My Special Ability Is Perfect Replication

by Stayrr

After transmigrating to this world where spiritual energy is revived, I realized that it’s a world rampaged by Direbeasts. But what is most exciting is that humans with special abilities do exist! It’s awesome to witness control of thunder and fire, titan’s transformation, limb regeneration, teleportation, telepathy, precognition and many more. And guess what? I have them all.

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Chapter 221: Redfire Falls, Arriving at Dragonstar

Ling Jiu could not tell how big the mouth was, but from where he stood, he could see that it occupied a small part of the planet's surface.

Redfire's 800-meter-long body was like a lone island out at sea when compared to it, as both sides were of different magnitudes.

"Roar!!!"

The massive mouth soared into the sky and attempted to bite Redfire. At that moment, Redfire's head had already entered the wormhole.

If it had a little more time, its entire body could have entered the wormhole and left this damned place forever.

But sadly…

Krak!!

Following a terrifying crunch, the massive mouth snapped shut and bit into Redfire's lower body, roughly equivalent to the location of a human's belly button and lower waist.

Immediately after, the mouth suddenly tugged back, and Redfire was dragged out of the wormhole.

The next moment, countless tentacles rushed out from all directions and instantly wrapped around Redfire's body. Then, they completely submerged it.

"Roar!!!"

Upon seeing the scene, the fire dragon whelps that had already arrived in outer space roared toward the sky. Their voices were pained and heartwrenching, as they were filled with great sorrow.

One of the 500-meter-long Redfire Dragons even prepared to return to the wormhole to rescue Redfire. However, it was stopped by the Dark Demonic Dragon.

"You cannot save her!"

"So we just watch while Mother gets killed like that?" the Redfire Dragon roared angrily.

"The monster below is just too strong, beyond the level of a stellar lifeform. We cannot even scratch it even if we join hands. Going back down there is suicide!"

The Dark Demonic Dragon roared, "Leave this forsaken place now!"

"But—"

"No buts!"

The Dark Demonic Dragon's voice was cold. "If you want to die, no one will stop you! But I suggest you consider Redfire's whelps for a bit."

The fire dragon could not help but look at other fire dragon whelps. Those with a body length of 100 meters were fine, but the smaller ones were beginning to tremble.

Outer space was just too cold, and they could not withstand it anymore.

"Roar!!!"

The fire dragon let out a bitter roar and opened its mouth so that the fire dragon whelps could get into its body for protection.

It was Redfire's first child and the strongest one among them. With Redfire dead, it was up to it to take on the responsibility to protect the fire dragon whelps.

"Let's go."

Ling Jiu sighed and took a deep look at the dark red planet. The giant mouth and numerous tentacles had retreated back to the depths of the planet. Aside from gullies and a trail of destruction, there was nothing left on the ground.

Redfire was no longer there!

However, everyone knew that it had been completely swallowed by the monster!

Later on, the human and dragons embarked on their long journey again.

It was a pity that the atmosphere had become even dourer. The Dark Demonic Dragon was an enigmatic one and would not take the initiative to speak.

The several other Redfire Dragons were much more cheerful but their mother's death had hit them hard; they were all deep in sorrow now.

So, the entire journey was distressed

Once they were tired, they would stop and rest.

Once rested, they would continue on.

Time passed quickly, and soon, another three days had passed without them noticing it.

After the third day, Ling Jiu suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong? The Dark Demonic Dragon wondered.

As they closed the distance, it could sense its homeworld more and more. It knew that it would be home soon.

Therefore, it could not wait to rush back immediately!

"I'm tired. Gonna take a break," Ling Jiu said casually.

Then he closed his eyes as he sat cross-legged and began to recuperate.

"Didn't you just rest earlier? the Dark Demonic Dragon murmured in doubt but did not ask too much.

Instead, it lay down and rested quietly in outer space.

Rest?

Ling Jiu had actually rested earlier, and he was not at a point where he needed to rest. He stopped because the Replication Arcana's cooldown had passed.

In other words, he could replicate again.

Ling Jiu had not decided what to replicate this time. It was obvious that he did not have many choices in this place.

Ling Jiu first looked at the Dark Demonic Dragon.

Name: Schwarzkopf

Race: Dark Demonic Dragon

Arcana: Spiritual Communication (Awakened, Replicable), Super Physique (Awakened, Replicable), Mega Dragon Flame (Awakened, Replicable), Mega Tremor (Awakened, Replicable)

"No decent abilities…"

Ling Jiu was a little disappointed, and then looked at the Redfire Dragons, in the end, their abilities were the same as the Dark Demonic Dragon.

"Forget it!"

Ling Jiu eventually copied the Mega Tremor ability and chose to assimilate it on the spot.

"Aarghh!"

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Ling Jiu suddenly screaming in pain, the Dark Demonic Dragon and few other Redfire Dragons were all startled. They began to surround him one after another.

"I…I'm fine."

After ten minutes, the pain receded like a tide. Ling Jiu felt the ability he had just acquired, and his eyes shone slightly.

He had underestimated this ability.

Mega Tremor meant that he could cause tremors at will, and the frequency of the tremors could be controlled.

Once the frequency exceeded the limit of an object's tolerance, it would cause terrible consequences like… disintegration!

Plus, there were many ways to control tremors. One of them was how the Redfire Dragons and the Dark Demonic Dragon used their roars to generate tremors to shatter the space.

At the same time, they could also use their fists to cause tremors…

All in all, there were many ways to create tremors.

"This ability is not bad. It's not a waste!"

Interstellar travel was the most boring thing ever. At a glance, the starry sky was the same. Who actually dared to pat his chest and say that he could stare at the stars in the sky all day and night?

No one could!

It was too monotonous, too boring, too dull!

Fortunately, two days later, the group finally came to a brand new star system.

Dominating this star system was a yellow dwarf star the size of the sun. There were a total of six planets orbiting around it, including three rocky planets and three gas giants.

"See that green planet over there?"

The Dark Demonic Dragon stared at the emerald green planet that was the third closest to the yellow dwarf and roared.

"That… That's our homeworld! Hahaha! I'm home! I'm finally home! I never thought that I would be able to return in my lifetime!"

"Mother! Do you see it? We have arrived at Dragonstar!"

The other Redfire Dragons were also very excited. It was their mother's greatest wish to return to Dragonstar while she lived, but what a pity…

"Quick! Let's head back!" the Dark Demonic Dragon urged.

Ling Jiu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and with a wave of his hand, another wormhole appeared. This time directly came inside the atmosphere of Dragonstar.

Looking at the verdant green planet before them, the Dark Demonic Dragon was so excited that it could not help but take deep breaths.

With a face full of intoxication, it said, "This is the smell!

"This is the smell!"

"I would never forget it in my entire life!

"Is this Dragonstar?"

Ling Jiu also looked at the planet. It was very similar to Earth, except it was far bigger.

At a glance, this planet was almost completely enveloped by oceans, but it was dotted with many islands.

"Human, thank you!"

After the momentary excitement, the Dark Demonic Dragon gradually calmed down. Meanwhile, it stared at Ling Jiu sincerely with its big eyes.

"If it weren't for you, I would never be able to return to my homeworld! I have no other valuable things to repay your kindness, and I can only give you this!"

As it said that, it opened its mouth and spat out a blood-colored orb before it continued, "This is a dragon blood orb condensed from one-tenth of my blood and essence. You can use it to temper your body. I want to be of help to you."

"Then I shall take it."

Ling Jiu avoided the pleasantries. "Since you're home, I'll go home now."

"Human, don't you want to take a stroll on Dragonstar?" the Dark Demonic Dragon immediately asked.

"I've been out for too long. My family must be waiting anxiously for my return, so I must go back quickly."

Ling Jiu declined. He had sensed hundreds of terrifying auras coming from Dragonstar, and a small part of them was even more terrifying than Schwarzkopf itself. God knew what would happen if he entered the place?

So, he would withdraw for now.

"Well, then."

The Dark Demonic Dragon looked regretful.

Ling Jiu left after that.

He did not delay much. Traveling all the way from the infernal planet to Dragonstar took about 12 days, which meant that the return journey would also take him 12 days.

A whole 24 days in total!

Unfortunately for him, Wormhole 13 that connected the infernal planet to Mars was only open for a month. He did not have any time to waste and had to rush back without stopping.

Fortunately, rushing back alone was much faster as he did not need to care about those dragons keeping up with him. He could just move forward alone.

Ten days had passed without him noticing by the time Ling Jiu returned to the infernal planet.

He looked at the planet that was locked by the gravitational force of its star, with half of it always facing the star while the other half facing away. For a planet of two extremes, Ling Jiu had never felt so much affection for it.

"I'm finally back."

Ling Jiu wiped the cold sweat off his head and then sensed the dimensional mark he had left before Wormhole 13 and quietly appeared before it.

Wormhole 13 was suspended quietly in the air, no different from the time he had arrived.

Ling Jiu quietly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. After he dived in and exited again, he was already at Mars.

Mars was still that Mars, but its temperature was significantly higher now, and standing on Mars was almost no different from Earth now.

Of course, there were other differences, but Ling Jiu could not be bothered about it, as he teleported back to Ares Plain and returned to the forest.

At this moment, a harmonious scene was playing before the forest as Bai Ya dug a hole and Wukong presses the small tree into it, while Bai Ya filled it up with soil…

"This kid is so obedient?"

Ling Jiu was greatly surprised. Aside from sleeping and eating, Wukong was, at most times, a naughty rascal.

He jumped up and down, smashed pots, and played with pans… He was totally uncontrollable, so why had he suddenly changed?

Ling Jiu was puzzled, but he still smiled and said, "I'm home."

Bai Ya's delicate body shook slightly as the shovel slipped from her hand. Then she slowly turned around and saw that familiar handsome face.

Bai Ya's eyes turned red and tears flowed out as she rushed at Ling Jiu.

Seeing this, Ling Jiu opened his arms wide.

Sadly for him, instead of hugging his love, he ended up hugging a wild monkey.

Ling Jiu was stunned as he saw Wukong looking at him excitedly. "Daddy, you're back! Great! Wukong is so happy…"

He then looked at Bai Ya again, who was standing with an awkward expression not too far away…

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Chapter 222: New Arcana, Class-S Planet

That night, Ling Jiu and Bai Ya tossed about in bed until four in the morning before they fell asleep.

The next morning, they wanted to sleep in, but their little wish was instantly destroyed by Wukong.

The little guy was already complaining about feeling hungry early in the morning. He banged on the door so hard that he woke the two of them up.

"Let's get up!"

Ling Jiu smiled bitterly. "If we don't wake up, I think he'll smash the door open."

"Probably not."

Bai Ya then helplessly said, "The child's temperament changed ever since that day. It seemed like his wild behavior just disappeared, and he became more well-behaved as well as obedient."

"That day?"

Ling Jiu was dumbfounded.

"He went out to play and hit his head against something one day. He remained unconscious for three whole days before waking up."

Bai Ya looked apologetic. "After he woke up, there was a big change in his character. Not only did he become well-behaved, but he would even take the initiative to help me do something within his power. It's like he was a brand new person!"

"Hit his head…"

Ling Jiu was speechless for a moment. Why did this plotline sound so familiar?

Did Kakarot[1]'s character not change dramatically after he hit his head as well?

"Forget it, anyway, it's good if he is obedient. It would be hard to discipline him if he's too rowdy."

Ling Jiu did not continue dwelling on the problem. He later got out of bed after a moment of intimacy with Bai Ya.

After breakfast, they started planting trees again.

He had left home for far too long this month, and he did not want to go anywhere now. He only wanted to sit in peace and live a simple, warm life.

However, the Replication Arcana's cooldown was up, and Ling Jiu could not sit idle.

"What Arcana should I replicate this time?"

As Ling Jiu planted trees he scanned both Bai Ya and Wukong's Arcana information.

Name: Bai Ya

Race: Earth Human

Arcana: Thunder Manipulation (Awakened, Replicable), Mimeograph (Awakened, Replicable)

"Both of Bai Ya's Arcanas are good. The Annihilation Thunder could destroy everything, and it will be even more terrifying in my hands."

"There is also the Mimeograph Arcana, which will allow me to create duplicates of myself. This is like having a clone, and I can use the duplicates to do a lot of things, like… train!"

He then looked at Wukong.

Name: Sun Wukong

Race: Golden Saiyan Ape

Arcana: Apex Physique (Awakened, Replicable)

"It's really Apex Physique!" Ling Jiu exclaimed in secret.

"I wonder what Wukong's physical attributes index are?"

For physical Arcanists, the physical attribute index was a very critical indicator.

How much strength, speed, and endurance could be put to play was all reliant on one's physical attribute index. That directly determined one's level of strength.

"Let's take Wukong to get his physical attribute index tested someday, no rush to replicate it now."

Ling Jiu did not rush to replicate Wukong's Apex Physique. He had intended to measure it before replicating. If Wukong's physical attribute index was lower than a million, then there was not much sense replicating it.

"Let's copy Bai Ya's Mimeograph Arcana first and I can let the duplicates train. My greatest weakness now is not my body, but my Arcana level."

As he thought of this, Ling Jiu decisively replicated Bai Ya's Mimeograph Arcana.

Replication successful. Assimilate?

"Honey, I'm going to the bathroom!"

"Go on then!"

Some time later, Ling Jiu had successfully assimilated the Mimeograph Arcana. As he carefully felt the changes in his body, a thought occurred to him.

The next moment, Dark Bio-energy rushed out of his body and converged beside him. Once half of the Dark Bio-energy had poured out of his body, a duplicate appeared.

His looks, expressions… were almost exactly like Ling Jiu's, just like Kagebunshin in Naruto[2].

"It's really alike!"

Ling Jiu was amazed.

Subsequently, Ling Jiu made more duplicates, and a moment later, the toilet was filled with more than ten duplicates. Nevertheless, Ling Jiu still felt that he could go further.

Bai Ya could create three duplicates at most, and Ling Jiu could make even more. Ten was not his limit.

"You have only one purpose!"

Ling Jiu gave the ten duplicates an order. "You are to absorb the Dark Bio-energy in the universe and train hard. Understand?"

Bai Ya actually did the same thing. The first thing she did after waking up was to duplicate herself and let her copies enter the forest to absorb the mysterious energy as well as train.

After a long period of growth, the first batch of Arcana Trees they had planted began to create mysterious energy, and the amount was rather substantial as the energy produced every day was enough for Bai Ya to train with.

At night, Bai Ya would recall the duplicates, and the duplicates' training for the day would be applied to her body, causing Bai Ya to grow steadily.

"Understood!" the ten duplicates replied in unison.

"Very well!"

Ling Jiu nodded in satisfaction. "All right, train well. I won't disturb you guys."

Immediately after, Ling Jiu left the airship.

For the next few days, Ling Jiu went nowhere, as he stayed on the Ares Plain, planting trees and educating Wukong. His days were relaxing and comfortable.

However, these leisurely days soon came to an end.

That day, a loud alarm sounded across Mars, calling on all cadets of the matriculation camp.

"What happened?"

Ling Jiu and Bai Ya looked at each other as they rushed toward the camp at the same time. Before he left, Ling Jiu did not forget to recall nine of the duplicates, leaving only one behind.

The duplicate that was left behind could take care of Wukong and the forest.

When they rushed back to the camp, many of the cadets had arrived. By the time every cadet got there, the camp commandant and the top cadres of the matriculation camp had all arrived too.

"Brother Niu, what's going on?" Ling Jiu found Niu Ben and asked in confusion.

"I don't know the specifics either."

Niu Ben shook his head. "But I heard that it seems like a new wormhole had been found."

"A new wormhole?"

Ling Jiu was dumbstruck, and just as he was about to ask, the camp commandant's voice rang out. "All cadets, listen, there is only one reason for us to summon you here today."

All of the cadets held their breath and listened.

"Last night, at the Antarctic pole, the satellite suddenly detected an unusual heat fluctuation."

The camp commandant's voice was loud and clear. "You should know that the Antarctic pole is covered by snow and ice all year round. The thickness of the ice and snow is as high as 2,000 meters. The climate there is extremely harsh, and the annual average temperature is minus 48 degrees Celsius.

"Now it's June, and it happens to be the coldest time in Antarctica. The temperature in the South Pole has reached an astonishing minus 80 degrees Celsius, much colder than usual.

"The temperature there is almost the same all year round. Under normal circumstances, there should not be any abnormal heat fluctuations, but that happened suddenly yesterday."

The camp commandant paused slightly as he glanced at everyone. "At 11 o'clock last night, the temperature in the South Pole suddenly shot past 100 degrees Celsius, and it lasted for a whole 81 seconds!"

As soon as he said that, the audience was in an uproar.

What was the Antarctic pole?

A place with temperatures well below zero degrees Celsius all year round.

It had a temperature of 100 degrees Celsius?

How was that possible?

Ling Jiu and Bai Ya looked at each other with confusion on their faces.

What the hell was this situation?

In the face of everyone's confused look and the eagerness to find out what had happened, the camp commandant continued.

"As this unique situation had happened, the top echelon of humanity had informed the Ultimate Matriculation Camp and ordered us to investigate the situation. So, our operatives had found a tunnel near the South Pole."

"A tunnel?"

Everyone gasped.

"A tunnel that leads straight down 5,000 meters under the Antarctic."

The camp commandant then slowly said, "After the operatives entered the tunnel, they found a new wormhole inside it."

"Another wormhole?"

"Isn't it just a wormhole? Is there a need to summon all of us with such fanfare?"

"Who knows? Maybe this wormhole is special?"

"Have you guys noticed that there are more and more wormholes being discovered recently…" the cadets whispered.

"The new wormhole is called Wormhole 52. When our operatives entered it, they found another planet of life on the opposite side.

"The planet is not inferior to Earth. It not only has forests but also mountains and emerald green lakes… Of course, there is an astonishing number of Direbeasts living on that planet too.

"Most importantly…"

At this point, the camp commander suddenly paused, before continuing.

"Our operatives found traces of intelligent life on the planet like houses, tools, boats, buildings, and the like.

"That means there is intelligent life on the planet."

Hearing what the camp commandant said, everyone was shocked as a look of excitement appeared on their faces.

Alien planets were almost dime a dozen now, and alien life was not rare to them either because…they had seen plenty at that point!

However, extraterrestrial intelligent life or an alien was not something they had come into contact with before. Therefore, everyone was naturally curious.

"It's a pity that after our operatives searched the entire planet, they could not find any clues about this intelligent race."

The camp commandant slowly said, "They seemed to have collectively vanished, leaving only their houses and buildings to speak of their existence."

"They've disappeared?"

"How could they disappear for no reason?"

"Strange…"

"So, the mission given to you by the matriculation camp is, enter the planet, an search for this intelligent race."

The camp commandant continued, "If they have really gone missing or become extinct, investigate the truth of their extinction or disappearance."

The camp commandant raised his voice further. "The first to find this intelligent race or find the truth behind their disappearance or extinction will be richly rewarded.

"Do you have any questions? If there are none, you may head out now."

"Commandant, I have a question!" one of the cadets opened his mouth.

"Speak," the camp commandant said faintly.

"Sir, I remembered you mentioning that there is a large amount of Direbeasts on the planet. I would like to know, how strong are they?" the cadet asked.

To answer the question, the camp commandant only said one thing, "The operatives determined that this planet's danger level is… S-class!"

"S-class!"

All of the cadets went into an uproar again.

The matriculation camp or rather the humans judged an alien planet's degree of danger based on four classes: Class A, S, SS, and SSS.

Class A meant that there were no stellar lifeforms on the planet.

Class S meant that there were stellar lifeforms on the planet but not too many. Their levels were usually low and their strength average.

As for Class SS planets, there were stellar lifeforms on them, and they were very powerful, which made them extremely dangerous planets.

Lastly, Class SSS meant that the planet was on an entirely different level altogether.

"This planet is Class S, so the planet has stellar lifeforms and is quite dangerous?"

The cadets began to have a serious look on their faces.

[1] Reference to a character from the Dragon Ball series

[2] Reference to a Ninja technique in the anime, Naruto

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Chapter 223: Is This Earth? That's a Xenomorph

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The South Pole.

As the only two special locations on Earth, the South Pole was covered in darkness for half a year without daytime.

This was the polar night.

It was June, and Antarctica happened to be experiencing winter as well as the polar night.

When Ling Jiu and the others rushed to the South Pole, they saw an abandoned scientific research station.

"Before 2020, there were many such scientific research stations in Antarctica, but 20 years later, almost all of the research stations were abandoned."

Niu Ben looked at the snow-covered research station and slowly said, "In the end, humanity's top echelon discovered a wormhole that led to Mars in Antarctica and built the Antarctic Ice City. The Ice City is also the only building in use in Antarctica."

"Look over there!" A cadet pointed in a certain direction and exclaimed.

As everyone looked over, they saw a cave behind the research station.

"Let's go and have a look!"

It was indeed a cave, an ice cave that led straight down. It was a standard circle and was 3 meters in diameter.

It was too uniform as if it had been carved out directly from the ice with a red hot iron rod.

"It looks like this cave was probably drilled open by some kind of thermal equipment."

"Is it possible for someone with an Ice Arcana to do it?"

"Yes, but it wouldn't be that round."

"No matter how it came about, the wormhole should be down below, right. Let's go down!"

"You have a point…"

Everyone jumped into the ice cave one after another.

As they dove down all the way, a quarter of an hour later, they had arrived at the bottom of the ice cave, and into a huge underground cavern.

A white sphere was suspended in mid-air and that was the wormhole.

"Who's going in first?"

Looking at the wormhole quietly suspended in mid-air, the cadets looked at each other, and most did not dare to enter first.

After all, there was a Class S planet on the other side. Who dared to set foot on it willy-nilly?

"A bunch of nancies," a cadet sneered as he glanced disdainfully at the others and stepped into the wormhole.

"It's Toynbee!"

"Bloody hell, we just got looked down on by that guy!"

"Let him be. He's number one in the rankings, and he is indeed stronger than us."

"You have a point…"

With Toynbee leading the way, all the other cadets entered the wormhole one after another. Ling Jiu and Bai Ya also followed, quickly arriving on the alien planet.

What entered their eyes were lush, verdant plants, intricate vines, and tall towering trees.

The magical thing was, be it the trees or shrubs, they were all almost identical to those back on Earth. It was as though they had been carved from a mold.

"Why are these plants so similar to the ones on Earth?"

Ling Jiu looked at the plants around him. "It's clear that they are two different planets, but why are they able to breed almost similar plantlife?"

The environment determined the organisms. If there was any gap in the environment, it would have an incomparably huge impact on the organisms living there.

Plus, it was impossible for two identical planets to appear in the universe. It would naturally be impossible for identical creatures to be bred.

That was absolute.

Yet, the plants on this planet…

Ling Jiu suddenly understood why the matriculation camp would mobilize all manpower and sent the cadets here to look for the intelligent race.

If the plants were the same, would the intelligent race be the same as well? If they were the same, does that mean that this planet had also given birth to humans like those on Earth?

"Sister, probe the atmosphere." Niu Ben turned around and said to his sister, Niu Miao.

"Already on it, Brother," Niu Miao replied.

"Nitrogen 77%, oxygen 21%, argon 0.9%, water 0.25%, carbon dioxide 0.032%, others…"

Hearing Niu Miao's answer, Niu Ben was stunned. "Why is the atmospheric composition here the same as Earth?"

"It is exactly the same!"

Niu Miao nodded.

"Unbelievable!"

Ling Jiu and Bai Ya exchanged glances and saw the consternation in each other's eyes.

An alien planet actually had the same atmospheric composition as Earth? How did it manage that?

"Although it's a little unbelievable, this seems to be true!"

Niu Ben shook his head in shock and remembered something. "Does that mean we can take off our Venom Suits?"

"Better not."

Niu Miao quickly stopped him. "Even if the environment and atmospheric composition are similar, there should still be some difference.

"This small difference may give birth to deadly things like a virus or something. We better keep our Venom Suits on."

"For safety, let's just keep it on."

Ling Jiu also concurred. In fact, with his powerful body, he could totally ignore the virus bred on this planet, or any other vectors harmful to the human body.

However, he would keep them on just in case. After all, the Venom Suit did not feel like a burden when worn.

They might have thought so, but some did not. Others had also noticed that the atmosphere of this planet was the same as Earth, so many tried to take off their Venom Suits.

"We can breathe!"

"Yes, there's no problem at all!"

"Are you for real?"

"Is there any reason to lie to you?"

"Then I'll give it a try too…"

Seeing this, many cadets took off their Venom Suits one after another. In the end, only a few people like Ling Jiu still wore them.

"It's like going back to Earth!"

"Yeah, I've been on Mars for far too long, and suddenly coming here, it feels no different from Earth."

"It is…"

The cadets discussed with excitement.

At that moment, a sharp neigh rang out in the distance like thunder on a clear day, and everyone fell silent.

Right then, everyone remembered that this was an extremely dangerous Class-S planet!

"The voice came from over there!" Someone pointed in a direction and said.

"How about… we go and have a look!"

The cadets jumped into the air one by one and headed over.

"We'll head over too."

Ling Jiu and the other three followed suit.

A few minutes later, everyone came to the place where the sound came from. The surrounding trees had been torn apart, leaving obvious traces of fighting.

On the ground… lay a Direbeast carcass.

Its body length was more than 50 meters long, with a slightly stout body. It carried a shell on its back, a bit like a tortoise, but this tortoiseshell was covered with thorn-like protrusions.

To say it was a tortoise… It was more like a dinosaur that had been extinct for many years, a Styracosaurus!

Yes, an Ankylosaurus!

This Direbeast looked much like an Ankylosaurus… or rather, an Ankylosaurus that had been magnified ten times!

"It looks like an Ankylosaurus, Is this a dinosaur planet?" Nio Ben whispered softly.

Dinosaurs were long-extinct creatures, at least on Earth. Even after the rise of the Direbeasts, and many reptiles, under the effect of Gene Arcana had an Atavistic Evolution, but none of them had evolved into a dinosaur.

For example, everyone called the Komodo dragon a dragon, but it was just a lizard that was several times bigger, not a real dinosaur.

So, seeing the Ankylosaurus-like Direbeast there, everyone could not help but be surprised.

"How did it die?" someone asked.

"Could there the be other Direbeasts on this planet?" Someone wondered fearfully.

"This is a Class-S planet, so everyone should proceed carefully," someone reminded the crowd.

Dush!

Just as everyone was talking about it, the "Ankylosaurus" carcass, which had been lying down quietly, shook all of a sudden. To be precise, its stomach moved.

Immediately after, the Ankylosaurus' stomach shook more and more violently as if something was beating at its belly.

"The hell?"

All of the cadets were stunned.

The next moment, in full view of everyone, the Ankylosaurus' belly suddenly burst open as a bloody thing ripped out of it.

The thing looked like a snake covered in blood. There were all kinds of tiny barbs spread across the surface of its body. After coming out, it looked up and let out a sharp, shrill roar, making everyone's ears hurt.

"What the hell is that?"

"I… I don't know!"

"This thing…"

Looking at the Ankylosaurus' ripped open belly and the creature that was protruding out of it, Ling Jiu suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

"It couldn't be that thing, right? No! That creature is only something in the movies! How could it appear in reality?"

What did that remind Ling Jiu of?

He thought of the Xenomorph!

Yes, it was that creature from the Alien movies, and that creature had left too deep of an impression on Ling Jiu!

It was not about how strong the Xenomorph was. In terms of individual strength alone, Ling Jiu believed none of the Xenomorphs in the movie were a match for the cadets present.

That was for sure.

However, what sent a chill down Ling Jiu's back was the Xenomorph's terrifying ability, the ability to absorb the host's dominant genes to evolve!

To put it simply, the stronger the host, the stronger the Xenomorph could be. That was the most terrifying thing!

One needed to know that there were many terrifying Direbeasts on Earth. If those Direbeasts were infested by the Xenomorphs, the kind of monstrosities they would turn into would simply be unimaginable.

"Let me see what this thing is!"

As he thought of this, Ling Jiu used his Replication Arcana to detect the creature's Arcana information.

Name: Unknown

Race: Xenomorph

Arcana: Super Physique (Awakened), DNA reformation (Awakened), DNA reaving (Awakened) Super Adaptation (Awakened)

"A Xenomorph! It's really a Xenomorph!"

Ling Jiu hissed. "Bloody hell, it is really that bloody thing."

"Ling Jiu, you recognize this creature?"

Niu Ben quickly asked when he heard the words.

Bai Ya and Niu Miao also looked at Ling Jiu with curiosity in their eyes.

"Yes."

Ling Jiu had a conflicted expression. "This is a very terrifying creature, more terrifying than any creature we know so far! All of you must be careful!"

"More terrifying than any creature?"

Niu Ben and the other two looked at each other.

"Ling Jiu, are you an alarmist?"

A cadet's voice rang out as he also heard Ling Jiu's words.

"Whether am I being an alarmist or not, you'll find out soon."

Ling Jiu took a deep breath. At this moment, the Chestburster Xenomorph that had just broken out of the Ankylosaurus' body crawled out of it.

Then, something that shocked everyone happened:

The Chestburster grew instantly at a speed visible to the eye. Its limbs, tail, and exoskeleton all increased in size…

In just a few minutes' time, a Xenomorph with a body length of more than 60 meters, a fusiform crown, a black body, a hard exoskeleton, and a sharp tail… appeared.

However, unlike the Xenomorph in Ling Jiu's mind, it had obviously inherited the characteristics of its host, the Ankylosaurus. It had a thicker torso as it walked on all fours.

Additionally, there was a thick tortoiseshell on its back, and its tail was no longer in a sharp knife shape. Instead, it was hammer-shaped with spikes.

The Ankylosaurus Xenomorph… had officially been born!

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Chapter 224: Terrifying Acid, Tyrannosaurus Xenomorph

The Ankylosaurus Xenomorph took less than ten minutes to burst out of the chest cavity and grow to its adult form. This growth rate was simply unparalleled.

At least, no one here had seen such a creature before!

"Incredible!"

"Unbelievable!"

"There's actually such a creature!"

Everyone was shocked by the scene.

"ROAR!!!"

The Ankylosaurus Xenomorph stood on top of the Ankylosaurus corpse as it let out another shrill roar, as if announcing its birth.

Everyone was taken aback by the roar, and a number were a little irritated by it. "What are you roaring for? Your mum died?"

One person appeared not too far away from the Ankylosaurus Xenomorph as a bolt of thunder came crashing down and struck the Xenomorph's fusiform crown.

Krak!!

The hard carapace of the fusiform crown split open instantly as a greenish liquid blasted out like a jet and splashed onto the man's arm.

"What most terrifying creature in the universe. Still died in a second to me."

The person looked at the Ankylosaurus Xenomorph which had staggered onto the ground with a smirk on his face, as he mocked with disdain, seemingly taking potshots at what Ling Jiu had said earlier.

"AH—!!"

However, just as he finished his sentence, he let out a shrill scream.

Everyone looked on in stunned horror as they saw the green blood that fell on the man's arm was eating away at his arm in a frenzy.

In just a few blinks of an eye, it had corroded the flesh outside, and then the bones. In the end, even the bones were completely eaten away.

"Hiss—-"

When the other cadets saw this, they could not help but to gasp as their eyes were filled with something called horror.

"That blood, is actually a powerful acid!"

"I've never seen such acid before!"

"Simply blows your mind!"

"That's just terrifying. If this falls onto someone's body, won't they just get eaten away! Thinking about this alone makes my scalp tingle!"

"Save… Save me! Save me!"

Looking at that man again, only half of his left arm remained, and there was still a large amount of acid remaining at the wound, and they were eating upwards. If no one stopped it, he would lose not only his arm, but also his life.

Whooosh!!

At the critical moment, a silver light flashed past, cutting off the remaining half of the man's left arm, severing it altogether. The remaining half of the arm fell onto the ground, which quickly corroded into a pool of goo…

"Brother Ling, when you said that creature is the most terrifying creature in the universe, I did not buy it, but now… I truly believe it!"

Niu Ben swallowed his saliva. "It's blood is really terrifying. If even a single drop were to fall on you… Thinking about it alone give me the shudders."

"I'm not talking about that."

Ling Jiu's eyes were grim. "Although its blood is terrifying. The most scary thing about them is that they are always stronger than their host in terms of combat power."

Niu Ben was taken aback for a moment. "Combat power? Its combat power was very average though."

"That's because its host was average."

Ling Jiu shook his head. "Forget it. Since there are such creatures on this planet. Then there must be more stronger ones, you'll see and understand when the time comes."

The combat power of the Ankylosaurus was indeed very average, about the level of a Class 6 Direbeast. How strong can a Xenomorph that infested it be?

It was at most comparable to a Class 7 Direbeast, and was naturally unable to resist the attack of a Level 8 Arcanist.

Does that meant that the Xenomorph was not strong?

Of course not!

The Xenomorph's strength was never its body, but its ability to inherit the excellent genes of its host, which meant that its combat effectiveness was always one step higher than the host.

Therefore, should the Xenomorph arrives on a planet that was rich with powerful species, the consequences were almost unimaginable.

"Let's go, gotta keep exploring!"

Ling Jiu called out to them and then left with Bai Ya. Nio Ben and Niu Miao looked at each other and quickly followed behind Ling Jiu.

They had thought that this was just a reconnaissance operation, so they never planned on teaming up. But now, they needed to because the Xenomorph was just too terrifying a creature.

Ling Jiu did not say anything about it, if they want to team up, then lets team up.

With the four on the road, and after a while, the sounds of battle suddenly came from the jungle, and the four rushed over.

They then saw a fierce fight.

Both sides of the battle were 'dinosaurs', one looked like a triceratops, with sharp long horns, stout body, but was significantly larger than a triceratops.

It was more than 50 meters in length, and a height of 20 meters. Just its three horns alone were more than a dozen of meters long, with the tip of the horn gleaming in bright, cold light.

Its opponent was was creature shaped like Tyrannosaurus Rex, with a menacing head, sharp fangs, and a body length of more than 90 meters and a height of 30 meters.

Its large and menacing head alone was more than ten meters, and each fang was like a blade.

"ROAR!!!"

This Tyrannosaurus Rex was clearly hunting the triceratops, but its attempts had failed repeatedly before the triceratops' long sharp horns.

Although the means of attack of the triceratops was only one, it had horns and enough power, and once its long horns was in place, even the Tyrannosaurus Rex would struggle against it.

However, the Tyrannosaurus Rex still reigned supreme as it used its flexible positioning to finally seize an opportunity as it chomped onto the neck of the triceratops.

Then it started tearing into it in a frenzy.

Its sharp fangs ripped open the triceratops's neck like razors.

The huge pain drove the triceratops into a frenzy as it constantly tried to turn around to stab its horns into the Tyrannosaurus Rex, but the latter was not dumb, as it constantly moved around, dodging as it continue to bite down.

Unsurprisingly, the Tyrannosaurus Rex won the fight as it broke the triceratops' neck and killed it.

And just as the Tyrannosaurus Rex was about to feast on it, suddenly something happened!

"Tick Tock—"

"Tick Tock—"

"Tick Tock—"

A burst of dripping water on leaves sounded as a black creature over 100 meters tall, with a massive fusiform crown walked out from the woods.

It had liquid dripping out from its mouth as its long tail flailed about.

"It's that creature again!"

At the sight of that creature, Niu Ben and the rest immediate recognized it as their expression could not help but change a little. "But, it looks different from the one earlier."

"It's indeed different!"

Ling Jiu nodded.

This Xenomorph was walking upright with its hind legs, and its head was even larger and more menacing as its fangs looked even sharper.

If one were to take a closer look it was not difficult to see that it was somewhat similar to the Tyrannosaurus Rex not too far away from it, and was likely a Tyrannosaurus Xenomorph.

No one knew the exact specifics so let's just call it the Tyrannosaurus Xenomorph for now.

The Tyrannosaurus Xenomorph slowly approached, and such a provocative behavior had cause the victorious Tyrannosaurus Rex to feel threatened. The triceratops was its food, and it will not allow anyone else to touch it.

So, the Tyrannosaurus Rex opened its mouth as it let out a ferocious roar.

Rolling sound waves ripped apart like thunder, causing ripples to form in the sky.

This was a warning!

The Tyrannosaurus Rex was warning the Xenomorph to get lost.

Unfortunately, the Tyrannosaurus Xenomorph was unfazed at all as it shook its long tail and walked over in a measured pace.

"RAAAAWWRRRR—"

This kind of behavior was tantamount to blatant provocation, and the Tyrannosaurus Rex would not stand for it as it opened its mouth wide and launched an attack.

WOOSHH!!

In the face of the attack, the Tyrannosaurus Xenomorph agilely dodged the blow, and at the same time, swung its tail as it viciously stabbed into the Tyrannosaurus' hind legs.

DUSH!

Like a steel needle poking through tofu, the long tail instantly pierced through the Tyrannosaurus' hind leg.

It let out a painful roar as its massive body collapsed to a side, and then crashed heavily onto the ground, causing a loud bang in its wake.

The Tyrannosaurus Rex had only two legs, and if one of it was wounded, it was completely incapacitated. No matter how powerful its bite was, only death awaited it.

"Instant kill!"

Ling Jiu muttered to himself. "A Tyrannosaurus Xenomorph against a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and it's an instant kill!"

"ROAR!!!"

After taking down the Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Xenomorph stepped onto the it as it let out a roar, seemingly to vent its emotions.

Immediately after, it bit onto the wounded Tyrannosaurus Rex and slowly dragged it away.

Niu Ben said hurriedly. "Brother Ling, it's leaving. What should we do?"

"Don't need to worry, let's keep up with it."

Ling Jiu said slowly. "If things goes smoothly, we should have a big discovery."

"Okay!"

The three nodded instantly.

And so.

The four carefully followed behind the Tyrannosaurus Xenomorph, and as they were worried about being detected by it, Ling Jiu and the rest hid inside the Dimensional Sea.

The dragged Tyrannosaurus Rex was in pain as the gaping wound on its leg kept bleeding.

After being dragged all the way, with its blood painting a path in its wake. The Tyrannosaurus Rex tried to get up again and again, but all attempts ended in failure.

Half an hour later, it was dragged into a huge cave.

The cave was a bit weird, in an inverted V shape. It's bottom was wide and its top narrow. It was dark and gloomy inside, and it was hard to see what was it in. A burst of mists continued to emerge from the cave, exuding a revolting stench.

"Everyone, if I'm not wrong, we should have found the Xenomorph's lair.

Ling Jius stared at the cave with a scorching gaze. "As for what's in the lair, we need to investigate in detail. If my prediction is right, we will have a great find. Wait here, I'll go in and have a look."

"You're going in alone? No way!"

Bai Ya frowned and said. "It's too dangerous."

"Yeah, Brother Ling."

Niu Ben also said. "That Xenomorph we had followed earlier was comparable to a Class 9 Beast Emperor, it is already very dangerous."

"Not to mention, this is their lair, and there must be even more powerful Xenomorphs hidden inside. How can we let you go in just like that?"

"Don't worry, I have the Dimension Arcana…"

As Ling Jiu said that, he was met with Bai Ya's roll of her eyes. "Have you forgotten what had happened in the infernal planet? Your Dimension Arcana isn't omnipotent!"

"Alright then!"

Ling Jiu smiled bitterly. "I'll not enter the lair then, and just draw them out to have a look."

As he said that, Ling Jiu leapt before the cave, and then stomped on the ground with one foot.

The earth shook violently, and even the cave shook violently.

This behavior was undoubtedly a provocation, and after a while, there was movement in the cave as the Xenomorphs filed out like hornets.

In a blink of an eye, twenty to thirty Xenomorphs appeared.

These dozen of Xenomorphs were not big. They had short and powerful bodies, sharp front claws, and long tails. Their body length was only about 20 meters long, and six to seven meters tall.

They immediately surrounded Ling Jiu as they came out, and then looked at him menacingly as their saliva flowed from their mouths.

"What Xenomorphs are this?"

Ling Jiu looked at the twenty to thirty Xenomorphs surrounding him, as he twitched his muscles and said, "Ah, screw it, no matter what sort of Xenomorphs you lot are…"

"Six hundred times the gravity!"

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Chapter 225: Swift Destruction, Humanoid Dinosaur

The Xenomorph was a very unique creature, other than their basic common features, their host had a great influence on them.

Like the Ankylosaurus Xenomorph, it was at best comparable to a Class 7 Direbeast.

But this Tyrannosaurus Xenomorph was powerful enough to contend with a Class 9 Beast Emperor.

Looking at these twenty to thirty Xenomorphs, they were also of the Class 6 Direbeast level.

Class 7!

Class 9!

Class 6!

The gap was not insignificant!

This fully illustrated how great the host's influence on the Xenomorph was!

"Six hundred times the gravity!"

A terrifying gravitational force suddenly enveloped the entire place, and following a series of cracks, the twenty to thirty menacing Xenomorphs all were crushed into the crowd as expected.

Their hard exoskeleton were compressed while their internal organs were crushed… In a blink of an eye, all of them were crushed into pulp.

But what shocked Bai Ya, Niu Ben and Niu Miao was as these Xenomorphs were crushed to dead, their blood sprayed all over the place.

And thus, the ground got the worst of it!

Amidst the soft puffing sounds, bursts of white smoke rose up as the ground were corroded. In a short time, a large pit was eaten out of the ground.

"This creature's blood is simply scary! I can't imagine how this planet gave birth to such a terrifying creature."

Niu Ben's face turned pale as a chill ran down his back. He had wanted to take off his Venom Suit earlier, but now that idea was long gone. He wished he could keep it on all the time so that he could feel a little safer.

"This creature doesn't look like it's a native creatures of this planet."

Bai Ya frowned. "Think about it, if this planet had such a native creature, would there be room for other animals to survive?"

(o)

Both Niu Ben and Niu Miao were stunned.

If I'm not wrong, this should be an alien species."

Bai Ya slowly said. "Moreover, they have not arrived here for long, and it is very likely that they had only just recently arrived here."

The Niu siblings were deep in thought.

On the other hand.

After killing the twenty or so small Xenomorphs, a few more emerged and were clearly many times larger than the ones before. On top of that, they each had three sharp horns on their heads and were walking on all fours, allowing anyone to recognize them at a glance.

A Triceratops Xenomorph!

Six Triceratops Xenomorph!

The triceratops were a cumbersome, slow-moving dinosaur, and although the Triceratops Xenomorphs inherited many of its characteristics, but they had obviously not inherited its shortcomings. They were swift and agile, completely different from a regular triceratops.

"Roar!!"

Six Triceratops Xenomorph roared and slammed at Ling Jiu with their horns from six directions, seemingly wanting to skewer Ling Jiu with the tip of their horns.

At the same time, the long tail behind them flailed wildly as they prepared for a follow-up attack.

Eighteen sharp horns!

Six long tails!

Six directions!

They completely surrounded Ling Jiu and cut him off from all directions.

From this alone one could tell that the Xenomorph's intelligence was far higher than any ordinary animals, and they had used the art of hunting to its maximum potential.

But sadly…

"It's not that you're not strong enough, it's that I AM GUNDAM!"

Ling Jiu shook his head slightly and slammed his hands together. "Shinra Tensei!"

A terrifying repulsion force instantly spread out from Ling Jiu and smashed onto the six Triceratops Xenomorphs.

Baaam!!

The six Triceratops Xenomorphs were instantly sent flying.

"Rainbow Spear!"

With a snap of his fingers, six javelins made out of the Seven-colored Rainbow Flame appeared around him.

The next moment, the javelins shot out and punctured the six Triceratops Xenomorphs before they have even landed.

Dush!!

The six Xenomorphs crashed onto the ground motionless. The javelins that stabbed through their heads started burning, and instantly immolating them.

A moment later, six raging fires roared.

"Pathetic!"

Ling Jiu shook his head slightly, and then continued to look at the inverted V-shaped cave. This time, another group of Xenomorphs rushed out, this time, three Tyrannosaurus Xenomorphs.

The Tyrannosaurus Rexes in this planet was comparable to a Class 8 Beast Lord, and the Tyrannosaurus Xenomorph was comparable to a Class 9 Beast Emperor.

The three Tyrannosaurus Xenomorphs were all Class 9 Beast Emperors, and if they were at the base city, they would definitely cause a terrible disaster, but out here…

"Absolute Annihilation!"

Ling Jiu appeared in front of a Tyrannosaurus Xenomorph and blasted his fist out as a terrifying power crashed against the Tyrannosaurus Xenomorph.

Krak!!

The Tyrannosaurus Xenomorph trembled in an instant, and the next moment, it exploded, sending green blood and pieces of flesh flying all over.

He had…blasted apart a Tyrannosaurus Xenomorph with just a punch.

"Seems like the Mega Tremor Arcana is quite good."

Ling Jiu was very satisfied with the power of this punch. He did not use much strength for this punch, at most one-tenth of it, and was mainly using the Mega Tremor Arcana.

And the result was… it's destructive power did not disappoint him!

As for the splattering Xenomorph blood…

Ling Jiu had deployed a layer of spatial points over him, which was equivalent to hiding in the Dimensional Sea, so even when the acid splashed, it could not hit him.

Then, two more punches followed.

Bam! Bam!

The two remaining Tyrannosaurus Xenomorphs also followed the first Tyrannosaurus Xenomorph in its face, completely blasted by Ling Jiu into bits and pieces.

Then, he waited again.

But this time…

He waited and waited…

Yet, no more Xenomorphs appeared.

"Are all the Xenomorphs dead?"

Ling Jiu wondered.

At this moment, Niu Ben, Bai Ya and Niu Miao also came out, and looked at the cave with a puzzled look.

"Let's head in to have a look," Ling Jiu said lightly.

"Okay!"

The three nodded.

"All put on your Venom Suits to prevent being infested by the Xenomorph. Being infested by it is no laughing matter, understand?" Ling Jiu reminded them.

The three nodded their heads. They had seen the consequences of being infested by the Xenomorph's egg. They did not want to be infested, that fate was simply a nightmare!

"Let's head in!"

Ling Jiu called out to them, and walked into the cave first as the other three followed behind.

At first, the cave was no different from ordinary caves, but as they went deeper, the cave gradually became damper as both sides of the walls were covered with viscous liquid, emitting an revolting stench.

As they got deeper into it, there were more and more slime, and at the depths of the cave, the entire cavern was almost completely covered with slime, looking extremely disgusting.

Of course, although these mucus were disgusting, but what made everyone shudder was that inside the slime were full of 'dinosaurs'.

Or lets just call them that for now, as they really resembled one.

They were two meters tall, with long neck, thin head and fine scales… but they were not the same as ordinary dinosaurs.

It's because they have hands and feet, and were walk upright.

"Are they the intelligent life on this planet?"

Ling Jiu looked at the human-shaped dinosaurs on the wall of slime, his eyes filled with shock.

However, almost all of these humanoid dinosaurs had a facehugger latched onto their faces. Clearly, all of these humanoid dinosaurs had been infested.

Only a few of them had not yet been infested, but these did not meant they were safe.

Because on the ground before them were piled with earthenware pot-like Xenomorph eggs. There were restless facehuggers inside them, as if they were about to break out of the egg to look for a host to infest.

"Be careful everyone! These are Xenomorph eggs, don't get infested!"

Ling Jiu reminded aloud.

Niu Ben nodded quickly, while Bai Ya and Niu Miao looked at the slimy wall, and then at the alien eggs all over the floor, they almost vomited in disgust.

"Dear, shall we head out?"

Bai Ya said with a trembling voice, holding back the bile in her stomach.

"You guys head out first. I'll go and have a look again," Ling Jiu said.

"Al… Alright. You take care!"

Bai Ya said that and quickly retreated. Niu Miao also told something to Niu Ben before leaving. The girls simply could not stand it anymore.

Ling Jiu and Niu Ben continued into the cave, and at this moment, a strange cry came from the side. The two followed the source of the sound and saw a humanoid dinosaur stuck on the slime wall looking at them as it grumbled and squealed, their eyes…

"Is it… talking to us?"

Ling Jiu asked with some uncertainty.

"Seems…like it?"

Niu Ben too could not believe it.

The eyes were the window to the soul. The moment they saw the humanoid dinosaur they understood that it was talking to them. To be precise, it was calling for help. The fear and desire for rescue in its eyes could not deceive anyone.

But…

A dinosaur was a dinosaur after all, how could they ask for help from humans?

They were not intelligent creatures!

So, neither Niu Ben nor Ling Jiu wanted to believe this!

Dushh!!

At this moment, a Xenomorph egg on the ground suddenly broke open as a facehugger suddenly leaped out of it and flew at the humanoid dinosaur.

The humanoid dinosaur screamed again and again, and its voice was particularly harsh in the damp cave.

"Freeze!"

Ling Jiu pointed to the air, and the facehugger was instantly frozen in space, and with a rub of his finger, the facehugger was instantly crushed into paste.

After that, with a wave of his hand, the slime wrapping the humanoid dinosaur was cut open as it fell down from it and onto the ground.

At this moment, it suddenly did something shocking:

It suddenly knelt down before Ling Jiu on all fours, as it then put its palm together as it muttering words in it mouth, its eyes full of gratitude and piety.

This was not something an animal with low intelligence would do, and even a Class 8 Direbeast with intelligence no inferior to humans cannot do it.

Because this was obviously a habitual act of gratitude.

"What is it saying?"

Ling Jiu asked in confusion.

"It had taken you as a god, and then thanking you for saving its life."

Niu Miao's voice rang as she walked in again. "I think… they are the native intelligent race of this planet."

Ling Jiu perked up. "Sister Niu, you can understand its language?"

"No, I don't."

Niu Miao shook her head. "But I have Mind-reading Arcana, and can understand its thoughts."

"Mind-reading Arcana?"

Ling Jiu then understood what was going on as he asked. "That is to say, they are the native intelligent life on this planet?"

"Should be!"

Niu Miao said solemnly. "Its memories tell me that it was originally living with its tribes people nearby here and this cave was originally their home."

"Aside from them, there were many other tribes like them around! The tribes would trade with one another, and of course also have frictions with one another."

"They have formed tribes?"

Ling Jiu and Niu Ben looked at each other. "That is to say, they have indeed formed intelligence. Does that mean we have found the intelligent race on this planet?"

"It seems like it"

Niu Miao nodded slightly.

"Brother Niu, you head back now."

Ling Jiu acted decisively. "And tell our findings to the commandant, lest others get ahead of us. In any case, lets get the rewards we deserve first!"

"Understood!"

Niu Ben perked up and nodded.

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Chapter 226: Alien Spacecraft, Super Xenomorph

Ling Jiu sensed the location of the wormhole, then opened up a dimensional passageway and sent Niu Ben back.

"Sister Niu, take a look at its memories again. I want to know more information about this planet." Ling Jiu pointed at the humanoid dinosaur and said.

"Okay!"

Niu Miao nodded slightly and continued to read its mind.

"This planet is dominated by dinosaurs and Direbeasts, just like Earth was 65 million years ago.

"However, the creatures on this planet are clearly much larger.

"The saurian society is very simple. They form tribal groups based on their blood ties, and they labor together and share the fruits of their labor.

"Also, the saurians have mastered the technology of manufacturing tools and the usage of tools. On top of that, they can communicate accurately using their own language."

As Niu Miao narrated her findings, Ling Jiu slowly understood. The saurians did have intelligence, and their society had already developed to a certain level.

The civilization level was not high, but they were different from ordinary animals. There was proof that they were indeed the only intelligent race on the planet.

"The last thing they remember is the Xenomorphs."

As Niu Miao spoke, her face suddenly became serious.

"Just yesterday, black rain suddenly poured from the skies and turned into snakes. They infested the bodies of animals and finally turned them into monsters like that of the Xenomorphs."

"Black rain falling from the sky?"

Ling Jiu could not help but look at the sky as confusion flashed past his eyes. It was impossible for black rain to fall for no reason…

"Is it possible… for the Xenomorphs to be sent to this planet by someone else?"

"Someone sent them to this planet?"

Niu Miao was taken aback for a moment. "How is this possible?"

"The Xenomorphs are obviously an alien creature, and they could not come to the planet themselves. Since they are here, that must mean they were sent by someone else!"

Ling Jiu looked up to the sky and said, "More so, I think that our arrival on this planet has something to do with this group of people."

Hearing what Ling Jiu said, something appeared in Niu Miao's mind, and she could not help but hiss.

"There was black rain on this planet, and an abnormal thermal fluctuation suddenly appearing in the South Pole, and the new wormhole suddenly appearing…"

Niu Miao opened her mouth in shock. "Could it be that… this is some kind of conspiracy?"

"While I don't want to admit it, it seems like it." Ling Jiu said.

At this moment, Bai Ya's voice suddenly rang from outside. "Honey, come out! There's something in the sky!"

"Hmmm?"

Ling Jiu shuddered a little as he instantly vanished from the cave. When he reappeared, he was already outside.

Bai Ya was staring at the sky and Ling Jiu followed her gaze.

They saw a dark disk-like object suddenly broke out from the clouds above. It looked like a flying saucer as it protruded out from the clouds and then appeared in the sky.

It was too big!

Plus, Ling Jiu could not tell how big it was.

He could only see what looked like a huge floating continent that lay in the sky. It caused the sky to dim as all sunlight was blocked, plunging the ground below into darkness.

"Is that… a flying saucer?"

Ling Jiu stared at the behemoth in the sky in disbelief. Bai Ya and Niu Miao, who had just come out were also equally shocked.

Just as the three were looking at the massive shadow, a huge alarm suddenly rang out in the sky.

"Alert! Alert! All cadets, return to Earth immediately!"

"Alert! Alert! All cadets, return to Earth immediately!"

"Alert! Alert! All cadets, return to Earth immediately!"

"That's the matriculation camp's alert!"

Niu Miao said grimly. "It's probably because of that massive shadow!"

"My dear, what should we do?"

Bai Ya asked immediately.

"Let's head back first!"

Ling Jiu stared at the dark shadow in the sky. "Things had gotten really serious! If we screw up… Forget it. Let's not talk about this, and leave it for later!"

As his voice trailed off, Ling Jiu pointed into the void and a dimensional passageway appeared.

"Go!"

Ling Jiu shouted.

"Yeah!"

Bai Ya and Niu Miao dared not dally and instantly entered the dimensional passageway. Ling Jiu glanced at the dark shadow in the sky before entering it as well.

The next moment, the three of them returned to Wormhole 52, and what they did not expect was there were many people standing in front of the wormhole. Ling Jiu recognized at a glance that many of them were operatives of the camp, and even the camp commandant was there.

"Commandant!"

Ling Jiu and the girls immediately greeted her.

"Uhm."

The camp commandant responded softly, her eyes still locked onto the huge dark shadow in the sky. A grim look flashed past her eyes.

Seeing the camp commandant no longer talking, the three did not disturb her as they hailed Niu Ben who was in the ground, and then did not say anything else.

"Camp commandant, based on all of the information we have obtained, it's not difficult to infer that this thing is definitely an alien spacecraft."

An operative slowly said, "Also, the sudden emergence of the ice cavern and Wormhole 52's discovery are likely related to this alien spacecraft."

"So that is to say, whether our Earth or this planet, are under the watchful eye of this alien spacecraft?" Some people were in disbelief.

"While I don't want to admit it, I have to say… there's a good chance of that."

The earlier operative said slowly.

"Alien spaceship…"

Everyone could not help but gasp. "What are they planning to do? What is their goal? An invasion or something?

In the face of everyone's discussion, the camp commandant said slowly. "Are all the cadets back?"

"Only a dozen have returned so far, and many more of them are still in the wild." A staff operative said.

"Urge them again. Make sure they come back immediately." The camp commandant shouted.

"Yes, ma'am!"

The operative saluted and then went to carry out her orders.

"Have you notified humanity's top echelon?"

The camp commandant looked at another operative. "When will they come over?"

"They have been informed, but will need time to get here." The operative replied.

"Uhm."

The camp commandant nodded slightly. "This matter is extremely tricky, and may very well be the greatest crisis humanity has ever encountered."

The greatest crisis!

Everyone's heart suddenly sank.

Even though they were unwilling to admit it, as they looked at the alien spacecraft in the sky, no one could be optimistic at all.

No one knew how advanced the technology on the alien spacecraft was, let alone their purpose for coming to Earth.

Invasion?

Or something else?

If they were to invade Earth, could Earthlings stop them?

No one knew!

As time passed by, the cadets returned one after another, and without anyone noticing, half an hour had passed, and most of the cadets had returned.

"Are there any cadets who had not yet return?"

The camp commandant asked again.

"There're 39 who have not yet return!"

"Why are there so many?"

The camp commandant frowned immediately.

"The alert had been raised long ago, and all of the cadets should have already returned."

The operative said slowly. "If they are not back by now, it's likely…"

He did not verbalize what he was about to say, but everyone understood what he meant.

The alert had already been raised for half an hour now, and all of those who can come back should have already been back.

For those who did not come back…

They may very well never come back!

"39 cadets!"

The camp commandant closed his eyes, and said word by word. "Since the establishment of this camp, we have never seen such casualties before."

"39 cadets!"

Ling Jiu, Bai Ya, Niu Ben and Niu Miao looked at each other, and they all saw the shock in each other's eyes. So, 39 cadets had died just like that?

How did they die?

To the Direbeasts?

Or the Xenomorphs?

"Commandant, the alien spacecraft is moving!"

An operative suddenly shouted.

Everyone hurriedly looked over and saw a big hole suddenly appeared at the bottom of the alien spacecraft. The next moment, dark shadows came out of it.

The dark shadows were all humanoids, but were clad in black armor and helmets as they walked out of the spacecraft and stood in midair.

"The aliens… they have appeared!"

"What are they doing?"

Everyone stared at the aliens suspended in mid-air, and their faces became particularly grim.

Everyone knew that there were aliens out there in the universe, but knowing was just that, knowing. No one had actually come into contact with one before.

But now… they had seen one!

Everyone was nervous, and even a little fearful.

Under everyone's watchful eye, the dozen of aliens in the sky suddenly flew towards the ground.

"Commandant, what do we do now?"

An operative's voice quavered.

"All planetary-level and below, return to Earth immediately!"

The camp commandant roared.

"Yes, ma'am!"

An operative responded and immediately said to the cadets. "All cadets immediately return to Earth, all operatives below Level 10, return as well."

"Roger!"

Although the cadets had wanted to stay here, no one dared to disobey the camp commandant's orders, and so entered the wormhole back to Earth.

Ling Jiu and the others also returned to Earth, but just before he left, he created a duplicate to leave with Bai Ya while his true form quietly snuck through the wormhole and returned to the dinosaur planet.

Subsequently, Ling Jiu hid in the Dimensional Sea, and tried not to get detected.

But that was clearly unrealistic as the camp commandant noticed Ling Jiu at the first moment. Raising her eyebrow slightly, she said. "Why are you here again? This is not a place you should be at!"

"Commandant, I think I can be of use!" Ling Jiu said softly.

By this time, there were not many people left on the dinosaur planet. In addition to the camp commandant, there were two other operatives, and Ling Jiu, for a total of four people.

"You can be of use?"

A burly black operative frowned. "What can a mere cadet like you do to help? Go back, don't mess around!"

The other two operatives, while they did not speak, their expressions were similar to the black operative, neither of them wanted Ling Jiu to be around.

Ling Jiu naturally did not want to leave. This was the first time he had seen an alien in the truest of sense. How could he leave before getting a good look at them?

Of course, it would be better if he could find powerful Arcanas from the aliens, because the Plunder Arcana had…just came off cooldown!

He could plunder new Arcanas again!

"Commandant, I…"

Ling Jiu was prepared to persuade the commandant to let him stay, but at this moment, the din of violent combat rang from not too far away, and everyone rose into the air.

And they saw a two figures clashing with one another in the woods a few kilometers away.

One side of the battle was the alien in black armor and helmet.

The other one was a black Xenomorph about two meters tall.

But strangely, the head of the Xenomorph had lightning flashing on it as its entire body was bathed in lightning, like a Thunder God from the heavens.

"That Xenomorph…"

Ling Jiu's eyes shrank. "It can use Arcanas!"

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Chapter 227: Humanity's Top Echelon, Another 9527

It was impossible for a Xenomorph to have Arcana!

But the one before them had Arcana, and there was only one reason. It was an Arcanist Xenomorph born from infesting an Arcanist!

Infesting an Arcanist!

Ling Jiu instantly thought of the 39 cadets who had not yet return.

"In other words, the host of this Xenomorph is probably one of the 39 cadets." Ling Jiu murmured. "I wonder which sorry lot that was."

KRAK!!

Just as Ling Jiu was thinking, the battle raged on.

The lightning on the Xenomorph's body flashed as it constantly unleashed lightning bolts at the armored alien.

The lightning bolt's spell was fast, but the armored alien moved like a phantom, easily avoiding all of the attacks before finally appearing in front of the Xenomorph.

It then blasted out a punch.

BAAAMMM!!

The sharp fist broke through the lightning barrier and slammed on the Xenomorph's body as a massive gaping hole was blasted out of its chest.

Green blood spurted out, but the armored alien seemed to have expected it as its figure appeared behind the Xenomorph in a flash as it lashed out another punch.

BAAAMMM!!

The Xenomorph was sent flying.

WOOSHH!!

The armored alien reappeared before the Xenomorph again, as another punch shot out.

Battle?

No, this was not a battle, this was a one-sided beatdown.

"That alien is a stellar lifeform, and that monster is at least a Class 9."

The black operative shook his head. "The two sides are not on the same level at all."

"That's right, that alien is indeed a stellar lifeform." Another operative nodded slightly.

"Any random alien is a stellar lifeform…"

The camp commandant's face was grim. "Are all of the dozen of aliens that appeared earlier stellar lifeforms? If that is the case…"

"All of them are stellar lifeforms!"

Ling Jiu shuddered as his eyes widened in shock. A stellar lifeform was not terrifying, but if all of the aliens were stellar lifeform…

That would be absolutely terrifying!

KRAK!!

In the end, the alien smashed the Xenomorph's head apart, and completely ended the one-sided battle.

The alien walked towards the Xenomorph and took off its helmet, revealing a head covered with scales, looking like a lizard's head.

Then, it broke one of the Xenomorph's fingers and carved a symbol on its head using the acidic blood to declare its victory.

After doing that, it put on its helmet again and looked at Ling Jiu and the others as it walked over step by step.

"It's coming!"

Ling Jiu was shocked as the muscles all over his body stiffened instantly as the camp commandant and the other two operatives looked at it with vigilance.

The armored alien soon arrived before the four, its indifferent eyes casting a cold gaze at them. As if looking at prey, it launched an aggressive attack.

WOOSHH!!

Its body flickered and suddenly appeared in front of the camp commandant, raising its fist for a punch.

"Hmph!"

The camp commandant snorted, as a terrifying repulsion force blasted out from her hand, and with a loud bang, the armored alien was sent flying.

It then crashed into a thick tree, smashing it apart before stopping.

"Amazing!"

Ling Jiu was a little shocked. "The camp commandant also has Gravity Arcana? And actually blasted a stellar lifeform away. She is much stronger than mine!"

"ROAR!!!"

The armored alien kipped up and let out a roar towards the sky as it rushed over again with big strides.

Its speed was extremely fast as it ripped through the air, making a piercing sound similar to the whistle of a train.

In an instant, the armored alien's speed had absolutely broken through the sound barrier.

But sadly…

How fast it charged it was how fast it was sent recoiling. With a wave of her hand, the camp commandant sent the armored alien flying, and this time, it crashed into even more trees.

"RWWRAARRR!"

Being beaten back twice in a row irritated the armored alien as it drew a whip made out of countless small blades from its body and lashed it at the camp commandant.

"Why the trouble?"

She shook her head a little and appeared behind the alien like a ghost, and with a karate chop, knocked the alien out.

"Insolent fool."

The black operative said disdainfully. "If the camp commandant hadn't been wary of the alien spacecraft above, it would have died many times over long ago."

Another operative nodded. "That's the trouble with this place, we know that these guys are the enemy, but we cannot just kill them like that."

"The camp commandant is really powerful, beating up the alien so one-sidedly."

Ling Jiu shook his head in admiration, and his eyes was filled with awe. He knew that the camp commandant was strong, but he never expected her to be THIS strong.

A stellar lifeforms getting beaten up by her just like that. How strong is she?

Although he was shocked, Ling Jiu did not idle and instantly checked the armored alien's Arcana information:

Name: Unknown

Species: Ayang-Braend Tribe

Arcana: Super Physique (Awakened, Plunderable), Invisibility (Awakened, Plunderable)

"That's it?"

Ling Jiu was disappointed. He thought that the powerful alien must have powerful Arcanas, but he did not expect this outcome.

"It seems like aliens are not necessarily overpowered." Ling Jiu shook his head.

"Let's keep it under observation first," the camp commandant ordered.

"Before we make sure what exactly they are, and what their intentions are, we cannot kill it."

"Yes, ma'am!"

The two operatives responded.

The camp commandant nodded and then looked at Ling Jiu. "Ling Jiu, now that this involves the battle of an even higher level. This is not something you can poke your nose in, go back!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

Ling Jiu smiled bitterly, and just as he was about to enter the wormhole and return to Earth, someone suddenly walked out of the wormhole, it was Emperor Might.

Following Emperor Might, more than a dozen people walked out. Their eyes were sharp as they exuded a deep abyssal aura, exerting great pressure upon Ling Jiu. It was not difficult to guess that they were all stellar lifeforms.

"Have all the big shots on Earth been mobilized?"

Ling Jiu looked at these people one by one. This was the first time he had seen the top echelons of humanity, and sadly, he did not know any of them.

"Chairman, you're here."

The commandant and the others hurriedly bowed and greeted him.

"Uhm."

Emperor Might nodded slightly. As his indifferent eyes fell upon the alien spaceship for the first time, a strange look flashed past his eyes.

"Is this the alien spacecraft?"

The others also looked at the flying saucer in the sky.

"Xiao Luo, how long has this spacecraft appeared?"

A brawny bald man with red eyebrows asked with a deep voice.

"About 55 minutes ago."

The camp commandant quickly replied. "Also, dozens of aliens flew out of it, and this is one of them."

The camp commandant pointed to the armored alien she had knocked out earlier.

"This one?"

The eyes of the red-browed bald man and the others instantly fell upon the armored alien.

"Have you read its memories yet?"

The man asked again.

The camp commandant shook her head. "No. None of us here have Mind-reading Arcana."

"Little Zhao!"

The red-browed turned around and looked at a skinny old man behind him.

"Yes, chairman."

The skinny old man called Xiao Zhao responded and then walked to the armored alien as he placed his frail hands on the alien's head to read its memory.

However, not long after, the skinny old man suddenly shuddered as he spat out a mouthful of blood and staggered back.

"Ol' Zhao, what's wrong?"

"Ol' Zhao…"

Everyone was shocked and immediately surrounded him.

"I…I'm fine!"

The skinny old man waved his hand, his face a little pale. "There is some kind of interference device in its brain, I'm not able to read its memory!"

"How could this be?"

"Old Zhao is the most powerful mind-reading Arcanist on Earth, and he cannot read this guy's memory?"

"What should we do now?"

Everyone looked at each other.

"Let me try again!"

The skinny old man tried again, and the result was exactly the same. The group was suddenly stumped as they looked at the red-browed baldy and Emperor Might.

"Things have gotten a little tricky."

The red-browed baldy looked at Emperor Might and said. "Brother Might, what should we do now?"

"This alien's strength is average."

Emperor Might looked at the armored alien and said lightly. "But all of us understand that to measure the strength a race is not just by looking at individual strength, but more importantly, their technological level. So we need to figure out the level of their civilization."

Everyone nodded, the strength of the armored alien may be average, and all of them could simply just beat one up easily.

But did that mean the aliens were weak?

Absolutely not!

The people on Earth 30 years ago were even weaker, without a single powerhouse, yet they still possessed destructive weapons like nuclear bombs.

So, in addition to individual strength, they also needed to take into account the level of science and technology and the level of its civilization.

No one what civilization level this alien had already reached.

No one knew whether this alien spaceship carried any powerful weapon.

So, before they figured all these things out, no one dared to act rashly, much less kill willy-nilly.

With a wave of his hand, Emperor Might took out a black orb, and upon seeing this black orb, a look of envy appeared in the eyes of the red-browed baldy and the others.

And when Ling Jiu saw the black orb, he was slightly taken aback. "That material…"

At this moment, the black orb transformed and became a little black person. That form… it was exactly the same as 9527.

Ling Jiu was shocked.

"Looking for me?"

The little black person yawned, looking rather sleepy.

"1269, I have something to ask of you."

Emperor Might said lightly. "See the alien spaceship overhead? I want to know the level of its civilization."

"Hmmm?"

The little black person known as 1269 looked to the sky. "Heh, there's another extraterrestrial visiting Earth again? What ill fate. But this is also normal, as time passed, more and more aliens will show up."

Emperor Might said. "1269, you have a way to check the civilization level of this alien, right?"

"I can detect, sure."

The little black person said. "But you also know that my main body had been destroyed, with only my core left. Also, I lack the necessary tools, so I cannot detect it if it's too far."

"Then have a look at this instead."

With a grab of the void, he pulled the armored alien knocked out by the camp commandant over.

"Oh? You have a prisoner here?"

The little black person licked its lips, and jumped onto the armored alien to probe it, and obtained a result after a while.

"In terms of the manufacturing level of the armor this guy is wearing, the technological level is at most the level of a galactic civilization, about two levels higher than you Earthlings."

"A Galactic Civilization?"

Emperor Might frowned slightly.

The little black person said faintly. "The civilizations in the universe can be divided into primitive civilization, elementary civilization, stellar civilization, galactic civilization, and other higher-forms of civilization. Earth now is an elementary civilization, while the other party is a galactic civilization."

"Two full levels higher than Earth! That is to say, this foe has the Elemental Mortification weapons that can destroy Earth in a single strike.

As soon as the words came out, everyone present was silent in an instant.

A single strike.

To destroy Earth!

Elemental Mortification Weapons!

How the hell were we supposed to fight it?

"That's right."

The little black person softly said, "So don't see it as a mere alien spaceship. Destroying all of you is a simple matter for it."

"Do you have a way to stop it?" Emperor Might said.

"That's very simple."

The little black person gently said. "I'm an intelligent life, and as long as I can enter that alien spacecraft, I can easily seize control of it."

"By then, no matter how powerful the weapons it has in its arsenal… will all be useless."

As soon as it said that, everyone's eyes lit up, but the next sentence sent everyone back into silence.

"However, it is after all a spacecraft created by a galactic civilization, and it will be difficult for me to get inside it."

Everyone looked at each other.

Yeah!

The alien spaceship was a hulking piece of metal, how do they even get in?

If they cannot get it, how do they seize control of the spacecraft?

"I think… I have a way."

At this moment, a weak voice sounded.

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Chapter 228: Let Me Show Off? Opening a Wormhole

"I think… I have a way."

A weak voice sounded.

Swish…

Everyone turned and look at the person speaking.

"Ling Jiu, don't talk nonsense!"

Seeing the person speaking, the camp commandant's expression changed slightly as she scolded him. "All of the earth's top echelon are here, how can you talk nonsense here? Go back to Earth this instance!"

"Commandant, I really do have a way!"

Ling Jiu smiled bitterly.

"Although you have the Dimension Arcana, your level is too low, any stellar lifeform can sense the fluctuations in space, you will not succeed!"

The camp commandant yelled. "Why aren't you going back yet!"

"Commandant, I understand what you are saying."

Ling Jiu said immediately. "But I do have a way to send people to the alien spaceship in an instant."

"You…"

The camp commandant was furious and wanted to continue admonishing Ling Jiu but Emperor Might stopped her and looked at Ling Jiu.

"You said you have a way to send 1269 into that spaceship, tell me about your method.

Everyone also looked at Ling Jiu. As humanity's top echelon, and powerful stellar lifeforms, they naturally would not know about insignificant people like Ling Jiu.

Since he was an insignificant person, how could it be possible for him to send 1269 onto the alien spacecraft?

After all, even they could not do it!

"Yes, Chairman."

What Ling Jiu said shocked everyone. "I have the ability to create wormholes, and can open up a wormholes into that spaceship in an instant."

"Although Dimension Arcana can be easily detected by stellar lifeforms, wormholes are not ordinary dimensional abilities."

"What did you just say?"

When Ling Jiu said that, everyone was shocked as they looked at him in disbelief, much like looking at a monster. Creating a wormhole?

What was a wormhole?

That was a passageway that existed within the space-time continuum, either formed naturally, or created by a higher civilization.

A human!

Able to create a wormhole?

You gotta be joking!

The camp commandant who was the most familiar with Ling Jiu was among those who looked at Ling Jiu in amazement. She had never heard that Ling Jiu could create a wormhole before.

"Boy, you said you could make wormholes!"

Before anyone spoke, 1269 jumped onto Ling Jiu's shoulder and looked at Ling Jiu with interest. "Do you know what a wormhole is?"

"Of course!"

Under the gaze of the various big shots, Ling Jiu felt a great deal of pressure, but facing 1269, Ling Jiu felt a cordiality from it, just like looking at 9527.

He smiled and said. "Speaking alone is useless, how about I create a wormhole now and sent you to that alien spacecraft?"

"Boy, can you really create wormholes?"

1269 originally thought Ling Jiu was joking, but seeing Ling Jiu's seriousness, it seemed like he was not just bluffing?

"Why won't you people believe me?"

Ling Jiu shook his head and suddenly looked towards the sky. There were three moons on this planet, two large and one small, hanging quietly in the sky.

Ling Jiu pointed towards the largest moon among them, and said. "It's useless to say anything more, let's facts speak for itself."

"Ugh…"

1269 was shocked by Ling Jiu's serious expression, and the other big shots of Earth also looked at Ling Jiu in a daze. To let facts speak for itself, could it be…

Just as everyone was stunned, a white sphere emitting a milky white light appeared before them.

Ling Jiu said. "Everyone, the wormhole has been formed. By following this wormhole, you can head to that largest moon there."

"Done already?"

"Are you for real?"

Everyone looked at each other.

Emperor Might did not say much as he instantly entered the wormhole. 1269 took a deep look at Ling Jiu and then chased after him.

"I'll go and have a look too!"

The red-browed baldy also walked in.

"I'll go and have a gander as well."

Other people walked in one after another.

"Commandant, you might want to go and have a look too."

Ling Jiu smiled at the camp commandant and said.

She nodded and walked into the wormhole.

"Bloody top brass wankers looking down at people, you lot were the ones forcing me to show off."

Ling Jiu smiled and shook his head, and entered the wormhole. After a while, they came to the moon.

Unlike Earth's moon, the moon here was different as it has an atmosphere, and it was a very rich one.

So the entire planet was orange-yellowish, like an orange quietly suspended in the vast outer space.

A group of big shots now stood on the moon as they looked down at the massive behemoth.

"To arrive at the moon in an instant."

"It is really a wormhole! It's a proper wormhole!"

"This kid can actually make wormholes."

Shock!

Disbelief!

Incredulity!

Leaving only gasps!

The group of big shots could not help but gasp. As the calmness and arrogance they had before was no where to be found as they looked at Ling Jiu like he was a monster.

The camp commandant's expression was the most exaggerated, first from shocked, to shame, to exhilaration, it was so complex and finally turned into shame.

"Ling Jiu, since you can make a wormhole, why didn't you open up one between Europa and Mars? That we had to expend so much effort to dig a channel across Europa to draw its water?"

"Ma'am, you may not have known it."

Ling Jiu smiled bitterly. "I had only just got this ability."

"Is that so?"

The camp commandant was shocked.

"I had only gotten this ability after Wormhole 13 had opened, I didn't have it before." Ling Jiu shrugged.

"Alright then!"

The camp commandant shook her head.

"Good job kid, you can make even wormholes."

1269 stared at Ling Jiu with scorching eyes, as if it had discovered a brand new world.

"Emperor Might, you must protect this kid. With him, you can save a lot of time for the rise of humans."

Emperor Might nodded. He fully understood what 1269 meant. For a civilization to rise, spaceflight technology was top priority.

Why does one need spaceflight technology?

It was to discover new planets!

Look for new resources!

Of course, to open up new domains.

So, interstellar travel was essential.

But with Ling Jiu, what's the need for that? Wouldn't it be easier to just open up a wormhole directly? Why bother building a spaceship?

"Ling Jiu, I've always thought that you would grow into a pillar of humanity, but I had still underestimated you."

Emperor Might slapped Ling Jiu on the shoulder, his eyes filled with admiration and relief. "Very good, very good!"

"Chairman, you flatter me," Ling Jiu replied immediately.

"Boy, do you know me?"

The red-browed baldy squinted with a smile.

"No… I don't!"

Ling Jiu shook his head quickly.

"Hahaha, that's how it should be!" The red-browed baldy laughed out loud. "I am the chairman of the Vulcan Arcana Combine. Everyone calls me Vulcan."

"Vulcan!!"

Ling Jiu was shocked. This was the big boss of Vulcan Arcana Combine, the second strongest person on Earth!

"Greetings, Mr. Vulcan!"

Ling Jiu hurriedly greeted him.

"Don't be so uptight."

Vulcan looked kind.

"Roger!"

Others also stepped forward to greet Ling Jiu with extreme enthusiasm, with their previous indifference and arrogance before no where to be found.

This flattered Ling Jiu. These were all top level big shots of Earth, who could talk directly to the leaders of the world.

In the end, it was Emperor Might who relieved Ling Jiu. "1269, are you confident you an control this alien spaceship?"

"As long as Ling Jiu can open a wormhole into the spacecraft and let me enter it. I have a hundred percent certainty to seize control of the ship."

1269 appeared relaxed. "It's just a mere galactic civilization. Its artificial intelligence programming must be very low-level and will not be my match."

"In that case, go ahead."

Emperor Might shouted, "Once 1269 takes control of the enemy's spacecraft, we will deal with the aliens on the planet!"

"Understood!"

Everyone perked up.

Immediately after, the group returned to the planet's surface through the wormhole as Ling Jiu locked onto the alien spacecraft, and instantly opened a wormhole directly lead into the spacecraft.

"I'm going now!"

Chapter 229: Seizing Control, Entering the Spaceship

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"1269 has been up there for 5 minutes, why hasn't anything happened yet?"

"It's only been five minutes, wait a little."

"I hope everything goes well…"

Standing before the wormhole, Emperor Might, Vulcan, and the group of other big shots looked at the alien spacecraft above their heads as they waited nervously.

At that moment, no one was in the mood to chat. After all, this was related to the survival of humanity. If 1269 was successful, the situation would be under control.

If it failed, the situation would move in an uncontrollable direction.

While everyone was silent, the camp commandant went to speak with Ling Jiu.

"Ling Jiu, after this is over, please open up a wormhole between Europa and Mars, so we can send the waters of Europa to Mars directly."

Hearing this, the crowd's attention was drawn as they looked at Ling Jiu.

"Yes, Ma'am!" Ling Jiu nodded.

Europa and Mars were currently separated by Io. Besides, although they could send seawater over, the volume was too small and the flow rate too slow.

It would take hundreds of years if they wanted to turn Mar's surface into an ocean at this rate.

It was simply too slow.

However, by opening a wormhole between Europa and Mars, the flow rate would increase greatly. Of course, if they could open a few more up, the speed would undoubtedly be even faster.

"Speaking of wormholes, I have a request to make."

A blond Caucasian powerhouse smiled at Ling Jiu. "Brother Ling, I guess you know about Saturn's sixth moon, Titan?"

"I've heard of it."

Ling Jiu nodded.

"Titan is a methane-rich planet, and the surface amount itself is enough for us to use for hundreds of years. So this is a huge wealth."

The blond Caucasian man laughed. "If you have time, please open up a wormhole to Titan."

"Eudes, what are you scheming there?"

Vulcan squinted at the blonde Caucasian and snorted coldly. "Titan is humanity's common resource. Are you planning to take it for yourself?"

"Brother Vulcan, what are you saying?"

The Caucasian hunk called Eudes laughed. "Titan is naturally a shared resource for humanity, but it needs to be developed and utilized. I only want the development rights for Titan and to bring the methane from Titan back to Earth…"

"Silence!"

At that moment, Emperor Might suddenly said, "1269 has succeeded."

Everyone was shocked before they rejoiced. "Brother Might, has 1269 really done it?"

"It's done it!"

Emperor Might smiled. "It has successfully taken control of the alien spacecraft, so the ship is now in our hands."

"Thank goodness!"

"Good showing 1269! Now let's see how long these aliens can show off."

"Everyone!" Emperor Might smiled. "I don't think I need to say what comes next. I only have one request: kill. Kill all of them!"

"Understood!"

Everyone nodded solemnly as they flew into the air and disappeared into the horizon.

"Xiao Luo!"

Emperor Might looked at the camp commandant. "You and Ling Jiu stay and guard the wormhole. Don't let any alien or Xenomorph step foot on Earth!"

"Yes, Chairman."

The camp commandant nodded.

"Yeah."

Following that, Emperor Might disappeared.

As Ling Jiu looked at his disappearing visage, he knew that an unprecedented battle was about to erupt across the planet.

Earth's stellar lifeforms versus alien stellar lifeforms.

One could imagine the scale of the battle between dozens of stellar lifeforms.

"Roar!"

Right then, a thundering roar was heard. Ling Jiu looked over and saw a black Xenomorph with a long tail. It drooled while it walking toward him step by step.

The Xenomorph was not big, standing at only two meters tall, but it was surrounded by flames so it was not difficult to guess its true identity.

"An Arcanist Xenomorph," Ling Jiu whispered under his breath.

"Another Xenomorph that took over a cadet's body… So, this Xenomorph is comparable to a Class 9 Beast Emperor."

The cadets in the matriculation camp were at least Level 8 Arcanists. That meant a Xenomorph born from a parasitized cadet would at least be comparable to a Class 9 Beast Emperor or even a Class 10 one!

"Ling Jiu, watch the wormhole. I'll deal with this monster," the camp commandant said.

"It's just a mere monster, there's no need for you to take action." Ling Jiu laughed and met the Xenomorph instantly.

He then opened his mouth and violently sucked in a bunch of air. Just like that, a black hole appeared out of nothing.

The majestic Xenomorph was swallowed by the black hole long before it had the opportunity to show off its powers.

Soon after, it was immolated by the Inner World.

"Ugh…"

Seeing this, the camp commandant had originally wanted to remind Ling Jiu to be careful, but she did not expect the battle to end so quickly.

A Xenomorph comparable to a Class 9 Beast Emperor had been so easily swallowed?

You had to be joking!

"Ling Jiu, what ability is that?" the camp commandant asked in amazement.

"The Devourer Arcana."

Ling Jiu smiled and replied.

"The Devourer Arcana?"

The camp commandant murmured, and just as she was about to continue to inquire, a sharp rip of the air rang as a figure in black armor appeared.

It was the alien. "Ling Jiu, fall back!"

The camp commandant's expression changed slightly, as she quickly shouted.

"Yes, Ma'am!"

While Ling Jiu really wanted to devour it, it was still a stellar lifeform, and he knew when he needed to stand back. After all, his foe was way stronger than him.

After the alien appeared, it first scanned the surroundings with cold eyes as if looking for the trace of that Xenomorph. When it did not find it, its gaze landed on Ling Jiu and the camp commandant. Then, it attacked without any warning.

"Hmph!" The camp commandant snorted coldly.

Boom!

An extremely terrifying gravitational force instantly enveloped the area and caused the alien to stagger, reducing its speed drastically.

"Gravity Drill."

The camp commandant grabbed the void, and the alien trembled all over as blood flowed out of its nostrils and the corners of its mouth. After squirming for a few moments it totally stopped moving.

"Huh… it's over just like that?"

Ling Jiu was stunned for a moment. Weren't the aliens all stellar lifeforms? Why were they killed in just two moves? That's just too weak!

"The strengths of these aliens are very average."

Seeing Ling Jiu's stunned look, the camp commandant faintly explained, "Although they are stellar lifeforms, they are at most comparable to a Level 10 Arcanist. Also, they have no Arcanas, so in terms of combat power, they are weaker than an Arcanist of the same level."

"Oh, I see!"

Ling Jiu suddenly understood. He licked his lips as a trace of greed appeared in his eyes.

"You want to devour it?"

The camp commandant raised her eyebrows.

"N… No!"

Ling Jiu smiled sheepishly.

"Liar."

The camp commandant rolled her eyes at Ling Jiu and softly said, "Take all of its equipment, and its corpse is also yours."

"Thank you, Ma'am!"

Ling Jiu quickly took off the alien's armor and equipment before swallowing it into his Inner World.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The raging flames burned the alien corpse but unlike before, the burning speed was exceptionally slow, and it took a good ten minutes before the corpse was completely immolated.

Baaam!!

At that moment, a terrifying surge of life energy instantly poured into Ling Jiu's body like waters from a breached dam, refining Ling Jiu's body in a frenzy.

"Ahhh…"

Ling Jiu sighed contentedly. He could feel the cells throughout his body frantically devouring the life energy like a pack of hungry wolves…

His cells were strengthening.

His organs were strengthening.

His tissues were also strengthening.

The process lasted a good five minutes before it came to an end. Ling Jiu clenched his fists and felt the surging power.

"My strength… has been enhanced again!" Ling Jiu murmured to himself.

"But I'm sure more life energy is being hoarded. So, I need to fight now.

"A proper, all-out battle."

The heavens seemingly heard Ling Jiu's request, and it did not take long for another Xenomorph to appear. Ling Jiu of course would not let this opportunity pass him by.

Baaaam!!

Ling Jiu struck his fist out, and the Xenomorph had no time to evade as Ling Jiu's fist fell upon its head.

Krak!!

The Xenomorph's head was instantly cracked open, and it fell down, lying motionless.

"Aih… too weak!"

After that, Xenomorphs began to pop out from time to time, but they were all low-level goons. Yet, Ling Jiu did not complain as he devoured all of them.

Three days later, Emperor Might and the others returned one after another.

"Report the number of aliens killed." Emperor Might looked at the crowd.

"Not many, just three."

"A little more on my side, five."

"I killed seven of those b*stards."

"I only killed two…"

After calculating it, as many as 78 aliens were killed.

"Seventy-eight is just right, no more no less, the same number as 1269 gave me."

"That is to say, the aliens that had landed on this planet had been cleaned up. Now, the only ones left are those on the spaceship."

Everyone looked at the alien spaceship together and a brutal glint flashed in their eyes.

"Ling Jiu, open up a wormhole."

Emperor Might looked at Ling Jiu.

"Yes, Chairman."

Ling Jiu nodded slightly and with a wave of his hand, a wormhole appeared instantly. Emperor Might took the lead and entered the wormhole first.

Not wanting to be left behind, Vulcan and the others walked in one after another. Ling Jiu naturally wanted to see what was going on, so he sneaked into the wormhole as well.

A moment later, Ling Jiu arrived inside the alien spacecraft.

"Is this the inside of the space?"

"The ability to create wormholes is just too powerful."

"We must train that guy Ling Jiu properly from now on."

Everyone looked around and whispered.

"I've made contact with 1269. Everyone, follow me," Emperor Might suddenly said as he walked in a certain direction. No one dared to dither, and they followed him one after another.

After a moment, everyone came to a large cabin. Rather than a cabin, it looked more like a living room.

However, the cabin was full of aliens, all clad with black helmets and armor.

At this moment, these aliens were looking coldly at Emperor Might and the others.

"You're here!"

The huge screen lit up as 1269's voice rang. Ling Jiu looked towards the source of the sound and saw 1269 appearing on the screen.

"1269, you've done well!"

Emperor Might let out a smile.

"A trivial matter."

1269 smiled faintly. "First, let me give you some info about these aliens. They come from the Ayang-Braend system, 50,000 light-years away. They call themselves the Ayang-Braend Clan and a young civilization in the galaxy."

"The reason they've come to Earth this time… is for their Coming-of-Age Ceremony."

"Coming-of-Age Ceremony?"

Everyone was stunned.

Chapter 230: Two Forces, Four Technologies

"Coming-of-Age Ceremony?"

Everyone was stunned.

1269 explained, "The grievances between the Ayang-Braend Clan and Xenomorphs have been going on for ages, or rather, these two tribes have been at war for tens of thousands of years."

"Of course, this war is still ongoing."

"After thousands of years of war, the two sides have already become deadly enemies, so the Ayang-Braends' Coming-of-Age Ceremony is to hunt the Xenomorphs. The young ones will only be considered as adults after they kill nine Xenomorphs."

1269 looked at the aliens standing in the cabin. "So, they came to this planet with the Xenomorph's eggs, allowing the Xenomorphs to infest the creatures of this planet and grow, allowing them to hunt."

"So, they allowed such a terrifying creature to appear on this planet just for a coming of age ceremony?" Ling Jiu asked incredulously.

There was no need to further emphasize how terrifying the Xenomorphs were. If they were to come to a planet like Earth, or the dinosaur planet, every animal will be screwed.

If it was not prevented, there could only be one result: the entire planet reduced to a paradise for Xenomorphs. How cruel was that?

"Yes, just for their Coming-of-Age Ceremony."

1269 nodded.

"What a bunch of selfish pricks!"

Ling Jiu looked at all the aliens a little angrily.

"Selfish? You're wrong about that."

1269 faintly smiled and said, "In the eyes of the Ayang-Braends, be it Earthlings or the dinosaurs on the dinosaur planet, all of you are primitive creatures. It's the same way you people see monkeys, gorillas, and Direbeasts."

"Tell me, when you Earthlings slaughter Direbeasts, do you harbor any sympathy for them?"

Ling Jiu gasped. Harbor sympathy for the Direbeasts?

That was impossible!

"So, don't say that they're selfish."

1269 shook his head and laughed. "In fact, between civilizations, there is no such thing as selfishness or cruelty. There's only the naked law of the jungle, survival of the fittest.

"I understand!"

Ling Jiu took a deep breath as he looked at the aliens. "So, since they can see us as Direbeasts, we can return the favor because we see them as that too?"

"You catch on quick."

1269 smiled and applauded him as it continued. "The Ayang-Braends are very strong, and their footprints are almost all over half the galaxy. If it weren't for the applauded Xenomorphs blocking their path, the Ayang-Braends would have conquered the Milky Way long ago."

"You mean, the two most powerful forces in the galaxy are now the Ayang-Braends and the Xenomorphs?" Emperor Might asked in a deep voice.

"That's right."

1269 nodded. "There are many civilizations born in the Milky Way, but the Ayang-Braends' is the only one to reach the level of galactic civilization."

"In contrast, the Xenomorph's civilization is very low, and the reason why they could fight against the Ayang-Braends, is their terrifying parasitic ability."

"The Ayang-Braends are strong. If we killed them, will we provoke vengeance?" Vulcan frowned and asked in a grim voice.

"We cannot rule out that possibility, but it won't happen in the near future. The solar system is at the edge of the Milky Way, the Ayang-Braends won't be bothered about you."

1269 smiled. "Besides, this spaceship has fallen under my control, and I have a way to conceal everything that has happened here."

"That's good then!"

Vulcan heaved a sigh of relief as a murderous glint appeared in his eyes. "If that's the case, then let's kill them. Kill all these sons of b*tches!"

"Kill them all!"

Emperor Might gave the order and everyone charged out.

"Roar!!!"

There were still twenty to thirty aliens in the cabin and they naturally would not just sit still as they meet their deaths. They launched a brazen counterattack, but unfortunately for them, their combat power was only average.

The battle came to an end. After only five minutes, twenty to thirty corpses lay on the ground.

"1269, copy all of the alien technology contained in this spacecraft."

Emperor Might ordered, "Then make a few more copies and send them to all major countries."

"I knew you would do that, so I've done it long ago."

1269 smiled and said. "The Ayang-Braends technology is mainly divided into four types. Elemental Mortification technology, energy shield technology, energy recoil propulsion technology, and warp navigation, technologies that can be assimilated by the technology level of you Earthlings."

"That's good then!"

Emperor Might breathed a sigh of relief, while the others were extremely excited. This was the technology of a galactic civilization. Once they had deciphered these technologies, the technology of Earth will undergo earth-shaking changes.

The rise of Earthlings… was just around the corner!

"1269, how long will it take to fully decipher the AYang-Braends' technology?"

Vulcan could not help but ask.

"Decades at best."

1269 said casually. "Of course, if you can gather a group of Arcanist scientists to conduct research, the process will be greatly accelerated."

"After all, the brains and energy of the Arcanist scientists far exceed those of ordinary people. With them, progress will be much faster."

"Oh, I see!"

Vulcan nodded before looking at Emperor Might. "Brother Might, how about we work together and decipher Ayang-Braends technology together?"

Emperor Might agreed without much thought. "That sounds feasible."

"Then it's settled."

Vulcan immediately made up plans. "Let's build a base on Mars, and then gather the scientific research talents from both Pangu and Vulcan to work together to crack the technology of the Ayang-Braends."

"Yeah."

Emperor Might nodded as he looked at Ling Jiu. "Ling Jiu, you have made a great contribution this time. If it weren't for you, things may have turned out different."

"Chairman…"

Ling Jiu smiled embarrassedly, as he prepared to speak a few humble words, he heard 1269 chiming in. "You really have to reward this kid big time. If not for him, you people would've not only been unable to gain the Ayang-Braends' technologies, you might even have had a disaster upon your heads."

"Ling Jiu, whatever you need, just mention it." Emperor Might smiled.

"Boy, don't bother being humble with us chairpersons."

Seeing Ling Jiu looking somewhat embarrassed, 1269 also smiled and said. "He had a lot of good stuff with him. Even I want some of them."

"I am also part of humanity…"

Ling Jiu scratched his head and then looked at the twenty-odd bodies lying on the ground. "Chairman, if you want to reward me, give me those bodies."

"That's it?"

Emperor Might was surprised and then shook his head. "These corpses are useless. If you want to take them away, feel free, but this cannot be considered a reward."

As he said that, Emperor Might glanced at Vulcan and the others before continuing, "Your contribution this time to all mankind should be rewarded. You guys, you wouldn't have a problem, right?"

"Of course there's no problem."

Vulcan smiled. "These aliens are from a galactic civilization two levels higher than ours. If not for Brother Ling and 1269, the one being killed today is not them, but us."

"Perhaps, they would even place the Xenomorph eggs on our planet, and I don't think I need to say much about what would happen then."

"It's no exaggeration to say that Brother Ling had not only saved us, he had also saved all mankind. If we don't reward him, who else then?

"Make sense!"

"Yeah. You're right."

"He should be greatly rewarded indeed."

With the world's number one and number two powerhouses, Emperor Might and Vulcan already saying that, what else was there to be said?

More importantly, Ling Jiu's contribution was indeed great and should be greatly rewarded.

"Since there are no objections, it's decided then!"

Emperor Might put rest to the topic. "As for what the rewards will be, we'll discuss it at a later meeting."

"Yeah!"

The group of big shots nodded as they looked at Ling Jiu with a trace of envy in their eyes. Ling Jiu had done well this time, and his rewards would not be insignificant.

Even they got a little green with envy.

"Brother Ling, train hard and become a stellar lifeform as soon as possible!"

The crisis of the Ayang-Braends was temporarily lifted, and the group of big shots left the dinosaur planet with the alien spacecraft.

Ling Jiu was not in a hurry to leave as he followed the camp commandant's instructions to guard the wormhole to prevent Xenomorphs or fauna of this planet from entering the Earth.

"28 stellar lifeform corpses!"

"I wonder how much can my body be improved after devouring them?"

A look of anticipation appeared in Ling Jiu's eyes as he then devoured the 28 corpses into his Inner World. As the flames raged, the 28 corpses were slowly burned bit by bit.

A day later, all of the bodies were immolated, and they became the purest of life energy as they rushed into Ling Jiu's body.

Baaaam!!

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Chapter 231: Rich Rewards, New Arcana

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The amount of life force this time… was unprecedented as Ling Jiu felt his entire person was about to explode.

The surging life energies rushed at his body, and in order to better absorb it, Ling Jiu straightaway unleashed the maximum gravity to suppress himself.

He was now a Level 7 Arcanist, and could control up to 140 times the gravity. Plus the 10 times buff given by his Arcana Field, he can control up to 1,400 times the gravity!

"Arghhh!!"

Gravity up to a thousand times stronger crashed down upon him, crushing every cell in his body.

Ling Jiu did not idle either as he performed various exercises under the gravitational force.

Push-ups.

Sit-ups.

Pull-ups.

For a time, his cells consumed energy much faster, and the speed of devouring the life energies also sped up.

And the result was… his body was being enhanced at the speed visible to the naked eye.

No one knew how long had passed when Ling Jiu stopped after he felt that his body was no longer absorbing life energies.

At this moment, he felt his body was unprecedentedly strong as a steady stream of power rushed out from his body, seemingly trying to burst him apart.

"This power…"

Ling Jiu muttered to himself as he suddenly swiped his hand and with a crash, a dark rift was instantly ripped open before him.

A Dimension Rift!

"Ripping the void apart with my bare hands!"

Ling Jiu was shocked. "Is my strength now enough to rip the void apart? This is something only a stellar lifeform can do!"

"In other words…"

Ling Jiu was extremely excited as he waved his hand again.

"Vooosh!"

Another dimensional rift appeared.

"Vooosh!"

"Vooosh!"

Ling Jiu attempted it again and again, tirelessly. He found that the incomparably tough void was now like paper that he could rip apart easily…

This all pointed to a single fact that his body had broken Level 10, and was comparable to a stellar lifeform.

"A stellar lifeform seemed to be able to fly freely, without the need to use their Arcana Field."

As he thought of that, Ling Jiu dispelled the gravity and his Arcana Field. He suddenly felt his body had lost all gravitational pull as he slowly floated up.

"Only a stellar lifeform can truly fly!"

"No need for Arcana!"

"No need for Arcana Field!"

"Just like a fish swimming in the water."

"Flight… had become completely instinctual."

Ling Jiu lay quietly in midair as he felt his body slowly move, and he broke into a smile. This time his haul was great, unprecedentedly great.

The 28 corpses had allowed his body to break through Level 10 in a single go. From now on, he was also considered a stellar lifeform.

"However, I cannot be overconfident."

Ling Jiu opened his eyes. "My physical body had reached this level, and it will be very difficult to continue to improve it. So I need to focus my energy on my Arcana."

"My Arcana is only Level 7."

"A little too far behind!"

In the next period of time, Ling Jiu split out 10 duplicates as he drew upon the Dark Bio-energy in the void to cultivate.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and someone finally came to the dinosaur planet again.

"Brother Ling, we'll take over the wormhole. You can leave now."

"Thanks!"

Ling Jiu left the dinosaur planet and returned to Earth. The moment he arrived at the matriculation camp, he was summoned by the camp commandant.

"Ling Jiu, your reward is here."

The camp commandant wore a smile on her face. "The reward this time is very generous. To be honest, I'm a little envious myself."

"Heh!"

Ling Jiu scratched his head, revealing his front teeth as a flash of anticipation appeared in his eyes.

"First, a stellar-level Life Enhancement Liquid worth 1 million contribution points."

"Second, a stellar-level Gene Arcana elixir worth 1 million contribution points."

"Third, three Stellar-level treasures of heaven and earth worth 1 million contribution points each, for which are Gene Arcana enhancement, Deep Awakening, and Awakening new Arcanas."

"Fourth, a cold weapon worth 1 million contribution points."

"Fifth, a Stellar-level airship worth 1 million contribution points."

"Sixth, a housing spot in the Heavenstar."

"Seventh, one month's cultivation time in Poseidon."

After saying all that in one breath did the camp commandant heaved a sigh of relief. "This is the reward given to you by humanity's top echelon. How about it? Isn't it generous?"

"Generous, very generous indeed!"

Ling Jiu nodded hurriedly and immediately asked, "Commandant, I understand the first five rewards, but what are the sixth and seventh about?"

The camp commandant smiled, with envy in her eyes. "The Heavenstar and Poseidon are like the Pandora star you discovered. Both of them are also planets of life."

"The Heavenstar is beautiful, just like heaven on earth, and its Gene Arcana is extremely rich. Looking at Earth, aside from the head of the major powers, only stellar lifeforms are eligible to live there."

"Oh, I see!"

Ling Jiu nodded repeatedly.

"As for Poseidon…"

A look of yearning flashed past the camp commandant's eyes. "Poseidon was originally a small planet of life rich in Gene Arcana. Later on, we had planted a large number of Arcana Trees there, so the mysterious energy on the planet is very rich."

"Cultivating on Poseidon not only allows you to get twice the results with half the effort, but also absorb the mysterious energies. So the rights to enter Poseidon is very much sought-after!"

"Even a stellar lifeform like me does not have the right to enter. Only those talented aces who have made great contributions and are about to break into Level 10 have the opportunity to enter Poseidon."

"Oh, I see!"

Ling Jiu was greatly disappointed. No matter how awesome Poseidon was, it was just mysterious energy, which was of no use to him.

A pity…

Ling Jiu, the first two rewards are here. You can check them yourself after you head back."

The camp commandant handed over a Dimensional Bag. "The last two rewards had also been approved, so you can go to Heavenstar and Poseidon at any time. But…"

"What's wrong? Commandant?"

Ling Jiu was puzzled.

"Before you go to Poseidon, I hope you can open up a wormhole between Mars and Europa." The camp commandant said to Ling Jiu.

"No problem, Ma'am!"

Ling Jiu nodded repeatedly.

"Okay, you may leave now."

"Yes, Ma'am!"

Back on Mars, Ling Jiu quietly returned to the Ares Plain.

It was now nighttime, and Bai Ya was in the woods absorbing the mysterious energy to train while Wukong was snoring away in the airship. While no one was disturbing him, Ling Jiu took out the day's reward.

The Life Enhancement Liquid and Arcana Elixir are useless to me. Gonna let Bai Ya have them instead. That Arcana enhancement treasure of heaven and earth is also useless to me."

"The Deep Awakening one is however useful."

Ling Jiu took out that treasure of heaven and earth and consumed it. A burst of fatigue hit him as Ling Jiu fell asleep. By the time he woke up again, no one knew how long had passed.

Ling Jiu touched his head and looked out the window. The sky was just getting bright.

"Has my Arcana underwent a deep awakening? I have two main Arcanas now, and I don't know which one underwent the deep awakening. Is it the Replication one or the Plunderer one? Or have both of them undergone deep awakening?

"I'm gonna test it out properly."

The Replication Arcana had undergone four deep awakenings, and it could detect, as well as replicate, Arcanas in a radius of 100 meters. The cooldown period had also been reduced to 10 days.

He had only recently awakened the Plunder Arcana, and he could only Plunder his opponent's Arcana through contact. Plus, the cooldown period was as long as two months.

If possible, Ling Jiu hoped that it was the Plunder Arcana that would undergo the deep awakening.

Of course, which one that would undergo the deep awakening was out of Ling Jiu's control.

"What's next is the treasure of heaven and earth for awakening new Arcana."

Ling Jiu looked at the sky, and it was still dark. Since there was still time, Ling Jiu consumed the treasure of heaven and earth and once again fell into a deep sleep.

No one knew how much time passed. By the time Ling Jiu woke up again, Bai Ya was already busy in the kitchen while Wukong still had not woken up yet.

Ling Jiu rubbed his temple. "Have I awakened a new Arcana? If yes, what is it?"

Ling Jiu entered that mysterious world again.

Sure enough, the star system had increased from the previous two to three:

A golden star system representing the Replication Arcana, the black hole system symbolizing the Plunder Arcana, and a brand new lonely star system.

It was a white sphere of light that suspended quietly around the two-star systems, radiating a steady stream of light and heat. It looked very lonely.

"Sure enough, I've awakened a new Arcana!"

"But I wonder what Arcana is it?"

Ling Jiu hurriedly studied it.

"My dear, breakfast's ready!"

Bai Ya's voice sounded.

"Coming!"

Ling Jiu shook his head helplessly as he woke up to wash up. Wukong was still snoring away but was grabbed up from bed by Bai Ya anyway.

At the table, Ling Jiu took out the first three treasures and handed them to Bai Ya. "Honey, these are treasures I've just gotten, take them later."

"What are these?"

Bai Ya had a confused look.

"A Life-enhancing liquid, a gene elixir, and a Gene Arcana strengthening elixir," Ling Jiu said casually.

"Just normal treasures of heaven and earth. Use them after this, should be of some use to you."

"Thank you, dear!"

Hearing that they are just normal treasures of heaven and earth, Bai Ya did not doubt him and agreed.

After breakfast, Ling Jiu split into ten duplicates, five of them planting trees while the other five trained as he continued to study his new Arcana.

Bai Ya also split into three duplicates and got them to plant trees as she took the treasures of heaven and earth Ling Jiu gave her into the room.

In the blink of an eye, a day passed and Ling Jiu finally figured out this mysterious new Arcana, and the result made Ling Jiu speechless.

"I totally did not expect this Arcana!"

"A little weaksauce, though."

What was the new Arcana?

Bestowment!

Simply put, Ling Jiu can bestow his current Arcanas to someone else. For example, he could bestow his Dimension Arcana to Bai Ya.

To be able to bestow Arcanas was perfect for his friends and family, but for Ling Jiu, it was extremely weaksauce.

"But, better than nothing I guess."

Ling Jiu did not continue to dwell on the new Arcana but instead looked at stellar-level the cold weapon worth 1 million contribution points.

It was a black water orb, about the size of a basketball. It was as black as ink, making one unable to see what was inside it.

"Name: The Long River"

"Level: Stellar-level treasure of heaven and earth."

"Effect: The Long River is extremely dense, far heavier than metals of the same size but with all of the characteristics of water. It is both tough and soft at the same time, and can absorb Gene Arcana to grow…"

"Not bad."

Ling Jiu was very satisfied with the power of the Long River, and was ready to study it when Bai Ya suddenly pushed the door open. "Honey, what was it that you gave me earlier?"

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Chapter 232: Dimensional Fold, 1269's Visit

Bai Ya consumed the three treasures of heaven and earth, and the result was…

Far beyond her expectations!

After consuming the life-enhancing liquid, her body had strengthed by several folds.

After consuming the gene elixir, her self-healing ability had been terrifyingly enhanced.

After taking the Gene Arcana strengthening liquid, her level rose from Level 8 straight to 9 in a single go. She had officially become a Level 9 Arcanist.

With just three treasures causing a dramatic change to her strength, the growth… was just outrageous.

Bai Ya was shocked.

"Just three ordinary treasures, what about them?" Ling Jiu asked.

"Ordinary treasures?"

Bai Ya snorted. "I've already broken through Level 9 and you're telling me this is an ordinary treasure? Be honest now, what exactly did you give me?"

"All right, all right, I'll tell you…"

Ling Jiu knew that he could no longer hide it any longer and he told her the specific information of the three treasures.

"Three… stellar-level treasures worth one million contribution points each?"

Bai Ya gasped. "You gave me three stellar-level treasures just like that? You dunce, why didn't you use them for yourself?"

"They are no use to me, so why should I use them?" Ling Jiu was speechless.

"Even if they do nothing for you, you can still keep them."

Bai Ya said, "You can even sell them, or at least exchange them for a treasure that is useful to you! Why did you give them to me? It's too precious, and my heart ache for you!"

"Precious? In my eyes, you're the most precious thing, and no treasure is comparable to you." Ling Jiu said.

"Honey, you're so nice to me!"

Bai Ya was touched as she hugged and kissed Ling Jiu. "My dear. My entire life is yours, and I shall be yours forever!"

"A pity we are too young, otherwise we can get the registration for our marriage," Ling Jiu said half-jokingly.

"Get the registration for our marriage?" Bai Ya's eyes lit up. "The legal age for marriage now is 16, and we both seem to meet the conditions for a marriage certificate."

"You want to get your marriage certificate with me?"

Ling Jiu teased.

"Of course!"

Bai Ya nodded.

"Hahaha, you better think it through. Don't be regretting it if a better guy comes along, yeah?" Ling Jiu guffawed.

"What do you take me for?" Bai Ya said angrily. "I've already taken you as mine, yours in life, and in death. I swear!"

"No need for that, I believe you."

The two shared some intimate moments for a while before getting out of bed. Ling Jiu smiled and said. "Honey, let me show you another treasure."

Ling Jiu then took out the stellar-level airship.

The airship was not big, about the size of a van, much smaller than a normal airship, but when the two entered it, they were immediately shocked.

The airship may look small from the outside, but it was extremely vast inside as if a separate dimension existed in it.

The first thing that caught their eyes was the exquisite lawn and trees, with elegant stone carvings, rockery, and a beautiful artificial fountain, behind it was a beautiful European-style villa…

"This airship…"

Bai Ya's eyes widened. "It's so big inside!"

"Yeah, it's stupidly big!"

Ling Jiu was also shocked. "The inside is no airship, it's a bloody manor alright! Heh, I don't know how they even built this thing. Maybe it involved dimensional folding technology?"

"Welcome home!"

Just as the two were dumbstruck, the villa's door opened as a well-dressed butler-like person walked out.

Behind him were eight servants in maid costumes as they lined up neatly in two rows and bowed at Ling Jiu and Bai Ya.

"You are…"

Ling Jiu and Bai Ya looked at each other.

"We are the smart home robots of this airship." The butler explained.

"Ah, robots I see."

"Heh, as expected of a stellar-level airship. Sure is advanced."

Ling Jiu and Bai Ya looked at each other and were even more astounded.

Next, the two toured the villa guided by the robots. In the words of the butler, the villa inside the airship was no different from the ones outside, and was even more advanced."

Hygiene, food, cleaning were all taken care of by the robots. As masters, Ling Jiu and Bai Ya only needed to enjoy the place.

After the tour, Ling Jiu realized the power of this airship. It was many times stronger than an ultimate-level airship.

The most outrageous thing was, this airship was made of special materials and can withstand a stellar lifeform-level attack, serving as a secure fortress.

Ling Jiu immediately fell in love with the airship and directly placed it on Ares Plain as his future residence.

For the next two days, Ling Jiu stayed in the airship to train, and until the third day, 1269 suddenly visited.

"Why are you here?"

Ling Jiu was very surprised by 1269's arrival. Was 1269 not following Emperor Might? Why did he come all the way to Mars?

"Came out to catch a breather. That brat Emperor Might only trains day and night, and don't take me out to play, so I can only come out myself."

1269 smiled faintly. "Of course, I'm not just taking a random stroll. I came to be your guide, so that you can open up wormholes as soon as possible."

"Also, Emperor Might wants to ask your help on something."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Ling Jiu asked with some puzzlement. With the character Emperor Might was, was there anything that he needed his help with?

"To collect crashed spacecraft in the solar system."

1269 smiled and said, "You may not know, but for countless years, many spaceships have crashed in the solar system, and they haven't been able to be excavated due to limited technology. But now, with your talents, it's time to bring all these spaceships back.

"Of course, this is what Emperor Might meant. He has asked you for help, and once done, the rewards will definitely not be insignificant." 1269 added.

"If the chairman needs me to do something, all he needs to do is call." Ling Jiu smiled. "In that case, let's not delay. Shall we get going?"

"Anytime!"

1269 shrugged.

"Okay!"

Ling Jiu nodded and told Bai Ya. Bai Ya also indicated she wanted to tag along, and Ling Jiu would naturally not refuse such a request.

So the two created their duplicates to continue planting trees, training as they departed under 1269's lead.

"First, open up a wormhole between Mars and Europa. Then, open up a connection between the two to send the seawater from Europa," 1269 said.

"Not a problem!"

Ling Jiu nodded. "1269, where's Europa at?"

"That direction!"

Under 1269's lead, Ling Jiu took only 3 hours to open a wormhole leading to Europa.

The moment the wormhole was successfully opened, a large amount of seawater poured into the wormhole and flowed continuously to Mars.

"At this rate, Mars will be an oceanic planet like Earth in 50 years' time."

"Fifty years? That's too slow!"

Ling Jiu shook his head. "Let's open up a few more."

"Sure."

The next day, Ling Jiu opened up five new wormholes, and in an instant, the flow of the seawater increased greatly.

"With this flow rate, it won't take 10 years for Mars to have an ocean like Earth."

1296 sighed. "Heh, as expected of the ability to open wormholes, sure is useful. Say, Ling Jiu, where did you replicate this ability?"

"The void worm."

Ling Jiu hesitated for a moment before replying.

"I knew it."

1269 was a little surprised. "Across the universe, there are many creatures with the ability to open wormholes, but there are only a few that can open wormholes at your level. The void worms are one of those few."

"Yeah."

Ling Jiu nodded.

"Let's go. Let's head to Ganymede. It's the closest to Europa."

1269 said."According to my previous scans, there are three spaceships on Ganymede. We'll have a big haul at Ganymede."

As it said that, it leaped onto Ling Jiu's shoulder. Ling Jiu then grabbed Bai Ya's hand and entered Europa together as they once again came to the dark ocean beneath the ice."

"My dear, where are the luminous floating mountains? I want to see them!" Bai Ya looked at the dark water and asked with curiosity.

She had been thinking about Europa's luminous floating mountain for a long time now.

"Simple."

Ling Jiu took out the life detector 9527 had given him to search for life. As long as he finds a large number of life signatures, he can usually find a luminous floating mountain.

After all, the luminous floating mountains were paradise for all life on Europa.

Unexpectedly, 1269 exclaimed after seeing the life detector. "Ling Jiu, where did you get this detector from?"

"This…"

Ling Jiu hesitated for a moment before saying slowly. "Someone else gave me."

"You're lying. This life detector is only worn by us Emessian warriors, and ordinary people will not have it." 1269 snorted coldly. "Be honest now, where did you get it?"

"It seems like I was right on the mark with my guess, you are also an intelligent life created by the Emessian civilization."

Ling Jiu said with a smile. "It's true that this life detector was given to me by someone else."

1269 was shocked. "You met another intelligent life? What number? Where is it now?"

"9527."

Ling Jiu said. "As for where it is, I'm sorry for not being able to tell you. Before I tell you where it is at, I need to seek its opinion on this."

" 9527? So it is it." 1269 suddenly understood before looking at Ling Jiu. "With 9527 giving you the life detector, it should have given you something else as well?"

"It had given me all of that am Emessian warrior should have."

Ling Jiu said. "The Emessian battle suit, the Emessian warblade, gravity bracelet, Dimensional Ring, single-person aircraft, and the battle beast chip."

"I had given you the six-piece suit."

1269 exclaimed. "Did…did you passed its test?"

"That's right."

Ling Jiu nodded.

"My goodness, you've actually passed its test? How is this possible?"

1269 looked like it had seen a ghost. "I've been entrenched in the solar system for thousands of years, and the test had been set since the appearance of humans on Earth, and no one had passed the test for tens of thousands of years. How did you pass that test?"

"Luck I guess."

Ling Jiu shrugged.

"Luck? To be able to draw upon Dark Bio-energy is not something possible for someone not of superb talents. It's not something that can be described by mere 'luck'."

1269 stared at Ling Jiu. "Boy, show me the process of you drawing and absorbing Dark Bio-energy. I want to see if you can really absorb the Dark Bio-energy from the dark universe!"

"You actually don't believe me!"

Ling Jiu was speechless, but he still showed it on the spot. When it saw Ling Jiu easily absorbing the Dark Bio-energy, 1269 became very excited.

"A genius! A true genius!"

"On this point alone, you are better than Emperor Might and Vulcan."

"1269, I have a question for you."

Ling Jiu said. "9527 kept saying that once I become a stellar lifeform, the Emessian mothership will summon me. Do you know where the mothership is?"

"I don't know the specifics either."

1269 shook its head. "But after so many years of reverse-detection and research, I can roughly infer the location of the mothership."

Ling Jiu perked up as he said. Tell me, where is it?"

"It's useless to tell you!"

1269 shook its head. "Even if you find the mothership, you cannot go in. To open the mothership, you must meet two conditions: first, to pass the assessment, and become a true Emessian warrior; and second, to become a stellar lifeform…"

"I should've met both of these conditions."

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Chapter 233: Searching for the Mothership, the Mothership's Cortex

1269 was stunned as he looked at Ling Jiu as if he was looking at a monster. "You… You said that you fully meet these two conditions?"

"Of course!"

Ling Jiu nodded solemnly. "There's no need to say more about the first condition. You've seen it yourself. As for the second condition, I've indeed become a stellar lifeform!"

As he said that, Ling Jiu swiped the void and wherever his fingers passed, the void was instantly torn into a dimensional rift.

"You've really become a stellar lifeform?"

1269 looked at the dimensional rift that was gradually closing as it gasped. "Boy, how old are you this year?"

"Seventeen years old," Ling Jiu said.

"Seventeen! A seventeen-year-old stellar lifeform?" 1269 muttered to itself.

"I've been on Earth for so long, and I've never seen a genius like you. Nay, I've never even heard of one like you before."

As it said that, 1269 was suddenly excited. "In other words, you've fully met the two conditions, and can indeed communicate with the mothership."

"How do I do that?"

Ling Jiu wondered. "9527 said before that once I become a stellar lifeform, I will receive a summon from the Emessian mothership, but there isn't anything until now?"

1269 said. "I guess that the Mothership Cortex had fallen into sleep mode. After all, the long wait is just too dreary."

"Sleep mode? Ling Jiu was stunned. "How do I communicate with it then?"

"Find the mothership first, and I have a wake to wake it up." 1269's eyes burned. "Let's go, I'll take you to look for it."

"Where is it?"

Ling Jiu asked.

"Earth!"

Earth, the Australian continent.

The cold whirring wind blew across the slightly desolate Australian continent. The air was rather dry as everything withered, and all Direbeasts had disappeared back to their nests.

It was July, and while China was in summer, it was winter on the Australian mainland, but because it was surrounded by sea, winter in Australia was not very cold, which was about the same as China's Dalian Base City.

When he came to Australia again, Ling Jiu had a feeling of a triumphant return. When he first came to the training camp, he was only a Level 4 Arcanist, and now he was Level 7, with a body comparable to a stellar lifeform.

His strength could be said to have undergone tremendous changes, yet only half a year had passed. The time was neither long or short, but the changes were tremendous.

"1269, where is the mothership?"

Ling Jiu asked.

"That direction!"

Under 1269's lead, Ling Jiu and Bai Ya finally arrived at Tasmania.

This island was the only island state of Australia, across the sea from the Australian mainland, somewhat similar to that island opposite China.

But it was different from that island.

This island was mostly inaccessible virgin forests, undeveloped rivers and damp, cold valleys.

The whole island was covered by clouds and mist all year round, and was a Direbeast paradise, with countless terrifying beasts living there.

"I could sense the mothership is probably on this island, but exactly where it is, I cannot detect."

1269 said a somewhat regretful tone. "So, you need to slowly explore it."

"This island is huge, but exploring isn't difficult."

Ling Jiu looked at the entire island and slowly said. "As long as the mothership is on this island, I will definitely find it."

"Then, let's hurry up!"

1269 urged. "I've not seen the mothership for tens of thousands of years."

"Okay!"

Ling Jiu nodded slightly as he prepared to use his Dimensional Arcana to look for the mothership's whereabouts Unexpectedly, a huge movement suddenly came from below.

"Booom!"

Amidst the clouds and mist, there were sounds of rocks falling apart.

The next moment, a furious roar rang out as a massive Direbeast rushed out from the valley below, chasing after two figures in a frenzy.

"Why is it them?"

Seeing the two, Ling Jiu could not help but be stunned for a moment.

After the two rushed out of the valley, and noticed Ling Jiu and Bai Ya standing in mind-air, and were also taken aback.

"Brother!"

"Ling Jiu!"

They were no one else but Yang Ling'er and Ai Yuhe. When Yang Ling'er saw Ling Jiu, she immediately rushed over and threw herself into his arms.

"Brother, why are you here?" Yang Ling'ers face was flushed with excitement as she said eagerly. "Didn't you say you cannot come home after going to the matriculation camp?"

"The matriculation camp had sent me on a mission."

Ling Jiu touched Ling'er's nose and then glanced at Ai Yuhe as he smiled and asked. "You two are hunting Direbeasts here?"

"Yeah!"

Yang Ling'er nodded immediately, and then looked at Bai Ya with a curious look. Ling Jiu immediately introduced her. "She is Bai Ya, you should call her Sister-in-law."

"Hello, sister-in-law!"

Yang Ling'er greeted obediently, but her expression was somewhat unnatural.

"Ling'er, your brother often talks about you…"

Bai Ya stepped forward and took Ling'er's hand as she greeted enthusiastically. She was cold to outsiders, but she could not afford to be the same around Ling'er.

Yang Ling'er was her sister-in-law, after all. Hence, she had to form a good relationship in advance, especially when Ai Yuhe, her boyfriend's "ex" was still Ling'er's best friend. As a result, having a good relationship was paramount.

"Sis, you're so beautiful!"

Yang Ling'er could not help but praise. In terms of looks, both she and Ai Yuhe were first-class, but in all, they were still inferior to Bai Ya.

Not to mention figure wise…

"You too…"

"ROAR!!!"

Just as the two women were talking, the Direbeast below roared, and its entire body sprayed out spikes like a laser gun, turning into a rain of arrows pouring upon Ling Jiu and the others.

"Watch out!"

Yang Ling'er reminded loudly.

"A trivial matter."

Ling Jiu smiled faintly as he pointed to the void and the sharp thorns flying over instantly froze in the air.

Ling Jiu immediately grabbed at the voice as he lifted the Direbeast, covered in spikes like a hedgehog, and a mouse, in the air.

The Direbeast thrashed about, but it could it shake itself free, and could only be caught by Ling Jiu and brought before him.

"A Class 8 Direbeast, a Spike Mole."

Ling Jiu lightly flicked his finger onto the Spike Mole's head. The next moment, the mole's eyes suddenly widened as blood gushed out along all of its seven orifices.

It was dead, its brain completely wrung into a paste by the force of the tremors.

"Ling'er, catch!"

Ling Jiu tossed the Spike Mole's corpse over.

"Thanks, brother!"

Yang Ling'er smiled sweetly and put it into her Dimensional Bag. It was just a Class 8 Direbeast corpse, she wouldn't be modest with her brother.

"Ling'er, I still have things to attend to. I'll see you when I'm done."

Ling Jiu said, "Let me know if it's possible?"

"Very well, then."

Yang Ling'er agreed and left with Ai Yuhe. Looking at their departing figure, Ling Jiu let out a soft sigh.

Seeing this, Bai Ya said with a half-smile. "Why? Feeling uneasy after seeing your ex?"

"What are you thinking?"

Ling Jiu laughed and then started to look for the mothership. With the power of his Dimensional aRcana, everything became visible. The only trouble was the island was too big and needed to search slowly.

Time slowly passed, and three days had passed without him knowing. Sadly, Ling Jiu had already scanned almost half of the island, but still could not find the mothership.

There was no other way, he needed to keep looking.

Two more days passed.

On this day, when Ling Jiu searched the skies above the huge lake, his eyes suddenly lit up and exclaimed. "1269, I think I found it!"

"Found it? Where? Where?"

1269 perked up and Bai Ya also looked at Ling Jiu with excitement. After searching for so many days, they were at their end of their patience, even though both of them did nothing.

"Just below this lake!"

Ling Jiu wiped the sweat off his forehead. "There is a huge alien dimension under this lake. As expected, the mothership should be in this alien dimension."

"Go down! Go down quick!"

1269 urged.

"Okay!"

Ling Jiu released his Arcana Field, and enveloped 1269 and Bai Ya as they disappeared. When they reappeared again, they were already in the alien dimension.

The surrounding area was pitch black and Bai Ya took out a torch and pointed it to the front.

A massive space appeared before her, and at first glance, she could not see the end of it, however, at the very end, a spaceship lay quietly there.

The spaceship was shaped like a tentacle, or a crescent moon. Its entire hull was pitch black, and the material one it was very similar to that of a Venom Suit.

What puzzled Ling Jiu was that this spacecraft was not that big, not nearly as big as the Ayang-Braend spacecraft, and was about the size of a basketball court.

"1269, is this the last mothership of your Emessian civilization?"

Ling Jiu was confused. "This is a little too small, right?"

"You don't understand."

1269 was excited. "The mothership is the culmination of the top Emessian technologies, built using the most advanced dimension folding techniques. Don't be fooled by its small exterior, but it is totally different inside, and is wide beyond your imagination!"

"Oh I see!"

Ling Jiu suddenly said. "How do we get in? Should I open up a wormhole?"

"Absolutely not!"

1269 said plainly. "Your ability to open wormholes is indeed wonderful, but it won't work on the mothership. Forget opening a wormhole to get in, even if you managed to, you'll be attacked by the mothership. You'll definitely die if you enter."

"Then what should we do?"

Ling Jiu frowned.

"Attack the mothership from outside to rouse its cortex."

1269 said. "As long as the mothership's cortex is awakened. Everything else is easy."

"I'll try!"

Ling Jiu took a deep breath as he came before the mothership and launched an attack.

BAAAMMM!!

BAAAMMM!!

BAAAMMM!!

A series of furious attacks slammed on the mothership. The mothership did not react at first, but when Ling Jiu attacked it for the fifth time, the mothership shook slightly.

The next moment, lights lit up on the mothership as purple light beams fell upon Ling Jiu, covering him in it.

"The cortex is awake!"

1269 was overjoyed and jumped onto Ling Jiu's shoulder as it let out a burst of cheer and danced at the same time, no one knew what it was saying.

The next moment.

A black light landed, and 1269 disappeared from Ling Jiu's shoulder.

"Where did he go?"

Ling Jiu was shocked, but yet 1269 had disappeared. Throughout the entire process, Ling Jiu did not detect any dimensional fluctuation. It had disappeared just like that.

"Honey, where is 1269?"

Bai Ya flew over.

"Probably got sucked in by the mothership…"

Ling Jiu said slowly, but before he had finished speaking, another black light fell. He felt an irresistible force acting on his body, and the next moment, he disappeared where he stood.

"Honey…"

Bai Ya was shocked.

Ling Jiu knew that like 1269, he was being teleported into the ship. But looking at everything before him, it was really hard for Ling Jiu to imagine that this was the inside of the mothership!

At a glance.

Beneath his feet were black earth, and above him a purple sky with a blood-colored moon floating on it, shining upon this world.

Strange black plants grew on the ground, like withered old trees as they grew all over the world.

"In this really the inside of the mothership?"

Ling Jiu was dumbstruck. "Instead of some random planet's surface?"

"Welcome, Earthling."

A low voice sounded.

Chapter 234: Leoux, Split Selection

"Welcome here, Earthlings!" a low voice said.

When Ling Jiu looked over, he saw bloody light dripping down from the blood moon in the sky and forming a bloody humanoid.

It was less than one meter tall, with a pair of demon-like wings growing on its back, a single horn on its forehead, and dark eyes. It was blood-red all over.

"You are…"

Ling Jiu stared at the humanoid closely. He had probably guessed who the humanoid was, but he was not so sure.

"I am the brain of this battleship. You can call me Leoux."

The demonic humanoid spoke slowly in standard Chinese, to Ling Jiu's surprise. "1269 just told me you passed the Emissian test, didn't you?"

"If the Emissian test refers to the absorption of dark bio-energy in the dark universe and becoming a stellar life form, then I have indeed passed it," Ling Jiu said.

"I will see." Two black lights flashed in the eyes of the demonic humanoid Leoux before it disappeared into Ling Jiu's body. A few seconds later, Leoux nodded slowly. "It is indeed pure dark bio-energy!"

Leoux smiled. "Awesome. I have been in the solar system for 60,000 years, have launched 10,081 exploratory spacecraft, monitored 1,081 habitable planets, and set up 1,081 assessment points. I finally see a qualified person."

"10,081 exploratory spacecraft?" The number stunned Ling Jiu.

"Since you have passed the test, then you are a qualified Emissian warrior, qualified for the inheritance of the Emissian civilization," Leoux said slowly. "But before getting the inheritance, there is one thing that I must make clear to you."

"I am listening."

"Our Emissian civilization might have prospered before, but it has been destroyed because it has provoked its powerful enemy. Once you accept the inheritance, you will surely become the enemy's target of annihilation. They will try every way to kill you and even your civilization," Leoux said in a low voice. "This enemy has great power. It not only occupies a vast territory but is also the most powerful force in the universe. So, it is up to you if you want to accept the inheritance."

Ling Jiu frowned. "That is to say, once I accept the inheritance of the Emissian civilization, I will have a horrible enemy waiting for me out of nowhere?"

"That's right."

"The risk is high indeed." Ling Jiu nodded slightly. "Can you tell me what exactly I can get after I receive the inheritance of the Emissian civilization?"

There are risks and returns in doing anything. The decision would lie in weighing the pros and cons to see if the return is worth the risk.

"You are very rational," Leoux said. "After you accept the inheritance, you can get all the technology of the Emissian civilization, as well as massive training resources."

"As long as you have a certain level of talent, these self-cultivation resources can at least help you attain cosmic life form."

"Cosmic life form?"

Ling Jiu's heart skipped a beat. Cosmic life form was one division of the cosmic civilization. They were planetary, stellar, galactic, super-clustered, perfect three-dimensional, and cosmic life forms.

"In other words, as long as I accept the inheritance, I can at least become a cosmic life form?" There was light in Ling Jiu's eyes. He could almost not hold back his excitement.

"Of course, as long as you accept the inheritance, everything in the Mothership, including my brain, will be yours," Leoux said. "Think about it if you want to accept it. I won't compel you if you don't. But I will erase all your memories of the Emissian civilization."

"There is no need to think," Ling Jiu said. "I accept the inheritance of the Emissian civilization!"

"Congratulations! You have made your choice." Leoux nodded slightly. "You are a real Emissian warrior from now on. Of course, you are also the only Emissian warrior."

Leoux took out a bracelet and handed it to Ling Jiu.

"This is the control bracelet of the Leoux. You can control everything about the Leoux with it, including my brain, of course."

"The Leoux?" Ling Jiu was puzzled.

"It's this Mothership," Leoux said.

"Interesting."

When Ling Jiu put the bracelet on his wrist, he felt a tingling pain. Many small needles appeared on the surface of the bracelet and drew his blood.

After that, the bracelet turned into fine black water and slowly permeated Ling Jiu's wrist. The magical thing was, Ling Jiu could still sense the existence of the bracelet, which would reappear with just a thought.

The even more amazing thing was, he faintly felt that he and the Mothership had become one in body as he could see everything in the Mothership in his mind's eye.

"The Mothership is so massive!" Ling Jiu muttered to himself. "It's almost a planet!"

"You are right." Leoux nodded slightly. "As the Immortal-class battleship, the Leoux adopts the most advanced space folding technology, and its internal space is comparable to the largest planet."

"Leoux, what are those corpses in the Mothership?"

Ling Jiu looked at the black land ahead. He "saw" countless black crystal coffins, inside which were corpses.

"Those are the bodies of the Emissian."

Leoux said quietly. "When the Leoux escaped back then, it carried over one thousand Emissian minors as seeds, intending to let them carry on the Emissian civilization. It's a pity that the enemy didn't let them go, and killed them from a few galaxies away!"

"Kill them from a few galaxies away?" Ling Jiu was stunned. "How could they kill the Emissians from such a distance? How much strength they needed to do that?"

"The power of the top life form in the universe is beyond your imagination. They have understood the rules of the universe, and they can ignore the distance with the help of the power of the rules." Leoux sighed. "That is to say, the Leoux was fast and strong enough in defense. Otherwise, it was impossible for it to escape."

"All right." Ling Jiu nodded, looking in another direction. "Is that the treasure vault of the Emissian civilization? I saw a lot of treasures."

"It is." Leoux nodded. "There are some resources stored in the treasure vault. These resources were originally for the one thousand Emissian teenagers. But it's a pity that they couldn't use it anymore. So these resources are now yours."

Ling Jiu swallowed. "Leoux, get those things that are useful to me out now."

"There is no hurry."

Leoux shook its head slightly. "The resources are limited after all. You need to make full use of these resources so you can become a really powerful one."

"Full use?" Ling Jiu frowned.

"I just checked. You might have barely reached the category of the stellar life form, but it is only in terms of physical body," Leoux said. "Your dark bio-energy cultivation base is still at a very low-end level. This is your shortcoming and needs to be remedied as soon as possible."

"So?"

"So you have to improve your cultivation base of dark bio-energy as soon as possible."

Leoux waved his hand and took out a dimensional ring.

"There are ten dark bio-energy crystals stored in this dimensional ring. You can absorb these dark bio-energy crystals to raise your cultivation base first."

"OK."

Ling Jiu nodded. His arcana cultivation base was too weak to keep up with his physical cultivation base, which was a fact and something he needed to fix as soon as possible.

"We will study the next self-cultivation plan after you have improved your arcana cultivation base," Leoux said. "So your priority now is to absorb the dark bio-energy crystals and become a real stellar life form."

"Understood." Ling Jiu nodded and then looked in another direction. "I heard 9527 say that you have a lot of bodies or remains of top cosmic life form."

"What do you want these for?" Leoux was puzzled.

"For Spawn Split," Ling Jiu explained. "I have the Spawn Split ability of the Flame Astral Behemoths, but I lack the bodies and remains of top life forms."

"What? You have that ability?" 9527 was shocked.

"I actually have only one ability, which is Arcana Replication." Ling Jiu smiled faintly. "But because of this ability, I have replicated many Arcanas, such as Dimensional Arcana, the arcana to form wormholes, Time Halt, Ultimate Physique and Inner World of the Flame Astral Behemoths."

"Arcana Replication? I didn't know that there is such an ability," Leoux murmured. "In other words, no matter what abilities other beings have, you can replicate them and use them as your own?"

"That's right." Ling Jiu nodded.

"What an incredible ability!" Leoux's eyes lit up. "With this ability, your potential is even more terrifying than the real Emissian genius."

"Maybe." Ling Jiu smiled. "There must be some bodies or remains of the top cosmic life form on board, right?"

"Of course." Leoux nodded. "As the top biological civilization in the universe, our Emissian civilization sees all top life forms in the universe as our objects of study. We of course have collected many bodies of the top cosmic life form as experimental materials."

It shocked Ling Jiu to hear that. "Can you give them to me?"

"Of course, I can. But as far as I know, a Flame Astral Behemoth can spawn up to three splits at most. The number is limited. So, make your choice," Leoux said.

"What is your suggestion?"

Ling Jiu frowned. His knowledge of the top cosmic life form in the universe was as good as none. With so many top life forms in the universe, he really did not know how to choose.

"Low-level life forms account for the vast majority of life in the universe. But that doesn't mean that the terrifying and powerful life forms are few."

While speaking, Leoux swiped the air with his hand, and a blood-colored light curtain appeared. It listed the names of many races.

Frostkin

Crystallid

Blackholer

Flame Astral Behemoth

Saiyan Golden Ape

The Machine

Cave Barbarian

Ling Jiu gave the list a once-over. There were hundreds of races. He was a little overwhelmed.

"Different races have different abilities. Some have a tough body, some energy beings, some ever-changing… Wait a minute!" Leoux said. "In view of your incredible ability to replicate, my suggestion to you is three more extreme races."

"Tell me."

"One, Blackholer."

Chapter 235: Blackhole Life Form, Spawn Split

"Blackholer?" Ling Jiu looked curious.

"Black holes are one of the most extreme celestial bodies in the universe. Because of their gravitational force, everything close to the black hole will be sucked in. Even light cannot escape. So black holes are also called stellar graveyards," Leoux said. "According to normal thinking, extreme celestial bodies like black holes are an absolute life forbidden zone where no life can survive, right?"

"Yeah." Ling Jiu nodded. In a celestial body like a black hole with extremely terrifying gravitational force, any life would be crushed into dust and then swallowed in.

Life?

It is impossible to survive.

"This statement is correct. But nothing is absolute in the vast universe. Even the law of the universe is not absolute." Leoux smiled. "Let me tell you, there is life in black holes, and even black holes themselves can give birth to life."

"Black holes can give birth to life?" Ling Jiu was stunned. "How is this possible?"

"Existence is logical."

Leoux said, "Black holes can indeed breed life. This kind of extreme life form living in black holes is called black hole life, also known as the Blackholer."

Ling Jiu gasped. "I really can't imagine what the body structure of black hole life form is like for them to be able to survive in the black hole."

"The body of the black hole life form is beyond your imagination, its defenses extremely powerful, surpassing that of 99.9999 percent of living things in the universe," Leoux said. "Their strength has nothing to shout about, nor their ability is magical. But they do have unbeatable defenses."

"Unbeatable defenses?" Ling Jiu nodded. "So Blackholers' strength lies in their defenses?"

"That's right." Leoux continued, "The second option of split: the Saiyan Golden Apes that specialize in attack and killing. The Saiyan Golden Apes are an aggressive race, which has the most perfect body in the universe. Their bodies can grow stronger with no limit. They are born to fight and have unlimited potential."

Ling Jiu kept nodding. "I have thought about spawning the Saiyan Golden Ape split. But it is divided into three, six, and nine grades. It is too hard to find the remains of an ultimate warrior."

"It seems you understand the Saiyan Golden Ape well."

Leoux smiled. "Don't worry about the remains of the Ultimate Saiyan Golden Ape. There is one on the Mothership."

While speaking, the ground not far away suddenly cracked open as a small black box emerged. The box opened to reveal an arm.

This arm was severed at the shoulder joint, covered in golden hair. The blood, tissue, and muscle in the broken section were also golden.

"This is…" There was excitement in Ling Jiu's eyes. "This is the arm of an Ultimate Saiyan Golden Ape!"

Leoux wore a faint smile. "We got it at an auction on the black market, the purpose is to study the Ultimate Saiyan Golden Ape."

"The ultimate Saiyan Golden Ape?" Ling Jiu swallowed. "That is to say, as long as I use this arm to spawn a split, I can spawn an Ultimate Saiyan Golden Ape?"

"Exactly." Leoux nodded.

"It is mine then."

Ling Jiu grabbed the box and stuffed it into the dimensional ring, as if he was afraid that someone might snatch it away.

Leoux could not hold back his laughter. "Like I said before, everything in the Mothership, including the Mothership, is yours. No one will snatch it from you."

Ling Jiu faked a couple of coughs. "What about the third one?"

"Three, the Cosmic Demon Trees," Leoux said.

"The Cosmic Demon Trees?" Ling Jiu was startled. "What kind of life form are these? Are they plants?"

"Yes, they are plants," Leoux explained. "Like the Saiyan Golden Apes, they can instinctively sense and absorb dark bio-energy. Their dark bio-energy absorption efficiency far exceeds that of the Saiyan Golden Apes. They are number one in terms of dark bio-energy absorption rate. Besides, there is no limit to how large Cosmic Demon Trees can grow. They can continuously absorb dark bio-energy and keep on growing indefinitely. So the Cosmic Demon Trees have the largest body in the universe. As far as I know, the oldest Cosmic Demon Tree in the universe is a million-light-year tall, containing endless dark bio-energy and vitality."

"A million-light-year tall? How big is that?" Ling Jiu gasped in awe. The entire Milky Way is only 100,000 light-years in diameter. Isn't it a million light-years larger than the Milky Way?

Such a big life form?

Unimaginable.

"It is large, extremely large, beyond your imagination. Because of their enormous bodies, the Cosmic Demon Trees are the best auxiliary life form. With such a split, you can keep fighting without ever feeling tired by continuously extracting its energy." Leoux continued. "Of course, the biggest advantage of the Cosmic Demon Trees is that they can stabilize dimensions and the divine kingdom. When you become a cosmic life form in the future, you will eventually open up your own divine kingdom. If you place the split of the Cosmic Demon Tree in the divine kingdom, your divine kingdom will be extremely stable, and no one can ever destroy it."

"Interesting."

Ling Jiu nodded slowly, a fire burning inside him. The black hole life form specialized in defenses, the Saiyan Golden Ape in attack, and the Cosmic Demon Tree in support.

Three splits integrated defense, attack, and support while he possessed Arcana Replication. Who in the same class could beat him?

Leoux poured cold water on the idea just when Ling Jiu was immersed in his excitement.

"The three splits are awesome, but spawning them is extremely difficult given that they are the top cosmic life forms. Spawning the black hole life form is especially difficult, impossible to achieve in a short time."

"It's okay." Ling Jiu waved his hand, seemingly not bothered. "The stronger the life form, the harder it is to spawn it. This is a matter of course, entirely expected."

Speaking of this, Ling Jiu asked, "There should be some remains of a black hole life form and the Cosmic Demon Tree or something onboard the Mothership, right?"

"There is none." Leoux shook its head.

"There is none?" Ling Jiu was disappointed. "Then why did you talk about them the entire day?"

"There is none on board the Mothership, but…" Leoux paused for a second and then continued. "When the Leoux escaped, we hid the wealth in different locations to prevent the enemy from looting us in case the Mothership fell into the enemy's hands. So there is none on the Mothership."

"Hidden in different locations?" Ling Jiu's eyes lit up.

"Yup. Hidden in different locations." Leoux nodded. "There are three different locations, and I know the coordinates."

"When will we take them out?" Ling Jiu's eyes were burning with eagerness.

"Anytime, depending on the time you have," Leoux said faintly. "These three locations are in the three different corners of the universe. The nearest one is over five years away. A round trip will take ten years. The other two locations are even farther away."

"So far?" Ling Jiu was speechless, rubbing his temples. "Maybe later. Let me deal with the things on Earth first before we set off."

"Absolutely." Leoux nodded.

"In other words, I can only spawn the Saiyan Golden Ape split now?" Ling Jiu asked.

"That's right."

Subsequently, Ling Jiu and Leoux kept on talking before they ended this conversation that spanned 60,000 years.

As Ling Jiu left, Leoux and the Leoux followed, with the Leoux getting into the control bracelet and letting Ling Jiu carry it away.

Out of the underground dimension, Ling Jiu rejoined Bai Ya, and together they came back in the sky above the lake. When he did not see 1269, he asked, "Where is 1269, Leoux?"

"Inside the Leoux. I just received the memory of it over the years, repaired and strengthened it, and will bring it out later."

"It will not expose your existence, will it?" Ling Jiu asked.

"Absolutely not. I created all the A.I such as 1269. I have absolute control over them. They will not betray me."

"They had better be."

Leaving Tasmania, Ling Jiu and Bai Ya returned to the Australian mainland. Since he was not in a hurry to leave, he found the egg of the Flame Astral Behemoth again.

His purpose this time was simple: to replicate the Split Arcana. He had talked with Leoux for so long, but he had not replicated this arcana yet.

So now it was time.

Unfortunately, his Arcana Replication was still in the cooldown period. He could only use the Plunder Arcana. There was nothing else he could do.

As for whether plundering would have any effect on this egg of the Flame Astral Behemoth, it was not something Ling Jiu should be concerned about.

"Plunder the Split Arcana!"

Plundering is successful. Install?

"Install."

Boom!

Half an hour later, he successfully got the Split Arcana. After some research, he figured out how to use it.

He then took out the arm of the Ultimate Saiyan Golden Ape and started to spawn, and the entire spawning process was carried out in the Inner World.

"Spawn Split!"

The entire Inner World slowly trembled as just a thought.

The next moment, flames rose and entwined towards the Saiyan Golden Ape's arm suspended in mid-air, and the arm went up in flames.

The arm must belong to some badass Ultimate Saiyan Golden Ape as even the flames could not burn it.

It took the arm a long time before it showed signs of melting. The burning went on for a few more days before the arm finally turned into a puddle of golden liquid.

More flames gathered again to engulf the golden liquid before a flame egg about two meters in diameter formed.

"Spawn begins."

Ling Jiu could hardly hold back his excitement. The spawning of the split was entirely a replication of genetic material, which meant that once the split was successfully spawned, he would have exactly the same genes and physique as the Ultimate Saiyan Golden Ape.

The split was just the same as the principal, definitely an ultimate warrior with a body attribute index between 1 million to infinity.

So, this split had absolutely terrific potential.

"How long will it take to complete spawning this split?" Leoux asked with concern.

"I don't know." Ling Jiu shook his head.

"You don't know? Good luck then," Leoux said. "Generally, spawning a Flame Astral Behemoth split has something to do with its strength and genes."

"The higher the strength, the faster the spawning; the stronger the bloodline of the spawning body, the slower the spawning."

"You are now barely reaching a stellar life form, and what you spawn is the Ultimate Saiyan Golden Ape with the strongest bloodline. The spawning process may be very long."

"It doesn't matter. I can wait."

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Chapter 236: Three-Layer Ocean, Horrible Moon

Among the eight planets in the solar system, Jupiter has the most satellites with 79 of them discovered so far.

Among so many satellites, Ganymede was the most special.

What was so special about it?

It was not only the largest—larger than Mercury, one of the eight planets—but it also had oceans and oxygen.

Stepping on the surface of Ganymede is no different from Europa. Its surface temperature is about minus 160C.

The gray-white surface is full of various stones, ice cubes, and gray dust, looking very dirty.

However, it stunned Ling Jiu when he crossed the surface of the land and came to the ocean below.

Gleaming stars dotted the dark ocean. They were so densely intertwined that together they looked as if the Milky Way, deep and vast, bright and mysterious.

"Is this really an underground ocean?"

Ling Jiu could not believe his eyes. He knew Ganymede had an underground ocean, but the underground ocean looking like a starry sky was so unexpected.

"What a beauty!"

It enchanted Bai Ya, too.

"These light spots are all Ganymede creatures. You will know by catching one." Leoux's voice sounded in Ling Jiu's mind.

"I will grab one and see."

Ling Jiu nodded and appeared in front of a light spot. As he grabbed with his hand in the void, that light spot froze in mid-air.

Ling Jiu took a closer look, and it turned out to be a creature similar to a jellyfish.

It looked like a mushroom, transparent, with a luminous organ growing in its body. The organ illuminated not only the jellyfish-like creature but also the surrounding seawater.

"This creature is fascinating." Leoux sounded surprised. "I can't believe that the luminous organ in its body is rich in dark bio-energy—a pure dark bio-energy!"

"Rich in dark bio-energy?"

Ling Jiu's heart skipped a beat. "Really? Doesn't dark bio-energy exist only in the dark universe? How could this thing be rich in dark bio-energy?"

"I am not sure why," Leoux said. "But my detection cannot be wrong. The light-emitting organ on its body is indeed rich in dark bio-energy."

"Let me try."

Ling Jiu sent the jellyfish into the Inner World with a thought.

It did not take long before the flames burned this jellyfish into nothingness and transformed it into two groups of energy: bio-energy and dark bio-energy.

It surprised Ling Jiu after he absorbed these two energies and distinguished their nature. "It's really dark bio-energy."

"What's wrong?" Bai Ya asked in puzzlement when she saw Ling Jiu's expression.

"We might have stumbled upon a gem!"

He grabbed another 'jellyfish,' broke it, and took out the light-emitting organ.

"Feel it with your heart, dear." Ling Jiu took the light-emitting organ in front of Bai Ya. "Can you absorb the energy inside?"

"There is energy in it, too? Let me try."

Bai Ya looked puzzled, but she still tried to absorb the energy. She opened her eyes after a while, looking incredulous.

"There is energy in it indeed, very similar to the mysterious energy produced by the arcana trees. Could they be the same energy?"

"They should not be the same, my dear, as I can feel that this energy is obviously more overpowering and more intense."

Ling Jiu looked at the dense spots of light around him. "My dear, we may be getting rich."

He could ingest dark bio-energy and had just gotten ten dark bio-energy crystals. These jellyfish were of no use to him in the meantime.

But it was another story for Baiya, Ling-er, and his parents. Since they could not absorb dark bio-energy, these jellyfish came in useful.

"A more overpowering and more intense mysterious energy?"

Bai Ya's breathing quickened, her eyes lighting up. "Should we do something, my dear?"

"Certainly."

Ling Jiu moved in a flash to replicate ten splits and issued a command. "Go catch them all!"

"Hold your horses, Ling Jiu," Leoux said. "I have detected a stronger sign of life deep in the ocean. I am not surprised that they contain more dark bio-energy."

"A stronger sign of life?"

"Then let's go check it up." Ling Jiu's eyes lit up.

While speaking, he enveloped Bai Ya in his Arcana Field and dived deeper into the ocean. As he continued to descend, there were changes to the life form he encountered.

There were fewer jellyfish-like creatures and more belt-like creatures similar to ribbonfish.

They were also transparent, about three meters long, with a light-emitting organ on the head. But it was larger than the light-emitting organ of jellyfish and contained more dark bio-energy.

He found different life forms as he continued to dive deeper. Strip-shaped life forms gradually replaced round and belt-shaped creatures.

The level of strength of these life forms was constantly improving, from none-Class-1 to Class-2, 3, 4 and so on.

When Ling Jiu and Bai Ya came to a depth of 50 kilometers, the creatures here were mostly flat life forms, similar to sea turtles and horseshoe crabs in the Earth's oceans.

There was a 60-meter-long 'giant horseshoe crab' not far away. It had a thick carapace on the outside, its brain also had a giant luminous organ, just like a giant luminous crab, rampaging in the ocean.

"This guy is comparable to a Class-Eight direbeast on Earth in terms of strength. Its energy reaction is also quite intense. The key is, there are a massive number of them," Leoux said. "The detector shows that there are over three thousands of them within a radius of one hundred kilometers. They are easy to catch."

"Over three thousand?" Ling Jiu licked his lips and said to his splits, "Let's do it."

"Yes, Principal."

The 10 splits responded and carried out the instruction.

"Come!"

Ling Jiu remotely grabbed a giant horseshoe crab in front of him and threw it into the Inner World.

After an intense burning session, two groups of energy poured into his body, one absorbed by his body and the other by his Gene Arcana core.

Ling Jiu took a deep breath and smiled. "You are right, Leoux. There is a crazy high level of dark bio-energy in this type of giant horseshoe crabs."

"Surely they have." Leoux let out a faint smile. "What if I told you that there is an even stronger sign of life in the deeper part of the ocean on this planet, so much so that it surpasses stellar life forms?"

"Surpassing the stellar life forms?"

Ling Jiu's jaw dropped as he looked at Leoux in disbelief. "What did you just find?"

"Ganymede is really full of surprises, Ling Jiu," Leoux said. "It has three oceans, one on top of each other and each layer is about four hundred kilometers deep, separated by a layer of high-pressure ice. The bottom layer is directly connected to the rocky core of Ganymede."

"So, Ganymede's ocean depth exceeds one thousand kilometers and contains a vast body of water—over fifteen billion cubic kilometers, over 30 times that of Earth!

"Three layers of ocean, each layer is four hundred kilometers deep, and total depth exceeds one thousand kilometers?" It knocked Ling Jiu's socks off.

Earth's oceans are only 10 kilometers deep, Europa's oceans are about 100 kilometers deep, and Ganymede's oceans are over 1,000 kilometers deep.

Unbelievable.

"We are now in Ganymede's first layer of ocean. Here I have detected signs of life comparable to that of Class-Nine Direbeasts," Leoux said. "On the second layer, I have detected signs of life comparable to that of stellar life forms. And in the third layer, there are signs of life of galactic life forms."

"Three layers of ocean; the deeper it goes, the more terrific the life forms are."

"So this celestial body is not an ordinary moon. It could be the most terrifying celestial body in your solar system."

Ling Jiu's heart skipped a beat. "Isn't it very dangerous for us to stay here?"

"You can rest assured at this point," Leoux said with relief. "The terrifying life forms in the third-layer ocean have not noticed our presence. I believe that as long as we don't enter the third layer, there is no worry about our safety."

"Even if they attack, we just need to take shelter in the Leoux. It is impossible for them to break the Leoux's defenses."

"That's great."

Ling Jiu breathed a sigh of relief. "Can you figure out the details about the life forms in the third ocean? I need to know. Only by knowing your enemy can you win a hundred battles."

"Give me some time," Leoux said. "The Leoux is equipped with special probes. I will send them into the third ocean and let them conduct a near-field recce."

"Then what are you waiting for? Do it now!"

"OK."

Leoux nodded slightly. After a while, Ling Jiu saw a black mist rising from his wrist and swimming downward.

The mist was an army of miniature robots. They looked like black mist because of their vast number.

"Now all we do is just wait," Leoux said. "It won't be long before the robots send back the information of the second and third oceans."

"I will catch more marine life while waiting for the information. Please help me scan the marine life of Class-Eight and above," Ling Jiu said.

"Understood."

Ling Jiu was on a catching spree with Leoux as his guide.

Those poor Class 8 and Class 9 Direbeasts in the first layer of the ocean found themselves in great trouble. Once detected, they all fell into Ling Jiu's hands.

Three days later, the probes returned with information. Leoux sorted out the information and informed Ling Jiu.

"The ocean conditions of this moon are exactly the same as I last detected. The ocean is divided into three layers, each layer is four hundred kilometers deep."

"What about life there?" Ling Jiu asked.

"Stellar life forms are widespread in the second ocean. The weakest are the Class 8 Direbeasts and the most powerful is the Class 8 stellar life form. The third layer of the ocean is mostly inhabited by stellar life forms. The weakest one is the Class 1 Stellar and the most powerful one is the Class 5 Galactic."

"Class 5 Galactic?" Ling Jiu gasped. "Why does an unremarkable moon have such powerful life forms?"

"I have the answer for you," Leoux replied. "All of this has to do with the wormhole inside this moon."

"A wormhole?"

Chapter 237: Terrifying Direbeasts, Indigestion

"The probes have detected a wormhole inside the moon with dark bio-energy continuously spewing out onto this moon," Leoux explained. "Therefore Ganymede is rich in dark bio-energy."

Ling Jiu's eyes flashed in excitement. "I would like to check out the wormhole. There should be any problem, right, Leoux?"

"Sure, no problem," Leoux said. "The galactic life forms might be powerful, but it is impossible for them to break through the Leoux's defenses. The Leoux will blow them into pieces if they ever dare to attack."

Ling Jiu listened on and his eyes brightened up. Yes, the Leoux was not an ordinary spacecraft but a top-tier biological civilization in the universe.

Its sturdiness and weapon system were absolutely the top-notch. So what was the galactic life form to it?

A crazy thought came to mind with this thinking in mind. "Leoux, I want to turn this moon into my private territory," Ling Jiu said.

Leoux was stunned, and then laughed. "Do you mean you are going to kill all the creatures that pose a threat to you on this planet?"

"That's right." Ling Jiu kept nodding. "You should know that I have replicated the Inner World of the Flame Astral Behemoth. I can continuously refine energy. Bio-energy can strengthen my physical body, and dark bio-energy can improve my cultivation base."

Leoux's eyes brightened up to this point.

"For me, those powerful beings are nourishment for improving my strength," Ling Jiu said with blazing eyes.

"You are now a pocket version of the Flame Astral Behemoth, with Ultimate Physique, Spawn Split, and Inner World arcanas. With these abilities, you can continuously improve your strength. Sick! You are sick!"

Leoux kept nodding its head. "I'll help you hunt down those creatures on this moon. They can't stand a chance in front of the Leoux's cannon."

"That's great." Ling Jiu was very excited. "But we are not in a hurry to hunt down those creatures. Let's check out the wormhole first. I am eager to know what's the secret of this wormhole."

"Understood."

Leoux said, then released the Leoux, and the two entered the spacecraft and went deeper into the ocean.

The Leoux was fast. In the blink of an eye, it had reached the bottom of the first ocean as a barrier appeared in front of them.

"This is a high-pressure ice layer with a thickness of about 10 kilometers. It separates the first layer and the second layer of the ocean."

Leoux explained it casually, and then directed the Leoux to open up a dimensional passage. Without damaging the high-pressure ice layer, they easily reached the second-layer ocean.

Opening up a wormhole was extremely difficult, if not impossible, for a low-level civilization. But for a top-tier spacecraft like the Leoux, it was as easy as pie.

Of course, a short wormhole is a wormhole at all. At most it was a dimensional passage.

Entering the second layer of ocean and not long into the dive, Leoux spoke again.

"There is a Stellar-class marine life form following us, Ling Jiu."

While speaking, columns of light came down with the snap of its singer. The light columns then formed into a 100-meter direbeast.

This monster looked like a giant python, but it had a hard shell, like a crab and eight tails, just like an octopus.

"Because we are inside the spacecraft, we can't see what's outside. The monster you see now is a simulation of the scene outside," Leoux said.

"No wonder."

Only then Ling Jiu knew it was a simulation. No wonder he could not sense the slightest energy from the monster in front of him.

"This direbeast belongs to the Class-Two Stellar life form," Leoux said. "It's not overly strong. But bumping into a Class-Two Stellar life form as soon as we are in the second-layer ocean matches the information we have collected earlier."

"Can you capture it alive, Leoux?"

Ling Jiu's eyes lit up. "I have accumulated too much bio-energy in my body, and only high-intensity battles can I digest it."

"I got you." Leoux nodded slightly. "The Leoux has a special detention room. It can hold even the most powerful creature with no issue."

Ling Jiu's eyes lit up, and he had no more hesitation. "Do it now."

"Understood."

Following Ling Jiu's order, the Leoux shot out a black light to envelop the direbeast that looked like a python.

The next second, this direbeast disappeared into thin air, and when it reappeared, it was suspended and held up inside the Leoux.

The Leoux had a spacious interior, with black earth and purple sky, almost no difference from the inside of a planet at first glance.

At this moment, that direbeast was confined in midair. By the looks of its eyes, it must be struggling frantically to escape.

But struggling was useless.

No way it could get away.

"So you have just caught alive?" Ling Jiu exclaimed in awe. "The Leoux is absolutely powerful!"

"Of course." Leoux smiled faintly. "Put it in detention?"

"Yes." Ling Jiu nodded.

"OK."

The ground in the distance suddenly split open with the snap of fingers of Leoux. A black beam of light shone and engulfed the direbeast.

Immediately afterwards, the direbeast disappeared into thin air while the earth closed back up and the light subsided. Everything returned to normal.

"The direbeast is now held in the spaceship. Will it die here?"

Ling Jiu looked at the place where the direbeast disappeared with worries.

"The tenaciousness of the stellar life form is beyond your imagination. Even if you place it in outer space, it will live forever," Leoux said.

"That's good!"

The Mothership continued to dive and encountered many Stellar-class direbeasts along the way. Ling Jiu had only one thing in mind: capture them.

When the Leoux reached the second ocean bottom, over 62 Stellar-class direbeasts had been captured. Many of them were Class-8 and even -9 terrifying stellar life forms.

Finally, there was the third layer of ocean.

The direbeasts in this ocean were obviously scarcer, but each one was extremely powerful.

When they dived to 210 kilometers of depth, Ling Jiu saw the first galactic creature that surpassed the stellar life form.

This was a whale-like direbeast, over 1,000-meter long, with hard scales of metallic luster, and its mouth full of fangs. Its enormous body was far more terrifying than the Crimson Fire Dragon and the Dark Devil Dragon.

Standing in front of this creature was like standing at the foot of a gigantic mountain. It made one feel incredibly tiny, as if it could crush people into dead meat with the swing of its tail.

It was terrible. It felt terrifying to watch, even through simulation. How would it feel when standing in front of it in person?

Ling Jiu could not imagine it.

"Can you catch it, Leoux?" Ling Jiu swallowed and asked.

"There is no difference between a Galactic-class and Stellar-class direbeast in front of the Leoux," Leoux said. It snapped its fingers again and this 1,000-meter Galactic-class direbeast vanished.

A never-seen-before horror energy radiated from this direbeast. Ling Jiu felt his shoulders sinking, and he almost fell to the ground.

When he looked over at Bai Ya, he saw her panting, her face pale, and panic filling her eyes, as if she had seen something horrible.

"Is this a Galactic-class life form?"

Ling Jiu gasped as he could feel the air turning viscous, just like mercury.

There was no obstruction to breathing earlier. But now, even the simple act of breathing was difficult.

The air had become heavy.

"Can you kill it, Leoux?" Ling Jiu licked his lips.

"As you wish."

Leoux smiled faintly and pointed forward with a finger.

A bloody glow shot out from the blood moon in the sky and struck the head of this whale-like direbeast.

The next moment, the direbeast stiffened, and its eyes gradually closed.

It was dead.

It was killed in one blow.

"Is it dead, Leoux?" Ling Jiu was in disbelief. "How did you do it?"

"You need to use its body, so I have just annihilated its soul," Leoux said. "In this way, its body will remain perfectly intact for you to boost your strength."

"Annihilate the soul?"

Ling Jiu got chills. Fortunately, he did not recklessly open a wormhole to enter the Leoux. Otherwise, he could not imagine what would have happened to him.

Things were hard to predict.

Ling Jiu felt extremely grateful at this moment.

"Don't you want to swallow it, Ling Jiu?" Leoux did not know what Ling Jiu was thinking. It just felt curious. "Show me the ability that you have replicated from the Flame Astral Behemoth."

Ling Jiu came out of his thoughts and nodded. As he activated the Devourer, a terrifying black hole emerged with violent, devouring force.

Had this direbeast been still alive, he could not have swallowed it with his level of ability.

But it was now dead.

So it did not take him much effort to swallow it.

"So this is the Devourer arcana of the Flame Astral Behemoth?" Leoux's eyes lit up. "This ability and the Inner World are the killer skills of the Flame Astral Behemoth to devour other Astral Behemoths."

"Really?"

Ling Jiu smiled but said nothing. Not that he wanted to act cool. Just that the flame of the Inner World was having a hard time consuming the direbeast that he had just swallowed.

This direbeast was as if a stone. No matter how intense the fire was, it did not budge. It was incredibly tough.

"I thought the more powerful the creature that I swallow is, the better. It seems that this is not the case." Ling Jiu shook his head and forced a smile. "There will be indigestion if it is overly massive."

"What's wrong?" Leoux wondered.

"This direbeast is too tough. I can't digest it in a short time in the Inner World."

"This is entirely normal." Leoux understood very well. "Even the true Flame Astral Behemoth will not swallow too much food, because it is difficult to digest."

"Yeah."

The Leoux continued to descend.

Ten minutes later, it finally came to the bottom of the third-layer ocean.

This time the bottom of the sea was no longer a high-pressure ice layer, but a seabed of rocks and silt.

This sea floor was the same as the seafloor on Earth, meaning the Leoux had finally arrived inside of Ganymede.

"Ling Jiu, look, over there!"

While Leoux spoke, rays of light shone down to form a colorful sphere. Ling Jiu could not have been more familiar with this thing—it was a wormhole.

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Chapter 238: This Is a White Hole, Treasure from the Universe

A colorful ball of light stood quietly at the bottom of the sea, just like a pearl emitting a dazzling light at night.

Ling Jiu could clearly sense a steady stream of dark bio-energy escaping from the wormhole and spread in all directions in the ocean.

As Leoux said, all the dark bio-energy of Ganymede came from this wormhole.

"Other than dark bio-energy, there are many other forms of energy, such as dark psionic energy, dark mechanical energy, and so on. Tsk tsk, it is a hodgepodge of energies." Leoux was fascinated. "I have probably guessed what the situation is on the opposite side of this wormhole, Ling Jiu. If I am right, you will be rich very soon."

"Huh?" Ling Jiu cocked an eyebrow. "What have you guessed?"

"It is a secret." Leoux let out a mysterious smile. "Check it out and you will know. Remember: keep it secret."

Ling Jiu rolled his eyes and held Bai Ya's hand. "My dear, let's check it out."

"OK." Bai Ya nodded.

The two entered the wormhole. After going for like a few minutes, they arrived at the opposite side of the wormhole.

At first glance, it was still seawater.

Apparently, opposite the wormhole was another water-rich planet.

But unlike Ganymede, the water here was not dark, but translucent.

"This planet…"

Ling Jiu raised his eyebrows slightly. There was richer dark bio-energy in the seawater here than in Ganymede's ocean.

"Let's go to the surface, Ling Jiu." Leoux urged.

"OK."

Ling Jiu brought Bai Ya and ascended towards the ocean surface. The seawater got brighter as they rose.

Ten minutes later, the two came to the surface at last.

A dazzling light came from the sky, and it took them a while to adapt to the blinding light and see the surroundings clearly.

It was still an endless seawater at first glance. As the billowing waves rose, dazzling sunlight bounced off the water.

They looked up at the sky again. It was blazing white with a celestial body many times brighter than the Sun hanging high in the sky, releasing light and heat to its fullest.

"This star is too blindingly bright."

Ling Jiu put his hand over his forehead to shelter his eyes from the glaring light.

"Is this planet too close to the star, or is the brightness of the star itself so high? But it can't be. It doesn't matter if the planet is too close to the star, or the star is too bright, no ocean should be on this planet."

"Exactly." Bai Ya nodded in agreement.

Either the planet was too close to the star, or the star is too bright would raise the planet's temperature too much, just like Mercury. The entire ocean should have evaporated; it could not have been like this.

"Besides, the temperature on this planet is not that high—it is only about 25C, almost the same as Earth's temperature." Ling Jiu was even more puzzled. "What the hell is going on?"

"Confused, right?" Leoux laughed. "You should be confused, because this luminous celestial body in the sky is not a star."

"Not a star?" Ling Jiu was stunned.

"Yup. Not a star," Leoux said. "If it is a star with this level of brightness, the temperature on this planet cannot be so low, and there would have been no ocean. But the fact is, everything of the above has happened. This can only show that the celestial body is not a star."

"What would it be if it is not a star?"

Ling Jiu could not help but frown as he looked at the sun in the sky.

"That's a white hole!" There was light in Leoux's eyes.

"A white hole?" Ling Jiu was none the wiser.

"Yup. A white hole," Leoux said: "The glowing celestial body above our heads is not a star, but a white hole."

"A white hole…" Ling Jiu mumbled to himself.

"You will know when you enter outer space, Ling Jiu," Leoux said as it released the Leoux, and then brought Ling Jiu and Bai Ya into outer space.

At this time, Ling Jiu and Bai Ya saw the true face of this 'star' at last.

What caught their eyes was a giant light-emitting vortex-shaped disc, which spun around an axis.

The most amazing thing was, in the center of the vortex-shaped disk stood a massive beam of light.

The scene was too majestic, shocking, and indescribably magnificent. It was beyond imagination.

"Did you see that? It's a white hole." Leoux spoke into Ling Jiu's mind. "The light beam in the center of the white hole is a high-energy matter ejected from the white hole."

"I can't believe that it is a white hole!" Ling Jiu was utterly stunned.

"White holes are celestial bodies that are the opposite of black holes. The gravity of black holes is infinite, so they can swallow all matter close to black holes. White holes are just the opposite. The surrounding gravity is infinitely negative, which means the repulsive force around them is infinitely positive, and it can repel all matter. Even if light beamed straight toward a white hole, it would bounce back. So even light cannot enter white holes," Leoux said. "Besides, black holes and white holes are companion celestial bodies. As long as there is a black hole, there will be a white hole on the opposite side. Any matter swallowed by the black hole will be spat out by the white hole. You should be able to feel the rich bio-energy and dark bio-energy here, right?"

"Yup." Ling Jiu kept nodding. "The dark bio-energy here is richer than that in the ocean of Ganymede and the ocean on this planet below us."

"That's for sure." Leoux let out a smile. "In fact, there is not only dark bio-energy but also other energies here."

"Such as, the dark psionic energy, dark chemical energy, and dark mechanical energy. These energies are ejected out from the white hole."

"Wow, I didn't know that," Ling Jiu said.

"That's why I said, we are rich now," Leoux said. "White holes are treasure vaults, because they will continuously eject energies, just like a cornucopia. Not only can you find dark bio-energy and dark psionic energy for self-cultivation but you can also find other forms of energy for spaceships. So white holes are another holy land and resource paradise of self-cultivation."

"You mean, practicing self-cultivation here will yield twice the result with half the effort?" Ling Jiu's eyes were beaming with spirit.

"More than that. It's ten, a hundred, or even a thousand times," Leoux said with a grin. "One more thing, the time curvature of a white hole is negative infinity, so the time flow around it will be quick. Do you know what this means?"

"The flow of time is quick?"

Ling Jiu swallowed. "Do you mean…"

"There is a saying in mythology: one day in heaven equals one year on Earth. So in this case, one day on Earth equal N years near a white hole," Leoux said, still grinning. "This is another reason people call white holes a self-cultivation holy land. That is because of the fast flow of time."

"A day on Earth equals N years here." Ling Jiu's eyes were beaming. "It's really a holy land for self-cultivation."

"This is the white hole," Leoux said. "According to my calculations, the ratio of the time velocity between this planet we are on now and the normal area of the universe is 1 to 68. This means that one day in other areas equals 68 days here. Of course, the time flow around a white hole is constantly changing. The closer you are to a white hole, the faster the flow of time. The planet under our feet is quite far away from the white hole, so the ratio of time flow is this low."

"Did you say the ratio of one to sixty-eight is low?" Ling Jiu had no word for it.

"It is," Leoux said. "Near many supermassive white holes, the time velocity can reach tens of thousands, or even millions of times faster. So sixty eight is really too low!"

"All right." Ling Jiu shook his head.

"Let's check out this white hole together."

Leoux said as it directed the Leoux to fly towards the white hole. As the distance narrowed, the white hole in their fields of vision became larger and larger.

The brightness was also getting more and more intense, along with the energy and repulsive force growing higher and higher.

When it got close white hole at a certain distance, the repulsion was so great that the spacecraft could no longer move forward but fly around the white hole.

So the Leoux was flying around the white hole for the subsequent few days as they sightsaw and explored around it.

It was on the fifth day.

"We are about to end the exploration. There are five planets around this white hole. Because of the high energy, these five planets are all habitable," Leoux said. "I named them according to their distance from the white hole: Whitehole-1, Whitehole-2, Whitehole-3, Whitehole-4, and Whitehole-5. Whitehole-1 is the nearest, with the richest energy and the fastest time flow rate at a ratio of about 1:130; Whitehole-5 is the farthest, with the thinnest energy, and the time flow is the slowest at only 1:24."

"What about the planet connected to Ganymede?" Ling Jiu asked.

"That planet is Whitehole-3, the third closest to the white hole, the energy is medium, the time velocity is medium, and the ratio is 1:68." Leoux said.

"In other words, Whitehole-1 is the most suitable for self-cultivation?" Ling Jiu asked.

"In theory, yes. But in reality, the most suitable for self-cultivation is Whitehole-2," Leoux explained. "Whitehole-2 is a forest planet, just like Earth. It is suitable for not only practicing self-cultivation but also living."

"Shall we check out Whitehole-2 now?" Ling Jiu could not wait.

"Sure."

Half an hour later, they came to Whitehole-2.

As Leoux said, this was a green, habitable planet, as if an emerald suspended quietly in space, dazzlingly beautiful.

When Ling Jiu saw this planet for the first time, he instantly understood why Leoux says this planet was suitable for living and practicing self-cultivation—because it was so beautiful.

Incredibly beautiful.

"It's so beautiful, more beautiful than Earth." Bai Ya was fascinated.

"This is Whitehole-2," Leoux said. "The ratio of the time flow rate is one to ninety-nine, which means one day on Earth equal ninety-nine days here."

"One to ninety-nine ratio? That's awesome!" Ling Jiu was extremely excited. "If I practice self-cultivation for ninety-nine years here, it would be only one year on Earth. I wonder what level of self-cultivation I will attain by then."

"This is the scariest part of white holes," Leoux said. "So white holes are the best treasure the universe has ever bestowed on life. All species living near white holes are blessed races. This white hole is connected to the Solar System through a wormhole, so people on Earth are blessed."

"Absolutely." Ling Jiu nodded slightly. "But we must first clean up the galactic and stellar life forms in Ganymede's ocean before we use this white hole. Those things stand in our way."

"You are right." Leoux nodded in agreement.

"I will count on you then." Ling Jiu stretched. "Leoux, you go to Ganymede to capture those galactic and stellar life forms while we will stay on Whitehole-2 to practice self-cultivation."

"No problem."

Leoux quickly agreed. It had been idling for too long, and could not wait to go into battles.

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Leoux directed the Leoux and left while Ling Jiu and Bai Ya stayed at Whitehole-2.

When the two came to the surface of the planet, they saw an endless forest, rising mist, and the rivers flowing in between.

The entire planet looked as if it were a fairyland, surrounded by clouds and mist, extremely beautiful. Yet it was also as if a barbaric era, full of terrifying beast roars.

"My dear, this planet is dangerous. We must be careful," Ling Jiu said. "Stellar life form abounds. We would be done for, if we are not careful."

"OK." Bai Ya nodded.

"Let's go to the ground."

The two flew through the forest towards the ground. It took them a while before they landed on the ground.

The plants here were incredibly tall, roughly thousands of meters. Their trunks were also incredibly large di. What were towering trees?

These were the real towering trees.

There were also clumps of shrubs, two- or three-meter-tall weeds, and a thick layer of dead branches and leaves on the ground, which could ensnare people like traps.

There was not even a spot for them to step on. But that was not a problem for Ling Jiu. He sent a fire to burn and clear out a place.

After that, he released the airship and started practicing.

Ling Jiu and Bai Ya both made duplicates of themselves—ten of his and three of hers—to improve their self-cultivation efficiency.

After breaking through Level-9, Bai Ya could make six duplicates of herself—three were on Mars and now only three could be made here.

The two of them sat in the airship, continuously ingesting the dark bio-energy in the air.

Time passed, and it was ten days later.

Ling Jiu opened his eyes, and a ray of light flashed in his eyes. After absorbing the rich dark bio-energy and exhausting a dark psionic crystal, he made the breakthrough and became a Level-8 arcanist.

"Level-Eight arcanists have more superb control over arcanas, and the Arcana Field is more powerful with a five-kilometer effective range."

"The most important thing is, in the Arcana Field, arcanists can achieve elementalization: gathering to form a body, and disintegrating to become elements."

With a thought, Ling Jiu transformed into a fireman, and from a fireman, he transformed into a water man, a wooden man, an earth man, and a metal man.

He could switch between the five elements at will, with no hindrance, incredibly smooth.

At last, he transformed back into his original form.

"There is also a field's buff bonus, which has also been increased from 10 to 20 times. In terms of arcana cultivation base, my current level of strength is also pretty impressive. It is a pity that I still have a long way to go compared with a stellar life form. So I will have to keep practicing. But before this, I have to replicate the next arcana. My Arcana Replication is active again."

With this in mind, Ling Jiu slowly got to his feet. He got out of the airship quietly and left Bai Ya to it and as she was still practicing.

A thought came to mind as he looked at the lush forest.

Leoux said that there is no intelligent life on this planet, but the creatures here are still very dangerous. Since stellar and galactic life forms are everywhere, there should be an abundance of powerful arcanas, I guess?

While thinking, he took out a life detector. "Huh? A Class-Nine direbeast is five kilometers away from me in this direction. Let's check it out."

5 kilometers was nothing to Ling Jiu as he was a Level-8 arcanist now. His Arcana Field had a 5-km range.

He performed a Blink Arcana and instantly came to 5 kilometers away and saw that Class-9 direbeast.

That direbeast looked like a cheetah, with well-proportioned lines and superb muscles. But its body seemed to be of cast metal, full of metallic texture.

It was also like a metal cheetah.

It was really amazing.

Ling Jiu hid in the dimensional ocean and quietly studied this direbeast from a distance.

Name: Unknown

Species: Shadow Leopard

Arcanas: Metallization (awakened, replicable), Ghost Flash (awakened, replicable), Super Physique (awakened, replicable).

"What is Ghost Flash arcana?" Ling Jiu frowned.

He was hearing about this arcana for the first time. It was strange to him. He would have to do something if he wanted to figure out what it was.

He revealed himself with this thinking in mind. The Shadow Leopard had a sharp nose and immediately discovered his presence. He saw a pair of icy eyes stare at him with a deep low roar. The warning was self-evident.

But Ling Jiu ignored the threat and threw a punch at it.

The Shadow Leopard lunged into the air and swiftly dodged his attack.

The next moment, it vanished on the spot. When it reappeared, it was in front, striking its sharp claws at him.

"Is this a Blink Arcana?"

Ling Jiu raised his brows. He was no slouch, either.

"Shinratensei!"

A terrifying, repulsive force burst out of him, sending the Shadow Leopard flying out backward.

Still not giving up, the Shadow Leopard pounced back at him.

What happened next was self-evident. A head-to-head battle ensued as he put himself on a handicap.

A few minutes later, he finally figured out what Ghost Flash was all about. It was a type of Blink Arcana with very huge limitations.

One could only perform Ghost Flash to move forward, unlike his Blink Arcana, which was multidirectional.

After figuring this out, he lost interest in it and swallowed the Shadow Leopard in just one bite, then took out the life detector and looked for another direbeast.

"This way. There is a Class-Ten direbeast seven kilometers away."

After two consecutive teleports, Ling Jiu saw that Class-10 direbeast after performing a Blink Arcana twice.

This was a giant red snake, over 100-meter long, its body covered with giant scales with red metallic luster.

The most striking thing was, there was a red, bloated, and evil-looking lump growing on the top of its head, as if a cockscomb.

"Is this a Cockscomb Snake?"

Ling Jiu studied its arcanas.

Name: Unknown.

Species: Flaming Cockscomb Serpent

Arcanas: Ultrasound (awakened, replicable), Super Speed (awakened, replicable), Super Venom (awakened, replicable).

"Garbage arcanas!"

Ling Jiu shook his head and performed a Blink Arcana to appear in front of the Flaming Cockscomb Serpent, smashing its head with a punch before he swallowed it.

"There is a Class-Nine direbeast three kilometers away."

He moved around, looking for suitable arcanas just like that.

As Leoux said, the direbeasts on this planet were powerful, and Class-7 and -8 direbeasts were at the lowest end of the food chain.

Besides, every direbeast possessed at least two arcanas.

But none of the arcanas looked good enough in Ling Jiu's eyes.

A day had passed since. Just as Ling Jiu planned to find a not-too-bad arcana and call it a day, he saw another monster.

This monster was magical; the detector had detected it, but he could not see it.

At last, he figured out that the monster had transformed into a bush and hid quietly under his nose. No wonder he could not find it.

Name: Unknown

Species: Mud Beast

Arcanas: Super Metamorphosis (awakened, replicable), Super Venom (awakened, replicable), Anti-Aging (awakened, replicable)

"Super Metamorphosis?" Ling Jiu's eyes brightened up. "This arcana sounds pretty good. Hmm, I wonder which one is better: the metamorphosis arcana of the Devil Girl or this one. The Anti-Aging arcana sounds impressive, too. I can already see Bai Ya, Ling-er, and Mom will love this arcana. Maybe I should first replicate Super Metamorphosis, only then Anti-Aging."

Ling Jiu decided to replicate Super Metamorphosis with this thinking in mind. After undergoing a painful moment, he had installed the Super Metamorphosis as he wished.

He figured out how this Super Metamorphosis worked after a brief study.

The Mud Beast could change the structure of its cells and tissues at will. This gave it the ability to change into the appearance of any object, including size, strength, iris, skin, and sound.

It was almost a kaleidoscope.

But this ability was not omnipotent.

No matter what thing it could change into, it could not change its mass. The greater the gap between the target object and the body in mass, the more difficult it was to metamorphose.

If the mass difference was too huge, it could cause death.

"It still has limitations, no matter how impressive this arcana is."

Ling Jiu nodded. "But having limitations is entirely normal. There is no one perfect arcana in this world."

"Change!"

Ling Jiu looked at a bush in the distance and then felt a drastic change in his body. A few seconds later, he became that bush.

He looked at himself and then at that bush in the distance; they were exactly the same.

"Amazing!" Ling Jiu was so excited and wanted more.

"Change!"

He changed into Bai Ya, having an hourglass figure, and perfect body lines. They were cast from the same mold.

"Change!"

This time, he became Leoux.

"Change!"

Ling Jiu was like a naughty child who had gotten his hands on his beloved toy, incessantly experimenting with it.

When he watched the movie Journey to the West in his previous life, he was envious of Monkey King's 72 Earthly Transformations.

Now, his dream had come true.

"I have not just seventy-two but limitless changes. I can change into whatever I want. Awesome!"

After experimenting it for a while, he left a dimensional mark on the Mud Beast and left.

Once back to the airship, Ling Jiu saw something that made his hackles rise.

A 100-meter-tall gorilla with solid scales glinting in metallic luster all over its body was fiddling with the airship.

An airship the size of a bus looked as if a toy in the gorilla's hand.

If it were not a Stellar-class airship with incredible sturdiness, it would not have withstood the gorilla's abuse.

"Get the hell out of here!"

Ling Jiu hissed and transformed into a 5-meter-tall giant in the blink of an eye. He performed a Blink Arcana, appeared in front of the gorilla and gave it a good kicking.

The gorilla did not see it coming and was sent flying out backward, crushing into several giant trees before it came to a halt.

It roared and glared at Ling Jiu with a brutal and bloodthirsty look in the eyes that were larger than a taxi.

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The gorilla roared in anger. As it stomped its feet, the ground instantly cracked open.

Leveraging on the rebound force, the gorilla leaped into the air, swinging an iron fist larger than a bus at Ling Jiu.

The force of this punch could break up a mountain. But Ling Jiu performed a horse stance and met the incoming punch with a fist.

"I am not afraid of you when it comes to physical strength!"

The fists collided, as if Mars had crashed into Earth. The impact was accompanied by a thunderous explosion and a violent shock wave spread in all directions.

Where the shock wave hit, shrubs, weeds, and giant trees turned into dust.

Both Ling Jiu and the gorilla were flying out backward at the same time, with Ling Jiu retreating 20 meters, and the gorilla seven or eight meters.

Which was stronger? Who was superior to the other?

Ling Jiu was elated instead of angry. He had found a decent punching bag.

"Come on!"

Ling Jiu looked up at the sky and guffawed before lunging out again.

The gorilla beat its chest with its fists and then charged at him.

A violent clash unfolded. The surrounding forest became the victim. Where Ling Jiu and the gorilla were, they crushed or pulverized everything—shrubs, weeds, and towering trees—in their paths.

Wherever they went, it was a mess.

Bai Ya flew out of the airship and saw the scene. She quickly tucked away the airship and chased them down.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Roar!

The gorilla roared, raising its fist and hitting Ling Jiu multiple times. It had got an upper hand.

But what puzzled it was, Ling Jiu took its punches, unharmed. Instead, he was getting tougher.

Unlike other direbeasts in the forest, this angered the gorilla even more and caused its attack more brutal.

"Come on!"

Ling Jiu looked excited and lunged forward to meet the gorilla head-on. He was exhausting his physical strength with each round of fighting.

But he could clearly feel that his body cells were absorbing the massive vitality stored in his body.

Absorb, exhaust, reabsorb, and re-exhaust.

His physique improved rapidly during the entire process.

The battle was worth it with this alone.

"Come again!"

"Haha!"

"Come again!"

Ling Jiu attacked without feeling tired, as if he was a humanoid machine.

He was not afraid of exhaustion, injury, or death. Even if the gorilla hit him and sent him flying out many times, even if he had brushed with death many times, it did not deter him.

The situation on the battlefield was undergoing a subtle change without them knowing.

At first, the person getting the beating gradually got evenly matched with the opponent. And when the battle went on for another half an hour, that person had got the upper hand.

The difference was, it was not the gorilla but Ling Jiu who had the upper hand this time.

Bang!

Another brutal blow sent the gorilla flying back 20 or 30 meters away. This angered and made the gorilla even more.

It grabbed a gigantic tree in front of it and stroked it with its hand to strip off the branches and leaves on the trunk.

The next second, the gorilla was holding the huge tree trunk, swinging it as if the Monkey King wielding its golden-banded staff to attack Ling Jiu.

"Do all monkeys like to play sticks?"

Ling Jiu sneered, taking out the Emissian war blade with the flip of his hand, and the war blade expanded to 50-meter long in the blink of an eye.

With the sharp war blade in hand, Ling Jiu lunged up and swung, cutting the tree trunk in half in an instant.

The gorilla was taken aback for a moment, looking at the stick in its hand, and then at the blade in Ling Jiu's, as if it did not expect the sword to be so sharp.

"Come again!"

There was no need to play nice. Ling Jiu swung the war blade in his hand and slashed the tree trunk in the gorilla's hand into stumps.

He then tucked away the war blade and lunged forward with his fist.

He just wanted to fight barehanded this time.

The battle went on.

A few hours had passed, and the white hole in the sky was still glowing with no sight of darkness coming.

The gorilla was exhausted, with a begging look in its eyes after a high-intensity battle.

"I will spare your life today for being my sparring partner this entire time."

Ling Jiu wiped the sweat from his head and stopped attacking. He waved his hand to signal to the gorilla to leave.

The gorilla felt a ton of relief and fled, as if its tail was on fire. It was exhausted.

"Are you alright, Honey?" Bai Ya hurriedly came up to him.

"I couldn't feel better than this!"

Ling Jiu stretched his arms. "I feel so good right now, as if I have just come out from a sauna."

"That's good then." Bai Ya breathed a sigh of relief. "Where have you been just now? I didn't see you when I woke up."

"I went out to replicate some arcanas. I am sorry." Ling Jiu said in embarrassment. "Seven days passed and I could replicate again."

"OK." Bai Ya nodded in acknowledgement.

"I am starving, Honey." Ling Jiu stroked his stomach.

"Me, too."

The two returned to the airship and then ordered the smart robot to cook. Food was on the table after a while.

After the meal, the two went to bed and did some 'wonderful things,' then fell asleep before waking up a few hours later.

Ling Jiu was not in a hurry to practice self-cultivation. Instead, he immersed himself in the Inner World.

He found that the whale-like galactic life form he had swallowed earlier had not been digested. Only some skin had been burned, and most of the body was unscathed.

The blazing flame had been burning for so many days. How could it be?

"Galactic life form is galactic life form. Even if it's just a body, it is not something I can easily digest now."

Ling Jiu let out a sigh and left the body alone. He then continued to practice self-cultivation.

A steady stream of dark bio-energy came from all directions and poured into his body before entering his elixir field and being swallowed by the spinning nebula.

The Gene Arcana core was still spinning at high speed, continuously devouring the surrounding nebulae and the massive amounts of dark bio-energy

He felt that this was too slow. So he sent a piece of dark bio-energy crystal into the Inner World.

Boom!

The raging fire burned the dark bio-energy crystals, rapidly melting it into pure dark bio-energy.

This dark bio-energy poured into the body again and was swallowed by the Gene Arcana core.

He was absorbing dark bio-energy from the air and the dark bio-energy crystal.

The two-pronged approach boosted Ling Jiu's self-cultivation speed to an unprecedented level, literally spoon-feeding himself.

Time passed quickly, and it was on the 10th day.

Ling Jiu stopped practicing on this day.

"I have absorbed a dark bio-energy crystal, but there is a long way to go before I can attain Level-Nine. Maybe I should take one more piece."

Ling Jiu murmured to himself and then got up to do a stretch.

Since Bai Ya was still immersing herself in self-cultivation, he did not want to disturb her. He sensed the dimensional mark that he had left on the Mud Beast earlier and vanished from the airship.

"Replicate Anti-Aging arcana!"

Replication is successful. Install?

"Install!"

"Aah—"

Anti-Aging was an amazing ability.

The reason people age is that the telomere length of cell chromosomes is fixed.

Each time a cell divides, the telomere is shortened a bit. As the cell keeps dividing and the telomere keeps shortening, and it will come to the point of death.

Once the telomeres are exhausted, cells will no longer divide, and people will naturally age and die.

The Water of Life on Earth is an efficient nutrient that can replenish the consumed telomeres and increase the number of cell divisions, delaying aging and prolonging lifespan.

Because of this, a dose of Water of Life can extend lifespan by 30 years.

The principle of Anti-Aging arcana is like that of the Water of Life, which is to lengthen the telomeres at the ends of chromosomes.

But unlike the Water of Life, the Anti-Aging arcana is not an efficient nutrient. It gives the chromosomal telomeres a regeneration function.

What does this mean?

It means chromosomal telomeres can be continuously regenerated with the Anti-Aging arcana.

The chromosomal telomeres will continue to regenerate, which extends the number of cell divisions, which delay senescence and prolong life, even if the cells continue to divide.

Simply put, the Water of Life and the Anti-Aging arcana are the difference between medicine and ability, which can be visually understood as the difference between giving a person a fish and teaching a person to fish.

The water of life is like giving you a few more chromosomal telomeres, so you can live a few more years longer.

And the Anti-Aging arcana is like giving you the ability to make chromosomal telomeres, so you can continuously regenerate chromosomal telomeres, and then extend your life.

Which one is better?

Of course, it is the Anti-Aging arcana.

"I wonder how long this ability can extend lifespan."

Ling Jiu murmured. He returned to the airship, and then woke up Bai Ya. "Honey, do you want to stay young forever?"

"Staying young forever?" Bai Ya was stunned. "What are you talking about, Honey?"

"I ask you—do you want to stay young forever?" Ling Jiu grinned.

Bai Ya was confused. "Of course I do. Who doesn't want to stay young and beautiful forever as a woman?"

"That's all you need to have."

Ling Jiu activated the third natal arcana he recently awakened-the Bestowment Arcana to give Bai Ya the Anti-Aging arcana.

"Ahh—"

Bai Ya screamed softly, her face changing.

"I just gave you a new ability, Honey," Ling Jiu said. "You will feel pain during the installation process. Just bear with it."

"Understood."

She did not know why Ling Jiu gave her this arcana, and she did not care as it was really painful now.

"Aarrr—"

"Hang on there, Honey."

Ling Jiu clasped her hand and gave her encouragement. As an arcanist with Arcana Replication, he knew too well the pain during an arcana installation.

Fortunately, the pain went away just as quickly as it came. Ten minutes later, she had come out of it with a pale face.

"H—honey, what is going on?"

"Here is the thing…"

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Chapter 241: Level 9 Realm, Mental Attack

Super Training Camp, Australian mainland.

Today was Sunday, and it was time to update the leaderboard again. All trainees had gathered here, quietly waiting for the newest rankings.

Time flew, and it soon came to 6.00 p.m.

"It's been updated!"

"The leaderboard has been updated!"

There was a commotion in the square.

"Yang Ling-er is first again!"

"That is expected."

"Yeah. She has been dominating the leaderboard for nearly ten weeks, even more terrific than Ling Jiu."

"Absolutely."

Zhou Ji, Christopher, Hirano Hatake, Christina, and others looked at the rankings and were no longer surprised.

When Ling Jiu left the training camp, they were elated, thinking that their opportunity had come. Little did they expect Yang Ling-er was replacing Ling Jiu in taking the top spot.

Yang Ling-er was dominating the top of the leaderboard, succeeding Ling Jiu, and continuing to overshadow them. They were not happy for this reason.

They had tried to fight back and think of many ways to counteract Yang Ling-er.

There were a few successes at first. But soon, their efforts were useless as Yang Ling-er was growing stronger and stronger with her points continuing to skyrocket. Since then, she kept dominating the rankings with a wide margin. It would not help, no matter what they did.

Gradually, they stopped bothering to compete because it was useless.

"If I am not mistaken, this is already the ninth consecutive week that Yang Ling-er has topped the list. The rewards she got must be scarily handsome."

Those trainees could not help but look at Yang Ling-er with envy flashing in their eyes. How terrific would it be to top the list for nine consecutive weeks when the rewards for topping the list for three and six consecutive weeks were already so high?

"Yang Ling-er. Yang Ling-er. Yang Ling-er."

While the trainees were talking about her, a loud broadcast resounded over the square all of a sudden.

"You have topped the rankings for nine consecutive weeks. According to the rules, you can get a special reward. Please go to the camp commandant's office to get your reward immediately."

Just as expected.

Those trainees looked at Yang Ling-er with an envious look in their eyes.

"I will go now, Yuhe."

"I will see you around."

Yang Ling-er arrived at the camp commandant's office.

"Please take a seat, Yang Ling-er." The camp commandant motioned for her to sit down with a smile. "Before receiving the reward, I have a question for you."

"Yes, sir."

"You must have attained Level-Eight, right?" The camp commandant still had a smile on his face. "You must be a Level-Eight arcanist judging by your high points and you hunt Class-Eight direbeasts only."

"You have a keen eye, sir." Yang Ling-er said, not bothering to hide her strength. "I just became a Level-Eight arcanist recently."

"Tsk, tsk! I couldn't believe that you have actually attained Level-Eight in such a short time. You are just as talented as, if not more than, Ling Jiu," The camp commandant said. "You are now a Level-Eight arcanist. It is a waste of time to continue to stay in the training camp. I wonder if you would like to go to the Ultimate Matriculation Camp. I believe that with your current level of strength, you have no problem joining the Ultimate Matriculation Camp ahead of time."

Yang Ling-er's eyes lit up. She nodded. "I would like to, sir."

"Great." The camp commandant smiled. "I will submit the application now. If everything goes well, the application will be approved in half a month."

"Thank you, sir."

"You deserve it."

The camp commandant waved his hand. "Next, let's talk about the reward."

"I can't believe it! You have awakened this arcana?"

Bai Ya at last understood why Ling Jiu could 'give' her his arcana after he explained it to her.

"I was surprised, too. But this arcana is kind of useless to me." He shrugged with a nonchalant expression.

"Useless?" Bai Ya was speechless. "Do you know how terrific this arcana is? If all you do is give people arcanas, they will treat you like God."

"This is the same as the gods bestowing their believers with magic arts in ancient mythology. This is something only the gods could have."

"You have a point." Ling Jiu guffawed. "You just mentioned the ancient gods. Could it be that they were just arcanists like us but deified?"

"I will not rule out this possibility." Bai Ya nodded. "Whether the gods exist, it has not been verified. But the existence of arcanists is real. Arcanists like us are indeed no different from the ancient gods."

"Make sense." Ling Jiu smiled. "Let's continue to practice, Honey."

"You go first. I want to study the new arcana that you have just given me."

"All right."

He kissed Bai Ya before going to the next room, sinking his mind into the mysterious, dark world.

The three star systems were running quietly.

The golden star system, which represented the Arcana Replication, had 16 light orbs.

The black hole star system, which represented the Plunder Arcana, had two light orbs.

The white star system, which represented the Bestow Arcana, was no longer by itself as there was a green light orb showing that he had just given Bai Ya the Anti-Aging arcana.

He continued his self-cultivation after seeing these.

Time passed, and another 10 days had passed. The cooling period of his Arcana Replication could work again. But he did not wake up this time.

He was only one step away from becoming a Level-9 arcanist. So he decided to bang it out at once until he attained Level-9 realm.

A steady stream of dark bio-energy came in from all directions and poured into his body. The energy then flew into the nebula before being absorbed by the spinning Gene Arcana core.

His Gene Arcana core had grown very large at this point of cultivation.

He still could not stop the Gene Arcana core's expansion despite the continuous compression. There was little surprise here, given that the Gene Arcana core was absorbing dark bio-energy day and night.

The Gene Arcana core had grown to the size of a watermelon at this point. It rotated like a top, just at extremely high speed.

Ling Jiu knew that the Gene Arcana core's rotating speed and pressure had reached its limit despite the ridiculous speed. This meant that the core was no longer shrinking.

This also meant that it could no longer absorb more dark bio-energy, and he had reached Level-8's limit.

If he wanted to break through the limit and attained Level-9, he would need to speed up the core further.

"Accelerate the core!"

He took a deep breath. Using his mental power as a pair of tentacles, he pushed the core to spin at an even higher speed.

This process consumed a lot of mental power. If his mental power was not strong enough, he could have failed from over exhaustion.

Fortunately, he had a dark psionic crystal inside him to boost his mental power at all times.

Even he himself had no idea at what level his mental power was right now. All he knew was it was fairly easy for him to push the core.

Push! Push! Push!

His mental tentacles kept pushing the Gene Arcana core, so it spun faster and faster.

When the speed of the core reached a critical point at last, the Gene Arcana core was getting a terrifying pressure force on it.

Under this pressure, the core gradually shrank, and once again started to absorb the surrounding nebulae.

At this moment, Ling Jiu felt he had stepped into a new realm, where the world and his senses were clearer, and his vision was broader.

"I am a Level-Nine arcanist, at last!"

He murmured to himself and spread his Arcana Field in all directions—100m, 500m, 1,000m, 2,000m, 4,000m, 6,000m, 8,000m, 9,000m, 10km.

When his Arcana Field reached a radius of 10 kilometers, he felt he had hit the limit where his Arcana Field could no longer expand.

"10 kilometers is the limit of Level-Nine arcanists' Arcana Field," Ling Jiu muttered to himself. "Besides, my Arcana Field and the control of it has reached an unprecedented level of strength."

At this moment, he could clearly sense that he could easily separate nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide from the air.

He could clearly see every component in the earth, such as the minerals, organic matter, and silicates.

Of course, these were nothing. The biggest change was, he could integrate his Arcana Field into the world and mobilize the power of the world.

He could merge with the air current, mobilizing its power to form a terrifying storm.

He could integrate with the sea, mobilizing the momentum of the seawater to create a super tsunami.

He could become one with the earth, borrowing its power to move mountains and fill the sea, breaking up land and bringing down mountains.

"The convergence of the Arcana Field and the world and the mobilization of the power of the world could push the power of my arcanas to an unprecedented level." Ling Jiu murmured. "So the Arcana Field's BUFF bonus of a Level-Nine arcanist is an astonishing 50 times."

50 times was a terrifyingly tall figure.

Such as his Gravity Arcana; as he was a Level-9 arcanist now, the basic gravity force that he could control was 9210=180 times.

50 times of the BUFF bonus was 9,000 times!

He could control up to 9,000 times of gravity.

Terrifying was not the word for it.

"There is a breakthrough, at last."

Ling Jiu stretched. "While it took just one dark bio-energy crystal to attain Level-Eight, it took three to get to Level-Nine. This is a bit expensive."

It doesn't matter if it is expensive, since there were tons of dark bio-energy crystals onboard the Leoux.

And in Leoux's words, the Leoux could extract dark bio-energy and compress it into crystals. The last thing they had to worry about near to a white hole was energy.

"It's time to replicate another arcana."

He glanced at Bai Ya, who was still in a self-cultivation. He again quietly got out of the airship without interrupting her.

"I just saw a pretty good direbeast in that direction using my Arcana Field."

He vanished with just a thought, and when he reappeared, he was in front of a valley seven or eight kilometers away.

The valley was surrounded by mountains on both sides, blanketed by fog, just like a fairyland on Earth. He entered the valley and reached the deeper part of it in no time.

A pool of water with a rising white mist appeared in front of him. The pool was clear, and the place looked like a painting.

Ling Jiu stepped on the water and walked to the center of the pool, looking down at a direbeast in the pool.

This was a giant beast resembling an eel. Its 100-meter body was golden, covered with needle-like tough spikes. It swam quietly in the pool, as if a golden dragon in a fairy pond.

Name: Unknown

Species: Golden-Dragon Spiked Eel

Arcanas: Goldenization (awakened, replicable), Super Speed (awakened, replicable), Mental Attack (awakened, replicable)

"Mental Attack?"

Chapter 242: Replicating Again, Beaten Up

Ling Jiu had encountered many Arcanas, but mental-type Arcanas were rare. With the exception of Niu Ben's Mind-reading, this was the first time he had encountered a mental-type Arcana.

So he decided to try out this Arcana.

"The Beckoning!"

A terrifying suction force spouted from his hand with just a thought, pulling the Goldwyrm Spiked Eel out of the pool.

The eel made a strange shrill, its body wriggling as it tried to get away. But the suction force had caught hold of it.

Ling Jiu's control over his arcanas was even more superb and his Gravity Arcana had reached a terrifying level of strength since he became a Level-9 arcanist. No way the Goldwyrm Spiked Eel could easily escape.

The eel was struggling in desperation, but to no avail. Then out of a sudden, there was a golden light in the eyes of spiky eel.

Two golden rays shot out from its eyes at Ling Jiu the next moment.

He let out an agonizing scream as he felt a heart-piercing pain in his head, as if a hammer had hit him in the head.

He lost focus for a time and the gravitational force dissipated with the Goldwyrm Spiked Eel escaping back into the pool.

"It's painful!"

It took him a full half an hour before the pain in the head went away. He squatted in the air and rubbed his swollen temples.

He still felt dizzy, along with a faint needle-like sharp pain, and this drove him crazy.

"Was this the Mental Attack arcana? Impressive!"

Ling Jiu looked at the corner of the pool and saw the Goldwyrm Spiked Eel hidden in the water. A vicious light flashed in the eel's eyes.

This Goldwyrm Spiked Eel was not strong physically, at most comparable to a Class-9 direbeast. But it could unleash a powerful Mental Attack.

The damage that the Mental Attack could cause was now evident.

"Replicate the Mental Shock!"

Replication is successful. Install?

"Install!"

As Ling Jiu ordered, another heart-wrenching pain struck him again. But this time, the pain of the arcana installation was not on the body but on the head.

Waves of pain, one more painful than the previous one, assaulted his nerves and sent him holding his head in torment.

Ten minutes later, the pain went away.

He took a rest before studying this new arcana.

Mental Attack was an unprecedented new arcana. It was about the use of mental power since it belonged to the mental-type arcana.

A few minutes later, Ling Jiu had figured out how to use Mental Attack.

"Awesome arcana! With my current mental power, I can kill most Class-Nine and below direbeasts instantaneously."

Ling Jiu swept his gaze over and locked his eyes on the Goldwyrm Spiked Eel. "Since you first attacked me, I will now return the favor."

Two beams of golden light shot out of Ling Jiu's eyes as soon as his voice trailed off. The laser-like lights shot into the pool and penetrated the head of the Goldwyrm Spiked Eel.

The Goldwyrm Spiked Eel shrieked and its body straightened up.

It then trembled violently, blood oozing out of its nostrils and mouth. Its body softened after a while.

It was dead.

The Mental Attack had struck it to death.

Ling Jiu let out a long sigh. The frustration of being attacked by the Goldwyrm Spiked Eel had gone away. He picked up the corpse of the eel and swallowed it. He then let his mind sink into the Inner World.

The body of the whale-like galactic life form was still standing in the boundless sea of fire. It looked like it was still perfectly intact.

But Ling Jiu could see that the bottom part of the body in contact with the fire had been burned into nothingness, and fire was spreading upward.

"It has started to break down at last." He breathed another sigh of relief. "Things will be much easier when it starts to break down."

On the other hand, the body of the Goldwyrm Spiked Eel did not last long before it was burned into nothingness and transformed into pure bio-energy and dark bio-energy by the raging flames.

"Bio-energy has started to pile up in the body. It's time to find some punching bags."

Ling Jiu withdrew from the Inner World and started to look for the dimensional marking on the 'gorilla.' He then performed a Blink Arcana and came to the place where the gorilla was. What he saw surprised him.

The situation did not look good for the gorilla.

Three giant beasts resembling Tyrannosaurus, but more like a crocodile, surrounded and attacked the gorilla.

These three giant beasts were blood-red all over, with knotted muscles, and a row of spikes several meters long growing from the top of the head to the tailbone.

Their four legs under the abdomen were large and strong. The sharp claws were several meters long, and their mouths were full of fangs, with blood and meat residue still on their teeth.

He looked at the gorilla again. It was not looking good, as its body was dripping with blood and covered with deep cuts. It was not difficult to guess that these were the works of the three giant beasts.

The three giant beasts kept attacking the gorilla using their sharp fangs and claws, and were cooperating very well with each other.

Whenever the gorilla attacked one of them, the remaining two would attack at once.

With the giant beasts working together, they were beating the gorilla to a pulp, leaving the gorilla bleeding and almost giving up.

The gorilla was covered with injuries, but the three giant beasts were completely unharmed. If things continued like this, the gorilla would become the lunch of the three giant beasts in no time.

"Poor baby!"

Ling Jiu shook his head. He then performed an Arcana Field to cover the entire area and then released the maximum level of gravity force that he could perform so far.

9,000 times of gravity force formed in the area.

The three giant beasts were crushed to the ground.

Ling Jiu looked at the gorilla again. The gorilla stood in place and looked at the three giant beasts in puzzlement and disbelief. Why were they lying on the ground?

Before the gorilla could figure out what happened, Ling Jiu had quietly come above a giant beast and looked at it with a smile.

As a Level-9 arcanist, Ling Jiu had a superb control of gravity. He could direct gravity in any direction, cover an entire area, and strike indiscriminately. He could also use a gravity beam to aim at a particular target so as not to injure friendly party accidentally.

He performed everything with just a thought.

"Huh?"

The gorilla was startled at first when it saw Ling Jiu. It then recognized him.

"Hey, big guy. Don't you recognize me?" Ling Jiu asked with a smile.

The gorilla roared and nodded at Ling Jiu.

This native direbeast of this planet might be a stellar life form, but it could not speak, which differed from the direbeasts on Earth. It did not matter, though.

It still had a high IQ.

"Good, that you know." Ling Jiu nodded. "I have wanted to spar with you at first. Since you are injured, I will let you do it this time."

He then swallowed the three giant beasts. Just as he was about to leave, the earth shook violently.

The shaking was as if a drum beat, very rhythmic.

After a while, giant trees snapped and fell as a behemoth emerged.

This was a 'gorilla' with a height of 150 meters, with silver scales glinting in silverish metallic luster all over its body.

In terms of height alone, this gorilla was one-half larger than the previous one. It was burlier and more muscular.

After the silver gorilla appeared, it first glanced at the smaller gorilla. A frosty and brutal light flashed in its eyes when it saw blood on the smaller gorilla.

Its frosty and brutal eyes locked on Ling Jiu in an instant. It thought it was Ling Jiu who injured the smaller gorilla since there was no one else here.

The silver gorilla pounded his chest, looking up at the sky and roaring. It then swung its enormous fist at Ling Jiu.

"Is this a misunderstanding?"

Ling Jiu knew that the silver gorilla had mistakenly thought that he was the one who hurt the smaller gorilla. But he had no plan to explain. Let things take their natural course. If that silver gorilla wanted to fight, he would be happy to oblige, since he had a ton of vitality waiting for him to exhaust.

Ling Jiu took a deep breath and then transformed into a 50-meter giant to meet the silver gorilla's iron fist with his.

As the two fists collided, Ling Jiu felt a massive force hit him. The muscles in his arms burst open, the forearm bones instantly snapped, and the arm bones fractured.

His entire right arm was as good as gone with just one blow. That showed how terrifying the strength of this silver gorilla was.

"What a strength!"

Ling Jiu was frightened, and no longer wanted to fight it head-on. He performed a Blink Arcana and rolled with the punches, waiting for his right arm to heal.

His right arm rapidly healed and fully recovered in less than two minutes with his dual effects of vitality and self-healing ability.

Ling Jiu clenched his fists, feeling his right arm was firmer and apparently stronger than before.

"Come again!"

Ling Jiu did not dodge this time but lunged forward to greet the silver gorilla.

Ling Jiu's Blink Arcana had long been a frustrating annoyance to the silver gorilla. It could not have been more delighted when Ling Jiu came to it on his own. So it struck out a punch with no hesitation.

Next, a drama of torture and self-mutilation unfolded with the silver gorilla beating him, and he self-abusing.

The smaller gorilla was like a cat on hot bricks. It tried to stop them, but it was seriously injured, too helpless to do anything. All it could do was stand by and watch.

Time passed.

The drama was still ongoing.

An hour had passed in a blink of an eye. Ling Jiu had lost count of how many times he was beaten, and how many wounds on his body. But he just would not die; he was repeatedly beaten, injured, and then recovering, and he lunged up at the silver gorilla time and again.

He was quickly consuming the stored vitality.

The entire process was extremely bloody, aggrieved, cruel, and self-mutilating, but the results were very satisfying.

Ling Jiu had discovered that up to this point, he could still be wounded, but the wound was less serious, and it healed quicker than before.

What did this mean?

It meant that his physique was improving rapidly.

Just this point alone was worth the brutal beatings.

"Come again!"

"Didn't you f*cking eat? Beat me harder… Aah—"

"Come again!"

"Do it harder!"

Another hour had passed.

The silver gorilla had stopped beating. It gave up. It was scared. It looked at Ling Jiu as if he was a monster.

"I surrender!"

"I am f*cking surrendering! What freaking monster are you?"

The silver gorilla grabbed the smaller gorilla and left with its tail between its legs.

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Chapter 243: New Core, Universal Laws

Ling Jiu laughed when he saw the silver gorilla flee the scene. This big guy clearly had the upper hand, yet was scared off. What a coward.

"Well, I'll let you go this time."

He had planted a dimensional mark on the silver gorilla, with no worries about not being able to find it. His top priority now was to devour a group of direbeasts.

His physique had improved vastly in the battle just now, but he had also almost drained the bio-energy stored in the body. It had to be replenished urgently.

"There is a direbeast five kilometers away."

Ling Jiu performed a Blink Arcana and came to five kilometers away. There, he saw that direbeast.

It resembled a hedgehog, over 80 meters long and covered with spikes, just like a steel needle and spear. It was nasty, by the looks of it.

But Ling Jiu could best handle it by performing The Devourer. Never mind the spiky body. He swallowed it in just one bite.

"There is a direbeast eight kilometers away."

He moved around just like that, constantly searching for and devouring the direbeasts he found. The vitality in his body began to surge again.

After a busy day, he returned to practice self-cultivation in the airship. But he was not in a hurry. Instead, he first read the experience of the cultivators before him.

It was not only about the accumulation of Gene Arcana at Level-9 and -10 but also about the stellar development in the elixir field. What did it mean?

Taking the already formed Gene Arcana core as the star, and then re-condense a new Gene Arcana core to make it revolve around the 'star.'

To put it simply, it was to develop a 'one star plus N planet' imitation stellar system in the elixir field, just like the stellar systems in the universe.

Old core plus N new cores.

Ling Jiu let his mind sink into his elixir field and looked at the high-speed rotating core and the nebula surrounding the core with his mind's eyes.

"In other words, the next step is to condense a new Gene Arcana core in the elixir field and let it revolve around the old core. It looks pretty simple. I will try it."

He tried to mobilize the dark bio-energy in the nebula and condense it into a new core. But before it started, he encountered a problem.

The high-speed rotating Gene Arcana core was as if a terrifying vortex. Its suction force was too powerful for comfort and would suck away all the dark bio-energy that he mobilized.

It was impossible to reform dark bio-energy.

With no choice, he moved away from the Gene Arcana core, to the edge of the nebula, and restarted condensation.

Since the suction force was much lower at this distance, so too the difficulty level. But the nebula here was thin and dark bio-energy was low, these affected the condensation speed.

As a last resort, he moved closer to the Gene Arcana core a little. The tearing force at this distance was greater, and the level of dark bio-energy was higher.

He cautiously compressed the dark bio-energy in the nebula. It was like treading on thin ice, for fear that the Gene Arcana core would suck away the dark bio-energy again.

Fortunately, the position he chose this time seemed all right. After a painstaking process, a brand-new Gene Arcana core the size of the tip of a needle had formed.

The size of the tip of a needle?

The new core was obviously too small, but it did indeed take shape. He quietly breathed a sigh of relief, but he must not let down his guard.

Just like a newborn baby, the new inner core was still too fragile and could be easily torn to pieces by the old Gene Arcana core.

Compared with the huge and high-speed rotating old core, this new one was insignificantly small and delicate.

So Ling Jiu continued to extract dark bio-energy in the nebula, inject it into the new Gene Arcana core, and then let it develop and thrive.

Time passed.

The nebula was being extracted.

The new core was growing.

Time flew like an arrow. He had been in a self-cultivation for two months and finally opened his eyes today.

"The new core has stabilized finally after so long!"

The Gene Arcana core, the size of a watermelon, was still spinning at high speed in the elixir field. It was as if a giant that dominated the world.

Revolving around it was a massive nebula that looked like a vortex. It was also as if a Milky Way orbiting a black hole.

In this nebula, there was a sphere about the size of a walnut orbiting the old Gene Arcana core the size of a watermelon.

This sphere was the new core that Ling Jiu had worked so hard to condense.

Looking closely, the new core not only followed the nebula to revolve around the old core but also rotated on its axis at high speed.

"While the revolution guarantees that the new Gene Arcana core will not be swallowed by the old core, the rotation guarantees that the new Geen Arcana core absorbs dark bio-energy and can continue to grow." Ling Jiu murmured to himself. "The long and short of it, this brand-new stellar system has finally stabilized. It may look simple but it is stable."

A stable stellar system also meant that he had officially entered the ranks of Level-10 arcanist and become a real stellar life form.

Since he had just become a stellar life form and only condensed a new core, he was only a Level-1 stellar life form.

"A Level-One stellar life form!"

The world in front of him changed again as he got to his feet.

Countless lines emerged in his field of vision. There were golden, red, green, black, yellow, and purple lines.

Those lines of various colors were entangled together, as if in a network of horizontal and vertical lines covering the entire world.

Even the vast dimensional ocean had such lines. Looking closely, the dimensional ocean comprised countless light dots.

These light dots were dimensional points.

Those endless dimensional points are moving irregularly with no regular connection between them.

But now, all the dimensional points had been connected by the purple lines. They were closely related to each other. Just that Ling Jiu did not know what their relationship was.

In other words, he could see those threads, but he had no idea what they meant.

"What are these threads?"

Ling Jiu's brows were knitted tightly together. "Why are there silks threads in the world, up to the dimensional ocean and down to every minute atom?"

"Congratulations on becoming a stellar life for Ling Jiu."

As a familiar voice spoke, Ling Jiu turned his head and saw Leoux behind him, looking at him in admiration.

"You are back, Leoux!" Ling Jiu looked surprised.

"It's been a few days," Leoux said. "But I saw you were at a critical juncture, so didn't dare to disturb you but just waited silently."

"I didn't know that."

Ling Jiu nodded. "I have attained the stellar level, but I have a lot of questions. Maybe you can help."

"I know," Leoux said. "That's why I have sorted out the self-cultivation materials about stellar life forms. Just ask anything you want."

"Great."

Ling Jiu had no hesitation. He pointed at the countless lines covering the world. "What are those lines?"

"Those are the lines of rules," Leoux said with a smile. "The universe we live in is a precision machine that operates strictly under a series of laws!"

"For example, the interaction of forces, the formation of celestial bodies, the transformation of energy, etc. must follow relevant rules."

"Rules?" Ling Jiu expressed his understanding.

"I am sure, you are aware of the existence of laws as a being in a primary civilization. The knowledge you learned in your textbooks, such as the laws of physics, chemistry, mathematics, and biology are rules," Leoux said. "Put it in another way, they are just a small part of the rules."

"Now I know." Ling Jiu nodded.

"So, the operation of everything in the universe must follow rules. People call these rules the universe laws. Of course, some people call it the universal mystery, rules, esoteries, golden rules and so on," Leoux said. "Those lines you see now are the lines of laws. They are the external manifestations of cosmic laws after they have been concretized."

"It makes much sense now," Ling Jiu said.

"You can almost perceive the existence of the line of laws after becoming a stellar life form. So other than the accumulation of dark bio-energy, the cultivation of a stellar life form includes the understanding of the laws of the universe. In other words, you have to understand the laws of the universe," Leoux said. "The universal laws are very obscure, more difficult than the accumulation of dark bio-energy."

"It takes a lot of energy and a long time to comprehend it on your own, such as the many stellar life forms on your planet."

Ling Jiu listened quietly.

"The strongest one is a stellar Level-Six, but this is only his cultivation base of dark bio-energy. He is just scratching the surface in his understanding of the universal laws." Leoux shook his head. "As for other stellar life forms, they have not even crossed the first threshold yet."

Ling Jiu was stunned. "You mean, a bunch of big guys, except for Emperor Might, on Earth have not even crossed the first threshold in the understanding of the universal laws?"

"Exactly." Leoux nodded. "You could see how difficult it is to comprehend the universal laws from this point."

"So many big guys didn't get to cross the threshold. Wow!" Ling Jiu was almost speechless. "Then how many years do I need to spend before I can do that?"

He did not think he was better than those big guys. In fact, every one of those big guys was brilliant and talented.

How badass could he be when even those big guys had not even gotten started yet?

"You don't need to worry about this." Leoux let out a smile. "There are various resources of the laws onboard the Leoux besides material resources for self-cultivation."

Ling Jiu was stunned and in disbelief. "You guys have even collected the universal laws? How did you do that?"

"It is difficult to collect the law-based resources, but it is not impossible," Leoux said. "There are two common ways to do that. One, peel them from the memory of the powerful ones. Two, the Source Crystal of the Laws."

"I can understand the first one." Ling Jiu frowned. "But what is the Source Crystal of the Laws?"

"It is a cosmic gem," Leoux said. "But there is no need to tell you how it is formed for now. You only need to know that the Source Crystal of the Laws contains a certain number of cosmic laws, and you can comprehend these cosmic laws only by refining the Source Crystal of the Laws."

"I didn't know that there was such a gem. Incredible!" Ling Jiu said. "Is there any Source Crystal of the Laws on board the Leoux?"

"Of course… not." Leoux chuckled. "We have a complete set of the universal laws. So why do we need the Source Crystal of the Laws? You know that in our Emissian civilization, the universal laws have been recorded in books, just like the physics and mathematics textbooks in junior high schools, high schools, and universities on your planet."

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Chapter 244: Three Lists, The Law of Dimensions

Ling Jiu was stunned.

How could the universal laws be written in books?

However, that seemed to be understandable upon thinking about it.

Were the knowledge taught in the textbooks of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and others on the earth not the universal laws?

"Unlike your textbooks on Earth, the universal laws recorded in the books of our Emissian civilization are much more complicated and profound," Leoux said. "Starting from the Level-One, stellar books to the higher-level, galactic books, to the even higher-level Super-clustered books contain the universal laws that should be understood at this level. Of course, it is also divided into different categories of books, such as dimensions, speed, energy, metal, life, and soul."

Ling Jiu's breathing turned rapid, his eyes brightening up. "Where are these books, Leoux? I really want to read them."

"Before answering your question, I have a question for you," Leoux said. "Have you decided which law to study, Ling Jiu?"

"Which law?" Ling Jiu was taken aback. He had not thought about this question. After all, he had just become a stellar life form and come into contact with the universal laws.

But if he had to choose, he would probably choose the law of dimensions.

"What are the universal laws?" Ling Jiu asked after thinking for a while.

"There are so many universal laws—so many that you will not even realize they exist."

Leoux said. "They are like the sand on the beach and the stars in the sky. But among all the universal laws, there are about three thousand of them most thoroughly studied by intelligent life."

"Three thousand?" Ling Jiu was startled.

"Yup. Three thousand." Leoux nodded. "In fact, the major immortal divine-level civilizations have a universal law comprehension list, which records the three thousand laws with the highest comprehension frequency. This is one example of such a list. Take a look."

Two rays of blood-red light flashed in his eyes as soon as Leoux's voice trailed off. The lights intertwined to form a bloody light curtain in the air.

Ling Jiu quickly took a look.

The Comprehension List of the Universal Laws:

No 1: The Law of Force

No 2: The Law of Metal

No 3: The Law of Energy

No 4: The Law of Fire

No 5: The Law of speed

Since there were 3,000 rules on the list, Ling Jiu just briefly browsed through them. He had no word for it when he found that the law of dimensions that he was interested in was at the bottom of the list.

"Why is the law of dimensions ranked so low, Leoux? Isn't it powerful enough?"

"I think you are confused by the comprehension list of universal laws, Ling Jiu." Leoux laughed. "The list only records 3,000 laws with the highest comprehension frequency. What does it mean? It is a list of the laws comprehended by the greatest number of people. It has nothing to do with how powerful a law is."

"No wonder."

"In fact, this is the same as the novel websites on Earth. Novel websites have many ranking lists, such as collection lists, and monthly ticket lists. The universal law comprehension list only represents the frequency and number of comprehensions, not the strength of the laws." Leoux shook his head with a smile.

"But doesn't the universal laws comprehension list can also reflect the strength of a law in some ways?" Ling Jiu asked with a frown.

"Definitely." Leoux nodded. "Generally, everyone will choose the most powerful law to comprehend, because the more powerful the law, the stronger the combat effectiveness."

Ling Jiu nodded. It was only normal that people wanted the best for themselves.

"But comprehending the universal laws is not something you can achieve at will. It has also something to do with talents. For example, if you have a talent for the law of dimensions, you will find it relatively easy to comprehend and often get twice the result with half the effort," Leoux said. "If one does not have a talent for the law of dimensions, that person will only find that the result does not commensurate with his effort, no matter how hard he tries."

"It has to do with talent." Ling Jiu nodded again.

"Everyone wants to comprehend the most powerful law, but if one does not have a certain talent, it will be an empty talk. He is limited by his talent," Leoux said. "Of course, comprehending the universal laws has something to do with its level of difficulty, too. Often, the more powerful a universal law is, the more profound and complex it is, and the more difficult it is to comprehend it. Take the law of dimensions as an example. Why does the law of dimensions rank so low on the universal laws comprehension list?"

That's because it is too difficult to understand. Coupled with the fact that few people possess the talent for dimensions, so few could comprehend the law of dimensions, and so its ranking is naturally low.

"That makes sense now," Ling Jiu said.

"Look at the list again," Leoux said. As a blood-red light flashed in Leoux's eyes, Ling Jiu saw the list on the light curtain changing.

The Difficult List of the Universal Laws:

No 1: The Law of Time

No 2: The Law of Dimensions

No 3: The Law of Force

No 4: The Law of Life

No 5: The Law of Creation

"The law of time is the first while the law of dimensions is the second?"

Ling Jiu looked at the difficulty list of universal laws.

"The law of time is the most difficult to comprehend of all the universal laws because it is so profound. Besides, few people have the talent for the law of time. So in the entire universe, no one has fully understood the law of time," Leoux said. "The law of dimensions, second only to the law of time, is also very difficult to comprehend."

Ling Jiu nodded, his eyes landing on the third-ranked law of force. "The law of force ranks third on the list of difficulty, but first on the comprehension list. It is pretty popular, eh?"

"The law of force, in fact, is just a general term," Leoux said. "There are many types of force, such as destructive force, elastic force, resistance, electromagnetic force, and gravity. The ranking here is only an integrated ranking after a comprehensive evaluation."

"Interesting." Ling Jiu nodded.

"Let me show you another list."

Leoux took out another list, and Ling Jiu glanced at it.

The Power List of the Universal Laws

No 1: The Law of Time

No 2: The Law of Dimensions

No 3: The Law of Destruction

No 4: The Law of Force

No 5: The Law of Creation

"See this list? You can compare it with the previous two lists," Leoux said. "In terms of power, the laws of time and dimensions are recognized as powerful, but why are so few people comprehending them? It is because they are hard to comprehend."

"Really?"

"Yup," Leoux said. "As of now, the law of time has never been fully understood by people, and there are only a handful of them who fully understand the law of dimensions."

"Can I comprehend the laws of time and dimensions?" Ling Jiu was an eager beaver now.

"Maybe not the law of time." Leoux poured cold water over his idea. "Countless immortal god-level civilizations tried to understand the complete law of time, but none of them succeeded so far. So people have gradually realized that humans cannot possibly master the law of time."

"You may comprehend the law of dimensions. As you possess a Dimensional Arcana, you can open up wormholes, and have a unique talent for the law of dimensions."

Leoux looked at Ling Jiu. "So I strongly recommend that you comprehend the law of dimensions. When you have mastered the law of dimensions, you will be at least an overlord of part of the universe."

"Of course, the law of dimensions is on my bucket list. But the law of time also looks tempting—it is the number one universal law." Ling Jiu licked his lips.

"Don't be too greedy." Leoux exhorted. "People have limited energy and life span. You must make good use of your limited time to reach a higher level. Half-heartedness is a waste of time and you will eventually go nowhere."

Ling Jiu frowned. "How long does each realm correspond to, Leoux?"

"Generally, the life spans of different species vary. But even if there are differences, they would not be too big," Leoux said. "The lifespan of planetary beings is about a hundred years. Some may live longer, over a hundred years, but that is just about it.

"Stellar beings live about a thousand years, galactic beings about ten thousand years, super-clustered beings about one hundred thousand years, perfect three-dimensional beings about one million years, and cosmic beings about ten million years."

Stellar beings can live for a thousand years? Ling Jiu thought to himself. I have replicated the Anti-Aging arcana and could live eight hundred or a thousand years longer.

"See that? Compared with the planets that are billions of years old, we are really short-lived," Leoux said. "So if you want to reach a higher level, you must not waste even the slightest time, as you simply don't have enough time."

"Now I know." Ling Jiu took a deep breath.

"Glad that you know." Leoux was happy with his reply. A black disc appeared in its hand with the flip of its hand.

"This is a book about the stellar-class law of dimensions. It records the law of dimensions and the application of other laws that you need to understand in the stellar-class realm."

"I hope you can make good use of your time, strive to understand this part of the law of dimensions and achieve a higher level before the end of life."

"Don't worry, I will finish comprehending it as soon as possible," Ling Jiu said.

"As soon as possible?" Leoux shook its head. "I would be most thankful if you could comprehend this part of the law in 1,000 years."

"You are underestimating me." Ling Jiu's mouth twitched. He would not argue with Leoux since he had never comprehended the law of dimensions before and did not know the difficulty of it. He could not refute it, but he had confidence in himself.

"This is the first thing," Leoux said. "Now I will talk about the second thing."

"The second thing?" Ling Jiu was taken aback.

"I said before, after becoming a stellar being, self-cultivation mainly comprises two aspects. Do you remember?" Leoux asked.

"Of course, I do." Ling Jiu nodded. "The accumulation of dark bio-energy and the comprehension of the universal laws."

"I just explained the comprehension of the universal laws. Now I will delve into the accumulation of dark bio-energy," Leoux said. "Stellar beings have to condense new cores continuously and eventually a stellar system will evolve in the elixir field, right?"

"Yup." Ling Jiu nodded.

"How do you plan to condense a core and what kind of stellar system you will evolve?" Leoux asked.

"I have read the experience of many seniors before me. Most of them try to evolve a stellar system based on the solar system model."

Many big guys on Earth did the same, using the solar system as a template to condense the eight planets and their major moons.

"It is certainly possible to evolve based on the solar system model. In fact, many stellar beings in primitive and lower civilizations evolve into the parent star system where they are." Leoux nodded first and then changed the conversation. "But the stellar beings that evolved this stellar system are not perfect but just ordinary stellar beings."

"Perfect stellar beings?" Ling Jiu was stunned. "What do you mean?"

"Let me ask you, what is the purpose of evolving a stellar system in the elixir field?" Leoux asked back.

"Purpose?"

Ling Jiu frowned. "What else if not…"

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Chapter 245: Time Rewind, Time Deletion

Why evolve a stellar system in the elixir field? What was the purpose?

Of course, it was to accumulate dark bio-energy.

As far as arcanists were concerned, dark bio-energy was the driving force for them to release arcanas and conduct battles, just like fuel to tractors and excavators, and the internal strength to martial arts masters.

The more fuel in the tank and the stronger the internal strength, the longer the tractor and excavator can work, and the longer the martial art masters can fight.

The same is true: the more dark bio-energy accumulated, the longer an arcanist can fight.

This is a simple truth.

"Since you know the purpose of evolving a stellar system, you should understand that the more cores you condense in the elixir field, the more complex the evolved stellar system and the more dark bio-energy accumulated, right?" Leoux asked.

"Exactly." Ling Jiu nodded.

Each core is an energy aggregate formed by the compression of massive amounts of dark bio-energy. The more the cores, the more dark bio-energy accumulated in the elixir field. There is no doubt about this.

"And your solar system is just a very simple star system. Even if you count Pluto, which is the farthest planet from the sun, there are only nine planets in total. With the two hundred moons of the nine planets, the entire solar system has only nine plus two hundred celestial bodies." Leoux shook its head. "Such a star system is too simple. If you use the solar system as a template to evolve a stellar system, the level of accumulated dark bio-energy will not be high. So you are regarded as an ordinary stellar being at best, not a perfect stellar being."

Ling Jiu nodded helplessly. "Then tell me, how does the star system of a perfect stellar being evolve?"

"The universe is vast, giving birth to countless stars, and each star is a stellar system. In the endless number of stellar systems, a vast majority of them are of the most ordinary type. But there is no shortage of perfect stellar systems, too."

A light flashed in Leoux's eyes. "The most perfect stellar system often comprises multiple stars. We call the system comprising two stars a binary stellar system. A system comprising three stars is called a triple-star system, a system comprising four stars is called a quadruple star system, and a system comprising five stars is called a five-star system.

"By analogy, the most perfect star system is the nine-star system. The entire system comprises nine stars, with each star having nine planets, and each planet having eighty-one moons. So there are nine stars plus 81 planets plus 6,561 moons in a nine-star system."

"Nine stars, 81 planets, and 6,561 moons!" Ling Jiu could not help gasping. "How much dark bio-energy must be absorbed to condense so many celestial bodies?"

Ling Jiu became disheartened. He had only formed the old Gene Arcana core since his first arcana awakening.

Now, did he have to form eight more of such a core?

This was not all. He had to form 81 smaller new cores and 6,561 even smaller, satellite-level cores. How much time would this take and how much dark bio-energy would it need to consume?

"You don't have to worry about dark bio-energy." Leoux let out a faint smile. "The Leoux can continuously generate dark bio-energy crystals by being near to the white hole. It is entirely up to you how long it would take. Maybe hundreds of years. Maybe thousands of years. The long and short of it, it is up to you."

"But I have still got to comprehend the law of dimensions." Ling Jiu spread his hands. "How can I have time to comprehend the law of dimensions if I use all my time to form cores?"

"The cultivation of stellar beings includes these two aspects. It is up to you to manage your time," Leoux said. "But I can share with you the self-cultivation program of the best Emissian warrior. I believe you will find it useful."

"I am all ears."

Ling Jiu rubbed his temples, feeling a little headache. All of a sudden, he understood why Leoux did not allow him to comprehend both the law of dimensions and the law of time. Time was really limited. What could he do in just 1,000 years?

"In our Emissian civilization…"

Leoux started telling him about the Emissian warrior self-cultivation program.

Ling Jiu listened attentively as these self-cultivation experiences and insights were more advanced than that of the big guys on Earth. They were worth learning.

Time flew. Three days had passed in a blink of an eye.

"You should have some ideas after hearing about those outstanding warriors' self-cultivation program, right?" Leoux asked with a smile.

"Yup." Ling Jiu nodded. "I think the most suitable program for me is going for both laws at the same time. I can form a duplicate body, letting the duplicate comprehend the law of dimensions while I focus on forming the core. By working together like this will maximize the efficiency of self-cultivation."

"You decide for yourself. I will not interfere. But it is really a bug that you can form duplicates of yourself," Leoux said. "Your self-cultivation efficiency will be multiple times higher than others'. It not only improves self-cultivation efficiency but also saves time. Next is the third thing. I have captured all the stellar and galactic life forms in the Ganymede ocean. You can take them if you need them."

"Good job." Ling Jiu was champing at the bit, licking his lips. "I am going to swallow all the Class-One stellar direbeasts to replenish my consumed bio-energy."

"Are you sure?"

"Is there a problem?" Ling Jiu frowned.

"There are 4,763 Class-One stellar beings. Are you sure you want to swallow them all?" Leoux asked, grinning.

"So many of them?" Ling Jiu was shocked.

"Yup."

Leoux nodded. "There are 4,763 Class-One, 3,981 Class-Two, and 3,329 Class-Three stellar beings."

"I can't believe it!" It really shocked Ling Jiu now—so much so that he started mumbling to himself. "Who would have thought that a small moon could sustain so many stellar life forms?"

"The environment is just too conducive," Leoux said. "If Earth also possesses such rich dark bio-energy, even pigs can become a stellar life form, I guess."

"You may have a point." Ling Jiu nodded. "Forget it this for the moment. I need to hurry and practice."

While speaking, he formed ten duplicates of himself, and then handed them the book of the law of dimensions that Leoux gave him.

"Your task is simple: to study the law of dimensions. Understand?"

"Yes, Principal!"

The ten duplicates nodded and left. Ling Jiu then looked at Leoux again.

"I have got to continue to form the core. But I have nearly exhausted the ten dark bio-energy crystals that you gave me."

"Here you go—twenty dark bio-energy crystals." Leoux took out twenty dark bio-energy crystals with the wave of its hand. "They should be enough for you to form a second stellar core."

Ling Jiu kept the dark bio-energy crystals. "Before practicing, I have got to replicate a new arcana. My Arcana Replication is active again."

"Replicate a new arcana?" Leoux said, excitement filling its eyes. "I met a very interesting beast when I hunted direbeasts on Ganymede."

"Huh?" Ling Jiu cocked an eyebrow.

"When I first encountered that direbeast, I thought it was like others. I did not give it a second thought, but threw it into the detention room. I never expected that it could break out from the detention room and escape."

There was a sense of astonishment in Leoux's eyes. "As you know, the materials used to build the detention room are all of the top biological materials developed by our Emissian civilization. No ordinary civilizations and individuals can hack it, let alone studying it. But this direbeast succeeded.

"How did it do that?" Ling Jiu looked baffled.

"After I re-captured this direbeast and observed it, I discovered it has a unique ability," said Leoux with an amazed look in its eyes.

"What ability?"

"Time Rewind." Leoux spelled out the words.

"Time Rewind?" The words shocked Ling Jiu.

"This direbeast could always rewind the time a few seconds, returning to the time right before I threw it into the cell and escaped," Leoux said. "As you know, the law of time is the most powerful law in the universe. Any ability about time is of a buggy-level existence. So there are few beings with time ability in the universe. In the record of the Emissian civilization, there are only a handful of beings capable of time arcanas. But I never expected that an unremarkable moon would have a time ability-capable being."

"Where is it?" Ling Jiu's breathing quickened.

"In order to prevent it from escaping, I hypnotized its soul, put it into a deep sleep state, and locked it up to prevent it from escaping," Leoux said.

"Bring me there."

"No problem."

The two entered the Leoux, and Ling Jiu saw this direbeast with the ability to rewind time.

It was a very common tortoise-like direbeast, with a thick tortoise shell on its back, its neck long, just like that of a snake.

More appropriately, it was a combination of a tortoise and a snake.

Ling Jiu quickly checked its arcanas.

Name: unknown

Species: Overlord Python Turtle

Arcanas: Time Rewind (awakened, replicable, plunderable), Time Deletion (awakened, replicable, Plunderable)

Time Deletion? Ling Jiu was stunned. Did Leoux not say that it only had a Time Rewind arcana? What is Time Deletion all about?

"What's wrong?" Leoux wondered what made Ling Jiu look so shocked.

"This thing also has a Time Deletion arcana, Leoux." Ling Jiu said slowly.

"Err…" Leoux was taken aback. "What arcana again?"

"Time Deletion." Ling Jiu was in disbelief.

"Time Deletion?" Leoux was shocked. "It has this ability? You must be kidding me. How could an ordinary stellar direbeast possess two time-type arcanas?"

"This is real."

"Incredible! Really incredible!" Leoux stared at the direbeast, its eyes lighting up. "I have underestimated this thing. I will study it later."

Ling Jiu nodded and immediately replicated its Time Rewind and plundered the Time Deletion arcana with no hesitation.

Replication is successful. Install?

Plunder is successful. Install?

"Install!"

Boom!

Chapter 246: The Law of Destruction, Direbeast Invasion

The double pain caused by the installation of the two arcanas was simply unbearable. It felt as if a surging tide was assaulting his nerves. He wished he could just die.

But he was willing to endure it for the sake of the two powerful time arcanas.

Not to mention there were two of them. So he was determined to endure it, no matter how great the pain.

Fortunately, the pain went away just as quickly as it came. All the pain subsided like a tide after ten minutes.

Ling Jiu first studied Time Rewind. He once again saw the majestic, vast, and all-enveloping golden river.

Ling Jiu called this golden river the Torrent of Time. The torrent of time flowed slowly, signifying time had been passing and would never stop.

He could stop the Torrent of Time for a certain period after installing the Time Halt arcana previously.

Now with incorporating Time Rewind, he could rewind the Torrent of Time, allowing time to flow backward for a little while.

He found that, after some study, the time he could go backwards was fixed. Whether it was a powerful stellar being or a weak ordinary life form, time would go backward five seconds, which was utterly different from Time Halt.

Time Halt did not have a fixed amount of time. The more powerful the target, the shorter time would stop, and vice versa.

"It is Time Deletion at last."

Compared with Time Rewind and Time Halt, Time Deletion was also a fairly buggy ability. It could directly delete a certain point in time.

For example, at 9:50 yesterday, Zhang San awakened an arcana. If Ling Jiu deletes the 9:50 time point, it means that Zhang San did not have this time point, and would not have awakened that arcana.

So the biggest indirect effect of the Time Deletion arcana is deprivation.

For example, if someone killed a bird at a certain point in time, and if you delete that point in time, you can deprive that person of the bird that was killed.

For another example, a certain player hit a three-pointer at a certain point in time. The deletion of this time point can deprive that player of the three-pointer.

There are countless similar examples, but in a nutshell:

All living beings live in the Torrent of Time, and each of them has a series of time points. As long as a certain time point is deleted, each living being can be deprived of what it did at that time point.

So this arcana is both nice-to-have and buggy.

"It is a good day today!" Ling Jiu let out a sigh of bliss. "You have done a good job this time, Leoux. Please find more such arcanas in the future."

"I will. Don't worry." Leoux agreed happily.

Ling Jiu continued to practice self-cultivation subsequently.

He let his mind sink into the world of the elixir field where the old Gene Arcana core the size of a watermelon was still rotating at high speed, and surrounded by a large nebula and a new core inside the nebula.

"Since I have to evolve a perfect stellar system, I will start with another star, using the new core as a model."

With just a thought, a steady stream of dark bio-energy was drawn out of the nebula and compressed into the new core.

The new core grew rapidly with Ling Jiu sinking into a state of self-cultivation.

He would swallow a dark bio-energy crystal to replenish the dark bio-energy once it was exhausted. In this way, the new core grew rapidly with this 'spoon-feeding' practice.

Time passed. A year had passed since then.

Today, as Ling Jiu exhaled slowly, a white vapor shot out from his mouth, drifting far and wide in the air.

"A second stellar core has finally taken shape after practicing for so long."

Two watermelon-sized silverish cores were suspended in the vast world of the elixir field.

They were almost the same size, and all rotating at a high speed. Each core was wrapped in a nebula doing high-speed rotating motion.

At the same time, the two cores were interacting with each other and moving in a circular motion around the center of mass of the two cores.

This is a typical binary star system. Each star provides its own gravitational force to make it revolve around the center of mass.

"What stellar level I am at now?" Ling Jiu murmured to himself. "According to the classification method of the big brothers on Earth, one would achieve stellar Level-1 upon forming a stellar core. And each additional planetary core formed will one level up. It will be a stellar completion upon forming all nine planetary cores. I have formed two stellar cores. At what level I am now? It is confusing."

He shook his head. "Forget it. I will follow what Leoux said to evolve a perfect stellar system. I still have a long way to go."

With that, he got to his feet and habitually looked at Bai Ya.

She was still immersing herself in self-cultivation. Ling Jiu did not want to disturb her and just wanted to go out to get some fresh air. Just then, she woke up.

"You are awake, Honey." Ling Jiu had a smile across his face.

"I woke up many times."

Bai Ya threw herself into Ling Jiu's arms.

He was randy after being abstinent for over a year. When he smelled her body scent, he immediately carried her into the villa.

After four hours of delight, the two of them lay on the bed, contented.

"Do you know how long we have been out, Honey?" Bai Ya asked with a soft voice.

"How Long?"

"One year, seven months, and eight days."

"It is exactly five hundred and eighty days." She counted with her fingers.

"Five hundred and eighty days?"

Ling Jiu nodded slightly. "It is less than six days on Earth. Tsk, tsk, only six days! Incredible!"

"It is."

Bai Ya could not hide her amazement. "Leoux is right. The vicinity of the white hole is really a holy land of self-cultivation. The fast flow of time alone gives us an unfair advantage."

"Absolutely."

Ling Jiu nodded in agreement. "Only six days passed on Earth while we practiced for five hundred and eighty days here. That means we have practiced five hundred seventy-four days longer than those cultivators on Earth."

"Exactly."

Bai Ya drew circles on Ling Jiu's chest. "Do you know that I have become a Level-Ten arcanist, Honey?"

"You did?" Ling Jiu raised an eyebrow. "Which step is it exactly?"

It did not surprise him at all that Bai Ya could improve so fast. She was taking the dark bio-energy crystals aside from absorbing dark bio-energy from the surroundings.

In Leoux's words, the existing dark bio-energy crystals were just enough for Ling Jiu's self-cultivation use.

But things were different now. Dark bio-energy around the white hole was so rich that the Leoux could keep on producing new dark bio-energy crystals with no limit.

So there was no problem in sharing some with Bai Ya.

"I have formed a second planetary core." Bai Ya told him frankly.

"Are you evolving the stellar system based on the solar system?" Ling Jiu frowned.

"I have read the self-cultivation insights of our seniors. Many stellar big brothers used the solar system as a template to evolve their stellar system," Bai Ya said. "So, I am doing it too."

"There is nothing wrong with doing so. But Leoux told me that a stellar system that evolves with the solar system as a template is just an ordinary stellar being," Ling Jiu said. "It insists that I follow the perfect star system as a template to evolve the elixir field stellar system."

"The perfect star system?" Bai Ya looked puzzled.

It stunned her after he explained to her the composition of the perfect star system.

"It will take such a long time to form a planetary core. How long will it take to evolve based on a perfect star system?"

"So it is tricky," Ling Jiu said. "But this is not all. The trickiest part is, not only must I evolve a stellar system and accumulate dark bio-energy but also have to comprehend the laws."

"The laws?"

He told Bai Ya about the laws that Leoux told him.

"How can you have time to evolve the elixir field's stellar system and understand the universal laws at the same time?" Bai Ya frowned.

"That's why I say your awakened Mimeograph Arcana is buggy," Ling Jiu said. "The duplicates can help us do a lot of stuff, improving the efficiency of self-cultivation."

"You are right."

Bai Ya also breathed a sigh of relief. The Mimeograph Arcana was indeed buggy.

When Mimeograph ended, all the memories and experiences that the duplicates had experienced would become hers, as if she had experienced all that in person.

Tasking the duplicates to comprehend the universal laws was as if she had got a cheat code in her hands.

"The question now is, which law do you want to comprehend?" Ling Jiu asked. "The law that we comprehend will affect our entire lives. So choosing the right law is crucial. Choose wisely."

"I currently have three arcanas: Annihilation Thunder, Mimeograph, and Ant-Aging. It is not like I have many choices." Bai Ya frowned slightly.

"Why don't I help you consult Leoux?" Ling Jiu said.

"Yeah, why not?" She nodded.

"Give me a moment."

He contacted Leoux by sending a message. Leoux replied only after a long while. "You looking for me, Ling Jiu?"

"Where the heck were you, Leoux? Why did it take you so long to respond?" Ling Jiu frowned.

"I was collecting energy near the white hole," Leoux said. "I have produced a batch of dark bio-energy crystals and will send it to you afterward."

"No wonder." Ling Jiu nodded. "I have something to consult with you. What law do you think Bai Ya should comprehend?"

"What else if not the law of destruction?" Leoux said with no hesitation. "Her Annihilation Thunder is extremely powerful and fits the law of destruction very well. The law of destruction is very suitable for her."

"The law of destruction?" Ling Jiu nodded in agreement.

The law of destruction ranked third in the power list of the universal laws, second only to the laws of time and dimensions. It was definitely a powerful universal law. Letting Bai Ya comprehend the law of destruction made perfect sense.

"Send me the book on the stellar-class law of destruction afterward," Ling Jiu said.

"No problem."

Leoux agreed happily.

"OK, I will hang up now."

As Ling Jiu was about to hang up, Leoux spoke again. "Ling Jiu, you might want to go home."

"Why is that?" Ling Jiu frowned.

"Earth is having a minor problem," Leoux said.

"A minor problem?" Ling Jiu asked. "What is happening?"

"There is a dimensional fissure at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Direbeasts, including many stellar direbeasts, have wiped out many coastal base cities."

Leoux said in a nonchalant tone of voice, as if it was talking about something trivial. But it was a bombshell to Ling Jiu.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier, Leoux?"

Ling Jiu was angry. As many stellar-class direbeasts as he had encountered on Ganymede and Whitehole-2 recently, they were not the same as those on Earth.

Earth was a human's base, his home. It was different.

"For me, your cultivation practice is above all."

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Chapter 247: The Insectoid Army, Existential Threat

Ling Jiu wasted no time in bringing Bai Ya away from Whitehole 2, passing through a wormhole to return to Ganymede.

At last, they opened a wormhole and through which they traveled back to Mars. Things on Mars had gone through tremendous changes in the past few days.

Lakes and rivers had started to form in places with low elevation such as canyons, cracks, and impact craters, with the injection of seawater through six wormholes.

Ling Jiu could see from above Mars six 'yellow rivers' carrying muds and sands gushing on the yellow earth like an angry dragon and branching into small tributaries before pouring into every corner of the Martian land.

The six wormholes had an incredibly high flow rate. A massive amount of seawater poured onto Mars every second.

Lakes and rivers, and an ocean like those on Earth would appear on the surface of Mars in a few years at this flow rate.

Mars had undergone tremendous changes in just a few days. But Ling Jiu and Bai Ya could not care less. What happened on Earth had occupied their hearts and minds.

Instead of rushing back to Earth immediately, they performed a Blink Arcana to come to the Ares Plain.

When they left Mars earlier, they had each left a duplicate of themselves to practice self-cultivation and take care of Wukong. These duplicates were the best way to keep an eye on the situation.

But they did not expect that all the duplicates had left. No one was on the Ares Plain.

"Let's head back to the matriculation camp!"

When they arrived, they found the camp was also empty; all trainees had gone.

Ling Jiu knew the situation was far from good at seeing this.

The matriculation camp normally forbade trainees from returning to Earth. Now that everyone was gone, he could imagine how bad the situation was.

The two hurriedly traveled through the wormhole and returned to the South Pole, and then recalled their duplicates immediately.

Their faces changed the moment memories fed back into their minds.

"Is the situation really so bad now?"

Ling Jiu and Bai Ya looked at each other and saw the horror in each other's eyes.

Things started three days ago.

A terrifying dimensional fissure appeared in the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean, triggering mega earthquakes of magnitude 8.8, which eventually caused a mega tsunami.

The coastal countries and base cities around the Pacific bore the brunt of the attack, with millions of casualties.

Unfortunately, the worst was yet to come. Before the earthquakes and tsunami subsided, a wave of terrifying direbeasts lunged out from the dimensional fissure, sweeping across the entire Pacific Ocean and attacking the Pacific coastal cities.

According to the information sent back by their duplicates, the weakest direbeasts were comparable to Class-8 direbeasts. Those of Class-9 were abundant, along with many stellar-class ones.

San Francisco Base City in the United States was the first place getting attacked.

San Francisco, a large base city with a population of tens of millions, turned into a purgatory on Earth in just one day under the attack of hundreds of thousands of direbeasts.

Countless people had lost their lives.

Countless arcanists had died tragically.

Countless families had been displaced.

The economic loss was incalculable.

Humankind had experienced many disasters, large and small, throughout the 30 years since the rise of the direbeasts, but there had never been such a shocking massacre.

Previously, even if there was any direbeast invasion causing the crumbling of defenses, it only happened to small and medium-sized base cities.

The large and mega base cities had the most advanced weapons and equipment, and the largest number of arcanists.

In people's mind, these large and mega base cities had always been synonymous with safety and sturdiness. But now…

There was no time to grieve humankind, as within three days after the dimensional fissure appeared, direbeasts had attacked base cities such as Manila, Sydney, Vancouver, Los Angeles and others.

It was an existential threat. The high-level humans quickly summoned the arcanists to fight, dispatching an army of arcanists to the coastal base cities that were under attack.

It was a pity that the direbeasts were too powerful. Humans had been fighting back vehemently, but had still failed to stop the direbeasts' advances.

After the direbeasts wreaked havoc in these large and mega base cities, they moved on and left behind devastation and death.

Countless people had died tragically, families were broken, and a dozen large and mega base cities were in ruins in just three days.

Bad news came one after another. These three days were the darkest days of humankind in the past 30 years.

Some people call these three days Three Black Days, which meant the darkest three days in human history.

Of course, the disasters that had happened could not be undone. The next wave of direbeast invasion was the top priority. The higher level of humans had recalled all the arcanists, including those from the Ultimate Matriculation Camp.

Ling Jiu's and Bai Ya's duplicates had left Mars and returned to Earth under this circumstance.

They were assigned to defend Modu City Base City, one of Huaxia's four major mega base cities, and Hong Kong Base City, one of the fifteen large base cities.

Now that they had recalled their duplicates, they had to return to their respective positions. Desertion was a serious offense neither of them could afford to commit.

"I am leaving, Honey." Bai Ya looked at Ling Jiu. "Take care of yourself."

"Who is in charge of the personnel assignment? I can't believe that they separate us!" Ling Jiu felt like cursing someone.

"It's okay. The priority now is to return and guard the base city. There will be trouble when direbeasts invade and we are not there," Bai Ya said softly, trying to comfort him.

"All right." Ling Jiu nodded slightly. "This direbeast invasion was anything but normal. Even the stellar beings can't guarantee their own safety. Promise me, Bai Ya. Protect yourself, do within your means, and don't try to be brave."

"I know. You, too."

Tears welled up in her beautiful eyes. "We have never separated since we entered the matriculation camp two years ago. I didn't expect that we would have to part with each other this time. I can't bear to leave you, Honey."

"Same here." Ling Jiu took a deep breath. "We are leaving soon, Bai Ya. I will give you a Dimensional Arcana. It is to ensure your safety."

"I don't want it." Bai Ya shook her head. "You replicated that Dimensional Arcana from your ex. I don't want it."

Ling Jiu had no words. Why is she still making a fuss about such a thing at a time like this? Besides, Ai Yuhe isn't even my ex. She and I have never started anything, okay?

"How about Time Rewind?" Ling Jiu asked helplessly. "This arcana can rewind time by five seconds. It might save your life at the critical moments."

"Rewind time by five seconds ago? I am good with this." Bai Ya's eyes lit up as she kept nodding.

"Please bear with it. It will hurt."

"Okay."

Ten minutes later, Bai Ya successfully installed Time Rewind. Ling Jiu made a duplicate of himself to escort Bai Ya back to Hong Kong, while he flew back to Modu.

During the flight to the Modu, he called his family at home. He was relieved to know that his parents were safe at home. Wukong was with them for the moment. They were safe.

But after talking with his parents for a while, he frowned upon learning the situation.

Ling-er had also entered the Ultimate Matriculation Camp three days ago, just in time for the direbeast invasion. It sucked that she was assigned to a coastal base city, just like other matriculation camp trainees.

What sucked more was, she was neither assigned to Modu Base City, nor to Hong Kong Base City but to Bao'an Base City.

Bao'an, Didu, Mohai, and Nanyue Base City were four mega base cities in Huaxia.

Besides, Bao'an Base City was closer to the Pacific Ocean than Mohai Base City. The possibility of being invaded by direbeasts was higher.

"I can't believe that they have sent Ling-er to Bao'an Base City!"

Ling Jiu gritted his teeth. "Who did the personnel assignment? This is not good. I have got to go to Bao'an to see Ling-er. What if something happens to her?"

Thinking of this, he made another duplicate of himself and told the duplicate to head to Mohai Base City, while he flew towards Bao'an Base City.

As it turned out, Ling Jiu's hunch was correct. When he arrived in Bao'an, he saw a shocking scene.

On the endless blue sea, waves were rolling and surging, and gigantic monsters stretched across the sea like a massive ship.

They plowed through the sea and swept towards the coast. The water was getting shallower and shallower, and they were gradually exposed as they got closer to the coast.

Those were hideous direbeasts, whose overall appearance differed completely from all the direbeasts that Ling Jiu had ever encountered before.

They were unlike the aquatic monsters in the oceans of Europa and Ganymede, or the forest direbeasts on Whitehole-2, but more like bugs.

Yup.

Bugs.

There were giant ladybugs over 1,000 meters, blade-wielding giant mantis with hard shells all over their bodies, spiders that were over a few hundred meters tall with several spear-like long legs, and huge ants that were red all over and coming in groups.

It was like all the insects in this world had come out at once all of a sudden.

They waded through the sea overwhelmingly, just like an endless sea of insects. It was so horrible that it could scare people to death with just a glance.

"Direbeasts!"

"Direbeasts are coming!"

Countless arcanists and soldiers with long guns and short cannons were standing on the city wall of Bao'an Base City at this moment.

Everyone stared at the endless number of giant insects with uncontrollable fear in their eyes.

This army of direbeasts was unstoppable. Wherever it went, no one base city could stop its advances. Could they stop this direbeast invasion now?

They did not really know.

A public address broadcasting voice blared across the city at this time. "Relay the order: load all electromagnetic guns and get ready the nuclear mortars!"

"Nuclear mortars?"

Electromagnetic gun is a conventional weapon, used in hunting the leader of the direbeasts. Everyone knows about this. But nuclear mortars are nuclear weapons.

Although the smallest nuclear mortar is only 10 tons, once it explodes, not even grass could survive in a radius of 400 meters. Its destructiveness is unparalleled.

The thing was, the optical radiation, shock waves, and radioactive pollution of nuclear mortars were terrifyingly lethal. No one could live in and around the city if released.

However, because of the direbeast invasion and the destruction of many large and mega base cities, people could understand why nuclear mortars were used.

It was better to use nuclear mortars to fight to the death than wait for the destruction of the base city. Could the consequences of using nuclear mortars be more serious than a mass casualty and the total destruction of the base city?

"Everyone, war is imminent. I don't have much to say except this: You all may have heard and seen the destruction of other base cities. Once Bao'an Base City falls, other base cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Vancouver, and Sydney will face the same fate. To prevent the same scene from happening to Bao'an Base City, I beg you all to do your best. The lives of the twenty-thousand residents in Bao'an Base City are now in your hands."

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Chapter 248: Plasma Rounds, Falling Into Despair

The defensive city wall of Bao'an Base City was several kilometers away from the coastline because the city was close to the sea and countless terrifying direbeasts were lurking in the sea.

The distance between the coastline and the city was only a few kilometers, but countless direbeasts from the sea had been buried here. The base city had stopped many times of direbeast invasion.

Coastal base cities such as Bao'an had more arcanists, more weapons and equipment, and more experience in fighting direbeast invasion than the inland base cities.

This time, however, everyone looked solemn when thinking of having to fight and destroy a massive army of insectoids.

This Insectoid army had destroyed San Francisco Base City, reducing the prosperous large base city into ruins on the first day.

The following two days, this Insectoid army had destroyed over a dozen mega and large base cities, including Manila Base City, Sydney Base City, Vancouver Base City, and Los Angeles Base City, and slaughtered many of the residents before they left.

What happened during those two days was, it had given people a terrible impression that his Insectoid army was invincible, unstoppable, and capable of nothing but destruction.

So at this moment, people were at their wits' end at seeing bugs surging like a stormy sea towards them.

Could they fight off this insectoid army when other mega base cities like Sydney and Los Angeles had failed?

Would they die if they could not stop it? Would the 200 million residents in the base city die a tragic death under the iron hoof of the Insectoid army?

They really did not know.

More people were in despair.

This was the situation on the defensive city wall.

Look at the situation inside the city again.

Residents had walked out of their homes, workers had emerged from the factories, and students came out of their classrooms to stare at the live stream of the situation on the big screens on the street.

People were watching this invasion closely, waiting for the result.

They hoped for the best and expected the worst. It would be great if they could fend off the Insectoid invasion, but if they failed, they would have to hide in the underground air-raid shelters or bunkers at once and hope they would survive.

The wealthy people in the luxury villa area had their maglev motorcycles, cars, and even airships at the ready, packed their belongings, wallets, and ID cards, ready to flee.

They would leave here immediately once the defensive wall was breached.

This might seem selfish, but what else could they do? Wait for the direbeast to break through the city wall and slaughter them?

So no one could blame them.

On the other hand, the first Insectoid army had landed. They waved their pincers and claws as they moved on the ground, as if massive excavators crawling with a rumbling noise. At last, they came within the attack range.

"Fire!"

Bullets, cannons, fireballs, water spikes, stone bullets, thunder dragons, wind blades, ice guns, and laser cannons fired at the sound of the order, raining down on the approaching Insectoid army with ear-shattering explosions.

Boom!

Smoke and dust rose into the air and obscured the leading Insectoid army and also blocked people's vision. Everyone was waiting with bated breath, wondering if the attack worked.

Two or three seconds later, as the smoke dissipated, they were disappointed.

The attack had only killed a few giant bugs—just barely, and most of these bugs were relatively small. Other larger insectoids were not affected at all.

The Insectoids continued to approach rapidly and came under the city wall in the blink of an eye. The largest ladybirds first came under the wall and acted as ladders.

The smaller ants and other bugs stepped on these giant ladybugs and climbed up onto the wall in just the blink of an eye.

Apparently, this Insectoid army differed from the previous direbeast invasions; they were not only stronger but also well-trained and had a tacit understanding with one another.

"Fire!"

The arcanists on the city wall attacked with no hesitation. Since it was in close range, the firepower could unleash a lethal blow to the insectoids, killing the first wave of insectoids that climbed onto the city call. But a second wave of bugs had come before those arcanists would celebrate their first victory.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

They greeted the bugs with fiercer attacks.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Greenish bug blood was splattered and broken limbs and shells were flying all over.

The fierce resistance of the arcanists had held back the Insectoid army for the time being. The Insectoids could not break through the city wall, no matter how hard they tried.

People watching the live stream in the city breathed a sigh of relief at seeing the situation.

Just then, several hot magma-like plasma gleaming with silverish light shot out from the Insectoid army and hit the city wall.

Boom!

The plasma rounds exploded and blew open several massive holes in the solid city wall.

This was not over yet. The scattered bits of plasma spattered on the bodies of the arcanists nearby with a hissing sound, instantly roasting those hapless arcanists and turning them into skeletons.

Over a dozen arcanists were scorched, dying a tragic death as they were reduced to skeletons on the spot.

This made other arcanists' blood run cold.

"The Plasma bug!"

"The Plasma bugs are attacking!"

It horrified the rest of the arcanists.

It was the Internet age. The large-scale invasions occurring in other coastal base cities had long spread all over the world. Hence, the intelligence and information about the Insectoid army was well known to everyone.

The arcanists had recognized what was attacking them at first glance. These were plasma fired by giant bugs called the Plasma Bugs.

What is plasma?

Plasma is a substance similar to but different from gas. It carries a terrifyingly high temperature and is extremely lethal.

"We have to kill the Plasma Bugs!"

The voice of a commander resounded from the top of the city wall. "We will count on you to kill the Plasma Bugs in the Insectoid army. Their attack is too damaging!"

Three figures rose into the sky as soon as the commander's voice trailed off. They were a gray-haired old man, a bald, burly guy, and a red-haired girl, who were all stellar beings.

There were a few stellar beings on Earth and they had been sent to the major coastal base cities at this critical juncture. It was a blessing for Bao'an Base City to have three stellar beings based here.

The three stellar beings lunged toward the Insectoid army. Their eyes were locked on a dozen of Plasma Bugs in the Insectoid army.

The Plasma Bugs were so recognizable. They were not only the largest but their abdomens bulged as if the belly of a queen ant and was filled with plasma and glowing in silverish blue light.

"Kill!"

The three stellar beings let out a low cry, and each locked on at a Plasma Bug. As they got within attack range, they attacked with no hesitation.

"Go to hell!"

The breach cracked open all of a sudden as the gray-haired old man roared and smacked with both his hands.

The opening was so wide and deep that the crack swallowed a Plasma Bug and nearby Insectoids before they knew what happened.

The gray-haired old man glared, and the crack closed back up. The Plasma Bug and the dozens of giant bugs vanished in the crack forever.

"One's gone."

The gray-haired old man breathed a sigh of relief and then glanced at a second Plasma Bug.

On the other side, the bald, burly guy and the red-haired girl had succeeded, too. They each burned and smashed one Plasma Bug. Three Plasma Bugs were killed in an instant.

The live-stream cameras had captured the footage, and people who followed the live-stream in Bao'an Base City went bonkers.

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

Students were cheering, workers shouting long live, and ordinary folk and the wealthy who were about to flee clenched their fists in excitement.

The Plasma Bugs could inflict so much damage that they were essentially the small nuclear weapons in the Insectoid's arsenal. The Plasma Bugs had played a major role in the destruction of a dozen coastal base cities previously.

So people's fear of the Plasma Bugs was deeply rooted in their bones.

The killing of three Plasma Bugs by three arcanists had boosted the people's morale tremendously and gave the citizens the hope and confidence that they would prevail.

Since they could kill the three Plasma Bugs, they were confident of wiping out more of them. If they could get rid of all the Plasma Bugs, it would reduce the strength of the Insectoid army, and they might ward off the invasion.

It was a pity, however, that the cruel reality was falling short of the ideal. Just when the three stellar beings were about to hunt down the next Plasma Bugs, three shots of fire shot into the sky and hit and engulfed the three stellar beings in an instant.

"Aah—"

Many people covered their mouths in shock. Some timid ones even closed their eyes, too afraid to look. Those who were bold enough had their eyes glued to the screen, praying for the three arcanists silently in their minds.

The fire gradually dissipated, and the arcanists re-emerged, their bodies covered with a layer of black material, as if they had been scorched.

"Oh, God!"

"Have they been burned to death?"

"How could this be?"

Just when people thought that they had been burned and reduced to coke, the black matter on the three arcanists' bodies receded, revealing their true appearances.

The three of them were safe and sound as the black substance on their bodies was Venom Suit.

People breathed a sigh of relief when they realized it was just a false alarm. But what followed next was not looking good.

A dozen dragonfly-like giant insects flew from the sea and soon surrounded the three arcanists.

These dragonfly-like giant insects were over 150 meters long and covered in blood-colored shells.

Their bodies were blood-red with several meter-long hair growing on their six legs. This hair was extremely hard, as if steel needles. They had two pairs of enormous compound eyes, too.

All these features made these dozen giant dragonflies look terrifying.

The three arcanists looked grave when the dragonflies surrounded them. Both the information they had read before and the overpowering aura emanating from the dragonflies bluntly told them that these giant dragonflies were Stellar-class direbeasts.

"We are in deep shit!"

The gray-haired old man shouted into the headpiece. "We will fall into the trap of the Insectoid army if we get into a fight with these dragonflies! We have to shake them off and kill the Plasma Bugs. The Plasma Bugs are posing an enormous threat to the city wall!"

"We know that, but it is difficult to get away from these giant dragonflies. You know, they are stellar beings!" The bald, burly guy looked grave.

"Just do our best!" The red-haired girl said solemnly. "We need to protect Bao'an Base City at all costs. We can't let it end up the same fate as the other coastal base cities!"

"Kill!"

The trio desperately tried to break away from the encirclement.

It was a pity that they had seriously underestimated the combat strength of the Stellar-class giant dragonflies. The hope of getting away was slim, considering that each of them had to fight multiple dragonflies.

On the other hand, over a dozen Plasma Bugs were launching brutal attacks on the city wall with plasma.

A dozen holes had been blown open in the wall in the blink of an eye, with several dozen arcanists killed or maimed.

The situation was critical and becoming precarious.

"We are done for!"

"We are dead!"

"Will Bao'an Base City be destroyed, too?"

Everyone was in despair.

"What is that?"

Chapter 249: One-Man Show, Killing Machine

While a dozen giant dragonflies surrounded the three stellar beings, the Plasma Bugs launched brutal attacks, causing enormous damage to the city wall and massive casualties to other arcanists.

The situation had taken a turn for the worse and became parlous.

Everyone fell into despair upon seeing what happened.

Would Bao'an Base City fall and be destroyed like San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other coastal base cities?

Yang Ling'er was one of the arcanists fighting the Insectoid army. She was now in despair. Previously, she dominated the leaderboard in the training camp every week, well-deserving as the number one arcanist, and beat every single direbeast on the Australian mainland.

She had been so good at the game that she became overqualified for the Super Training Camp. And that was why she went to the Ultimate Matriculation Camp. She had always been confident of her strength.

She had every reason to be so.

At only fourteen, she had become a Level-8 arcanist and possessed two extremely powerful arcanas of Complete Manipulation and Complete Annihilation. She deserved every bit of her confidence.

But at this moment, she had never been in such despair in front of an endless army of Insectoids.

Those insectoids were so powerful that she had to use all her strength just to kill one of them. It took her a long time before she could kill six ordinary giant bugs.

When the ordinary Insectoids were already so difficult to kill, more so the stronger Plasma Bugs, Tanker Bugs, Pulse bugs, Dragonflies, and Reaper.

What made matters worse was, the Insectoid army was pouring onshore like an endless sea.

How would they fight this battle?

Could they really withstand the Insectoid army with just a few of them?

"Are we going to die here?"

Yang Ling'er had thought of this more than once.

"What is that?"

Just then, a surprised cry came to ears.

"Come on! Concentrate on fighting the enemy!" Someone was not too happy and scolded.

"No! Look. It looks like someone is hovering over there!"

That person quickly explained and then pointed in a direction. The others looked toward where that person pointed and saw a figure.

"Huh? There really is someone!"

"Who is that? Why is that person hovering there?"

The arcanists looked puzzled, and the personnel in charge of the live stream panned the camera at the person in the sky.

"Who is that? Reinforcement?"

People saw that person through the live stream.

When Yang Ling'er saw that person, her heart skipped a beat, her chest heaving in excitement. "My brother! That's Ling Jiu, my brother!"

That someone hovering in the air was none other than Ling Jiu, who had arrived at Bao'an Base City just in time.

He had first swept his eyes over the city the moment he arrived. After knowing that Ling'er was safe, he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. As he cast his eyes on the sea of Insectoids, there was a murderous look in his eyes.

Since I'm already here, here goes nothing!

With this thought in mind, Ling Jiu locked a dozen Plasma Bugs with no hesitation.

Since the Plasma Bugs were the nastiest, he would grab the bull of the horns by targeting them first.

"Kill!"

With the Emissian war blade in hand, he performed a Blink Arcana, appeared over the head of a Plasma Bug, raised the war blade, and slashed down.

When he struck, the weapon in his hand expanded into a 400-meter war blade right above the Plasma Bug.

The Emissian war blade slid down as if on a guillotine, slashing the Plasma Bug in half in an instant. The Plasma Bug struggled a couple of times before becoming lying motionless on the ground.

It so happened that a camera captured this scene and streamed the live footage to the 200 million residents of Bao'an Base City. Everyone went bonkers.

"It's dead!"

"The Plasma Bug is dead!"

People were cheering in euphoria.

But this was not over yet. After killing a Plasma Bug, Ling Jiu performed a Blink Arcana again and appeared in front of a second Plasma Bug. Without the slightest mercy toward an ugly and cruel invader like this insectoid, he raised his war blade and struck.

Before the Plasma Bug could react, Ling Jiu had cut it in half with his Emissian war blade. Its body collapsed to the ground, motionless.

"Down with the second one!"

Ling Jiu's face looked stern as he performed a Blink Arcana again and came in front of a third Plasma Bug.

The third Plasma Bug was dead.

He then moved on to a fourth, a fifth, and a sixth Plasma Bug.

Eight Plasma Bugs had died at the hands of Ling Jiu in slightly over ten seconds. The scene pushed the emotions of the 200 million people watching the battle through live streaming to a new height.

Students screamed, their faces flushed with excitement, and their voices hoarse but still screaming like crazy.

"Who is this guy? He is amazing!"

The three stellar beings under siege had also noticed Ling Jiu. It shocked them to see how he killed eight Plasma Bugs so effortlessly.

They swore they did not know this guy.

Plasma Bugs were Stellar-Class Direbeasts, their attack was absolutely comparable to that of stellar beings. There was no doubt about this.

Yet this stranger who was called Ling Jiu had killed the Plasma Bugs as if he was cutting some melons and vegetables.

Who was he, really?

How could he be so unbelievably powerful?

"It doesn't matter who he is. The important thing is, he is on our side to fight off the Insectoid army."

"Well said."

On the other hand, the Insectoid army became desperate after Ling Jiu had killed eight Plasma Bugs in a row.

Over a dozen giant bugs over 150 meters long, resembling cockroaches, rose from the Insectoid army and flew toward Ling Jiu. These were the infamous Stellar-Class Direbeast, the Reapers.

Apparently, these Reapers were going to encircle Ling Jiu and kill him.

This tactic looked all too familiar; it was exactly what was happening to the three arcanists. Those people watching the live streaming were silent, watching with bated breath at Ling Jiu.

They would be in grave trouble if those giant praying mantises besieged Ling Jiu, just like what happened to the three stellar beings.

"Be careful, Ling Jiu!"

Yang Ling'er had her heart in her mouth as her eyes were fixated on Ling Jiu in the sky.

The Insectoid invasion had only been going on for three days, but the notoriety of the Reapers had spread far and wide. Even the most powerful Ultimate Arcanists were no match for the Reapers.

Could her brother defeat so many reapers?

Yang Ling'er could not be more worried.

Ling Jiu was the calmest person of all on the scene. He licked his lips as he looked at the giant praying mantises flying toward him from all directions.

"Bring it on! I have some surprises for all of you!"

Ling Jiu put away his war blade and hovered casually in the air, as if he had given up fighting.

This baffled the arcanists and the residents watching the live streaming.

"Has he given up fighting?"

"What is he doing?"

While everyone was watching in puzzlement as a dozen giant praying mantises had come in front of Ling Jiu and were about to strike with their raptorial legs, Ling Jiu opened his mouth all of a sudden and drew air into his mouth.

A black hole of over 1,000 meters in diameter appeared in front of him with super powerful suction force.

Those dozen giant praying mantises were caught unawares and pulled toward the black hole.

They flap their wings frantically, trying to get away from getting swallowed by the black hole.

But it was useless. The suction force of the black hole was too powerful and swallowed them all.

The next second, the black hole vanished, and the sky returned to normal, but the dozen giant praying mantises had gone forever.

"W—what skill is this?"

"Where have the dozen Reapers gone?"

Everyone was stunned.

It puzzled the three stellar big brothers besieged by the giant dragonflies, the arcanists fighting the Insectoids on the city wall, and the 200 million residents watching the live streaming. They were overwhelmed by what they saw.

Was he still a human when he could swallow over a dozen giant praying mantises of over 150 meters long?

Was he transformed from a Taotie?

"Definitely a Stellar-class direbeast!"

Ling Jiu did not know those people were in shock. He was enjoying the pure vitality that kept pouring into his body. He burped with satisfaction when it ended.

These dozen giant praying mantises had provided him an impressive amount of vitality, enough for him to fight another round of intense battle.

But before this, he had to eliminate the Plasma Bugs that posed the greatest threat to the city wall. So he launched an attack with this thought in mind.

Ling Jiu retrieved and sheathed his war blade ten seconds later and looked at the remaining dozen Plasma Bugs—all of them had been cut in half and had died on the spot.

"Those Plasma Bugs are all dead!"

"Dead! They are all dead!"

"The Plasma Bugs are all dead!"

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

Everyone shouted in excitement.

Right now, people treated Ling Jiu as a hero. Even the cameraman doing the live streaming panned his camera at Ling Jiu and filmed his every move.

Ling Jiu did not continue to stay in the air after killing all the Plasma Bugs but swooped down into the midst of the Insectoid army.

"What is he doing?"

People were scratching their heads at seeing what Ling Jiu was doing, wondering why he did not fend off the attack in the air but going down to the army of the Insectoids.

The three stellar big brothers were even more stupefied. Should Ling Jiu not help them get rid of these giant dragonflies and free them at this time? What was he thinking when he lunged into the midst of the Insectoid army?

They had no idea what was on Ling Jiu's mind. Of course, Ling Jiu could not control what they thought of him. He had only one thing in mind when he jumped into the Insectoid swarm: to fight them with his bare fists.

Yes, fist fighting.

He needed to burn the stored vitality in his body to strengthen his physical body.

"Kill!"

He shouted and came in front of a giant ladybug almost instantaneously, striking at the giant ladybug with a punch and shattered it in an instant.

"Kill!"

He came to another giant ant and again greeted it with a punch.

Ling Jiu slaughtered the Insectoid army around him like a killing machine. None of those Insectoids lunging at him was his match. They either lost a limb or ended up dying instantly as they tried to get near to him.

All the Insectoids within a one-kilometer radius had died within a few minutes. There were no survivors.

His crazy action infuriated the Insectoid army. They stopped attacking the city wall and turned around and rushed toward Ling Jiu.

It seemed that those Insectoids were using the tactic of saturation attack to overwhelm him.

As those Insectoids left the city wall alone, those arcanists could finally launch a counterattack. Just then, Ling Jiu was heard speaking. "Don't come here. They all are mine!"

Those arcanists looked at each other, struck dumb. What the heck? He did not need our help? Are you kidding me?

As stupefied as they were, they all stopped in their tracks. But they were still at the ready, lunging out to help at once in case Ling Jiu was in danger.

Danger?

Of course, this could not have happened.

Ling Jiu started to show everyone what a real killing machine was.

He was as if a machine that would never feel tired. His fists, legs, elbows, and every part of his body were peerless weapons.

They killed at the slightest touch.

Anything that came near would die.

Ling Jiu started his killing spree from the east to the west, and then from the foot of the city wall to the seashore, leaving behind trails of bug corpses, broken limbs, and body parts.

Half an hour…

One hour…

Chapter 250: Devouring Everything, the Beast Tide Recedes

This was a like-no-other massacre of direbeasts and also an unprecedented gluttonous feast.

On one side was a torrent of brutal and powerful Insectoids.

On the other side was an outnumbered loner, Ling Jiu.

It stood to reason that the two sides were not on the same level in terms of number. This was an asymmetrical battle, but the result was completely opposite.

Ling Jiu was outnumbered, yet he slaughtered the Insectoid army. Those bug corpses, blood, broken limbs, and body parts were the best proof.

"Is he even a human? He is more like a killing machine!"

"Can we humans be so powerful?"

"He is too powerful, too brutal, too cruel! I swear, he is the most brutal arcanist I have ever seen. No one even comes close."

"Idol! He is my idol! I want to become like him in the future, ripping direbeasts barehanded, smashing direbeasts with the stone, killing direbeasts with bullets that could change directions mid-flight, and striking direbeasts with thunder hidden in the crotch. I want to become a man like him, no matter what!"

"So charming! How can someone be so charming?"

The scene of Ling Jiu slaughtering the Insectoid army was shocking, awe-inspiring, exciting, and full of adrenaline rush.

Countless people cheered and danced.

Countless students were motivated.

Countless girls admired him like crazy.

Meanwhile, the battle continued.

Ordinary direbeasts would fear and despair when encountering such an unbeatable enemy, but not the Insectoid army.

They were relentless and not scared of death. They attacked incessantly as if they knew no fear.

No matter how many of their company Ling Jiu had killed, and the amount of bug corpses and remains on the ground, they could not seem to see them and kept fighting back frantically.

Ling Jiu could not hold back his admiration for their crazy behavior. The reason this Insectoid army was terrifying was not only their individual strength but also, more importantly, their tacit understanding of each other, obedience of orders, and fearlessness.

How could anyone fight, defeat, and repel such a group of direbeasts if the person did not possess an overwhelming strength?

"Since all of you don't know what despair is, I will let you despair for real this once."

Ling Jiu soared into the air and then hovered over 500 meters high in the air. Looking down at the Insectoid army that was still rushing forward, he took a deep breath, then opened his mouth in a Devourer.

The familiar black hole appeared again. But this time, the diameter of it reached an astonishing 10 kilometers, covering most of the battlefield.

"He pulled the same move again—the one that just swallowed over a dozen Reapers!"

Everyone recognized the black hole almost in unison when it appeared in the sky. The scene of Ling Jiu swallowing a dozen giant dragonflies had left a deep impression on them.

As the terrifying suction force came out of the black hole, nothing on Earth could escape. Everything was pulled into it.

Everything that was nearby the black hole, be it the Insectoid army, or the broken limbs and body parts on the ground, were swallowed.

I horrified people to see the Insectoid army rising into the air and then plunging into the black hole.

The ground below the black hole became a vacuum zone, where not a single bug or a broken limb was left in just a few seconds.

Only the greenish blood all over the place silently told of the tragic scene.

Everyone gasped.

"It is gone. It is all gone!"

"The black hole has swallowed them all!"

"Horrifying! It's really horrifying!"

"He swallowed so many direbeasts at once. How did he do that? Where have those direbeasts gone? Can his stomach really take in all that?"

Could he?

Of course, he could.

There might be many Insectoids, but they would not last long before being converted into pure vitality in the Inner World.

Due to their sheer number, the level of converted vitality was so high that Ling Jiu felt as if he was going to explode.

So he needed to vent his vitality.

He wanted to vent freely.

"Kill!"

So the massacre began again.

A frenzied massacre like the previous one unfolded again under the watchful eyes of 200 million people. But it was a pity that no matter how crazy things went, it was impossible to repeat the level of craziness as before.

This was because the number of Insectoids had declined tremendously. In other words, there were almost no direbeasts in sight on the beach. The Insectoids were now present in the sea only.

Ling Jiu lunged into the sea to greet the coming Insectoid army.

He smashed those Insectoids one by one. Bug blood was dyeing the seawater green as a massive number of broken limbs, intestines, and other internal organs had fallen into the ocean. The fish in the ocean was having a feast.

"That's too brutal! I have seen no one as brutal as this guy!"

A shaggy arcanist stood on the city wall and looked down with horror at the situation in the sea. "Does anyone know him?"

"Never know him."

"Never met him before."

Everyone around shook their heads.

"It shouldn't be. How could no one know such a powerful stellar big brother?" The shaggy, burly man was puzzled.

"I know him!"

A voice spoke just then. The shaggy man and the arcanists in the surroundings looked over at that person.

It was a young guy, probably 21 or 22. Right now, he had a complicated expression on his face.

"You know him, mate?"

The shaggy, brawny man was curious and quickly asked, while everyone else stared at the young guy.

The young guy gave a wry smile. "His name is Ling Jiu, an Ultimate Matriculation Camp trainee. Well, he just joined the Ultimate Matriculation Camp recently."

"An Ultimate Matriculation Camp trainee?" The shaggy, brawny man was taken aback with a suspicious look on his face. "It can't be, mate. How can an Ultimate Matriculation Camp trainee be so powerful?"

"Ling Jiu is indeed a trainee there. I can't be wrong." The young guy forced a smile. "Just that I can't tell why he is so powerful. This guy has always been very mysterious."

"He is really an Ultimate Matriculation Camp trainee?"

Everyone looked at each other.

"Who cares? Whoever he is, after today's battle, he will be famous internationally as the most powerful arcanist in the world."

The shaggy, brawny man had a serious look on his face. "He has single-handedly fought off the direbeast invasion today. He saved us and the two hundred million residents of Bao'an Base City. He is our lifesaver, and even more so, the hero of Huaxia."

"Well said!"

The others nodded in agreement.

He single-handedly fought off the Insectoid army and saved Bao'an Base City.

Who was the hero if not a person like him?

Yang Ling'er's beautiful eyes flickered with light, her heart fluttering when she heard people praising and respecting her brother. "Did you hear that, Ling Jiu? You're a hero."

Meanwhile, Ling Jiu suddenly found that those Insectoids no longer attacked but retreating after he beat them to a pulp.

They were fleeing to the deeper part of the ocean in a scattered formation.

What Ling Jiu the most was not their attack but fleeing.

After chasing them for a while, Ling Jiu could only watch as the remaining Insectoids scuttled away. He was not the Monkey King who could make 100,000 clones of himself with vellus hair to pursue the Insectoids.

"Forget it. I will let them go this time."

Ling Jiu gave up pursuing and flew back toward the base city. The three stellar big brothers came up to greet him with an enthusiastic smile on their faces.

How could they not be enthusiastic? They admired Ling Jiu for his ability. More so because Ling Jiu had single-handedly ward off the Insectoid army and saved Bao'an Base City.

Ling Jiu was apparently better than them.

"At first, I was wondering, when we ever had such a powerful stellar being on Earth. I didn't expect it to be you, Brother Ling."

The gray-haired old man held out his hand with full enthusiasm. "My name is Yuan Hua, a Huaxia native. Thank you for fighting off the Insectoid army and saving Bao'an Base City."

"They are all human beings. How can I see my own kind dying and do nothing?"

Ling Jiu let out a faint smile and held out his hand to shake the old man's hand.

"You are so badass, Brother Ling. You single-handedly fought off the entire Insectoid army." The bald, browny guy also held out his hand with admiration. "Wei Zhang, from Huaxia, too. I am glad to meet you."

"Glad to meet you, too." Ling Jiu returned a smile.

"My name is Bai Guixiang. Glad to meet you." The red-haired girl also held out her hand.

"Glad to meet you, too."

As the four came to the city wall, the leaders of the military command in charge of the battle quickly came up to greet them with praises and thank you.

"We wouldn't have survived this battle without you. Do you know that, Brother Ling?"

"This Insectoid army has destroyed over a dozen mega and large base cities and killed countless people. No base city could ever fight and defeat them."

The head of Bao'an Military District clasped Ling Jiu's hands. "People saw the Insect army as invincible and all destructive. The Insectoids represent death, disaster, and blood. Some people with ulterior motives call the Insectoids the coming of the demons. But today, Bao'an Base City has fought them off, and you, Brother Ling, have been taking no prisoners in the battle against the Insectoids. I believe that when news gets out, it will inspire and strengthen people's confidence in fighting the Insectoid army."

"I was just doing my job."

Ling Jiu was very humble. "As everyone has seen, the Insectoid army is not as terrifying as imagined. As long as we are united, we can wipe out the Insectoid army, and even chase them down to their lairs and uproot them."

There was light in the eyes of the Bao'an Military District head. "Well said, Brother Ling. We must not only eliminate the Insectoid army but also chase them down to their lair and uproot them."

After exchanging some pleasantries with the big guys, Ling Jiu could finally make himself scarce and walk toward Ling'er at the city gate. People were casting looks of admiration and awe at him as he went.

"Ling Jiu!"

Yang Ling'er jumped into his arms and burst into tears. She did not know why she had cried. It could have been in fear, emotional, or simply excitement.

It did not matter which it was; she just cried.

"Don't cry, girl."

Ling Jiu patted her shoulder to comfort her. She heard Ling Jiu and cried even louder. Ling Jiu could do nothing but just let her go on with it.

After crying for a long while, she finally calmed down. "Shouldn't you be in Modu Base City, Ling Jiu? Why are you here?"

"I am worried about you, so I come," Ling Jiu said with a smile. "By the way, I have brought you a gift."

"A gift?" Her eyes flickered. "What gift?"

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