dragged the blade demon race down with them even when they were dying; I've also seen the guards who knew that they were going to die but still fought the strong void beast in order to protect their people; I've even seen the warship that burned in flames in the Ena System's line of defense..."

"Two thousand years in the history of the Federation, 12 sages fought bloodily to open up new territory, and now, there are 4 left; border warriors died in battle, fighting to their deaths to protect the safety of the Federation."

With that said, Lu Ze suddenly retracted the pressure, and the quiet and suppressed atmosphere disappeared, but everyone was still looking at Lu Ze in silence.

Lu Ze smiled, and his voice became gentle. "I am very proud to be part of the human race."

"So whatever I've done is what I should have done."

Truthfully speaking, if the Federation was awful, would Lu Ze care so much? He would simply protect himself first.

But the Federation was much better than he thought. Although there would always be flaws, Lu Ze quite liked the current Federation.

While his thoughts were all over the place, Lu Ze smiled. "The Federation is what it is today, in addition to many people risking their lives and limbs, there are also countless ordinary people performing their duties."

Lu Ze looked at the audience and smiled, "Everyone is the future of the Federation, and if you're proud to be part of the human race, please do what you need to do. It doesn't matter whether it was big or small, do your best."

Lu Ze obviously wouldn't encourage them to join the army or anything. Everyone was gifted in their own ways, after all. He couldn't simply ask those people who weren't good in martial arts to fight on the battlefield.

However, a race cannot just have warriors, and it was a wonderful thing to have everyone performing their own function. After Lu Ze was done talking, there was still silence in the auditorium.

Everyone looked at Lu Ze with a complicated gaze.

Li Liang looked at Lu Ze proudly.

This was his most outstanding student!

Xu Yang and the rest looked at the back view of Lu Ze and were stunned.

After some time, they looked at one another and laughed helplessly.

Xu Yang sighed, "I've got to give it to him."

Xufang looked at Lu Ze in awe.

Although she was already rejected by Lu Ze, she still couldn't help herself.

Even Lin Huan who had always been calm was looking at Lu Ze differently.

Ren Zhan sighed softly. "So this is the gap of one semester?" It was merely one semester, yet, they were still thinking for themselves while Lu Ze was already considering the issue from a racial standpoint.

A gap like this was wider than the gap between their cultivation power.

After Lu Ze was done, he sighed. He merely recalled what he had seen on the battlefield and decided to go with it.

After speaking, he felt quite good.

Thereafter, he looked at the silent crowd and felt somewhat awkward.

Was it too heavy?

Should he talk about something more fun to lighten the mood?

But he was now a young duke, he didn't want to damage his glorious image.

He still wanted some face! With that thought, Lu Ze smiled awkwardly. "It's a rare chance for me to be back here, and I can't only talk about something so heavy. Do you guys have any questions for me? Whether it's regarding cultivation or anything..."

Before Lu Ze was done, someone shouted, "I heard that senior Lu Ze is caught in a relationship with young duke Jing, young duke Hesha, and young duke Lin Ling—is that true?"

The moment that those words fell, the quiet atmosphere disappeared, and the students' eyes lit up immediately as they stared at Lu Ze.

Among them, there were two most intense gazes coming from the front row of the auditorium.

Lu Li and Alice were initially staring at Lu Ze blankly, but after hearing this question, their eyes lit up.

Lu Ze: "..."

The smile on his face froze.

Why were they asking such a difficult question?

His mouth twitched. "... not going to answer."

He wasn't a superstar, and these people actually wanted to hear gossip?!

Impossible!

When they heard that Lu Ze didn't want to answer the question, they began to speculate.

He didn't deny it immediately.

It meant that there was a problem, right?

This was big news!

At this moment, there was a beautiful girl who stood up and looked straight at Lu Ze. "What sort of girl do you like then, senior Lu Ze?"

Everybody's eyes lit up once again.

Lu Li and Alice's gaze became as sharp as razor blades.

Lu Ze: "..."

His mouth twitched, and he replied, "... not going to answer."

Can a normal person ask a question instead?!He was distressed!

Just then, a black-haired teenager stood up and asked, "Senior, can I ask you something regarding your cultivation?"

Lu Ze's eyes lit up, and he looked at the black-haired teen.

Finally someone normal, huh? Young man, I think very highly of you!

Lu Ze nodded immediately and smiled. "Sure, go ahead."

Although Lu Ze didn't have any cultivation experience in the spirit martial state, his cultivation in the refinement state was very strong

Very soon, the questions were on the right track. Lu Ze answered his juniors' questions regarding cultivation, and some also asked about the Federal University. The question and answer session lasted for about half an hour, and even though the students didn't want it to end, the old principal went up on stage and announced that it was over.

Lu Ze's time was precious, after all, and it was already passed the dismissal time.

Planet Jing Ping, Lin Ling's house. As soon as Elder Lin got home, he immediately caught a whiff of delicious food that he hadn't smelled in a long time. At the same time, he saw the silver-haired girl sitting on the sofa, looking at the screen.

Just as he was somewhat stunned, Lin Ling walked out of the kitchen with two plates of dishes in her hands. After she saw Elder Lin, she smiled. "Grandpa Zeng, you're back."

When Elder Lin saw Lin Ling, a warm smile spread across his face. "So it's you, Little Ling, ah."

As he spoke, he turned to look at Yingying and smiled, "This should be Yingying, huh?"

Lin Ling nodded. "Yup."

Just then, Yingying, who was looking at Elder Lin curiously, asked, "Grandpa, are you hurt?"

Lin Ling froze when she heard that, then, she looked at Yingying.

"Yingying, can you heal this wound?"

Obviously hoping that Yingying could treat grandpa Zeng's injury, Lin Ling brought Yingying back. When Yingying could tell that grandpa Zeng was injured at one glance, Lin Ling became quite hopeful. Not only Lin Ling, even Elder Lin was taken aback as he stared at Yingying.

He knew his injury well, and he was already very lucky that he could survive to this dayhe had never dared to wish that his injury would be healed someday.

However, this little girl was a strong cosmic realm state being, and he had never met an elite of this level. Naturally, he couldn't imagine just how strong she was.

At this moment, he was filled with hope too.

When Yingying heard Lin Ling's words, she blinked and nodded. "Yes, it's very simple."

'Very simple.'

There was total silence in the living room. Yingying could heal him! After some time, Lin Ling returned to her senses and said, "Yingying, could you heal grandpa's injury for me, please?" Yingying nodded and reached out her little hands. Thereafter, faint blue starlight twinkled on her hands.

She grabbed Elder Lin with her chubby little hands and Elder Lin's face turned pale in an instant before black spiderweb patterns appeared on his face, causing his originally kind face to look somewhat hideous.

Lin Ling's clenched her fists nervously as she watched from the sidelines. She bit her lips and didn't dare to say a word.

Lin Ling had been living with Elder Lin for more than 10 years and was obviously worried about his condition.

However, she trusted Yingying. The black patterns appeared only for a moment. In the next second, it was as if they encountered the sunlight and turned into a black fog as they flowed out of Elder Lin's body. As the black fog dissipated, Elder Lin looked better, and his aura kept becoming stronger.

In just a few short minutes, all of the black fog was absorbed by Yingying into her hands and Elder Lin's face had a healthy flush once again. He even looked more energetic than before. When Elder Lin opened his eyes again, his eyes were brighter and sharper.

Yingying had a rough sense of Elder Lin's condition. She then looked at the black fog in her hands and turned to Lin Ling. "Done."

Her originally calm voice had a tinge of happiness in it like she had done something outstanding

When the nervous Lin Ling heard that, she could finally be at ease.

Lin Ling hugged Yingying with slightly reddened eyes and reached out to touch her little head. "Thank you so much, Yingying."

Elder Lin looked at Yingying, opened his mouth, and didn't know what he should say.

After all, with the Federation's current situation, they wouldn't be able to save him for sure, but Yingying actually managed to do it. He simply didn't know how to repay Yingying.

The most precious thing to a cosmic level being was probably just an ordinary item to a cosmic realm being, right?

Elder Lin smiled bitterly in his heart-it seemed like there was nothing he could do, huh?

Yingying squinted her eyes comfortably as Lin Ling stroked her head, then she thought of something and looked at Elder Lin. "Although I have treated grandpa Lin, he has been injured for a very long time, so even if he is cured now, he would only have less than 500 years to live."

Yingying's words caused Lin Ling to stiffen. Subsequently, a hint of disappointment appeared in her eyes.

Elder Lin was tortured by this injury, and then, he gave his energy source to Lin Ling-under this sort of pressure, his life span would naturally keep decreasing.

However, even though he had less than 500 years now, it was much better than before.

When Elder Lin heard what Yingying said, he chuckled. "This is already much better than before, I feel very relaxed now. Thank you, Yingying."

Yingying shook her head. "Big sister Lin Ling was the one who asked me to treat you."

As Yingying spoke, she got out of Lin Ling's embrace and looked at the black fog in her hands. Then, she blinked, opened her mouth, and put the black fog into her mouth.

"Ah mm-"

Seeing this, Lin Ling felt unwell.

This was a wretched thing that would wear down the life of even a cosmic level being; even though Yingying's strength was at the cosmic realm level, she simply ate this thing.

e

Why does this little fella dare to eat everything?

Just as Lin Ling was about to force Yingying to spit it out, Yingying curled her lips, and her little face scrunched up. "A little bitter, not yummy."

Lin Ling: "..."

Elder Lin was already completely frozen by then, feeling totally stunned. This was the culprit that tormented him for years, yet, this little fella simply thought that it was a little bitter?

Not yummy?

His tears were about to start flowing down.

His heart was even more bitter. There was some awkwardness in the living room.

After some time, when Lin Ling saw that Yingying was perfectly fine, she thought about that black fog just now and asked Elder Lin, "Grandpa Zeng, what is that?"

She had never heard grandpa Zeng talking about his injury before. He would merely shake his head and sigh whenever she brought it up.

Elder Lin went blank, he recalled that prodigy he encountered outside the Milky Way—those cold, ruthless, and dark red eyes. He couldn't help but laugh bitterly Then, he smiled. "I'm fine now, so let's just let go of the past." He had no room for progress anymore so taking revenge was not on his mind at all. Even if he wanted to take revenge, he had to take the human race into consideration.

Furthermore, he didn't know who the other party was at all.

The other party was clearly someone whom the human race cannot anger. So many years had gone by and talking about these things didn't mean anything to him anymore.

Just then, Yingying blinked, and her clear voice resounded. "Big sister Lin Ling doesn't know? That is death god art."

"Death god art?"

Lin Ling was surprised.

Yingying furrowed her brows, thought about it, and said, "It isn't the most original death god art, but it leans further toward the death curse type of god art." Lin Ling looked at Elder Lin. After seeing that he looked a little confused as well, she knew that Elder Lin wasn't very sure either.

Then, Elder Lin said, "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. So many people die outside of the Milky Way, it isn't possible for everyone to take revenge, right?"

The human race wasn't that strong. When Lin Ling heard that, her eyes glistened, then, she nodded and smiled. "Grandpa Lin, since you've recovered, I shall return the energy source to you." As she spoke, she opened her right palm and a cluster of silvery-white misty energy emerged. Elder Lin looked at the energy in Lin Ling's hand then looked at Lin Ling. He couldn't help but to mock, "Your strength had improved so quickly nowadays, it definitely isn't because of my energy source, right?".

Lin Ling was slightly taken aback.

It was obviously due to the orbs that Ze gave her, but she obviously wouldn't tell Elder Lin.

Just as Lin Ling opened her mouthattempting to bluff her way through it—Elder Lin smiled and said, "It is that Lu Ze guy, right? Seems like that boy is quite nice to you."

Lin Ling's mouth twitched, and she smiled. "This has nothing to do with Ze..."

Elder Lin rolled his eyes at Lin Ling. "Not only your progress but even the improvement of that girl from the Nangong family and that City Charming Young Duke are also the works of that boy, right?"

Lin Ling: "..."

What can she say to that?!

Lin Ling couldn't dupe him!

Lin Ling was about to have a headache-since when did this old man become so sharp? Elder Lin saw how surprised Lin Ling was and shook his head. "The other old fellas definitely have the same guess, not just me alone."

Elder Lin's words caused Lin Ling to be totally stunned.

Ze wanted to wait until she was stronger before telling old man Nangong. In the end, Elder Lin actually said that they already guessed it?

Elder Lin smiled. "We've lived for thousands of years, but what about you guys? You think that the boy was titled the Monarch of the New Dawn only because of his outstanding talent?"

"But since Lu Ze didn't talk about it, then we naturally didn't ask either."

After all, Lu Ze's allegiance had always been to the Federation. Although they had guessed that Lu Ze's god art might be able to help other people, as long as Lu Ze's position doesn't change, then they were definitely fine with waiting.

The future of the human race would still belong to Lu Ze and this batch of young people while they grow old.

Unless Lu Ze chose to abandon the human race, there was no difference in asking or not. However, with these few old fella's understanding of Lu Ze, this boy wasn't someone who was ungrateful. Lin Ling couldn't help sticking her tongue out and smiled mischievously at what Elder Lin said, "We still thought you guys wouldn't notice."

They had lived for almost 2000 years already and had gone through many things before, yet, they still naively thought that their little secret wouldn't be uncovered.

However, even if they found out, they wouldn't be able to guess just how effective Ze's orbs were, right?

Elder Lin shook his head, then, he seemed to have recalled something as he exclaimed righteously, "Ze is really three-timing, huh? Tell me if he has bullied you. I'll help you hammer that kid!"

Lin Ling: "..."

She looked up and looked at Elder Lin who appeared a little upset, and her lips twitched as she mumbled, "Yingying, time to eat."

Yingying was looking at Elder Lin curiously at first, but when she heard what Lin Ling said, her eyes lit up instantly. "Alright!"

Planet Lan Jiang, Chang Yang High School.

Lu Ze returned backstage after his speech. After bidding farewell to the principal, Old Li, Xu Yang, and the rest, Lu Ze snuck out of the auditorium from the back door.

He didn't have a choice, after all, the juniors were all too enthusiastic. If he simply walked out like that, he would definitely be surrounded.

When Lu Ze covertly proceeded to the school entrance, he saw the two girls standing at the entrance, and a smile spread across his face.

"Li, Alice."

Hearing Lu Ze's voice, the girls, who were waiting for Lu Ze, turned around and looked.

Lu Li crossed her arms. She had a gentle smile on her face. "You didn't inform me beforehand that you're coming back, did you?"

Alice flashed her signature bright smile and waved toward Lu Ze. "Senior, it's been long since we last met." Lu Ze looked at the gentle smile on Lu Li's face, recalled that faint fragrance in his room. He suddenly became vigilant.

Was this girl scheming something in her head? With that thought, Lu Ze got anxious. Only the smile on Alice's face could bring him a little warmth.

He had to say that Alice really looked like a little angel when she smiled.

Completely different from the black-hearted Lu Li!

Lu Ze complained in his head while he said, "Let's get going first." He could already feel a huge swarm of students getting nearer, and it would be bad if they didn't start moving.

Lu Li and Alice naturally understood, so they nodded.

Alice giggled and lifted her arms. "Senior, senior, we can now fly too, let's fly back!"

When Lu Ze heard that, he sensed these two girls' cultivation and realized that they had already reached the aperture opening state and was close to 100 apertures.

He couldn't help but laugh in his heart-these two girls were much stronger than he was before.

But Lu Ze didn't find it strange at all. After all, the orbs he gave them previously were at the aperture opening state level. As long as they weren't lazy, it was normal for them to reach their current condition.

When they graduated, they would definitely be able to reach the mortal evolution state.

By then, it would probably shock everyone, huh?

As long as they contributed to society, they might even become young dukes, right? Lu Ze's thoughts ran wild as he smiled and nodded. "Sure."

As they spoke, the three of them charged into the sky.

In the school, as Lu Ze had left, the students could only head home reluctantly.

After the principal and Li Liang bid farewell to Xu Yang and the rest, they also returned to their respective offices.

The moment Li Liang opened the office door, he was stunned to see a pile of gift boxes on his desk.

When were these placed here?

Did someone deliver some gifts to him?

He was doubtful as he opened the gift box, and when he saw the various spirit fruits and cultivation serums in the gift box, he froze completely.

So many precious spirit fruits and cultivation serums?

Who placed these here?

Did someone make a mistake?

Just then, his phone rang and Li Liang quickly took a look and realized that it was a message from Lu Ze.

"Elder Li, these are for you. Don't feel too touched." Li Liang stared at the message on his phone and didn't say a word for a long time—there was silence in the office.

After a moment, he reached out to rub his reddened eyes and clenched his teeth. "Brat, who's touched, huh? There's just something in my eyes."

At the same time, the old principal looked at the pile of gift boxes on his desk, then looked at the message on his phone and took a deep breath. "This child..."

The office remained silent for a very long time until night fell.

In the sky, Lu Ze was all smiles as he kept his phone.

Done!

If he delivered them personally at that time, he felt that Elder Li and the principal wouldn't accept them for sure.

So he secretly placed the gifts on their desks, and now that he had explained it to them, they wouldn't be able to reject them, right?

He was simply too smart!

Lu Ze was very pleased with himself.

When Lu Li saw how happy Lu Ze looked, her lips curved upwards, and she narrowed her eyes. "Lu Ze, who did you send a message to? Why are you so happy?"

This bastard! He's smiling so widely! He must be sending a message to those three vixens!

Lu Li indicated that she was rather mad.

Alice kept looking at Lu Ze and said faintly, "He must be sending a message to big sister Jing, right?"

She was thinking the same thing as Lu Li. After all, Lu Ze clearly looked like he was chatting with a girl.

Lu Ze smiled and replied, "Not with the alcoholic... *cough* Teacher Nangong and the others. I'm sending a message to teacher Li Liang and the principal.'

Lu Li: "..."

Alice: "..."

The moment Lu Ze said that, there was total silence.

Lu Li's mouth twitched. She looked weirdly at Lu Ze as she laughed mischievously. "Lu Ze, I didn't expect that your taste has become so unique, huh?"

Lu Ze: "?"

That girl actually dared to mock him like that?

He felt unhappy.

"What are you thinking? I came back to visit them and gave them some gifts, so I'm just informing them now!" He, Lu Ze, was a straight man!

Lu Li was obviously joking, but when she heard Lu Ze's explanation, her lips curled up. "Is that so? I thought you became a warm-hearted and compassionate man eh."

Lu Ze: "..."

This girl was hopeless!

At the side, Alice didn't really understand. She could only blink her eyes. "Li, what is a warm-hearted and compassionate man? Isn't it a good thing?"

Lu Ze looked at Alice's pure eyes and said plainly, "Alice, don't ask this question, don't learn from Li."

Compared to Lu Li, Alice was simply too pure.

She cannot be influenced by Lu Li!

Lu Ze suddenly had a heavy sense of duty!

Alice looked at Lu Ze, then looked at Lu Li and nodded. "Oh."

Since senior Lu Ze said that she shouldn't know about this, then she shall not ask.

Then, she revealed a bright smile. "Senior, I've learned many new recipes during this period. I'll cook something delicious for you tonight!"

Lu Ze's eyes lit up instantly. "Sure, sure!"

Lu Ze's eyes were filled with anticipation.

Just then, he heard Lu Li's gentle voice. "Alice and I will be cooking together tonight to celebrate your new young duke title." Lu Ze: "?!"

He trembled and recalled Lu Li's horrifying skill in cooking, and his face turned pale.

Seeing how pale Lu Ze looked, Lu Li was so mad that she nearly wanted to cook that same dish again and even add some other ingredients to it.

She took a few deep breaths and finally managed to calm herself down. Thereafter, she forced a gentle smile. "Don't worry, big brother, I've been learning how to cook from Alice whenever I'm bored."

Lu Ze looked at Lu Li. He felt surprised. "Really?"

He knew how mean Lu Li was.

What if this girl was just lying to him to make him let his guard down, huh?

After all, this girl's dish appeared quite delicious but was horrible when he ate it.

Lu Li: "..."

Seeing how Lu Ze was on his guard, she felt that she could maybe consider adding some other ingredients?

Just then, Alice giggled. "Senior, don't worry. Li's cooking is not bad. I've tried it before. They're edible."

Lu Ze heaved a sigh of relief.

Even the angel Alice said that, so it shouldn't be a lie, right?

He didn't believe that a kind and cute little angel like Alice would lie to him.

When Lu Li saw how Lu Ze relaxed after listening to Alice, Lu Li narrowed her eyes. Dumb Lu Ze, hehe... hehehe..

Just at this moment, Lu Ze smiled and looked at Lu Li. "Didn't expect that you actually learned how to cook, huh? I'll need to have a good taste of it later." As Lu Li was very talented, beautiful, and was a darling to everyone who met her, she was naturally a little willful.

Lu Ze didn't expect that this girl actually learned how to cook. He wondered what she will be cooking?

Lu Ze was rather excited.

Lu Li: "..."

She looked at how eager Lu Ze looked and was taken aback, then she tidied her black hair and said plainly, "You'll find out when you try it later."

Alice looked at Lu Ze, then looked at Lu Li. Her eyes glistened.

Although she didn't really want to teach Li how to cook, those dishes that she cooked for senior Lu Ze were exclusive after all. However, Li gave her very awesome stuff, so she couldn't reject her.

The sun went down, and the sky became a shade of dark blue, only the horizon still had a golden glow. Alice turned to look at the sunset and smiled. "Senior, this sunset is a bit like the picnic we had on the grassland previously. How beautiful!"When Lu Ze heard that, he looked at the sunset and smiled. "That's right."

Then, he looked at Alice. "But this time, you've recovered."

Previously, this girl told him that when her mother recovers, her source flame would awaken as well, right?

Compared to her life before which was like a setting sun, she had a boundless future right now.

Lu Ze was happy for her.

When Lu Li heard that, her brows became raised.

She obviously knew what happened previously. Lu Ze didn't hide it from her.

But the two of them having a picnic... Lu Li glanced at Alice and wasn't in a good mood.

In the air, three of them chatted about interesting things that happened during this period as they flew.

They talked about Lu Li's and Alice's cultivation issues and even talked about what Lu Ze's situation at the Federal University. Very soon, the three of them had reached home.

The moment he entered the house, Lu Ze saw his mother and a beautiful black-haired lady chatting on the sofa. They seemed to be having a good time.

When Lu Ze saw this, he was slightly taken aback and before he could speak, Alice ran over and smiled. "Mother, senior Lu Ze is back."

Lu Ze turned to look at the beautiful lady and realized that she looked quite similar to Alice.

So she's Alice's mom?

Fu Shuya and Alice's mother also saw Lu Ze walking in. After Fu Shuya saw Lu Ze, she was surprised. She then smiled. "Son, when did you return? Why didn't you tell me in advance that you're coming back?" Lu Ze walked over and grinned. "I just arrived not long ago. I wanted to give you a surprise. How is it? Are you surprised?"

When Fu Shuya heard that, she rolled her eyes at Lu Ze. "You're already the Monarch of the New Dawn, why are you still so playful?!" Although Fu Shuya sounded like she was scolding him, the smile on her face couldn't be concealed. She stroked Lu Ze's face with a complex gaze. "You've really grown up and become a man of indomitable spirit."

She saw how Lu Ze fought on the battlefield and that terrifying void beast still made her heart beat quickly.

Although she didn't really want Lu Ze to fight in the frontline, she couldn't say it out loud.

All she could do was to pray for Lu Ze.

Lu Ze saw Fu Shuya's complex gaze, and his eyes glistened, then he grinned. "Of course, I'm very strong now." Now that it was the holidays, Lu Ze planned on letting his parents use the red orbs.

With uncle Merlin's protection, he didn't have to worry about their safety, but if their cultivation increased, their lifespan would increase too. Lu Ze obviously wanted his parents to live a long life.

At this moment, Alice's mother, who had been looking at Lu Ze, said, "Shuya, your precious son is indeed very strong, much stronger than I was before."

When Fu Shuya heard that, she suddenly recalled that Alice's mother was there. She introduced her to Lu Ze. "Son, this is Alice's mother, Zhu Hong Lian, you can call her Aunty Hong Lian."

Lu Ze smiled at Zhu Hong Lian, "Hello, Aunty Hong Lian, congratulations on recovering."

Zhu Hong Lian looked at Lu Ze with her beautiful eyes, then she smiled. "I have to thank you, Ze. If not for you, Alice and I would probably be dead by now." Lu Ze scratched his head in embarrassmentthis was the truth, but he felt that Alice was a good girl and Li's good friend, so obviously he chose to help her.

It wasn't nice to claim credit for this, so Lu Ze didn't really know how to respond.

At this moment, Lu Wen entered, and after he saw Lu Ze, he froze up and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. Thereafter, he composed himself and nodded plainly at Lu Ze. "You're back?"

Before Lu Ze could reply, Fu Shuya rolled her eyes at Lu Wen. "Old Lu, what kind of reaction is this? You're still pretending when our son is already back?"

Lu Wen's face fell. He felt wronged when he heard that.

He wasn't pretending?

As a father, he should be calm and composed,

right?

Lu Ze looked at Fu Shuya's and Lu Wen's familiar interactions. He smiled immediately.

It felt great to be home. Hm... although he had to tolerate a public display of affection every day. Just then, Fu Shuya stood up and exclaimed cheerfully, "Since Ze is back, I'll prepare dinner tonight."

When Zhu Hong Lian heard that, she smiled and stood up. "I'll cook with you then. Treat it as a thank you gift to Lu Ze."

When Alice and Lu Li heard that, they froze. They wanted to prepare a good meal for Lu Ze at first and didn't expect that they would be intercepted by two big bosses.

Obviously, both of them couldn't really object to Fu Shuya's and Zhu Hong Lian's request, so they could only give up.

On the other hand, Lu Ze was quite excited. It had been so long since he ate his mother's cooking, and he hadn't tasted Aunty Hong Lian's cooking before.

After all, uncle Merlin was such a good cook, so Aunty Hong Lian wouldn't be bad, right?

Both of them went into the kitchen, and his father smiled widely at him as he placed an arm around Lu Ze's shoulder. "Ze, I didn't expect that you're so amazing. You actually found three girlfriends. In principle, I don't agree with your actions, but since you guys are already this way, then I don't really care." Lu Ze: "?"

Lu Ze was stunned as he looked at that wry smile across Lu Wen's handsome face.

Since when did he have three girlfriends?!

He didn't even know it himself?

At this moment, Lu Li smiled at Lu Wen with a gentle smile. "Dad, big brother, and teacher Nangong don't have that sort of relationship. You're mistaken."

Lu Wen felt a chill down his spine. He trembled slightly, then, he looked at Lu Ze doubtfully. "I'm mistaken? Isn't it a four-sided relationship?"

Lu Ze: "..."

So he was referring to the vixen and those two! Lu Ze's mouth twitched, and he rolled his eyes at Lu Wen. "Dad, you're overthinking."

He must be joking, even if Lu Ze wanted a four-sided relationship, he would probably be killed by those three girls, right?

The moment Lu Ze thought about Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha, he couldn't help but tremble.

He couldn't afford to piss them off.

Furthermore, they didn't have that sort of relationship.

Lu Li and Alice heaved a sigh of relief when they heard what Lu Ze said.

Lu Wen had a look of regret that his offspring didn't live up to his expectations. "Ze, you must work harder..."

Before he could finish, he felt a chill around his body.

He rubbed his neck and looked around. "Why does it feel a little chilly all of a sudden?"

At this moment, Lu Li smiled and said, "Dad, go put on more clothes. Don't fall sick."

Lu Wen's power was only at the refinement stage, and he wasn't young anymore. His cultivation was basically useless, and he might really fall ill if he wasn't careful.

When Lu Wen heard that, he nodded. He was a little moved-indeed, his daughter doted on him the most.

Lu Wen stood up and smiled. "I'll go put on more clothes."

After Lu Wen went upstairs, Lu Ze looked at Lu Li with a strange look.

She's the cause of it, right?

Lu Li noticed Lu Ze's stare and immediately looked straight at him with those black eyes of hers. "What is it, big brother?"

Lu Ze: "... nothing, nothing at all."

Lu Ze felt that he might need to put on more clothes as well.

Just then, Merlin walked in and after he saw Lu Ze, he was stunned, and his mouth twitched. He smiled coldly at Lu Ze. "Oh, Ze is back?"

As he spoke, he looked around the living room and turned to Alice suspiciously. "Alice, where's your mother?"

Alice smiled and pointed in the kitchen. "Mom and Aunty Shuya are preparing tonight's dinner."

Merlin was stunned. "Why did Hong Lian want to cook?"

Alice smiled. "Mom said that she wanted to thank senior Lu Ze, so she was going to cook personally."

When Merlin heard that, he was silent. He then nodded. "Got it."

Hm... although it was reasonable, he was still a little jealous!

Indeed, nothing good happens when this bastard Lu Ze is back!

But Merlin couldn't get angry, so he forced a smile on his face.

An hour later, Fu Shuya and Zhu Hong Lian placed the dishes on the table. The enticing fragrance cause Lu Ze to keep looking over.

Fu Shuya smiled and said, "Time to eat."

Half an hour later, Lu Ze leaned against the sofa with a face of satisfaction.

It had been a long time since he ate his mother's cooking, and Aunty Hong Lian was great at cooking too, so he was very happy.

Lu Wen sat next to him and had a satisfied look as well. Next to Lu Wen was Merlin.

Just as Lu Ze was feeling satisfied and happy, Merlin's voice came over. "Brat, I've to thank you for this time. Alice and Hong Lian are the most important people to me. Let me know if you need anything in the future. My words still have some authority in the Federation."

Lu Ze turned to look at Merlin, and seeing that Merlin didn't look over, Lu Ze shifted his gaze as well.

Lu Ze replied, "Uncle Merlin, you're too kind, I just find that Alice is a nice girl and she shouldn't die like that."

Merlin was silent and replied defensively, "Even if you said this, don't you dare have any thoughts about Alice. Even if you do, you must wait a thousand years later before she's considered an adult!"

Lu Ze: "..."

Er... Uncle Merlin has a pretty skewed understanding of the definition of an adult, huhA thousand years? Isn't that a few generations for ordinary people?

However, he didn't dare to argue with Uncle Merlin regarding this issue; otherwise, he felt that he would get beaten up.

He wisely changed the subject and said, "Is there anyone targeting my family recently?" Merlin sneered and replied, "There are, and there was one time when a dozen people from the blade demon race that was close to the planetary state level came over. Seems like the blade demon race really hates you to the core, huh."

"But it's expected. They probably knew about your talent and felt threatened?" Lu Ze's eyes glistened.

Indeed...

After all, he had such a high profile in the Federation, and the blade demon race definitely heard about him. Thankfully, Uncle Merlin was here to keep watch.

Lu Ze smiled and replied, "Thank you, Uncle Merlin."

Merlin smiled, "This is a small thing, it's just lifting my finger to me."

As they conversed, uncle Merlin seemed to recall something and spoke up again, "Oh right, I wonder where you are on the blade demon race's assassination list right now, and if you get the chance, you should ask the intelligence department."

"I'm guessing that you should be at the top of the Blood Blade Assassination List now, even the Black Blade Assassination List."

Lu Ze froze up when he heard that.

Lu Ze remembered that he was only around the rank 3000 in the White Blade Assassination List at the beginning, right?

Previously, someone attempted to assassinate him when he was at the Gula System, right?

Lu Ze found it puzzling at that time. How did they know his whereabouts? Thinking back now, when Jane and Chris were being monitored by the Eternal Life Palace, the Eternal Life Palace was colluding with the blade demon race at that time. It was clear that after knowing that Lu Ze had accepted the mission, the blade demon race was notified and sent people to assassinate him. They sent people who were quite strong, but they clearly didn't expect that Lu Ze would improve so quickly, which caused the assassination attempt to fail. From then on, Lu Ze was developing at rapid speed, and even when he went on missions, he would be with the alcoholic and vixen, so the blade demon race didn't have a chance of assassinating him at all.

It had been so long since he encountered the blade demon race's assassination that Lu Ze nearly forgot he was on the Assassination List.

Now, uncle Merlin actually said that he might be on the Black Blade Assassination List?

It can't be, right?

Lu Ze felt his head throbbing—the people on the Black Blade Assassination List are planetary state prodigies and above!?

He was just a little brother who had just broken through the mortal evolution state. Did they need to have such high standards? He took note of this issue in his heart. Later, he would go back to school to check on this.

However, Lu Ze wasn't really panicking now.

After all, he had Yingying, and she was a cosmic realm state prodigy.

Unfortunately, those planetary state and above blade demons who wanted to enter the Federation's borders would be discovered immediately. Otherwise, Lu Ze was hoping for a planetary state-level blade demon to assassinate him.

He could get Little Yingying to drag the people to the intelligence department. The reward would certainly be bountiful.

With that thought, Lu Ze got quite excited.

After that, Lu Ze seemed to recall something and continued, "Oh right, uncle Merlin, I need your help on something." Merlin nodded. "What is it?"

Lu Ze said, "I want to let my parents use the red orbs, but they are very weak and don't have enough knowledge of martial arts. It's fine now that I am at home, but if I return back to school, I hope that you'll help me keep an eye on them."

One must know that his parents were not very gifted, and Lu Ze really didn't want them to be cultivating blindly by themselves.

What if something happens?

Merlin smiled and nodded. "No problem."

Merlin admired how Lu Ze attached great importance to relationships, and also, their families were getting along quite well during this period of time, so Merlin obviously didn't mind.

Lu Ze heaved a sigh of relief and said, "My orbs' level isn't high enough. If I have stronger ones in the future, I would definitely give some to you, Uncle Merlin."

Merlin was stunned when he heard that, then, he smiled. "Young man... you really know how to buy people over, huh? I'll wait, then."

He was also quite curious. If Lu Ze really has orbs that he could use, then would it be effective for him?

After that, Merlin stood up and looked at Lu Li and Alice. "Alright, time to cultivate."

As Lu Li's and Alice's teacher, he was obviously very strict on both of them.

When Lu Ze heard that, he looked at Lu Li and Alice curiously. He wanted to know how strong they were now.

Just then, Merlin turned and flashed a gentle smile at Lu Ze. "Since Lu Ze is back, let me see if you have improved." Lu Ze: "?"

Seeing that gentle smile on uncle Merlin's face, Lu Ze didn't feel very well.

This fella definitely wanted to beat him up!

He was already beaten up by this guy so many times!

This fella was really mean!

He said that Lu Ze had already bought him over just now, but now, he wanted to beat him up?

That's too much, eh?

Lu Li and Alice looked at one another. They then turned to look at Lu Ze and Lu Li smiled. "Lu Ze, Alice, and I will be your opponents today. What do you think?"

Initially, they had a huge gap between their strengths and Lu Ze. Now that they were at the aperture opening state, they were much stronger than before. Naturally, they wanted to spar with Lu Ze.

Lu Ze's eyes lit up, and he nodded quickly. "Sure, sure."

As long as it wasn't a match with uncle Merlin, he was completely agreeable to it. Furthermore, he was also very curious to find out about Lu Li's and Alice's strength now.

Merlin's mouth twitched.

His own precious daughter had totally elbowed him and tossed him away? Merlin's heart was hurting.

Entering the familiar training ground, uncle Merlin opened up the small dimension.

The small training ground kept expanding under the white flame, and very soon, it was a radius of several kilometers.

Lu Li and Alice weren't standing far away from Lu Ze. They kept staring at him.

Lu Ze burst out laughing when he saw how serious both of them were. "Come on."

The moment Lu Ze said that, the place turned gloomy.

Lu Ze's lips curved upwards, and he smiled.

Lu Ze had already seen this before. It was Lu Li's darkness god art.

The cultivation, mental power, and other aspects that Lu Ze used were similar to Lu Li when was also around 100 apertures of the aperture opening state. At this moment, his perception and sight were only within 5 meters.

Just then, a dark shadow appeared behind Lu Ze, and it turned into a pair of hands that grabbed onto Lu Ze's legs. At the same time, a blue flame ignited in the dark, and Lu Ze could feel its violent temperature.

Alice appeared in the dark, her body was covered in a blue flame like a stream of water. The flames in her hand turned into a spear, and the spear blazed in the air, causing a distortion in the space as it flew toward Lu Ze.

Lu Ze raised his brows slightly. He actually felt a slight threat from the blue flames on the spear.

This source flame had not completely awakened. Nevertheless, its strength was already quite strong. A bolt of purplish-red lightning appeared on his legs. It tore the arms of the black shadow, and several wisps of blue wind appeared around his body as he vanished. When Lu Ze dodged Alice's flame attack, four dark shadows appeared in the dark. The shadows didn't have any facial features. They were completely made up of darkness.

The four black figures pounced toward Lu Ze. Each of them held a black spear in their hand. There was a black aura on the spear, and it was very mysterious.

A hint of surprise flashed across Lu Ze's eyes.

This is the embryonic form of Li's cloning skill previously? It had already become like the darkness clone?

This fella was quite good with regards to learning and using the darkness god art.

Moreover, this girl hadn't learned divine art yet.

Could it be that it was easier for dark-hearted people to learn darkness god arts?

Lu Ze felt a little weird.

As his thoughts were running, Lu Ze moved in a flash in the sky. He then dodged the attack of those four shadows.

Just at this moment, the darkness was again lit up by the blue flames. The waves of blue flames were like the river sweeping toward Lu Ze.

The hot violent waves caused Lu Ze to feel somewhat parched. He smiled, and a black and gold rune flashed across his eyes, then, a black-gold battle armor appeared around his body.

Qiang qiang qiang! When the spears of the shadows hit against the black gold battle armor, they let out a loud sound, but they didn't even leave a single crack on the armor. Lu Ze held his fist out and charged toward the blue fiery wave.

The black and gold fist directly shattered the blue fiery wave; blue flames flew around in the sky and the violent fist swept over Alice's side, causing her long blue hair to dance in the wind.

After that, Lu Ze disappeared and went deep into the darkness. In just a short white, he came out of the darkness with Lu Li in his hand.

Lu Li bit the bottom of her lips unhappily. She went all out to attack, and yet, she couldn't even break this guy's defense.

Hng, thick-skinned Lu Ze!

Alice couldn't help but stuck her tongue out. Her heart was racing.

The power of that fist had shocked her.

After seeing Lu Li getting captured, she also gave up resisting

Merlin and Zhu Hong Lian were watching the battle. They turned to look at one another.

Zhu Hong Lian gasped in admiration. "Ze is simply too strong in learning both the god art and divine art."

Their cultivations were almost at the same level, and yet, their powers were completely at different standards.

Even if Alice's source flame had not completely awakened, it was stronger than most god arts, but it still shattered instantly under Lu Ze's furrowed his brows and didn't say anything

Zhu Hong Lian glanced at him. "What is it?"

Merlin was silent for a while before he said, "These two girls are strong, but they had always been taught by me and never experienced any fierce battles before, so the power that they used wasn't at the same level as Ze."

"You saw how Ze's fist caused Alice to be afraid that she didn't dare to move at all. These two girls are like flowers in a greenhouse that have not experienced the wind and rain."

Zhu Hong Lian frowned, "They are still young."

In her opinion, Alice and Lu Li hadn't graduated from high school yet. It wasn't late at all for them to experience these things after they graduated.

Merlin shook his head. "But they aren't weak anymore. With this level of cultivation and power at this age, hehe... We could never imagine that when we were their age."

When they were their age, they were merely at the core martial state level only.

Merlin's words caused Zhu Hong Lian to fall into silence. For a while, she didn't utter a word.

While the atmosphere remained silent between the two, Lu Ze noticed the disappointment in Alice's and Lu Li's face. He attempted to comfort the girls. "Your powers are much stronger than what I had during this time. I wasn't as strong as you guys when I was your age."

Hearing this, the two girls gradually recovered their somewhat gloomy expressions. Lu Li glanced at Lu Ze and smiled. "Are we really good?"

Lu Ze rolled his eyes. "With your current power, not many people could match you, even in the elite class of the Federal University. Do you think it's strong? However..."

"However?"

.

An even wider smile appeared on their faces. With a smile on Lu Ze's face, he continued, "It's nothing much. You guys haven't gone through actual battles. There's no need to rush now."

To Lu Ze, they weren't much better than when he first entered the pocket hunting dimension.

While they were chatting, Merlin and Zhu Hong Lian came over.

Merlin smiled. "Little kid, you're not bad. You could almost be my match back in the days."

Alice immediately rebuked Merlin. "Father, didn't you say you were weaker than senior at this age?"

Lu Ze: "..."

Merlin: "..."

The atmosphere turned a little awkward.

Merlin felt severe pain in his heart.

Did his daughter no longer acknowledge her dad?

Merlin smiled at Lu Ze. "Alright, it's our turn to spar now." Lu Ze: "?"

It was Alice who said that remark. It wasn't his fault!

Ten minutes later, the white flames disintegrated. Lu Ze's face appeared to be lifeless. In the end, he was still beaten up.

He shouldn't have come.

Merlin grinned. "We'll be going back first."

As they walked out, Zhu Hong Lian smiled at Lu Ze. "Ze, you're indeed stronger than your uncle Merlin when he was at your age. Don't mind his words."

"If you have time, come and find Alice to play." She then winked at Lu Ze.

Alice's face blushed. She held onto her mom while waving at Lu Ze. "Senior, Li, I'm going back. Good night-"

Lu Ze and Lu Li waved back at Alice. "Goodnight."

Lu Ze turned to Lu Li. "Let's go back too."

Lu Li nodded.

As they walked toward the house, Lu Ze said, "By the way Li, I'm planning to give the red orbs to dad and mom."

Lu Li felt dazed for a moment. Then, a smile bloomed on her face. "Sure, I don't mind this."

Lu Ze continued, "You know their martial arts talents aren't too great, so I want you to protect mom, and I'll protect dad. Use the lowest red orbs to cultivate first. Be careful."

Lu Li nodded. "Mhm, I know."

Lu Li grinned and looked at Lu Ze softly. "You do care about mom and dad."

Lu Ze rolled his eyes. "No shit?"

"Hmm?"

"Umm... I mean, you're very right!" Lu Ze informed Lu Wen and Fu Shuya about the situation. They agreed after knowing that it wouldn't affect Lu Ze negatively. Thereafter, Lu Ze helped Lu Wen to digest the first red orb. It was a bit hard, but with Lu Ze's guidance, it was safely done.

Later on, Lu Wen went to wash the dirt caused by body refinement while Lu Ze went upstairs.

Lu Li walked out too. Her face was a little pale, but she had a smile.

Lu Ze asked, "How is it?"

"It's fine."

After finishing their showers, both of their parents looked younger. Fu Shuya touched her smoother skin. She became very overjoyed.

"I really want to show this to my friends, but I can't tell them the reason. It might be hard to bear this secret."

Lu Ze reminded them that they could only use the lowest level of red orbs and only one at a time.

When the entire affairs were finished, it was already 12 o'clock. Lu Ze sat in his room and entered the pocket hunting dimension. Upon entering, he felt surprised. Currently, he was in a forest. There were trees that were hundreds or even thousands of meters tall. Their trunks were over tens of meters thick.

He had always appeared in the wilderness. This would be the first that he appeared in the forest. When he looked above, he noticed that the majority of the canopy blocked most of the sunlight. Only pieces of light could shine through the gaps.

The environment was quite bleak. Lu Ze's expression turned serious.

His power wasn't the same as last time. In his estimation, he might be able to break through to level two of the mortal evolution state within, at most, a week.

This time, he would be able to find what's different here. He then concealed his chi and flew past the trees.

"Anghhh!" Half an hour later, Lu Ze heard a roar. The trees swayed vigorously. Subsequently, Lu Ze saw a green anaconda that was a few hundred meters long. The creature was swimming between the trees. It was emitting green mist, and all the trees it came in contact with were corroded.

Lu Ze didn't dare to draw its attention. He remained still as he hid behind a huge tree.

Level eight mortal evolution state-it was a boss indeed!

Just from the green mist, he knew that this beast definitely had god art. Moreover, its cultivation level had reached level eight of the mortal evolution state.

During this time, Lu Ze saw a golden flash falling with a loud thud beside the anaconda.

Rumble!

A shocking wave spread past the whole area. Consequently, Lu Ze felt as though his body was crushed.

Holy shit!

What was that?!

When the chi disappeared, Lu Ze looked up. He saw a patch of fallen trees and a huge ditch that was tens of kilometers wide. There was a pile of green blood in the center.

Lu Ze: "..."

Farewell, boss!

Lu Ze quickly left.

Two hours later, Lu Ze crossed the forest lifelessly. There were so many bosses here. He was almost caught a few times. He really was on the border of death each time.

Suddenly, he chanced upon a very good aroma. Lu Ze could feel his blood boil. He quickly looked in that was that?

It smelled so good!

Could it be eaten?

This was Lu Ze's first time encountering such a smell.

He had encountered quite some roasted beasts, but that smell couldn't cause any changes to his body.

In the end, Lu Ze decided to follow the trail of the smell. The aroma was becoming clearer and clearer. Lu Ze could even feel that this aroma made his body vibrate and turn stronger.

This made him very excited. This was something he dreamed of.

He must get this!

The closer Lu Ze got, the more intense the aroma grew. Lu Ze saw that the depth of the forest was flickering with a golden light. He then carefully concealed his chi and proceeded toward the light.

A few thousand kilometers later, the golden light formed a patch. Lu Ze gasped at the scene. A special forest revealed itself to him. It seemed that the enticing scent came from this place.

The tree trunks, branches, and leaves were all gold.

Lu Ze tried desperately to look beyond, but there were too many intertwining branches.

What trees were they?

Lu Ze had never seen such a scene before.

"Wurr Wurr!"

There were strange sounds coming from inside the forest. It was as if there were several beasts present in there.

Lu Ze fell silent for a moment. He gritted his teeth. Following this, he carefully landed and walked toward the forest. Whatever it was, he won't be able to find out without checking it himself.

At the border of the ordinary and golden forest, Lu Ze discovered that even the soil in the golden forest was flashing with faint gold rays. There were no leaves on it. It didn't look damp and was very clean. In comparison, a normal forest would definitely have stacks of rotting leaves at the bottom.

Lu Ze's eyes flashed with black runes, and his black-gold battle armor covered his body. Surely, things won't explode here. Even if it did, he wouldn't die from it, right?

Lu Ze walked toward the golden soil. The air was silent. Moments later, Lu Ze relaxed a little. Perhaps, the things here wouldn't explode after all.

Lu Ze stood still on the soil. When the golden rays shone on him, it felt as though he was basking in the sunshine. A trace of warmth lingered on his skin. He could even feel that his body was growing stronger at an extremely slow pace. It might be slower than the progress provided by the red orbs, but this time, Lu Ze didn't have to put in any efforts at all. He was just bathing in the golden rays! Later on, Lu Ze carefully proceeded toward the inside. He then came before a golden tree, which was over a thousand meters tall. The tree's skin was very clean. Some patterns could be seen on it.

Observing it in its entirety, the tree was golden from top to bottom.

Lu Ze pressed on the tree trunk. The coarse runes that were engraved on the tree were transmitted to Lu Ze's mind, with his palm as the medium. He stretched out his arm and pressed further. Suddenly, his eyes widened.

This tree didn't budge at all!

With his power, he could even push a mountain over easily. Lu Ze raised a brow. He didn't hear any beasts approaching, so he increased his power. It still didn't move.

Not simple...

Lu Ze increased his power again. Moments later, Lu Ze's face was bursting red. He almost consumed all his power, and yet, this tree didn't move a single bit.

Just what was this thing?

Lu Ze gasped. He didn't know whether he could damage this tree if he exerted all his power. However, if he chose that option, then it might alert every beast in the forest.

Lu Ze flew up to the tree crest. The aroma grew more intense. Lu Ze gulped some saliva.

What was it? It smelled really good.

Lu Ze looked carefully. Soon, he found a few broken branches.

He reached out his hand and tried. The tree was not only firm but also tough. He could only bend the twigs using his full power.

Lu Ze: "..."

The beasts here were bosses for sure. He went to check the other trees and found that almost every tree had a few broken branches.

Lu Ze had some guesses. Were they fruit-bearing trees?

If yes, then were they edible?

Soon, he would know the answer.

Lu Ze moved between the crests and inspected every one of them carefully. However, he was disappointed later on. The bosses here didn't leave a single fruit for him.

Gradually, the distant beast howls were becoming more distinct. This made Lu Ze more vigilant.

At least, in terms of strength, the beasts here were definitely stronger than he was.

A few thousand kilometers deeper, the beast howls became very clear. Lu Ze could see that far away, the huge trees were wobbling with the roars of beasts.

Oh my!

He already poured in his full strength, but he couldn't even make the tree budge.

What boss was it that had such strength?

Lu Ze snuck closer by ten kilometers.

At this time, another golden flash landed next to another huge tree.

Oh shit!

I've seen this before!

Lu Ze remembered how the green anaconda was destroyed by a golden light and that world-breaking chi. He didn't feel too good all of a sudden. That green anaconda boss was at level eight of the mortal evolution state!

Yet, it only ended up as a puddle of blood. The boss died before making a sound.

Lu Ze didn't feel he was stronger than the anaconda boss.

His mouth twitched. Thereafter, he quickly hid behind the trees, not daring to move at all.

Should he start running?

Numerous thoughts run across Lu Ze's head.

He wanted to leave, but the things here might be able to strengthen his body. Lu Ze was hesitant.

At this moment, the golden light brushed aside the branches and turned into a massive, six-meter tall ape that had golden fur.

It jumped on a branch, and the branch shook in return. The branches brushed back and covered the ape.

Lu Ze suddenly had an idea.

If it succeeded, then he might be able to easily get what he wanted!

Lu Ze flashed with white color. After the light disappeared, a two-meter tall golden ape appeared on the branch.

Transformation god art!

After using the transformation god art, Lu Ze turned into a golden ape.

He looked at his two-meter tall figure and grinned.

He was a miniature version of the golden ape.

Would he be able to trick it?

Lu Ze was quite worried. What if these bosses saw that he was small and bullied him?

That wouldn't be a good outcome. This was Lu Ze's limit in transformation. His transformation god art couldn't change his figure too much.

If he flew onto a tree without apes, he might be able to bypass them. Quickly, Lu Ze jumped toward the tree in front. "Guu!"

"Gugu!"

Soon, Lu Ze neared the golden ape's location.

He looked over and saw the tree wobbling. There were golden figures flashing between the crevices of the branches.

There were many apes—at least, a few hundred.

Lu Ze just remembered the fate of the green anaconda, and his mouth twitched. Accordingly, he carefully acted as though he belonged to the same species while moving toward areas with fewer apes.

Eventually, Lu Ze chanced upon a tree that was untouched.

As soon as he landed, an intense aroma came circulating around his nose. Lu Ze felt his body was improving much faster than before.

He looked ahead and saw a golden fruit hanging off a tree branch.

The fruit was round. It had a diameter of half a meter. Coupled with its extremely round feature, it also had a much denser gold color than the tree. It was like a small sun emitting golden light. Warmth and aroma came with the sunlight.

Lu Ze was almost drooling. It seemed very tasty.

It was worth it for him to just get one. Without hesitation, he inched toward the fruit and dragged it down. In turn, the fruit wobbled, and the tree branch became bent from the massive force he exerted while pulling. However, it wasn't breaking at all.

Lu Ze: "..."

He couldn't even take it down himself.

While he was dazed, a golden light flashed, and the branch shook violently.

Lu Ze saw that a huge golden ape appeared before him. It was eight meters tall.

The ape seemed larger than the one Lu Ze saw last time. Just by standing in front of Lu Ze, Lu Ze could barely breathe.

In Lu Ze's estimation, it should, at least, have a power that was at level eight of the mortal evolution state, along with a powerful god art.

The two stared at each other. Lu Ze was hugging the fruit with his two hands. He didn't know what to do now.

He blinked his eyes with an innocent face. He was just a weak and pitiful noob ape.

The ape stared at Lu Ze. It didn't move for a while. Gradually, its eyes seemed to contain sympathy.

The ape grabbed the branch and pulled gently. The branch snapped accordingly.

Lu Ze and the fruit landed on the tree branch below. Lu Ze: "?"

He, feeling touched, looked at the golden ape.

What a good boss!

Good ape!

This boss was too kind.

He could use it!

Contrary to his previous worry, the fruit didn't turn to ash.

Does this mean that not everything would turn to ashes?

At this moment, the ape suddenly called.

"Gugu, gugugu!" Lu Ze: "?"

He looked at the ape in confusion.

What was this boss trying to say?

Seeing that Lu Ze was confused, the ape looked at Lu Ze with more sympathy.

Lu Ze: "..."

He felt like the boss thought he was a mentally disabled child.

The ape patted Lu Ze's back gently. However, a huge power entered Lu Ze's body. The intense power almost broke his bones.

Sensing Lu Ze's state, the ape stopped its actions. It looked at Lu Ze with even more sympathy.

He turned to the other fruits on the tree and picked them off. Then, he flew off into the forest.

Lu Ze gasped.

He used regeneration god art to heal his heavily injured body.

Oh my god, this ape was too strong!

It just gently patted him, but Lu Ze felt he was almost going to die.

Luckily, he wasn't caught and got a golden fruit instead.

Lu Ze grinned. He didn't leave immediately and kept staying at this crest. He wanted to test things.

It had been a few minutes since he got the fruit, but the fruit still remained. It didn't go into his mental dimension.

This should mean that he could eat the fruit in the pocket hunting dimension, right?

Lu Ze frowned.

He had never used anything in the pocket hunting dimension.

A problem then arose. If he used the fruit here and got stronger, would this improvement carry over into the real world?

Moreover, the time in real life was different from the time here. The digestion would be different too. He could spend a day to digest the energy in the pocket hunting dimension. However, back in real life, time wouldn't have even flowed. Would that blow him up then?

Another problem cropped up.

Would he be able to bring this fruit out of the pocket hunting dimension?If he could bring out golden fruits, would he be able to bring out live bosses too?

After some thought, Lu Ze decided to perform his first test.

Check if this was tasty!

This was the most important thing!

Lu Ze gulped some saliva and set his teeth on the fruit. He took a huge bite, and the fruit melted in his mouth.

Immediately, Lu Ze felt his body was wrapped in warm sunlight.

Every cell seemed to be getting stronger and painted with a golden light.

He was progressing several times faster than when he used the red orbs. This process was extremely gently and painless.

Lu Ze's eyes flashed. He took another bite.

He grew stronger even faster but not as much as the first bite. There seemed to be a limitation on how much he would progress each bite.

Lu Ze could feel that the golden energy in his body was more abundant.

Gradually, as he ate more of the fruit, it turned into golden energy that flowed into his body and strengthened his power.

At the same time, the golden energy deposited within him increased as well.

After consuming half of the fruit, he suddenly had this feeling that he couldn't even store more energy further. He reached the maximum storage capacity. Was he... full?

Lu Ze didn't know what to say. After he grew strong, it had been a long time since he had felt full.

Of course, he wouldn't feel hungry either.

This notion soon disappeared from his brain. Perhaps, if he kept eating high-level spirit food, then he would feel full?

Suddenly, Lu Ze had a realization. Wasn't this fruit similar to spirit fruits? It seemed to be an extremely high-quality spirit fruit.

Lu Ze also sensed that this energy was stored in his real-life body. If he went back to reality, his body would also grow stronger.

Whatever he ate in the pocket hunting dimension, it would be transferred to real life. This meant that he couldn't eat more in the pocket hunting dimension.

Otherwise, his body might really blow up upon coming back.

Now, as for the last question...

Can he keep the fruit in his mental dimension?

If he didn't, then he wouldn't be able to bring the fruit back after he died.

The next time he would enter the pocket hunting dimension, it would be a random location. He wouldn't be able to pick it up then.

If that was the case, his heart would wail.

Mhm... he should test it first.

Although Lu Ze couldn't feel his mental dimension, he simulated what he usually did back in the real world. He enveloped the fruit with his mental force and thought about putting it away.

In an instant, Lu Ze witnessed the fruit disappear.

Did it... succeed?

Lu Ze felt dazed. He really did it!

Great!

"Gugu!"

"Gugu!"

Lu Ze jumped off into the distance. He was no longer worried since even that level eight mortal evolution state boss didn't see through him.

He would go pick a few more fruits!

Lu Ze happily jumped around on trees and caught up to the pack.

Once again, he came to a tree that hadn't been touched. He used all his might, and yet, Lu Ze still couldn't pull the fruit down.

He looked around. There was no boss to help him this time.

He scratched his head. If he secretly used god art, no apes would discover him, right?

He hadn't been using his god art up until now in fear of getting caught. However, since he couldn't break the branch at this moment and he might not encounter another nice boss, Lu Ze felt it was better to depend on himself.

A green light flashed in Lu Ze's eyes as a green wind blade formed on his hand. It sliced through the branch and left a deep mark.

Immediately, a golden beam came before Lu Ze. It soon turned into an eight-meter tall golden ape. It stared coldly at Lu Ze. Lu Ze didn't feel too well. He pretended he didn't know anything. Lu Ze just carried the fruit and pulled it as hard as he could.

Because there was a huge opening in the branch, Lu Ze finally managed to pull the fruit down.

All of such actions were done under the cold gaze of the boss.

Lu Ze turned around and looked at the ferocious-looking boss innocently.

After some silence, Lu Ze handed the fruit out.

This is yours, so please go. Seeing this, the boss scratched its head in confusion, but it didn't take the fruit. It just disappeared from its place.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. Why did that expression seem so familiar?

It must be looking down on me. Thereafter, Lu Ze carefully used green jade slash to cut off the remaining branches with fruits. He then pulled the fruits down afterward.

Lu Ze waited until there were no bosses nearby before doing this.

There were four fruits on the tree, and he sent them into his mental dimension.

Although his efficiency was quite low, Lu Ze came to realize that he already gathered 12 fruits and a half in total.

He was the one who ate the other half.

Those bosses were all nice apes. Seeing how small he was, they, at most, looked down on him, but they didn't bully him either.

It was dark outside now, but since the forest was golden, it was still bright.

Lu Ze looked into the distant darkness. He remembered the first time he spent the night and died strangely. There was some extreme danger lurking in the darkness.

He shook his head and followed the ape pack into the forest. In the depths of the forest, there was an extremely huge mountain. It was so high that he couldn't even see its actual height. There were also huge trees on the mountain, but compared to the trees on the outskirts, these trees were more golden. Some were pure gold.

Lu Ze came to the waist of the mountain and noticed a huge cave that was a few hundred meters wide.

Countless apes came in and out. The ones going in took the fruits inside.

Lu Ze also had a fruit in his hand. Of course, he could only hold a few compared to the other bosses that carried 10. After all, he was only two meters tall.

Those apes that were passing by looked at Lu Ze strangely. After entering the cave, he found that the cave was also flashing with golden light. As such, the cave was illuminated very well.

Lu Ze looked at the apes and thought, 'Do these apes not need sleep?"

It was so bright.

How do they sleep?

Lu Ze went further in the curved tunnels for over tens of kilometers. Subsequently, he heard a cluster of ape calls in inched closer, and suddenly, his horizon broadened. When he saw the scene, he felt as though he was in a trance.

There was a huge empty cave. It had an area of ten kilometers wide. It was very flat at the bottom. At the center was a golden lake. The golden liquid inside evaporated into a golden mist. After just catching a few whiffs of the mist, Lu Ze felt a little tipsy. Oh shit!

Was this alcohol?!

A lake of alcohol?!

The wine was very beneficial. With just a few sniffs, he felt his body grow stronger. Simultaneously, the stored golden energy within him was digested much faster.

This was good! Lu Ze's eyes lit up.

At the bottom, there were also some golden stone pots that contained the golden liquid.

Clearly, this liquid was much better than the golden sun wine from old man Nangong.

Lu Ze looked at this golden liquid and thought of Nangong Jing. If she were here, she would have jumped down already.

Could this wine be taken away?

If it could be taken, then he could get Nangong Jing to do a lot of things for him with this.

There was a small stream outside of the lake that reached into the walls of the top of the cave.

The golden liquid flowed out of the cave and trickled down the wall before flowing into the golden lake.

Several apes were going in and out of that cave. Every time they came out, their fruits disappeared.

After seeing this, Lu Ze realized that the apes gathered fruits to make wine.

Lu Ze thought they were gathering the fruits for food. However, he didn't drink wine. This would force him to drink wine. Lu Ze shook his head. He needed to test the effect of the wine first.

If it only provided the same effect, then he would rather use the fruit.

Lu Ze kept watching. There were also many other caves. Apes would be flying out of them from time to time.

Lu Ze guessed that these were their homes, and then, this huge cave was their hive.

Lu Ze's eyes flashed. Since these wines could be taken to their individual homes, then it should be fine that he snuck one away, right?

He still had a golden fruit in his hands.

Lu Ze thought about it as he followed the rest of the apes to that winemaking area.

He might be small, but he was fearless!

Soon, Lu Ze tailed the huge apes and arrived at the room. The room was a few kilometers wide. Lu Ze smelled an intense aroma as soon as he went in.

He looked around and saw there were many holes dug on the wall. Each hole contained a lot of golden fruits inside.

As time went by, these fruits slowly melted and turned into the golden liquid that flowed out.

These liquids gathered together to form a golden stream that trickled into the lake.

Lu Ze noticed that the other apes put their fruit in a random hole, so he did the same. Thereafter, he left the cave.

If possible he wanted to take away all the golden fruits here. However, there were so many apes present. He didn't have the chance. Accordingly, he suppressed his greed and walked out.

Following that, Lu Ze started walking toward the bottom. He was a working ape who carried a fruit inside the winemaking room. It was only fair to take a pot of wine in exchange for his labor. Thus, Lu Ze came near a filled golden pot. The pot looked coarse and seemed to be dug out from the stone.

The pots had different sizes. Smaller ones were only two meters tall while larger ones were around five meters tall.

Lu Ze chose a three-meter tall pot. He held the border of the pot and lifted it up.

This pot felt very heavy, but those apes could carry it like it was weightless. One could imagine how strong their bodies were.

Lu Ze wanted to find a random cave and then put the pot in his mental dimension. He was already at his limit and couldn't drink the wine anymore.

Suddenly, he felt an extremely powerful chi appear. He looked up and saw a 12-meter tall ape with pure golden fur. It came out from a cave.

The two stared at each other. Subsequently, the ape's golden eyes revealed some suspicion. Its chi also grew more and more dangerous.

'Was he caught already?' Lu Ze thought

He quickly sent the pot into his mental dimension. As soon as he did, he felt a huge pressure bearing down on him. Accordingly, he lost consciousness.

When he opened his eyes again, he was back in his room.

Lu Ze shivered in the pain. He felt like he was crushed to powder.

But at the same time, Lu Ze felt a warm feeling from inside his body. This made the pain recede faster than usual. His body was also growing stronger at an extremely fast rate!

He knew this was the same feeling as eating the fruit in the pocket hunting dimension.

Lu Ze quickly closed his eyes. When he saw the ten fruits and one pot of wine, Lu Ze grinned crazily.

He also had another idea.

Since his body was growing stronger without him doing anything and this golden energy also had healing effects, then could he use this opportunity to digest stronger red orbs? Thinking about this, Lu Ze closed his eyes and decided to try just that.

During his first attempt, he just used a special red orb that was at level four of the mortal evolution state. He was completely fine after the process.

In the following attempt, he added two more orbs. This was the usual quantity he used every time he cultivated, but he could still handle it easily.

His body could indeed handle stronger orbs!

Lu Ze became very that case, his cultivation speed would increase again. He would no longer need a week to reach level two of the mortal evolution state.

The pressure only manifested itself when he used four special red orbs that were at level four of the mortal evolution state.

Lu Ze didn't add any additional orbs then. He had decided to try the level five mortal evolution state orbs after this.

Three hours later, Lu Ze finished digesting the orbs. Both his cultivation level and body grew stronger.

With his current power, he could rather easily kill level five mortal evolution state beasts with god arts. He had collected more than a hundred of their orbs.

He drew a level five special orb into his body.

An energy that was far stronger than the energy contained by level four special orbs appeared in his body. Lu Ze felt some pain. However, there were golden rays flashing in his cells. They blocked the tide of red energy.

He could handle it!

After using level five special red orbs, Lu Ze's body grew stronger at an even faster rate than before. Spirit force was dragged violently into his body. It aided Lu Ze in forming planetary seeds in his Ren and Du meridian.

More than half of his Ren and Du meridian had formed planetary seeds. If he filled them up, he could start on his 12 proper meridians. His cultivation level would rise to level two of the mortal evolution state by then.

At this rate, he might only need three days!

Lu Ze felt great. This speed was amazing. After reaching the peak of his excitement, he decided to tone it down for now and proceeded to immerse himself in cultivation.

Two hours later, the first level five mortal evolution state orb was consumed. Lu Ze used the next one without hesitation.

Four hours later, it was morning again.

Lu Ze exhaled and got up.

It was almost 8 o'clock in the morning at this time.

He was up late until 12 o'clock in the morning yesterday since he had to help his parents solve some of their problems in cultivation. Following that, he rested for half an hour before using the next three hours to absorb the level four orbs and another four more for the level five orbs.

Lu Ze assumed that Lu Li and Alice probably went to school already since it was already 8 o'clock. However, as soon as he came out of the toilet, he saw Lu Li who was wearing her teddy bear pajamas and rabbit slippers.

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The two glanced at each other. Both of them were surprised by the encounter.

Lu Ze peeked at her rabbit slippers and looked away.

Lu Li grinned. "Lu Ze, your eyes still seem to be perverted."

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. "I'm just looking at your slippers. That's all."

It wasn't his fault that all three maps had rabbits. This was a normal reaction. Lu Li looked at Lu Ze in disbelief. "You looking at my slippers like that, isn't that weird enough already?"

Lu Ze: "..."

He didn't know what to say, so he changed the topic. "Why aren't you in class today?"

Lu Li rolled her eyes. "Today's a holiday. Did you cultivate so much that you forgot the time?"

Lu Ze looked at the time and realized it was Saturday today.

No wonder...

"Okay, I'm going to wash, so move aside. I'm going to have breakfast soon. Do you want a

portion?"

Her opportunity to show off her cooking improvements was taken by her mother last night. Today, she was going to make Lu Ze see that she could also cook nice things! Lu Ze smiled. "Sure."

He became curious about what different dishes Lu Li would make.

Seeing this, Lu Li grinned. "You should go downstairs first."

Subsequently, she went into the bathroom.

As soon as he went downstairs, he heard a knocking sound. When he opened the door, Alice's angelic smile entered his sight.

Alice giggled. "Good morning, senior! Your little chef is reporting."

Lu Ze felt that his mood improved even better after seeing Alice's smile. "Come in." Alice entered the house and went past Lu Ze. A faint aroma drifted by, and it was very pleasant.

Alice looked at Lu Ze. "Senior, you're on the news again?"

Lu Ze was dumbfounded. He had been frequently mentioned in the news to the point that it became an ordinary occurrence. It wasn't something rare anymore. However, he didn't even do anything lately.

Why was he on the news again?

Alice dragged Lu Ze to the couch and projected the news.

As it turned out, the news was about his presentation at Chang Yang High School yesterday.

It was recorded and placed online, instantly spreading like wildfire.

The Daily Federation made it into a report, with "As a Human, Have You Been Proud? Monarch of the New Dawn's Speech at His High School" as the title.

Lu Ze scratched his head. He went viral again. Although he desired to stay low key, his powers didn't allow him to do so.

The report tried to compliment Lu Ze in every way possible. Lu Ze even felt embarrassed at some of the compliments.

The star of hope for the Federation, the most excellent youth, the pioneer of the new age for the Federation...

The comments were also good.

"He's indeed the Monarch of the New Dawn. Not cocky and impetuous, he didn't become arrogant after achieving something."

"Lu Ze is standing on the grounds of the entire Federation and human race when he thinks about problems. Most importantly, he's not just all talk. He had experienced it all."

"Little brother Lu Ze's eyes are too handsome."

Most of the comments were compliments. Quite some were neutral analysis, but there were no negative statements. Alice looked at Lu Ze with admiration. "You were very handsome when you made that talk."

Lu Ze grinned. "Of course, I must be handsome!"

"What about handsome?"

A dark voice came out from behind Lu Ze. Accordingly, Lu Ze turned his head and came to see Lu Li who was currently going down the stairs.

Alice smiled. "Li, come here quickly. Senior is on the news again!"

Lu Li felt dazed and walked over curiously.

Seeing this, Lu Li smiled. "Not bad, your speech was indeed pretty good."

During this time, another news came out. The three were quite shocked to see this. The headline was "Strange Phenomenon at Planet Venus, the Two Prides of the Federation Both Broke Through to the Planetary State!"

Lu Ze raised a brow. Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha reached the planetary state?

Indeed, it had been four days since they left school.

Planetary state...

These two were considered to be really strong now. He was still very far from flicking the alcoholic's head.

At this moment, Alice sighed. "Sister Jing broke through to the planetary state. She's really amazing..."

Lu Li nodded too.

Lu Ze opened the news report. A clip was also attached therewith, wherein the planet Venus could be seen.

In the clip, the planet suddenly trembled. Thereafter, there was a dominant golden light and a mysterious pink mist surging from a forest and spreading rapidly. At this moment, a barrier covered this entire area. The pink and golden lights remained within this barrier. However, the planet Venus didn't stop shaking for an entire day.

Suddenly, one gold and pink beam shot toward the sky and into space. Then, there was this chaotic power ripple that stirred up typhoons in space.

The scene looked horrific. It didn't look like something that a newly ascended planetary state could cause.

The battle lasted just a few minutes, and the two beams suddenly disappeared. Lu Ze witnessed how the two immediately fought the moment they made a breakthrough. He couldn't help but scratch his head.

Were they naturally born as competitors? Judging from the way things seemed to be, those two couldn't still settle the score. They probably didn't even feel that good now.

Lu Ze laughed.

That barrier was set up by the old man, wasn't it?

Alice sighed. "Reaching the planetary state is so scary. Even though it was just a breakthrough, it managed to cause an entire planet to tremble."

Lu Li nodded. "Their battle is also very terrifying." Tens of thousands of kilometers was affected by the battle. They could really destroy a planet if they wanted.

This was the sort of being that could survive in the universe.

This was the reason why the planetary state beings would leave the Milky Way galaxy to find resources in a broader world.

Tens of millions of comments appeared already.

Their breakthrough was more captivating than Lu Ze's speech. Lu Ze scanned through the rest of the comments. Almost all of them were praising the two.

"Young duke Jing and Hesha are invincible!"

"Their talents are too amazing, Would they be able to match Monarch of the New Dawn Lu Ze?"

"That's quite hard. It's said that Lu Ze only used two days to break through to the mortal evolution state."

"If I could get their love, I'm willing to live ten years less."

"Keep dreaming."

"By the way... they seem to have that sort of relationship with Lu Ze?"

"What are you saying? Only these two girls could barely deserve little brother Lu Ze."

Lu Ze felt embarrassed while looking at the comments. Nevertheless, he still felt great upon seeing how people were envious of him.

Right then, Lu Li and Alice saw Lu Ze's expression. The two girls glanced at each other.

Alice showed a smile. "Alright, senior. I'm going to go make breakfast for you."

Lu Li smiled as well. "Me too."

Lu Ze gasped and looked away regretfully.

Thereafter, he watched the two proceed to the kitchen eagerly.

There was good food to eat!

Half an hour later, Lu Ze looked at the food with starry eyes.

Lu Li said calmly, "I made the congee. Have a try."

She seemed like she didn't care, but she was actually pretty nervous.

If this guy dares to say that it doesn't taste good, then she would definitely cook worse food than she made before.

Lu Ze was also very nervous. All the other foods were sparkling with spirit light, except for the congee.

Lu Ze took a scoop of the congee and dragged the spoon toward his mouth. Subsequently, his eyes widened with a hint of surprise.

Lu Li's fists were clenched even tighter under the table, but her face remained smiling. "Lu Ze, what do you think? If you dare to say it's bad, then you're done for."

Lu Ze shook his head. "No, this is much better than I imagined."

To be honest, he thought that the congee was barely edible.

Lu Li flicked her hair and smiled. "Hmph, as long as I want to learn it, it's very simple."

Alice laughed. "Senior, I told you Li has been very hard-working."

Lu Ze nodded.

"Then, try mine."

Lu Ze ate a white piece of desert. Immediately, he felt like he was running within a sweet dream. His face was full of satisfaction.

Without any need for words, one could tell from Lu Ze's expression how good this was.

Alice also showed the same satisfied look after seeing this.

Meanwhile, Lu Li felt defeated. One could easily conclude that there was still a huge difference between her and Alice.

She would be back next time!

After breakfast, the three went to train. Because uncle Merlin and aunty Hong Lian went to their restaurant, they didn't have a small dimension to practice in. Hence, they didn't dare to go all out.

Despite so, this allowed Lu Li and Alice to understand their god art better, especially Alice. Her source flame was extremely strong, but it also took large amounts of effort to master it.

As for Lu Li, she was extremely talented in darkness god art.

After lunch, Lu Ze gave away the purple orbs and god art orbs to them too.

This would give them more means to learn god arts faster.

In the afternoon, they returned to their own rooms.

Back in Lu Li's room, Lu Li smiled at the purple light that shone on her face. Lu Li didn't know how good this orb was, but seeing how confident Lu Ze was, clearly, it wasn't an ordinary one. If she kept working hard, then she would be able to get close to him.

After graduation, she could attend the Federal University.

Meanwhile, In Alice's room, Alice was hugging her panda doll. She was holding a god art orb with red flames inside.

The fire god art and her source flame had the same essence. It was just that the source flame was at a higher level. Using his fire god art orb would allow her to master her source flame better.

Alice smiled and rolled around in the bed. Senior was really nice!

When she becomes stronger, she is going to find better ingredients for senior and cook better food for him.

Lu Ze was sitting on the bed in his room. He could feel heavy traces of light golden energy in his body. They were constantly strengthening his body. At this rate, it would take half a day to digest everything.

Didn't this mean that half a golden fruit could last him a day?

Lu Ze had a total of 12 and a half in his possession. Meaning, he could use those fruits for 25 days. Of course, as Lu Ze's body grew stronger, the rate would only increase faster.

Lu Ze used a level five mortal evolution state red orb and proceeded to begin his cultivation.

At planet Jinyao, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha were sitting opposite old man Nangong inside the shack.

The atmosphere between the two was quite awkward. They finally broke through to the planetary state, thereby creating some gap between them and Lu Ze. Nevertheless, the two of them were still evenly matched.

The old man smiled and poured three cups of golden tea.

He then drank a cup and said, "Very well, you two broke through to the planetary state two years faster than I had expected. This is very good."

Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "You praise us too much."

Nangong Jing grinned. "Are you very surprised, old man?"

The old man smiled as well. "Since you're already a planetary state, do you know how to walk your future path?"

People like Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha, who became planetary states at this young age and built a great foundation, had pretty much boundless potential. They would most likely leave the Milky Way galaxy, for certain, to seek resources, in order to become stronger. By the time they had used up their potential and failed further breakthroughs, they would then come back and take on all sorts of important roles.

There were also other ways, such as guarding the void border and annihilating space pirates to get resources or search for opportunities in the void.

Perhaps, you might just straight-up reach the position of a general. This path is more stable than the other paths, but there's not much room for improvement. Those talented young dukes usually wouldn't choose such a path.

After all, planetary states require too many resources for a breakthrough. Even the Federation wouldn't be able to supply enough resources to them.

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha felt stunned. A figure popped into their heads at the same time.

The two glanced at each other. Nangong Jing smiled. "We won't be leaving the Federation for now."

Usually, people left the Milky Way galaxy in groups.

At the young duke celebration, there would be adventure squads that would return to invite young dukes to join them after reaching the planetary state.

All the squads pretty much invited Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha, but now, they had a better choice.

The old man wasn't surprised by their decision. He smiled. "Since you two have decided, I won't say much."

"Four-Race Social and East Realm Gathering will be held soon. We'll bring you guys over to

see."

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha nodded.

"Okay, you two just reached the planetary state. Go to the dao enlightenment room to consolidate your state." Due to the special circumstance, they could use the dao enlightenment room at any time. This didn't just apply to Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha; other people could do so too. After the two left, the old man sighed. "A hatchling is eventually going to leave the nest. I hope Lu Ze won't disappoint us..."

After leaving the shack, the two flew toward Jinyao City. Qiuyue Hesha looked at Nangong Jing. "T-Rex, Elliot Ronald invited you to the Searing Emperor Squad. Why didn't you go?" Nangong Jing answered, "Last time, Yuan Hongwen invited you to join the Wind and Lightning Squad. Why didn't you go?" Both of the two stopped talking.

Soon, they arrived at the area outside Jinyao City.

The one guarding the gates was Luo Bingqing. When he saw the two land, his calm expression changed a little.

Even he could feel a powerful pressure from Nangong Jing's and Qiuyue Hesha's chi.

Planetary state...

He knew about their breakthrough too. This made him feel a greater urgency to catch up. They were similar in terms of power before, but now, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha were far ahead of him. This brought him quite some pressure.

Luo Bingqing then said, "Congratulations, Nangong, Qiuyue." Nangong Jing smiled. "Old Luo, we'll be a step ahead. Don't fall too far behind."

Luo Bingqing's expression didn't change at all. He asked, "What do you plan to do next?"

The two smiled and Qiuyue Hesha replied, "We'll wait until after the East Realm Gathering."

Luo Bingqing nodded. Then, he posed another question, "Using the dao enlightenment room to stabilize your state? How many days would it take?"

"3 days." The two answered at the same time. They glanced at each other and quickly looked away.

Luo Bingqing's hands trembled a little bit.

Three days. This was a really short time. They were really confident in their foundation.

Luo Bingqing took a deep breath and took note of this before saying, "Okay, go in."

Planet Lan Jiang The sun was setting below the horizon.

Back in his room, Lu Ze slowly opened his eyes, and a sliver of golden light flashed under it.

Due to the golden fruits, his body was growing stronger at an astounding pace. His spirit force cultivation level couldn't catch up anymore. Still, this was good for Lu Ze since he could use stronger red orbs. That way, his spirit force cultivation would also improve faster.

There wasn't much light golden energy left in his body. Soon, it would be completely digested.

Eventually, it was time for dinner.

Lu Ze went downstairs. His parents and Alice's parents were there already.

He heard Fu Shuya's voice immediately. "Aren't young dukes Jing and Hesha the two girls who appeared on my boy's news report before? Are they already at the planetary state?"

Zhu Hong Lian said in surprise, "These two girls are so strong!" She was a young duke before and was a star state now. Even though she hadn't completely recovered, she still had planetary state power.

When she reached the planetary state, she was already in her forties, but these two girls reached the planetary state during their thirties.

Lu Ze went downstairs. Suddenly, everyone looked at him strangely.

Moments later, Fu Shuya smiled and said, "Good boy, it will be New Year in a few day's time. Do you want to take a break and ask out Lu Li and Alice?"

She really wanted Lu Ze and Lu Li to be together, but since Hong Lian and Merlin were both here, she couldn't tell Lu Ze to just invite Lu Li.

Lu Ze nodded. "Sure."

He remembered promising the two to take them out to play.

Lu Ze sat down and chatted with the elders for a while. Soon, Lu Li and Alice carried out dishes from the kitchen.

When dinner was finished, Lu Ze, Lu Li, and Alice cultivated with uncle Merlin like usual. By the time they were done with their cultivation, it was already 10 o'clock in the evening. As such, everyone went back.

Back in his room, Lu Ze sat on the bed and discovered that his light golden energy was used up.

Immediately, Lu Ze took out the half-eaten golden fruit from his mental dimension. Consequently, the golden light lit up the dark room.

Lu Ze ate it without hesitation. He felt quite full after eating it. Once again, his body was filled with light golden energy.

Thereafter, Lu Ze closed his eyes and entered the pocket hunting dimension.

Before he could check out the environment, Lu Ze felt something different in his mental dimension. He was surprised to find the changes within.

Originally, he couldn't sense his mental dimension in the pocket hunting dimension, but now, he could. Was it because he acquired the golden fruit and wine yesterday?

Lu Ze found that other than the fruits and wine, nothing else was shown.

Did this mean that he could only sense things he could use in the pocket hunting dimension?

Lu Ze felt a bit disappointed.

Even if he couldn't use excessive red and purple orbs inside here, it would still be quite helpful if he could, at least, learn the divine art runes in the pocket hunting dimension. In that case, he could immediately comprehend the secrets of the runes upon exiting the dimension.

Despite this, the recent development was still good news for Lu Ze. What if he could use other stuff too in the future?

Lu Ze proceeded to examine his body. Likewise, it was filled with golden energy, which was strengthening his body.

Lu Ze grinned. Indeed, this was good news! At least in the pocket hunting dimension, his power would always be a little stronger compared to his power in real life.

Lu Ze looked around. He found himself back in the wilderness. This time, the golden forest was long gone.

Lu Ze didn't mind it. He concealed his chi and began jungling

Three Days Later at Jinyao City

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha walked out of the dao enlightenment room. Their chi was completely controlled now.

After seeing each other come out at the same time, the two girls didn't feel too good. They glared at each other and left before the loving gazes of the guys who were waiting.

When they reached the gates, Luo Bingqing opened his eyes. Upon seeing their completely controlled chi, his eyes narrowed.

Three days and both of them really consolidated their cultivation state!

He nodded at the two and closed his eyes to cultivate.

Every second counted!

The two left the city and didn't return to the old man's place. Nangong Jing took out her ship, and the two flew back to planet Venus.

Qiuyue Hesha grinned. "Finally reached the planetary state... Perfect timing! New Year will be coming soon. I can rest for a while." Nangong Jing asked curiously, "Where are you going next?"

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Qiuyue Hesha flicked her hair and said, "I'll be going home first, and then, I'll have a concert for fun."

Nangong Jing rolled her eyes. "You're really narcissistic."

Qiuyue Hesha replied, "I'm doing this to improve my god art and divine art."

Her divine art required her to use her voice and dance in order to seduce others.

Nangong Jing didn't say anything. To her, the fox demon was just enjoying the attention people give whenever they chase and admire her.

Half an hour later, they arrived at planet Venus.

The two stood by the lakes of their houses and saw the rubbles.

They were too excited that they blew up their houses when they made their breakthrough.

Well, this was embarrassing...

Qiuyue Hesha's mouth twitched. "I'm going home first."

Subsequently, she took out her flying ship, which had the same style as the Golden Whirl, except that it had pink mist over it.

She took off directly and left the planet. Inside, Qiuyue Hesha made a phone call. "Help me prepare an end-of-year concert in Telun System. The location will be on planet Lan Jiang. We'll do this five days later."

Qiuyue Hesha grinned. She would invite little brother Lu Ze to come.

Following that, she made another call for people to repair her house before happily going to the bathroom to take a shower.

She hadn't been back for so long. She wondered how those little guys were doing.

Seeing the ship leave, Nangong Jing didn't feel too good. She was the only one left behind.

Her dad was outside the galaxy searching for high-level energy for Alice. She couldn't reach him.

She really didn't want to go to the old man's place, or she would be urged to get married again.

On the other hand, her mom was at the void border. They didn't have holidays back there.

As for her other relatives, she really didn't like them.

After some thought, Nangong Jing realized she had no place to go to during this time.

Suddenly, Nangong Jing's eyes lit up. She had an hadn't seen Alice for a long time. Since she had recovered now, it didn't seem bad to go visit her.

She could go and explain that there was nothing between her and Lu Ze. She was no traitor.

Nangong Jing also called someone to repair her house and then left with the Golden Whirl.

Planet Lan Jiang

Lu Ze was sitting in his room. There was this invisible barrier around him. It was stopping his energy from being released.

When he broke through to the mortal evolution state last time, Lu Ze learned to use a barrier to stop his cultivation from getting out of control. Now, Lu Ze was at a crucial moment in reaching level two of the mortal evolution state.

His Ren and Du meridians were filled with planetary seeds. They were emitting some kind of white light.

Lu Ze was focused in forming planetary seeds in the 12 proper meridians. The first one was also very hard to form.

As the planetary seed formed in the 12 proper meridians, a special wave of energy spread out Lu Ze could feel his spirit force becoming more and more condensed.

At the same time, even his body was growing stronger. The power of his body alone had reached level three of the mortal evolution state.

As time progressed, Lu Ze's room was covered in darkness.

During this time, he suddenly opened his eyes. A sliver of golden ray flashed within his eyes.

Level two of the mortal evolution state breakthrough, success!

Lu Ze grinned, and he felt amazing.

He finally reached level two of the mortal evolution state!

How long did he take?

Lu Ze thought about it. It was less than a month.

The time he had spent just then would definitely shock the entire Federation. If this continued, he would break through to the planetary state in less than a year, wouldn't

he?

He could not foresee his day of revenge! he got off the bed and went downstairs.

He had spent the entire day cultivating. Lu Li and Alice probably prepared the food already.

Upon reaching downstairs, he saw his parents chatting with uncle Merlin and aunty Hong Lian on the couch.

Merlin smiled at Lu Ze. "Ze, you didn't come downstairs the entire day today. It seems you have—"

*Cough cough cough!*

He stared at Lu Ze like the latter was a ghost. Hong Lian looked at him in confusion and said unhappily, "Do you have something against Ze?"

After these few days, she had a great impression of Lu Ze. He was gentle and polite. He also saved Alice and her.

At this time, she sensed something amiss. Her body stiffened, and she also stared at Lu Ze, as though he was a ghost.

Lu Ze was very helpless upon seeing the way they were. He really didn't want to shock them, but his chi stealth technique didn't work for both of them, who were star states. It was all too easy for them to see through it.

If only there were stronger chi stealth techniques or maybe even a god art?

Lu Wen and Fu Shuya couldn't tell what happened with Lu Ze. Lu Wen asked curiously, "What happened?"

Fu Shuya dragged Hong Lian's hand. "Honglian, did something happen to my good boy?"

Their words woke Merlin and Hong Lian from their shock.

Merlin's mouth twitched, and he answered, "Nothing... no... something." Lu Wen and Fu Shuya were even more confused at this point.

Hong Lian stared at Lu Ze. "Ze, how did you raise your cultivation level to level two of the mortal evolution state so quickly? Did you not cultivate level two of the mortal evolution state to completion?"

If he didn't do that, the future would be very difficult for him. She didn't want Lu Ze to enter the wrong path. Lu Ze shook his head and smiled. "It had reached perfection."

"Then, what is this speed of yours?" Merlin couldn't resist saying.

Lu Ze smiled. "After I reached the mortal evolution state, I spent 17 days in the dao enlightenment room. My cultivation god art grew stronger. That's how I could improve so fast."

He had made up his excuse already.

Hong Lian looked at Lu Ze with amazement. "It seems that your cultivation god art is on par with Alice's source flame."

After the source flame is completely mastered, one could become as strong as a cosmic spirit race. The cosmic realm state would be the very minimum level. There were much more powerful levels beyond.

Merlin felt quite annoyed.

This kid's god art was very compatible with Alice's god art. Alice's god art needs this kid's god art to fully awaken.

Did this mean that they were a good pair?

This was very hard to accept.

Lu Ze scratched his head. "I don't know what level of god art this is."

To be honest, he didn't know the limit of the pocket hunting dimension either, but he was certain that it wasn't just the planetary state or star state.

At least, the occasional super bosses he saw had chi that was catastrophic.

It definitely wasn't something a star state could do.

Lu Ze didn't know how strong the cosmic system state was, but Lu Ze felt those beasts would perhaps be stronger than that.

It would be great if there were cosmic realm state beasts, but all of these required him to get stronger and to explore further.

Hong Lian continued, "Ze, your talent is great, but you must not be complacent. The universe is vast. The cosmic spirit race little girl you found is born as a cosmic realm state. Even the 12 saints were forcefully brought to the cosmic system state. There are too many powerful beings in the universe. Don't lose sight of yourself."

Lu Ze's talent was extremely terrifying, but the human race wasn't powerful. Perhaps Lu Ze would be able to compete with the top prodigies of these powerful races.

Lu Ze might have to create a new era of humankind.

He nodded and said seriously, "I know, aunty Hong Lian."

Lu Ze was very curious about how those powerful races were like.

At this moment, Merlin smiled. "Okay, let's do this slowly. The human race needs to build a foundation. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future.

After all, if a race wanted to be truly powerful, it couldn't just rely on one person.

Right at this moment, the kitchen doors opened. Lu Li and Alice carried out enticing dishes.

With their cultivation level, they could easily hear the conversation from the kitchen. Alice looked at Lu Ze with admiration.

Senior was so amazing! Lu Li grinned too and felt proud. She smiled. "Time to eat."

After dinner, Lu Ze and the others cultivated as usual and returned to their rooms.

Lu Ze didn't go back to cultivation immediately.

He lay on the bed and rested for a while. He looked at the ceiling while listening to the chirping insects outside. He allowed his thoughts to fly away.

He had been taking a break for a week. There were two more weeks before school starts.

It felt much better to stay at home.

Thereafter, he remembered that he agreed to take Li and Alice out. Where would be a good place to go?

They just finished their exams today, so they would get to enjoy the holidays starting from tomorrow. He needed to think of a place.

Where did girls like to go during this era?

He felt that with his cultivation level, it should be no problem for him to shop around with them all day.

Should he consult those dating masters online?

No, he was the Monarch of the New Dawn.

Lu Ze's mouth twitched. It was too hard for a straight guy like him to think of anything.

He rubbed his head and stopped thinking.

Then, he sat down and entered the pocket hunting dimension.

Lu Ze wanted to know what his combat power could reach.

It should be level nine of the mortal evolution state now, right?

That meant he could consider killing level six mortal evolution state beasts.

In the pocket hunting dimension, Lu Ze slowly opened his eyes. It was still the familiar yellow barren land.

The wind blew past rapidly. Lu Ze looked around. There were only a few tall trees.

He flew in a random direction. A few hours later, he saw an extremely vast grass plain. Lu Ze grinned. Ah- I smell prey! In the past few hours, Lu Ze had gained a lot.

There were the scattered possums and rabbits, as well as other beasts, ranging from level one to level five of the mortal evolution state.

However, the grass plain here was somewhat different. This was the grass plain he saw when he came to the third map for the second time.

He could still see the huge mountain range far away.

Last time, he died there. He didn't even know what he experienced at that time.

Without hesitation, Lu Ze flew toward that direction. He was back!

Right here, he was chased off by level three and level four mortal evolution state bosses before. He was getting revenge!

Soon, he became stunned. There were several range rabbits here before, but now, there was not a single one!

What was going on?

Where were the rabbits?

Rumble!

A shocking explosion occurred at the mountain ranges. Even from his current location, Lu Ze could feel the shockwave.

Lu Ze concealed his chi and ducked down.

What was this?

He looked at the distant spirit light, and his skin crawled.

A planetary state? The power was just a tad bit weaker than the powers of the alcoholic and fox demon when they just managed to make a breakthrough. This was the primary stage of the planetary state.

He didn't feel so good.

Were there such bosses among the range rabbits?!

He thought he'd be invincible after coming back.

However, he was still a little kid?! Rumble! Rumble!

The sound of collisions could be heard once again.

Lu Ze looked at the distant combat scene and felt indecisive.

Should he go over and check?

Although he wasn't weak now, he was still quite a bit far off from a planetary state.

One mistake, and he might die again.

However, a race that was at the bottom of the food chain had such a powerful boss in this region. This reminded Lu Ze of the Golden Forest, huh?

Was this a beast hive like the golden cave?

Lu Ze felt this was quite possible.

Last time, he got the golden fruit and wine in the cave.

Would there be something magical in this hive too?

Lu Ze planned to go over and check.

Without hesitation, a green wind circulated around him, and he moved toward the mountain ranges.

As he got near, the mountain range cleared up. Rumble!

Gugu!

Roar!

There were all sorts of roars that can be heard amidst those clashes. The battle seems to be very intense.

Lu Ze concealed his chi carefully.

Suddenly, he had a bold idea.

After all, he managed to transform into a golden ape before. This time, he could turn into a range rabbit.

Thinking about this, Lu Ze felt great.

He flashed with white light and then transformed into a range rabbit. He was only two meters tall.

Lu Ze found that as his cultivation level grew, he could change his figure even more.

He looked at his body and fell silent. Even level one mortal evolution state range rabbit was ten meters tall!

He was only two meters tall?!

Lu Ze's brain shuddered.

Could he really fool his way across?

Then, there was another question. How did four-legged animals walk?

The rabbit Lu Ze tried crawling down and jumping forward. He used his learning capability, and soon, he pretty much mastered the walking style of rabbits.

Now, he was truly a weak and underdeveloped range rabbit.

Lu Ze jumped toward the mountain. Once reaching his destination, he felt the violent shockwaves from the other side of the mountains.

The entire mountain range seemed to be shaking, but the stones were very sturdy. The battle involved planetary states, but the mountain range wasn't obliterated. There were only pebbles flying in the air.

Lu Ze jumped and arrived at the top of the mountain range. His vision widened. When he saw the other side, he became dumbfounded.

Range rabbits filled the mountain range. Below them were thousands of fire wolves.

It was a sea of yellow against a sea of red.

The clash between the two sides created massive spirit force storms.

A few thousand kilometers away, a 60-meter tall yellow range rabbit was fighting a 60-meter tall fire wolf.

Their combat power was at the planetary state.

Sensing their cultivation level, Lu Ze's expression became strange. He found that the two animals had only reached level eight of the mortal evolution state.

Did they have a planetary state power despite being only able to reach level eight of the mortal evolution state?!

Wasn't that the same as the fox demon and alcoholic?

What monsters were these bosses?

The alcoholic and fox demon only had such power after using his red orbs.

Were two random beasts in this dimension that strong?

Lu Ze's skin was crawling.

He looked strangely at the battlefield. The red fire wolf was burning with vibrant red flames. There were heatwaves around it that twisted the air.

Roar!

Then, the flames around its body flew all to its right front claw. Its body sped up into a beam of red and appeared before the range rabbit. It slashed the opponent using its front claw.

This powerful ripple didn't seem to be something a mortal evolution state could release.

Lu Ze's body stiffened. He couldn't even dodge an attack with a level like this.

Was this fire god art or divine art?

A round earth-colored shield formed around the flaming claw clashed with the light shield. Flames spewed in all directions, and the earth shield cracked a little. When the collision was finished, the shield shattered.

They were evenly matched.

Clearly, those moves were divine arts. The level of this divine art was clearly much stronger than the ones from the last map.

Regardless, Lu Ze couldn't beat any of the bosses.

Lu Ze knew that it would take quite a while for the two bosses to settle the score. He looked at the other battlefield.

Large waves of rabbits and fire wolves were fighting

The range rabbits had lesser members with higher levels than the fire wolves. However, they had strength in numbers. Lu Ze scratched his head. He didn't know why the rabbits were fighting the wolves, but he was just a weak timid rabbit. He should hide in a rabbit hole and see if there were anything useful to him.

Thus, Lu Ze happily ran down the mountain.

Lu Ze soon neared the battlefield while disguised as a range rabbit.

There were quite some level six and level seven mortal evolution state bosses here. The level six mortal evolution states were on par with him in terms of power. As for the level seven ones, Lu Ze estimated that he couldn't beat them.

Therefore, Lu Ze had some difficulty moving around-fearing that he would get killed by some boss.

Because Lu Ze was rather small and the two sides were too busy with fighting, Lu Ze soon approached a cave that was ten meters in diameter.

This was a great time to explore! Usually, he would have been chased by a wave of rabbits.

During this time, Lu Ze felt a scorching chi directed at him. Immediately, he disappeared from the spot with the green wind.

Rumble!

There was a powerful fire wave behind him. Lu Ze gritted his teeth and a black-gold battle armor appeared over him. The fire wave surrounded him, and Lu Ze felt he was being burned.

Oh shit!

This was a level seven mortal evolution state boss, right?!

He was so unlucky.

Meanwhile, the distant fire wolf looked at Lu Ze in confusion. It saw a small rabbit planning to run back to its base, so it casually tried to kill it.

However, this rabbit managed to withstand the attack.

Why was its god art different from other rabbits?

Why was it so strong?

The other range rabbits were also a bit confused. Was this their kind?

Mhm... it looked the same and had the same chi. It should be their kind, but why was it so small, and why did it have a different god art?

Lu Ze noticed this and wondered if he was already caught. It was all that fire wolf's fault!

His own earth god art didn't have divine art. He hadn't reached the highest level on this map for earth god art. It was weaker than his other god arts. Even if he used earth god art, his combat power would only be around level three or level four of the mortal evolution state.

What else could he do?

He was also desperate!

But then, the rabbits were only confused, and the wolf was bewildered. Lu Ze felt a little assured by that. His cultivation level was almost similar to these bosses, and therefore, they couldn't see through him.

Lu Ze remembered that he couldn't tell Lu Ze 2 was a fox at all. On the other hand, it was a different case from the golden ape before. After all, the latter was too strong.

Thinking about this, Lu Ze felt confident. He immediately looked at the fire wolf as though he hated it. Thereafter, earth spears shot out.

The chi of the earth spear was only at level three of the mortal evolution state. It didn't pose a threat to the fire wolf at all.

Lu Ze ran into the rabbit hole as soon as he shot the spear. He would leave the rest to his pals.

Go range rabbits!

Meanwhile, the fire wolf instantly melted the earth spear. It roared and wanted to kill the damned rabbit, but it ran toward the hole already.

Meanwhile, the other rabbits saw that Lu Ze used earth spears. They became certain Lu Ze belonged to their kind.

But why did it flee?

It was probably too scared to defend its own home.

Hmm... it seemed they needed to cast it away in the future.

The range rabbits once again fought with the fire wolves.

Lu Ze was deep into the cave right now. It was much larger than the rabbit holes on the first map. Lu Ze came here as though he was back at home.

Lu Ze ran into the twisted tunnels for a bit and came to a large opening. It had a diameter of tens of kilometers. There were quite some tunnels on the walls leading elsewhere.

The entire open area was very spacious. There were only five mortal evolution state range rabbits that had reached level seven of the mortal evolution state in here. At the center, a fist-sized earth blob floated.

It emitted a yellowish glow and seemed very mysterious.

Lu Ze's eyes lit up. There was treasure here indeed!

He didn't know what use it had, but it should definitely be good!

Lu Ze looked at the range rabbits and noted that this was quite a strong formation.

It seemed the earth blob was really important for this many bosses to guard it.

If level seven mortal evolution state range rabbits had god art, their combat power would be near the planetary state, right?

He scratched his head.

At this moment, the five range rabbits saw Lu Ze and stared at him as they bared their teeth.

"Gugugu!"

"Gugu!"

Lu Ze: "?"

What did these bosses want to say? He felt the pocket hunting dimension should have a language class, or he would never be able to understand these beasts.

He showed a weak and timid expression.

At this moment, the five rabbits' eyes became confused. Thereafter, Lu Ze felt an earth yellow ripple sweep out from the ground over him.

At this juncture, the five range rabbits suddenly went bloody-eyed. Violent chi spurred out.

Seeing this, Lu Ze's back felt cold.

Was he caught?!

How did they discover? Was this some rabbit facial recognition?

He didn't have much time to think as he covered himself with silver light.

Space transmission!

The rabbits clearly didn't know Lu Ze would use space god art. As such, they didn't put the effort in locking the space. Lu Ze reappeared before the earth blob and just grabbed it.

He was going to run off with it first.

However, Lu Ze ended up stunned. This small blob of earth was extremely heavy. Lu Ze couldn't even move it.

He used his mental force to try to put it in his mental dimension. However, this blob of earth seemed connected to this mountain range.

Unexpectedly, when Lu Ze's paws touched the blob, it emitted an intense earth yellow color, which then went into his body and his mental dimension. Countless secrets of the earth god art started flowing in his was so intense that Lu Ze's brain went blank for an instant. Subsequently, there was immense pain.

Lu Ze felt he didn't have enough brain capacity.

This reminded Lu Ze of the fire tree on the first map.

Before Lu Ze could react, he heard violent roars, and then, he lost his consciousness. He didn't even have time to feel the pain. Right away, he just used a level five special purple orb to learn the secrets of the earth god art. The purple orb cleared his mind, but it also intensified the feeling of pain. His face turned pale.

When he opened his eyes again, it was already the next day. His chi became denser and tougher. His entire temperament seemed to have changed.

He sensed his mastery over the earth god art and grinned. His earth god art had caught up to his other god arts!

He opened his hand and a yellow orb formed.

It had a level five mortal evolution state chi.

Lu Ze looked at the earth god art ball hopefully. If he could touch it again, his earth god art would skyrocket once again.

Lu Ze felt that the earth blob was quite similar to the blood lightning in his mental dimension. However, compared to the blood lightning, the earth blob was probably stronger.

How strong would he get once he completely absorbed that stuff?

Lu Ze looked at the time. It was 8 o'clock in the morning. He got out of bed to brush his teeth.

Once he got downstairs, he smelled an enticing aroma.

Lu Li and Alice were walking out of the kitchen while carrying plates of dishes.

Alice smiled and waved to him. "Good morning, senior." "Good morning, Alice." Lu Ze returned the smile and waved back.

Meanwhile, Lu Li said plainly, "Time to eat breakfast."

Afterward, they went to the martial arts gym as usual. Three hours later, Lu Li and Alice lay on the ground as they panted heavily.

On the other hand, Lu Ze sat on the side peacefully. Sweat dripped down on Alice's forehead as she smiled at Lu Ze. "Senior is really strong." Lu Ze was so much stronger than they were.

Lu Li felt this way too.

Lu Ze smiled, "With your rate of progress, you two would soon be able to reach my level."

The two girls smiled upon hearing this. They were rather happy with their progress. Their hard work paid off.

Of course, the main reason was due to Lu Ze giving them all sorts of orbs.

The three went back to take a shower and return to their rooms.

When it was 11 o'clock, Lu Li and Alice went to cook while Lu Ze leisurely sat on the couch.

He was a bit bored. Lu Ze took out his phone and looked at the news.

When he opened the news website of the Telun System, the headline made Lu Ze's eyes widen.

Young duke Hesha was coming to planet Lan Liang for her end-of-year concert?

It would be held four days later?!

Lu Ze rubbed his forehead.

Although he knew that she would use concerts to improve her god art, he never expected her to have one here.

What did she want?

Lu Ze didn't feel it was simple.

At this moment, Lu Ze's eyes lit up.

Would Alice and Lu Li want to see a concert?

They seem to be pretty interested in the fox demon.

How about introducing her to them?

The fox demon just broke through to the planetary state and was viral right now. She was probably more viral than he was now. One could imagine how popular her concert would

be.

Perhaps people from the other solar systems would be attending as well.

Lu Ze shook his head. He scanned the other news at the bottom of the site until he found one about him. It was Lu Ze's speech. Even though several days had already passed, Lu Ze's speech was still viral. Following that was the announcement regarding the resignation of Telun System's Education Department Director, Lin Dabiao. The Vice Director would be replacing him.

Seeing this, Lu Ze felt dazed.

Educational Department Director?

Lin Dabiao?

Lu Ze's expression turned strange.

Wasn't this elder Lin?

Last time, he chanced upon elder Lin's stature at the palace of heroes. Wasn't his name supposed to be Lin Heng according to what he saw?

Did elder Lin change his name?

However, why did he resign?

Suddenly, Lu Ze's eyes lit up. There was one possibility.

Ying Ying went back with Lin Ling?

Could Ying Ying cure elder Lin? Lu Ze smiled.

She was very capable. Lin Ling should be very happy, right? If elder Lin recovered, the Federation would have five saints now.

This was all too good for the Federation.

Following elder Lin's news was the year-end conclusion.

People need to reflect on themselves and look toward the future to keep improving.

The news after that was a rather good technology being bought by an intragalactic corporation. Thereafter, there were crime reports regarding missing children.

Planet Lan Jiang had four missing kids, planet Heiyan had five missing kids, and planet Jingping had none.

Supposedly, the Telun System employed strict surveillance. Ordinary means to commit an offense were hard to use. However, there were nine kids missing now, and not a single clue could be found.

There was an interview with the parents. Their faces were haggard and desperate.

Lu Ze raised a brow.

Compared to the Gracious System at the border, Telun System was very peaceful. There were pretty much no underground forces, space pirates, or riots.

Lu Ze shook his head. He didn't have an investigation god art. Otherwise, he would be able to help.

Lu Ze kept scrolling down.

Half an hour later, the kitchen doors opened. Alice and Lu Li walked out at the same time.

Smelling this aroma, Lu Ze drooled.

Seeing how excited Lu Ze was, Lu Li and Alice wanted to laugh.

"Time to eat."

"Mhm!"

After lunch, the three sat on the couch. Lu Ze looked at the two and said, "By the way Li, Alice, shall we go out in the coming days?"

"Go out?"

The two were surprised. They then looked at Lu Ze strangely in disbelief.

This guy would invite them out to play? Wait... together? He was inviting both of them?! Their eyes flashed. Lu Li's eyes seemed to lose its shine. What was this Lu Ze trying to do?

Alice didn't feel happy too. How could senior invite both of them?

That would be so inconvenient.

Lu Ze nodded. "Yeah, I promised you guys last time."

The two were dumbfounded. Quickly, they recalled that event. They also remembered that they seemed to have established an alliance.

The two glanced at each other and Li smiled. "Sure."

Lu Ze smiled. "In a few days, teacher Qiuyue will be having a concert at Lan Jiang. Do you want to go see it? If you do, I can introduce you two to her. If not, we can go elsewhere."

Lu Li and Alice: "?"

That city charming beauty both flashed in their minds. Seeing how Lu Ze laughed, they wondered how Lu Ze dared to be so confident.

However, at least, he didn't hide this from them and go by himself.

After some silence, Lu Li smiled. "We'll go then. I want to see that teacher Qiuyue."