After confirming that they would be going to Qiuyue Hesha's concert, the three went to their respective rooms.
Lu Ze began his usual cultivation.
Because he didn't kill level six mortal evolution state beasts last night, he kept using level five special orbs during his cultivation. His body was much stronger now, so he could consume three orbs simultaneously.
Soon, it was already midnight. Lu Ze opened his eyes again. He checked his state. His cultivation speed was faster, but he still needed more time to break through to level three of the mortal evolution state.
In his estimation, it would take around more than one month.
Lu Ze shook his head. Sure enough, he needed stronger orbs to improve faster.
Although this speed was already unimaginable to others, Lu Ze wasn't satisfied. His body would be able to handle level six special orbs now, so he had to go in the pocket hunting dimension and kill level six mortal evolution state beasts.
Just when Lu Ze was planning to eat some food, his phone rang.
Lu Ze opened it, and his face became strange.
It was the fox demon.
He picked up the call and Qiuyue Hesha's figure was projected in the air. It seemed that she just had a shower. Her hair still appeared to be wet.
"Little brother Lu Ze, did you see the news?" She smiled at Lu Ze.
Lu Ze's mouth twitched. "... Yes, why did you think of coming here for a concert?"
He had just recently seen the message in the morning, and now, she was calling him. Clearly, this was planned.
Qiuyue Hesha smiled seductively. "Because I want you to see my performance. Perhaps then you will be seduced by me."
Lu Ze rolled his eyes. "You think too much."
What a joke! Was he that sort of person?
Qiuyue Hesha didn't mind his response and kept smiling. "I've left you the best VIP position. You better come, or else..."
Lu Ze's mouth twitched. It was a good thing that he already told this matter to Lu Li and Alice.
Lu Ze smiled. "By the way, I need two more. It's for my junior and little sister. They want to come too."
Qiuyue Hesha's face stiffened for a moment, and then, she said, "I've already made preparations for it." Those two little girls seem to treat her as an enemy, huh?
Although she was close to Lu Ze, they were just friends.
However, she didn't plan to explain anything. That would just make things more interesting.
At this moment, a naive voice could be heard. "Sister Hesha, time to eat."
Lu Ze heard this and felt surprised. He looked at Qiuyue Hesha. "Your family?"
He just realized that he didn't know who her family was.
Qiuyue Hesha replied, "Yes, it's my family."
Seeing how gentle she looked, Lu Ze was reminded of her expression when she looked at Ying Ying. He asked curiously, "I've never heard you speak about your family."
Qiuyue Hesha looked at Lu Ze. "You want to know? Then, you'll have to wait until I'm in a good mood to tell you."
Lu Ze: "..."
This fox demon!
Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "I'm hanging up then. We'll talk once I come over." "Mhm." Lu Ze stretched his back.
Weit System, Planet Weit
A black-haired little girl ran to Qiuyue Hesha and looked curiously at her. "Sister Hesha, who were you talking to?"
Qiuyue Hesha rubbed the little girl's head and showed a smile different from her seductive one. "It's... a very nice brother."
"Very nice brother?" The little girl blinked in confusion.
Qiuyue Hesha didn't elaborate anymore. "Yes, I'll bring him over to play sometime. How about it?"
The girl's eyes lit up. "Yes!"
Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "Okay, I'll bring him over next time. Go eat first. Where are the others?"
"They're waiting for you, sister, at the food hall."
"Let's go over quickly then." "Mhm."
Qiuyue Hesha carried the little girl and walked toward the food hall.
After dinner, Lu Ze lay on the bed for a while before entering the pocket hunting dimension.
He went flying in a random direction.
Six hours later, Lu Ze carefully watched a beast. It was a golden needle tiger. It was lying lazily on the ground while bathing in the sun.
Fighting spirit soared out of Lu Ze's eyes. Level six mortal evolution state golden needle tiger!
It was a beast he hadn't fought yet. How strong was it?
An enemy with a level like this was perfect for Lu Ze. He planned to fight it.
After making up his mind, Lu Ze flashed with silver light and disappeared.
Purple-red lightning circulated around Lu Ze and gathered on his right hand.
"Roar!"
The tiger's eyes suddenly opened. As it roared, its golden needles, which were a few meters long, shot out with a piercing golden light.
Golden needles flew toward Lu Ze.
Was this metal element god art?
A black-gold battle armor appeared over Lu Ze. His lightning spear greeted the needles head-on.
Screech!
After a violent wave of the clash, both the spear and the needles disappeared.
At this moment, Lu Ze felt a violent chi on his left side. He glanced at it with the corner of his eye and saw a golden blur.
He tensed up and disappeared from the spot through the green wind.
A few meter thick tail swept past where Lu Ze was and turned into a tide of wind-slicing a layer of the ground.
The wind pressure brushed past Lu Ze. It made it hard for him to breathe.
Thereafter, lightning clouds appeared above Lu Ze.
Rumble!
A bottle of purple-red lightning struck toward the golden needle tiger.
Roar!
After sensing the lethal threat, the tiger's body tensed up and dodged to the left. It barely evaded the lightning.
Before it could pant, the other lightning bolt managed to hit it.
The tiger found he couldn't avoid it at all. It became enraged, and its needles flashed even brighter.
Screech!
Countless golden needles flew at the lightning. The two clashed, creating a shocking sound.
Lu Ze didn't mind the shockwave. He kept charging toward the tiger again. He appeared above the tiger's head and punched down.
Rumble!
"Roar!"
The tiger roared, barely forming a golden barrier above its head.
Lu Ze sneered.
Naive!
"Die!"
How could Lu Ze's full-powered lightning spear be stopped by the barrier that the tiger barely had time to form?
The spear instantly destroyed the barrier and smashed into the tiger's head.
The tiger's head crashed on the ground. The lightning flashed and surged into its body, completely wrecking it.
Although the tiger was extremely strong and the weakened lightning couldn't kill it directly, the lightning made its body freeze for a moment.
Lu Ze wasn't going to waste such an opportunity. Thereafter, the violent chi in the lightning clouds condensed.
Rumble!
Rumble! Rumble!
Three lightning bolts struck the tiger. These bolts didn't weaken at all. Even the tiger's powerful body couldn't handle them. Lu Ze could clearly feel its chi diminish and life force dwindle.
Lu Ze felt relieved.
It was a brief clash, but Lu Ze found that the beast was much stronger than he expected.
Perhaps this was because the golden needle tiger was a solitary beast. As such, it became rather strong among beasts of the same level.
The tiger's power was near level nine of the mortal evolution state. Even the lightning cloud divine art could not kill it instantly. However, he still won in the end!
Lu Ze looked at the tiger turning to dust, and he grinned. Now, he would have level six special red orbs. Consequently, he would be able to progress further.
Soon, the body disappeared and turned into six red and purple orbs, as well as a golden god art
orb.
Lu Ze grinned. This was a metal god art, right?
He could learn another god art.
Although this might not be necessarily useful now, the god art would grow stronger with time.
Lu Ze picked up the orbs and began his journey of hunting again.
The sun was setting now, and darkness loomed over the entire barren lands.
It was the same as last time. There was not a single speck of light in this darkness.
As Lu Ze's cultivation level grew, his sight could cover more distance. However, he was not capable of seeing beyond three kilometers.
Lu Ze was tense. He carefully sensed everything around him.
This was the second time he survived until night time. He didn't know how he died last time. This time, Lu Ze was determined to figure out how he died.
Pfft, this time he was going to survive through the night!
Lu Ze didn't go hunting. He just hid at the top of a tree.
Time flew by, and soon, half an hour passed. As time went on, the darkness grew worse, and his senses were beginning to get seriously suppressed. His perception had shrunk by a few hundred meters.
If this continued, would he be able to sense anything at all?! How was he going to last until the second day?! Suddenly, he felt some kind of chilling sensation on his back.
He planned to turn around, but then, there was this severe pain, and he lost his consciousness.
When Lu Ze regained his senses, he was back in his room.
Lu Ze was trembling with pain. He still didn't find out how he died!
Lu Ze's head ached.
He thought he could survive this night, but he still died.
Lu Ze sighed and shook his head.
Cultivate, cultivate!
Lu Ze sat down and took out a level six special red orb to test its effects.
As soon as it entered his body, it turned into a terrifying tide of energy that charged at him. Although Lu Ze still had the energy from the golden fruit as a buffer, it still couldn't stop the barrage of energy.
Gashes started appearing all over Lu Ze's body. Then, blood seeped out of the surface.
Lu Ze frowned a little. However, he had experienced this type of pain numerous times.
Nevertheless, if this continued, his body might not be able to handle it.
Lu Ze used his regeneration god art without hesitation. His body started to recover under the gray light.
Eventually, the regeneration and tearing reached a balance. Lu Ze's body was cut again and again. He was left trembling. Since he couldn't stop now, he could only force himself to cultivate.
Three hours later, Lu Ze's shivering finally calmed down. His face had relaxed.
He had finally finished digesting the energy.
His regeneration god art had repaired his body. He proceeded to evaluate his progress, but he became disappointed upon checking.
His cultivation speed increased, but he needed to use regeneration god art to maintain the balance. Consequently, the improvement wasn't very substantial.
This was a waste.
Lu Ze thought about it and decided to use level five orbs first. He would use level six orbs when his body could handle it.
At his current rate, it would take less than a week.
Four days later
Lu Ze opened his eyes. Four days of cultivation had allowed his cultivation level to progress steadily. Naturally, his body was improving faster.
According to his calculation, he might be able to try using level six mortal evolution state red orbs tomorrow.
This feeling of improving every day was really good.
He cleansed himself and went downstairs.
Lu Li and Alice were already waiting for him with breakfast.
Lu Ze felt warm. This was the feeling of being at home. Someone always waiting for you with food.
After breakfast, the three rested on the couch for a while before going to cultivate.
At this moment, there was a knocking sound at the door.
The three looked at each other in confusion. Their parents had all gone to work.
Alice blinked her eyes. "Are Uncle Lu Wen and Aunty Shuya back?"
Alice went to open the door. When she saw the person there, she felt dumbfounded.
"Sister Jing?" Lu Ze: "?" Lu Ze suddenly looked in the direction of the door.
Nangong Jing was standing at the door while wearing simple black casuals and jeans. She was carrying a bottle of wine.
It really was her!What was she doing here?
Nangong Jing smiled and waved at Alice. "Alice, I knocked at your door. There was no one there, so I wondered if you were at Ze's house."
Alice smiled. "I didn't expect sister Jing to come. Please come in."
Nangong Jing entered the house and saw the dazed Lu Ze and expressionless Lu Li.
She sat next to Lu Ze and put Lu Ze in a headlock. "Hehe, you guys all left. I'm a little bored at home, so I came to play."
Lu Ze slapped her paws and said, "You can go to old man Nangong's place, can't you?" "What?" Nangong Jing looked at Lu Ze in disbelief. She would never go there. How dare this bastard!
If there was no one here, she would teach Lu Ze a lesson.
She smiled at Lu Li. "You must be Ze's sister, Lu Li, right? Ze often speaks of you in school. I'm Nangong Jing. You can call me sister Jing like Alice."
Lu Li: "..."
She didn't know what to say after seeing Nangong Jing act so casually
Moments later, she smiled. "Hello, teacher Nangong. Brother said you've been taking care of him at school. I would like to thank you for that."
Nangong Jing didn't care that Lu Li didn't call her sister Jing, but she felt dazed at her words.
She pointed at Lu Ze and said in disbelief, "Are you serious? This kid would say such words?"
She was quite touched. Lu Li: "?"
She was confused about Nangong Jing's reaction, but she still let out a smile. "Yes, you're brother's teacher. My brother respects you a lot."
Nangong Jing smiled and put Lu Ze in a headlock again. She rubbed his hair and said, "Very good kid! You've learned to respect me?"
Lu Ze was speechless. He never said this, but he wasn't going to say anything at this point. He struggled out of Nangong Jing's grip and changed the topic. "By the way, teacher Qiuyue is having a concert tonight. Do you want to go and see?"
Nangong Jing: "?"
"Wait! You're saying that the fox demon is here?"
She had been in warp tunnel these few days and didn't check the news, even until now.
The fox demon never said she was going to have a concert here!
Did she ditch her to come and find Lu Ze and the rest by herself?
Nangong Jing nodded with annoyance. "I'll go!" Lu Ze wasn't surprised by her reaction at all.
Currently, it was still morning. Alice took Nangong Jing to their guest room, and then, everyone went along with their usual cultivation.
Nangong Jing was very shocked by Alice's and Lu Li's power. They had such power at this young age. It was unheard of before.
However, she knew that Lu Ze definitely gave them orbs too.
Lu Li and Alice clearly knew that Lu Ze gave orbs to Nangong Jing too. Things became quite peculiar. The morning cultivation ended with a strange atmosphere.
Soon, it was already 6 o'clock in the evening. Lu Wen, Fu Shuya, Merlin, Zhu Hong Lian all came back. They were quite surprised after finding out that Nangong Jing visited.
Lu Wen and Fu Shuya looked at Nangong Jing in a strange way.
Lu Ze told them about going to Qiuyue Hesha's concert. Even Merlin and Zhu Honglian looked at them strangely. Lu Ze and everyone weren't too comfortable with this gaze. They quickly left after dinner. "Finally, we're out." Nangong Jing was panting. What Fu Shuya asked her before wasn't something she could handle.
Lu Li said, "We're usually pretty good. Clearly, it's like this tonight due to you, teacher Nangong." Nangong Jing immediately countered, "It must also be due to the fox demon. You can't just blame me. We're going to see her concert after all."
Lu Ze felt speechless. "I feel like whoever my dad sees, he thinks she's the daughter-in-law." Mhm, other than Lu Li.
Nangong Jing asked in confusion, "Why is uncle Lu Wen in such a rush to find you a girlfriend? You're clearly so young. Even my grandpa didn't say this that early."
She looked at Lu Ze with pity.
Lu Ze and Lu Li went silent. The reason was embarrassing to say.
Alice smiled. "I know the reason!"
Lu Li dragged her over immediately. "You must not say it!"
Alice poked her tongue out and stopped talking
Lu Ze was quite speechless. Both his dad and uncle Merlin looked at him as though he was some thief.
Was he that sort of person?!
If possible, he would want to try.
Soon, they arrived at the venue. It was a vast stadium that could hold 100,000 people. This was the largest stadium on planet Lan Jiang
The concert was due to start at 9 o'clock in the evening and end at 11 o'clock in the evening. The entry time was 8 o'clock in the evening.
Currently, it was only 7 o'clock in the evening. However, there were long lines at every entrance. Everyone's face was filled with anticipation and fervor.
One could see how popular Qiuyue Hesha was.
Qiuyue Hesha left them special seats, so they could go through special entries.
The group walked up to the special entrance. When the security saw four people come over while wearing masks, they became vigilant.
"You guys, go line up!" one security warned. He was tall and bulky. That would've intimidated ordinary people. Lu Ze glanced at them. They had only reached the abstruse martial state.
Lu Ze didn't mind. He just waited here.
Seeing how the group just stood there, the securities didn't know what to do.
At this moment, an extremely beautiful-looking woman strutted out of a passage.
The two security guards quickly greeted her. "Sister Liu."
This was Qiuyue Hesha's manager, and she was a core martial state herself.
Sister Liu was shocked upon seeing the group. Her boss said there were only three guests, so why were there four now?
However, she still ran over with a smile.
She spoke to the only guy in the group. "Lu..."
She suddenly paused. There were so many people watching. She couldn't say it, or it would cause a ruckus.
"Come with me please."
She turned and headed inside.
Sister Liu walked past the guards and said, "Guard well. Don't let people disturb her."
The two guards quickly nodded. It was a good thing they didn't send this group away.
People were quite surprised to see this. Everyone knew that Qiuyue Hesha's concert didn't have special entries. Even those famous people had to line up. Why was there an exception this time?
Those famous people and elites from other systems and Telun System saw this scene. They made some guesses.
That guy lived on planet Lan Jiang.
They weren't surprised that Qiuyue Hesha chose planet Lan Jiang for her concert. There were already rumors about their relationship.
However, why were there three other girls on the side?
Lu Ze and the others followed sister Liu into the stadium. Sister Liu smiled sweetly as she explained to Lu Ze, "Our boss doesn't usually have special seats for her concerts. It's because of you that an exception has been made. Our boss considers you very important."
Before Lu Ze could speak, Nangong Jing asked, "Where is that fox demon?"
Fox demon?
Sister Liu's smile froze. Her eyes flashed with anger, but Lu Ze was here, so she couldn't really lash out.
Her eyes flashed, and then, she thought of something. She asked Nangong Jing, "May I ask who you are?"
Lu Ze smiled. "Um, this is Nangong Jing. Yes, young duke Nangong. This is between them. You don't have to worry about it."
Sister Liu was taken aback. Indeed!
It was a good thing she asked, or her life would be over.
She smiled at Nangong Jing. "Young duke Nangong, our boss isn't here yet, but she would be here soon. She just made her way from home. How about I take you guys to the resting room first and I'll notify our boss when she comes?"
Nangong Jing nodded.
The resting room was quite spacious. Lu Ze and the rest sat on the couch while waiting for Qiuyue Hesha.
In the meantime, the group chatted, and soon, they talked about the missing children's case.
Lu Ze frowned. "This is the tenth time. It happened again yesterday on planet Heiyan."
Alice was angry. "This is over the line. How many families would be broken?"
The disappearance of every child was the misfortune of a family.
Who knows what price the family had to pay to find the child?
Lu Ze raised a brow. He didn't expect this to happen again and for the people who were responsible to get away with it. Nangong Jing frowned. "These crimes are usually done by underground crime organizations. But why are they capturing little kids?"
Ordinary kids would be useless to them.
The group chatted for a while, and soon, it was already 8:30. The door to the resting lounge opened, and Qiuyue Hesha entered.
Her expression wasn't too good. Sister Liu told her before she came that her enemy was here
too!
She didn't expect the T-Rex to have caught on so quickly and found out about the problem on the first day?!
Qiuyue Hesha saw Lu Li and Alice and showed a seductive smile.
Even Lu Li's and Alice's hearts beat faster after seeing such a sight.
are
Qiuyue Hesha said, "You two must be Lu Li and Alice, right? You are really pretty." She walked out and touched Lu Li's face.
Just when Lu Li was about to throw a hissy fit, Qiuyue Hesha pulled her hand back and said, "I'm going to go and prepare. The time is almost up. Little brother Lu Ze, you need to listen carefully."
Lu Ze: "..."
He rubbed his forehead. She was like this every time.
Qiuyue Hesha clearly did that to annoy Lu Li and Alice.
Under sister Liu's guidance, they were taken to the special seats. It was right below the stage. There were comfortable chairs, fruits, and drinks.
When the front row people saw Lu Ze and the rest come out, their expressions revealed that a realization dawned on them. "It is indeed Monarch of the New Dawn and young duke Jing."
"Who are the other two?"
"I don't know..."
"They're all together. Are they some prodigy too?"
"Perhaps?"
"Could it be Monarch of the New Dawn's..."
"Shhh!"
The atmosphere became awkward. Lu Li suddenly smiled at Lu Ze. "Brother, your reputation for being a player has really spread throughout the entire Federation. That's amazing." Lu Ze: "..."
He immediately argued, "What a joke! Which among you is my girlfriend?" Lu Ze's words made Lu Li and Alice feel stunned and look at each other.
Lu Ze scratched his head. He felt Lu Li and Alice probably liked him. There was such a good opportunity here. Why weren't they saying anything? Was it his misperception?
Soon, it was already 9 o'clock in the evening. The lights dimmed down, and a figure shrouded in pink mist appeared on the stage. An extremely elegant and beautiful person formed from the mist.
Lu Ze sighed. These powerful beings could use god arts to make an entrance. They didn't even need special effects.
They could perform using their own god art. Qiuyue Hesha came out wearing tight leather skins-outlining her beautiful curves. She really did seem like a fox demon with that seductive appearance and beauty.
This was his third time seeing her perform. He remembered the second time, wherein he got that clip. It wasn't very revealing, but it was still very sexy. He had kept it very well.
It was indeed a pleasure to enjoy her performance at such a close range.
Lu Ze felt dazed while watching her performance. Lu Li and Alice were blushing. Even Nangong Jing didn't say anything bad. She really liked Qiuyue Hesha's performance too.
However, she would never say this to the fox demon.
Two hours later, the show ended. Everyone felt like they didn't have enough.
Regardless, people still left in an orderly fashion. Lu Ze and the others returned to the resting lounge. Soon, Qiuyue Hesha changed clothes and came
in.
She grinned at Lu Ze. "How is it? Do you like my performance?"
Lu Ze rolled his eyes. "It's very amazing. It would be great if you could perform at home too."
Qiuyue Hesha was shocked by his response, and then, he asked, "You want to see me perform that much? Did you fall in love with
me?"
Lu Ze rolled his eyes. "Pretend I said nothing."
"Don't be like that. Tell me."
"No, you think too much."
"I don't believe it."
Nangong Jing couldn't stand this anymore. She glared at Qiuyue Hesha. "You dare to come here alone without telling me!"
"Qiuyue Hesha rolled her eyes. "You came over after seeing the news, didn't you?"
Nangong Jing: "..."
She actually didn't, but she wasn't going to admit it. "It's something so simple. Anyone can see it."
Lu Ze, Lu Li, and Alice: "..."
If they didn't remember it incorrectly, she didn't know about it in the morning.
How could she be so shameless to say that she did?
Lu Ze asked, "Teacher Qiuyue, why didn't you invite Lin Ling?"
Qiuyue Hesha replied, "I did, but Lin Ling said Ying Ying fell asleep again. She's taking care of Ying Ying."
Lu Ze and Nangong Jing felt stunned. "Ying Ying fell asleep again?"
In these past few days, Lu Ze and Nangong Jing didn't talk to Lin Ling, so they didn't know about this situation.
Every time this little fella fell asleep, it seemed to be due to eating Lu Ze's orbs. What was the reason this time?
Lu Ze wondered whether it was due to feeding her too much last time.
At this moment, Qiuyue Hesha said strangely, "It's said that Ying Ying ate elder Lin's death curse and then soon fell asleep."
"Ate... ate the death curse?" everyone asked in unison.
They didn't know what this was, but it sounded very powerful. After all, it could torture even a cosmic system state to death slowly.
During this time, Qiuyue Hesha and Nangong Jing looked grumpily at Lu Ze. Nangong Jing said, "It's all your fault for teaching Ying Ying like this. She eats everything she sees now!" Lu Ze: "..."
He was speechless. If he had to say something, it was that he was very regretful now. If he didn't teach her to be like this, she wouldn't be fighting over food with him too. However, he couldn't find a time machine.
Lu Li and Alice didn't know anything about Ying Ying. They felt offended that it had only been half a year, and yet, they didn't even know what was going on.
Right then, a door-knocking sound could be heard. It was sister Liu. "Boss, are you there?"
Qiuyue Hesha went to open the door. Sister Liu seemed very anxious.
Qiuyue Hesha asked, "What happened Yunyue?"
Qiuyue Hesha knew her manager well. If it wasn't something urgent, she wouldn't be so anxious.
Liu Yunyue smiled bitterly. "The cases of children disappearing in Telun System rose to ten. Just then, another kid who came to watch the concert disappeared."
Qiuyue Hesha's eyes flashed with a pink glow. "Child trafficking?"
Liu Yunyue felt the pressure seeping out of Qiuyue Hesha. Cold sweat seeped out from her. "Yes, the police who are in charge of the investigation knows you guys are here. They want you to help. What do you think?"
Qiuyue Hesha nodded without hesitation. "Take me there!"
She sneered. "They're really bold! They dare to abduct kids in front of me."
Nangong Jing and Lu Ze glanced at each other. Qiuyue Hesha seemed angry.
Nevertheless, since this happened right before their eyes, then, of course, they had to help.
Liu Yunyue said, "They're at Exit D8 of the stadium. I'll take you guys there."
Upon reaching their destination, they saw three cops, a crying young woman, and a young man. The young man roared at the police. "What is the security here? I'm telling you. If you can't find my child, I'm going to sue you! I'm going to sue you!"
Thinking about how all the kids who had gone missing up until now were never found, he was horrified.
The police attempted to comfort the other. "Sir, please calm down. The person responsible here has gone to invite young duke Qiuyue. Although our skills are limited and we haven't been able to catch the perpetrator, young duke Qiuyue just broke through the planetary state. Your child will definitely be found."
Lu Ze and everyone heard this, but they frowned.
Indeed, their mental force could sense extremely far distances, especially Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha. The two of them could cover a distance of 10,000 kilometers. Despite their abilities, they failed to sense anything strange. This meant that either the perpetrator was disguised very well, or such a person had already escaped their sensory range.
It had only been ten minutes, so clearly, the person couldn't have run out. As such, the only conclusion possible was that he must have concealed himself with a good disguise. Qiuyue Hesha walked over and asked, "Do you have a picture of your child?"
The young man calmed down when he saw Qiuyue Hesha.
She must have a way!
He quickly took out his phone and projected an image.
It was a child with short golden hair, blue eyes, and white skin.
Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "Wait for a moment. We'll help you search. We'll be able to find your child."
The young woman also looked at Qiuyue Hesha hopefully.
Nangong Jing looked around. "I'll go west."
Qiuyue Hesha then said, "I'll go south."
Lu Ze looked at Alice and Lu Li. "Are you two fine together?"
Lu Li rolled her eyes. "We're not weak!"
Their cultivation level was only at 100 apertures, but their combat power was definitely over 400 apertures. Who on planet Lan Jiang could stop them then?
Lu Ze nodded. "Mhm."
They had regeneration god art, 1st body god art, and wind god art. They were very capable in surviving. Furthermore, they could even survive the primary stages of the mortal evolution state for a short period of time.
Lu Li and Alice said, "We'll go north."
"I'll go east."
A few thousand kilometers in the northern direction, within the forest, two men and one woman were talking.
The woman was pretty, but her eyes were cold. "It got away again!"
A bulky man with a scar on his face gritted his teeth. "It must've seen Qiuyue Hesha, Nangong Jing, and Lu Ze in the news, and therefore, it went there, so we can't do anything. We didn't even dare to use mental force. Only that way could it get away from us.
The other handsome-looking man also said, "Damn it! We were so close!"
The woman said, "It's too cunning. It had only been six months, and it already reached this level. It would be harder to catch later on!"
The handsome man's eyes flashed with terror. "This isn't just about the difficulty of catching it anymore. Even though we've been hunting it so closely, it is still growing closer to the core martial state. It's hiding better and better now. Perhaps, it would only progress faster..." The bulky man said, "If we don't find it now, then in a few months, it would be hunting us instead. What would we do then?" The woman's eyes also showed some terrified expression, "If we go back without completing the mission, it would be equivalent to death anyways. If we don't find it, we die as well. What else can we do? Find it!" She licked her lips. "After Lu Ze and the others leave the Telun System at the end of holidays, we'll put in more effort. It doesn't matter if we make a scene."
The other two nodded.
"Let's go find it now... wait!"
The woman quickly held up her right hand, and a sliver of black smoke covered her. The other two did the same.
The three looked above. There was a blue and dark beam slicing across the sky. The bulky man said, "Aperture opening state with 100 apertures! We can instantly kill them."
The handsome man quickly stopped him. "Don't attack!"
The woman also nodded. "They seemed to have been standing next to Lu Ze. It should be Lu Ze's girlfriend. They don't seem simple."
"And... Lu Ze has space god art. If we expose anything, they would be able to come over here immediately." "Wait for them to leave."
In the air, when Lu Li and Alice flew past the forest, Lu Li's eyes flashed with dark rays and stopped.
Seeing that Lu Li suddenly halted, Alice stopped in her tracks too. She looked at Lu Li. "What's wrong?"
Lu Li smiled. "Found it."
Then, her chi surged and some form of darkness shot into the sky. In the distance, Lu Li, Nangong Jing, and Qiuyue Hesha saw this.
Lu Ze flashed in silver light and disappeared from the spot without hesitation.
Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha made their way over with the speed of a thousand kilometers per second.
The three people in the forest sensed Lu Li's chi. After being stunned for a moment, they reacted.
The bulky man said with disbelief, "How is this possible? How could we be discovered?" The black smoke was very good at concealment. "Run!"
The cold woman dashed into the depth of the forest without hesitation, releasing her chi at the primary stage of the mortal evolution state.
"These two bitches must be trying to draw Lu Ze over. Quick, run!" The handsome man ran in another direction. "Split off!"
They didn't dare to face Lu Ze head-on at all. Lu Ze could even kill a planetary state void beast.
The bulky man glared at Lu Li and Alice before choosing in a different direction to take off. He really wanted to kill these two bitches, but if he wasted any time here, he would not be able to escape.
At this moment, a silver light flashed in the forest and purple-red lightning slithered around the bulky man's body.
The man howled hideously. The echoes of his cries made his other two companions shiver.
The bulky man was very cruel and ruthless. Just what was happening to him that made him howl this badly?!
They didn't dare to imagine nor stay behind.
Meanwhile, Lu Ze looked at the man and thought the man couldn't even handle some pain. He didn't want to kill this guy directly, so he used only a bit of his power. Yet, this guy was still howling, and he even cried.
He then sensed the other two chi attempting to flee. A faint smile then crossed his face.
Lu Ze had discovered them now. How could they even think about getting away? Lightning flickered in Lu Ze's eyes. Suddenly, purple-red lightning appeared around the two. The lightning seeped into the bodies.
Now, they finally realized why the man howled so pitifully. Two more howls could be heard at this time.
The two were grabbed by Lu Ze from the distance and huddled together with the bulky man.
In a few seconds, Lu Ze caught all three of them.
Seeing this, Lu Li and Alice smiled. Alice giggled. "Senior is the best!"
Lu Li's mouth twitched, but she said nothing.
One gold and a pink beam came over now during this moment. They were so fast that their wind pulled some trees from their roots.
They looked at the three people who were trembling. They stopped howling as Lu Ze switched lightning god art to wind god art upon seeing they couldn't handle the intense pain.
The three were heavily injured and only had a power that was at the primary stage of the mortal evolution state. Wind god art was enough to confine them.
When they saw Qiuyue Hesha and Nangong Jing, their eyes were filled with more despair.
Qiuyue Hesha looked at the three and asked, "It's them? Mortal evolution states abducting children?"
Qiuyue Hesha's voice was gentle, but they could still hear the coldness in her voice
But...
Abducting kids? The three's eyes flashed, but they didn't say anything.
Witnessing this, Qiuyue Hesha raised a brow. Her voice became seductive.
"Who are you three?"
The handsome answered without hesitation, "We're the Soul Harvesting Ambassadors of the Soul Harvesting Alliance?
Lu Ze, Lu Li, and Alice looked at Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha. The two of them should be more familiar with the underground forces.
Nangong Jing said, "Soul Harvesting Alliance is a rather big underground force. Their alliance leader is said to possess a power at level seven of the mortal evolution state. The seven soul harvesting ambassadors had all reached the mortal evolution state."
So they were underground forces? The abduction of children should be related to them.
Qiuyue Hesha thought the same and asked, "Where are those children?"
The handsome man answered without hesitation, "We didn't abduct children."
Everyone: "?"
Did they catch the wrong people?
The handsome man spoke again, "Those missing kids aren't abducted."
Lu Ze's mouth twitched. Couldn't this guy say everything at once?! However, where did those children go if they weren't abducted? Qiuyue Hesha asked, "Then, what's the reason?" The handsome man opened his mouth. "It's because..."
Suddenly, a dark smoke arose from his arm. It swept around his body.
Lu Ze's eyes flashed with lightning. The remnant lightning he left in their bodies activated. It proceeded to annihilate the black smoke. Simultaneously, Nangong Jing transferred golden energy into the man's body, keeping him alive.
Lu Ze and Nangong Jing acted in time. Thus, the black smoke didn't succeed in killing the man. Despite so, the man's body had a scent of rotting darkness. His chi was rapidly fading.
"Hurry up and say it!" Qiuyue Hesha said.
This guy wouldn't be able to last long.
Even though the man's face twisted, Qiuyue Hesha still had control over him through her charm god art.
He answered, "It's an evolved insectoid."
The group was shocked to hear his answer.
Why would there be insectoids here?
Lu Ze's eyes widened. He thought of the insectoids at his graduation trial. They didn't find out where the insectoids came from. Were there ones that weren't caught?
Qiuyue Hesha asked, "What distinct features does the insectoid have?"
The handsome man explained further, "Evolved insectoids have a very high potential to grow. It's said that they could reach the cosmic system state and above. They grow at a really fast rate too. Moreover, the insectoids have several special abilities, such as biological mimicry, mind control, hunting instincts, etc. At the same time, they have high-intelligence, capable of being extremely cunning." "We've been hunting this evolved insectoid for six months. In the beginning, it had only reached the body refinement stage. Even so, it still managed to evade our capture. Six months later, the insectoid had broke through the core martial state."
The man's chi was rapidly declining, but his eyes had a sliver of relief. They were so scared that the insectoid would come back to kill them once it grew strong. Now that he was going to die, all his worries just then had been appeased.
His words shocked everyone. There were such strong insectoids on planet Lan Jiang?! It could evade three mortal evolution states even though it was just a body refinement state?!
Although it wasn't very special to reach the core martial state in six months for Lu Ze and rest, it was still a very insane occurrence for ordinary people.
Most Federal University's elite class students only reached the core martial state during their third year, and this was accomplished with the aid of countless resources from the Federal University. As for the insectoids, they could do the same feat while being hunted.
These insectoids were a ticking time bomb.
Qiuyue Hesha asked, "How did the insectoids evade your hunts?" Even though the insectoids were very intelligent, it was too absurd that three mortal evolution states couldn't even catch a small body refinement state.
The handsome man also felt bitter. He was a mortal evolution state, and yet, he was played by a small thing.
"It knows how to polymorph. It would enter a child's body and eat the body. Thereafter, it would shapeshift into the child."
"It doesn't need spirit force to shapeshift, so we can't sense it too."
"Every time we are about to find it, it would change targets, and thus, there are kids going missing."
After hearing this, everyone fell silent.
So the missing children were eaten by the insectoid?
Those parents would have never dreamed of such results.
Qiuyue Hesha asked another question, "How did this insectoid appear? Why are you capturing it?"
The man answered, "Six months ago, we were ordered to take an egg to planet Nanfeng, in order to do an experiment. The experiment failed, and the insectoid hive was annihilated. However, we created that evolved insectoid by accident. Our master can't show himself, so he ordered us to take it back."
Experiment?
What experiment?
Who was their master who couldn't show himself?
Lu Ze and everyone looked among themselves.
During this time, the man coughed out some black blood, which turned to smoke upon contact with the air.
His chi dropped rapidly, and his life force disappeared. Eventually, he turned into black smoke and disappeared.
Suddenly, the other two also had black smoke rising from their wrists.
Lu Ze raised a brow. "He has noticed."
Lu Ze and Nangong Jing did the same process, trying to delay their deaths. The black smoke seemed to have long fused with their body. Their death could only be delayed but not avoided.
Unlike before, the smoke was like a furious beast this time. The life forces of the other two were depleted rapidly.
Qiuyue Hesha quickly asked, "Who is your master? Where is he now?"
Qiuyue Hesha didn't have much hope of finding the insectoid, but they needed to know who the master was.
Who was crazy enough to do experiments with insectoids and where did he find the egg?
There were no insectoids within the Federation. The queen egg was extremely rare.
The woman's face was trembling with pain. "We don't know who our master is. He was in a black robe, and we can't see his face. Eight months ago, he and his two pals came to our secret base. They controlled us to do experiments for him. They're probably still in our secret base."
"Where is your base?"
"50 light-years, East of Chang Kui System, in an asteroid belt..."
Then, the woman died and turned into black smoke. So did the bulky man.
Lu Ze said, "Should we go find the insectoid or the secret base first?"
The insectoid situation would only grow more and more serious if left unmanaged. However, did the master know about the situation here?
Everyone frowned.
Moments later, Nangong Jing rubbed her head. "This is hard. It's very hard for us to find the insectoid. Moreover, it would take seven days to reach Chang Kui System, even at full speed."
Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "From the looks of it, the master already realized what's happening."
Lu Ze said, "Then, let's do this. We'll send the news regarding the base to the Federation and ask them to find someone nearby to go. We'll deal with the insectoid here."Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha nodded in agreement. Thereafter, Qiuyue Hesha contacted the intelligence department. Nangong Jing said, "By the way, ask those people if anyone Is near Chang Kui System."
Qiuyue Hesha nodded.
"Those people?"
Lu Ze, Lu Li, and Alice were surprised.
Nangong Jing smiled and grabbed Lu Ze's shoulder. "You will be able to join once you have your monarch celebration. It's a special communication group among young dukes." Soon, Qiuyue Hesha relayed the information. "Old Luo, Jack, and Derrick are on missions near there. They said they would go check it out."
"That's great."
They were extremely strong among young dukes.
"Let's think about how we can find that insectoid."
Luo Bingqing and Derrick frowned. Previously, they thought this was some mere underground force acquiring the insectoid egg and attempting to control it. However, this matter didn't involve a human at all.
Luo Bingqing said, "Let's go in and see."
The Soul Harvesting Alliance's base was in the interior of the asteroid. As soon as they went into the hole that Luo Bingqing opened up, a wide tunnel came before their view.
Black smoke spread throughout the tunnel. Soon, they arrived at the base. The base was very quiet, and there was denser black smoke. The three began investigating carefully.
Telun System
Lu Ze and the rest reached the atmosphere of planet Jingping. During this time, he suddenly remembered something. "By the way, do you know where Lin Ling's home is?"
Everyone went quiet. Lu Ze was speechless.
Clearly, the alcoholic and the fox demon didn't know where Lin Ling lived.
Lu Ze took out his phone and called Lin Ling. The call soon connected.
Lin Ling's projection appeared in the air. She smiled. "Yo, what does the Monarch of the New Dawn need me for? Is sister Qiuyue's concert not exciting enough?"
She clearly knew that Lu Ze just went to Qiuyue Hesha's concert, but she wasn't in a good mood. This bastard didn't contact her at all since the holidays began.
Why did he call her now?
When she saw that everyone else was present, she became dumbfounded. "What are you guys doing?"
Lu Ze smiled awkwardly. "Um, we're coming to find you now." Lin Ling: "..."
Lin Ling was a bit confused.
Qiuyue Hesha joked, "Ze thinks my concert isn't good. Also, he said he misses you, so he came to find you. I couldn't stop him no matter what."
Lu Ze: "..."
When did he say this?
Lin Ling was more speechless. She knew Lu Ze too well. There was no way that happened. She rolled her eyes and said, "I'll give you guys the location. You can come over." Lin Ling hung up and sent a location to Lu Ze. Lu Ze saw that it was in Jingping City's rural area.
A few minutes later, they arrived at Lin Ling's house. It wasn't big. Rather, it was a small building with two stories. It had the same size as their Federal University dorms. There was a small patch of grass at the front and a forest at the back. There was also a small stream not far ahead.
It was a pretty nice environment. One could tell that elder Lin enjoyed peace.
The ship stopped on the grass, and the group got out.
Lin Ling was already waiting at the door. She then greeted them.
"Sister Jing and Hesha, long time no see."
"Long time no see, Lin Ling." Qiuyue Hesha and Nangong Jing were equally happy to see Lin Ling.
Lin Ling looked at the two girls on the side and smiled. "You two must be Alice and Lu Li, right? Ze always talks about you two. He often shows off the food Alice made him and Li's doll. I finally got to see you two now."
Lu Li and Alice smiled.
This senior was very good looking and amicable. However... this didn't mean that they were willing to hand over someone they liked.
Lu Li smiled and said politely, "Senior Lin Ling, greetings." Alice said the same.
Lin Ling smiled. "Come in first."
Accordingly, Lin Ling took the group inside.
Lu Ze looked around and asked, "Where is elder Lin? He recovered, right?"
Lu Ze felt quite nervous since elder Lin was a saint now. He followed his instructions to give Lin Ling a hard time.
Lin Ling said, "Great grandpa's curse is eaten by Ying Ying, but he hasn't completely recovered. He went to find the other saints to recover."
Lu Ze nodded. As expected, Elder Lin would feel weak after being suppressed by the death curse for all these years.
Qiuyue Hesha suddenly said, "By the way, where is Ying Ying? I heard she fell asleep
again?"
Lin Ling looked at Lu Ze and aired out her complaint, "Ying Ying eats everything now, all thanks to Lu Ze! She's still sleeping in my room. Want to go see her first?"
"Sure."
Qiuyue Hesha and Nangong Jing hadn't seen Ying Ying for a long time. Lu Li and Alice were also very curious about Ying Ying.
The group went upstairs and entered a room. There was the usual starlight from Ying Ying's body. Seeing Ying Ying's cute face, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha immediately jumped over and started rubbing her face.
Alice: "Ying Ying is so cute... I want to rub too..."
Lu Li looked with admiration, but she said nothing.
Lin Ling smiled. "Ying Ying is still asleep, and you guys don't know her. You probably shouldn't go up, or she might hurt you. Next time, when she wakes up, I can introduce you
guys."
Lu Li and Alice nodded. Senior Lin Ling was a really nice person.
Seeing Ying Ying's little face frown, Lu Ze said, "That's enough. Ying Ying is probably having a nightmare now."
Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha regretfully put Ying Ying back on the bed.
Then, the group all looked at Lu Ze. Lu Ze rolled his eyes and took out some red orbs and placed it on Ying Ying's starlight.
The orbs were immediately digested by Ying Ying, and her face smoothened out again. Drool came out of her mouth.
Lu Ze fed her tens of red orbs. Ying Ying showed a smile. Lu Ze took out some purple orbs as well. Ying Ying's face became happier after consuming them. Everyone smiled upon seeing this. After all, whenever she was awake, her face had no expression.
At this moment, there was some kind of subtle ripple in the starlight. Everyone looked at each other. Was she going to wake up?
Subsequently, the girls looked at Lu Ze with more desperation. Lu Ze's mouth twitched. They were crazy. However, he still took out more purple orbs to feed Ying Ying.
The waves grew more intense. It was as though Ying Ying could wake up at any time.
Nangong Jing grinned. "If little Ying Ying wakes up, she could probably catch that insectoid from home." Lu Ze rolled his eyes. "You just said not to rely on others."
Nangong Jing argued, "I'm saying not to rely on the elders. We're feeding Ying Ying. How is that the same?"Ying Ying was like their daughter or little sister.
"Insectoid?" Lin Ling asked.
Nangong Jing updated her on the issue.
Lin Ling was surprised. "There are such insectoids?"
This was absurd.
Lu Ze said, "If Ying Ying doesn't wake up, we're going to need your god art."
Lin Ling replied, "I haven't tried, but it should be fine."
Everyone nodded. At this moment, Ying Ying opened her eyes.
"Ying Ying, you're awake!"
Ying Ying seemed still a little confused. She opened her big blue eyes and saw Lu Ze, Nangong Jing, and Qiuyue Hesha. Her eyes lit up.
"Lu Ze, sister Jing and Hesha, you guys came to play?"
Right after asking, she frowned. "I fell asleep again? I seemed to have eaten something bitter..."
Her face crinkled up in disgust as she thought about that black smoke.
Qiuyue Hesha rubbed Ying Ying's little head. "You need to eat less of some things."
Ying Ying nodded. She wouldn't dare to eat everything now. Some things really tasted bad! However, if she didn't eat it, how would she know if it tasted good? During this time, she saw Lu Li and Alice and stopped talking. She was scared of strangers.
Lin Ling smiled and pointed at Lu Li and Alice. "Ying Ying, this is sister Lu Li and Alice, they're really close to Lu Ze."
"Really close to Lu Ze?" Ying Ying looked at Lu Li and Alice. Lu Ze was a good person. He always fed her. This probably meant that these two sisters were good people too. Lu Li and Alice smiled at Ying Ying. "Little Ying Ying, hello."
Ying Ying blinked her eyes. "Sister Li and Alice, hello."
Lu Ze felt bad.
Why did Ying Ying call the girls "sister," but she only calls him by his name?!
Why didn't she call him brother?!
Qiuyue Hesha spoke, "Let's get the business done."
Qiuyue Hesha told Ying Ying about the insectoids. In turn, everyone looked expectantly at Ying Ying.
"Ying Ying, can you find that evolved insectoid?"
Ying Ying bit her fingers. "I will try."
Planet Jingping
A small private ship landed in a grandiose mansion in the rural area of Jingping City.
The ship opened and a handsome golden-haired youth walked out.
The maid waiting outside greeted him, "Young Master, you're back. Master said he will be checking your management progress tomorrow."
The youth grinned and said gently, "I see."
Then, the maid put her hand around the youth's neck and moaned. "Young Master, we haven't done it for many days. Do you have someone else outside?"
The youth slapped her butt and smiled. "How can that be? I've been too busy these few days. After my dad is done checking, I'll satisfy you. Then, I will tell my dad about you and give you a position."
The maid looked at the youth in disbelief. "Really?"
This was why she worked so hard to serve him. This was what she dreamed of.
She smiled. "Then, you must do well in front of your dad. I will cheer for you!"
The youth smiled. "Don't worry, I will try my best for you." The beautiful maid looked at the youth with misty eyes.
"Okay babe, I'm going to prepare. Don't let people disturb me."
"Mhmm." The maid nodded and eyed the youth off. He called me babe! He had never done that before.
This was great!
However... she looked at the youth and felt a bit confused.
Why did he feel like a different person somehow?
The youth entered his room, and then, his blue eyes turned black. He looked out into the cosmos. "Everything is going according to my plan."
6 months and 18 days, those idiots are stupid, but their power far surpassed him. There was some threat, but now, it no longer existed.
He chose kids before because they were easy to shapeshift into. He could remain emotionless in social interactions. Until later, he chanced upon Lu Ze's performance at the battlefield of Xiaer in the news.
He started to keep an eye on Lu Ze since then. He was changing his plans based on him. He transformed into kids just to fool those three idiots.
"How did those idiots inform Lu Ze?"
His power was too weak, and so, he didn't dare to go over and listen.
He licked his lips with his black spiked tongue. "Assuming... the plan failed."
"Lu Ze isn't dumb. If he used the Federation to get everyone checked, I would be forced to disappear. If I do, the entire Telun System would be in lockdown..."
He fell silent. Moments later, he said, "I remember my authoritative father has a Fire Cloud Fox?"
He could also change into animals.
Tomorrow, he would need his father to take him out of the Telun System.
His eyes flashed with greed. "What a pity... Lu Ze is really a delicacy."
Lu Ze progressed faster than he did. Based on his study of humans, he suspected that Lu Ze wasn't even human.
If he could devour him...
He licked his lips. However, he no longer had the chance. If he stayed here, it would be very dangerous for him. He wasn't in a rush. His potential gave him confidence.
He grinned. "The survival game ends here. Tomorrow, a new chapter begins..."
Before he could complete his words, deep blue starlight flashed. An extremely terrifying power loomed over Telun System. This power made him tense up, but he couldn't speak at all.
So powerful! What level was this?
How could there be such terrifying power here? This person shouldn't be after him, right? He was just a small core martial state bug. At this moment, a huge force fell from the sky. His body was pressed to the ground. Thereafter, a wormhole appeared above his head, and the blue starlight dragged him in.
The golden-haired youth felt the earth spin. When he regained his vision, he was at a completely unfamiliar place with a group of people watching him. The little girl said, "It is so easy. He was nearby, less than 100 kilometers. I grabbed him over."
She sounded joyful. When the youth saw the people before him, he didn't feel so good.
Oh shit!Lu Ze?
Lin Ling?
Nangong Jing? Qiuyue Hesha?
Who were the other two?
Moreover, why was he here?
Why was he caught?
Why did this super-strong being bully a weak and pitiful little bug like him?
Qiuyue Hesha glared at the youth. "Change back to your original form."
Lu Ze and the rest stared at the youth.
What did an evolved insectoid look like?
Right now, some fear could be seen in the eyes of the youth. He looked at the group in disbelief. He had never expected that an unknown super-strong being would look for him. Otherwise, he would have taken over the father of its current body to leave the system quietly.
Once he grew to be a powerful being, he could return to the insectoid race and serve the insectoid monarch.
His beautiful future ended before it even started.
He stared peacefully at Lu Ze. "As an honorable insectoid, death is just returning to the embrace of the monarch."
He didn't do anything, and his life force started to dissipate. As a result, Lu Ze and everyone looked at this scene in disbelief. How did he do it?
At this moment, Ying Ying grabbed and pulled out a gust of dark energy from the void. The energy was twisting and struggling. Thereafter, Ying Ying opened her mouth and ate this ball of energy.
"?"
Before they could even ask, Ying Ying already consumed this thing. This was too fast!
After that, Ying Ying blinked and revealed a satisfied smile. "This insectoid wanted to sacrifice itself."
"Sacrifice?" Lu Ze and the group was stunned.
Did this insectoid intend to sacrifice itself to the insectoid monarch?
Everyone's skin crawled. It was a good thing Ying Ying stopped it. Otherwise, who knew what that monarch would do after receiving this news?
Qiuyue Hesha quickly asked, "Ying Ying, did you completely stop it?"
Ying Ying blinked. "Yes, I ate it." Everyone breathed easy. Luckily, they had Ying Ying. Or else, even if they killed this insectoid, there might be more coming over.
In a dark region of the universe, there was this vast and desolate black continent that was floating in space. The continent was full of caves with countless insectoid coming in and out.
In the deepest part of the tunnels, there was an empty cave. There was a hideous-looking insectoid lying on the ground. It was only two meters tall. The creature was covered in black armor. There were tens of insectoids around it.
At this moment, this insectoid suddenly opened its blood-red eyes. Its eyes were full of destruction and carnage. Its chi alone made the other insectoids cower to the ground and look over fearfully.
The insectoids made a piercing sound. As the insectoid lord of this region, he sensed something mentally. An insectoid that had the potential to reach the region's insectoid lord's mental connection was severed.
He was furious. The mental connection didn't even send back useful information. It didn't even know who the culprit was!
It roared a few times furiously. Twelve of the insectoids around it stood up. The space around them started cracking.
Cosmic realm state!
These twelve insectoids were all cosmic realm states!
"A thousand years later, let destruction sweep across this region of the cosmos!"
The twelve cosmic realm state bugs flew out of the caves. Countless black balls flew out from the black continent and disappeared into the deep space.
As the insectoid died, it could no longer maintain its transformation. Its body twisted before eventually turning into a meter-long insectoid.
It had a sleek long figure with black scales, as well as a sharp piercing tail.
Every part of its body served as a weapon for slaughter.
Lu Ze said, "This guy actually looks quite handsome."
Nangong Jing nodded. "I feel it's pretty handsome too."
Everyone else rolled their eyes. "How? It's so ugly and disgusting."
Suddenly, a sliver of black smoke came out of the insectoid's body.
Lu Ze frowned. "The three Soul Harvesting Ambassadors said that the insectoids mutated due to an experiment. What does this have to do with the black smoke?"
Nangong Jing and the others frowned. Qiuyue Hesha said, "We would only know after Luo Bingqing and his team check out that base."
Everyone nodded.
Alice looked at the body. "What do we do with this?"
Lu Ze thought about it. "How about we bring it to Uncle Merlin? According to the three Soul Harvesting Ambassadors, this insectoid seems to have great potential. Isn't it good to research it?"
"But..." Lin Ling frowned. "We should probably not tell the victim's family about this insectoid. After all, the insectoid was planning to sacrifice..."
"I agree." Lu Li nodded.
Everyone felt the same way.
After making the decision, Nangong Jing put away the body. She would be staying at Alice's home, so she could bring it over.
Suddenly, Qiuyue Hesha's phone rang. Everyone looked at Qiuyue Hesha.
"Is it Luo?" Nangong Jing asked.
Qiuyue Hesha nodded. She answered the call.
Luo Bingqing, Derrick, and Jack appeared. When they saw Lu Ze and the rest, they looked strangely at Qiuyue Hesha, especially Derrick.
Lu Ze and everyone saw that their faces were quite pale. They didn't seem to be in a good state.
Nangong Jing frowned. "You're injured?"
With their power, they should be invincible against those who were below the planetary state. They shouldn't be Bingqing answered plainly, "Minor injury."
Jack provided, "We checked over the entire base, there's no one inside. It's just black smoke. We were ambushed." "Clearly, they've noticed."
Lu Ze and the rest nodded. They expected this. "Did you find anything?" Qiuyue Hesha asked. Luo Bingqing nodded. He glanced at Jack and said, "Jack said that the person behind this isn't from the human race. He's from the Black Smoke Race outside the void border."
"Black Smoke Race?" Everyone and Lu Ze were quite shocked to hear the information. They had never been to the void border, and thus, they knew even less of what was beyond it.
Jack then recounted what he knew about the Black Smoke Race to Lu Ze and the rest.
Nangong Jing's face was strange. "Before the Four-Race Social Gathering, we seem to be going to the void border for training, right?"
They encountered the races there before even going, and they were causing trouble inside the Federation.
Derrick smiled. "We're going to pay them back at the void border."
After communicating with Luo Bingqing and the rest regarding the Black Smoke Race, Qiuyue Hesha hung up.
Lu Ze smiled. "We're... okay for now. The insectoid is dead, and Ying Ying ate the sacrificial energy..." "Wait!" Everyone looked at Ying Ying. She was eating random things again! However, this was a good move. They couldn't say anything
Ying Ying looked at everyone innocently and said, "That was very tasty!"
Everyone didn't know what to say.
Qiuyue Hesha hugged Ying Ying and looked at Lu Ze. "Little brother Lu Ze, how about I stay in your home these few days?"
Lu Li: "?"
Alice: "?" They looked at Qiuyue Hesha in disbelief. This fox demon didn't want to leave.
This was over the top!
At this moment, Qiuyue Hesha also looked at Lin Ling "Lin Ling, elder Lin is no longer here. How about considering staying at Lu Ze's place with Ying Ying?" Lin Ling's eyes flashed with a trace of light. This was indeed a good option.
Ying Ying's eyes lit up. "I want to go!"
She looked with anticipation. "Are there tasty foods?"
Lu Li and Alice couldn't even object, seeing how hopeful Ying Ying was. They couldn't reject her. She was so cute too.
Lu Ze rubbed Ying Ying's little face. "Your sister Alice cooks really nice food. You will definitely like it!"
Alice smiled brightly and rubbed Ying Ying's head. "Big sister will cook for you, okay?" "Yeah!" Ying Ying's eyes lit up. Lin Ling's heart shook.
Not good!
She had always been the one cooking for Ying Ying. Now that Alice was here, she would definitely lose.
Lin Ling was a little miserable. She smiled at Alice. "I've heard Ze say that you're a very excellent spirit chef. I want to learn from you."
Alice felt dazed at the question. Still, she smiled. "Of course, you can help me cook. I'm very confident in cooking."
As for Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha, they never thought of cooking themselves. Everyone left Lin Ling's house and returned to planet Lan Jiang.
Qiuyue Hesha contacted her manager and found out that the parents of that boy were still waiting for the police department. After discussing the matter, they decided to blame this on the Soul Harvesting Alliance. This was indeed related to them after all.
As for how to resolve the entire issue, they would need to discuss with Uncle Merlin first and let the Telun Police Department deal with this.
The New Dawn was parked in front of Lu Ze's home. Following this, the group came out.
Lu Ze was quite worried. A while ago, he only had to worry about the alcoholic's presence. However, right now, he had brought the fox demon, Lin Ling, and Ying Ying back. Would he be beaten to death?
People would think he was some playboy.
Soon, everyone went home. Nangong Jing followed Alice back to her house.
Qiuyue Hesha, Lin Ling, and Ying Ying came home with Lu Ze. Lu Li was furious. She wanted to kick them out.
When they came home, the living room was dark. Lu Ze felt relieved. His parents were probably sleeping or cultivating.
There were still a few hours before daylight. He wondered what his parents would think about the new people staying over.
Lu Ze prepared rooms for the three. Lu Li stared at Qiuyue Hesha and Lin Ling like they were thieves. Especially Qiuyue Hesha, she looked too seductive. Afterward, Lu Ze and Lu Li went back to their rooms.
Lu Ze dropped himself onto the bed. He was so tired. Eventually, he sat back up and began cultivating
He had been using the golden fruit and red orbs. He was now confident to use level six mortal evolution state red orbs.
He grabbed out a level six special orb. That familiar ferocious power swept over his body like a tide. This time, Lu Ze's body stood up firmly against this violent power. He only felt some light piercing pain. This level of pain was like nothing to Lu Ze.
He could use it!
Lu Ze felt great. This way he could cultivate even faster.
Without hesitation, he focused on cultivation.
Four hours later, Lu Ze finished devouring the energy and opened his eyes.
He would originally need more than a month to break through to level three of the mortal evolution state, but now, he could do that in twenty days or so!
This was 50% faster than before.
When Lu Ze's body grew even stronger, he might be able to use two or even three orbs to cultivate.
Lu Ze was confident that he would reach level three of the mortal evolution state in half a month!
Even though this breakthrough required a few more days than the period he used to reach level two of the mortal evolution state, it was still a phenomenal speed!
Lu Ze felt great. The latter part of his cultivation might take longer. Still, he might be able to reach the planetary state before next year, right? If he did, that would be amazing. Lu Ze grinned. At this moment, he heard his mother's surprised voice.
"Hmm? Qiuyue... young duke Qiuyue? How are you here?"
Qiuyue Hesha's seductive voice heard subsequently. "Aunty, you must be little brother Lu Ze's mother, right? You can call me Hesha.""He... Hesha?" His mother sounded a little confused, and then, she seemed to realize something.
Lu Ze's smile froze. It was daylight. It's over.
Would he be beaten to death? Lu Ze began sweating. Wait! I didn't do anything. Why am I worried?
He was purely friends with Qiuyue Hesha. Nothing more! Lu Ze immediately felt confident.
He walked out of his room and went downstairs.
He saw Fu Shuya and Lu Wen playing with Ying Ying. They had a warm smile and were feeding her.
They didn't even look at him when he came down. It seemed he worried too much.
Ying Ying was indeed a hack for parents. Even old man Nangong forgot about getting Nangong Jing married when he saw Ying Ying.
After a long while, Lu Wen and Fu Shuya noticed Lu Ze.
Fu Shuya smiled while carrying Ying Ying. "Good boy, when will you bring over a granddaughter?" Seeing how cute Ying Ying was, she wanted a granddaughter of her own.
Lu Ze: "?!"
He was only 18 years old! This was way too fast.
On the other hand, Lu Wen nodded as though he agreed with the idea a lot.
Lu Wen glanced at Qiuyue Hesha and Lin Ling. He was very hesitant. He wanted to ask what their relationship was, but he knew that if he did, Fu Shuya would punish him.
Moments later, Alice's family and Nangong Jing came over too.
Uncle Merlin's glance made Lu Ze feel cold, but he thought he didn't need to worry, so he sat down while waiting for food.
Alice, Lin Ling, and Lu Li went to cook. Everyone sat in the living room.
Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, and Lu Ze glanced at each other.
Nangong Jing said, "Uncle Merlin and Aunty Hong Lian, we have some things to tell you."
Merlin and Hong Lian were a bit stunned. Seeing that the three were serious, they got up. "Let's go to the martial arts gym."
Lu Wen and Fu Shuya saw everyone was serious, and thus they didn't make any comments.
The group came to the gym and Merlin asked, "What's wrong?"
Nangong Jing then told them about the insectoid race.
Merlin and Hong Lian were a little shocked. "Evolved insectoid? One that has the potential to reach the cosmic system state and above?"
When they heard that Ying Ying stopped the insectoid from sacrificing his energy, they felt some trace of fear.
They didn't understand about high-level insectoid sacrifices, and they wouldn't be able to stop it either. Luckily, Ying Ying was here, or there would be endless trouble. The insectoids were lethal to a new race like the human race.
Thereafter, two looked at each other. Merlin smiled helplessly. "We'll need your help with Ying Ying."
Ying Ying was a cosmic realm state being and was so close to them. This was a very fortunate event. They had to maintain their relationship with Ying Ying no matter what.
Lu Ze and the rest felt that uncle Merlin thought too much. That little guy was rather cute.
Zhu Hong Lian frowned. "Was Alice and Lu Li involved in this?"
Lu Ze nodded. "Yes, we were all together."
Zhu Hong Lian nodded and then glanced at Merlin. The two seemed to have made up some choice.
Merlin smiled. "Next semester, we'll let Alice and Lu Li attend the school with you together. It's time for them to experience some things."
Lu Ze's mouth twitched. "You're saying to let them go to Federal University right now?"
Merlin smiled. "They can be granted special entry for sure, given their power. As for the tests, the Federal University will decide themselves. You wouldn't think they can't pass, right?" Lu Ze: "..."
How was that possible? They would be considered the most elite bunch even in the fourth-year elite class. If such power couldn't pass the exams, the Federal University probably wouldn't need to take in any students.
However, the problem was, if the two girls attended the same school as him, his situation would be a bit bad. Still, the good thing about such a situation was that he would be able to have Alice's food every day.
Thinking about this, Lu Ze felt great.
Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha felt strange too. They would have never expected uncle Merlin to let Lu Li and Alice enter Federal University ahead of time. This was unprecedented.
Nevertheless, they weren't doubtful regarding the capabilities of the two girls. Definitely, both of them could enter Federal University. They were too strong after all.
Merlin said, "Okay, we'll tell the Federal University about this. As for the insectoid body and Black Smoke Race, you guys can go and inform old man Nangong."
Zhu Hong Lian nodded. "We won't leave here for now."
Lu Ze's talent and potential were worth it for them to look after his family. Moreover, Zhu Hong Lian needed time to recover her power.
Lu Ze and everyone nodded. They then left the martial arts gym. Alice and the others had prepared the breakfast already.
buy.
After breakfast, Merlin smiled at Lu Li and Alice. "By the way, we have made arrangements to allow you two to enter the Federal University in the following semester. What do you think?" Lu Li and Alice widened their eyes in disbelief. They thought it would take another semester before they could go. "I don't mind," the two answered without hesitation.
Lu Wen was a little sad. His precious daughter was leaving.
Fu Shuya's emotions were a little complicated. She didn't want Lu Li to go away, but she also felt it was better to let Lu Ze and Lu Li stay together more. Also, it was very helpful to Lu Li's growth to enter Federal University early.
They didn't mind too. Ying Ying was the happiest.
Sister Alice's food was so amazing! It could shine too!
She would be able to eat her food all the time now.
Sister Lu Li's cooking was rather ordinary. She would eat less of that.
After breakfast, Lu Wen, Fu Shuya, Merlin, and Zhu Hong Lian went out to play together. It was the holidays. Naturally, they took the opportunity to enjoy it.
Lu Ze and everyone lived like usual. Ying Ying watched cartoons at home while the others went to cultivate at the martial arts dojo.
After a morning of cultivation, they each returned to their rooms.
Days passed by, and three days later, it was time for the New Year in the galactic era.
At night, the two families watched the New Year's programs in the living room together. The programs were rather boring, but it was hard for everyone to gather together and chill.
The alcoholic wanted to avoid being urged to get married.
The saints would celebrate New Year together online.
Meanwhile, the fox demon said this was the only year she didn't go back to celebrate New Year.
The TV program was showing magic tricks. Ying Ying's eyes widened. She was very immersed.
Lu Ze and the others felt bewildered. As a cosmic realm state boss, this little girl was so interested in ordinary magic tricks.
During this time, Fu Shuya took out a big red packet and a few gift boxes. "Little Ying Ying, this is your red pocket money and New Year gift."Thereafter, Lu Wen, Merlin, and Zhu Hong Lian each took out their gifts as though they had rehearsed this.
Ying Ying was buried in gifts.
Lu Ze, Lu Li, Alice, Lin Ling, Nangong Jing, and Qiuyue Hesha: "..."
There were so many gifts!
The six looked hopefully at the parents. Although they wouldn't get as much as Ying Ying, surely they had a portion too, right? However, the parents didn't even look at them. They just watched Ying Ying open the gifts.
Lu Ze coughed and then smiled. "Um, mm, dad, Uncle Merlin, Aunty Hong Lian, Happy New Year!"
Where were the red packets?
Where were the gifts?
Lu Wen glanced at Lu Ze and nodded. "Oh, Happy New Year to you too, kid."
Lu Ze: "..."
He completely gave up on Lu Wen.
Fu Shuya smiled and rubbed Lu Ze's head. "Good boy, Happy New Year."
Lu Ze was touched. His mother treated him better. There would definitely be red packets, right?
At this moment, Fu Shuya saw that Ying Ying was going to open a doll, so she immediately turned around. "Wait... Ying Ying, this is how you play with the toy..."
Lu Ze: "..."
His heart ached. It seemed that his mother treated Ying Ying better than him!
He looked at uncle Merlin and aunty Zhu Hong Lian. The two smiled at Lu Ze too. "Happy New Year."
They didn't mention anything about the red packets at all and just turned to look at Ying
Ying.
Lu Li and the rest looked at Lu Ze and then at Ying Ying. They probably shouldn't ask. Otherwise, their hearts would break.
How come they had no gifts?
Ying Ying got everything!
Lu Ze looked away from Ying Ying. He didn't feel any warmth on this New Year's day.
Lu Ze and the others eventually received some gifts.
Mhm... it was four cards.
Great.
Lu Ze went back to his room and didn't want to say anything
Four days after New Year's day. Lu Ze opened his eyes.
It had been 16 days since he got the golden fruits. He had used one every two days. In total, he used up eight and only had five left.
These eight fruits brought rather great results. Lu Ze's body had a power that reached level four of the mortal evolution state. At the same time, Lu Ze could handle two orbs at level six of the mortal evolution state. His cultivation speed increased again.
Based on his estimation, it would only take around two weeks to break through to level three of the mortal evolution state.
Lu Ze clenched his fists, and air twisted around it. Sensing the terrifying power, Lu Ze grinned. He was progressing every day. This was great!
Thereafter, he went downstairs. His parents were already waiting there, so was uncle Merlin and aunty Hong Lian.
Merlin smiled. "I've contacted the Federal University. Lu Li and Alice can go back to school with you guys." Lu Ze nodded.
Lu Wen looked at the excited Lu Li and said, "Take care of Lu Li."
Lu Ze smiled. "Don't worry, dad."
Lu Li groaned. She wasn't as strong as this guy, but she wasn't weak now, right? She could take care of herself.
Zhu Hong Lian smiled. "Please take care of Alice too."
"Mhm."
Merlin didn't want to let Alice to go, but he didn't want Alice to be too soft. He could only let her go with them. If this kid dared to bully Alice, he would beat him to death.
"Okay, let's eat. After breakfast, you guys can leave."
Lu Ze and the rest boarded the New Dawn under their parents' gaze and left.
The atmosphere was quite silent inside the ship. Lu Ze looked at the seemingly sad Lu Li and Alice. He smiled. "Are you a bit nervous leaving home for the first time? Don't worry, I'm here."
Lu Li and Alice knew that they would finally be able to spend time with this guy. Their disadvantage would disappear. Otherwise, who knew what would happen in half a year?
At this moment, Qiuyue Hesha looked at Lu Li and Alice and then at Lin Ling. Subsequently, she looked at Nangong Jing and smiled.
She said, "Little brother Lu Ze, I want to ask you a question."
Lu Ze looked at Qiuyue Hesha. "What is it?"
Lu Ze felt that the fox demon's smile wasn't harboring any goodwill.
Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "If, I'm saying if all five of us like you, who would you choose?"
*Cough* *Cough* *Cough*
Nangong Jing was listening out of curiosity, but when Qiuyue Hesha asked this question, she coughed the alcohol out of her mouth.
"Fox demon, what are you saying? I would not like this little kid!" Nangong Jing argued.
A few days ago, she just made Alice believe that she wasn't a traitor, and now, this fox demon asked this!
Lu Li, Alice, and Lin Ling were all dumbfounded. Meanwhile, Lu Ze's heart exploded.
What was this fox demon asking?
He felt that, at most, Lu Li and Alice might like him, but he couldn't ask them directly. Yet, the fox demon made this hypothesis. Should he be excited?
Lu Li and Alice looked at Lu Ze, wanting to see his reaction.
Should they confess?
What if he rejects them after they did?
How would they stay with him then? Thinking about this, they felt nervous. The more one cared, the more scared they were. They were very excellent girls, but they were still scared of getting rejected.
Lin Ling was also stunned. Her eyes flashed, and she couldn't resist looking at Lu Ze. She didn't like him, but she was still curious.
What does this retard know about relationships?
Wasn't his head full of food?
The atmosphere became quiet. Ying Ying was a little confused. She looked around and saw that all the sisters were staring at Lu Ze, so she looked at him curiously too.
Qiuyue Hesha grinned upon seeing that she created this situation. She let out a smile. "Little brother Lu Ze, I'm just saying 'if'. I'm not actually saying that we all like you." Lu Ze: "..."
This was a lethal question. No matter who he chose, it would mean that all the other girls weren't as good as that one.
Would he get beaten up?
What should he do? At this moment, he had a bold idea. It was a hypothesis anyway.
He grinned. "Naive! Only little kids choose. Of course, I want it all!"
That way, he won't get beaten up, right? At this moment, Lu Ze suddenly felt his neck was a little cold.
He looked at the girls. Their faces were stiff. Awkwardness spread throughout the place.
Nangong Jing clenched her fists. "Luckily, we're on the New Dawn. Otherwise, I'm going to be a murderer."
Lu Ze: "..."
What did she mean?
She wasn't serious, right?
Qiuyue Hesha grinned. "Little brother, you really like to fantasize."
Alice smiled brightly. "Senior, at your monarch celebration, can you let people give you poisonous ingredients?"
"Wait... Alice, what are you going to do?"
She wasn't trying to poison him, was she?
Alice still smiled brightly. "Nothing, I just want to make you some poisonous spirit food."
Lu Ze: "..."
Lin Ling sneered, "Don't even think about me cooking for you again. Even if I die, I would never cook for you again!"
Lu Ze: "..."
Wait!
Lu Li can cook too!
At this moment, Lu Li spoke, "Brother is really a maniac."
Lu Ze sensed everyone's sharp gaze, and he felt his heart twitch.
It was over! He won't have food anymore.
Lu Ze started to think about his Xingzhan fruit pancake storage. If he ate just three a day... it could last him a year... However, if it was the only food he ate every day, then he would definitely get sick of it...
Was he going to have to cook himself? He really didn't have any confidence in his cooking.
Should he let... Ying Ying give him some food?
He didn't believe that these three wouldn't cook for Ying Ying. He could use the red orbs to trade with Ying Ying, right?
Thinking about this, Lu Ze didn't worry anymore. He argued, "So what if a man is a bit of a maniac?"
Everyone: "..."
They smiled, and then, Lu Ze felt a somewhat familiar painful sensation from his body. His blood flow sped up. There was this fire burning inside him, but he couldn't release it anywhere. Lin Ling, Alice, and Lu Li couldn't resist attacking too.
"Wait! I'm wrong... I won't be a maniac!"
"Ahhh, that hurts! I'm sorry! I choose Ying Ying! I choose Ying... Ahhh!"
Hearing this, the group hit him even harder.
What a joke!
Does this guy want to go for Ying Ying? He should just die straight away. "Didn't you say if? Why are you so mean? Do you really all like me?" "Haha..."
An hour later, Lu Ze rubbed his sore head and didn't know what to say.
Ying Ying came over curiously and asked, "Lu Ze, why did the sisters beat you up?".
Lu Ze thought for a moment and answered seriously, "Probably because I'm too handsome?"
It wasn't his fault that he was so handsome. Lu Ze couldn't do anything about it either.
Ying Ying nodded. 'So one would get beaten up if he was too handsome?'
Ying Ying looked at her little fist and then shook her head. With this punch, Lu Ze would die. Never mind.
Lu Ze didn't notice her actions. Meanwhile, the other people clearly heard this and threw him a sharp glance. Lu Ze looked away innocently.
Nangong Jing clenched her fists. They were feeling itchy. This wasn't too good.
Qiuyue Hesha narrowed her eyes and carried Ying Ying away. She must not be tainted!
Perhaps due to beating Lu Ze up, Lu Li and Alice got along very smoothly with the other three girls.
One had to admit that having a common enemy was a fast way to become closer.
At least, the atmosphere between them was more joyful than before.
Eventually, it was lunchtime. The New Dawn's kitchen was quite spacious. Alice, Lin Ling, and Lu Li all went in to prepare food.
Soon, a table of delicious food was prepared. Lu Ze shamelessly went over to eat. He felt great. But of course, he felt the threatening glances from everyone. He was a bit worried, but in order to eat food, Lu Ze didn't move at all.
Everyone shook their heads helplessly. They couldn't really forbid him from eating any food.
After lunch, Lu Li and Alice were taken by Lin Ling into the virtual reality to cultivate. On the other hand, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha went to their rooms to practice more. Ying Ying stayed on the couch to watch cartoons. Lu Ze washed the dishes and returned to his room afterward.
He started to make his cultivation plan. It would take four days to get back to school. Then, around two weeks would be required before he could reach level three of the mortal evolution state. Upon coming back to school, he was also still entitled to a month of cultivation inside the dao enlightenment room.
Currently, Lu Ze received earth god art, lightning god art, metal god art, and fire god art.
Lu Ze had seen other types of god art. For example, the huge anaconda in the forest. Lu Ze felt that such a boss possessed wood god art or poison god art while that golden ape probably had body god art.
As for the black and white snakes, they probably had dark and light god art, right?
However, those bosses weren't ones Lu Ze can take on, at his current state. He didn't dare to think too much.
Lu Ze had preserved the god art orbs he had gotten so far. He didn't learn them right away. He planned to use them once he got into the dao enlightenment room. At the same time, he could improve his fire god art again. He was planning to buy the fire clone divine art.
He had 100 million academic credits. The fire clone cost 80 million. Simultaneously, he also got a 20% discount on everything. Surely, his academic credits would be enough to purchase it. As for the remaining academic credits, Lu Ze was going to see if there was anything else he could buy.
With his time inside the dao enlightenment room, he could learn his fire clone to perfect mastery within a month and consume all the other god art orbs. This was the reason why Lu Ze planned to learn the god art orbs in the dao enlightenment room.
After making up his mind, he closed his eyes.
Four days later, Lu Ze stopped cultivating. His cultivation level improved quite a bit. Soon, he would be able to handle three special red orbs, which were at level six of the mortal evolution state, at once.
Thereafter, Lu Ze got out of bed and went to the living room. Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, and Ying Ying were there. As for Lin Ling, Lu Li, and Alice, they were still cultivating. Nangong Jing glanced at Lu Ze and grinned. "You've improved quite a bit these few days."
Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "When Lu Ze breaks through to level three of the mortal evolution state, his combat power wouldn't be far from Luo Bingqing and the rest."
Nangong Jing's eyes flashed with excitement. "I really want to see what their expressions would be."
Lu Ze's head ached. They just wanted drama.
He smiled. "Keep it low. I'm just a small mortal evolution state martial artist."
Ying Ying nodded. "Lu Ze is so noob!"
Lu Ze: "..."
He was just being humble. He didn't feel he was a noob!
But coming from Ying Ying, there was nothing wrong with what she said. After all, compared to a cosmic realm state being, he was nothing.
Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha found this funny.
Later on, Lu Li, Alice, and Lin Ling walked out of their rooms.
New Dawn soon came out of the warp was a dual star solar system before them. Lu Li and Alice looked at this nervously. This was the gathering place for the most talented students in the Federation. They hadn't even graduated yet.
Nangong Jing smiled upon seeing this. "Don't worry. Both your powers are stronger than the powers possessed by most elite class students of Federal University. Don't be nervous."
Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "If the Federal University doesn't take you in, you can come to the Emperor Capital Academy." Lu Ze only remembered at this time that this fox demon seemed to be an honorary teacher from the Emperor Capital Academy, right?
Qiuyue Hesha sensed Lu Ze's gaze and smiled. "What's wrong, little brother Lu Ze?"
"Nothing."
At this moment, Nangong Jing's phone rang. She took it out and said, "The old man told us to go to his place first. Uncle Merlin seemed to have spoken to him. He wants to see Li and Alice."
Lu Ze and everyone nodded.
Lu Ze said, "Perfect, I can give that insectoid body to the old man."
Planet Jinyao, Old Man Nangong's Shack
The New Dawn slowly landed on the ground.
Ying Ying dashed out first. "Grandpa Nangong!"
Old man Nangong carried Ying Ying and patted her head with an amicable smile. "Ying Ying, thank you a lot this time. Grandpa will cook a roasted fish for you soon."
Nangong Jing told him about the evolved insectoid. Even he didn't know how to stop the sacrifice. This made him quite scared. It was a good thing Ying Ying was there. Otherwise, the human race might be in danger. Ying Ying heard that he will cook roasted fish for her. Accordingly, her eyes lit up immediately. "Okay!"
She hadn't had roasted fish for a long time!
At this moment, Lu Ze and the rest walked over. Old man Nangong looked at Lu Li and Alice, and his facial expression changed a little.
They hadn't even graduated high school, and yet, their cultivation level was near aperture opening state with 200 apertures. He was a little shocked, but thinking of Lu Ze's god art, he didn't feel so surprised.
"Not bad, no wonder that kid Merlin wants to send you two into the Federal University with his special privilege."
He paused and added, "Although your powers are very excellent at this age, you still need to pass a test to enter. The test has been set at the Martial Trial Tower. If you can pass the 31st level, you are accepted. This isn't hard for you two, right?"
"31st level of the Martial Trial Tower?" Lu Li and Alice were confused. They didn't even know what a Martial Trial Tower was.
Lu Ze and Lin Ling felt stunned. They hadn't been there for a long time. They didn't need it to prove themselves anymore, so they didn't make any efforts to enter.
"I remember the 31st level involves an opponent who just reached the aperture opening state, right?" Lin Ling said.
Old man Nangong nodded. "Yes, those who can have this power at this age is enough to enter the elite class of the Federal University."
Lu Li and Alice felt relieved. This was all too easy for them. They were pretty much set in entering
Subsequently, Nangong Jing took out the insectoid body.
"Old man, this is the body."
Old man Nangong looked at the small body and frowned. "I see, leave it with me."
Lu Ze and the others didn't mind. Then, Nangong Jing told the old man about the Black Smoke Race. The old man had some coldness on his face after hearing this matter.
"Hmph! Although they're a subrace of the advanced Demon Race, we don't have major conflicts. They dare to send people in our domain to perform experiments."
"In the second half of this year, the Four-Race Social Gathering will begin. Although we're quite close to the barbaric, winged, and round race, the prerequisite for this is power. You guys are the next generation of the human race. There will be battles. After some time, I'm planning to send you guys to the void border to go through trials."
Lu Ze and the others weren't surprised at all.
Lu Ze smiled. "Old man, when will it be held exactly? I'm planning to use up my dao enlightenment room time, and I haven't had my own monarch celebration yet."
Old man Nangong said, "I've notified Saint God Martial. The specific arrangements would take a month or so."
Lu Ze breathed easy. He was hoping to get some more food ingredients at the celebration.
After all the discussions were done, old man Nangong roasted fish for everyone personally. Of course, it was mainly for Ying Ying.
When they were finished eating, Lu Ze and everyone returned to school.
The ship stopped at Nangong Jing's house half an hour later. Their houses were completely fixed.
Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha went to their homes while the rest flew toward the dorms of first-year students.
Lin Ling said, "Li, Alice, your tests are tomorrow. Before passing it, you're not considered a Federal University student, so you don't have a dorm yet. These few days, you can stay at mine first."
The two girls glanced at Lu Ze before nodding.
Lu Ze didn't mind. They would be so close. He could go and visit to eat whenever he wanted. Thinking about how Alice would cook for him every day, Lu Ze felt extremely happy.
By the river, everyone got off the ship.
Lu Li looked around. She was shocked to see how good the environment was. She looked at Lu Ze "Brother, where is your dorm?"
Lu Ze pointed at the building by the river. "This one."
Lu Li walked over and peeped inside. "Did you perhaps hide some secret guy items?"
Lu Ze: "?!"
He immediately denied it, "No way!" Was he that sort of person?
How could he hide anything?
Mhm... other than the fox demon's clip.
Alice's eyes lit up. "Senior, hurry up and open the door. I want to go in and see." Lu Ze smiled and opened the door.
Lu Li and Alice walked in like two kittens surveying their territory.
Lin Ling glanced. "Would there really be something there?"
Lu Ze rolled his eyes.
Why did all of them want to see him hide something strange? Ten minutes later, Lu Li came downstairs with disappointment. "Brother, you're a mature man, how can you not have some necessities?"
Lu Ze: "?"
Lin Ling: "?"
Alice: "?!"
The atmosphere was very awkward. "... What do necessities mean?!"
This corrupt woman!
Lu Li extended her right hand and gripped something imaginary in the air. Thereafter, she moved her hand up and down. "The necessity you guys need to commit a crime."
Lu Ze felt he couldn't talk to her anymore.
Lin Ling's and Alice's were flushed. Both girls were embarrassed. They didn't expect Lu Li would be this straightforward.
Ying Ying sensed the atmosphere and blinked her innocent eyes. "What happened?"
Lin Ling walked over and patted her head. "Nothing, just keep watching cartoons."
Ying Ying looked around and nodded in confusion.
Lin Ling changed the subject. "it's still early. Li, Alice, I'll take you guys to your rooms first?"
Lu Li nodded. Alice nodded quickly. She was too embarrassed and wanted to leave quickly.
Two hours later, it was noon. Lu Li and Alice put down their luggage at Lin Ling's place and then came over to Lu Ze's to cook.
As for Lu Ze, he watched cartoons with Ying Ying. During this time, there was a knock on the door. Accordingly, Lu Ze went to open it. He then saw Ian and the rest of the group outside.
Ye Mu grinned. "I knew you definitely came back."
Lu Ze opened the door and let them in. He then rolled his eyes at Ye Mu. "School starts the day after. Isn't it very normal to come today?"
Ian smiled and took out a huge metal case. It was sealed very tightly. "Ze, this is a special product from my home. It's very tasty. I think you will definitely like it, so I brought you some."
Lu Ze looked at lan emotionally.
This guy was really nice!
He was touched.
Tianyuan Qianhua also took out two exquisite boxes. "I thought I was the only one who has brought food."
She pointed at one box. "This is for you Ze. The other one is for Lin Ling."
The other people took out their gift boxes. Xuan Yuqi smiled. "So it seems we've all prepared gifts."
Lu Ze almost cried. He only received a card at home for New Year, but when he came back to school, there were gifts!
At this moment, Lu Li and the others carried dishes out.
Lin Ling smiled. "You guys are here. Let's eat together?"
Lu Li and Alice had only seen Ian and the rest of the group on the clips of Xiaer Battlefield. Their eyes flashed when Lin Ling said this. It felt too natural.
Ian and the rest were also dazed upon seeing Lu Li and Alice.
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Why were there two girls here? Did they cook with Lin Ling? Were they here to fight over men? Lu Ze introduced the girls, "These two are my sister, Lu Li, and junior, Alice. Originally, they are in their final year of high school. However, since they are very talented, they came to participate in the special entry of the Federal University. If they pass, they will be our fellow students."
Lu Ze's words shocked them to death.
Since when did Federal University allow early entry?
Just what sort of talent did these two girls have to manage this?
Tianyuan Qianhua looked at Lu Li and Alice and then at Lu Ze. "Ze... what are their cultivation levels?"
Lu Ze smiled. "Aperture opening state."
Lu Ze didn't tell them the exact aperture number, or it would be too hard for them to bear the information.
Everyone fell silent. They felt an ache in their hearts! They shouldn't have asked at all.
The two girls were a year younger than they are, but what is their power!?
Lu Ze also introduced Ye Mu and the rest to Lu Li and Alice.
Lu Li smiled gently. "Senior, we've just cooked. Did you want to eat together?"
"No, no... We just remembered that we need to go back and cultivate..."
Ye Mu's mouth twitched, and he waved his hand.
How could they even eat?
Xuan Yuqi said calmly, "We'll be going first."
Then, they left the door without stopping for a moment.
Seeing how fast they left, Lin Ling smiled. "It seems they got beaten spiritually."
Lu Ze shook his head helplessly. "It's good that they'll work harder. Let's eat."
The next morning, Lu Li and Alice went to the Martial Trial Tower. Several high-level authorities of the Federal University were watching their test.
This included the vice-principal, Job.
Soon, the test began, and the two girls crushed the previous levels. Even at the 31st level, they just used a few extra moves to kill their opponents.
"No wonder Saint Jinyao wants to give them special entry. This talent is not much inferior to Lu Ze's, right?"
"It's said that the black-haired girl is Lu Ze's sister? That blue-haired girl isn't ordinary too."
Job spoke, "Perhaps, there was a reason why the saints appointed him as the Monarch of the New Dawn... The prodigies are coming out non-stop. Is this the beginning of a new era?"
No one spoke, but their eyes were filled with hope.
If this was really the beginning of a new era, they would be the witnesses, and perhaps, they could even play a role in this.
After a long while, someone sighed. "I'm really looking forward to this..."
Lu Li and Alice passed the test successfully. Coming out of the virtual reality pod, Lu Li looked at Lu Ze. "How is it?"
Lu Ze wanted to pat her head, seeing how proud she was, but he was scared. He replied, "Very amazing."
"What about me? What about me senior?" Alice smiled brightly at Lu Ze.
Lu Ze replied, "Alice is very amazing too!"
Nangong Jing stretched out. "Now that Li and Alice both passed, let's have a celebration with food!"
She and the fox demon hadn't eaten last night. This didn't affect them, but they still felt strange.
Lu Ze agreed immediately. "I support teacher Nangong's suggestion!"
After lunch, everyone relaxed on the couch. Lu Ze remembered something and said, "By the way, teacher Nangong and Qiuyue, when would we have our young duke celebration?" It was set to be in this semester, but the two said they knew how to do things, so it was up to them to organize it.
Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "One month later. During this time, you can go to the dao enlightenment room and improve some more. If someone doesn't approve of you at the celebration, you can deal with them more easily."
She looked at Lin Ling. "You too, Lin Ling. You have seven days in the dao enlightenment room. Use it first. As for Li and Alice, we'll take good care of them."
Lu Ze nodded.
This was the most suitable arrangement for him. Time was tight for him.
"Then, Lin Ling and I will go to the dao enlightenment room tomorrow." Lu Ze looked at Lu Li and Alice "You two can cultivate with teacher Nangong and Qiuyue."
The two were disappointed that Lu Ze was going into solitary cultivation immediately, but they still nodded.
During the afternoon and night, they went to their own homes to cultivate.
Soon, it was the next day. Lin Ling and Lu Ze went to planet Jinyao while Lu Li and Alice took Ying Ying to Nangong Jing's home.
Outside Jinyao City, Lu Ze and Lin Ling came before the registration.
This time, it was a woman with long black hair who was stationed. Her eyes lit up when she saw Lu Ze and Lin Ling come over. Lu Ze felt embarrassed from her stare and asked, "Teacher, what's wrong?"
The woman smiled. "Lu Ze, you don't know me indeed. I'm Daphne Anderson, an honorary teacher of the Federal University. But you never seemed to have attended my class."
Each teacher had a class that all the elite classes would attend together. Lu Ze and Lin Ling studied with Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha, so they didn't go and listen to other young duke's class.
Lu Ze smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to reply. Daphne didn't mind and continued, "By the way, I'm going to come and visit your young duke celebration. There will be many interesting things."
Lu Ze was speechless. Just like the fox demon, Daphne also wanted to see trouble.
After chatting with Daphne for a while, Lu Ze and Lin Ling went inside the city.
They arrived in the region of the dao enlightenment room. This place was like their home.
Although the school hadn't begun, there were already people waiting outside. The dao enlightenment room wouldn't be free even during holidays.
The people waiting were two middle-aged men. They seemed to be teachers of a school. Their powers were at level six and eight of the mortal evolution state.
Both of them saw Lu Ze and Lin Ling. They seemed bewildered. They, clearly, didn't expect to see Lu Ze and Lin Ling here.
They tried to sense Lu Ze's cultivation but found they couldn't see through it at all. This made them feel quite bitter.
How long had it been and the Monarch of the New Dawn's cultivation level was catching up to them? As for combat power, it definitely surpassed theirs already.
They had felt as though they had wasted a hundred years of their life. The two of them wanted to retire.
Soon, it was Lu Ze's and Lin Ling's turn. They entered the dao enlightenment room.
Lu Ze took out his phone. He had bought the fire clone divine art yesterday. His first agenda was to learn it.
He used a purple orb and started looking at the words. This divine art had more words than the star crippling punch. Star crippling punch had 2.1 billion, but this divine art had more than 2.5 billion words.
Soon, Lu Ze was immersed within the sea of knowledge.
Ten days later, Lu Ze slowly opened his eyes. A complex red rune flashed in his eyes.
In ten days' time, he learned the fire clone non-stop and entered the pocket hunting dimension at night to practice. He had finally cultivated it to perfect mastery! Currently, Lu Ze could create 64 clones. The combat power of the fire clones was directly related to Lu Ze's own cultivation level and his mastery of the fire god art. As of this moment, Lu Ze's fire god art wasn't strong enough. The clones only had a combat power that was around level five of the mortal evolution state.
As long as his fire god art improved, Lu Ze was confident that his fire clones could reach level nine of the mortal evolution state. By then, he would be able to send 64 clones, which would be at level nine of the mortal evolution state, after someone.
Even if they couldn't beat the opponent, the clones could still self-destruct.
Moreover, the clones looked exactly like Lu Ze. There were quite some tactical uses to it.
The fire clones had several functions, but they were only on par with the lightning spear in terms of damage. It was much weaker than the lightning cloud. It seemed the pocket hunting dimension divine arts were stronger.
Thereafter, Lu Ze began cultivating his stored god art orbs.
Eight days later, he had learned all of the metal, earth, fire, and lightning god art orbs he had stored.
Although he didn't cultivate them to perfect mastery state for the third map, they were still stronger than the god arts of the second map with perfect mastery.
Even if he just used these god arts, his combat power would reach level six of the mortal evolution state.
As for lightning god art, Lu Ze's lightning was now half red. Using it with the lightning cloud divine art, Lu Ze's attack can approach the planetary state!
This wasn't the same as when he drew the blood lightning into his body at Ena System.
Lu Ze was very happy with this.
He could easily kill level six mortal evolution state beasts in the pocket hunting dimension now.
During these 18 days, Lu Ze also tried the golden fruit wine. He wasn't alcoholic, but the wine was too useful.
Just one small sip and Lu Ze felt his body was filled with energy. It was more effective than the golden fruit.
The only drawback was that it was easy to get drunk from it. He felt things floated around every time he drank it. It was a good thing he drank this in the pocket hunting dimension.
Despite this, he was beaten up a few times due to encountering bosses while he was drunk. This was sad but unavoidable.
Lu Ze could only continue drinking in order to strengthen his body.
He didn't know how to tell the alcoholic about this yet. Otherwise, he would be able to see whether she would get drunk from it. He could only wait for another time.
Lu Ze's body reached the level five standard of the mortal evolution state. He felt he could use level seven special red orbs now.
However, he could only fight evenly against level seven mortal evolution state beasts. This was relying on his half blood-red lightning divine art too. If he encountered fast beasts, he would need to rely on space transmission to run.
After converting all his storage into his own power, Lu Ze got up. He had learned everything he could. He didn't need the dao enlightenment room anymore.
Lu Ze planned to save the remaining 12 days for future use.
He needed to increase his cultivation level now. He was going to reach level three of the mortal evolution state before the celebration!
After opening the doors, the intense sunlight shone on his face. He narrowed his eyes and ignored the glances of those people who were waiting. He then walked out.
Lin Ling only had seven days, so she already went back. She was a mature girl with her own ship. As such, she can go home by herself.
When he got to the city gates, Daphne wasn't stationed there anymore. She was replaced by the cold, handsome Luo Bingqing.
Luo Bingqing nodded to him and just closed his eyes for cultivation again.
Lu Ze didn't interrupt him. He proceeded to the space station and left planet Jinyao.
Inside the ship, Lu Ze stretched his back and relaxed a little.
18 days of consecutive high-intensity training!
He made progress every day and it felt great, but it was also very tiring.
He felt he would have gone bald if he didn't have purple orbs and wasn't a high-level martial artist.
Half an hour later, the New Dawn stopped next to Nangong Jing's and Qiuyue Hesha's house. As soon as Lu Ze came out, he smelled an intense aroma.
His eyes lit up.
Perfect timing!
Food!
Lu Ze rushed over to Nangong Jing's door and knocked.
Qiuyue Hesha's seductive voice could be heard. "Coming."
When Qiuyue Hesha saw that it was Lu Ze, she smiled. "Little brother Lu Ze, why did you come back so early? Didn't your time inside the room should be a month?"
Lu Ze smiled. "I don't need the dao enlightenment room to cultivate for now."
Alice's voice could be heard from inside. "Sister Jing and Hesha, come eat."
Lu Ze immediately glanced this, Qiuyue Hesha laughed and moved aside. "Come in. The food has just been prepared."
Inside, Nangong Jing was carrying her wine bottle. Ying Ying was already sitting on her seat. There was a mountain tall stack of rice before her. Her face seemed very satisfied.
Lu Li, Lin Ling, and Alice were surprised to see Lu Ze.
Alice said with surprise and joy, "Senior? how did you come back so quickly?"
Lu Li grinned. "Is it because you're missing food and you want to eat before going back to cultivate?"
Lu Ze: "…"
Who did they think he was?
At this moment, Nangong Jing smiled. "Ze, we were just discussing your monarch celebration and Lin Ling's young duke celebration. You came back at the perfect time."
Lu Ze heard Nangong Jing's words and asked curiously, "What happened?"
Nangong Jing smiled. "The time to go to the void border has been set. There are twenty more days. We'll have the celebration half a month later. The location would be at this lake. We have invited a total of 83 young dukes."
"But other than young dukes, there will be several military people and adventure squad people coming. Overall, there would be over 100 people." "We've prepared what you need for the celebration. Most of them are what the fox demon and I got as rewards. By the way, you have three Heaven Yang spirit fruits, don't you? If you don't need it, you can take it out to act cool."
Lu Ze smiled with embarrassment. "I usually don't do that... Let people send the Heaven Yang spirit fruits over tomorrow. It's not about acting cool. It's about making the guests feel welcomed."
The fruit had long been awarded to him, but Lu Ze didn't bother to pick them up since he didn't need it at all. Now, he could use them to treat the guests. This was quite a nice option.
Everyone rolled their eyes at Lu Ze.
Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "By the way, Lin Ling, your celebration will be held together with Lu Ze. They will need to give two shares of gifts."
Lu Ze smiled after hearing this. These two were really good at this!
"Hehe, my wine!" Nangong Jing was full of hope.
During these 18 days, Lu Li and Alice improved more. They were at the aperture opening state with 400 apertures.
Lin Ling also broke through to level two of the mortal evolution state a few days again. However, her combat power was still a far cry from Lu Ze's.
As for Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha, Lu Ze didn't ask. They were definitely stronger than he was.
After lunch, Lu Ze went back to this dorm alone. He was going to break through to level three of the mortal evolution state.
The rest of them stayed at Nangong Jing's place to cultivate.
Six days later, at night, Lu Ze slowly opened his eyes. Golden red beams shot out of his eyes. They illuminated the dark room.
The invisible shield around him disappeared, and his violent chi poured out.
Level three of the mortal evolution state!
Lu Ze exhaled and gauged his power. His body had greatly improved too and would soon reach level six of the mortal evolution state.
Lu Ze was quite happy. He wondered where his current combat power was at. It must be approaching the planetary state, right? He sensed the pocket hunting dimension and discovered that he could enter it now, and so, he did.
Once more, it was the same familiar environment before his eyes.
"Roar!" Suddenly, Lu Ze felt an extremely intense heat approaching. His mouth twitched, and he disappeared from the spot with a silver glow.
As soon as he moved away, a searing red beam pierced through the location where he stood before.
There was no explosion, only a screeching sound. The red beam penetrated deep into the earth. Red lava started to seep out of the cracks.
So powerful!
Lu Ze sweated cold. He turned around and saw that tens of kilometers away, a nearly 100-meter tall dragon stood. It was covered in red scales. It was looking at Lu Ze with furious eyes.
"Roar!" Lava surged in its mouth as that scorching red beam flashed. Lu Ze narrowed his eyes.
Vibrant red flames appeared around him before expanding and forming 64 figures. They looked exactly like Lu Ze, but they were expressionless. Fire clone!
With his improvement in cultivation level, Lu Ze's fire clone had a level nine mortal evolution state power.
A lightning cloud, which was tens of kilometers wide, appeared above Lu Ze's head. There was half-red and half-purple lightning surging inside. The chi was more powerful than the fire clones.
Rumble!
A complex rune flashed in Lu Ze's eyes, and the lightning cloud rumbled.
Spirit force was drawn into the lightning cloud, and more than ten bolts shot, out attacking the fire dragon.
The 64 clones also flew toward the dragon.
Lu Ze panted. Using 64 clones cost more energy than the lightning cloud divine art. He used up nearly a third of his energy in an instant.
Luckily, the lightning cloud divine art didn't require much energy after setting it up.
The fire clone surrounded the fire dragon. The fire dragon didn't expect that a random small thing it attacked was this ferocious.
Feeling the threat, it became more furious.
"Roar!"
Its ruby-like scales emitted a scorching red light. Under the dragon, the surrounding ten kilometers turned to red lava.
The huge fire dragon stood in the lava like a magical beast.
Its chi was slightly weaker than the level eight mortal evolution state range rabbit and red wolf. However, it was barely approaching the planetary state.
It took a step forward, and the lava shot out from the ground, melting 23 fire clones that didn't have time to dodge.
The thickest flow of lava greeted the bolts of lightning. The two clashed, creating an ear-splitting explosion. Lava and lightning shot in all directions. The chi was enough to wipe out the weaker mortal evolution states.
The remaining fire clones felt completely fine under such scorching environments. They were made of fire elements after all.
They also burned with red flames and charged up to fight with the fire dragon.
Lu Ze didn't go up. He wanted to see how strong his fire clones and lightning cloud divine art were.
This fire dragon was very powerful. It had a level eight mortal evolution state cultivation level, but its combat power reached the planetary state. This was terrifying.
Clearly, Lu Ze's fire clone couldn't cause any threat to it, but it feared the lightning cloud a little.
It seemed his lightning cloud divine art could threaten those who just reached the planetary state. However, it was merely threatening. The fire dragon was dumb. Lu Ze's fire clone didn't pose any threat to it, but it still distracted its attention.
If this was the real world, the opponent would have charged at Lu Ze , this also gave Lu Ze some ideas. His fire clones might have much wider uses in the pocket hunting dimension.
This battle lasted ten minutes. As soon as his fire clone melted, he formed a new one while using lightning cloud divine art to launch a sneak attack from afar.
However, the lava completely stopped Lu Ze's lightning.
Lu Ze felt his remaining energy and gasped. This one will count as an even.
He flashed in silver light and blinked, teleporting himself a few thousand kilometers away.
As he disappeared, the lightning cloud and fire clones disappeared too, leaving the confused fire dragon behind.
Lu Ze smiled. He couldn't beat level eight mortal evolution state bosses, but with his fire clone and space transmission, he could leave whenever he wanted. He didn't need to worry about getting beaten up again!
In that case, his combat power was barely approaching the planetary state!
Pocket Hunting Dimension
Night Time
As Lu Ze's fire clone kept growing stronger, Lu Ze's survival time in the pocket hunting dimension was increasing as well. Even if he was occasionally discovered by level eight and nine mortal evolution state bosses, he was still capable of escaping with his fire clone and space god art.
His lightning cloud's power had barely reached the planetary state. Other than those level seven mortal evolution state beasts with earth god art, he could pretty much kill the rest instantly. In a short day, Lu Ze gathered tens of level seven special red and purple orbs. He got several god art orbs too.
Lu Ze roamed on the barren fields as he searched for his prey-for instance, the golden little echidna he encountered last time.
That little thing had level three mortal evolution state cultivation level, but its combat power was over level eight. This was unbelievable.
Lu Ze suspected that the little thing might know divine art or its god art was very powerful.
If he encountered it now, Lu Ze felt he could kill that little echidna. However, he hadn't encountered the echidna after all these days.
At this moment, the sun was going to set under the horizon again. The place was being devoured by darkness.
Lu Ze looked around nervously. He had spent quite some time on the third map, and this was his third time entering during the night time. To him, the night time was merciless.
At least, let him know how he died?!
As darkness fell, Lu Ze found that the barren lands became very quiet. He didn't see any other beasts.
Ten kilometers to the left, Lu Ze saw a few thousand-meter tall trees. He flew toward the crest of the tree. He hid there and expanded his mental force in all directions.
During this time, Lu Ze's eyes lit up. He had a bold idea. He wasn't alone now. He had fire clones!
He could spread his fire clones around. Accordingly, 64 clones appeared and surrounded him. Lu Ze didn't believe that he wouldn't be able to find the culprit with this many clones around him.
Deeper into the night, Lu Ze could feel the darkness surrounding him. From ten kilometers to a few kilometers, until it narrowed down to a few hundred meters.
Lu Ze's body tensed, and he used his chi stealth technique to the extreme while waiting for that unknown boss to arrive.
Right now, Lu Ze felt his mental connection to a fire clone break. Thereafter, in a short instant, tens of mental connections were broken.
Oh shit!
Lu Ze looked at their directions. They were in every direction.
So many!
Lu Ze scanned around vigilantly. At this moment, he saw a dark figure looming in the darkness.
The figure was too fast. Lu Ze couldn't even see what it was. Despite so, Lu Ze's back was drenched with sweat.
Just what was that?! Was it really a ghost?!
At this time, more mental connections broke. This time, Lu Ze finally saw what it was.
In the darkness, a black figure appeared. Its shoulder height was only around two meters. It was some kind of a huge dark wolf. It used the darkness to appear and disappear like a ghost.
There were 21 huge dark wolves that appeared. They used their sharp claws to cut across the fire clones. Almost instantly, the fire clones were annihilated.
Level seven, eight, and nine of the mortal evolution state!
The wolves had extremely terrifying power. Even the lowest was level seven mortal evolution state. There were a lot of level eight mortal evolution states, and even one had reached level nine of the mortal evolution state.
There were only 21 dark wolves!
This beast pack was definitely the top of the food chain on the third map!
But...
Lu Ze's eyes flashed with coldness. Since there were level seven mortal evolution state wolves, would he be able to keep a few at least?
They had killed him twice already! He was going to exact revenge this time!
Rumble...
A deep_thunderous sound suddenly ensued. A patch of lightning cloud suddenly rose above Lu Ze's head.
"Die!"
Half-purple and half-red lightning bolts flashed in the space. They temporarily cast away the darkness.
This time, Lu Ze used a lot of his own power to form the lightning.
More than a hundred terrifying lightning bolts were headed toward the wolves.
Rumble...
Thunder exploded in the quiet darkness.
Howl!
The wolves roared.
Subsequently, Lu Ze was in disbelief. These wolves were extremely fast. Almost instantly, that level nine mortal evolution state wolf was behind his back. Sharp chi swept across. Lu Ze flashed with silver light and moved a few hundred meters away, barely dodging the attack just then.
Before he could catch his breath, a few level eight mortal evolution state wolves came pouncing at him.
So fast!
Lu Ze's skin crawled.
Even the lightning cloud divine art couldn't hit those level eight and level nine wolves. As for the level seven wolves, they were barely hit. Only two were killed while the rest were just heavily injured.
Lu Ze scanned across the battlefield. He used the lightning bolts to cover him.
With all his power, Lu Ze broke through the surrounding. Using the lightning cloud divine art as his cover and Blue Bird 1 divine art for agility, he was able to survive.
However, his energy was rapidly depleting.
The lightning cloud divine art required a certain time to draw in the surrounding spirit force. If he wanted to do it faster, he would need to use his own energy. As such, this entire process greatly drained his energy He didn't even have time to kill those heavily injured level seven wolves.
A few seconds later, Lu Ze saw that those two dead wolves left behind 12 special red orbs, 11 special purple orbs, and 2 dark crystal orbs.
There was god art indeed!
Lu Ze's eyes lit up. He formed tens of more lightning bolts and moved next to the orbs. He quickly picked them up. Following that, he just used up all his energy to teleport a few thousand kilometers in a random location.
Regardless, staying here meant that his death would be certain.
When Lu Ze emerged once again, he felt his body was completely drained. He almost really died a while ago. He didn't have any energy left.
But! He survived!
Lu Ze felt great. He looked around, and then, he ended up dazed.
There were dense clusters of dark wolves around him. They were glaring at him with their deep Ze: "?"
What luck was this?
He moved directly next to the wolves?!
This wolf pack was much larger. Lu Ze easily saw a few hundred wolves. More terrifyingly, Lu Ze even felt a chi that was approaching the planetary state!
Before he could even speak, Lu Ze's consciousness faded.
Lu Ze woke up back in his dark room. He resisted the pain and got up to open the lights. Only when the lights appeared did Lu Ze lay back down.
He looked at the two dark god art orbs in his mental dimension and smiled.
They seemed to be great god arts, weren't they?
Half an hour later, the pain dissipated. Lu Ze quickly sat up. He wanted to try this dark god art orb.
Lu Ze just broke through to level three of the mortal evolution state, so he was not in a rush to increase his cultivation level.
The dark wolves were very stealthy. Their god art seemed to be quite interesting. In that case, he might as well try them himself.
Lu Ze drew in the god art orb, and immediately, an ethereal chi penetrated Lu Ze's body.
Under the moonlight, the figure of Lu Ze looked as though it disappeared. Although it could be seen, it was impossible to feel it. This was similar to the huge dark wolves.
Five hours later, Lu Ze opened his eyes. This god art was stronger than he had imagined!
It had the effect of concealing chi, but it was much stronger than the chi stealth technique. One had to be much stronger than he was to notice his figure, once he completely concealed his chi.
This was a rather good god art for Lu Ze. It would be quite useful both in the pocket hunting dimension and the void border. Upon thinking about this, Lu Ze felt great. Up until now, he hadn't even survived one night on the third map. This was quite sad.
However, currently, that was about to be the past! He was confident he could survive the first night now!
With this god art and him knowing the appearance of the giant wolves, he could change into the wolf and pretend to be one of them.
But... Lu Ze felt that those wolves didn't just have chi stealth god art. Otherwise, it wouldn't make sense why their speeds were terrifying.
Perhaps, there were other god arts, but they didn't drop them every time?
He had plenty of chances to kill the wolves now, so he didn't need to think much.
Lu Ze took out another chi stealth god art orb and started learning it.
The following day, Lu Ze went to Nangong Jing's place for cultivation in the morning. In the afternoon, he worked on his cultivation level. At night time, he entered the pocket hunting dimension again.
Using his chi stealth god art and powerful lightning cloud divine art, Lu Ze only hunted level seven mortal evolution state bosses. Eventually, he survived the day, and night time fell.
The deep darkness devoured the little light mercilessly.
Lu Ze watched and then transformed into a meter tall dark... um... small wolf.
Lu Ze used the chi stealth god art and then hid in the darkness.
In the darkness, Lu Ze's sensory range didn't expand because he changed into a dark wolf. It kept shrinking.
But this time, Lu Ze was very confident. Soon, he found a pack to join.
VE
This was a small scale wolf pack made of five dark wolves that were at level seven of the mortal evolution state and three ones that were at level eight of the mortal evolution state.
This pack was perfect for Lu Ze. Even after he killed the level seven wolves, he was confident he could leave casually. Therefore, he happily approached the wolf pack. When the wolves saw Lu Ze, they felt confused. They glared at Lu Ze as though they were examining something.
Lu Ze bared his teeth.
Lightning cloud divine art!
Rumble!
The lightning came so suddenly. The wolves reacted quickly, but after that wave of lightning, the four wolves that were level seven died on the spot. The remaining level seven wolf was heavily injured. Meanwhile, those level eight wolves couldn't tolerate this at all.
They howled and charged at Lu Ze furiously.
Lu Ze kept using lightning cloud divine art to assail the wolves. The dark wolves were swift, and the lightning cloud divine art couldn't hit them. However, Lu Ze still successfully stopped them.
As for the remaining level seven wolf, Lu Ze managed to kill it.
When the five bodies turned to dust, Lu Ze saw a different god art orb amidst the orbs. It emitted a dark mist. It was like a black hole in the night.
Lu Ze raised a brow. He used another wave of lightning to serve as his cover while he casually picked up all the orbs. There were 24 special red, 22 special purple, 5 chi stealth god art orb, and 1 dark mist orb.
Thereafter, Lu Ze summoned his fire clone!
30 small dark wolves appeared in flames and flew around in all directions.
Those roaring dark wolves were immediately dumbfounded. Meanwhile, Lu Ze flashed with silver light and disappeared from the spot. It was that simple!
A few thousand kilometers away, Lu Ze sighed casually. He thought it would be hard, but it was all too easy.
Last time, it was mainly due to that level nine boss that he had a hard time. This time, things were much easier. He still had a third of his energy left.
Lu Ze looked around vigilantly. He didn't appear in the middle of the wolf pack like last time. As such, he disappeared into the darkness again.
Three hours later, Lu Ze was surrounded by darkness. His vision, mental force, hearing, and senses couldn't feel anything in the darkness at all. He couldn't even see his own paws.
However, Lu Ze felt that he could survive until daylight in his wolf form.
Suddenly, his consciousness dissipated.
Lu Ze woke up back in his room.
?"
Which boss was blind?
They were of the same kind. Why kill him?
Weren't wolves very united?
Half an hour later, Lu Ze sat up and looked at that dark mist god art orb.
Lu Ze had high hopes for it. He drew it into his , Lu Ze felt he was immersed in boundless darkness. He couldn't sense anything.
Eight hours later, Lu Ze opened his eyes. This special god art could give him dark vision. When activating this god art in darkness, his speed and power would be significantly amplified by dark elements. Of course, his speed would increase much more than power. Most importantly, this didn't clash with Blue Bird One Divine Art and 1st body god art.
This meant that as long as this god art was strong enough, his speed and power wouldn't be weaker than lightning cloud divine art in darkness. Accordingly, his power would truly reach the planetary state, other than his defenses.
Lu Ze grinned. This god art was so powerful. He would call it "body of darkness".
He just learned the body of darkness, but as he mastered it more, he would be a merciless jungler even in the dark.
Lu Ze hoped his body of darkness would improve. There were 8 more days until the monarch celebration and 13 days before going to the void border. He felt he could improve it quite a bit.
He cleansed himself and went downstairs. Lu Ze saw Lu Li, Alice, and Lin Ling on the couch. Before this, Alice asked for his keys. She said it would be convenient for her to come to his house and cook for him, as well as tidy up his things.
Lu Li asked for one too. As a result, Lu Ze gave them one each.
In the following eight days, Lu Ze's life went back to normal.
Lu Li and Alice also got their own house in the elite class dorms. It was a newly built building since the two girls wanted to live closer to Lu Ze and Lin Ling. This wasn't anything major for the Federal University. Lu Li's and Alice's talent created more room for leniency.
After completing their cultivation in the morning period, Lu Ze and everyone returned to their own homes to cultivate alone.
Due to Lu Ze's orbs, Lu Li and Alice improved rather quickly. They gained 10 apertures every day. As their body grew stronger, they were also improving faster.
At the latter stages of the aperture opening state, Lu Ze could improve by 20 apertures a day. However, their body wasn't strong enough yet, so they couldn't match this speed. Despite so, they were at the aperture opening state with 600 apertures, and their combat power reached the mortal evolution state.
Lin Ling's power was rather far from Lu Ze's. After all, her body was far weaker than Lu Ze. She was at level two of the mortal evolution state, but she could only handle level four special orbs.
Lu Ze could already handle level seven special red orbs. Lu Ze was confident he could handle level eight orbs. Nevertheless, he was not a match for level eight bosses yet.
As for Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha, Lu Ze's orbs weren't suitable for them. However, there were large numbers of ordinary red orbs. Coupled with their Star Forging fruit and Heaven Yang spirit fruit, they were able to fix their inadequacies while progressing steadily. Their progress was rather slow compared to Lu Ze and the others.
At night time, Lu Ze entered the pocket hunting dimension like usual. Due to his chi stealth god art, Lu Ze avoided several beatings from bosses.
After learning the body of darkness, Lu Ze could even fight level eight mortal evolution state wolves head-on. It wasn't too plausible to kill them as they had strength in numbers.
Lu Ze had dark vision now, so he wouldn't be blind at night. His vision range was limited compared to his day time vision. It can only cover tens of kilometers. However, he wouldn't be accidentally killed by a boss again, at least.
The number of dark wolves he was killing every day was increasing. Every dark wolf would drop chi stealth god art. Meanwhile, the body of darkness god art orb had a rather small drop rate.
When Lu Ze was unlucky, he wouldn't even get a single body of darkness orb.
Because they were going to the void border, Lu Ze gave the chi stealth god art orbs to Lu Li and the others. They would be able to survive danger rather easier too.
They also bought divine arts from the Dawn Network, so their combat power was improving steadily.
Eight days later, at night, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha had set up several things next to their lake.
They built a not-so-small square, wherein all sorts of tables were organized. The tables had varieties of spirit fruit and food.
Aroma emanated from the square. As Lu Ze's good friends, Ye Mu and the entire group were naturally invited. Lu Ze even called over Xu Yang and the others to introduce them to Ye Mu and the rest. In Lu Ze's view, their power gap wasn't that large. They were all abstruse martial states. However, since most of the guests were either young dukes or mortal evolution state bosses, they were scared. As such, they went to sit down in a corner.
With the perfusion of spirit force in this square, they felt their spirit force grow just by smelling the aroma.
The group looked amongst themselves in shock.
Xu Yang smiled bitterly. "I didn't expect that just the spirit food aroma here made our cultivation level improve... just what level of spirit food is this?"
Lu Ze appointed Ye Mu to help look after his high school friends. He pointed at the jade green fruit on the table and said, "This is jade lotus seed. It's a mortal evolution state spirit item. Most importantly, even spirit martial states can use it. It's a great spirit fruit for building a foundation. It's worth at least 150,000 academic credits. It's not sold on the Dawn Network. You can only get this through rewards."
Subsequently, he pointed at another crystal liquid. "This is heaven crystal spirit liquid made mainly from heaven crystal spirit fruit. It can also be used by abstruse martial states. Just one liter costs 200,000 academic credits."
He then pointed at the spirit foods on the table and started introducing them.
These things were at least 100,000 academic credits.
What sort of wealth did one need to use these in order to treat the guests?
Was Ze this wealthy already?
Although they knew Lu Ze's power was extremely strong and had a rather high status in the Federation, they didn't expect that a mere monarch celebration would be this expensive.
Their table alone cost nearly 10 million academic credits!
They felt they couldn't earn that in a lifetime...
Xuan Yuqi smiled. "Our table is special. Ze prepared it just for us. The other tables only cost a few million academic credits."
A few million?
Only?!
Xu Yang and the rest didn't know how to describe their feelings. Was this the delight of being wealthy?
Xuan Yuqi and the others were also very shocked.
After all, it was already very absurd for other young dukes to spend 10 million academic credits for the entire celebration. Lu Ze and Lin Ling spent around 100 million. This was unimaginable!
At this moment, a few dark beams sliced across the sky and landed on the square.
It was a white-haired handsome man shrouded in frost, a golden-haired man with sharp sword will, a weak-looking brown-haired youth, and a dark-haired pretty woman.
Luo Bingqing, Jack Howard, Derrick, and Daphne Anderson.
These four were the first guests who were invited by Lu Ze and Lin Ling, other than their friends.
They came over with fighting spirit, but they didn't expect to see the spirit mist, which almost materialized. They were dazed.
What was going on?
Wasn't it just a young duke celebration?
Even though Lu Ze and Lin Ling held theirs together, it didn't need to be this absurd, right?
Everything was all mortal evolution state spirit fruit and food?
They glanced around, and when they saw the few abstruse martial state students, their mouth twitched.
Abstruse martial state friends were invited?!
Did they come to the wrong place? During this time, Lu Ze and the others, who were sitting at the top table, saw the guests, and their eyes lit up.
Lu Ze and Nangong Jing rushed up to the four. Lu Ze smiled. "Welcome, welcome."
Then, he reached out his hand. The intention couldn't be more obvious. They had to give gifts before going in! Luo Bingqing: "..." Jack: "..."
Derrick: "..."
Daphne: "..."
Their smile froze upon seeing this.
Moments later, Luo Bingqing took out three frosty ice spirit fruits and said, "Three runed ice spirit fruit. I got it from an occasion."
Lu Ze's eyes lit up after seeing this.
Was it tasty?He should let Alice see it, so she could decide on how to cook it best.
Lu Ze took the three fruits. There was a cold sensation.
"Thank you, teacher Luo!"
At this moment, Nangong Jing coughed.
Luo Bingqing's mouth twitched, and then, he took out an ice jade wine bottle and said, "Ice heart wine. I wonder if it suits your taste. It's rather plain-flavored. It can help you focus your mind."
Nangong Jing took it and smiled happily. "I've long heard of this wine. I believe it won't be bad."
She pointed toward inside. "Please come in."
Subsequently, the two stared at the other three.
Jack, Derrick, and Daphne were speechless after seeing Lu Ze's and Nangong Jing's eyes.
These two people!
They already spent more than a hundred million academic credits on this celebration. Did they need to stare at the things in their hands?!
Look at Lin Ling, she just sat there without moving at all.
Little did they know that Lin Ling was too embarrassed by these two!
These two people were so embarrassing!
Even Lu Li and Alice looked away.
Only Qiuyue Hesha watched the two with interest.
Soon, the three took out their rare ingredients and wine. Lu Ze and Nangong Jing invited them in to sit too.
Originally, Luo Bingqing and the others were just here to see whether there were any good shows to watch or test Lu Ze themselves. They didn't expect Lu Ze to bring out so many mortal evolution state spirit fruits and foods. They were planning to enjoy it, of course.
Soon, the second batch of guests arrived. It was Mo Xie with his familiar evil smirk and Chi Xiaomo. There was also the green-haired Bernie. The three collaborated with Lu Ze at Ena System before in order to kill the planetary state void beast.
Lu Ze smiled at them. "Welcome."
The three were stunned by the spirit mist perfusing through the square. They looked at Lu Ze strangely. Just how wealthy was he?!
There were so many mortal evolution state spirit fruits?
Although their power was at the peak of mortal evolution state, it would pain their heart to take out such spirit fruits.
Didn't Lu Ze just reach the mortal evolution state?
Why was he so wealthy?!
Lu Ze was confused upon seeing how the three stared at him non-stop. He couldn't help but touch his face.
Did he grow more handsome? Mo Xie looked at Lu Ze and then at Nangong Jing before saying, "Last time, I owe you a favor. Come to me if you need anything." Lu Ze smiled. "It's nothing. If you guys didn't stop the void beast, I wouldn't have the chance to launch the attack."
Chi Xiamo looked at Nangong Jing with complicated emotions. "Nangong, I didn't expect you to progress this fast."
The gap between them was limited before. After she got a huge opportunity outside the Milky Way galaxy, she thought she could beat Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha. However, their progress was far quicker than her. She was unsatisfied, but there was nothing she could do.
Mo Xie and Bernie also looked at Nangong Jing with complicated emotions. Clearly, they didn't feel satisfied either.
Nangong Jing smiled. "I was just lucky."
Her luck had indeed been great ever since she encountered Lu Ze. If it wasn't for Lu Ze, her power would, at most, be around Chi Xiaomo's.
The three smiled in disbelief.
How could growth in power be explained just by luck? Even if it was luck, then luck was a part of power.
Mo Xie took out a bamboo-like spirit material that was shrouded in black mist and a bottle of wine to Lu Ze. "Yours and Lin Ling's gift."
Lu Ze took it and looked at the bamboo asking, "Um... Would this be poisonous? If it is, I should give it back to you."
He didn't forget what Alice said before. She wanted to poison him. As such, he couldn't give her the opportunity.
That black smoke looked poisonous.
Mo Xie, who was planning to walk forward, stopped after hearing this.
After a moment of silence, he said, "This is dark shadow bamboo. I got it from the adventure this time. It's beneficial in learning dark god art. If you don't want it, then give it back to me."
If Lu Ze didn't save his life last time, he wasn't going to take out such a thing! This thing was beneficial to him!
Lu Ze asked, "Is this tasty?"
Even though it can help with learning dark god art, it wasn't very useful to Lu Ze. After all, he had body of darkness and purple orbs. Likewise, although Li had darkness god art, he would give her body of darkness god art orbs every time he had an extra.
Perhaps this was good for Mo Xie? If it wasn't tasty, he should give it back to him.
Lu Ze already felt the sincerity of such a precious gift.
Mo Xie and everyone looked at Lu Ze as though he was retarded.
This was something the entire Federation didn't have, and yet, all this guy cared about was whether it was tasty?!
Mo Xie was a bit regretful. Giving this to Lu Ze was a waste!
Nangong Jing knew what Lu Ze thought. This thing was indeed not too useful to Lu Ze.
Mo Xie gritted his teeth. "Tasty! Very tasty!"
If it wasn't that the spirit fruits here would benefit him quite a bit, he would have left already.
But now...
He was going to eat the food, watch the show, and leave.
Lu Ze smiled. "That's great. Thank you."
Since it was tasty, then he wasn't going to give it back.
Chi Xiaomo and Bernie also thanked Lu Ze for what happened last time. Thereafter, they gave him rare gifts.
They wanted to use dark shadow bamboo as well, but Mo Xie already did so. Therefore, they chose tasty spirit food instead.
The three went in and looked around before sitting at Luo Bingqing's table.
Luo Bingqing asked, "Mo Xie, how does it feel to go beyond the galaxy?"
Mo Xie reminisced his journey beyond, and his eyes flashed with a sliver of fear. "There's a reason why the old men tell us to reach the planetary state before going out."
Chi Xiaomo said seriously, "We almost died out there, and this was with a few planetary states in our squad."
Bernie smiled. "You will be able to experience it at the void border."
They were going there too.
Luo Bingqing and the rest had gone through quite some battles, but most of them were safe, as it was within the Federation.
Daphne changed the subject. "By the way, what do you think of Lu Ze?"
Everyone looked around. Eventually, Bernie said, "Very strong! I watched the clip of what happened after I fainted. Rarely anyone at level one of the planetary state can dodge that lightning spear."
Mo Xie said, "That's not the most important part."
Luo Bingqing nodded. "His cultivation level seems to be at level three of the mortal evolution state now."
Luo Bingqing's words scared everyone.
It had only been two months ago since he broke through to the mortal evolution state. One level a month. This was the mortal evolution state they were talking about!
This level of talent was absurd.
Jack grinned. "Hehe, he could kill a planetary state before reaching the mortal evolution state. Although the situation can't be repeated, I really wonder what his current power is..."
Chi Xiamo smiled. "There will definitely be people who will challenge him. Just watch."
Derrick smiled. "The saint personally appointed him as Monarch of the New Dawn. There are quite some prideful people in our circle. Not everyone can accept it. I hope someone strong can come."
They, on the other hand, had already seen Lu Ze's power. Hence, they were more accepting of it. Most people had far lesser knowledge of Lu Ze.
Soon, more and more guests came to the lake.
They were all surprised to see the spirit mist and spirit fruit. Those who could come were all mortal evolution states.
For those low-level mortal evolution states, these spirit fruits and food would be very beneficial. They were just here to attend the young duke celebration. The purpose of this was to confirm the new young duke's power, but now, the cost of this celebration would take weaker young dukes a few years to earn.
Did these two really need approval? Lin Ling complained, "Sister Hesha. You and sister Jing used too many spirit fruits." Most of these fruits were supplied by Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha. Only a small portion was supplied by Lu Ze and Lin Ling.
Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "These fruits are the rewards we got before. We're already planetary states now. These spirit fruits aren't very effective, and you guys don't need it. Thus, we're going to use it for Lu Ze."
"After all, he's Monarch of the New Dawn. His celebration can't be ordinary."
Lin Ling said nothing. If these fruits were given back to the Federation, it would be worth 70 to 80 million academic credits.
As time went by, more and more guests arrived. Lu Ze and Nangong Jing couldn't handle them all. Qiuyue Hesha said, "Let's go down and help."
Lu Li, Alice, and Lin Ling stood up. Even Ying Ying wanted to help.
Lu Li carried Ying Ying. "Let's go. Ying Ying can accept gifts too."
Lu Ze saw the group walk over and smiled. "Alice, I have so many supposedly rare and good ingredients. You can cook plenty of good food now!"
Those guests who were still in line didn't know what to say.
Was this Monarch of the New Dawn really fine?
These ingredients were rare, but they couldn't compare with the mortal evolution state spirit fruits and food here.
Would they regret it later and make them pay academic credits or federal contribution points?
Everyone was quite worried.
At this moment, a pretty girl came up to Lu Ze. "Lu Ze, thank you for taking care of my little sister."
Lu Ze was confused and looked at this girl with confusion.
Who was her sister?
At this moment, Nangong Jing grinned. "Little Jiji, why did you only arrive now?" Lu Ze coughed.
What did Nangong Jing call this girl?
The rest of the people also showed a strange smile.
This girl blushed and glared at Nangong Jing. "Jingjing, don't call me that!"
This nickname was more embarrassing than her young duke title.
Both her nickname and young duke title were very embarrassing.
Nangong Jing smiled awkwardly. "I haven't seen you for so long. I forgot."
The girl rolled her eyes. She felt Nangong Jing did it intentionally.
Nangong Jing introduced her to Lu Ze. "This is Xuan Yuji, Xuan Yuqi's elder sister. Her young duke title is... cough..."
Lu Ze and everyone realized why she said Lu Ze took care of her sister.
But...
Why did Nangong Jing stop at her young duke title?
He looked strangely at Xuan Yuqi.
At this moment, he suddenly thought of something
Xuan Yuqi once told him about a very pitiful young duke. She liked to eat Blue Flower fruit and was therefore named "Blue Flower Fruit Young Duke".
Lu Ze looked at Xuan Yuji and saw that she was looking at him too.
One was Blue Flower Fruit Young Duke. The other was Xingzhan Fruit Pancake Young Duke...
Too pitiful!
Lu Ze smiled. "Welcome sister Yuji. Yuqi is my friend. Of course, I will take care of her."
Xuan Yuji smiled. "I was planning to take her here with me, but she rejected my offer. It seems you've already prepared things for her."
She glanced at where Xuan Yuqi was. Xuan Yuqi saw Xuan Yuji too, but the former just nodded.
Xuan Yuji shook her head. "My sister is too
cold."
If she were Xuan Yuqi, she would have competed for Lu Ze.
At this moment, Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "Yuji, long time no see." Xuan Yuji smiled. "I've been in solitary cultivation lately. My god art grew a little. I thought I would be able to catch up a few steps to you guys, but you've already reached the planetary state." She was quite close to Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha.
She went inside, and Lu Ze and the others kept greeting more people. Ying Ying's crisp voice came out suddenly. "Present!"
Two familiar faces came over. One was a gentle golden-haired woman. She took out two purple fruits that were the size of Ying Ying's face and handed them over.
"Here's your present." Ying Ying's eyes lit up. She looked at the fruit for a while and bit into it.
Tasty!
Lu Ze happened to turn around and see this. His heart ached. How dare she eat it! He wanted to eat too.
However, there were too many guests here. Lu Ze felt that he needed to be magnanimous as the Monarch of the New Dawn.
He could only smile.
At this moment, a blood-haired handsome man came up to Lin Ling and said with some disbelief, "Little Ling, congratulations on becoming a young duke."
Lin Ling poked her tongue out. "Brother, why did you come as well?"
Lin Kuang laughed. "My own little sister had become a young duke. Of course, I need to come."
Louisa, who was standing on Lin Kuang's side, said, "We're about to go to the void border. We're gathering here."
Lu Ze smiled. "Major General Lin Kuang and Lousia, long time no see."
He hadn't seen them since the events at Xiaer System. It's been half a year.
Lin Kuang's mouth twitched, and he showed a dry smile. "Congratulations, Monarch of the New Dawn."
He wanted to beat this guy up after seeing how close he was with his sister.
Louisa looked at Lu Ze with approval. "I didn't expect you to reach this level already."
She remembered that the first time she saw Lu Ze, he wasn't even an aperture opening state.
In half a year, he was already as strong as she was. This was unbelievable.
Lu Ze smiled with this time, two violent chi flew over and landed heavily on the ground, causing the dust to scatter all over the place.
Lu Ze raised his brow, and the wind blew away the dust.
This scene made everyone look over.
In the end, someone still wanted to challenge him.
Lu Ze smiled at the figures in the dust.
It was fine.
He would beat the approval from whoever it was.
He wanted to see how many people were itching
The dust settled and subsequently revealed two figures. One was a bulky bald man while the other was a skinny dark-haired man.
Their chi was very powerful, and they released it without concern.
This didn't mean much to others, but for Xuan Yuqi and the rest of the group, this pressure was like a mountain. They could barely breathe.
Xuan Yuji raised her brow and segregated them from this chi.
Lu Ze smiled. "Who are you two? If you want to enter, give some presents first. Mhm... rare spirit food and wine." The two were confused with his words. They were just here to fight. How could they prepare some gifts?
They never intended to go in. However, the situation was different from what they expected.
They saw the spirit fruit and food. Both were very beneficial, even to them. Could they obtain them by offering rare spirit ingredients and wine in exchange?
They were regretful. If they knew this earlier, they would've prepared presents.
The bald man sneered, "Lu Ze, you're the Monarch of the New Dawn, but you are using large amounts of resources to show off at your celebration. Even for gifts, you're considering these things useless for cultivation. I don't think you deserve the title, Monarch of the New Dawn!"
Lu Ze studied the man. "I think, whether or not I deserve this, it's better that you discuss this with the saints. I was innocently appointed."
The bald man was at a loss for words. He didn't dare to go ask. How could he doubt the decisions of the saints?
At this moment, the skinny man glanced at Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha. "Lu Ze, I admit that you have talent, but you probably relied on women more, right?"
To unknown outsiders, Lu Ze could progress so much due to his talent, among others. However, the other reason could be attributed to the generous giving of resources by Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha. He looked at the spirit fruit and food. "The things here belong to Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha, right? I remember that the crisp jade lotus seed was what they got from the battle at Geka System, right?" The atmosphere became silent. Nangong Jing's eyes had turned golden already. Qiuyue Hesha smiled seductively.
They wanted to beat someone up. Even Lin Ling, Lu Li, and Alice frowned. It was Lu Ze who was helping them unconditionally.
Who could take this?
The other guests also frowned. Some of them might have such thoughts too, and when they saw the food here, they became certain of it.
Lu Ze was just a newly-appointed Monarch of the New Dawn. Even if he had more academic credits than them, it shouldn't be this extravagant.
Clearly, it was Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha who gave it to him.
However, they could only think about it. They wouldn't blurt it out like this. This was too offensive. They were all prodigies of the Federation.
At this moment, Lu Ze smiled. "Are you calling me handsome?"
Only handsome men can rely on women.
Alright, he was gonna beat them up lightly.
The skinny man was dumbfounded. He didn't know what to say upon seeing Lu Ze's joyful smile.
Was this guy still a man?
How could he rely on women with such ease?
Meanwhile, Nangong Jing and the rest felt a headache. Indeed, this guy had a different brain compared to others.
How was this a compliment?
Even the guests were speechless.
Qiuyue Hesha narrowed her eyes and stuck closer to Lu Ze. Her hands grabbed Lu Ze's arm, and then, she said with some embarrassment, "I like little brother Lu Ze, so whatever I have is his."
Lu Ze couldn't talk about his orbs. She would cooperate with him since he didn't mind.
Qiuyue Hesha's words made the scene silent. Even Lu Ze's body was stiff. He completely didn't expect that Qiuyue Hesha would do this. The soft feeling on his arm made his heartbeat quicken.
Nangong Jing, Lin Ling, Lu Li, and Alice were confused too. However, they were all smart and soon understand her intentions.
Nangong Jing bit her teeth and also came over.
She grabbed Lu Ze's right arm. "Me... me too!"
Even though this was just acting for her, she was still instinctively embarrassed. But soon, she recovered. They were just supporting Lu Ze!
She would beat this kid up after. Lu Li's and Alice's face became sour lemons. They knew this was acting, but they still felt envious.
Lin Ling's eyes flashed, but she didn't say anything. Everyone looked strangely at the group.
Seeing how embarrassed Qiuyue Hesha and Nangong Jing were, they didn't doubt things at all.
Oh shit?!
These two are Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha!They reached the planetary state before 30 years old!
Were they both sugar mommies of Lu Ze?
Most men's eyes went green. Which young prodigy here didn't have fantasies about them? However, now, their dream was crushed.
Meanwhile, most girls looked at Lu Ze with intrigued glances.
Lu Ze forced himself to smile under the gaze of everyone. However, he was sweating profusely.
Oh shit!
Even the female alcoholic got involved. With how she was, he would definitely get beaten up once they went back!
He was very worried, but in order to act cool, he could only show a calm smile.
During this moment, the square was silent.
All the people were dazed as they stared at the three.
The handsome man was also interested in Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha. He felt annoyed after seeing this.
Then, he said, "Lu Ze, you should know the purpose of the monarch celebration, right?"
Lu Ze smiled. "I know, you guys want to test my power?"
The bald man studied Lu Ze again. Lu Ze was clearly very confident, but they were very confident with themselves too. Their cultivation level was at level seven of the mortal evolution state, and their combat power was extremely strong, even among level nine mortal evolution states.
They had seen Lu Ze's performance at Xiaer System. Lu Ze's power was only average, except for that lightning spear. Although he reached the mortal evolution state now, they didn't think Lu Ze was a match for them.
Lu Ze didn't hide his cultivation level nowlevel three of the mortal evolution state.
They were even more jealous after sensing Lu Ze's cultivation level. He was able to progress this quickly. It was probably due to a lot of resources. Without a doubt, this was because of Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha.
They must beat this guy up, in particular focus on hitting his face.
Lu Ze didn't know what they thought, but he didn't care.
Why did he choose the night? It was so he could take advantage of his body of darkness. By exerting all his power, he would be approaching the planetary state power barely.
If these two had planetary state power, they would be very famous already. However, Lu Ze didn't know their names at all. Clearly, they were only so-so.
The bald man stood out. "I'm Shangguan Hui. Let me go first."
Lu Ze was surprised.
He frowned. "You two aren't attacking together?"
Both of them wanted to attack one by one?
Were they that thick-headed?
The audience was stunned upon hearing this. Clearly, they didn't expect Lu Ze to be this confident.
Luo Bingqing and the others weren't too surprised. They didn't know Lu Ze's power completely, but Lu Ze killed a level eight mortal evolution state instantly at the exams. He was only a level one mortal evolution state at the time.
Lu Ze was now a level three mortal evolution state. The only question was just how strong was he.
Derrick shook his head. "I want someone to give him a hard time, but Shangguan Hui and Lu Yao don't know Lu Ze's power at all."
Mo Xie smirked. "People as cocky as they are would be the quickest to die and leave the galaxy." Luo Bingqing said, "Just watch."
Even though they knew Lu Ze had cultivation god art, they still felt that a part of Lu Ze's resources came from Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha. Still, they didn't mind such a situation due to Lu Ze's talent. As long as he was contributing, then it was fine.
Despite this, they were still shocked at the performance of Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha. A few female young dukes were keen to ask what happened between them.
Lin Kuang sneered, "This bastard..."
He was on Lin Ling's side, but he couldn't beat Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha. Lu Ze said genuinely, "I'm very strong. The two of you combined are no match for me, much less one of you."
Hearing this, the two frowned. Lu Ze didn't take them seriously at all.
"Then. I'm going to test if you're all talk! Let's fight in the sky!"
Shangguan Hui was planning to fly up. Lu Ze scratched his head. What a hassle...
However, seeing how interested this guy was, Lu Ze felt it was best not to deter them.
Right now, Nangong Jing waved and a golden barrier surrounded the three. "No need, you can fight here. Shangguan Hui, you can't block one of Lu Ze's attacks anyway. Lu Yao, it's the same for you."
Everyone: "..."
Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "Little brother Lu Ze is right. It would save more time if both of you attack together and get thrown together as well."
Everyone: "..." Shangguan Hui's and Lu Yao's faces were bad. Lu Ze felt great. At least, he didn't need to go up. He smiled at Shangguan Hui. "Are you ready?"
Shangguan Hui glanced at Lu Yao. They were young dukes. Bullying a level three mortal evolution state as level seven mortal evolution states could be considered as a test. But if they went up together, it would be a bit embarrassing.
They hesitated for a moment. Shangguan Hui gritted his teeth and flashed with dark rays. Runes appeared on his body, and his chi rapidly grew strong.
God art!
Lu Ze watched and didn't interrupt.
This seemed to be body god art? Shangguan Hui charged at Lu Ze. Lu Ze's eyes flashed with purple-red, and then suddenly, a half-purple and half-red lightning bolt appeared. Rumble!
The lightning tore through Shangguan Hui's defenses and entered his body.
Under everyone's gaze, Shangguan Hui suddenly stopped. Thereafter, his face changed as tears cascaded down.
"Argh argh argh, argh argh" Subsequently, he fell to the ground while writhing non-stop. It... was over just like that?
Lu Yao sweated cold upon seeing this. He could feel the power of that lightning. He was stronger than Shangguan Hui but not by much.
This lightning could instantly crush Shangguan Hui, so it could naturally do the same to him.
Was the attack that scary?
Even if it was painful, it shouldn't make someone cry.
He felt that with his strong will, he wouldn't cry, right?
Right at this juncture, Lu Yao saw Lu Ze smile at him.
Lu Yao didn't dare to move at all. Seeing this, Lu Ze nodded.
"It seems you know my power now. You must be prepared then? In that case, I'll begin."
"?"
Wait! Who was prepared?
Lu Yao wanted to ask him to stop, but the lightning already flashed, and he froze on the spot. His tears also came out, and his mouth cried out.
He felt this was Lu Ze's revenge against him. It was so painful! Outside the barrier, everyone looked at the two who were lying on the ground as they rhythmically cry and twitch.
It... was over just like that?
Two bolts of lightning and the two dropped down. Everyone watched Lu Ze in a new light.
These two weren't weak among young dukes.
Everyone looked at the crying Shangguan Hui and Lu Yao. Their eyes narrowed, and the atmosphere tensed.
Mo Xie took in a cold breath. "So strong!"
Luo Bingqing's expression also changed a little. "Indeed, he didn't even use divine art."
Those people who had seen Lu Ze's lightning cloud divine art were in disbelief. They knew it was strong, but Lu Ze could actually be this strong without using divine art.
If he used divine art...
Would his combat power reach the planetary state?! People felt this was absurd. How long had it been? How old was he?
Planetary state?
They almost felt immense pressure.
On the other side, Lin Kuang and the others didn't know how powerful Lu Ze's lightning cloud divine art was. However, seeing that something seemed to be amiss with the expressions of Luo Bingqing and the others, he asked in confusion, "What's wrong, ice block?" Luo Bingqing shook his head. "Nothing, I just feel that his progress is way too fast."
Lin Kuang nodded. "Indeed, how long has it been since he was at Xiaer System?"
Even they weren't confident in winning.
Nangong Jing put away the barrier and stared at the two figures on the ground.
Qiuyue Hesha grinned. "See? I was right."
Everyone was speechless.
Lu Ze smiled at the two. "How is it? You two have tasted it. If you want to try again, I'm free anytime."
He controlled his lightning god art just then. Otherwise, these two would be heavily injured.
They were young dukes, so they would have made contributions to the human race. They were going to the void in a few days. He hoped that they could do things for the Federation.
Soon, the two recovered from the pain. They were drenched in sweat and panting constantly.
Lu Ze smiled. "It takes gifts to enter. If you don't have any, how about you watch outside?"
The two glared at Lu Ze. Lu Yao spoke, "This time we lost. But, the Monarch of the New Dawn isn't a justification to ack cocky inside the Federation. I hope your performance at the void border will live up to your title."
Lu Ze smiled and said nothing. He would speak with his actions.
Then, Shangguan Hui and Lu Yao left. It was truly sad that they had no share of these fruits.
Lu Ze looked at the venue. All the seats were pretty much filled. More people came than he had imagined.
There were 20 tables. Ten people were seated at each table, so there were around 200 people in total.
There were only 83 young dukes invited. The others were pretty much military and adventure squad representatives.
Everyone looked at Lu Ze with different intentions. Some were envious, some were amazed, and some were eager to try. Of course, some also had fiery eyes that were filled with fervor.
nur.
Lu Ze was used to this. He smiled. "I know, numerous people don't approve of my title. I'll give everyone a chance here."
He raised his right hand, and three golden fruits appeared.
They were floating above his palm. The appearance of these three fruits thickened the spirit mist.
"Heaven Yang spirit fruit?!" several people exclaimed.
It wasn't as good as planet forging fruit, but it was still a planetary state spirit fruit!
This was truly good for prodigies with a young duke level who could use it in the mortal evolution state.
Lu Ze had this?
Was it given by Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha?
No way?
They just reached the planetary state too. It would be very useful to them.
But... why did Lu Ze take them out?
Lu Ze smiled. "I believe quite some people recognized this Heaven Yang spirit fruit, right? Let's play a game." "Those who disapprove of my title can come out and attack me together. Those who can injure me, I'll give him a Heaven Yang spirit fruit. How about it?"
Lu Ze's words silenced the place. People looked at Lu Ze in disbelief.
All the people present were all young dukes!
Even Xuan Yuji's expression changed.
Did Lu Ze want all the young dukes to attack him together? Xu Yang and the others were shocked. Half a year ago, they were fellow students with similar positions. Now, the difference was immeasurable.
The top-level young dukes looked at Lu Ze strangely. This was inviting them to come up too.
Lu Ze wanted to assert his dominance and prove that he deserved the title? Lu Ze didn't think that much actually. He only had three of these fruits and couldn't share it with everyone. Therefore, they might as well play a game.
Lu Ze was very curious about his combat power. He hadn't fought any people other than Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha.
He always got beaten up badly by them, so he wanted to find some confidence.
The young dukes were hesitant. This fruit was very useful to them, but they had their pride. They didn't want to all attack one person.
After a brief moment, most young dukes closed their eyes.
There were a few eager people, but upon seeing that no one else moved and they weren't enough to beat Lu Ze, they gave up. Lu Ze: "?"
He was waiting for everyone to attack him together, but no one came up?
His enthusiasm didn't receive any response.
This was awkward.
So who should he give the three Heaven Yang spirit fruits to?
Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha laughed. This guy was too naive. Those young dukes knew what they should do and what they should not.
Being defeated wasn't scary, but having your heart defeated as well was much terrible.
Lu Ze scratched his head.
At this moment, Jack smiled. "Lu Ze, I approve of your title."
It wasn't just about power...
From the moment Lu Ze wanted to challenge all the young dukes to fight him, he already had proven his heart.
Since he was the pioneer of a new era, how could he not have that invincible mentality?
Luo Bingqing and the others thought so too.
Lu Ze was confused.
Why did they approve of him without a fight?
Just when Lu Ze was a bit speechless, Jack's sword intent surged. "However, if it is one-on-one, I believe many of us would be willing to test your power."
Lu Ze was slightly taken aback when he heard the words. He thought they didn't want to fight. Now, it seemed they just didn't want to fight altogether.
Lu Ze wasn't going to reject this. He smiled. "In that case, the conditions stay the same."
He just wanted to hand out these three fruits. Only Luo Bingqing and the others would have such power.
Most young dukes showed a helpless expression. They knew their power. If everyone went up together, they might get a chance to launch a sneak attack on Lu Ze. But one-on-one...
They thought about Shangguan Hui's and Lu Yao's screams and shivered.
Nangong Jing saw a few people were interested and smiled. "I'll create a stage for you."
She stomped on the ground, and golden rays spread across onto the lake.
"The lake will be good."
The lake was a few kilometers wide. This size was enough for sparring.
Jack grinned. "Since Monarch of the New Dawn is so generous, then I'll take the first Heaven Yang spirit fruit!"
He dashed in a beam of golden light and appeared on the lake.
Lu Ze smiled and threw the Heaven Yang spirit fruit to Qiuyue Hesha while looking at Ying Ying. "Ying Ying, you're not allowed to steal it!"
Ying Ying pouted her lips. "I won't steal it!"
Lu Ze looked at the people nearby. "You guys keep watch on Ying Ying. Don't let her eat it."
Lu Li smiled. "Brother, how can you not trust Ying Ying? Don't worry, we'll keep watch."
Thereafter, Lu Ze appeared on the lake too. Jack was holding his golden sword. When Lu Ze appeared before him, he opened his eyes and studied Lu Ze. "Jack Howard, level nine mortal evolution state combat power. You can test
me."
The sword rays pained Lu Ze a little, but he smiled. "Lu Ze, level three mortal evolution state. Teacher Jack, let me test your power.'
Clank!
A sharp sword hum reverberated. Golden swords swam around Jack, and they spread out. At the border of the lake, a golden wall was erected. It blocked the fluctuations.
Everyone from the banquet had their eyes on the lake. Jack represented the strongest bunch of young dukes. Leven nine of the mortal evolution state! His combat power was near the planetary state.
Jack stepped forward and disappeared from the spot. At the same time, a few meter long sword intent was shot toward Lu Ze.
When the sharp sword intent came before him, Lu Ze felt a tingling pain all over his body.
Instantly, black gold battle armor was formed.
Clank!
Then, Jack appeared behind Lu Ze. His long sword beamed with golden light and a stack of sword shadows. It was as though countless Jacks were swinging swords.
Screech! Space was torn open by the sword.
Lu Ze was calm. Green wind circulated around him. He sidestepped and dodged the strike. Subsequently, black rays flashed around him. His body of darkness was activated.
His power surged like crazy. Lu Ze punched with his right hand.
Star crippling punch!
With the buff provided by the body of darkness, his star crippling punch had a power that was approaching the planetary state.
Rumble!
The punch's devastating power made Jack tense up. His wrist flicked, and the sword greeted Lu Ze's fist.
Rumble!
Sword rays and fist force shot in all directions, skidding along the lake surface and wall. The battle wave charged out of the planet.
Everyone frowned. "These two were so strong!"
Only a rare few young dukes could reach this level.
"Lu Ze... is a maniac?!"
One young duke smiled bitterly. "I'm a level three mortal evolution state too, but I don't know how one can have such terrifying power."
His power was close to level six of the mortal evolution state.
The military and adventure squad representatives looked at Lu Ze with fervor and anticipation.
The more talented Lu Ze was, the more they wanted him.
The two split up from the shock, but they immediately charged back at each other.
Jack's sword vibrated, and the intense golden beam receded. It seemed ordinary, but Jack was sweating from holding his sword.
"Hiyah!"
He swung the sword suddenly. "Sever!"
Jack's sword sliced at Lu Ze. Everywhere the blade passed, the light seemed to have been sucked away.
Lu Ze felt like a mountain was above him. His body was extremely heavy. He was surprised. This move was quite strong. Its power was almost at the planetary state.
Rumble!
Lu Ze's power burst out and shook the space. His body regained freedom as purple-red lightning appeared on his right hand.
It formed into the shape of a spear as he suddenly thrust out.
The two weapons clashed. Even the surface of the lake was disturbed. The audience could feel an immense power surging. Most of them would be powerless to stop such an Mu and the others were protected by Xuan Yuji. Otherwise, they might be heavily injured just from the chi. "Jack's Heaven Pound Golden Sword, this is their family's divine art! He used his trump card right at the beginning?" It was just two clashes, and Jack was forced to use his trump card. Was Lu Ze that terrifying?
Mo Xie grinned. "It seems Jack really wants the Heaven Yang spirit fruit."
Lin Kuang grinned. "He's going to the void border in a few days. He will see his big brother there. If he uses a Heaven Yang spirit fruit, he would be more confident."
Everyone laughed. Soon, the shockwave dissipated. Lu Ze's right-hand armor cracked. There was a faint bloodstain on the gash on his finger.
He was still injured.
He didn't use the lightning cloud, but he was still injured.
Jack's divine art was quite strong, but he didn't seem to have full control over it.
Lu Ze looked up at Jack and smiled. "I'm injured. Indeed, Teacher Jack is powerful."
Jack glanced at the gash that had just healed and the black gold battle armor that had been restored on Lu Ze's body. His mouth could not help but twitch.
He nodded at Lu Ze. "Lu Ze, you're much stronger than I imagined."
After witnessing the battle clearly, the other people couldn't quite grasp it either.
"Jack's Heaven Pound Golden Sword only injured Lu Ze that much?"
Jack's power was at the very top among young dukes. He was on the same level as Luo Bingqing and the rest. Yet, his sword only scratched Lu Ze's skin a little.
More awkwardly, Lu Ze had regeneration god art, and this injury disappeared instantly.
Derrick and the others were dazed. Derrick said, "I might not even be able to break his defenses."
His strength wasn't his attacks. Lu Ze's terrifying defenses gave him colossal headaches.
Lin Kuang said, "I'm very confident in my own attacks."
His god art was bloodthirst god art. The more injured he was, the stronger he got.
When he was injured, he could unleash attacks stronger than the Heaven Pound Golden Sword.
Louisa said helplessly, "My god arts are speed and healing related."
Her light god art wasn't very strong in terms of offense.
Mo Xie's, Chi Xiaomo's, and Bernie's attacks weren't weak.
On the stage, Lu Ze smiled. "Since I'm injured, Teacher Jack can get a Heaven Yang spirit fruit from Nangong Jing." Jack smiled. "Thank you."
The fruit would be quite nice for him. With only two clashes, he knew he was no match for Lu Ze, but Lu Ze still gave him the fruit just because he was injured.
Lu Ze smiled and said nothing.
Jack left the lake, and then, Lin Kuang got up while laughing. He appeared before Lu Ze.
He wanted the Heaven Yang spirit fruit too. Lin Ling was his little sister, and now, she was almost catching up to him. It gave him great pressure.
Moreover, his grandpa seemed to have gotten better.
How dare this kid dare to be so close to so many girls in front of Lin Ling?
How could he not beat him up?
Lu Ze's expression changed. "Brother Lin Kuang, it's you."
Lin Kuang was Lin Ling's brother.
If he beat him up, would Lin Ling get mad at him?
Lin Kuang sneered. "This is a match. Don't try to get close to me!"
Lu Ze's mouth twitched. "Then, let's begin."
Lin Kuang laughed, and then, blood gushed out of him like a fountain.
Lu Ze: "?"
What was this?
Hitting himself before he hit others?
Lu Ze's skin crawled.
This guy's injuries weren't his fault.
However, Lin Kuang's chi rose rapidly with his injury.
Lu Ze looked at Lin Kuang in surprise.
Was this due to the god art?
When his chi reached the limit, Lin Kuang stomped on the ground and appeared above Lu Ze's head.
His hands held a long sword. Blood chi spilled from the sword, which then covered the entire battlefield.
Lin Kuang hacked down on Lu Ze's head with the tens of meters long blood sword ray.
Lu Ze raised a brow and punched.
Star crippling punch!
Rumble!
With the collision of the sword ray and the fist, the light rose up to the sky once more. Lin Kuang was thrown into the air.
He stabilized himself in an instant and charged at Lu Ze again. Simultaneously, he swung his sword continuously and countless sword rays appeared.
Furiously, crazily.
Lu Ze was a bit surprised after watching Lin Kuang's actions.
Lin Kuang was indeed a top-notch young duke.
While thinking about such thoughts, Lu Ze's body flashed with dark rays and green wind.
He used the body of darkness and Blue Bird 1 divine art together. Lu Ze became extremely fast. He dodged all the sword rays.
Seeing this, everyone's mouth twitched.
"Such... speed!"
"Lu Ze's defenses were already so terrifying, and yet, his speed was this terrifying too?!"
Derrick's mouth twitched. His speed was extremely fast too, but he couldn't' compare with Lu Ze.
Lin Kuang was covered in a blood mist. The blood he spat out before was circling around him.
He frowned after seeing that Lu Ze dodged his attacks so easily. He cut his hand using the sword, and a beautiful blood mark appeared on the sword. The mark was blazing.
Lin Kuang bit his lips, and the blood mist spread.
Far away, Lu Ze felt that his blood started to boil. Gold beams flashed in his eyes, and he suppressed this.
However, during that pause, Lu Ze was slashed by the sword rays. They left a deep mark on his black gold battle armor.
Seeing this, Lin Kuang hacked down. The blood sword burned the air, creating a green smoke. Lu Ze smiled. Purple-red lightning crackled around him, and he clenched his fist.
Lightning spear!
The lightning spear and blood spear clashed. A violent power swept across in all directions.
Lin Ling clutched her hands tightly.
Why did her brother fight with his life?
Would Ze be fine?
Following those thoughts, she shook her head. That retard didn't even use all his power, how could he lose?
Qiuyue Hesha glanced at Lin Ling and grabbed her shoulder. "What? Are you worried about Lu Ze?"
Lin Ling wanted to wriggle out, but she couldn't. "No, how can anything happen to that guy?"
Nangong Jing grinned. "Lin Kuang has improved quite a bit."
She often fought Lin Kuang before. Hence, she knew his power well. His combat power was near the planetary state. It seemed he was ready to make a breakthrough soon.
Alice giggled. "However, he was still a bit worse than senior."
Lu Li nodded.
When the shockwave disappeared, Lu Ze looked at the faint bloodstain on his hand and laughed. "Brother Lin Kuang, I lost."
Lin Kuang: "..."
He panted a bit and watched as Lu Ze repair the gash.
So annoying! This kid definitely didn't use his full power!
He put away his god art, and the blood mist entered his body. The wounds on him also recovered rapidly. Lu Ze was a little surprised. This guy's god art had quite nice healing effects too. Lin Kuang nodded to Lu Ze and left the looked at Lu Ze.
No one expected him to be this strong.
Both Jack and Lin Kuang used their trump card, and Lu Ze was only injured a little.
Wasn't this too absurd?
Was this the talent of the Monarch of the New Dawn?
He was only a level three mortal evolution state!
Yet, he was stronger than level nine mortal evolution states, Jack and Lin Kuang.
These two were not ordinary martial artists. They were the most talented young dukes of the Federation.
Lu Ze made some calculations. Two Heaven Yang spirit fruits were handed out. He would need to use lightning cloud divine art then. otherwise, if he got injured again, he wouldn't have anything left to give. That would be awkward.
Luo Bingqing suddenly got up. His long white hair drifted as he appeared on the lake. In turn, the lake complimented his extremely handsome face.
Lu Ze's mouth twitched. This guy was almost as handsome as he was.
Luo Bingqing said coldly as usual, "Lu Ze, use your lightning cloud divine art next."
Lu Ze: "... Huh?"
He was stunned because if he used lightning cloud divine art, his offensive power would really reach the planetary state. He didn't feel Luo Bingqing could to stop it.
Mo Xie and the rest might be able to block it a few times, but Luo Bingqing's power hadn't reached that level yet.
Luo Bingqing smiled plainly. "Let me see what level your power has reached. It's not for the Heaven Yang spirit fruit. I just want to see the difference between us."
People at the banquet were dumbfounded. Some of them asked in disbelief, "Luo Bingqing means to say that Lu Ze still hasn't used his full power yet?".
"... No way. This power is already scary enough. He still has a stronger move he hasn't used yet?"
In that case... Would Lu Ze really be able to fight against a planetary state?
Last time, it was the two girls, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha, who could take on a planetary state in the mortal evolution state. However, even they were level nine mortal evolution states at the time.
Lu Ze was just a level three mortal evolution state!
Mo Xie's smile disappeared. "Lu Ze still... isn't using his full power?"
Before, they thought Lu Ze was strong, but he should not be much stronger than they were.
After all, their power was probably the strongest among the young dukes, other than Qiuyue Hesha and Nangong Jing.
Yet, Luo Bingqing said Lu Ze didn't use his full power?
Jack and Daphne looked at each other. They thought of what happened at the end of the semester examinations.
Lu Ze was just a level one mortal evolution state, but he used lightning cloud divine art to kill a winged race prodigy with level eight mortal evolution state combat power.
This level of divine art was definitely stronger than the Heaven Pound Golden Sword.
Jack looked at Luo Bingqing. He lost. He was only thinking about the Heaven Yang spirit fruit, but Luo Bingqing wanted to see the peak of Lu Ze's power.
"This bastard!' Lin Kuang thought.
Everyone looked at the surface of the golden lake again. They wanted to see the peak of Lu Ze's combat power as well.
Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha raised their brows after hearing what Luo Bingqing said. Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "Luo Bingqing wants little brother Lu Ze to use the lightning cloud. Very brave. Not bad."
Nangong Jing grinned. "Only with such a mentality can he progress. Although old Luo is very cold, he's very prideful." "True."
Lu Ze didn't speak. Luo Bingqing gave up the Heaven Yang spirit fruit.
He probably knew that Lu Ze wasn't going to use lightning cloud divine art, but since Luo Bingqing requested it, then Lu Ze wasn't going to reject it.
Lu Ze could control the power of his lightning cloud divine art. He wouldn't accidentally heavily injure Luo Bingqing. He had a pretty nice impression of Luo Bingqing.
Although Luo Bingqing was cold, he was quite a nice person.
Luo Bingqing's eyes glared with some battle intent.
"In that case, I'll just use one move. Lu Ze, try your best to crush me."
Crush?
Lu Ze's eyes narrowed.
He felt that even if he was in Luo Bingqing's situation, he might not be able to do this.
Lu Ze grinned. "As you wish." As soon as Lu Ze said this, the gentle night wind became bone-chilling. Ice shards appeared out of nowhere and formed a huge ice vortex.
Luo Bingqing's ice god art was used with every ounce of power he had.
Seeing this, a purple-red rune flashed in Lu Ze's eyes. Black lightning clouds appeared above him in a few hundred-meter range.
Rumble...
Half-purple and half-red lightning bolts appeared in the clouds. Waves of power spread in all directions.
With the appearance of the lightning clouds, everyone's hair stood up.
"Planetary state?!" someone exclaimed.
This had truly reached the planetary state! Previously, Lu Ze's power was strong, but it was just extremely close to the planetary state. After all, Lu Ze's body of darkness was far from perfection.
However, the lightning cloud's power had truly reached the planetary state.
Everyone's skin crawled upon sensing this violent power.
Mo Xie, Chi Xiaomo, and Bernie looked at the clouds in shock. This was not much weaker than the planetary state void beast they fought last time.
That time, Lu Ze's blood-red lightning spear was his trump card. But now, Lu Ze's normal means reached that level?
How long has it been and he already had such a huge improvement?!
Lin Kuang and Jack's eyes widened. They fought with Lu Ze just then, and yet, Lu Ze was still hiding this sort of attack?
"Level three of the mortal evolution state... and his attack reaches the planetary state..." Someone sighed.
"He's indeed the Monarch of the New Dawn."
Now, no young duke had doubts and dissatisfaction about Lu Ze.
In other areas of planet Venus, many people felt the planetary state wave and looked over.
On a small building, Job looked at the direction of Nangong Jing's and Qiuyue Hesha's building.
"Nangong and Qiuyue? No, theirs should be stronger than this. What play is occurring at the monarch celebration?".
Usually, older people like them didn't go to these young people's gatherings. But now, he was very interested in the situation over there.
Then, his eyes narrowed. "It wouldn't be Lu Ze, right?"
"No no no... not possible. He can't have reached the planetary state this quickly."
If Lu Ze's cultivation level was at level six or above of the mortal evolution state, he felt it was possible, but it was too early now.
His eyes lit up. "Which person broke through?"
In the fourth-year students' area of elite class dorms, Margaret and Li Qingyun felt that extreme power. They looked in the direction of that powerful force.
It was from the banquet held for Lu Ze?
As the ice vortex and lightning cloud stood off against each other, Lu Ze saw Luo Bingqing's eyes were filled with searing battle intent.
He smiled and waved his hand.
Rumble!
Five bolts of lightning struck at Luo Bingqing.
Luo Bingqing looked at the five bolts of lightning. His eyes flashed with deep blue light, and the ice vortex greeted the lightning bolts.
Rumble!
Countless ice shards melted under the lightning. Luo Bingqing gritted his teeth. He fully activated his ice god art. Subsequently, a thin layer of ice covered his body. At the same time, ice was also spreading at the lake.
The rapidly crumbling vortex stood firm as Luo Bingqing used all the power he could.
Lu Ze raised a brow and moved his hands. The five lightning bolts merged into one.
Rumble!
The lightning started to break the vortex. The purple-red lightning was like the sword of divine punishment, slowly but firmly approaching Luo Bingqing. Despite using all his power, Luo Bingqing couldn't stop the lightning completely. More and more ice covered his body, and Luo Bingqing became a beautiful man carved out of
ice.
Everyone couldn't breathe while watching the scene.
Only Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha remained calm. Nangong Jing smiled. "Ze is planning to help old Luo?"
Luo Bingqing couldn't have lasted this long, but he still managed to defend against it despite having trouble.
Qiuyue Hesha looked softly at Lu Ze. "I like it when little brother Lu Ze is like this."
Lu Li and Alice immediately looked over vigilantly. Even Lin Ling glanced at Qiuyue Hesha.
What did this fox demon mean?
Was she planning to do something to Lu Ze? Suddenly, the temperature dropped. Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha immediately looked at Luo Bingqing
"His... god art grew stronger?!". It was extremely hard to learn god art, but if god art could evolve, then the growth in power would be explosive.
Luo Bingqing was experiencing this situation.
At this moment, the ice on Luo Bingqing was turning deep blue from ice blue. Even the steadily moving lightning seemed to have sunk into the swamp. It was in a deadlock with the ice vortex.
Lu Ze saw this and smiled. It worked quite well.
He wanted to try this when he saw the battle will in Luo Bingqing's eyes.
If Luo Bingqing's god art could really evolve, then it would be great.
At this moment, the ice receded from Luo Bingqing's body. There was a deep blue vertical mark on his forehead.
He looked more handsome now.
Lu Ze: "..." His mouth twitched.
Why did a man have to be this handsome?
Cough... but... he could still be considered equally handsome,
Luo Bingqing opened his eyes, and the blue mark disappeared from his forehead.
During this time, he suddenly coughed out a mouthful of blood, and his chi weakened immediately. The ice vortex dissipated quickly as well.
Seeing this, Lu Ze dispersed the lightning bolts that were about to strike down.
Luo Bingqing wobbled and struggled up. He smiled at Lu Ze. "Thank you for this time, Lu Ze."
His god art was able to evolve, all because of Lu Ze's pressure. Otherwise, he wouldn't know when he would get such an opportunity.
Still, he handled the great pressure and used his god art with all his might. He was almost completely exhausted.
Lu Ze smiled. "You're welcome. Congratulations, teacher Luo."
Now that Luo Bingqing's god art evolved, then perhaps, he might be able to touch upon the planetary state?
This was a huge benefit for him.
The banquet was dead silent. Everyone looked at Lu Ze and Luo Bingqing in disbelief. They were shocked that Luo Bingqing's god art really evolved under Lu Ze's pressure.
"Lu Ze did this on purpose?"
"The saints said that the Monarch of the New Dawn is the pioneer of a new era for the human race... Now, I have no doubts about
this."
"He has such means and magnanimity. He deserves this title..."
Lin Kuang and Jack looked at each other. Luo Bingqing could evolve his god art under such situations. If it was them, they wouldn't have the confidence. Of course, they didn't know Lu Ze's lightning cloud divine art would reach this level.
Otherwise, they might try it as well.
However, this was in the past. They weren't the type to regret.
Mo Xie looked at Luo Bingqing's weak figure. His eyes were complicated.
Luo Bingqing's combat power was perhaps the same as theirs now, or maybe even slightly stronger.
Nangong Jing smiled. "We need to congratulate old Luo on progressing."
Qiuyue Hesha nodded. They could tell that their god arts evolved when they fought the Lord of Eternal Life.
Luo Bingqing's case worked because of Lu Ze, but it was also due to Luo Bingqing's own talent and character.
Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "Little brother Lu Ze is really amazing. Even I can't do this." Nangong Jing rolled her eyes
Lu Ze looked at Luo Bingqing and smiled. "Teacher Luo, have some rest first and then practice your god art?"
Luo Bingqing nodded. "I'll be going first."
Right after such, Luo Bingqing flew up and sped off into the distance.
Seeing this, Lu Ze looked at the celebration and saw that everyone was staring at him with wide eyes.
Lu Ze touched his face.
Was he really that handsome?
Did this mean he was more handsome than Luo Bingqing?
Lu Ze felt great.
"There's still one more Heaven Yang spirit fruit. Who wants it?"
The people looked among each other with hesitation. They were scared of getting beaten up.
Right then, Daphne got up and appeared before Lu Ze with extreme speed. Lu Ze was surprised. He didn't expect her god art to be wind god art too.
She smiled at Lu Ze. "Lu Ze, if you can let my wind god art evolve, I can tell you a few secrets about Jing Jing and Hesha. How about it?"
Nangong Jing: "?" Qiuyue Hesha: "?"
She wanted to betray them?!
Nangong Jing gritted her teeth. "Daphne, if you dare to say anything, you're dead!"
Daphne blinked her eyes innocently. "If my wind god art can really evolve, then I don't mind."
Lu Ze was excited.
She had such information?
Great!
He needed to work hard!
He grinned. "Deal!"
Seeing this, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha were even more annoyed.
Since Daphne used wind god art, Lu Ze was planning to use wind god art to fight her.
After some exchange of intense blows, Lu Ze used lightning cloud divine art, but he still wasn't able to let her wind god art evolve.
Daphne felt it was a pity. Lu Ze felt the same. He really wanted to know their secrets.
Mo Xie and the others also wanted Lu Ze to go all out.
Eventually, no one could hurt Lu Ze whenever he used lightning cloud divine art. Likewise, no one's god art was able to progress like Luo Bingqing However, Xuan Yuji learned quite a bit about her god art.
This could be considered a gain.
As for the rest, they didn't really benefit from this. There was nothing they could do about this situation either.
After all, the process of learning god art was too mystifying. Luo Bingqing's situation had the element of luck to it.
Soon, almost all the top young dukes sparred with Lu Ze, and none of them could injure him. Therefore, one Heaven Yang spirit fruit was left untouched. It seemed it would be given to someone in the future.
Lu Ze left the lake after the sparring session. He came to Lin Ling and said, "Lin Ling, why don't you go up and try?"
Today was not only Lu Ze's celebration after all. There was Lin Ling's celebration too. Lin Ling nodded. Her eyes sparkled with fighting spirit.
She hadn't fought anyone else, other than Lu Ze and the others.
When Lin Ling reached the lake, people just realized that it was Lin Ling's celebration too.
Seeing this, Lin Kuang smiled. His little sister finally grew up now, and her power was at the mortal evolution state too.
Then, he became shocked. Lin Kuang looked at Lin Ling in disbelief.
"Level two of the mortal evolution state?!"
Oh shit?
How did this little girl reach level two of the mortal evolution state as well?
She just recently broke through the mortal evolution state awhile ago.
This was too absurd.
Lin Ling looked at the audience and smiled. "Who wants to test my power?" Moments later, a golden-haired woman stood up and came before Lin Ling. "I'll go. I'm Martina Terry, level three mortal evolution state." Lin Ling smiled. "Lin Ling, level two mortal evolution state."
As she spoke, a silver long spear appeared in her hands. Simultaneously, a pair of short daggers appeared on Martina's hands. She stomped on the ground and disappeared from the spot.
Lu Ze said with surprise, "This Martina is quite fast."
Of course, this speed was only relative to level three of the mortal evolution state.
Nangong Jing added, "Martina's god art seems to be spirit cat body? She seems to be quite good at speed and balance. Her power isn't too weak."
Lu Ze nodded. However, this was no threat to Lin Ling.
Lin Ling flicked her right hand, and the long spear shot at Martina.
When Martina saw the incoming spear, her golden eyes suddenly turned into vertical pupils. The hairs on her entire body stood on ends. She wanted to dodge it, but she found that she couldn't no matter what.
Eventually, the spear stopped steadily before her throat.
This stunned the audience, who were watching casually, once more.
Oh shit?!
Level two mortal evolution state beating a level three mortal evolution state? Another person similar to Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha? They didn't expect that this neglected Spirit Eye Young Duke had such terrifying power. Lin Ling looked at Martina and smiled, "You lost."
Hearing this, Martina returned to her senses. She was unsatisfied, but she smiled bitterly. "I
lost."
Lin Ling looked at the audience and asked, "Is my power enough?"
Everyone nodded.
Lin Ling smiled and jumped off the lake. This surprised everyone.
She was going to stop there?
Judging from how she beat Martina, clearly, she had more power.
Even Lu Ze was confused.
"Lin Ling, why don't you continue?" Lu Ze asked. This was such a good opportunity to show her power and act cool.
Lin Ling rolled her eyes. "I can't be like you, so I might as well not fight."
Lin Ling had all of Lu Ze's god art, other than the special ones. With her spirit eye god art, she was confident in barely taking on a level eight mortal evolution state. However, this was still a huge difference compared to Lu Ze.
Lu Ze smiled with embarrassment. "If I knew earlier, you should have gone first. Then, I'll go."
It was their chance to act cool, but he stole the show. This was quite embarrassing.
Nangong Jing saw that Lin Ling stopped fighting, so she took away her god art. The lake returned to normal.
Lu Ze's and Lin Ling's power was approved by all the young dukes.
The representatives looked at the two like they were treasures. They had such power at only 19 years old. What about the future?
The planetary state was definitely possible while the star state was most likely. For Lu Ze, he might be even able to try reaching the cosmic system state. It was too beneficial to establish a relationship with a future cosmic system state.
They looked around them. All these people were their main competitors. They would probably get fired if they failed to invite the two.
They had to do it no matter what! Since the sparring was over, Lu Ze and the rest went back to their seats.
Lu Ze smiled. "Since everyone has tested my power, then let's enjoy the feast. These spirit foods are great. Have as much as you want."
These spirit foods were made by Alice. As her power grew, she could barely make mortal evolution state spirit food now.
If someone dares to say it tasted bad, he would break that person's neck.
If it wasn't due to the celebration, he wasn't going to take it out.
Everyone looked at the untouched food on the table and gulped their saliva.
But…
Thinking about the serious business, they had to get up and come to Lu Ze's table.
Lu Ze was planning to eat and suddenly saw a group of people walking over.
"Lu Ze is indeed the Monarch of the New Dawn. You have planetary state power at level three of the mortal evolution state. In the two thousand years of Federal history, your talent is the best. Most importantly, you have made such great contributions to the Federation. I salute you." A military man drank a toast.
Before Lu Ze could reciprocate, another beautiful woman in casual attire smiled.
"Furthermore, Lu Ze is so easy going and humble. Such magnanimity makes me embarrassed about myself. I'll drink to you."
Lu Ze: "…"
So he was that good? He didn't even realize.
"Not just that, Lu Ze is so generous at the celebration, treating us with precious spirit fruit and food. I'll drink to you."
"And…"
Lu Ze saw the large group of people intending to talk, and his mouth twitched. When would he be able to eat?
Lu Ze naturally understood their intentions.
Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha already told him about the invitations he would be getting. Although Lu Ze really wanted to eat, he still felt great. He was such a prodigy and so welcomed. Thinking about this, Lu Ze raised his cup. "I'll drink to all of you."
Lu Ze finished his cup. It wasn't an intense wine like the ones Nangong Jing drank. It was quite sweet.
At this moment, a handsome man came up. "I believe Lu Ze knows why we are here. Given your talent, every adventure squad and military welcomes you extremely, but with your talent, staying inside the Federation is definitely not the best option. It is better to join a powerful adventure squad when you leave the Milky Way galaxy..." "Bullshit! Who said Lu Ze can't stay in the military? If he accomplishes huge feats at the border, the Federation has a planet of resources. He can also get resources from killing space pirates and enemy races. How is that lesser than adventure squads?"
"If Lu Ze reached the star state and wanted to leave, I have no objections, but once he stepped into the planetary state, staying inside the Federation won't be bad!"
Another uniformed military man said, "With his talent, he wouldn't even take long to reach the star state. Compared to the uncertainty outside the galaxy, the risk is much more controllable inside the Federation."
"Yes that's true, but can the resources he acquires inside compare with the resources outside the galaxy? If he needs 50 years to reach the star state inside the Federation, he would only need 20 to 30 years to reach the planetary state outside."
"Pfft, you're saying the military isn't as good as your adventure squads? We have posts and stations outside the galaxy. Would the Kui Water Army be lesser than your Water Moon Alliance?"
Soon, the debate had shifted its focus on whether Lu Ze should go to adventure squads or the army. It was getting more and more heated.
Qiuyue Hesha narrowed her eyes. "Lu Ze is only a first-year university student. There's still a long time. When he graduates, who knows what the situation would be?"
"If you want little brother Lu Ze to join you, you might as well leave your contact details, and when he reaches the planetary state, then you can discuss it again."
Nangong Jing also grinned. "And... why don't you ask your boss? Ze isn't an ordinary young duke."
It was rare for people to become young dukes before graduating. Even so, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha were two of those rare ones. They also planned to reach the planetary state first at the time.
Their celebration had less intense arguments. Lu Ze was different. His talent was too powerful. With their limited authority, they couldn't decide a lot of things.
Everyone heard this and took a deep breath to calm down. Even if Lu Ze accepted the invite, he would have to reach the planetary state first.
Hearing this, everyone smiled apologetically at Lu Ze.
The military man spoke, "Sorry Lu Ze, that was embarrassing."
"Regarding your power and Lin Ling's, we will report to our commander. I believe he would provide abundant conditions for you."
Lu Ze nodded. "There's no rush. I haven't reached the planetary state yet."
He didn't really care about resources. After all, he didn't lack those. His final decision will depend on which place was more interesting.
Lu Ze wanted to go to more interesting places. Soon, everyone left their contact details and promised to contact their heads as quickly as possible. Some of these representatives were from powerful military districts. Some were the military from the void border posts, and some were adventure squads with star states.
Of course, they hoped that Lu Ze wouldn't agree to any of the other groups before reaching the planetary state. The future was unforeseeable. When Lu Ze reached the planetary state, perhaps they would be able to provide better terms?
The young dukes at the celebration looked at Lu Ze with admiration.
"That is Qimuxie's representative, Maa Hongkuo, right? Their squad leader is a star state."
"Not just Qimuxie, that's Yulong Palace's representative, Jones Percy, and Water Moon Alliance's representative, Yi Yan. There's also Scorching Emperor Squad, as well as Wind Lightning Squad. All of them are star states adventure squad. That's Point Star army's Lu Yuanhua, Kui Water army's Yue Lingxiang, and Huge Spirit army's Hanson Creek. These armies all have stations outside the galaxy."
"After all, with Lu Ze's aptitude, he can potentially reach the cosmic system state. These representatives aren't dumb..."
These young dukes also had young duke celebrations before. They didn't have these several powerful forces fighting over them.
The difference between the young dukes was huge too. Some could only become planetary states while some had hopes of reaching the star state. Therefore, they were treated differently.
Lu Ze as the Monarch of the New Dawn was above all of them.
Lu Ze accepted everyone's contact details. Seeing that everyone returned to their tables, Lu Ze intended to start eating.
At this moment, he saw the very little food remaining, as well as the chubby little hand grabbing a drumstick. It was Ying Ying. Lu Ze's face stiffened.
"Ying Ying, you are stealing the food!"
Ying Ying blinked her eyes. "Ying Ying didn't steal the food! Ying Ying ate it openly, but Lu Ze just didn't see it!"
Ying Ying felt a bit aggrieved. Obviously, she was eating it in a righteous manner.
Seeing this, Nangong Jing and the others immediately narrowed their eyes toward Lu Ze.
Lu Ze: "..."
He shut up immediately and sat down.
He didn't even bully Ying Ying. She was the one bullying him. They spoiled her too much.
Lu Ze was only disappointed for a moment. He soon joined the battle over food. Thereafter, Lu Ze shamelessly took a drumstick from Ying Ying's bowl.
Everyone stared at Lu Ze. Was he a kid?
Was he really the Monarch of the New Dawn Lu Ze?
When they saw that he accordingly took back his hand upon being glared upon by Nangong Jing and the others, they became confused.
Where did his courage to take on the world go?
Lu Ze felt aggrieved.
He just wanted the drumstick in Ying Ying's bowl, and these girls were so fierce to him.
He wanted to cry. Alice laughed. "Senior, it's okay. After the celebration is over, I'll cook just for you. You can eat whatever you want."
Lu Ze's eyes lit up after hearing this. He looked at Alice. "Really?"
Alice nodded. "Mhm."
Lu Ze felt very touched. "Alice is the best!"
Alice smiled vibrantly upon receiving the praise.
Lu Li watch the scene and narrowed her eyes. Then, a drumstick appeared in her hands, and Lu Li sighed. "I was thinking about leaving one for brother, but..."
Lu Ze looked at this in disbelief.
She left one?!
Alice and Lin Ling were shocked too. They all didn't notice what Lu Li did.
Lu Ze looked at the drumstick and showed a pleased smile. "My sister Li is really nice to her brother."
Lu Li grinned. "You didn't say this just then."
Lu Ze then thought, 'Did this dark-hearted girl think that a drumstick was enough for him to surrender?!'
Naive!
Was he that sort of person?
Even if he died or that he could never have drumsticks again, he wouldn't surrender!
Lu Li smiled. "Since brother can't accept my goodwill, then I'll give it to Ying Ying. At least, Ying Ying is nice."
Lu Ze: "..."
When he saw Lu Li push the drumstick closer and closer to his fated enemy, his heart sunk into the abyss.
Then, he realized that his mouth spoke uncontrollably. "Sister Li is the best!"
Everyone felt speechless upon looking at Lu
Ze.
Lu Li smiled. "Really?"
Lu Ze suddenly felt the gazes of Alice and everyone. He definitely didn't say this. It was his mouth's fault.
"Yes! Of course!"
Lu Li smiled. "Since brother believes so, then I'll give it to brother."
Right after, she passed the drumstick to Lu Ze. Alice also looked at Lu Ze. "Senior."
After a moment, Lu Ze said, "You two are equally good."
Qiuyue Hesha said, "Lu Ze, you're really a playboy."
Nangong Jing drank some wine and clenched her fists while looking at Lu Ze.
Lin Ling looked at Lu Ze with contempt as though he was something dirty.
Ying Ying saw that the drumstick flew away from her mouth and looked at Lu Ze bitterly.
Lu Ze felt this was so tiring. This was not his fault. It was all because of that drumstick enticing him. It was the drumstick's fault!
He was innocent.
Thinking for a moment, Lu Ze gave up. He said seriously, "You're all equally good."
Immediately, the atmosphere turned silent. The girls looked at Lu Ze with the intention of beating him up. If there wasn't a celebration, they would've already done the deed decisively.
Lu Ze felt relieved upon seeing that none of them attacked him. Thereafter, he bit into the drumsticks.
Tasty!
Several young dukes also came to meet Lu Ze and Lin Ling after the representatives.
They got to know all the young dukes who came. There were some young dukes who couldn't make it due to some emergency. Nevertheless, Lu Ze and Lin Ling joined the chat group for young dukes.
Then, the young dukes started talking among themselves. It was a rare opportunity for so many of them to be gathered together.
Half an hour later, just when everyone was enjoying the conversations, a silver beam suddenly shot over from a far distance. Everyone looked at the chi in surprise.
Planetary state?
Ying Ying also looked over. In a short instant, the silver beam landed by the lake. Then, a figure appeared. It was a silver-haired, golden-eyed handsome young guy. Many people looked at this young man with disbelief. Thereafter, they looked at Lu Ze.
The young man glanced across everyone. His eyes paused for a brief moment on the leftover spirit fruits and food before looking in Lu Ze's direction.
Lu Ze was confused. This guy was a planetary state.
Did he come for him?
He didn't seem to know him though?
The handsome man proceeded toward Lu Ze and his group. He only glanced at Lu Ze once and then looked at Nangong Jing.
His calmness disappeared. Instead, his face revealed a gentle smile. "Jing Jing, I heard that you broke through to the planetary state. I have applied for leave from the squad leader in order to come and pick you up." Nangong Jing grinned. "Sorry brother Elliot, I'm not going to the Searing Emperor Squad."
Elliot frowned. "Why? With your talent, you can get the best resources if you go. I'm a squad leader now too. I can take care of you in my squad."
Nangong Jing scratched her hair. After a while, she said, "I'm going to wait for Ze and the others to venture out together."
Elliot frowned even more.
He looked at Lu Ze. "I know Lu Ze was appointed as Monarch of the New Dawn by the saints. Although his talent is not bad, such talent won't be equivalent to power. You can't just have talent outside the galaxy."
"Even if he is Lu Ze, he will need to join an adventure squad after leaving the Milky Way galaxy."
Lu Ze's face turned strange.
Did this guy like the alcoholic?
Nangong Jing continued, "Then, I'll join a squad with him."
Elliot fell silent. With his understanding of Nangong Jing, there was nothing that could change her decision.
He turned to study Lu Ze. Just when he was about to speak, his body paused, and his eyes narrowed. Then, he shut his mouth.
Lu Ze looked at the representative of the Searing Emperor Squad. Obviously, it was the representative who sent a sound transmission to him.
Elliot had just arrived. He didn't see Lu Ze's real power. Even so, Lu Ze didn't mind. Since this guy didn't speak, Lu Ze felt quite happy.
Nangong Jing saw Elliot's reaction and raised a brow. "Brother Elliot, I made the decision on my own. You understand what I mean, right?"
Elliot looked deeply at Lu Ze and smiled at Nangong Jing. "Of course. By the way, I brought back a lot of cultivation resources for you. Since you don't want to leave now, you can join the Searing Emperor Squad together when Lu Ze reaches the planetary state. With his talent, it wouldn't take long."
Subsequently, Elliot took out a storage ring. He was planning to give it to Nangong Jing.
Nangong Jing smiled. "I don't need cultivation resources. You need them for your own good. Use it yourself. I will do missions myself."
Elliot's hands shook, and he smiled again. "Alright, I'll go visit old man Nangong and come to see you tomorrow."
Elliot's arrival was just a brief moment. Soon, everyone went back to what they were doing.
A few hours later, everyone began to leave and bid their goodbyes to Lu Ze and Lin Ling. Of course, they will be staying in Dawn System these few days because they would be heading off to the void border in five days.
Soon, only Lu Ze and the rest remained.
Lu Ze stretched his back and smiled. "It's finally over."
He didn't like these sorts of gatherings. He would rather cultivate himself. Today was very tiring.
Nangong Jing looked at the empty food tables and smiled. "There will be people who will clean this, so just leave it here for now."
Similar to setting up the banquet, there would be people willing to clean up, as long as some academic credits were given in exchange.
Following that, everyone went to Nangong Jing's place.
They lay on the couch. None of them liked these sorts of things.
Nangong Jing looked curiously at Lu Ze. "Ze, you're not going to ask me who that person was?"
Lu Ze was confused. "Why would I ask?"
Nangong Jing: "?"
Her fists felt itchy again.
Was this guy not curious at all?
At this moment, Lu Ze laughed. "I can't restrict you from befriending others, right?"
Nangong Jing was stunned, and then, she smiled. "That person is called Elliot Ronald. His grandpa is a star state and the guild leader of the Searing Emperor Squad. Our families were close when were young. He took care of
me."
Lu Ze nodded. "Oh."
No wonder she called him brother.
Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "You saw his expression. He definitely wasn't happy. Does it not pain
you?"
Nangong Jing rolled her eyes. "I was only ten when he broke through to the planetary state and left the galaxy. Then, we've only seen each other twice. I've always thought of him as a big brother since I was young."
"I was thinking about going to the Searing Emperor Squad after reaching the planetary state, but now, of course, I'm going to follow Ze."
Lu Ze's mouth twitched. "The cultivation resources that guy offered just now wouldn't definitely be less, right? You didn't want it at all. So you're going to stick to me?" Nangong Jing smiled. "It's your fault for giving me so many good resources. Is it my fault?"
Qiuyue Hesha grinned. "I'm also sticking to you too."
Nangong Jing heard this. With a look of distaste, she said, "Fox, you're really disgusting."
Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "A dinosaur full of muscles like you can't comprehend what I say."
Lu Ze and the rest looked speechlessly at the two. They were arguing again.
At this moment, Lu Li and Alice said, "We want to go to the void border too."
Their words made everyone stunned.
Alice said, "We're almost at the peak stage of the aperture opening state. It would take less than half a month for us to reach the mortal evolution state. Our combat power has reached the mortal evolution state too, right?"
"Based on the requirements to be appointed as young dukes, we're only missing contributions."
Everyone was speechless. Indeed, these two had mortal evolution state power.
However...
The void border was too dangerous.
Alice said, "Senior, I've already spoken with my father. He agreed to let us go."
Nangong Jing raised a brow. "Uncle Merlin let you guys go?"
Lu Li smiled and explained, "We won't go directly with you. Uncle Merlin said we'll join the God Martial Army for now. We'll cultivate there first and do missions with them. If we progress fast, then we will go on trials with the young dukes."
Everyone looked among themselves. They had never heard of this.
The void border was heavily guarded. It was directed by Saint God Martial himself. God Martial Army was the most elite force at the void border. Yet, they were going there?
Alice poked her tongue. "We are scared you guys wouldn't agree, so we went to father directly. Father spoke with old man Nangong, and he said we can go directly to the God Martial Army."
Lu Ze spoke helplessly, "Since the old man has agreed, then we have no reason to object."
The group chatted for a while and returned to their own homes.
Planet Jinyao
A blazing white ship flew out of the atmosphere. Elliot stared into space.
Old man Nangong's attitude gave him a lot of guesses. This wasn't what he imagined.
As several thoughts flew across his mind, Elliot's eyes revealed some coldness. His ship went back to planet Venus.
The next morning, Lu Ze slowly opened his eyes. He obtained a body of darkness god art orb last night. After using it, he felt his body of darkness god art grew stronger.
Pity, it was already morning now. Otherwise, he would be able to test how strong it had become.
Lu Ze shook his head and went downstairs. Immediately, he heard a knocking sound.
Was it Li and the others?
They had keys, didn't they?
Lu Ze opened the door. Never did he expect that Elliot would be standing there. Elliot smiled. "Lu Ze, can I come in and have a seat?"
Lu Ze nodded. "Sure."
Elliot entered the room and studied the place before sitting on the couch.
Lu Ze smiled. "Do you want anything to drink? I have... water."
Lu Ze suddenly felt the atmosphere turn awkward.
He only drank water.
Lu Ze quickly added, "Drinking water is good for you." Elliot's mouth twitched. He hoped Lu Ze would show some fear or at least some seriousness. After all, he was a planetary state! Lu Ze was just a level three mortal evolution state. Perhaps Lu Ze's combat power barely reached the planetary state, but this was meaningless to him.
Yet, Lu Ze asked him to drink more water?
His smile froze. "You're really humorous."
Lu Ze nodded. "I have an interesting soul. I can't deny that." Elliot: "..."
His mouth twitched once more, and then, he said, "I came to you this time about Jing Jing."
Lu Ze nodded. "Mhm, I guessed it."
He sat down opposite Elliot and then asked, "By the way, do you still want water? I'll pour some for you." Elliot: "?"
He forced out a smile. "No need. I'm just here to talk about Jing Jing with you. I'll be leaving soon."
Lu Ze nodded. "Okay, what do you want to talk about teacher Nangong?"
Elliot smiled. "You might know. I watched Jing Jing grow up..."
Lu Ze interrupted. "She already told me this last night, and she also said that she only sees you as a big brother from a young age."
Elliot: "..."
His smile froze again.
Lu Ze looked at Elliot.
Were his words too painful?
Should he pour Elliot some warm water?
Just when Lu Ze was about to speak, Elliot asked, "What are your thoughts about Jing Jing?"
In the living room of Lu Ze's building, the atmosphere was a bit intense.
Lu Ze smiled. "Teacher Nangong is very ferocious. She's an alcoholic, lazy and violent..."
"Stop!" Elliot exclaimed. His mouth twitched. "Since you think Jing Jing isn't good, why don't you stay away from her? It's beneficial for her that I take her to the Searing Emperor Squad to cultivate."
Lu Ze was slightly taken aback upon hearing the words. Although she had a lot of shortcomings, she also had some good points too.
For example... she's a really nice person?
Lu Ze smiled. "This is her decision. There's no point in asking me. She's an independent woman. You should communicate with her."
Elliot frowned. "Does this mean you won't agree?" Lu Ze: "?"
Does he not understand human language?
Lu Ze smiled. "I said you should go ask teacher Nangong directly."
Elliot glanced deeply at Lu Ze again and nodded. He got up. "In that case, sorry for the inconvenience."
Lu Ze scratched his head upon seeing Elliot leave. This guy wouldn't attempt something shady against him, right? However, with how talented he was, coupled with the attention he constantly got-at least before leaving the galaxy—the possibility of such an event occurring was very low.
Upon leaving the galaxy, he would become extremely powerful, so he didn't need to worry.
Lu Ze shook his head.
At this moment, Lin Ling, Lu Li, and Alice walked in. They saw Lu Ze. Lin Ling frowned. "We saw that Elliot just then. What did he come over for?"
Lu Ze answered, "He told me to stay away from teacher Nangong."
Lu Li smiled. "Then, how did you answer, brother?"
Lu Ze rolled his eyes. "Teacher Nangong isn't a child. How can I make the decision for her? Of course, I told Elliot to ask her. There's no point asking me."
Lin Ling nodded. "Let's go cultivate."
The group had just arrived at Nangong Jing's place, only to witness Elliot coming out. His expression was very bad.
He glanced at Lu Ze once. Thereafter, he withdrew his gaze.
Lu Ze shook his head.
He really did go speak to Nangong Jing about it and got rejected?
This was a sad story.
The group came in and saw Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha sitting on the couch, as if nothing happened.
Nangong Jing grinned at Lu Ze while Qiuyue Hesha smirked. Lu Ze was a little worried.
"What's wrong? I didn't do anything, right?"
Nangong Jing gritted her teeth. "I heard that I'm very fierce, an alcoholic, lazy, and violent?"
Immediately, Lu Ze began to sweat.
Shit!
That Elliot was this sort of person?!
He had some sympathy for Elliot before, but now, it was all gone.
Was he going to get beaten up?
Lu Ze quickly said, "But despite so, teacher Nangong is still very attractive! Moreover, I don't think these are shortcomings. You are too beautiful and kind. You're too perfect. With these, you seem more amicable!"
Everyone looked at Lu Ze in disbelief.
With some hesitance, Nangong Jing looked at Lu Ze. "Are you the real Lu Ze?"
How could this kid say such words?
Lu Ze: "?"
His mouth twitched. "How can that be? These are all words coming from my heart. Teacher Nangong is bright like the moon..."
"Okay, okay." Nangong Jing's face blushed. She couldn't handle this anymore.
Lu Li and Alice looked at Lu Ze. He had never complimented them like this.
Meanwhile, Lin Ling looked at Lu Ze with contempt.
Thereafter, Alice said she was going to make breakfast. Lu Li and Lin Ling followed.
Lu Ze breathed easy. He managed to survive again.
However, this Elliot was so cunning. He was going to be careful!
In the next five days, everyone kept cultivating in Nangong Jing's home during the morning. By afternoon, they returned to their own homes.
With his chi stealth god art improving constantly, Lu Ze was surviving better and better in the pocket hunting dimension.
At least, level eight mortal evolution state beasts could no longer find Lu Ze.
As for level nine bosses, Lu Ze rarely encountered them.
Meanwhile, when it came to the body of darkness orbs, he could only kill level seven dark wolves, so he could only get one or two a day. During these five days, Lu Ze's cultivation level was a step closer to level four of the mortal evolution state. His physical strength reached level six of the mortal evolution state. Simultaneously, his lightning cloud divine art, lightning spear, and fire clone divine art had all improved.
In the darkness, his star crippling punch could barely reach the planetary state due to the buff from the body of darkness. It was on par with the lightning spear. Lu Li and Alice also reached the aperture opening state with 700 apertures. They just needed a few days to reach perfection.
Five days later, in the morning, 90 people were gathered before old man Nangong's shack.
Behind them was a black spaceship that was hundreds of meters long.
The old man looked at the crowd. His skinny figure was now releasing a powerful pressure
e was nov
SSUI
This was the first time that Lu Ze saw the old man's authoritative side. For a long time, he had always looked like an ordinary old man. The contrast was so apparent at this moment.
The old man said, "Half a year later, the Four-Race Social Gathering will begin. This time, it will be organized by the human race. You guys are the strongest of our younger generation. We will show our potential to our allies."
"Let them know that although our race has a short history, we are not weak, and our potential is not worse than theirs!"
"This time, you will be going to the void border. It is a place of opportunity and danger. The dangers will far surpass any battlefield you've experienced, but the opportunities are evenly bountiful. I believe you guys can do the best."
"Go, come back safely."
Everyone nodded and boarded the ship.
The old man watched the ship fly off and then sighed. The void border was very dangerous. Perhaps some of them would never come back, but if they didn't go through intense battles, how can they become truly strong?
This was a phase that every powerful being must go through.
Right now, he could only hope that after six months, everyone will return safely.
In the spaceship, Lu Ze and the rest arrived at the residential area with allocated rooms. The room was just a small suite, which was quite different from the room built in a young duke's ship.
When everyone was settled, Nangong Jing and the others came to Lu Ze's room. The group looked at Lu Ze with excitement.
Lin Ling said, "Okay, Ze, it's fine."
Lu Ze nodded, and he looked around. "Ying Ying, you can come over."
Suddenly, a small wormhole appeared in the room and Ying Ying flew out of it.
She looked around curiously. "Is this the ship going to the void border?"
Lu Ze rubbed her little face. "Yes."
They had already discussed it with the old man and decided to bring Ying Ying along. The void border was far more dangerous.
However, they still had to go through dangerous situations to grow, so they let Ying Ying follow.
Only very few people knew about Ying Ying. Those young dukes didn't know about her, so they had to sneak her in.
It was a good thing Ying Ying was a cosmic realm state, and it was all too simple for her to not get caught. Qiuyue Hesha carried Ying Ying and said, "Ying Ying, we'll be depending on you for our safety."
Ying Ying nodded. "I will protect you all!"
Nangong Jing walked over and patted Ying Ying's head. "But don't save them unless they're about to die. Don't let them know." If they knew about Ying Ying, they would feel secure, and the experience wouldn't be as beneficial.
Ying Ying nodded. "Ying Ying is really nice!" Alice went up and rubbed Ying Ying. Even Lu Li and Lin Ling did the same thing. Seeing how Ying Ying's face was pulled in all sorts of directions by the five women surrounding her, Lu Ze laughed. This little girl was having a tough life.
Qiuyue Hesha said, "Ying Ying, don't let people in the ship find out about you. Come to my room later."
"Wait! Why should it be your room?"
Nangong Jing said, "It's the same going to mine."
Qiuyue Hesha sneered. "Your room is full of alcohol smell. Ying Ying is still a little girl. Do you want her to be like you?"
Nangong Jing's body stiffened. "I... I won't drink when Ying Ying is here!" "Speak honestly."
Nangong Jing shut up.
Lu Ze almost laughed. It was impossible for her to not drink.
Lu Ze looked at Lu Li and Alice. "It'll take us half a month to reach the void border. You two need to break through to the mortal evolution
state."
The void border was rather far, and the closer they got to it, the more natural disasters there were-for example, universal storms, and space chaos flows.
This juncture was meant for cultivation time.
Lu Li and Alice nodded. Their eyes were firm. Likewise, Lin Ling's eyes were also firm. She wanted to reach level three of the mortal evolution state within 15 days.
By then, she would barely be able to take on level nine mortal evolution states.
The group chatted for a while, and they returned to their own rooms. Ying Ying headed straight to Qiuyue Hesha's room.
However, people, who were in the same area, stared at the group in shock. They stayed in Lu Ze's room for more than an hour and came out with satisfied expressions.
Monarch of the New Dawn was indeed the Monarch of the New Dawn!.
Last time, the four-sided love was already absurd. But now, it increased to five.
When Lin Kuang saw his sister come out of Lu Ze's room, his face changed.
Lu Ze, this bastard!
He wanted to beat him up, but he owed Lu Ze for the Heaven Yang spirit fruit. He would be able to reach the planetary state in, at most, two years with that.
Derrick's face also changed. Qiuyue Hesha was there too.
At this moment, the door on one side closed gently, startling the two of them.
It was Luo Bingqing's room.
Daphne rolled her eyes at the two. "Time to go cultivate. Old Luo progressed a lot. I don't want to fall behind."
After speaking, she shut the door.
During the night, inside the pocket hunting dimension, a few deep ditches appeared. There were purple-red lightning swimming around and eight bodies of dark wolves. They were slowly turning to dust.
Deep in the ditch, three figures suddenly flew out. They were extremely fast. They were three dark wolves. Two of them were two meters high while the remaining one was just one meter tall.
This mini wolf was Lu Ze. Since he had acquired the body of darkness, along with his other god arts, Lu Ze had been blending himself with the packs of dark wolves. Of course, Lu Ze was not bold enough to face off a level nine mortal evolution state dark wolf. If he were to be caught, he would be forced to flee desperately, which was not a very fun experience. As a consequence, every time chose a pack to infiltrate, he would settle with those ones whose strongest member was only a level eight mortal evolution state.
This time, he chose a pack with two dark wolves that were level eight and eight wolves that were level seven.
Lu Ze used lightning cloud on the spot, and those level sevens died immediately. The two remaining level eights were furious.
Lu Ze didn't choose to run this time.
The dark wolf on level eight of the mortal evolution state had power comparable to the Monarch of the New Dawn. Nevertheless, Lu Ze's combat power wasn't weak right now. Right then, his body flashed with a faint black stream, and he fused with the darkness afterward.
Seeing the two wolves charge over, Lu Ze stood up on his hind legs. After all, he wasn't a wolf, so he couldn't charge like they did.
The two wolves were dazed upon seeing Lu Ze's stance, but instantly, the lightning bolts struck down.
At the same time, 64 flames burned around Lu Ze, forming 64 mini wolves. These fire clones were approaching the planetary state. Lu Ze's mental force moved, and the fire clone charged at the wolves. Meanwhile, he disappeared from the spot. He appeared behind one wolf and used the star crippling punch! Rumble!
Roar!
The dark wolf sensed the lethal threat from Lu Ze's claw. It couldn't help but release the fierce roar. Subsequently, the dark rays around it grew denser.
The fire clone charging towards it halted for a moment. Then, it ducked, and its dark claws clashed with Lu Ze's claw.
Rumble!
Waves shot in all directions. The nearest fire clone couldn't even maintain its shape and turned into a ball of flame that disappeared into the darkness.
The power tore through Lu Ze's star crippling punch and left a crack on his black-gold battle armor.
Crack...
Lu Ze felt severe pain from his paw. This was the first time he clashed with a level eight boss head-on. Their power was very strong, much stronger than he expected. Nevertheless, Lu Ze wasn't worried at all. This pain wasn't anything for someone who had died more than a hundred times.
His eyes were cold, and his hand flashed with gray spirit light. With the use of regeneration god art, the pain rapidly receded. At the same time, he flashed with purple-red lightning, and tens of thin lightning spear formed before him, proceeding to shoot at the wolf.
The wolf stopped its attack and dodged to the side. Right at this moment, another wolf roared and charged over.
Lu Ze grinned. "Stay there and don't move!"
The six fire clones immediately charged at the other wolf. Lu Ze looked calmly at the wolf who dodged his lightning spear and charged up again. Rumble!
Rumble!
Rumble!
Lu Ze used every ounce of his power.
His star crippling punch ravaged the place as lightning crackled everywhere.
A few minutes later, Lu Ze's black-gold battle armor was shattered. He didn't even have time to fix it.
The purple-red lightning then orbited around his body. Thereafter, lightning struck the wolf not far away.
At this juncture, its breathing had become abnormally rapid, and its chi was weaker than before. Blood was dripping all over its body.
The wolf opposite it was in no better shape. It was covered in all sorts of injuries. The most serious one was the gaping wound on its stomach. Within the lining of the open wound, burn marks were noticeable. Purple-red lighting continued to crackle on it. Each time the lightning flashed, the dark wolf's body would violently twitch.
Even the level eight boss couldn't handle the red lightning completely. Its hideous and cruel eyes had shown some pain and fatigue. It didn't expect that this little thing would be this strong and last this long.
Lu Ze glanced at the other boss surrounded by the fire clones. Only six fire clones remained.
The fire clones weren't weak, but there was quite a difference between them and a real planetary state boss. For this reason, the fire clones could self-destruct and block the opponent. Otherwise, they would've all been destroyed already.
There wasn't much time left.
Lu Ze looked back. "Explode!"
These six fire clones exploded immediately, and a searing fire wave spread in all directions.
Lu Ze disappeared from the spot and appeared next to the panting wolf. He looked at the huge hole on its stomach that was flashing with lightning "Die!"
Lightning poured down from the lightning clouds.
Roar!
The wolf ignored its wound and opened its mouth. A deep dark ray was rapidly expanding and then...
Rumble!
Dark rays escaped out of its mouth. The power waves stirred the surrounding space. Eventually, the dark pillar clashed with the purple lightning
Before the sound waves arrived, the wolf turned in Lu Ze's direction and shot out a smaller dark pillar. With this move, its chi became extremely weak.
Lu Ze felt the lethal force from that beam. His eyes flashed with hideousness, but he didn't retreat at all.
His claw flashed with purple-red lightning, which then greeted the pillar. Rumble!
His sturdy bones that were stronger than most alloys cracked a little, but they instantly recovered under the regeneration god art.
"Break!"
Dark and purple-red beams shot in all directions. The ground was wrecked once more.
In a brief instant, Lu Ze tore through that dark pillar. His chi was even weaker, but he didn't stop for one bit.
Lu Ze's body circulated with green wind and appeared next to the dark wolf.
"Roar!"
Although it was weak, the dark wolf still attempted to attack once again. However, its weakness made it slower than Lu Ze. Before it could turn around, a bolt of purple-red lightning hit its body.
Roar!
The dark wolf howled horrendously. Its chi was extremely weak, and it could no longer fly. It landed heavily from the sky. Before it landed on the ground, its life force had dissipated.
Thud!
Eventually, the dark wolf carved out a hole in the ground.
*Pant*
Lu Ze stayed in the air, but before he could rest, he sensed a fatal threat behind him.
Lu Ze was prepared and instantly flashed a few hundred kilometers away. In the distance, the other dark wolf charged over. It swung out its huge spirit claw in the air.
The sharp piercing chi made Lu Ze's body ache. Lu Ze flickered with the green wind as he dodged the claw attacks.
With every dodge, Lu Ze felt that his body was being torn apart.
As he dodged, he would be hit from time to time. However, his extremely superior recovery ability after using the white strand energy allowed him to recover while dodging.
In an instant, the huge wolf appeared before Lu Ze. Its huge body was brimming with killing intent.
Seeing this, Lu Ze broke free from the space binding and appeared a few hundred kilometers away.
Roar!
The huge wolf charged at Lu Ze again. Although it was stronger than Lu Ze, it was still impossible to catch Lu Ze when it couldn't restrict his movements.
In the next few seconds, the dark wolf could only keep chasing after Lu Ze. Soon, the other wolf's body turned to dust, leaving behind orbs.
Lu Ze's eyes lit up. He appeared before the orbs. There were a total of seven red orbs and seven purple orbs, a chi stealth god art orb, and a body of darkness orb.
Lu Ze grinned. It was a huge harvest!
Lu Ze looked at the orbs on the ground and didn't linger anymore. Right away, he reached out to grab all the orbs happily.
The moment Lu Ze picked up all the orbs, a violent fluctuation came from behind him.
He smirked. Once again, his body was enveloped by the silver light. Lu Ze managed to be freed from the dark wolf boss' dimension constraint and disappeared on the spot.
In a few minutes' time, Lu Ze dodged the dark wolf boss' pursuit while picking up the orbs left by the other eight dark wolves that were at level seven of the mortal evolution state.
There were a total of 46 special red orbs and 45 special purple orbs, which were both at level seven of the mortal evolution state. In addition, there were 8 chi stealth god art glass ball and 2 body of darkness god art glass ball.
Lu Ze was grinning from ear to ear when he kept the two body of darkness god art glass ball.
He didn't expect that eight dark wolves that were at level seven of the mortal evolution state would actually drop two body of darkness god art glass balls!
It was as if he was kissed by Lady Luck today.
Lu Ze was very pleased.
Time went by, and very soon, more than half of Lu Ze's strength had recovered through his extremely quick recovery speed.
At this moment, the injuries on his body were already healed using the regeneration god art. After Lu Ze recovered, he looked at the dark wolf boss that kept chasing after him, and Lu Ze's gaze changed.
It seemed like this dark wolf boss had been left without his team...
Lu Ze, who had become a mini dark wolf, bared his sharp white teeth.
With that thought, Lu Ze's eyes became ferocious. The black-gold battle armor covered his entire body once more while the blue wind and purple-red stream of light flowed on the surface of his body.
Although he appeared to be a black dark wolf, he seemed like he was a wolf controlling the wind and lightning at this moment.
Extremely strong!
Lu Ze was very confident.
With the experience of killing the dark wolf boss just now, it was clear that this dark wolf boss wasn't his opponent either.
Today, he would have a bountiful harvest!
Lu Ze disappeared on the spot and wanted to pounce toward the dark wolf boss.
The lightning flashed on his front claw, and a lightning spear was formed.
Just then, the dark wolf suddenly crawled toward Lu Ze.
Lu Ze: "?"
Lu Ze was stunned as he watched the dark wolf crawling on the ground and was totally confused.
What's going on?
Could it be that this fella knows that it can't defeat me, so it decided to present its low life to me?
I've unknowingly become a tyrant king and could make my opponents crawl with just one move, huh?
Just as Lu Ze was about to put his arms on his hips, he suddenly felt something cold on his neck.
Lu Ze froze instantly, and his happiness disappeared immediately.
The aura around his body surged as he turned around slowly and realized that there was a 4-meter tall black wolf looking down at him.
Those pale eyes were icy and ruthless, causing Lu Ze to shudder.
This dark wolf was standing behind him, but he didn't notice it at all?!
It's a super big boss!
Lu Ze didn't have any second thoughts, and a silver light glistened around his body.
Space transmission!
However, this time, the air around Lu Ze became somewhat thick, and it was difficult to pass through.
Lu Ze tried his best until he finally managed to get into the state of dimension shift.
However, when he moved out of the dimension, he became dumbfounded—because he realized that he had only moved a short 50 meters.
In front of him, that 4-meter tall dark wolf boss was still staring at him.
Lu Ze: "..."
So near?
Lu Ze didn't feel very well.
Just then, that dark wolf boss suddenly disappeared.
In a split second, Lu Ze felt like something knocked him, and an intense pain came over his body as he lost consciousness.
When Lu Ze regained consciousness once again, he was already back in his room.
He felt the sharp pain all over his body, and his mouth twitched.
Terrible, he was probably killed with one slap of the claw, huh?
So painful!
Lu Ze lay in bed and felt hopeless.
After killing a dark wolf boss that was at level eight of the mortal evolution state just now, he still had the strength to kill that dark wolf boss left out of the group-which made him somewhat arrogant.
He didn't expect that their battle would attract a stronger boss. If he attracted a dark wolf boss that was at level nine of the mortal evolution state, Lu Ze was confident that he could still escape.
However, that beast just now was clearly not a level nine mortal evolution state boss.
Lu Ze's space transmission was only able to move him 50 meters away. He was suppressed quite badly. Clearly, that fella was a super boss.
Lu Ze looked at the white alloy ceiling and sighed, "Was I kicked away by Lady Luck after getting a kiss?"
Tsk, women!
Lu Ze's mouth twitched.
He didn't expect that Lady Luck was like that too-temperamental—and he didn't understand at all. His heart was so tired. He didn't feel like talking
After lying in bed for half an hour, the pain subsided.
Lu Ze composed himself, sat upright, and crossed his legs.
Although he was kicked away by Lady Luck, he still had a pretty good harvest.
Lu Ze grinned and revealed a satisfied smile.
His mental power was already looking into his small mental dimension.
In there, there were 7 special red and purple orbs that were at level eight of the mortal evolution state. There were also 3 body of darkness god art glass balls and 9 chi stealthing god art glass balls.
This was Lu Ze's greatest harvest!
With such a bountiful harvest, it was enough to make Lu Ze excited.
A level eight mortal evolution state red orb-it was the first time Lu Ze got an orb of this level.
Right now, he could finally showcase the power of his physical strength! Lu Ze didn't hesitate at all. He planned on trying the effects of the special red orbs that were at level eight of the mortal evolution state.
His mental power fluctuated slightly as he absorbed a level eight mortal evolution state special red orb into his body.
Suddenly, the raging energy swept past like a red tide, but Lu Ze's tenacious body had completely borne the burden of this powerful energy, and he only felt a little bit of pain.
He didn't have any thoughts in his head as he began to absorb the energy of the red orb.
Three hours later, Lu Ze opened his eyes slowly, and a red light flashed in his eyes.
Thereafter, his lips curved upward, and he felt slightly excited.
Indeed!
The effects of the level eight mortal evolution state special red orb were much stronger than the level seven mortal evolution state special red orbs.
It had been over 14 days since he broke through to level three of the mortal evolution state. As such, he would probably need more than a month before he could break through to level four, based on his original speed of cultivation.
Right now, Lu Ze was confident that he could break through to level four within a month!
By then, his power would surge once more!
With that thought, Lu Ze was very pleased.
Cultivate, cultivate!
After knowing the effects of the level eight special red orbs, Lu Ze didn't use the red orbs to increase his cultivation anymore. Instead, he began using the body of darkness god art glass ball to learn the body of darkness god art.
After all, in a short period of time, the body of darkness would be the greatest help for the enhancement of Lu Ze's power.
If Lu Ze's power could increase fast enough, he would be able to easily kill a level eight mortal evolution state dark wolf boss.
15 days later.
In the pocket hunting dimension.
Darkness began to shroud the sky gradually. After doing nothing for an entire day, Lu Ze finally got up.
During the day, since he didn't have a body of darkness god art, there was a limit to the enhancement of his power. Accordingly, he was still too weak to face a level eight mortal evolution state boss.
However, it was different at night.
At night, he was invincible!
When it was completely dark, the silvery-white glow flashed across Lu Ze's body and turned into a mini dark wolf.
During this period of time, Lu Ze had been transforming quite often and became used to it.
He could even rely only on his back legs to stand up and run now. However, unless there was a battle, Lu Ze still acted like a normal dark wolf.
Hm... it was just that the body was a little too small.
After turning into a dark wolf, Lu Ze continued using the chi stealth god art and body of darkness god art as he disappeared into the darkness.
It was time to hunt.
Two hours later, a short distance away, Lu Ze saw a small wolf pack, and his black eyes lit up.
Five dark wolves that were at level nine of the mortal evolution state and one dark wolf boss that was at level eight of the mortal evolution state.
This was perfect prey.
A silver stream of light flashed across Lu Ze's body, and he disappeared.
Subsequently, he appeared among the wolf pack.
Boom!
A rumble of thunder rang out and a lightning cloud that was over 10 square kilometers appeared above Lu Ze's head.
The wolves in the pack were somewhat stunned by the mini dark wolf that just appeared in the pack.
As they were in a daze, a bolt of purplish-red lightning flashed across the sky.
In a split second, the level seven mortal evolution state dark wolves were directly struck by the lightning and died. Meanwhile, the level eight mortal evolution state dark wolf that was especially taken care of by Lu Ze was struck by five bolts of lightning in total.
"Ow~~!"
After feeling the lethal threat, its hair stood on ends as it howled and disappeared on the spot -dodging the lightning attacks.
But just at this moment, Lu Ze, who had wind and lightning around his body, appeared behind it.
The black and gold light flowed around on his right hand and long lightning spears emerged around him.
Star crippling punch!
Lightning spear!
Lightning cloud!
Blue Bird 1!
Body of darkness!
Using five divine arts at the same time-even Lu Ze felt a little worn out.
Boom!
The lightning spear flew across the air toward the dark wolf boss, and Lu Ze's claw with black and gold light attacked its waist.
At the same time, bolts of lightning shot out of the lightning cloud once again.
"Ow~!"
The violent attack caused the dark wolf boss to be somewhat stunned. It opened its mouth and continuously shot out light pillars of darkness towards the bolts of lightning, the lightning spears, and Lu Ze.
Rumble!
The ferocious shockwaves accompanied by the sounds of collision swept in all directions, and Lu Ze's body moved slightly.
After that, an iciness flashed in his eyes, and he used the Blue Bird 1 divine art once again.
This time, Lu Ze appeared on the other side of the abdomen of the dark wolf, who had already suffered many attacks. Its body was still slightly stiff.
"Die!"
Rumble!
The lightning flash wrapped around Lu Ze's claw as he attacked the side of the dark wolf boss' abdomen.
"Ow~!"
Following the lightning flashes and spewing of fresh blood, the dark wolf boss roared as it was sent flying
Rumble!
Sounds of collision resounded once again, and the dark wolf boss was directly thrown into the ground, carving out a deep pit.
Lu Ze didn't stop at all as he charged toward the deep pit immediately.
In the deep pit, the dark wolf boss coughed out a mouthful of fresh blood, and its eyes turned even more ferocious. The moment it lifted its head and wanted to kill that little thing, it suddenly felt a violent shockwave.
Boom boom...!
Bolts of lightning from the lightning cloud divine art charged toward the deep pit one after another. There were a total of ten of them.
Just at this moment, a black shadow charged over.
It was that dark wolf boss.
At this moment, burnt scars emerged on the black hair on its body and wounds appeared as well.
It charged out of the lightning attacks. The dark wolf didn't have the time to breathe at all when Lu Ze appeared next to it and swept his sharp claw across it.
Rumble!
The dark wolf boss was caught off-guard. It only had time to raise its claw to block.
The results of fighting an enemy unexpectedly would obviously be bad.
Ka cha ka cha...
"Owwww~~!"
A series of bone fractures resounded. Coupled with a few painful howls, that dark wolf boss' gigantic body was blasted into the ground once more.
This time, one of its claws was fractured by Lu
Ze.
Boom boom boom!
As a ruthless jungler, Lu Ze didn't give the dark wolf boss a chance to breathe at all.
The violent bolts of lightning charged into the deep pit again, and at the same time, the wind and lightning wrapped around Lu Ze's body as he flew toward the deep pit.
In just a few short moments, the dark wolf boss was out of the deep pit once more. At this moment, there were already a number of terrible wounds on its body, and lightning flashes were flickering in them as fresh blood gushed out.
One of its front claw was bent as well—it was the one that Lu Ze had fractured just now.
"Die!"
Lu Ze didn't hesitate, and he appeared behind the dark wolf.
On its back, there was a long wound, and fresh blood was flowing out of it.
The lightning spear and star crippling punch struck the wound at the same time.
Violent bolts of lightning charged into the wound and the star crippling punch's power was equally strong.
Rumble!
The dreary sounds of attacks followed by the shockwaves reverberated throughout the area. After the weakened dark wolf boss took on this attack, its chi dimmed.
Boom!
Its heavily wounded body landed hard on the ground and left out a deep pit again. In the deep pit, its vitality slowly dissipated.
Lu Ze panted as he looked at the dark wolf boss' corpse in the deep pit.
His attacks were like a violent storm, and he basically didn't give this dark wolf a chance at all.
Until the end, this dark wolf boss had not formed an effective counter-attack at all and was suppressed by Lu Ze, beaten until it died.
Of course, this type of fast-paced attack left Lu Ze with very little power at this moment.
Using various divine arts all at once was also a huge burden for Lu Ze, it was even greater than using them alone.
Also, it didn't give him time to recover at all.
However, it was very effective!
Lu Ze didn't get any injury from killing this dark wolf boss.
Over the course of these 15 days, Lu Ze's various god arts were improving rapidly, and the power of divine arts had obviously increased greatly as well.
It was due to this reason that he could attack the dark wolf boss and even suppress it.
15 days ago, during the first head-to-head collision, Lu Ze wasn't even a match for the dark wolf boss, so it was clear how much he had improved.
Lu Ze looked at the dark wolf boss who was gradually turning into ashes and revealed a smile.
Very soon, the dark wolf boss turned into ashes and disappeared, leaving behind many orbs. 7 of them were level eight mortal evolution state special red orbs while 6 were level eight mortal evolution state special purple orbs. Then, there was a body of darkness god art orb and chi stealth god art orb.
Lu Ze appeared before the orbs and picked them up.
After that, he picked up the orbs that the level seven mortal evolution state dark wolf had dropped.
After picking up all the orbs, Lu Ze didn't stop and disappeared instantly.
Lu Ze had dark vision, but he still couldn't see and sense as well as in the day. Furthermore, the shockwaves of their battle were too intense, and it could attract any bosses that he would not be able to fight against.
Three hours later
On a barren land, a silver light flashed, and Lu Ze appeared.
His face was pale, and his chi was very weak.
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Lu Ze didn't stop at all after he appeared, he retracted his aura and flew toward the left side.
Just then, a black figure flashed across and blocked Lu Ze's way.
That was a black python that was over a few thousand meters long; those dark scales were almost integrated into the darkness, only those eyes with green light, flickering like two lanterns, were very prominent in the dark. At this moment, the giant python lifted its head, it kept flicking its tongue, and its gaze was extremely frosty. Then, it opened its mouth and spat out a darkness light ball.
The light ball turned into a stream of light and charged into Lu Ze's body. A sharp pain swept over him, and Lu Ze lost consciousness in the pocket hunting dimension.
When Lu Ze regained consciousness, he was already back in his room.
The pain of getting blasted into fine powder caused Lu Ze to break out in cold sweat, and he even began to tremble.
Damn!
It's really painful!
Lu Ze was speechless.
He didn't expect that he would actually encounter Little Black from the black and white python pair. That Little Black seemed to be hunting. It bit a dark wolf with just one bite.
When Lu Ze saw this scene, he didn't even hesitate for a moment before using the space transmission to escape. In the end, that boss still caught up to him.
He was in despair.
When the pain from his body dissipated, Lu Ze sat cross-legged on the bed and used a body of darkness god art glass ball and began to learn
it.
Eight hours later, Lu Ze opened his eyes slowly, and a hint of black glow flashed across his eyes.
Lu Ze took a deep breath, clenched his fist, felt the strength surging in his body, and smiled.
During these 15 days, Lu Ze had been increasing his cultivation in the day and enhancing his god art at night. He would head out for some fresh air occasionally and have a chat with Lu Li and the others.
Every day was stable and repetitive.
However, his power had steadily increased during this period.
His cultivation was improving faster than he had expected. He could probably consider breaking through to level four of the mortal evolution state in about a week's time.
He wondered if his power could reach the second stage of the planetary state.
However, the gap between each level of the planetary state was too wide, and Lu Ze wasn't very confident.
He would think about it when the time comes.
Right then, there was a knock on the door.
Lu Ze was slightly taken aback, then he got off the bed and opened the door of the room.
Standing at the door was Lin Ling, and at this moment, the chi around her body was fluctuating, it was obvious that she had just cultivated.
After Lu Ze saw her, he smiled. "Lin Ling, how's your cultivation?"
As he spoke, he let Lin Ling in.
Lin Ling entered the room, and her eyes were glistening like crystals—she seemed to be in a good mood. Lin Ling then said, "Yes, I can break through to level three of the mortal evolution state in a week's time."
She looked at Lu Ze and smiled, "Hmph, I'm catching up to you."
Lu Ze looked at how pleased Lin Ling was and scratched his head.
This girl hasn't been beaten for too long, right?
So she had forgotten the fear of being dominated by him?
He laughed. "What a coincidence! I'll be able to break through to level four of the mortal evolution state in about a week's time."
Hearing that, Lin Ling's smile froze. Initially, she thought that she could catch up to this guy, so she came over immediately to show off. She didn't expect that this guy would be breaking through to level four of the mortal evolution state so quickly. Lin Ling wasn't in a pleasant mood anymore.
Seems like she still had to work harder!
Seeing the frozen smile on Lin Ling's face, Lu Ze laughed and comforted her. "But you're very fast already."
After all, Lin Ling's physical strength cannot be compared to his, so she couldn't improve as quickly as him. However, even so, she still used only about a month's time to break through to level three of the mortal evolution state.
It was obvious how hard this girl had worked.
She probably pushed her physical body to its limit every day, huh?
With that thought, Lu Ze's mood changed slightly.
He reached out to rub Lin Ling's head and smiled. "Don't overwork yourself. It wouldn't be good if you suffer any internal injury. I'm still here to fight those that you can't defeat, right?"
Just then, there was another knock on the door, and Alice's bubbly voice resounded, "Senior, senior- It'll be the void..."
Alice hadn't finished her sentence when she saw Lu Ze's hand on Lin Ling's head and was stunned.
Behind her, Lu Li saw this scene as well.
Lu Li narrowed her eyes immediately and had a gentle smile on her face.
When Lu Ze saw Lu Li's and Alice's gaze, his heart trembled.
He didn't know why, but he felt like something was amiss?
Why was his neck a little cold?
Then, Lin Ling finally returned to her senses. She quickly reached out to smack Lu Ze's hand off her head. There was a blush on her face as she glared at Lu Ze.
Lu Li and Alice looked at the blushing Lin Ling and narrowed their eyes, then, both of them entered the room and closed the door.
The atmosphere turned terrible in a split second.
Lu Li looked at Lu Ze and smiled. "Big brother, what were you doing just now?".
Lu Ze sneaked a glance at Lin Ling, and seeing that she didn't have the intention of replying, he smiled. "I just thought that Lin Ling was cultivating too hard, so I wanted to let her slow down a little and not have so much pressure."
This wasn't a secret anyway, so Lu Ze felt that it should be fine if he said it out, right?
With that thought, Lu Ze spoke with confidence.
Seeing how confident Lu Ze was, Lu Li narrowed her eyes and was very unhappy.
Dumb Lu Ze, you still think you're in the right, how annoying!
Don't you know that you can't simply touch a girl's head? She hadn't even been touched on the head before!
She really wanted to hit someone!
Alice blinked and looked at Lin Ling enviously.
How nice, she wanted Senior Lu Ze to touch her head too...
So envious of big sister Lin Ling...
However, she couldn't say it out loud.
Just at this moment, Lu Ze thought of something and smiled towards Lu Li and Alice. "Same goes for the both of you; I'm still around to fight off those people that you guys can't defeat, and even if I can't defeat them, there is still that alcoholic... *cough* teacher Nangong and teacher Qiuyue, right? Even if they can't, there is still Ying Ying." In his opinion, they didn't have to work so hard. It felt as if they were working harder than he did.
Hearing what Lu Ze said, both of them curled their lips and disagreed.
If they didn't work hard, how were they going to get stronger?
This guy was improving so quickly, and they didn't want to be left behind.
But...
Why did he touch big sister Lin Ling's head when he comforted her and he didn't touch theirs when he's comforting them?
Both of them were unhappy.
Alice lowered her head and thought about it.
'Maybe I should add some ingredients in senior's food next time?'
Lu Ze obviously didn't know what they were thinking
He only felt that the atmosphere was a little too quiet, which made him feel somewhat uncomfortable.
Just then, there was another knock on the door, and Nangong Jing's intoxicated voice came through. "Ze, we'll be reaching the void border soon. Are Lingling and the others with
you?"
Lu Ze quickly opened the door when he heard Nangong Jing's voice.
At the door, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha were standing there and were slightly stunned as they looked at the three people in the room with a weird atmosphere.
Then, Qiuyue Hesha smiled at Lu Ze. "Little brother Lu Ze, did you do something to Lingling and the others, huh?" Lu Ze shook his head immediately. "Teacher Qiuyue, how could you accuse an innocent man like that? Am I that sort of person?"
She must be joking. Was he that sort of person, huh?
Definitely not!
Nangong Jing looked suspiciously at Lu Ze, then looked at the three girls in the room. Finally, she shook her head and tossed her thoughts away. "Alright, we will be reaching planet Shenwu and have to get off soon. Quickly, come out."
The three girls looked at one another and put what happened just now at the back of their heads and didn't think about it anymore.
Several people walked out of the room and went to the hall of the spaceship.
In the hall of the spaceship, there were already a number of people gathered there, including Luo Bingqing, Li Kuang, Derrick, Jack, and the others.
When Lu Ze and the rest arrived, they immediately caught everyone's attention.
After all, Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, and Lu Ze were considered the strongest trio among the young dukes present.
Derrick smiled when he saw the few people walking in. "Lu Ze, Nangong, Qiuyue, why did you guys only come out now? We'll be reaching Shenwu City very soon."
During these few days, Derrick had thought things through. At first, Qiuyue Hesha was not interested in him at all, and now with Lu Ze around, he thought long and hard, which led him to realize that he didn't have a choice but to give up.
When Lu Ze heard that, he recalled the weird atmosphere, and his mouth twitched.
Hence, Lu Ze laughed. "We just finished cultivating."
Hearing that, Derrick smiled. "No wonder you're so strong. It seems like it isn't just because you're gifted, you're also very hardworking." Lu Ze let out a reserved smile. "Average, average. Everyone's very hardworking too."
Praising him again, Lu Ze was really embarrassed.
Just then, Nangong Jing looked at Jack and Luo Bingqing, who had weird expressions on their faces, and asked out of curiosity, "Old Luo, Jack, what's wrong?"
Jack glanced at Nangong Jing and grinned. "Do you remember those three Black Smoke Race?" Nangong Jing nodded slightly and looked at Jack and Luo Bingqing. "I remember."
About the previous evolved Insectoid Race, Lu Ze and the rest were the first to find out initially. At that time, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha asked Jack and the other two people, who were closest to the secret base, to investigate.
Lu Ze and the others looked over upon hearing what Jack said. They were clearly interested with regard to the Black Smoke Race.
They were the ones behind the insectoid tide.
Jack laughed. "I heard that the Black Smoke Race would appear in the void universe, outside of the void border occasionally. I think it's time to take revenge." A faint iciness appeared all over Luo Bingqing's body as well.
He was very mad. Previously, he was plotted against by the Black Smoke Race, and he was in a very bad mood now. Just in time, his ice god art had transformed, and he really hoped to meet those few Black Smoke Race people in the void universe. Jack's words had piqued the interest of Li Kuang and the others too.
At this moment, Mo Xie's lips curved upwards and revealed a cunning smile. "Previously, I heard that you guys were taken advantage of when all of you went to look into the Soul Harvesting Alliance? Heh, with your strength, it's a little too weak."
Hearing Mo Xie's disdainful remarks, a sword flash flickered in Jack's eyes as he stared at Mo Xie indifferently. "What? You really think that you're amazing just because you went to the Milky Way? Do you want a challenge?"
Even Jack was frowning.
Jack was also one of them who was plotted against.
Mo Xie clearly didn't respect them. Mo Xie's gaze swept across the three people and scoffed. "Even if you guys had benefited from the bestowing of the title of young dukes' ceremony, all of you are still no match for me."
Chi Xiaomo smiled as well. "Honestly speaking, although everyone is a prodigy in the Federation, it's better to not take yourself so seriously even if you're from the Milky Way, or you may die quite easily."
Bernie smiled gently. "Xiaomo may sound harsh, but this is an advice."
Lu Ze looked at the daggers drawn at both sides and didn't choose to help.
As young dukes, everyone was ambitious. Unless you're like the alcoholic or the vixen and completely surpassed them. Otherwise, there was no way for them to be satisfied.
However, a competition wasn't completely a bad thing.
Luo Bingqing said plainly, "Since this is the case, we'll let this experience speak for itself."
Hearing the conversation between these few people, Li Kuang's eyes were burning with motivation and he grinned. "Count me in for such an interesting event."
Even Dale, Luo Yisi, and Xuan Yuji had the desire to fight in their eyes.
As young dukes, it obviously didn't matter whether you were a female or male—nobody wanted to be lagging behind.
Luo Bingqing and the others were the top young dukes in the Federation, and not everyone was qualified to be in competition with them. The remaining 70 over young dukes had their own little circles, and naturally had both cooperative and competitive relations between themselves.
In just a moment, there was a surge in the desire to fight in the hall.
Lu Ze scratched his head when he witnessed this scene.
Why does it feel like everyone was a little emotional?
Was he the only one who was more obedient?
He glanced sideways at Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha and realized that both of them were already looking at one another.
Even Lin Ling, Lu Li, and Alice had the desire to fight.
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Lu Ze couldn't help shaking his head-he was still the most obedient one. Just then, someone exclaimed, "Look outside!"
Everyone turned to look outside the window immediately.
Limitless darkness surrounded the void border, and the celestial bodies in this cosmic realm were much lesser than the Milky Way.
At this moment, in that dark universe, there was a gigantic planet floating.
The entire surface of the planet was covered in black alloy, and there were fleets and solo spaceships on that planet—it was bustling with activity.
At the far ends of this planet, Lu Ze could vaguely see a long line of independent planets. The long line goes into the distance until it disappeared.
There was silence in the hall, and everyone was looking at the majestic planet before them, as well as that long line that extended into the unknown.
A long while later, Nangong Jing sighed. "This is the void border that our Federation had spent over thousands of years building."
All the independent planets on the long line were moved over by prodigies of the human race to this area, and each planet was the encampment of the Shenwu military.
The Shenwu military patrolled the area day and night, guarding the planet against being invaded.
Whether it was the void beasts in the void universe, the space pirates who made a living from robbing, or hostile races that have ill intentions towards the human race, all the threats would be eliminated before reaching the border.
It was all because of the protection of the Shenwu military that the inner region of the Federation could maintain its peace.
Many young dukes sighed in admiration as well and had complex emotions.
Even in the interstellar era, it was still a miracle that the human race could build a Federal territory in a short span of a few thousand years.
The spaceship flew across, and they entered that gigantic planet.
There were a large number of space stations on the planet. Some were for military use while others were for adventure squads.
After all, the adventure squads searching for resources at the void border would also recondition at the void border.
Of course, these adventure squads were not only made up of young dukes, there were also adventure squads formed by large financial groups or family clans, even some like-minded prodigies. Compared to those strong adventure squads who had been to the Milky Way, these adventure squads were much weaker, and they could only look for resources near the void border. The universe was simply too vast. Although this void universe was relatively smaller, it would still take 2 million lightyears to travel to the system closest to the Milky Way.
Between the 2 million lightyears, there were some dwarf galaxies that were no more than 10,000 light-years in diameter, and there may also be a variety of other planets, but this was huge enough.
One must know that the entire Milky Way was only 100,000 lightyears in diameter.
This piece of the void universe had a diameter of 20 Milky Ways.
This was only a small area outside of the Milky
Way.
It was apparent how vast the universe was
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And those weaker adventure squads could only look for resources at nearby areas where there were guards stationed there. They wouldn't dare to venture deep into the void universe; otherwise, they might not be able to make it back.
The spaceship that Lu Ze and the others were on stopped at a military-use space station.
The doors of the spaceship opened, and Lu Ze and the others walked out.
This planet had clearly gone through special treatment; both the air quality and amount of gravity were very comfortable. At this moment, there was already someone waiting for Lu Ze and the rest outside of the spaceship.
It was a beautiful lady with long black hair, and she was wearing silver battle armor, making her look very elegant.
However, Lu Ze wondered why he couldn't sense this woman's aura at all?
Could it be that this lady was very strong?
Just as Lu Ze was deep in his thoughts, Nangong Jing's eyes widened. She exclaimed in surprise, "Mom? What are you doing here?"
"M... mom?"
Lu Ze looked at the silver-armored lady, then turned to the surprised Nangong Jing.
Damn?
This silver-armored lady was actually the alcoholic's mother?
No wonder he couldn't sense her cultivation at all. The alcoholic's mother must be extremely strong, right?
According to her family history, this silver-armored lady was probably a star level being?
Lu Ze glanced at the silver-armored woman and was a little terrified. He wondered whether the alcoholic's mother would be easy to get along with.
Not only Lu Ze, even Lin Ling and a large number of young dukes were looking at the silver-armored lady and Nangong Jing. They clearly didn't expect that Nangong Jing's mother would be the one to receive them.
Only Qiuyue Hesha, Luo Bingqing, and the others were not surprised.
It was clear that they knew who this silver-armored lady was.
The silver-armored lady glanced at Lu Ze and said with her guard up, "Don't simply greet me like that, I don't have a son like you."
Lu Ze: "?"
Lu Ze was stunned as he looked at the silver-armored lady, then he recalled that he repeated after the alcoholic as he was quite surprised just now.
So this woman really took what he said seriously?
Lu Ze looked at how the silver-armored lady had her guard up and felt complicated.
Was this considered being taken advantage of?
Or was I the one who took advantage?
Nangong Jing rolled her eyes at Lu Ze and went forward. "Mom, why are you here?"
The silver-armored lady chuckled and looked at Nangong Jing. "I heard that my Jing Jing will be here, so I applied for leave to come over."
Nangong Jing was speechless. As a star level being, her mother simply took leave whenever she wanted to- just how wilful was she, huh?
"Alright, I'll bring you guys to Shenwu City and tell you guys about the situation at the void border."
As she spoke, the silver-armored lady pulled Nangong Jing and flew up in the sky while Lu Ze and the others looked at one another, and followed them.
In the air, Lu Ze looked at the back view of the silver-armored lady and complained.
He felt that the alcoholic's mom was just as unreliable as the alcoholic.
This wasn't hereditary, is it?
Just then, the silver-armored woman turned to look at Lu Ze and asked curiously, "You're Lu Ze?"
Lu Ze was taken aback. He didn't expect that the alcoholic's mother would recognize him?
He nodded slightly and smiled. "I am Lu Ze. Hello, aunty."
The silver-armored lady looked at Lu Ze, then nodded. "No wonder you called me 'Mom'."
Lu Ze: "?"
What do you mean?
I called out only because I was very surprised ah?!
Just at this moment, the silver-armored woman opened her mouth like she wanted to say something, but Nangong Jing immediately covered her mouth and said, "Don't think too much! It's not what you think!" Nangong Jing obviously knew her own mother best. If she didn't cover her mother's mouth, who knew what she would say next?
The silver-armored woman rolled her eyes at Nangong Jing and nodded before Nangong Jing finally released her hand. After that, she smiled and said, I'm Zuoqiu Xunshuang, you may call me Aunty Zuoqiu."
Hearing what Zuoqiu Xunshuang said, Lu Ze nodded and smiled. "Hello, aunty Zuoqiu." "Yes, good boy."
Zuoqiu Xunshuang nodded in satisfaction, then she seemed to have recalled something as she turned to Nangong Jing. "Oh right, how is old man Nangong recently? I haven't gone back for quite a long time." When Nangong Jing heard that, she rolled her eyes. "He's already a cosmic state being, why wouldn't he be well?"
Zuoqiu Xunshuang was upset and said, "Isn't this a normal greeting between family members? I didn't say anything wrong. It's like that in the olden days as well!"
After that, Zuoqiu Xunshuang immediately changed the subject. "Oh, your dad isn't back yet?"
Nangong Jing shook her head. "Not yet."
Nangong Jing's father was just like Alice's father, they both came out of the Milky Way to help Alice look for the higher energy that could awaken her source flame. They had not contacted the Milky Way for a very long time.
The Federation also had no means of contacting outside the Milky Way and was unable to tell them that Alice's source flame had begun to awaken already.
Hence, they weren't sure how Nangong Jing's father and Alice's father were doing. Zuoqiu Xunshuang nodded. "Oh."
Alice, who had been next to Lu Ze, looked apologetic-it was all because of her that many of the higher-ups in the Federation were looking for the higher energy outside.
But...
A tinge of resoluteness flashed in her eyes. Now that she could cultivate, she would become stronger and return the favor of those who had been nice to her.
She would protect the future of the human race well!
The atmosphere turned silent, then Nangong Jing asked curiously, "Mom, what kind of place is Shenwu City?"
Zuoqiu Xunshuang smiled, "Shenwu City is the largest city in the void border. There are people in the Shenwu military who are on vacation, and some adventure squads gather there as well. These adventure squads would exchange the resources they acquired from the void border or take on various missions."
"Missions?"
Lu Ze and the others had expressions of doubt.
There were missions at Shenwu City?
Zuoqiu Xunshuang glanced at Lu Ze and smiled. "There are many missions at the void border. All of you will get to take on missions when you have enough experience in the future. Sometimes, the Shenwu military has a lack of manpower and would ask the help of strong adventure squads when some situations arise at the void border. Of course, there are also adventure squads that issue a mission or a mission issued by the inner region of the Federation."
"The missions come in many forms, and the most popular ones are the Shenwu military missions. Usually, the Shenwu military missions would award those with merits, and they can be used to exchange for treasures in the Shenwu's treasure trove, which are even more precious than the things at the Dawn System. You guys can take a look when the time comes."
Hearing what Zuoqiu Xunshuang said, everyone looked very excited. They thought that the resources in the Dawn System and the Federation's martial artist site were already the most comprehensive and precious resources in the Federation. They did not expect that Zuoqiu Xunshuang actually said that the treasure trove of the Shenwu military was more precious than the Dawn System—this made them very eager.
With that said, Zuoqiu Xunshuang paused. "You guys are all the Federation's prodigies and had gone through quite a number of battles before already. You can take on your own mission, but it's best to do it in a team. It would be very dangerous if anything happens."
Lu Ze was somewhat taken aback. "We're not going to the Shenwu military?"
He initially thought that they were going to the Shenwu military barracks and would cooperate with them. But it seemed like they were going to be on their own?
Zuoqiu Xunshuang smiled. "The Shenwu military are mostly in-charge of guarding the void border or the void universe stations. Although they do have times when they go out to fight, it isn't suitable for you guys at the moment, so all of you should just take on your own mission. The rewards you'd receive depends on yourself."
Everyone was very eager to fight and Lin Kuang grinned. "This is better." The more missions they take on and complete, the more rewards they would receive. As for these young dukes who were very confident in their strength, it was the best scenario.
After that, Zuoqiu Xunshuang chatted with everyone about the overall situation at the void border and void universe.
Within 200,000 light-years of the void border, the Federation would have a garrison, and it was relatively less dangerous. There may be enemies, but most of them were only at the mortal evolution state.
Perhaps there would be some at the planetary state level, but this was very rare.
However, 200,000 light-years away, there would be a lot of strong planetary state beings, and there might even be star level beings.
Zuoqiu Xunshuang had warned them.
It was best for them to stay close to the garrison because even if planetary state beings appeared near the garrison, they would be cleared out in time, and it would not be too dangerous.
Otherwise, with their novice mortal evolution state power, they might not even know how they died.
Everyone looked at one another.
The void border was even more dangerous than they thought.
They were now akin to little chicks that just learned how to be independent and could die any time.
They were flying in the sky as they were speaking and very soon, they saw a very majestic city.
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The city had a circumference of hundreds of kilometers, and there were many huge black alloy buildings.
In the city, there was a black tower between each area. These black towers formed a pyramid shape and were a few kilometers tall —they look very conspicuous.
Lu Ze looked at the tall tower and asked out of curiosity, "Aunty Zuoqiu, what's this?"
Zuoqiu Xunshuang laughed and explained, "These are star level spirit powered cannons."
Spirit powered cannons?
Everyone's eyes widened as they looked at these cannons in shock. One must know that even in the inner region of the Federation, it was already very high-end to possess artillery that can destroy stars, but they actually have star level artillery?
Seeing how shocked everyone was, Zuoqiu Xunshuang smiled again and explained, "This wasn't invented by our Federation. In fact, the strongest cannon that our Federation could invent is only at the higher discipline of the planetary state. These are creations derived from some of the ruins of destroyed civilization in the void universe. "
"Creations from the void universe?"
Everyone was jealous.
So was Lu Ze.
They didn't expect that there were actually such good things in the void universe?
This was a star level spirit powered cannon ah!
Even Lu Ze wanted it.
Seeing how jealous everyone was, Zuoqiu Xunshuang couldn't help but pour cold water over them. "Don't even think about it. Historical remains like this would definitely have been exploited in those regions that you'll be in. If there are indeed relics, they would only be in the depths of the void universe and that is not where you can go now."
After all, this void universe was 2 million light-years long, the width was vast; even if the Federal had explored for thousands of years, it was only a small area. Also, even if there were graves of elites, relics, precious minerals, and other things, Zuoqiu Xunshuang didn't find it surprising at all.
Not only the Shenwu military, but even other civilizations were also exploring the void universe actively, and there would always be brutal killings when they encountered a hostile race.
Zuoqiu Xunshuang was only telling them about the dangers they might encounter. At places where they couldn't see, there was a darker tide.
Of course, that degree of danger wasn't something these weak little young dukes could endure.
Everybody was slightly disappointed after hearing what Zuoqiu Xunshuang said. Zuoqiu Xunshuang smiled. "When you guys breakthrough into the planetary state, you could also choose to join the Shenwu military. By then, if you discover a relic, you would be able to choose the resources you need first."
Hearing that, everyone's eyes were brimming with eagerness.
Although there were a number of adventure squads that invited them, this was their first time they saw a star level creation and had a certain understanding of the treasures outside the Milky Way.
Joining the Shenwu military may not be a bad choice, huh?
How many resources would a relic get you? Just think about it. Even Lu Ze was a little excited. Although he didn't require a lot of resources to cultivate, he still needed some things.
Just like his exclusive armor; wearing the armor would increase his power by two-folds. Although he couldn't use it in the pocket hunting dimension, he could still use it outside.
Also, what if he found something awesome that could be used in the pocket hunting dimension next time, huh?
Lu Ze got extremely eager just thinking about
it.
Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha were excited as well, but they would wait for Lu Ze and the rest.
Zuoqiu Xunshuang saw everyone's reaction and burst out laughing. Although there were many elites in the Shenwu military and there was no lack of prodigies, it was pretty good if they could invite these young dukes to join the Shenwu military.
She laughed. "Alright, you have six months to practice here, as to whether to join the Shenwu military, you guys can think about it later. Go down first for now."
As she spoke, she led them to an eye-catching building in the middle of Shenwu City and landed there.
After they landed, Lu Ze realized that there were many people rushing around this area, and it was bustling with activity.
These people looked distressed and had very strong chi. Most of them were mortal evolution state beings, and there were some planetary state beings who walked past. There were very few in the aperture opening state. Lu Ze and the others were a little shocked to see so many elites gathered in one place.
This was their first time seeing so many elites in one area.
One must know that a planetary state being was very rare in the inner region of the Federation, and there were only one or two of them in a legion.
They saw over a dozen of them here—wasn't this a little too many?
When Lu Ze and the others landed, quite a number of people looked over.
Their eyes narrowed, and they gasped when they saw the silver-armored Zuoqiu Xunshuang standing right in front. They immediately moved aside and didn't dare to block the way.
Even those strong planetary state elites did the same too.
When Lu Ze and the others saw this scene, they were taken aback.
Seemed like Zuoqiu Xunshuang has quite a reputation in the void border.
Zuoqiu Xunshuang didn't mind the people's reactions and smiled. "This is where the adventure squads would gather, and it is also the registration point of the void border."
"After the registration, one would receive a communication device that can be used within 200,000 light-years of the void border."
This range was also the range where there was Shenwu Military stationed.
Lu Ze and the others nodded, indicating their understanding.
"Also, there is a mission system on the communication device, and you can accept a mission from the mission system. Of course, if you need to submit your mission after completion, you would have to come to the mission building."
As she spoke, Zuoqiu Xunshuang pointed at a four-story building at the side, each floor was 10 meters high and had a square radius of nearly a kilometer.
"This is the mission building, and each level corresponds to different cultivation. The first level is for the mortal evolution state, the second level is for the planetary state, the third level is for the star state, and the fourth level is for the cosmic state. You guys can go take a look for yourselves when the time comes."
Everyone: "..."
Everyone was stunned when they heard Zuoqiu Xunshuang's introduction.
The lowest level was the mortal evolution state missions?
The highest was the cosmic state?
The entire void border seemed to only have the Shenwu sage who was at the cosmic state level, right?
What was the cosmic state mission like?
Everyone's hair stood on ends.
It was terrifying just thinking about it. At the same time, everybody realized that they could only take on missions at the lowest level and looked at one another.
They always thought that as young dukes of the Federal, they were considered really strong.
Now it seemed like they were just newbies.
Mo Xie and the other two people didn't have any reaction.
They were from the Milky Way, after all, so they knew that the mortal evolution state level was really nothing much.
Although they were still in the Federation's territory, the void border was actually considered outside of the Milky Way.
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Zuoqiu Xunshuang continued talking about other places in this area like the Shenwu military's resource building and the adventure squad's trading building. Of course, there were also many internal Federal resource collection shop fronts.
After the introduction, Zuoqiu Xunshuang smiled and said, "Anyway, if you don't need the resources that you have acquired in the void universe, they can be exchanged here with other people, or used in exchange for merit."
With that said, she paused. "Of course, I suggest that you exchange the resources with the Shenwu military for merit. If you accumulate enough merits, what you can exchange them for in the Shenwu treasure trove is incomparable to what you can find here."
Everyone nodded and indicated that they understood. Unless other adventure squads have what they needed, it was obviously better for them to give it to the military if they wanted to do an exchange.
After walking around this area, Zuoqiu Xunshuang smiled. "I've said what I needed to say. Outside this area is the lifestyle area, and you guys can go walk around and take the time to familiarize yourself with Shenwu City.
Of course, if you have any problems, you can contact the Shenwu military at any time."
As she spoke, she looked at the time, then turned to Nangong Jing and grinned. "It's almost time. I've to make a move."
When Nangong Jing heard that, she was taken aback, then she nodded and said, "Alright, take care."
Zuoqiu Xunshuang nodded, then turned to Lu Li and Alice with a gentle gaze. "The Shenwu sage had already told me before that you girls would be training in my legion."
Lu Li and Alice would not be taking on missions like the rest.
According to old man Nangong, they needed to train in the barracks for a period of time first.
Both of them hadn't gone on the battlefield before, after all, and the void border wasn't like other battlefields; the degree of danger was at a whole new level.
They needed some time to get used to it.
Lu Li and Alice nodded. "Understood."
Lu Ze smiled. "Aunty Zuoqiu, thanks for the trouble."
Zuoqiu Xunshuang raised her brows. "I'm very strict. If they can't satisfy me, they wouldn't be able to join you guys for missions."
Lu Li was confident and said, "It wouldn't take long."
Alice nodded and agreed. Seeing how confident the two girls were, Zuoqiu Xunshuang raised her brows and was surprised when she sensed that both their cultivations had already reached the mortal evolution state.
After some time, she came to her senses and sized these two girls up.
Didn't the old man say that their cultivation had not reached the mortal evolution state?
It took only 15 days to travel from the Dawn System, and in the end, both of them were already at the mortal evolution state?
This speed of increase was a little too crazy, huh?
No wonder both of them were so confident.
She didn't speak further and merely smiled. "Since that's the case, let's get going."
As she spoke, she waved to Nangong Jing and flew towards the space station.
Lu Ze smiled at Lu Li and Alice. "Be careful."
Nangong Jing smirked. "My mom is very fierce in this aspect. Both of you must take note of this."
Lu Ze rolled his eyes at Nangong Jing-did she have some perverted taste?
Why must she scare the two girls like that?
Lin Ling and Qiuyue Hesha also bid farewell to Lu Li and Alice.
Lu Li and Alice flew up in the sky and chased after Zuoqiu Xunshuang.
After Zuoqiu Xunshuang was gone, everyone looked at one another then Lin Kuang grinned. "I'll go get the registration done first, you guys can go ahead."
After registering, he could take on missions.
Stimulated by Lu Ze, he wanted to become stronger right now.
A hint of gold sword flash flickered in Jack's eyes. "Me too."
Derrick glanced at Jack. "You're not going to visit your older brother?"
"What's there to visit? I'll see him when I get to see him."
Luo Bingqing, who hadn't said a word from the start, was slowly walking towards the registration building at this moment too.
The others were quite eager too and followed behind the rest.
"The void border mission, hehe, I wonder what sort of missions are available."
"I hope I can find a big opportunity during this period."
After seeing those star level cannons, all of them were very excited. They weren't asking for a star level opportunity, but just having a planetary state chance was enough for them.
"Haha, everyone has the same thinking. The missions are probably a little challenging, but let's just go with the flow."
Those who were left behind were Lu Ze, Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, and Lin Ling.
Seeing that everyone had left, Lu Ze looked around curiously. "Where's Yingying?"
He hadn't seen that little girl since the start.
Lin Ling smiled. "We let her follow Li and Alice."
"Oh."
Lu Ze nodded.
Compared to them, Lu Li and Alice had not gone to the battlefield before coming to the void border, so letting Yingying follow them was better.
Qiuyue Hesha smirked. "Let's go and register. I can't wait to look at the missions."
As she spoke, she glanced at Nangong Jing and smiled gently. "T-rex, I hope this time you would still follow behind me."
Nangong Jing raised her brows and scoffed, "You're clearly the one following behind me, and you actually have the cheek to say that I'm the one behind you?"
"Ha, why don't we compete this time and find out, huh?"
"Sure!"
Lu Ze and Lin Ling looked at each other and were helpless.
These two women were at it again.
However, what shocked Lu Ze was that Lin Ling glanced at him then quickly turned away like she saw something nasty.
Lu Ze: "?!"
He touched his own face.
He was still the same person, why did she give him a look of disdain?
In the faraway sky, three figures swept across the sky. Alice looked at Zuoqiu Xunshuang who was next to her and said apologetically, "Aunty Xunshuang, sorry, it was all my fault that Uncle Nangong is still out there looking for energy." When Zuoqiu Xunshuang heard that, she went black for a second before turning her head to look at Alice. She smiled and rubbed Alice's head. "This isn't your fault. Being at a higher level of the human race, he obviously had to contribute to the people. He would still do the same for any other person."
With that said, she paused and smiled. "Furthermore, there is no news from your Uncle Nangong. It's not like something happened to him. It's not very nice of you to show such a sad expression."
Alice couldn't help but laugh. "Alright, Uncle Nangong will be back soon for sure."
Zuoqiu Xunshuang smiled and nodded, then, she looked at Alice and then turned to Lu Li. She couldn't help but tease them. "That Lu Ze chap is quite capable, huh? Alice, your source flame recovered, and he even helped you guys reached the mortal evolution state in such a short amount of time—he is amazing indeed."
Alice couldn't hide her bright smile and said proudly, "Senior is the best!"
Even Lu Li was smiling.
"Seems like my Jing Jing and that Hesha girl, as well as that Lin girl, are all doing so well thanks to Lu Ze, huh."
She obviously knew the strength of her own daughter and had been paying attention to a few people during this period, so she could already guess. Furthermore, the Shenwu sage had also talked to her about this matter before.
That chap's god art was very strong indeed. He also had a great character. However, there was a bad point about him.
He was so nice to each of these girls—this wasn't very good.
Zuoqiu Xunshuang shook her head slightly at this thought.
This was the younger generation's matter, and she obviously wouldn't comment on it. She believed that they would know what to do.
With that thought, she turned to look at Lu Li and Alice, and said sternly, "Don't think that I'm very nice. When we get to the barracks, you'll be training three times as much as the rest of the mortal evolution state beings, and I'll arrange for both of you to go on small-scale combat missions. There would definitely be danger, and both of you have to be prepared."
"If you're afraid, speak up now."
Lu Li and Alice got very eager. "We hope that Aunty Xunshuang would arrange more missions for us!"
They wanted to get out of the barracks quickly and join Lu Ze for missions.
When Pullman heard what Lu Ze said, he looked at them and smiled. "Didn't the people who brought you guys over tell you?"
Lu Ze recalled that unreliable Zuoqiu Xunshuang and his mouth twitched.
Nangong Jing rubbed her temples and smiled. "She said that we would find out on our own after a while."
Pullman nodded slightly. "That person is right. You'll find out after performing a mission and getting the Shenwu merits, then, go to the military supplies hall."
With that said, he paused before adding, "Usually, only missions issued by the Shenwu military would have rewards for Shenwu merits because the lowest level mission here is already at the mortal evolution state, so every Shenwu merit is about the value of 100,000 federal contribution points."
"But because only Shenwu merits can be used in exchange for the treasures in the Shenwu military treasure trove and not Federal contribution points or academic credits, if you use those in exchange for Shenwu merits, it would cost more."
"Only stores like ours that aren't under the Shenwu military would accept federal contribution points and academic credits. Of course, it would be better if it was Shenwu merits."
When Lu Ze and the rest heard this, they nodded.
When Pullman was talking about that shadow leopard leather armor, they could already guess, but it was confirmed now.
It was actually a ratio of 1 to 100k—this was simply too high. Also, you could only use Shenwu merits in exchange for items in the Shenwu treasure trove, so most people probably wouldn't use Shenwu merits to buy things outside.
If they really used Shenwu merits to buy items outside, it would be a loss.
Unless it was something like the shadow leopard leather armor that couldn't be found in the treasure trove and one didn't have enough federal contribution points, only then would one use Shenwu merits for it.
After that, Lu Ze and the others continued looking at the pieces of equipment around the store. Finally, because they were embarrassingly short of money, they chose to give up. Not only Lu Ze and the others, even those two male young dukes didn't buy anything. After all, it was still quite challenging to find equipment that was very suitable for them like Martina did. It was Martina's luck that she was able to find the shadow panther leather armor.
After bidding farewell to Martina and the two male young dukes, Lu Ze and the others went to the weapon store, pharmacy, and more. In the end, there was a glow of poverty in their eyes.
Too expensive!
They couldn't afford it.
Poor.
They spent about a few hours shopping around before all of them booked a suite in a hotel.
Even the cost of the hotel was more expensive than in other places!
Lu Ze looked at how much they spent, and his heart ached.
However, these three were tycoons, and Lu Ze could leech off them. He didn't have to spend any money.
On the sofa in the suite, Qiuyue Hesha sprawled on the longest sofa and said in a sexy hoarse voice, "How poor... little brother Lu Ze, how about you provide for me? Big sister will repay you with my body, how about that?"
She saw a necklace that could enhance the power of the mental force god art. It looked really good and had great effects.
But it costs 200 million academic credits or federal contribution points... Her credits had been used to exchange for planetary state cultivation resources, and she couldn't afford it.
This was the first time Qiuyue Hesha realized how poor she was.
She wanted to sell herself to little brother Lu Ze and asked him to provide for her.
Lu Ze looked at the way Qiuyue Hesha was lying on the sofa with her hips raised and her slender legs. He couldn't stop himself from rolling his eyes.
This woman didn't think before speaking. That equipment and weapons, which they looked at, would add up to roughly tens of thousands of Shenwu merits—who could afford that?
He didn't even have a single Shenwu merit at this moment.
"Even I want someone to provide for me," Lu Ze sat next to Qiuyue Hesha and said in exasperation.
Qiuyue Hesha lifted her head and revealed a sly smile. "Big sister shall provide for you, then."
Lin Ling looked at Qiuyue Hesha. She was speechless. "Big sister Hesha, please watch your image! Don't look at Ze that way. He is still a man, after all."
When Lu Ze heard what Lin Ling said, he was upset. "What do you mean by don't look at me? I am an honest, upright, handsome, and confident Monarch of the New Dawn. What's wrong with me, huh? Am I not handsome enough?'
I'm very handsome, alright?
Nangong Jing was gulping down on alcohol at the side.
She saw a pair of gloves but couldn't afford it...
Her heart was aching. At this moment, she coughed after hearing what Lu Ze said and nearly spat out the alcohol in her mouth.
She was mad, yet, she wanted to laugh as she looked at Lu Ze. "Ze, you're becoming more thick-skinned."
Qiuyue Hesha grinned as she looked at Lu Ze like she wanted him to continue talking, and she wouldn't interrupt him.
As for Lin Ling, she had already decided long ago not to look at this fella anymore.
Despicable!
After that, Lin Ling said, "Alright, time for serious matters."
They didn't come to the void border to play, and especially after seeing so many valuable items, they had to work even harder now.
Lu Ze and the rest retracted their smiles and became serious.
Nangong Jing said, "We'll look at what missions are available first."
"Yup."
The few people nodded and took out the communication devices they received after registration.
The communication device was similar to a handphone. It was black in color, about the size of a palm, and there were two modesprojection mode and screen mode.
As Lu Ze and the others had their own communication device, they chose screen mode and looked at their own devices.
Other than the communication function, there was also the latest information on the void border.
For example, if there were elites of hostile races in certain stations, or if space pirates were found in some areas, or even where there was a dangerous void storm and so on.
These pieces of information may not be crucial for elites, but for those mortal evolution state newbies, it would help a lot. They were too weak, after all, and before these issues were resolved, the area would be unsafe for them to go.
Otherwise, who knew when they might encounter a big boss, huh?
Other than the information function on the communication device, there was also an emergency rescue function. After turning on this function, the Shenwu military from the nearest station and nearby people with communication devices would receive the distress message.
There was also the map of the void border and the region of the void universe that was controlled by the human race. The map marked the danger zone, the celestial bodies in each region, the possible void beasts' nests in the area, and other giant beasts.
Of course, there was also the mission module.
Lu Ze opened the mission module and realized that the mission module was very simple. There was a total of five options—mortal evolution state missions, planetary state missions, star state missions, cosmic state missions, and missions with unknown difficulty.
The four types at the top were very straightforward while the difficulty for the last one was unknown due to a lack of information.
Very few people would take on this type of mission as they were riskier.
Lu Ze looked at these few options and thought about it.
First, he excluded the star state and cosmic state missions.
Life was beautiful, he didn't want to die yet.
If he really took on missions from these two levels, he would really die.
As for the mortal evolution state and planetary state missions, Lu Ze thought about it and opened the mortal evolution state module first.
There was a long list of missions, and there were hundreds of pages.
Lu Ze scanned through them. There were missions issued by adventure squads and missions issued by big financial groups from the inner region of the Federation. There were also missions issued by the official inner region of the Federation.
At one glance, Lu Ze didn't see any missions issued by the Shenwu military.
He tapped open the first mission to take a look.
This mission was issued by the official inner region of the Federation; it was to gather a mortal evolution state spirit herb called Star Mist Grass. Each Star Mist Grass could be exchanged for 100,000 Federal contribution points or Dawn System academic credits.
Alright... this was roughly the value of one Shenwu merit—too bad it couldn't be converted.
However, it was not bad even if it was federal contribution points. At least, they could be used to buy items at the stores outside.
Lu Ze realized that it wasn't stated how many Star Mist Grass was required for this mission, so he took it down and would definitely gather them if he came across the grass. He didn't have a choice; after all, he was simply too poor. If he didn't work hard, he wouldn't even be able to afford any equipment.
The second mission was issued by a financial group from the inner region of the Federation. The request was to capture a live blue-patterned snow fox. The blue-patterned snow fox was a creature that lived on the Gelan Dwarf System which was about 50,000 light-years away from the void border. Its strength was only at the core martial state level, but there were many mortal Evolution state beasts on that Dwarf System, so it was quite dangerous.
Of course, this was dangerous only for mortal evolution state beings. As for the reward, one could choose to receive 5 mortal evolution state dead wood lingzhi or a pretty good spear.
In Lu Ze's opinion, these rewards were not very attractive.
Dead wood lingzhi was not bad for cultivation.
But it didn't taste good.
He didn't need the spear either; after all, he was a man who used his fist, why would he need a spear?
After glancing through this mission, Lu Ze continued to the next one.
The rewards of the next few missions were either cultivation resources or some pieces of equipment or weapons that weren't very powerful.
These were things that Lu Ze didn't need.
When he went to the second page and saw one of the missions, his eyes lit up, and he got very excited.
This was a mission issued by the Shenwu Military.
The item to be gathered was the outer shell of a void beast called Blue Sea Dragon.
The reward for an outer shell of a level one to level 3 mortal evolution state Blue Sea Dragon was half a Shenwu merit.
Half?!
Lu Ze was dumbfounded. This merit could be halved?
Why not round it up and count it as one directly?!
The reward for an outer shell of a level four to level six mortal evolution state Blue Sea Dragon was one Shenwu merit.
The reward for an outer shell of a level seven to level nine mortal evolution state was two Shenwu merits.
What surprised Lu Ze was that the reward for an outer shell of a level one planetary state Blue Sea Dragon was only 10 Shenwu 10?
Lu Ze was somewhat speechless—this was too little eh?
It was equivalent to 1 million Federal contribution points only!
This was a planetary state void beast!
The reward for an outer shell of a level two planetary state Blue Sea Dragon was 20 Shenwu merits.
Level 3 was 30 Shenwu merits.
However, Lu Ze didn't bother reading on after level 3.
With his current strength, killing a level one planetary state Blue Sea Dragon was already very challenging, not to mention a stronger one.
Although the planetary state level Blue Sea Dragon and above weren't within Lu Ze's scope of consideration, this mission was a pretty good mission for him.
Even Lin Ling, the alcoholic and vixen could take on this mission. If they teamed up, they would definitely be more efficient.
With that thought, he lifted his head and smiled. "I found a mission that's not bad. Do you guys want to do it together?" When they heard what Lu Ze said, the three of them lifted their heads and looked expectantly at Lu Ze.
Nangong Jing asked, "What is the mission?"
They were very poor now and were in desperate need of money.
Lu Ze looked at the three people's eager expressions and smiled as he projected the mission of hunting Blue Sea Dragons for them to see.
After reading through, their eyes lit up. Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "This mission is not bad. We can accept it!"
There was basic information provided regarding the Blue Sea Dragon in the mission information.
As a void beast, the Blue Sea Dragon had a void beast nest as well. There were a number of different types of void beast within the human-controlled area, and the Blue Sea Dragon was one of them. There was also a star map marking the areas where it was more likely for the Blue Sea Dragon's nest to be located.
This way, they didn't have to look everywhere like a headless chicken and only needed to search in the areas where there might be a Blue Sea Dragon's nest.
Nangong Jing smiled. "Since that's the case, let's choose a place where there might be a Blue Sea Dragon nest."
Everybody nodded then looked at the star map, and Lin Ling pointed at a bunch of dark red spots. "What about this area?"
Lin Ling was pointing at an area called Chiyun System-it was a dwarf system that was about 6000 light-years in diameter, and it got its name as it had red nebula formed on its outer region.
There was also the 3rd legion of the Shenwu military stationed at the Chiyun System.
There were countless void beasts in this system, and the information stated that there might be a nest of the Blue Sea Dragon here.
Qiuyue Hesha nodded. "This area is not bad. There is a legion stationed there, and it is quite safe. This is our first mission. It's better to be safe."
They were newbies, after all. Things might go wrong if they were too reckless.
At this moment, Lu Ze laughed. "Oh right, let's see if there are any other missions in the Chiyun System, then, we can do them at the same time."
If they went to a place and did only one mission, just the flight duration alone was a waste of time. It wasn't very worth it.
The three people were smart girls, and after hearing what Lu Ze said, they immediately understood what Lu Ze meant and began searching
The entire void border was too huge, and there were several missions available. But thankfully, the mission module had a filter function and after choosing a mission at Chiyun System, those other missions in the Chiyun system would appear.
There were a total of 3 missions, and one of the missions was issued by a scientist. It required observing the operation of celestial bodies in the Chiyun System and gathering data which would require quite a lot of time.
Lu Ze and the others didn't even consider this mission and omitted it immediately.
You must be joking. They were going to fight and not to collect data.
Other than this mission, there was another mission, which was the same as the military mission-it also required collecting the outer shell of the Blue Shell Dragon, but it needed 5 outer shells of level seven to level nine mortal evolution states.
The federal contribution points awarded for this mission was more than the Shenwu merits given by the military. The military was awarding 2 Shenwu merit points while this mission would award 400,000 federal contribution points.
Everyone accepted this mission as well. They would be able to buy items at stores outside, and this wouldn't be a bad thing in any case.
The final mission was a gathering mission issued by the Federation. It was to gather as many Chiyun rock ores as possible at the Chiyun System—10,000 federal contribution points were awarded for every kilogram.
Nangong Jing looked at this mission and raised her brows slightly. "I wonder if the Shenwu military needed to collect these ores."
Lu Ze and the rest were not very familiar with ores, but since the Federal needed to collect it, perhaps the Shenwu military needed it as well?
Lu Ze smiled and said, "We'll find out when we go to the resource hall and ask."
Nangong Jing nodded. After that, Nangong Jing smiled. "Since that's the case, let's get going right away. We'll need 3 days to travel from here to the Chiyun System. Time waits for no one."
"Hold on!" Lu Ze looked at the three people who stood up and were ready to set off. He was slightly surprised.
"We've already booked this room. Aren't we going to sleep first before going?" Damn, this room costs 200,000, it's such an expensive room. They're just going to leave after booking it?
Wasn't it such a waste?
Qiuyue Hesha reached out and stroked Lu Ze's face gently, then smiled. "Little brother Lu Ze wants to sleep with us? Wasn't it the same if we slept in the spaceship?"
Hearing that, the way Lin Ling and Nangong Jing looked at Lu Ze changed.
Didn't expect that you're that kind of person eh, Lu Ze?
Lu Ze: "..."
Who wants to sleep with you guys ah?! He just thought that it was such a waste, and they only stayed in this room for an hour.
He scoffed. "Tsk, let's go!" As he spoke, he walked out of the room first.
The three people behind him chuckled and followed behind.
After leaving Shenwu City, all four people got on to Lu Ze's spaceship then flew towards the Chiyun System.
Three days later, Lu Ze, who was sitting cross-legged in his room, opened his eyes and a hint of red glow flashed in his eyes.
Lu Ze exhaled and sensed his current cultivation.
At this moment, his cultivation was at level three of the mortal evolution state, the Ren and Du meridians, 12 standard meridians and 12 standard meridian veins had already formed planetary seeds.
This was because Lu Ze's had a perfect foundation, and if a martial artist didn't have a firm foundation, it would be very challenging to completely form a planetary seed at level two of the mortal evolution state.
Even without divine art and god art, just relying on one's own cultivation, Lu Ze, who had reached full refinement in every state, was much more powerful than martial artists of his level.
At this moment, Lu Ze, who was at level three of the mortal evolution state, had begun forming planetary seeds in his six hollow organs. His six hollow organs were giving off a hazy white light, and only a small area had not formed a planetary seed.
With Lu Ze's current speed of cultivation, it would, at most, take five days before he could fully form a planetary seed.
After that, he could begin forming a planetary seed in his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidney. His cultivation would also reach level four of the mortal evolution state.
With that thought, Lu Ze smiled to himself.
Super strong! He got out of bed, stretched then opened the room door, and walked out. In the living room, Qiuyue Hesha was leaning against the sofa, watching the distorted dimension. After hearing some noises, she turned her head and looked over.
When she saw Lu Ze, Qiuyue Hesha smiled gently. "Little brother Lu Ze, you're done cultivating?"
"Yup." Lu Ze nodded and sat next to Qiuyue Hesha, a faint fragrance immediately wafted into his nose. He smiled at Qiuyue Heshe and said, "What about you, teacher Qiuyue? How's your cultivation?" Qiuyue Hesha twirled her pink hair around her fingers and said, "With little brother Lu Ze's orbs, even though I'm somewhat lacking in planetary state resources, my speed of cultivation is already quite fast. Most importantly, my foundation is getting more and more complete."
With that said, a hint of confidence flashed in her eyes. "Right now, I'm confident that I can compete with a level three planetary state elite."
One must know that a planetary state wasn't the same as a mortal evolution state. Before reaching the mortal evolution state, one could be said to be building one's foundation, but once you reached the planetary state, you would be considered an elite.
The gaps between the levels of the planetary state were all relatively far apart.
And now that Qiuyue Hesha could confidently say that she could compete with a level three planetary state being, it was already very terrifying
When Lu Ze heard that, he smiled. "That's good."
Qiuyue Hesha grinned. "Little brother Lu Ze, you're so nice to big sister, but big sister doesn't have anything to repay little brother Lu Ze. How about offering this big sister's body to
you?"
Lu Ze: "..."
Lu Ze rolled his eyes at Qiuyue Hesha.
This woman was at it again.
If he dared to nod, he would probably get beaten up by this woman.
As if he would fall for this trick.
Tsk, naive!
Just then, Nangong Jing's voice resounded behind them. "Fox demon, you're seducing Lu Ze again!"
Qiuyue Hesha and Lu Ze turned around, looked at Nangong Jing walking out with a bottle of alcohol in her hand and a drunken look on her porcelain white face.
At this moment, she looked unhappy.
This woman was always seducing Lu Ze whenever she wasn't around.
Nangong Jing was Alice's guardian, she would never let this fox demon have her way!
Qiuyue Hesha glanced at Nangong Jing and wasn't ashamed at all. She grinned. "Only women with no womanly charm would use the word 'seduce'. This is quite hard for a T-rex like you to comprehend."
"What? Who said that I don't have womanly charm?"
When Nangong Jing heard that, she was upset. As she spoke, she glared at Lu Ze and clenched her fists. "Ze, do I have womanly charm?"
Lu Ze saw Nangong Jing's little fist, then looked at her dangerous glare, and his mouth twitched. He said in a serious manner, "Yes! Definitely!"
Nangong Jing nodded in satisfaction then raised her brows happily at Qiuyue Hesha.
Qiuyue Hesha scoffed and didn't care about this T-rex at all, which made Nangong Jing mad again.
Just then, Lin Ling's door opened, and she walked out. When she saw Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha with their dagger drawn, she immediately turned to Lu Ze with a suspicious look.
Lu Ze smiled helplessly, and Lin Ling immediately understood as she revealed a helpless smile too. They were both used to it already.
Just at this moment, the spaceship got out of the curved dimension.
The warped dimension outside immediately became a deep dark universe.
Ahead of them, there was a gigantic celestial body shrouded in scarlet red was the Chiyun System. That scarlet red cloud was actually a small celestial body or cosmic dust.
Their expressions turned grave after seeing Chiyun System. After all, they were in the void universe now, and there might be danger any time. They naturally had to be on their guard. Lin Ling looked at the Chiyun System and asked, "Do we look for the Blue Sea Dragon's nest and Chiyun rock ores directly or go to the 3rd legion station first?"
The legion station in the Chiyun System was also a temporary gathering place for adventure squads.
Lu Ze thought about it. "We'll go to the station first to see if anyone found the Blue Sea Dragon's nest first."
Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha nodded. "The Chiyun System has a diameter of 6000 light-years. We have no idea how long it'll take to cover such a large area. Let's go and see if other people have any news."
Just then, an alarm suddenly rang in the spaceship.
"Di! Di! The spaceship is targeted, enemy attack warning! Energy level of the enemy, planetary state. As the owner cannot pilot the spaceship manually, we will begin autonomous dodging!"
The second the spaceship's alarm resounded, a strong blue light shone through the universe and hit the spaceship.
Almost at the same time, New Dawn streaked across like a line and barely avoided the bombardment from the energy beam.
The berserk and violent energy swept out in every direction and struck the New Dawn's defensive barrier, stirring up a ripple on the barrier.
Just as they had avoided the energy beam, another gray and black energy beam shot towards New Dawn.
New Dawn dashed at a curved angle and avoided the black energy beam but was struck by the side by the gray energy beam.
Bang!
The gray energy beam collided with New Dawn's defensive barrier and instantly caused a terrorizing explosion.
Immediately after that, the ship rocked intensely as the internal alarm system rang out.
"Di! Di! New Dawn was struck, defensive barrier's durability at 28%! Defensive durability at 28%!"
Lu Ze's mouth twitched upon hearing the alert.
This was his bloody personal plane!
How many times did I get to use it?
If it was destroyed, he would feel extremely heartbroken.
Which bloody asshole dared to sneak an attack on him?
He had to kill them for sure!
At the side, Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, and Lin Ling had frowns on their faces with stern expressions as they looked towards Chiyun System.
The energy beams came from there.
Above the nebulas, where many small dark red asteroids were, there were three ships that flew towards New Dawn.
The three ships were all different. The biggest was over a thousand meters in length. It had a serene blue paint and extremely sharp thorns all over. It looked like a floating blue sea cucumber in space.
Of course, it was no sea cucumber but a spaceship.
It cannot be eaten.
As for the other two, one of the ships resembled the blade demon race warships. It was completely black and looked extremely sinister. In terms of length, it was roughly 500 meters. This was similar to the third ship. However, the third ship looked to be crafted out of rocks and was completely gray without any cracks, as though it was carved out of one ash rock.
At this moment, Nangong Jing's originally black pupils turned gold as she looked at the three ships. She spoke up with a hint of coldness in her voice. "Who are they?"
Qiuyue Hesha frowned slightly as a pink fog slowly enveloped her entire body. She spoke up indifferently. "I don't know, but it seems like they do not belong to the Federation?" Right at this time, the largest thorn of the largest spaceship in the center lit up with a blue light.
At the same time, the other two ships also lit up with their respective lights.
When the light auras came out, New Dawn's alarm system rang out again.
"New Dawn has been locked on target. Master, please give instructions."
When Lu Ze heard that, he could not help but be startled.
The three ships did not apply direct fire previously? Right when he was stupefied, 10 figures flew out from the ships and traversed the thousands of kilometers at lightning speed and surrounded New Dawn.
Lu Ze and the group looked out and saw their appearances. The 10 figures were all different, some similar to humans, some similar to beasts, some with multiple arms, and even some with scales. With one look, they could tell that the people were not honest men.
But the similarity between them was that they were equipped in battle armors and emitted extremely strong and violent temperaments.
The five strongest were extremely powerful at the planetary state. The strongest two seemed to have live-like feelers growing out of their heads with scale armor and looked extremely sinister.
The two were identical and Lu Ze believed they were twins.
They were extremely strong with the cultivation of at least the third discipline of the planetary state.
Right at this time, the being with the feelers on the right opened his mouth and revealed a row of sharp teeth, and spoke up with a hoarse voice. "Human beings inside the ship! You have been surrounded by The Terry Brothers Pirate Crew! If you do not wish to die, get out of here quickly and surrender all your valuable things, we might give you another shot at life!"
The feelers-being spoke in the universal language, and as Lu Ze and Lin Ling had taken up the class on the universal language in the first semester, the awkward situation back in Xiaer System with the blade demon race no longer repeated itself.
But when they heard the feeler-being's words, the humans inside the spaceship looked at each other.
They were actually being robbed?!
Terry Brothers Pirate Crew...
They actually encountered space pirates here?! What kind of bloody luck is that? To encounter space pirates just as they went out?
The three looked at Lu Ze, and Nangong Jing spoke up first. "What do we do?"
Lu Ze thought about it for a moment. The beam had almost destroyed New Dawn's defensive barrier, and they were currently locked on. If another beam came out, they would be fine, but the ship would most probably be destroyed.
That was definitely a no go! He had not even piloted the ship himself yet!
And they were currently surrounded, so it was unrealistic to rely on New Dawn to fly away.
If that was the case, then why not take a look outside.
Lu Ze smiled. "Let's go out and see what happens."
Nangong Jing heard him and grinned as the golden ring on her right hand emitted a dazzling golden light.
Following that, a golden battle armor appeared and enveloped Nangong Jing's fiery body.
Her black hair turned golden, and her golden eyes became somewhat imposing. She frowned with slight excitement. "Do you still remember that shadow leopard armor? Pullman Griffin said it was obtained from space pirates. I was originally wondering when we could rob some space pirates. Who would have thought that we would encounter them so soon?" When they heard Nangong Jing's words, everyone's eyes lit up as they looked towards the space pirates outside with excitement. At that moment, they all felt that the exotic-looking pirates were no longer as detestable.
As for the reason, it's naturally because they were poor!
Although the space pirates were not weak, they felt that they were much stronger!
And even if they lose, they could choose to call Ying Ying.
Although we promised not to initiate calling for her, if we can't win, the promise is useless.
So the pirates' express delivery made them extremely enthusiastic and welcoming.
Resounding metallic clanks could be heard in the hall as everyone equipped their personal battle armors.
At the same time, outside the spaceship, the two feelers-beings noted that there were no movements from inside the spaceship and became annoyed, causing their chi to fluctuate.
"Foolish and weak humans! Why are you not coming out? If you're not coming out, we will not bestow kindness onto your lives!"
They actually dared to make the powerful Terry Brothers wait?
How dare humans neglect them!
Are they treating the Terry Brothers as nothing?
The Terry Brothers had swept space for millions of light-years. How impressive was that?
The foolish and weak human beings dared to look down on them?
They decided to kill them upon receiving the valuables.
The Terry brothers looked at each other and saw the thirst for blood in each other's eyes.
Behind them, the pirates in different shapes and sizes all erupted in laughter. Of the remaining three planetary state pirates, one of them was a canine with a height of two meters and covered with a black mist that surrounded his barbed and black battle armor. He opened his mouth and said, "Boss Terry West, Boss Terry East. These humans are too foolish. They actually did not care about your words.
But they should be quite delicious. Why not allow me the chance to taste them?"
With that said, the black canine licked its lips with its barbed tongue with a pondering look on its face.
The other planetary state pirate was a giant over five meters tall and had two heads and four arms. He also laughed and spoke up, "Conrad, leave one to me, I want to have a taste too."
When the underlings behind saw their bosses laughing in disdain, they also started laughing.
They had completely disregarded the human beings in the spaceship.
After all, they had long investigated and found only two early planetary state human beings, while the other two were mortal evolution states.
That amount of strength was not enough to pull the two Terry Brothers out to fight, and the underlings were capable enough to resolve them.
Right at this time, the doors of New Dawn opened as Lu Ze and the group flew out.
The four turned and looked at the 10 space pirates laughing as cold glints flashed in their eyes.
Human beings are delicious?
Seems like they had eaten humans before...
After seeing Lu Ze and the group appear, the space pirates immediately turned their gazes on them. When they saw the personalized battle armors on the humans, their eyes immediately revealed greed. Looks good! Terry West laughed. "All your things belong to me now! Now, strip yourselves off the battle armors. The kind Terry Brothers will let you live!"
If the human beings dared to rebel, the battle armors might not be preserved, so it was definitely better for them to strip out the battle armors.
When they heard Terry West's words, the four did not reply. Nangong Jing's eyes were already golden.
After hearing their conversation earlier, she was already filled with killing intent.
Her imposing eyes swept across the space pirates as she smiled. "The two leaders are mine."Qiuyue Hesha grinned as her beautiful face revealed a sweet smile. "Female T-Rex, I want them."
She also felt extremely unhappy.
When Lu Ze saw the two arguing for the two strongest enemies, he sighed helplessly.
Although he was weak and even after donning his personalized battle armor, his fighting strength was barely at the peak of the second discipline of the planetary state. The jump in strength was far from that of the mortal evolution state.
But even so, there was nothing he could do. After all, the jump between ranks in the planetary state was too huge.
His eyes swept across the few planetary states, aside from the two beings with feelers, the remaining blue-skinned and silent enemy was at the second discipline of the planetary state. Meanwhile, the big and black canine and the two-headed and four arms giant were at the first discipline of the planetary state.
Lu Ze grinned. "Teacher Nangong, Teacher Qiuyue, you two can take the two feelers leaders. I'll take the remaining three planetary states. As for Lin Ling, you shouldn't have a problem with the remaining mortal evolution state enemies, right?".
Lin Ling frowned with an ice-cold expression on her face as the spear in her hand gleamed. She nodded and replied, "No problem."
Watching how the four people were discussing how to divide them, the space pirates were dumbfounded.
The five planetary state beings were also looking at them weirdly, especially Lu Ze.
One must know that Lu Ze's cultivation was just at level three of the mortal evolution state.
He actually shamelessly boasted that he wanted to fight with a second discipline planetary state and 2 first discipline planetary state beings?
A few mortal evolution state space pirates chuckled.
"Is this male human dumb? He thinks he's a third discipline planetary state being?"
"Even Lord Condra and Lord Kuris could squash him with a finger, not to mention Lord Bing Li who already reached the second discipline of the planetary state."
"He can't even defeat me, not to mention those lords eh?"
"Haha... this is a good joke. When I return to my hometown this year to get married, I must tell my wife about it!"
"What? You're actually getting married already? I want to go back to visit my newborn child. I want to tell my child what a great and free space pirate his father is!"
Their conversation caused Lu Ze's expression to become a little strange.
These people, is it good to jinx themselves like that?
Though they were hopeless from the start. That big black dog known as Condra licked his lips and stared at Lu Ze with his red eyes. He chuckled uncontrollably. "Didn't expect that humans are so dumb. They can't even tell the gap between their enemies and themselves."
"You're only at level three of the Mortal Evolution state. But I! The Mighty Condra is a planetary state mighty being!" "How are you going to kill me?" "If you're a super being from the elf race, I might believe that you could deal with me, but you're an ant of the human race."
As he spoke, he bared the sharp teeth in his big mouth and said in a sinister tone, "I will chew you into pieces later and swallow you into my belly. You should be honored to be able to fuse into one body with the mighty Condra."
That second discipline planetary state blue human-like alien, Bing Li, glanced at Lu Ze and couldn't help but shake its head and didn't even say a word.
The giant with 2 heads and 4 arms, Kuris, kept laughing hysterically and held its belly with those 4 arms.
Lu Ze looked at Kuris who was laughing hysterically and was a little speechless.
This fella was too easily amused, eh?
If Lu Ze kept up the good work, perhaps Lu Ze could make him laugh to death?
If Lu Ze could really do that, he would probably become the first prodigy who killed a planetary state being this way, huh? Just as Lu Ze was having these thoughts, the Terry Brothers began laughing as well.
They looked at Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha and bared their sharp teeth at them, "Both of you are the strongest among these humans here, right? You guys are just at the first discipline of the planetary state and dared to be so insolent! We will tear you to pieces later! This is the mercy we have given you!"
Seeing how these space pirates were acting like they just heard a joke, Lu Ze and the others were unperturbed. These dumb space pirates still had no idea ah.
They had chi stealth god arts inside them, how could these third discipline planetary state space pirates be able to see their true power?
Just then, Nangong Jing's long golden hair moved slightly and a golden glow shone around her body. Her chi was surging, and a tyrannical force spread across thousands of kilometers.
She smirked. "Is it that funny?"
As she spoke, she clenched her right fist and threw a punch directly towards Terry West.
Rumble!
The berserk golden fist swept across the vacuum and immediately appeared in front of Terry West.
The air became totally silent and nobody expected that Nangong Jing's attack would be so terrifying
Only then did Terry West sense Nangong Jing's horrifying aura.
Facing Nangong Jing's fist, he felt an overwhelming sense of danger, and his entire body tensed up as he bellowed, "Damn it! You dumb human actually concealed your aura!"
After that, a faint blue light lit up on the tentacles on his head and that third discipline planetary state aura burst forth.
A gigantic battle-ax made of blue crystal appeared in his hands, and there was a faint blue spirit light shining on it as he swung it towards the fist.
Boom!
The battle-ax and fist collided, and after a moment of silence, a loud collision resounded.
Following that, a spirit force shockwave swept over and those four planetary state beings, who stood near the Terry Brothers, were swept away by the powerful force. Their chest tightened, and they were sent flying while they spat out fresh blood.
Nangong sing disappeared on the spot and appeared on top of Terry West's head. The aura around her body burst forth, and she kept launching powerful attacks one after another. Both of them were getting further away from one another and were thousands of kilometers away from one another very soon. After all, they had their little partners here, and it wouldn't be good to affect the others.
When Terry East saw this, a faint blue light lit up on the tentacles on his head as well, and he was planning on helping Terry West get rid of Nangong Jing.
Just then, Qiuyue Hesha giggled and Terry East's body suddenly froze. There was panic on his face before the chi on his body became chaotic. It swelled up.
This chaos lasted for a moment, then his chi became calm again.
However, even so, his aura was still slightly weaker; those gray eyes of his glared at Qiuyue Hesha in shock.
He nearly blew himself up unknowingly?!
If he hadn't been alert, he would probably be blasted into pieces right now?
"You also concealed your own aura, huh?!"
Damn it!
They initially thought that they were just ordinary first discipline planetary state humans. Didn't expect that they could conceal their auras so well?
How did they do it?
Also, these two people's cultivation was only at the first discipline of the planetary state, yet, they could actually make them feel threatened
—their strength is too powerful, huh? Who exactly were these two people?
Wait!
Just at this moment, his eyes widened all of a sudden as he looked at Lu Ze and Lin Ling in disbelief.
Could it be...
Both of them had also concealed their auras?!
He recalled what that human said just now.
He wanted to deal with three of them alone...
Which meant that... his power could reach the second discipline of the planetary state?!
How was this possible?!
This human's cultivation was only at level three of the mortal evolution state, how could they be so powerful? He didn't believe it at all!
Thereafter, a lightning cloud with an area of a dozen square kilometers formed above Lu Ze's head. That terrifying purplish-red lightning kept flashing. It dashed to attack Terry East mercilessly.
Strong! Very strong! He looked at the lightning flickering in that lightning cloud, and his gray pupils constricted in disbelief.
This sort of strength could definitely be a great threat to a second discipline planetary state!
But how was this possible?!
A male human at level three of the mortal evolution state. How could he be so strong?
He had stepped over an entire state, and it was even the planetary state! "Darn it, these damn humans!"
Terry East's expression turned sinister, and his aura surged as a 2-meter long giant sword made of blue crystal appeared in his hand. Just as he was about to attack Lu Ze, Qiuyue Hesha raised her eyebrows slightly and smiled. "Are you not taking me seriously at all, huh?".
The moment Qiuyue Hesha said that, Terry East's body froze once again, and his chi was unstable.
However, Terry East's chi stabilized very quickly. He had a nasty look on his face and knew that he was aimed at by this darn female human. Something might go wrong if he exposed his weakness, and he simply couldn't help his brother.
Hence, he didn't think further and howled towards the three subordinates who were sent flying by the shockwaves. "Quick, dodge!"
Then, he carried the giant sword and charged towards Qiuyue Hesha.
Facing Qiuyue Hesha's strange god art ability, he has decided to have close combat!
Hence, both of them got further and further away just like Nangong Jing and Terry West. After Terry West and Terry East were pulled away by Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha, Lu Ze didn't have to worry at all.
The purplish-red rune flickered in his eyes, and over 10 purplish-red lightning flashes burst forth.
After that, he clenched his right fist and combined a dozen lightning flashes into three and attacked those three planetary state beings.
Those three planetary state beings had suffered minor injuries from Nangong Jing and Terry West's shockwaves. Their faces were gloomy after sensing the violent chi of the lightning
The self-declared mighty planetary state being, big black dog Condra, widened his eyes and howled in disbelief, "How is this
possible?!"
He couldn't figure out how a level three mortal Evolution state being would actually be so powerful.
He even felt threatened.
Bing Li and Kuris widened their eyes as well and looked at those three violent purplish-red lightning bolts in disbelief.
"Roar!"
They didn't have time to think, and the three people roared as they suppressed their injuries, and their spirit forces burst forth.
Big black dog Condra opened his big mouth and spewed out black light balls. The light balls turned into a black stream of light and flew towards the purplish-red lightning.
A black sword and a black shield appeared on the giant Kuris' 4 arms, and there was a blood-red spirit light flickering on his shield, blocking the lightning. Blue-skinned Bing Li had a thin layer of ice formed all over his body and an ice shield in front of him.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
3 consecutive violent collisions resounded as Lu Ze's lightning flashes collided with the three people's attacks.
Condra's black light ball merely lasted for a short moment before it was shattered into pieces by the lightning flash. Then, the remaining lightning flash landed heavily on his body. "Woof woof woof~~!"
Suddenly, a miserable dog whining resounded. His body was sent flying thousands of kilometers away, and there was black blood gushing out along the way. It was even accompanied by fragments of purplish-red lightning flashes.
On the other side, the blood-colored spirit light was torn apart by the lightning flash as the lightning flash landed heavily on the shield. There was an immediate sound of bones cracking and Kuris, who was five meters tall, was sent flying over thousands of kilometers by the lightning
Bing Li's ice shield may seem quite thin, but it was extremely strong. Lu Ze's lightning flash pounded on the ice shield and merely broke it. Accordingly, it didn't have enough power to continue anymore.
After Bing Li blocked Lu Ze's lightning flash, he looked quietly at Lu Ze, and those blue eyes were filled with iciness.
"Didn't expect that the human race would have a prodigy like you. It's really unbelievable... Even in the Elf Race, you're still considered very gifted, right? Too bad..."
As he spoke, there were sharp ice cones all over his body, and his aura gushed out. "Too bad, you're about to die."
In the deep space, outside the Chiyun System, spirit lights were flashing from time to time. That was the aftermath of the clashes among Nangong Jing, Qiuyue Hesha, and the Terry Brothers in the distance.
Within the vicinity of the New Dawn, Bing Li looked at Lu Ze with killing intent. "Die!"
Then, the ice shards materializing from his body transformed into a stream and shot towards Lu Ze.
Lu Ze felt that terrifying power. He bit his lips and dark rays emerged around him. Body of darkness!
In this dark space, the body of darkness wasn't weak. Of course, Lu Ze would use it.
Thereafter, his black-gold battle armor appeared. Green wind and purple-red lightning circulated around it.
In a short instant, Lu Ze's chi kept expanding as he used divine arts. Lu Ze's movements were extremely fast with the aid of the body of darkness and Blue Bird 1 divine art. He skillfully dodged all the ice shards.
As he maneuvered through the attacks, the lightning cloud above Lu Ze's head blasted with tens of lightning bolts. Bing Li sneered, and an ice shield formed before him, blocking the lightning.
Rumble!
This time, the mortal evolution state pirates that were hiding far away weren't hit, but they were shaking with fear.
At this juncture, a silver-white light flashed and penetrated through two pirates. Lin Ling was holding her spear with a cold expression.
These pirates were shocked upon seeing Lin Ling's powerful chi.
But soon, they realized that Lin Ling's chi wasn't at the planetary state yet. They also knew how heavily the Terry Brothers punished defectors. As such, they charged at Lin Ling. "Die!" Lin Ling said nothing and met them head-on while using wind god art.
Currently, the clash between Lu Ze and Bing Li halted. Lu Ze disappeared from the spot and appeared before Bing Li.
Zzz...
Lu Ze clenched his fist. Dark rays and lightning spears gathered.
Rumble!
He used both the star crippling punch and lightning spear at the same time.
Deep blue ice armor appeared around Bing Li. Subsequently, his right hand opened and the ice shield appeared. He waved his left hand and tens of ice blades were then formed.
The shield greeted Lu Ze's fist while the ice blades met Lu Ze's lightning spear.
Rumble...
Consecutive explosions occurred. The area within a thousand kilometers was swept out by the spirit force.
When the clash was over, Lu Ze's black-gold battle armor shattered. Marks appeared on his personal armor too, from which blood flowed out.
Bing Li only had a minor wound on his left hand. He was in a much better state than Lu Ze.
Lu Ze's full power was barely level two of the planetary state, but this Bing Li knew ice god art.
This ice god art wasn't strong, but he was definitely considered strong among level two planetary states. Lu Ze already anticipated that he couldn't beat this person in a direct confrontation.
Bing Li clenched his two hands and more than a hundred ice blades appeared. This male human's talent was too scary. He was only a level three mortal evolution state, and yet, he had the power to match him.
Luckily, this human was a bit weaker than he was.
Just when he thought victory was at hand, he was shocked to see that Lu Ze flashed with gray light as the latter recovered instantly.
"?"
How was this possible?
Lu Ze grinned at him, and his violent cha burst out. He had an infinite supply of energy due to the purple and red orbs. With his super regeneration divine art, he could take a beating very well.
As long he could shield his vital points from a lethal attack, then he would be safe.
Lu Ze glanced at Condra and Kuris who had recovered a little. His eyes seemed a little hesitant, but they soon became resolved.
He was about to handle pain once again!
Lu Ze reached out to the blood lightning in his mental dimension. Immediately, intense pain entered his body. His black hair turned red.
He drew the blood lightning in his body once more to finish the battle quickly. Otherwise, the situation would be more volatile if those two recovered.
Lu Ze was surprised as the pain was much lighter than last time, and it didn't burden him as much.
Was it because he reached level three of the mortal evolution state or was it that most of his lightning was converted?
The lightning god art completely became blood lightning god art.
Rumble...
Blood lightning snakes appeared in the lightning cloud. Simultaneously, blood lightning also formed around him.
Bing Li roared. "No way! How can you be so strong?"
Even he couldn't help but tremble before the chi that was brewing in the lightning clouds.
Lu Ze grinned. "Nothing is impossible." As he spoke, three extremely thick blood lightning shot towards Bing Li.
He couldn't dodge it!
Bing Li was shaking on the inside. His ice armor became more focused, and more ice shields appeared around him.
At this moment, those three thick blood lightning bolts struck his shield.
The shields only lasted a second and were violently torn to pieces.
In the next second, the lightning struck his
armor.
Rumble!
Another crisp sound reverberated, and under the torrent of blood lightning, Bing Li was flung more than a thousand kilometers away.
His ice armor cracked, and the remaining lightning struck his combat armor, which also cracked. His body was ravaged, and blue blood splashed out.
Damn it!
Why was that human male so strong?! It wasn't right!
He couldn't beat this level three mortal evolution state human?!
Run!
He was scared of the Terry Brothers' punishment, but the human male wasn't worried for the other two females at all.
He felt the Terry Brothers were a lost cause. That meant that he didn't need to worry about punishment. He then glanced at the direction he was flying to. It was where their flying ship was.
Great!
He used his momentum to fly towards their black warship. The main ship was loyal to the Terry Brothers, but he had the confidence to take control of the secondary ships.
Lu Ze didn't stop for a moment after attacking. He chased after Bing Li and saw that the latter was flying to the ship.
Was this guy attempting to escape?
But...
Can you get away?!
Lu Ze's speed was far superior to the heavily injured Bing Li. Accordingly, Bing Li sensed Lu Ze's chi and looked back in fear.
Such speed!
Lu Ze already appeared next to him and pressed his hand on Bing Li's face. The blood lightning rushed out, breaking Bing Li's body. Lu Ze grabbed Bing Li's face. He dragged the bloodied body of his opponent and flew hundreds of kilometers towards the black ship.
Afterward, Lu Ze thrust his hands and Bing Li's body was launched toward the ship, which then left a ten-meter wide dent.
The ship wobbled, and Bing Li spewed out more blood.
Thereafter, Lu Ze held Bing Li's face. In turn, Bing Li tried to break off Lu Ze's hand, but it was useless.
Lu Ze looked coldly at Bing Li. "You want to run? Keep running!"
Lu Ze's and Bing Li's battle only lasted ten seconds. Condra and Kuris haven't even been able to completely suppress their injuries. When they saw how Bing Li, the strongest among them, was pressed against the ship by Lu Ze like a powerless chicken, their minds were shaken. Not a match!
The two flew towards the other ship. Run! Otherwise, they would die here!
Lu Ze noticed this. His blood-red eyes flashed with contempt.
Rumble!
The hand holding Bing Li's head exploded with violent blood lightning that ruined the latter's body. Almost instantly, Bing Li was about to die at any moment.
Lu Ze then disappeared from the spot. Seeing Lu Ze chase after them, Condra's and Kuris' heartbeats quickened. Lu Ze was no longer that weak feeble human to them. He was the death god!
Condra's eyes flashed with hideousness, and he roared, "Kuris, attack together, or we both have to die!"
Kuris nodded with his two heads. "Alright, we'll listen to you!"
He wasn't that bright, so it was better to listen to someone smart. He held the huge shield and long sword that Lu Ze cracked with lightning before and charged at Lu Ze.
"Die!" his two heads roared.
However, Condra suddenly charged in the other direction. He chose to attack Lin Ling.
He only had one goal and that was to capture this female human and use her to threaten this male human. That way, he might have a chance to escape. When he saw Lu Ze's terrifying speed, he knew that if he tried to run, he would be caught.
Hopefully, Kuris can hold on for longer.
When Kuris realized that Condra didn't follow up, his eyes widened in disbelief.
"Condra, **** you!"
He was really stupid! He was used!
Just when he was prepared to die, he saw that Lu Ze flashed in silver light and disappeared.
He was confused.
Where did that demon go?
Back to hell?
When Lu Ze saw that Condra dared to charge at Lin Ling, his killing intent intensified. He used space transmission to jump to Condra's location.
Condra was just getting excited upon seeing that he was closing in on Lin Ling, but suddenly the blood-haired Lu Ze appeared before him.
"Woof?!" Condra howled in disbelief.
How did this demon appear before him?
Space transmission?
How was that possible?
This demon was only a level three mortal evolution state!
Lu Ze smiled and kicked Condra's stomach heavily.
"Get back!" Rumble!
Condra's black spirit force shield was torn apart by Lu Ze like paper. The violent power poured onto Condra's huge body.
Condra's mouth opened wide, and he spat out blood. Several of his bones were crushed.
His body flew back with speed faster than which he came with and collided heavily onto the black ship.
Rumble!
He landed next to Bing Li who was inside the ship. Then, Lu Ze looked at Kuris. He grinned, and Kuris shivered and retreated a few steps.
"What... monster are you?!"
"The weak human race can't have a prodigy like you!"
He felt his body was cold.
Lu Ze didn't answer. He glanced at Lin Ling and saw that more than half of the mortal evolution states that were attacking her were dead. The remaining ten noticed the situation and were trying their best to flee.
Lin Ling was hunting them.
As for Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha, he needed to worry less.
Lu Ze flashed in blood lightning. "I'm the weak and stupid human you were talking about."
He appeared before Kuris so fast that Kuris wasn't even able to react. Subsequently, Kuris felt a painful sensation on his stomach, which crushed all his defenses and sent him flying backward.
Seeing Kuris crash against the ship, Lu Ze breathed easy. The blood color receded.
When the blood lightning returned to the mental dimension, the pain swept across Lu Ze like a storm. He almost blacked out on the spot.
Luckily, he had been through life and death so many times that his will was firm enough.
The vacuum of power in his body made Lu Ze's face pale. He used red and purple orbs to recover his power while looking around vigilantly.
A few minutes later, Lu Ze barely recovered his combat power, and Lin Ling killed all the fleeing pirates.
Her face was pale, and her armor was broken too, revealing her snow-white skin. There were traces of blood on the edge of her armor.
Clearly, she used regeneration god art.
She took out her spear from the last pirate and flicked the blood away. She looked at Lu Ze and flew over rapidly. "Are you okay?"
She saw Condra fly towards her before, but she wasn't worried at all as she believed that Lu Ze would stop him.
She was still a bit worried after seeing Lu Ze's hair turn blood-red. This was the second time Lu Ze used this. Last time, Lu Ze cried in her
arms.
Lu Ze shook his head. "Don't worry, I'm fine."
She was still wearing her armor, after all. Even if he wanted to cry, he would have to hold it in. It was too hard.
Lin Ling felt relieved.
At this point, the battle in the distance calmed down.
Lin Ling smiled. "It seems sister Jing and Hesha are about to argue again." Lu Ze smiled helplessly. "Do they ever get tired of it?"
As they spoke, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha flew back to them. They were each carrying a Terry Brother who was half dead.
Nangong Jing said excitedly, "Quickly, let's split the spoils! This is a cosmic pirate fleet!"
Qiuyue Hesha said, "Nangong is right. Let's loot first!"
Lu Ze and Lin Ling were a little surprised at first, but then, they were full of anticipation.
