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 251: High-Level Meeting, Counterattack Plan

There was only one gift Ling Jiu could give to his sister, and that was arcanas.

When Ling Jiu told her he had a Bestowment Arcana, and let her choose an arcana, she was shocked. But soon, she made her choice.

"I want the arcana that you just used to swallow the Insectoids."

"Devourer?" Ling Jiu cocked an eyebrow.

"Yes, yes! It is Devourer!"

She nodded repeatedly, her eyes shining. "This arcana is so powerful. It looks so badass to swallow so many Insectoids in one go."

"Devourer is indeed powerful, but this arcana and the Inner World come in a package. Only if you have Inner World first and Devourer can work the best," Ling Jiu said.

"Inner World?" Yang Linger was stunned.

"I will give you Inner World, and you will understand what this arcana is."

Ling Jiu smiled and then performed his Bestowment Arcana. "Installing the arcana may hurt a little. So bear with it."

"Okay."

Yang Ling'er successfully installed Inner World half an hour later. She understood what her brother meant all of a sudden when she looked at the vast world that appeared in her body.

She also understood that her brother had devoured the giant bugs and stored them in that place just now.

"You are right, Ling Jiu. Devourer will not perform the best without Inner World."

"Absolutely."

Ling Jiu let out a slight smile. "Inner world is a very magical space. It can convert all the things you swallow into the purest energy. I just swallowed a large number of Insectoids, and they all were converted into vitality and a small amount of dark bio-energy. It can not only strengthen my physical body but also improve my cultivation base—killing two birds with one stone. The only thing when you swallow too much vitality…"

He first explained to her the function of Inner World. At last, he said, "My Bestowment Arcana also has a cooldown period, which is two months each time. When I can use it next time, I will give my Devourer to you."

"Okay." Yang Ling'er nodded.

"And these."

Ling Jiu took out a Seven-colored Rainbow Flame and the Long River. "These are the two Treasures of Heaven and Earth that I obtained while I was in the matriculation camp. You may use them."

"I can't take them, Ling Jiu," Yang Ling'er quickly declined.

"Take them. You should take it. Your brother, I, is a stellar big boss, who is above Level-Ten Arcanist. Such Treasures of Heaven and Earth are no longer useful to me." Ling Jiu said.

"You are amazing, Ling Jiu." Yang Linger had an admiring look on her face.

"I am."

Ling Jiu touched his nose. "After solving the direbeast crisis, you may follow me to practice. I promise you will also become a stellar boss in a few days."

"Really?" Yang Ling'er's eyes lit up.

"When have I ever lied to you?" Ling Jiu let out a cocky smile.

"Thank you, Ling Jiu."

"Brother Ling Jiu." While the siblings were talking, Yuan Hua, Wei Zhang, and Bai Guixiang came over. "We just reported the situation here to the higher-ups. They decided to hold a meeting immediately. Chairman Emperor Might invites you to attend. So…"

"The high-level meeting? Now?" Ling Jiu was stunned. "Where is the meeting held?"

"Please come with us, Brother Ling."

Yuan Hua and the others brought Ling Jiu into the air, then kept ascending until they reached a few hundred meters above Bao'an Base City.

Ling Jiu looked around with confusion. Was this the place where the high-level meeting was held?

Yuan Hua and the other two took out a Mind Helmet at this time. Wei Zhang and Bai Guixiang each wore a Mid Helmet, while Yuan Hua handed his to Ling Jiu.

"This is a Mind Helmet, Brother Ling. Wearing this and you will enter the high-level meeting in a virtual conference hall. Every arcanist above Level-Ten will get such a set of gear by right, showing that one is qualified to be among the high-ups," Yuan Hua explained. "But because you hid your combat strength, you didn't manage to get your own set. So you use mine."

"No wonder."

Ling Jiu did not decline. After putting on the helmet, he fell into a trance and his consciousness was drawn into a conference hall.

A solemn and majestic atmosphere greeted him in an instant. Despite being a stellar being, Ling Jiu still felt nervous.

After a closer look, he saw familiar and unfamiliar faces sitting in the conference hall. Almost all eyes were on him.

"Welcome here, Brother Ling."

An enthusiastic voice spoke. Ling Jiu turned his head and looked over and saw a brawny bald man grinning at him.

Ling Jiu knew this person. His name was Vulcan, the chairman of the Vulcan Arcana Combine.

"Hello, Brother Vulcan." Ling Jiu hurriedly said hello.

"I had expected that you would sit here one day, Brother Ling, but I didn't expect that it would be so fast."

Vulcan was very enthusiastic, but there was a look of mixed feeling on his face.

"It has not been long since we last met, and now you have become a stellar being and so powerful. You make old guys like us look as if our life has been a waste."

"Exactly."

"Brother Ling's self-cultivation speed is so fast, nothing short of amazing. You are the first person in the history of Earth to have achieved such a feat."

"Absolutely."

The other people in the conference hall echoed with emotion.

"All right. Calm down, people."

Emperor Might let out a smile. "This is Ling Jiu's first time attending a high-level meeting. So please control yourselves, lest all of you scare him with your overenthusiasm."

Everyone burst into laughter.

"Let me first introduce, Ling Jiu," Emperor Might said. "There are one hundred and nine people present at the meeting today. Thirty-nine of them are stellar beings, and the other seventy are the heads of the world's major powers."

It did not take Emperor Might long before he finished introducing them one by one. Ling Jiu now understood the composition of the higher-ups.

To put it simply, the key members of the higher-ups are the head of the major powers. After all, they represent their respective country and are naturally considered the head of humans.

Thirty years ago, there were over two hundred countries on Earth. But many smaller and weaker countries no longer existed since the rise of the direbeasts.

There were currently 100 countries on Earth that could be considered as a country. Of these 100 countries, over 20 of them were too weak to be recognized.

So there were only 70 countries counted as the higher-ups of humanity.

Also, as long as a person became a stellar being, he or she would be one of the higher-ups of humanity and qualified to take part in the high-level meeting.

This was understandable. Every stellar being was a nuclear weapon in human form. It was entirely reasonable to say that such a person was the patron of humanity.

So a stellar being was also eligible to be among the higher-ups of humanity.

"All right, the introduction is over. The meeting shall officially begin." Emperor Might's smile faded. "We have discussed the Insectoid army many times, and I am not going to repeat the same thing. Today, we will only have one agenda on the table, that is to counterattack."

Everyone nodded.

"Previously, this Insectoid army dived into the deep sea and disappeared without a trace. We have to guard this here and there, our forces are too dispersed and exhausted, which has led to a series of tragedies in Vancouver, Sydney, and other base cities," Emperor Might said solemnly. "It turns out that this approach is wrong. We couldn't even protect a base city with our forces dispersed. Bao'an Base City would have fallen if it weren't for Ling Jiu."

Everyone remained silent.

Emperor Might was telling the truth. All stellar beings and arcanists had been dispersed to protect the major coaster base cities.

And the result was,

A large base city had one to two stellar beings, and a mega base city had three to four stellar beings. Top combat forces were widely distributed, which eventually led to the fall of dozens of mega and large base cities such as Sydney Base City and Los Angeles Base City.

"What can we do even though we know it is a mistake?"

Vulcan said helplessly. "Should we let it ride, or stick together in one base city to expect another round of Insectoid attack?"

"In that case, who can guarantee that the Insectoid army will attack the base city we guard? What if we make a wrong bet and the Insectoids attack other coastal base cities?"

"Exactly."

"We can do nothing about it."

"This is the most hateful thing about the Insectoid army. They hide deep in the Pacific Ocean, coming and going without a trace. Their attacks are highly random with no pattern to follow. We can only scatter our forces. Sticking together will only make things worse."

"Damn those bugs!"

Others gritted their teeth.

"Indeed, we could do nothing about them before this. But now…" Li Huang looked at Ling Jiu all of a sudden. "When the Insectoid army invaded, I consulted you, Brother Ling. It turned out that it was a duplicate of you, and it only had eighty to ninety percent of your strength. So it couldn't help much. Now that you are back, I want to ask you again."

The others also looked at Ling Jiu.

"I am all ears." Ling Jiu straightened his body.

"I know you have Dimensional Arcana and can open wormholes." There was a light in Emperor Might's eyes. "Do you have a way to bring us into the dimensional fissure at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean?"

"You mean the dimensional fissure from where the Insectoid army emerged?" Ling Jiu asked.

"That's correct." Emperor Might nodded slightly. "That dimensional fissure differs from an ordinary one. It is also different from ordinary wormholes. It seems to have biometric identification functions."

"Biometric identification functions?" Ling Jiu was startled. "I didn't know there was such a dimensional fissure."

"Yes, there is." Emperor Might nodded slightly. "As we all know, all Insectoid army come out from that dimensional fissure at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. If we want to destroy the Insectoid army, the best way is, of course, to destroy its lair, or the dimensional fissure. This is the only way to burn the bridges of the Insectoid army."

Ling Jiu nodded slightly.

"So we have checked out the dimensional fissure. But what frustrates us is, the dimensional fissure only allows the Insectoid army to pass through while other objects cannot complete the crossing. It is like a barcode in a supermarket, where you must scan the barcode to pass." Emperor Might looked helpless. "There is nothing we can do if we can't pass through that dimensional fissure. We can't even destroy that dimensional fissure, let alone wipe out the Insectoid lair."

"I can't believe that there is still such a dimensional fissure." Ling Jiu was in disbelief. "I have never entered that dimensional fissure before, so I can't promise that I can take all of you in. I need to check it out first before making any conclusion."

"Since this is the case, let's waste no time and do it." Emperor Might said. "Are you in Bao'an Base City now? If so, give me a moment while I will head over there to meet you, and then we will go to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean together."

"I will go with you, for safety's sake."

Vulcan said. "There are a few huge and nasty bugs guarding that dimensional fissure. They are vicious. There is safety in numbers."

"Very well."

Chapter 252: Dimensional Fissure, the Insectoid Nest

The Pacific Ocean was the largest ocean on Earth, with an area almost equal to the sum of the other three oceans. It was 14 times more massive than the smallest Arctic Ocean.

Countless direbeasts had been bred in the Pacific Ocean over the past 30 years, from the weakest Class 1 and Class 2 to the most powerful Stellar-Class direbeasts.

The oceans had become a forbidden zone for humankind because of the large number of direbeasts in them.

The aircraft carriers that sailed with impunity, ships, offshore scientific research stations, and oil fields were all abandoned.

Human beings had lost control of the oceans and could only hide inside the base cities and live a cowardly life for the past 30 years.

The oceans had also become a paradise for direbeasts. At first, this situation was expected to continue until humans were strong enough to kill the direbeasts and regain control of the oceans.

But this situation had changed with the sudden Insectoid invasion.

The Insectoid army had overrun the Pacific Ocean, and those poor direbeasts living in there became the first target of the Insectoid army.

"Our intel shows that some of those old Direbeast Lords have died, and some have fled. You can no longer see them in the massive Pacific Ocean," Vulcan said with a sigh.

"The old Direbeast Lords?" Ling Jiu looked puzzled.

"Class 8 direbeasts are called Direbeast Emperors, and we call Stellar-Class direbeast as Direbeast Lords, which means the lord of all direbeasts." Vulcan explained with a smile. "There were thirty-six Direbeast Lords on our planet before, and thirteen of them were in the Pacific Ocean."

"Those old brutes are actually not powerful, but because they had been staying in the deep ocean and had a geographical advantage, we couldn't do anything about them."

"The unexpected invasion of the Insectoids has kicked them out of their lair. But I am not sure if this is good news for us."

The three of them flew at high speed in the air and then stopped over an area of the ocean.

Emperor Might pointed down at the ocean below. "That dimensional fissure is right down there."

"Let's check it out," Ling Jiu said.

"Okay."

The three of them dived into the water and then swam towards the bottom of the sea. Before long, they touched down on the seabed.

The seabed was usually dark and difficult for ordinary people to see the surroundings. But that is not the case here.

There was a dimensional fissure at the bottom, winding and rugged with countless bends, stretching kilometers across the seabed.

Dazzling yellow light that shone through the fissure illuminated the surrounding seawater. So they could clearly see everything around them.

"The dimensional fissure!" Ling Jiu stared at the dimensional fissure.

This fissure looked no different from an ordinary dimensional fissure on the outside. No one could ever imagine that it had biometric recognition functions and only allowed Insectoids to pass through.

"Can you see anything unusual about this dimensional fissure since you have Dimensional Arcana and can open wormholes, Brother Ling?"

Vulcan and Emperor Might looked expectantly at Ling Jiu in unison.

"I will take a closer look!" Ling Jiu took a deep breath and flew toward the fissure.

"Be careful, Brother Ling." Emperor Might and Vulcan caught up to him. "There are a few extremely powerful Stellar-Class giant bugs in the deeper part of the dimensional fissure. They are nasty. Be careful."

"Understood."

The three of them got into the dimensional fissure and descended.

There were many dimensional fissures on Earth. But those were violent and full of dimensional turbulence and raging wind. Not even stellar beings could pass through, and this one was apparently an exception.

It not only allowed the Insectoid army comparable to Class 8 direbeast to pass through but also had a biometric recognition function, which was something that ordinary dimensional fissure could compare.

Ling Jiu clearly felt a dimensional fluctuation upon entering the dimensional fissure. This dimensional fluctuation was strange as it differed from normal dimensional fluctuations.

"This is weird."

He murmured. Just as he was about to go deeper, several shadows lunged out from the dimensional fissure towards the three of them.

"These are the big bugs that guard the dimensional fissure," Vulcan warned.

"Okay."

Ling Jiu looked at these huge bugs.

There were five giant bugs, all of which were over 200 meters.

One looked like a giant longhorn beetle, one a giant ant, one a giant praying mantis, one giant centipede, and one giant spider.

The five giant bugs looked ferocious. Their sizes were intimidating enough. They changed forward and seemed to want to rip the three men into pieces.

"You continue to check out the dimensional fissure, Ling Jiu. I will handle them."

Emperor Might said as he and Vulcan went up to meet the Insectoids.

At first, Ling Jiu wanted to engage the five giant bugs to help him digest the stored vitality in his body. But it seemed this was not the time, so he had no choice but to concentrate on exploring the dimensional fissure.

"Leoux, this dimensional fissure looks unusual." Ling Jiu asked in his mind. "But I can't tell what it is. Can you find any clues?"

"This dimensional fissure involves the deeper application of the law of dimensions. Of course, you can't see any clue."

Leoux smiled slightly and continued. "The method of creating this dimensional fissure is crude. So I guess those who created this are not a high-tech civilization. It is just some powerful beings who were lucky enough to comprehend the law of dimensions. I have some conjectures about this powerful being."

"You guessed its identity?" Ling Jiu's eyes lit up.

"It is not far off." Leoux smiled slightly. "I am not sure I should say that you are lucky or unfortunate; I can't believe that you have encountered such things. But judging by the Insectoid army, that powerful being isn't powerful enough yet. So now is the best time to kill it!"

"What exactly is that powerful being, Leoux?" Ling Jiu asked with a frown.

"Ling Jiu, have you heard of the Insectoid?" Leoux asked back with a smile.

"The Insectoid? Ling Jiu was taken aback.

"Yes, the Insectoid." Leoux nodded. "The Insectoid is a very peculiar race. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are the most powerful, an apex species comparable to the most powerful immortal Divine-level civilization. If you say they are weak, the Insectoid is weak. Just like on Earth, insects belong to a branch of the Insectoid, and insects are the weakest species on Earth. Right?"

Ling Jiu nodded.

"Of course, the insects on your planet are the descendants of the Insectoids at best, not the real Insectoids." Leoux continued. "Only the Insectoids having a Queen that rules over them are real Insectoids."

"The Queen?" Ling Jiu frowned.

"Just like the queens of the bee and ants on Earth, the Queen is the absolute leader of the Insectoid army. It is the Queen that creates an entire army of Insectoids." Leoux explained. "It is no exaggeration to say that as long as the Queen is given enough resources, she can continuously create the Insectoid warriors. The Insectoid warriors have extremely low intelligence. So they are absolutely obedient to the Queen's commands. The Queen sends the Insectoid warriors to die, and the Insectoid warriors will never say no. So in an Insectoid army, the Queen is truly an intelligent being. People call the Insectoid civilization the alternative wisdom civilization. This is the meaning of the word 'alternative'."

"So the powerful, intelligent being you just mentioned refers to the Insectoid Queen?" Ling Jiu took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice.

"That is correct." Leoux nodded vigorously. "The Insectoid Queen is a creature with very high potential. As long as it is given enough resources, it can continue to evolve and eventually grow into the pinnacle of life in the universe, no less powerful than an adult Flame Astral behemoth. The Queen will continue breeding Insectoid warriors, occupying the surrounding planets, star systems, and even an entire galaxy to plunder resources. Just like the Insectoid army that suddenly appeared on Earth, their purpose is actually very simple: to plunder Earth's resources."

"Damn it!" Ling Jiu clenched his fists. "We must never let them succeed."

"Of course, you can't let them succeed. Earth and even the entire solar system are not that simple. You must not let these bugs take over them." Leoux nodded. "If you want to defeat this Insectoid army, or specifically, to defeat the Queen behind the Insectoid army, now is the best time. Because judging from the strength and scale of this Insectoid army, the Queen behind them is a galactic being at best. As a mere galactic being, this Queen is at most in its infancy and the weakest Insectoid queen. It is the best opportunity to kill or control her. It will be a disaster if you miss this opportunity and when she grows up."

"Can you find it, Leoux?" Ling Jiu quickly asked.

"Finding it is easy. The thing is, we need to enter this dimensional fissure," Leoux said. "If I am not mistaken, it was the Queen who created this dimensional fissure. She has set a certain threshold during the creation process so that only the Insectoid army can pass through."

"Do you have a way to send us in?" Ling Jiu asked.

"Of course, I do. But are you sure you want to enter with them?" Leoux said with a faint smile. "The lair where the Queen lives is called the Insectoid Nest. Every Insectoid Nest is precious. Besides, the Queen is a priceless treasure. Are you sure you want to share it with these two earthlings?"

"You mean…" Ling Jiu cocked an eyebrow.

"Sometimes, you need to learn to be selfish. We're talking about good stuff here; you may want to keep it to yourself."

Leoux grinned. "Let's go. I will send you into the dimensional fissure, look for the Queen's nest and capture the Queen."

"I don't know; it is your call." Ling Jiu waved his hand, with an indifferent look on his face.

"Well, well, well, you…"

Leoux chuckled and saw that Ling Jiu shot out a black glow from his right wrist into the dimensional fissure.

"Mr. Chairman, Brother Vulcan, I will count on you to hold back these bugs while I check out the dimensional fissure!" Ling Jiu shouted at Emperor Might and Vulcan.

"Be careful, Brother Ling!" Vulcan reminded him.

"I will!"

Ling Jiu mimed an "okay" gesture as he plunged into the dimensional fissure.

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Chapter 253: Plundering Everything, Enslaving the Queen

Ling Jiu had no idea what magic Leoux had used. All he knew was he passed through the dimensional fissure unimpeded and arrived in a world opposite the wormhole in no time.

The current location was also a planet. Just that it was desolate with only gray skies and gray earth. There was nothing else there.

There were no plants, rivers, or animals.

And there were only gray stones and a multitude of bones. Everything looked dead and barren. It was a lifeless and desolate world.

"See? This is the planet where the Insectoid army has visited," Leoux said faintly. "Wherever they go, nothing will survive. Whether it is living things such as animals and plants, or natural resources such as water and minerals, they will plunder. Eventually, the entire planet will become a lifeless celestial body."

Ling Jiu said not a word as he rose into the air to observe the planet better.

Judging by the skeletons and bones, this used to be a habitable planet flourishing with life.

The largest skeleton was tens of meters long. It was easy to imagine that the animals on this planet were very large, but now all that remained of them were bones.

"We must wipe out the Insectoids and not let Earth end up like this," Ling Jiu said coldly as he clenched his fists. "Leoux, find the Queen."

"Found it," Leoux said, but then it fell into silence. It took a full half a minute before it spoke again.

"Ling Jiu, there is a bug hive hidden in the center of the planet. The number of Insectoids is about one point two million, and the Queen is likely hiding in there."

"You lead the way. Let's kill them all," Ling Jiu said with a frosty voice.

"Okay."

With Leoux showing the way, Ling Jiu went underground and arrived at the center of the planet half an hour later.

It surprised him that the center of the planet was hollow, the hot iron core and boiling magma gone. Instead, there was a huge insect hive in its place.

The hive was massive, as if a gigantic hornet's hive, densely packed with holes on the surface, each hole containing a larva.

He again looked at the hive, where six giant bugs were lying quietly. They looked like six mountains of meat, trembling and wriggling. Whenever it moved, its flesh sloshed.

And in front of these six giant bugs, an army of Insectoids was busy fetching food and water, some nestling bug eggs, and some digging holes.

They had a clear division of labor and were working in an orderly manner.

"Are those the Queens?" Ling Jiu asked with a low voice as he looked at the six giant bugs.

"No. Those are not the Queens but female bugs. They are tools for multiplying the Insectoid army. They are Insectoids with no intelligence." Leoux shook its head. "The Queen differs from the ordinary Insectoids. She has distinctive characteristics. You will recognize her the moment you see her."

"Can you find the Queen, Leoux?" Ling Jiu frowned slightly.

Their target this time was the Queen, not just a few meaty bugs and the Insectoid army.

Leoux shook his head slightly. "This is just an ordinary Insectoid arsenal. The Queen is not here."

"Not here?"

Ling Jiu frowned. "Where is she then?"

"I still need to search carefully." Leoux sighed. "The Queen is brilliant and cunning. She has a replication arcana similar to yours, and can continuously learn various abilities. No one knows what abilities the Queen possesses. So it is difficult to handle her."

"Then what should we do?" Ling Jiu sighed.

"Before I came to the underground, I had launched some probes to search around the center of this planet. I am confident they will find her soon," Leoux slowly replied.

"Let me know once there is news about the Queen." Ling Jiu exhaled, looking at the giant bug and those busy Insectoid armies again with a murderous look in his eyes. "Before you find the mother emperor, let's get rid of these guys before we find the Queen."

"It is time to eliminate these guys. This planet and Earth are connected by a wormhole. All the Insectoid armies produced by this arsenal are vanguard forces to invade Earth. The crisis on Earth will go away naturally when these guys are destroyed," Leoux said faintly.

"Then let's kill them!" Ling Jiu licked his lips with a bloodthirsty smile. He then opened his mouth and unleashed a powerful suction force as a black hole with a diameter of 10 kilometers appeared.

The powerful suction force swept through everywhere, swallowing the six female bugs directly below the black hole without the slightest resistance from them.

Then, it was the other bugs' turn.

The entire underground world was in chaos at this moment. The Insectoid army closest to the black hole was struggling frantically, but could escape the fate of being swallowed.

The Insectoid army far away escaped the pull of the black hole, but just barely. Before they could run away, they suddenly froze in place.

It was Time Halt. Ling Jiu performed a Blink Arcana and appeared above them and then performed a Devourer again to swallow up all of them.

The outcome was self-evident. It was a few hours later when Ling Jiu returned to the surface.

That Insectoid arsenal and over 1.2 million Insectoid soldiers on this planet had been converted into vitality.

"The level of stored vitality is a little too high this time." Ling Jiu moved his body as he felt bloated. He knew that this resulted from absorbing too much vitality. "Do you have a Gravity bangle, Leoux?"

"Sure," Leoux replied. "Are you planning to press your body with the Gravity Bangle to burn the stored vitality in the body?"

"Yeah."

"Okay," Leoux said. "You will have no problem with withstanding one thousandfold gravity force with your current physical strength. The Stellar-Class Gravity Bangle is just nice for you."

"What is the maximum gravity force the Stellar-Class Gravity Bangle can generate?" Ling Jiu asked with curiosity.

"Ten thousandfold."

"That is awesome!"

Ling Jiu took the bangle and immediately adjusted it to 1,000G for himself.

He felt a terrifying gravity force fall upon him from all directions. Every cell, organ, and inch of his muscles suddenly had to withstand 1,000 times of gravity.

The force reached an alarming level.

The cells started to consume energy frantically to resist the sudden surge of gravity. This energy is vitality. A normal human body contained a limited amount of vitality, and once exhausted, the person would die.

However, Ling Jiu was different. He had too much vitality in his body. While burning the vitality, the cells would unconsciously become stronger.

He was burning his energy continuously.

His body cells were growing stronger.

This was the role of gravity.

Of course, exerting such a high level of gravity on himself was strenuous. It was okay to endure it for a few minutes, not a problem even if it went on for an hour or two.

The hard part was persisting, which was the most painful. Ling Jiu could only clench his teeth and persisted under such circumstances.

"Is there any news yet, Leoux?" Ling Jiu gritted his teeth and asked in a low voice.

"There is no definite information of the Queen's whereabouts for the time being. But I have found several Insectoid arsenals in this star system," Leoux said. "There are six planets in this star system, including three rocky planets, three gas giants, and six-one satellites. The three rocky planets and sixteen satellites each have an arsenal, and those arsenals are by no means small."

"Let's clean up one by one," Ling Jiu said faintly. "Keeping them is leaving a scourge behind. It is better to turn them into vitality in my body to increase my strength."

"Understood," Leoux said as it released the Leoux to carry Ling Jiu to head to other planets.

Whether it was the other two rocky planets or satellites, they all had turned into lifeless planets.

Animals, plants, water sources, minerals, and other resources had all been plundered, leaving nothing behind but death and bones.

"The Insectoids will plunder everything wherever they go. This is only one star system, which could be the tip of an iceberg."

Leoux nonchalantly said, "The truly powerful Insectoid army can easily occupy large tracts of galaxy clusters and turn them into a barren world. They could even wipe out those powerful intelligent civilizations."

"The Insectoids are a bunch of scums." Ling Jiu gritted his teeth.

"They are the scum in the universe." Leoux chuckled. "They are like cockroaches. Everyone hates them and could not wait to get rid of them. But at the same time, many people like their way of reproduction and the powerful combat strength and fearless attitude of the Insectoid army. So there have been many incidents of enslaving the Insectoid Queen in the development's history of cosmic civilization. Some failed, but some succeeded."

"Enslaving the Insectoid Queen?" Ling Jiu was startled.

"There used to be such a powerful being in the universe. People called him the Insectoid Tyrant because he had successfully enslaved an Insectoid Queen and devoted himself to developing the Insectoid army and at last, stood at the pinnacle of the universe," Leoux said. "So the Insectoid army might be hateful, but it is also an opportunity for you."

"Do you mean I should enslave the Queen?"

Ling Jiu raised his eyebrows with a light in his eyes.

"Why not?"

Leoux said, "This Insectoid Queen is weak. It is easy to enslave her. But this is not all. Two, your solar system is very peculiar, with many wormholes. These wormholes are connected to many places in the universe. It is a natural pasture. Three, countless powerful beings have been coveting the combat strength of the Insectoid army. Don't you want to have an invincible army of Insectoids that even gods would fear?"

Ling Jiu swallowed hard. As much as he did not want to admit it, deep inside, he was…

"Are you tempted?" Leoux teased. "Since you are tempted, let's do it. The probes have found the Queen."

"Where is she?" Ling Jiu quickly asked.

"The star system next door," Leoux slowly said.

"Let's waste no time and hurry over." Ling Jiu urged. He was an eager beaver now.

"Understood," Leoux replied. It then directed the Leoux to open up a wormhole and left the current star system.

They arrived in a nearby star system in just a while.

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Chapter 254: Lock the Void Down, Flower Fairy

The star system next door was rather peculiar. It was a binary star system!

A G star[1] which was similar to the sun, and a white dwarf, [2]which looked like the earth, were the main astronomical objects of this star system.

By exerting gravitational forces upon one another, they orbited around a common center of mass.

The sun that controls the solar system is also a G star, a class of main-sequence stars.

As for this G star, it had a mass of 1.0 to 1.4 times that of the sun.

On the other hand, a white dwarf is a high-density star formed when a G star's core collapses at the end of its cycle.

"The G star-white dwarf combination is very common for binary star systems in the universe!" Leoux explained, "A few years ago, this star system was composed of two G stars, but one of them burned to the end of life and evolved into a white dwarf. That white dwarf may be small in its size, but its gravity is strong!"

"How strong is it?"

This was the first time Ling Jiu had witnessed a white dwarf, and he couldn't help but be curious.

He knew that a white dwarf's gravity is strong. After all, how can it be weak for a white dwarf in the size of earth but containing the stellar mass of the sun?

However, he did not know how strong it was.

"After a rough calculation, it shows that the surface gravity of this white dwarf is about 180,000 times that of your earth!" Leoux said dully. "Under such strong gravity, any object will cease to exist, even atoms will get crushed!"

"One hundred and eighty thousand times the surface gravity of the earth?"

Ling Jiu took a chilly breath. "It's terrible. If we are on the surface of a white dwarf, we will be crushed into meat sauce in an instant."

"Absolutely!" Leoux nonchalantly said. "However, it depends."

"When you become a super-clustered lifeform, you can easily withstand the gravity of a white dwarf. It can't do anything to you even if you dance on its surface."

"Super-clustered lifeform!" Ling Jiu's eyes glistened.

"Let's go find the Insectoid Queen!" Leoux smiled while pointing at a planet near the G star and said, "The Insectoid Queen should be on that planet if I'm not wrong!"

"Huh?" Ling Jiu looked in the direction pointed out by Leoux.

In total, there were eleven planets in this star system. Only three of them were of the white dwarf. These three planets were all gas giants[3]. As for the remaining eight planets, they all revolved around that G star. Leoux was referring to the third planet from the G star.

In terms of position alone, it was the earth in the solar system.

The two boarded the battleship and soon arrived at the surface of the planet.

Looking at this beautiful planet, Ling Jiu frowned slightly. A suspicion flashed in his eyes. "Leoux, are you sure that the Insectoid Queen is hiding on this planet?"

With no exception, all the planets visited by the insectoid army before had become dessert planets after the resources were looted.

But this planet's condition was totally different!

There were blue skies, vast oceans, large tracts of forests, rugged rivers, and all kinds of complex landscapes… It was just like Earth's twin sibling.

Could the Insectoid Queen hide on such a planet?

"I have told you that the Insectoid Queen is fundamentally different from the common insectoid. One can say that it is the only intelligent lifeform in an insectoid army!" Leoux smiled and continued, "What does intelligent lifeform mean? It is a lifeform with intelligence!"

"Every intelligent lifeform has its own preference and emotion and does enjoy good food. And the Insectoid Queen is a very beautiful lifeform that is completely different from those ugly bugs!"

"Okay!" Ling Jiu rubbed his nose. "Could you locate the Insectoid Queen?"

"Although I haven't found it, I'm sure that the Queen is definitely on this planet. To prevent it from escaping, we must make some arrangements!"

As Leoux smiled mysteriously, it launched hundreds of space shuttle-like aircraft.

These aircraft disappeared into the void as soon as they appeared. And when they re-appeared, they were in various areas of the planet.

Ling Jiu was watching the exterior scenery simulated inside the mothership.

These 'space shuttles' were evenly distributed over the planet, surrounding the planet in clusters.

In the next moment, the surface of each space shuttle burst into black light, spreading in all directions.

In the end, all the black lights were connected together to form a black screen, which completely enveloped the planet about the size of the earth.

Subsequently, as the space shuttles disappeared along with the black screen, light returned to the surface of the planet, as if the previous scene had never happened.

Ling Jiu was a little confused upon seeing this and said in doubt, "Leoux, what did you just do?"

"Lock this planet down so that it can't escape!" Leoux chuckled. "Let's go and catch a 'turtle' in the 'urn'!"

"As usual, you are thoughtful!" Ling Jiu couldn't help but praise him.

Leoux was indeed very experienced. It would take care of every aspect. Moreover, it was very knowledgeable. Ling Jiu felt very lucky to have its assistance.

"That is!" Leoux smiled, then drove the battleship into the planet's atmosphere, and after a while, they had arrived at the surface of the planet.

Immediately after, the Leoux radiated mysterious waves and began to search for the Insectoid Queen.

As the spaceship with the highest technology from the Emissian Civilization, Leoux had its own unique detection function. No lifeforms on this planet can escape its detection.

As predicted, the detection only took a while to show the result.

"Tsk tsk, we should not underestimate the strength of this Insectoid Queen. Besides the Insectoid Queen, there are actually three giant bugs of the class of galactic lifeform. Such strength is enough for it to be a powerful god in this remote star system! "

"You've found it?" Ling Jiu was shocked.

"Yes. I've located it!" Leoux smiled confidently. "I have already put a Gravity Mark on the Insectoid Queen. It cannot escape from us now! Go, let's go!"

This planet, like the earth, was beautiful.

In a vast primitive jungle, there was a beautiful lake. It was like a crystal inlaid in the endless forest.

In the center of the lake, there was a small island covered with beautiful flowers, like a huge garden.

At this moment, a small fairy-like creature the size of palm sighted flying among the flowers by flapping seven pairs of cicada wings on its back.

The fair-skinned creature was an exquisite beauty wearing a wreath on its head. Each pair of the cicada wings on its back was in a different color. They were red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue and purple…

It was a pity that the creature's size was too small. If it were in a human size, it would be a stunner or a flower fairy descending from a garden in heaven.

It was really beautiful.

"La la la…"

The little creature flapping its colorful cicada wings, hummed an unknown melody while visiting the flowers one by one, just like a hardworking bee.

It was graceful, quiet, cheerful, and natural.

Ling Jiu was dumbfounded as he fixed his gaze at the creature. He spoke in disbelief. "Are you sure you didn't mistake it for the Insectoid Queen, Leoux?"

"There is a saying from earthlings — don't judge a book by its cover. I think it does make sense."

Leoux was not surprised by Ling Jiu's doubts at all. "Don't be fooled by its appearance. This little thing is brutal!"

Ling Jiu smiled bitterly. "But I really can't relate it with the Insectoid Queen!"

"You will know in a moment!" said Leoux while shaking his head.

Immediately, the Leoux suddenly appeared in the air once it received the order to catch the Insectoid Queen, blocking the sky in an instant.

The little creature dancing among the flowers immediately noticed that something was wrong. Its originally relaxed expression instantly changed. It became cold and fierce.

While it was staring coldly at Leoux, the battleship floating above its head, its whole body exuded a horrible aura. The creature seemed to be ready to launch a thunderous blow at any time.

At the same time, three figures suddenly came out from the lake surrounding the island. They were three giant bugs over a thousand meters long — a giant red ant, giant praying mantis, and giant snakefly.

The three fierce beasts flew to the front of the little creature and stared at Leoux with their cold and violent eyes, protecting the creature behind them.

"See that?" Leoux looked at Ling Jiu.

"I did not expect that fairy-like creature to be the Insectoid Queen!"

Ling Jiu was in disbelief. "Who would have thought that the master behind the insectoid army is such a small and pretty little thing!"

"There are so many incredible things in the universe. Compared to those, this is nothing!"

Leoux smiled faintly. "Shall we catch it?"

"Yes!" Ling Jiu replied in a cold tone. Apparently, his compassion ceased once he confirmed that this creature was the Insectoid Queen.

'Leoux was right. We should not judge a book by its cover. This little creature might look docile and innocent, but it was the culprit behind the deaths of countless people on the earth during the invasion of the insectoid army.'

'So we should not show it mercy!"

Woosh!

Leoux suddenly shot a black light and instantly enveloped the Insectoid Queen. It failed to break free despite struggling madly.

The black light emitted by Leoux was not an ordinary beam but a kind of shackle with the ability to imprison and transmit a target.

Its power was unparalleled. It was not a shackle that a target can break free easily.

"Squaaaaaawk!"

The anxious Insectoid Queen let out a sharp cry. At the same time, its body had transformed.

It had transformed into a 1,500-meter-tall fluffy moth with rainbow-colored wings on its back, emitting a terrifying wave of energy.

"This is its true form?" Ling Jiu took a chill breath. Earlier, the creature was stunning and pretty. Now, no one could associate it with those qualities. It was an eyesore now.

"In general, an Insectoid Queen has three forms — regular form, combat form, and reproduction form. Now it has taken the combat form." Leoux explained further with a smile, "Of course, along with different age groups, these three forms will also undergo earth-shaking changes!"

"This Queen has just become a juvenile, and it still has a long way to go before reaching the peak of its adulthood!"

Ling Jiu nodded slightly and memorized Leoux's words. Every word Leoch said was knowledge, and he would memorize it carefully.

"Squaaaaaawk!"

The Insectoid Queen, who had switched to combat form, screamed frantically. Although it had used all of its strength, it could not break free from the shackle of black light.

The Insectoid Queen was getting even more anxious. It hurriedly summoned the three generals. Three giant bugs over a thousand meters long quickly attacked the black light, but it was futile.

Despite that, they were out of options, so they could only target and attack Leoux again.

As powerful galactic lifeforms, their attack power was supposed to be absolutely unparalleled. However, when they attacked Leoux, it was unaffected. It did not even shake the slightest!

"This is comparable to insects trying to shake a tree, punching above their weight!"

Leoux snorted and launched an attack outrageously.

Woosh!

[1] A type of star https/en./wiki/G-type_main-

[2] A type of star https/en./wiki/White_dwarf

[3] A giant planet composed mainly of hydrogen and helium https/en./wiki/Gas_giant

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Chapter 255: Dark Forest, Tsukuyomi

Woosh!

Three black lights shot out, piercing the heads of the three giant bugs instantly. After struggling for a while, these three insects—powerful galactic lifeforms—stopped moving.

"That was a Soul Attack just now!" Leoux said softly. "By annihilating their souls and letting them die on the spot will allow us to preserve their bodies perfectly!"

"How thoughtful of you!" Ling Jiu let out a sigh of relief. Although it was not the first time he saw Leoux kill a galactic lifeform, he was still shocked every time he witnessed it.

These bugs were galactic lifeforms — a much more terrifying existence than stellar lifeforms, yet their souls were annihilated with just one blow. Leoux was indeed super scary!

"I will keep the bodies of these three giant bugs for you first. If you want to devour them, just let me know!" said Leoux while he was putting the three giant bugs away.

And at last, Leoux had also brought in the Insectoid Queen, who was still struggling to no avail. Earlier on, Ling Jiu did not feel much when he was watching the creature from the battleship. But now, as he was in close contact with it, he could really feel how powerful it was.

The extreme terror and domineering pressure exuded by the Insectoid Queen overwhelmed him, leaving him almost out of breath. At the same time, from the bottom of his heart, he felt horrified and powerless.

When standing before the Insectoid Queen, the powerlessness and fear he felt were similar to the feelings when he had encountered a Class 8 Direbeast—the Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon—for the first time.

This was truly the distance between levels!

Had it not been that the Insectoid Queen could not move while being held in mid-air, Ling Jiu would have had the urge to run away.

"Why should I fear it? It is my prisoner now. So it should be the one who fears me!"

Ling Jiu then took a deep breath and said, "Leoux, you mentioned before that I should enslave it. What should I do?"

Leoux did not answer the question. He asked Ling Jiu instead, "9527 gave you the Emessian warrior's six-piece set when you passed the test, right?"

Ling Jiu was surprised. "You mean… I should use the war beast chip?"

"Not bad!" Leoux nodded as he praised Ling Jiu. "I do know a lot of secret techniques of soul control, but the difference in levels between you and the Insectoid Queen is too big."

"So, no matter how powerful the soul control techniques are, you won't be able to bypass the gap of strength to enslave the Insectoid Queen. Therefore, the war beast chip is the only option!"

Ling Jiu nodded silently.

"Once the war beast chip is implanted into the Insectoid Queen, it will be in your hands completely. In other words, you will hold over it the power of life and death!"

Leoux smiled and continued, "Of course, if you have enough fun and no longer want it, you can bring it to a bigger place to sell it!"

"A Galactic-Class Insectoid Queen can fetch a high price. After selling it, you can afford all the training resources you need to be a galactic lifeform!"

Ling Jiu shook his head. "To trade such lifeform as a commodity, it is too—"

"In the universe, everything can be traded." Leoux shook its head and said, "Even apex races like the Flame Astral Behemoth and Saiyan Golden Ape are sold as commodities in black markets. And this Insectoid Queen is merely a galactic lifeform."

"I see. The universe is crueler than I thought!" Ling Jiu frowned.

"So, practice cultivation harder." Leoux said, "It is lucky for a living planet like Earth to sit at the remote corner of the universe — the location rarely visited by extraterrestrial beings from advanced civilizations. Thanks to that, you Earthlings can develop your civilization steadily."

"But once they locate planet Earth, all of you will be doomed!"

"Planet Earth is definitely a natural treasure, especially when there are many wormholes connected in the solar system. It will certainly attract many extraterrestrial beings."

"What will happen if Earth is discovered?" Ling Jiu quickly asked.

"What else can happen?" Leoux said indifferently, "At best, they will only turn Earth into their territory, enslave and sell Earthlings to other places."

"At worst, they will wipe out all Earthlings, take over the planet, and sell it!"

"Learn from the history. For instance, the fate of those Native Americans after Columbus discovered America. But of course, under normal circumstances, the result can only be worse than that!"

Ling Jiu clenched his fists.

What had happened to the Native Americans after Columbus discovered America?

One word, massacre!

Before Columbus' arrival to America, there were a total of 80 million Native Americans living in the continent, but how many are left now?

They were nearly wiped out!

In the universe, all human beings, regardless of different ethnicity, belong to the same race: the human race.

Even human beings treat one another with cruelty. So what kind of treatment should we expect from extraterrestrial beings?

Ling Jiu dared not to imagine!

"If you don't want similar tragedy to fall on your kind, you must practice cultivation hard. The stronger you are, the safer the Earth!"

Leoux added, "When you attain the state of the pinnacle of life in the universe, not only that Earth will be absolutely safe, it will also become a holy place in the universe!"

"And, when you become the strongest in the universe, the entire universe will be your hunting ground!"

"Hunting ground…" Ling Jiu murmured.

"Work hard, Ling Jiu!" Leoux continued to motivate him, "Your talent is not bad. And with my assistance, there is still a certain hope that you will become one of the strongest in the universe!"

"I will!" Ling Jiu took a deep breath. "I will return to Whitehole 2 to practice cultivation once this matter is solved. My strength is still too weak, but I can't always rely on you."

"I'm glad that you know it." Leoux nodded.

"All right!"

As Ling Jiu landed his gaze on the Insectoid Queen, he took out the war beast chip he got from 9527. Although it was known as a "chip", it was actually a pair of earrings: one main earring and one sub-earing.

Ling Jiu threw the sub-earing at the Insectoid Queen after putting on the main earring on one of his ears. The moment the earring touched the Insectoid Queen, it suddenly turned into a stream of liquid and sank into the creature's body.

Beep, beep, beep…

There was a series of beeping sounds emanating from Ling Jiu's main earring. The sound went deep inside his ear.

After that, as Ling Jiu felt a trance, his consciousness was drawn into a virtual dimension.

This blood-red dimension was the size of a football field. There was nothing else around here except for a big black sphere standing at the center.

The Insectoid Queen was restrained on the big black sphere, just like when the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox was sealed inside Kushina.[1]

"Dear Master, welcome to the war beast chip's virtual dimension!"

A soft voice sounded, "This dimension is completely under Master's control. Everything — including material and mass — is subject to your deployment."

"No matter how long the time passes here, it is just a moment in reality."

Listening to the explanation from this voice, Ling Jiu slowly understood what a so-called war beast chip's virtual dimension was and how it would help a user control a war beast.

The principle was actually quite simple. This virtual dimension functioned like the dimension in Uchiha Itachi's Tsukuyomi[2]. Inside this dimension, the user could torture the war beast wantonly and eventually drive it to the point of complete mental breakdown. The beast would give in and become obedient. As for what kind of torture a user would use, it was all up to the person.

No matter how long the time passed here, it was just a split second in reality.

"Gosh, this war beast chip is terrifyingly powerful!" Ling Jiu let out a praise. He then came before the Insectoid Queen, which was also inspecting this strange dimension. There was a glint of panic flashed in its eyes.

However, when it saw Ling Jiu was approaching, its eyes turned ferocious. "You low-life human, release me!"

"Haha!" Ling Jiu shook his head.

As he stretched out his hand, numerous floating steel needles suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the virtual dimension. With just a thought, the steel needles suddenly shot out.

Woosh! Woosh! Woosh!

The steel needles pierced into the Insectoid Queen and left it with numerous holes, blood seeping from its wounds. The Insectoid Queen screamed in agony.

Ling Jiu stopped the torture. "You have two choices, surrender or die!"

Upon hearing this, the Insectoid Queen roared hysterically like a cat with its tail trampled on.

"Why should I, the great and noble Queen of the Insectoid clan, surrender to a weak human like you? D*mn you, human…"

"Your death is near, and you still want to act tough!"

Ling Jiu snapped his fingers gently after letting out a cold snort. Suddenly, raging flames lit up around the Insectoid Queen, instantly engulfing and burning it frantically.

"Ahhhhhh!"

The Insectoid Queen was indeed defiant. But when Ling Jiu brought out Qing Dynasty's Ten Great Tortures, [3]the dignified Insectoid Queen no longer could endure…and collapsed.

"Su-Su-Surrender… I, the Queen, su-su-surrender!"

"The Queen?" Ling Jiu raised his eyebrows.

"I-I-I surrender!" The Insectoid Queen immediately changed its words.

"This is how a slave should act!" Ling Jiu nodded in satisfaction and said nonchalantly, "If you don't want to endure another round of Qing Dynasty's Ten Great Tortures in the future, just behave! The war chip is in your body, and you are at my mercy for the rest of your life!"

"I know you are a smart bug. You should know well what to do!"

"Un-Understood!" The Insectoid Queen replied to him feebly.

"Good!"

After returning to reality, Ling Jiu found that the Insectoid Queen's mental state did not look good.

Every suffering it underwent in the virtual dimension had also affected it in reality. Its current condition was not much better than the state when it was in the virtual dimension.

"Done?" Leoux gave Ling Jiu a delightful smile.

"Done!" Ling Jiu smiled faintly. "The war beast chip is really badass. I can't believe that you guys were able to develop such a badass torture device."

From Ling Jiu's perspective, the war beast chip was a torture device — a brutal torture instrument.

It directly pulled a war beast's consciousness into a virtual dimension to allow its user to ravage and torture the war beast in Tsukuyomi style endlessly. And when both returned to reality, only a split second had passed.

No other torture device can compare to this.

"The higher the level of your civilization, the closer you become your so-called gods. In fact, there is no difference between immortal divine-level civilization and almighty God!"

Leoux smiled faintly. "In a divine-level civilization, you can easily bend the laws of the universe and create something in a void out of nothing. Everything will be a piece of cake!"

"Things like war beast chips will be just for ordinary daily use!"

"I see."

Ling Jiu shook his head. A divine-level civilization was so out-of-reach. It was completely beyond his understanding. There were too many things he needed to learn.

"Next, it's time to think about where to house it!" Leoux looked at the Insectoid Queen. "It is necessary to ensure that this Insectoid Queen will continue to expand its clan, but at the same time, the expansion must not hinder the development of earthlings."

"Right, we have to think carefully!" Ling Jiu rubbed his temples. "Leoux, any good suggestions?"

"The best place to house the Insectoid Queen is near a white cave." Leoux said, "But since the white hole where Whitehole-2 is located is connected to your solar system through a wormhole, it must be reserved for your kind."

"So, we have to find a new white hole for it, and this white hole can't be too far away from us, lest the Insectoid army gets out of control!"

Ling Jiu repeatedly nodded in agreement.

[1] Naruto reference https/naruto./wiki/Kushina_Uzumaki?file=Kurama_sealed_within_Kushina.png

[2] Naruto reference https/naruto./wiki/Tsukuyomi

[3] http//History/14666.html

Chapter 256: Becoming a Hero, Unpalatable Choice

After screening the options available, Leoux finally decided to deploy the Insectoid Queen near a white hole about five thousand light-years away from the solar system.

A white hole was a cosmic object that generally existed in the universe. Theoretically speaking, there were as many black holes in the universe as there were white holes.

There were tens of billions of white holes in the entire Milky Way alone. Leoux had selected the one located at the edge of the Milky Way—far away from the territory of the aliens and Ayang-Braend Tribe—to allow the Insectoid Queen to expand its clan at ease.

"Leoux, how long does it take to reach this white hole?"

"At the rate that 'Battleship Leoux' is moving, it will take about three months."

"Of course, after we arrive at that white hole, I will create a wormhole that leads to Earth based on the gravitational mark left on the planet. Therefore, it will be very convenient for us to travel to that white hole in the future!"

"When do you plan to leave?"

"I will leave sooner rather than later, right after I send you back to Earth!"

"Okay!"

Leoux sent Ling Jiu back to Earth and left the planet on the battleship.

"Take care!"

Emperor Might and Vulcan had seemingly been waiting for Ling Jiu's return. They welcomed him once they noticed that he had returned through the dimensional fissure.

"Ling Jiu!"

"Brother Ling Jiu!"

"Boss! Brother Vulcan!"

Vulcan could not wait to probe Ling Jiu after they greeted each other. "Brother Ling Jiu, how is the situation on the other side of this dimensional fissure?

"Well, it's a long story."

Ling Jiu briefly told them about the world on the other side of the dimensional fissure. Obviously, he was selective about the information he shared, filtering out details that should not be made known.

Despite that, Emperor Might and Vulcan were still stunned as they listened to him. "So, you've destroyed the Insectoid Army's lair?"

'Is that something a person can do?'

'It's unbelievable!'

'But it's possible if the person is Ling Jiu.'

First of all, Ling Jiu possessed the ability to create wormholes. Hence, the distance between two star systems was not an issue for him.

Second of all, he was able to devour anything. Therefore, no matter how big the size of an Insectoid Army was, he could just devour it all. It made no difference whether there were millions or tens of millions of them.

Although Ling Jiu's words sounded farfetched, Emperor Might and Vulcan decided to buy his story.

Moreover, if Ling Jiu had lied, they would find out sooner or later. The dimensional fissure was still there, so the Insectoid army would still pass through it if it had not been wiped out.

As such, it was pointless for Ling Jiu to brag about it.

"Brother Ling Jiu, you have saved Earth! You are the savior of the human race!" Vulcan held Ling Jiu's hands tightly, his eyes filled with admiration.

"It's my duty as a member of the human race!"

Ling Jiu smiled. He then pointed at the dimensional fissure and said, "I've fixed the dimensional fissure, so anyone can pass through it!"

"Really?" Vulcan and Emperor Might's eyes flashed with anticipation and excitement.

No matter how persuasive Ling Jiu was, they would feel more convinced if they could witness the end of the Insectoid army in person.

Being able to pass through that dimensional fissure meant that they could confirm Ling Jiu's story—he had erased the entire Insectoid army.

"Of course!" Ling Jiu nodded lightly.

"Please wait for a moment, Brother Ling Jiu. We will go to the other side first."

Vulcan and Emperor Might headed toward the dimensional fissure after they excused themselves. They disappeared not long after they reached the depth of the fissure.

Ling Jiu knew it would take them a while to come out of there, so while he sat up in the air with his legs crossed, he called Bai Ya on his cell.

"Honey, I've crushed the Insectoid army. You can relax!"

"Really?" Bai Ya could not believe it.

"Why would I lie to you?" Ling Jiu smiled and added, "Leoux and I just entered the dimensional fissure at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean and destroyed the Insectoid Army's lair!"

"That's great!" Bai Ya was overjoyed.

She was aware of how great the Insectoid army's strength was, but it was nothing compared to Leoux's.

"I can finally feel relieved!"

Bai Ya stretched her body, feeling a little tired.

Although the Insectoid army had not attacked Hong Kong Base City over the past few days, she had been keeping her guard up constantly. During those stressful days, her nerves grew tight. Now she could finally be at ease.

"Rest well!" Ling Jiu then comforted her with a smile. "Let's practice our cultivation at Whitehole 2 in two days' time."

"All right, will do. Remember to rest well too!"

After Ling Jiu ended his call with Bai Ya, he called Ling'er and told her the news. Following that, he continued to wait for Vulcan and Emperor Might.

A day later, once Vulcan and Emperor Might returned, they announced the news to the world officially.

Numerous people in the world immediately shed tears and immersed themselves in the ocean of joy.

Even though the event had only lasted for three days, they were three nightmarish and terrifying days for many people.

Meanwhile, Vulcan and Emperor Might brought Ling Jiu to Pangu Arcana Combine's headquarters. They were served champagne and delicious food the moment they arrived at the headquarters' restaurant.

"You wiped out the entire Insectoid army alone, Brother Ling Jiu. You are the hero of humankind!" Vulcan held his champagne glass up. "Let's toast to our hero!"

"Cheers!" Emperor Might held his glass up too.

Without any other choice, Ling Jiu could only hold his glass up to them.

Emperor Might drank down the glass of champagne and burped before he asked, "Ling Jiu, you can even slaughter a stellar lifeform easily now. Just be honest with me, I'm d*mn curious. What's your current level of cultivation?"

Emperor Might only realized that his question was rather abrupt after he questioned Ling Jiu, so he added, "Of course, I don't mean to pry into your secrets. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to. It doesn't matter!"

"To be specific, I can't really tell…" Ling Jiu gave him a bitter smile "…because I'm not using the solar system as a template to evolve a stellar system!"

Emperor Might and Vulcan looked at each other without a word.

"When I was communicating with 1269, I was told that there's a perfect stellar system. There are nine stellar stars in the system. Each stellar star has nine planets and each planet has nine satellites."

Ling Jiu continued to speak slowly. "So in total, there are 9 plus 81 plus 6,561 cosmic objects in that stellar system. Therefore, I'm using it as a template to evolve my elixir field's stellar system."

"You…"

Emperor Might and Vulcan looked at each other again and smiled bitterly. "You're crazy, Brother Ling Jiu. Don't you know that it could risk your future?"

"Why?" Ling Jiu frowned.

"1269 is an intelligent lifeform I gained from a crashed spaceship, and it has been with me for many years since then," Emperor Might said solemnly. "As an intelligent lifeform from a more advanced civilization, 1269 is far knowledgeable than us.

"Therefore, I have always treated it as my teacher and asked for its advice, especially about cultivation matters. I often have questions about them!"

Ling Jiu nodded slightly.

Indeed, 1269 had followed Emperor Might for a long time and revealed many things about the Emissian Civilization. It had even tried its best to help Emperor Might sense Dark Bio-Energy, trying to make Emperor Might a real Emissian warrior.

It was a pity that Emperor Might had failed to sense the Dark Bio-Energy and become an Emissian warrior. Nevertheless, 1269 still followed Emperor Might.

"Thanks to 1269, I became the first stellar lifeform on Earth! But, of course, I didn't keep this knowledge to myself. I have made a lot of cultivation information public!"

Emperor Might continued, "As to how to evolve elixir field's stellar system, 1269 has also told me in detail. So I'm aware of the existence of the perfect stellar system!

"In fact, every stellar lifeform on our planet knows of its existence!

"However, no one uses the perfect stellar system as a template to evolve the elixir field's stellar system. Instead, they all use our solar system! Do you know why?"

Emperor Might looked at Ling Jiu.

"Due to the lack of time!" Ling Jiu slowly said. "The evolution of the elixir field's stellar system does not only require massive Gene Arcana, but it also takes a long time to condense the Gene Arcana Core!"

Emperor Might nodded. "With the Gene Arcana on the Earth, it will take at least fifty years to form a Stellar-Class Gene Arcana Core!

"If we used a perfect stellar system as a template, even when we die of old age, we won't be able to evolve a perfect stellar system!

"What's more, we still need to spend more than half of our time to understand the laws of the universe! A stellar lifeform only has a lifespan of a thousand years. How long is that?

"So, despite knowing that evolving a perfect stellar system can help us to become more powerful and perfect stellar lifeforms, we have no choice!"

Vulcan shook his head. "We don't have sufficient time to evolve a more complex stellar system, so we can only choose an ordinary one like the solar system!"

"Indeed!" Ling Jiu understood their points.

"So, Ling Jiu, your choice to evolve a perfect stellar system is absolutely bad because time is simply not enough!" said Emperor Might solemnly. "You still have time to stop it now! Otherwise, in the future, you'll be old, as well as dying, and still not evolve a perfect stellar system. In other words, you can end up staying on the stellar level for the rest of your life. It'll be impossible for you to attain a higher realm!"

"Well, if I didn't find that 'thing', I might have stuck to the solar system. But after discovering that 'thing', I was given a new choice!" Ling Jiu smiled mysteriously and spoke half in jest, half in earnest.

"That 'thing?'" Emperor Might and Vulcan were slightly taken aback.

"Have you heard of a white hole?" Ling Jiu asked them with a smile.

"White hole?" Emperor Might and Vulcan glanced at each other and stood up suddenly. The two of them stared at Ling Jiu as their breathing grew heavy.

"Ling Jiu, you mean—"

"Boss, didn't you let me and 1269 salvage the spacecraft that crashed in various places in the solar system?"

Ling Jiu smiled and said, "Well, I found a wormhole deep in the ocean of Ganymede. After passing through that wormhole, I came to a magical planet."

"A magical planet?" Emperor Might and Vulcan gulped.

"I stayed on that planet for more than a year, and when I returned to Earth, I found that only a few days had passed!" Ling Jiu smiled.

In Leoux and Ling Jiu's plan, there was never any intention to keep the white holes from others as if they were private property. White holes should be the wealth of all mankind.

Being strong alone was nothing. True strength was only achievable when the entire human race was strong.

Moreover, even if all the people on Earth moved to the vicinity of the white caves to practice cultivation, Ling Jiu was confident that he would remain the fastest cultivator on Earth!

Boom!

Chapter 257: Shared Wealth, the Gods Return

Earth's current civilization level was not particularly high. Without the many wormholes, the scope of Earth's extraterrestrial activity would only be limited to Earth's lunar system.

This was typical of an elementary civilization, so Earth was at best an elementary civilization.

An elementary civilization's understanding of the universe was extremely scarce, and everything was only limited to speculations and telescope observations. Perhaps, there was even a very limited understanding of their own parent star system.

However, Earth was different from your ordinary elementary civilization. Thanks to the wormholes and 1269, Earth's understanding of the universe and the cultivation system was beyond that of many advanced civilizations.

Earthlings knew about the level of civilizations, and they knew about the level of cultivations in the universe.

Earthlings knew how powerful each level of civilization was, and they also had knowledge of how to cultivate on each lifeform level.

So, although the technology on Earth was limited to that of an elementary civilization level, their knowledge was far beyond it.

At least, the upper echelons of humanity such as Emperor Might would know many things that are unknown to others.

One such example was the White Hole.

1269 had told Emperor Might about the benefits of the White Hole more than once. Therefore, not only did Emperor Might know about the White Hole, but he also had a deep understanding of it.

Hearing what Ling Jiu said—that he had stayed on the planet for more than a year, only to find that only a few days had passed on Earth—Emperor Might realized that the planet Ling Jiu had referred to must be near the White Hole!

Emperor Might was excited. "Ling Jiu, where's that planet? Bring us there!"

Emperor Might's state of mind was extremely refined, and he was a man of few emotions. So, to see him so inexplicably excited now, one could imagine his anticipation.

Vulcan was almost as excited as he was.

"The wormhole that connects to White Hole 3 is in Ganymede. We can go anytime."

Ling Jiu smiled.

"Let's head over now!"

Emperor Might and Vulcan could no longer wait, as they were eager to confirm things.

"All right then!"

Ling Jiu was helpless, so he brought the two excited old men there.

An hour later, the three came to Ganymede. Then, they passed through the wormhole into White Hole 3.

Appearing on the surface of White Hole 3 and feeling the rich Dark Bio-Energy, both Emperor Might and Vulcan wore a look of extreme ecstasy.

"Brother Might, the air on this planet is filled with a strange powerful energy. I can feel that this energy is from the same source as the Gene Arcana and the mysterious energy created by the Arcana Tree. However, it is much thicker and more condensed as well as powerful," Vulcan said with amazement.

"Is this the Dark Bio-Energy you often talked about?"

"It shouldn't be wrong!"

Emperor Might took a deep breath. "1269 once said that the Dark Bio-Energy existed widely in the dark universe. And once being transmitted into a planet, it will see a steep energy-level decline, becoming Gene Arcana of the preceding level, with the exception of the White Hole."

"So it is the Dark Bio-energy!"

Vulcan found it hard to suppress the excitement in his heart. "The Dark Bio-energy's power is ten times more powerful than Gene Arcana, and with the Dark Bio-energy being so rich here, if we were to train here, our cultivation speed will increase dramatically!"

"This is indeed a rare cultivation spot." Emperor Might was also very excited.

This is enough to sent you guys into such a state of elation? Ling Jiu then continued. "There are five planets near this White Hole. I've numbered them separately, from White Hole 1 to 5. "

"White Hole 1 is the closest to the White Hole, and its Dark Bio-energy is the most potent, and time flows the fastest there, while White Hole 5 is the least."

"Five planets?"

Both Emperor Might and Vulcan were stunned for a moment, before looking around. "What is the name of the planet beneath our feet?"

"White Hole 3."

Ling Jiu smiled. "Of these five planets, the one most suitable for training is White 2, the Bio-energy is the second richest there, and its time-flow is also the second fastest."

"And it is a green planet, with many scary Direbeasts in it. It is the best suited for living, settlement and training."

"White Hole 2? Let's have a look!"

With the Leoux, going from White Hole 3 to White Hole 2, to be very honest, would be very troublesome due to the vast distance.

Fortunately, the time passed very fast around the White Hole, and so they were not short on time, and Ling Jiu had time to slowly open up wormholes.

About five days later, Ling Jiu finally opened a wormhole linking White Hole 3 to White Hole 2, and the three arrived at White Hole 2.

Emperor Might and Vulcan liked White Hole 2 at the very first glance.

As Ling Jiu said, White Hole 2 was a forest planet, and this alone was much better than White Hole 3, not to mention that White Hole 2's energy was even more potent, and its flow of time faster.

In other words, White Hole 2 was more suitable for long-term training.

"The only flaw to say is that White Hole 2 has many terrifying Direbeasts, with many stellar-level lifeforms, and even galactic-level lifeforms are not in the minority."

Ling Jiu looked at Emperor Might and Vulcan who could not wait to start training, and reminded them. "So there are existences here that could easily kill us, we need to be careful…"

"We know that."

"This, you can rest easy, Brother Ling Jiu. We both had clawed our way out from a mountain of corpses, we know how to protect ourselves."

Emperor Might and Vulcan expressed their understanding and gratitude for Ling Jiu's reminder.

Ling Jiu nodded, knowing that his concerns were probably unnecessary, and so he asked. "Chairman, Brother Vulcan, both of you are staying here to train?"

"Of course!"

The two nodded without hesitation.

"Go train then. There are a few wormholes connecting the planets, you can come back at any time." Ling Jiu smiled.

"What about you Brother Ling, not going to train with us?" Vulcan frowned and asked.

"I'm going back to get my family over." Ling Jiu smiled. "Since the training environment here is so good, might as well bring them here to benefit from it."

"Oh I see!"

Vulcan realized and then said. "Since Brother Ling said that, should we reveal this place to the public?"

"We should."

Emperor Might said. "The White Hole is the shared wealth of all mankind, and should be shared by all. But obviously, the ones can only survive here are stellar lifeforms."

Ling Jiu and Vulcan nodded in unison.

The route from Earth to White Hole 2 was as follow: Earth MarsEuropaGanymedeWhite Hole 3White Hole 2.

It was connected by five wormholes, but due to them needed to passes through Mars, and the high-pressure oceans beneath Europa and Ganymede, and being exposed to the atmosphere of White Hole 2 and White Hole 3, so only stellar lifeform have the capability to train in White Hole 2.

No one else, not even a Level 9 Arcanist with a Venom Suit could do it.

"So the question is, should we inform other stellar lifeforms."

Emperor Might looked at Ling Jiu and Vulcan, and sought their opinion. "Normally, we should be informing the rest, but if all stellar lifeforms were to leave Earth, who would suppress the Divine Caverns?"

Vulcan frowned, but Ling Jiu asked with confusion. "Chairman, what is the Divine Caverns?"

"Ling Jiu, you have no idea." Emperor Might said helplessly. "Earth is under all kinds of threats, and the 36 Divine Beast Gods aside, you already know about those. In reality, the real threat we are facing, comes primarily from the… Divine Caverns."

"What is the Divine Caverns exactly?"

Ling Jiu was even more curious and dumbfounded.

"Brother Ling Jiu, you should know there are many mythological stories circulating on Earth, right?" Vulcan asked.

"Of course, what about it?"

Ling Jiu frowned slightly.

"What if I told you that some of the mythologies are real, would you believe it?" Vulcan asked again.

"The mythlogies are…real?"

Ling Jiu was stunned.

"There have been many countries, and nations on our planet, and there nations both existing now and in the past all had their own mythological systems."

Emperor Might said solemnly. "Some of the mythological systems were fabricated out of thin air by our ancestors, but some of them… are real."

Ling Jiu listened quietly, and he suddenly realized that what he was listening now may be the biggest secret on Earth.

"In ancient times, far, far away from our times now, many dimensional rifts had appeared on Earth, and Gene Arcana spilled all over the place."

Emperor Might continued. "So, Earth in ancient times had given birth to many massive behemoths, and of course the world's earliest Arcanists."

"You should know, the minds of the people of the ancient era were extremely ignorant due to the lack of knowledge."

"So, what happens when Arcanists appeared before ancient humans goes without saying right?"

Ling Jiu did not need long to have an answer. "So those Arcanists were feated as gods by those ancient humans?"

"Yes, gods."

Emperor Might nodded his head. "The earliest Arcanists on Earth were indeed regarded as gods by humans of the time, and this was also the source of many gods and mythologies on Earth."

"Until some day, the Gene Arcana on Earth suddenly dissipated, and these Arcanists feated as gods no longer had the resources to become stronger, so they left Earth. As for how they left, I think…you should know right?"

"Wormhole?"

Ling Jiu raised his eyebrow.

"Yes, through wormholes."

Vulcan continued. "Our planet and the entire solar system are connected by many wormholes. As to when they appeared… no one knows, but wormholes existed widely across Earth and the solar system."

"And then?"

Ling Jiu asked curiously.

"And those Arcanists known as gods, had left Earth using the wormholes, entering the vast space towards the distant stars."

Emperor Might then continued. "It was until a few years ago, when the Gene Arcana level on Earth had reached a certain level, that some of the gods…came back."

"They came back?"

Ling Jiu was shocked.

"Yes, they came back!"

Emperor Might nodded. "In year 2048, on June 6 four years ago, there was a shining light blasting out from the Gulf of Mexico.

"A person claiming to be the Goddess of Rain appeared in the bathing light, shouting that she wanted her divine light to shroud the world again."

"This Rain Goddess was the first of the returning gods, and while she wasn't that strong, and had managed to become a stellar lifeform, her combat power was about average."

Vulcan said faintly. "Before me or Brother Might intervened, she was taken down by a stellar lifeform from the United States and was captured alive for study."

"After some cross-examination, we learned that she was a goddess of the Nahuatl mythology."

"She had left Earth because of the depletion of the Gene Arcana on Earth, but had returned after learning that Earth had regained its Gene Arcana."

"From that moment on, we suddenly realized that we didn't know much about Earth at all!"

"At least, we had never thought that before our own rise, there were already stellar lifeforms living on Earth in ancient times."

"We panicked, and started to go through the ancient tomes to prevent new gods from reappearing, and then things proved that our apprehensions were right!"

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Chapter 258: The Japanese Gods, Meeting the In-laws

"In January 2049 there were gods born from the Yucatan Peninsula who called themselves the Mayan gods!"

"In August 2049 there were also be gods in South America who called themselves the Andean gods!"

"In April 2050, even Japan, the land of the Direbeasts, saw the emergence of the gods, who called them the Gods of Yamato."

Emperor Might's expression was grim. "As of now, four divine pantheons had appeared on Earth, and while they were temporarily pushed back by us, and cannot pass through the wormholes, but they are like ticking timebombs that threaten Earth at all time."

The more important thing is that we discovered the more potent the Gene Arcana is on Earth, the more gods will return, and they will be even stronger."

Vulcan said with a rumbling voice." It was because of this, we dared not plant a large amount of Arcana Trees on Earth so as to not attract those ancient gods, and planted planet-transforming treasures on Mars instead."

Ling Jiu suddenly had a revelation.

Earlier on, he had been wondering, the Arcana Tree was obviously able to produce that mysterious energy, and improved Earth's training environment, yet humanity's top echelon chose instead to plant the trees on a barren sh*thole like Mars, and not on Earth.

But now…

He finally understood why!

It was not that they did not want to plant them, but they dared not.

In the history of human civilization over millions of years, how many Arcanist were there, and how many mythologies were created?

No one knew!

The ones they were recorded were few and far between, so how many were there that were not recorded and were lost in the river of time?

Although there were many man-made myths and stories, even if some of them were real, they were already a handful for humanity to handle.

"The most troublesome thing is, these gods from the ancient times, their mind and consciousness are completely stuck in the past, and in their minds, humans are the slaves of gods, and as slaves, our life and death are theirs to control."

Emperor Might said solemnly. "So, when the gods returned and found that most of humanity were atheists…they were furious."

"Therefore, all of them were clamoring to punish mankind severely, and let them return into the embrace of the gods."

"At the very least, four of the divine pantheons that had reappeared were planning to do that."

Vulcan seemed to have thought of something and could not help but ridicule. "I still remember the time when the Yamato gods reappeared, they realized that mankind no longer worshipped them, so they were furious and clamored about destroying the world, and guess what happened next?"

Emperor Might too thought about the funny incident, and could not help but laugh.

"What happened?"

Ling Jiu was a little curious.

"So, before those gods could even do anything, they found that the entire Japanese island had long been abandoned, and completely occupied by Direbeasts."

Vulcan laughed and said. "Those Japanese gods were completely dumbfounded, and thought that all of their descendants had gone extinct."

"So those Japanese gods got even angrier, and they began to threaten to avenge their fallen descendants, and fought with the Direbeasts in Japan."

"And in the end?"

Ling Jiu asked.

"The island of Japan is home to four Beast Gods, and under them countless of Direbeasts. The entire island of Japan could be said to be their base."

Vulcan shook his head and laughed. "Then for that group of gods to suddenly appear, the Beast Gods would of course not look kindly to that, so they fought with the Japanese gods."

"In the end, we helped the Beast Gods chase the Japanese gods away, and made an agreement with the four Beast Gods entrenched in the island of Japan."

Ling Jiu nodded, he could probably guess the content of the agreement.

"We have made an agreement with the four Beast Gods, that mankind recognized that the island of Japan is forever their territory, and they can live on the island forever."

"But that is on the premise that they need to guard the Divine Cavern on the island, and not allow the Japanese gods to emerge."

Emperor Might smiled. "This is due to personal interests, so even if the four Beast Gods do not want to have anything to do with humans, but they still agreed."

"Of course, we also promised that should the Japanese gods return, we will help them deal with those gods."

"That's right."

Vulcan also nodded. "Compared to the false gods who are yelling all day and night to destroy mankind and to punish us, to get mankind back into the embrace of the gods who refuse to communicate, the Beast Gods were actually much easier to get along."

"After all, as long as they are given some territory, they would be very obedient."

"That's true."

Ling Jiu nodded. After all, the Direbeasts had all evolved from wild beasts, and the Beast Gods were no exception, and they had only a short 30-year long wisdom and history.

Because of the short period of time, it was inevitable that they were much more simpleminded, and were far less demanding than the gods who had once received sacrifices, worship, and regard humans as slaves.

All the Beast Gods asked for was nothing more than a piece of land.

But what the gods wanted was the submission of mankind.

In contrast, although the Beast Gods were Direbeasts, they were easier to get along with, and the gods, even as humans, were much more detestable.

"In fact, the three other Divine Caverns are also suppressed by the Beast Gods."

Vulcan smiled and said. "It was because of them when the Insectoid army invaded, all of the stellar lifeforms could be recalled."

"Speaking of which, we do have to thank those Beast Gods." Ling Jiu's expression was a little weird.

"Not necessarily."

Emperor Might smiled and shook his head. "In their eyes, Earth is both ours and theirs. They can tolerate the existence of mankind, but they will never allow a group of outsiders to get their fingers into this land."

"On this point alone, mankind can reach an agreement with them."

Ling Jiu nodded slightly. This truth was not difficult to understand. "That is to say, it is basically impossible to summon all stellar lifeforms to come here to train."

"It's difficult indeed."

Emperor Might said. "The Beast Gods aside, those Divine Caverns themselves are the biggest destabilizing factor, and no one knows when a new Divine Caverns would appear."

"Yeah, once everyone comes to White Hole 2 to train, leaving Earth empty, and should another Divine Cavern erupts, then it will be too late to react."

Vulcan shook his head and said. "You should know, humanity isn't a monolithic entity, and there are many careerists and faithful believers in gods."

"They are always thinking about subverting the existing system and causing the entire society to fall into chaos again.

Ling Jiu nodded to express understanding and said. "In this case, why don't we split the stellar lifeforms into two groups, one guarding earth, and another train here?"

"In any case, the flow of time here is 99 times faster than Earth, three days in Earth is about a year here."

"I actually planned to do that."

Ling Jiu glanced at Ling Jiu approvingly, and then looked at Vulcan. "You and I will train separately, each leading a group. This is the most foolproof."

"Seems like that's the only way to go."

Vulcan nodded in agreement. "However, we'll need to make a proper plan, like how long before change shifts, it cannot be too long nor too short."

"I've counted it. A week on Earth is 2 years on White Hole 2, and I think a weekly change of shifts is good." Ling Jiu suggested again.

"Two years in a week's time?"

Emperor Might and Vulcan's eyes lit up, a week isn't too long or too short on Earth, but two years on White Hole is not short either if they were to train here for two years…

"This is a good idea, let's go with that."

The two happily agreed to Ling Jiu's decision.

"In that case, let's go back first."

"Okay!"

An hour later, the three returned to Earth and went their separate ways.

Emperor Might and Vulcan called for a meeting with all of the stellar lifeforms while Ling Jiu took Ling'er home.

"Brother, why don't you go back with Sister-in-law?"

Yang Ling'er could not help but wonder when she saw Ling Jiu alone.

"Bring her? Now?"

Ling Jiu scratched his head.

"Of course!"

Yang Ling'er said earnestly. "We are all now in the matriculation camp, and we won't be able to go home more than a couple of times a year. If you don't bring her back now, when then?"

"Besides, since you have the rare opportunity to come back, I think you should also visit Sister-in-law's house for a bit."

"Of course, if you are just fooling around with her, then let's pretend I never said anything."

"Fooling around? Nonsense!"

Ling Jiu glared at Ling'er for a moment before calling Bai Ya's number.

"Honey, what's the matter?"

Bai Ya asked with confusion.

"Bai Ya, I'm planning to go back home for a bit, do you want to come together?"

Ling Jiu did not hesitate and said it.

"Go to your house? Now?"

Bai Ya panicked. "Is it appropriate for me to go over now? And you're only telling me now, I have not prepared anything."

"Unless you don't want to marry me, there's nothing inappropriate about this."

Ling Jiu smiled. "As for gifts… there's no need, my parents don't lack anything. Just bring yourself along is fine."

"You blockhead, this is not a question of lacking anything, it's common courtesy."

Bai Ya snorted. "Wait for me first, I'll get prepared."

"Where are you now?"

Ling Jiu said helplessly.

"I've just arrived at Tianwei training camp, visiting my sister."

Bai Ya said. "Wait for a bit, I'll head over the camp commandant's office to exchange something. By the way, can treasure of heaven and earth be considered a gift?"

"Should be?"

Ling Jiu said helplessly.

"Then that works. I'll hang up first. Come and pick me up in half an hour."

Bai Ya hung up after saying and Ling Jiu put away his phone and told Ling'er. "Let's wait. We'll pick her up in half an hour."

"Not a problem!"

Half an hour later, Ling Jiu took Ling'er to pick Bai Ya up before teleporting back to Lantian Base City.

Bai Ya was no longer cold, but looked extremely tensed and nervous, as she asked Ling Jiu throughout the way back. "Honey, will your parents dislike me?"

"Honey, how're your parents like? Are they difficult to talk to? What if they don't like me?"

"Honey, tell me about your parents…"

Bai Ya's worried look left Ling Jiu speechless. Was this still the decisive Lady of Thunder who killed stellar-level Direbeasts as if she was cutting melons?

Ling Jiu could only keep comforting her.

At the door of the villa, Ling Tianci, Yang Su, and Ling Xiaotong were already waiting there.

After not seeing them for a period, his parents were in very good spirits, and even Xiaotong had grown a lot and had grown into a proper maiden.

"Mom, Dad, Xiaotong!"

Ling Jiu called out to them, and then pointed at Bai Ya, saying. "This is my girlfriend."

At this moment, Bai Ya did not seem all that nervous anymore, as she greeted them and handed over the gift. "Uncle, Auntie, hello."

"Good girl, so beautiful."

Ling Tianci and Yang Su bloomed into a smile. "You've just needed to come, why bother with the gifts? Come in."

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Chapter 259: Aging Quickly, Meeting Li Kai Again

After not seeing them for a while, his mom and pops had seen great improvements.

With the large reserve of resources, mom managed to break through to a Level 7 Arcanist, while dad managed to become a Level 6 Arcanist. The speed of their development was unprecedented, and will never be topped.

Perhaps their strength may not be a big deal in the wider world, but in Lantian Base City, they were definitely the most powerful existence.

And there was something dad said during meal.

Half a month ago, another Beast Tide broke out at Lantian Base City. The leading Direbeast was a Titan Tempest Ape, and the disaster was not much differrent from the Beast Tide set off by the Bloodgorger Bat.

Lantian Base City was once again in crisis.

However, just as the Beast Tide was about to set off, the Titan Tempest Ape was incinerated by mom, and the other Fifth-Order Direbeasts were zapped to death by dad with lightning.

The Beast Tide was ended before it had even started, and thus mom and dad became heroes of Lantian Base City.

So, they may look like they are training just for fun, but they are also powerhouses in the eyes of the others.

The family chatted with a cordial atmosphere, mom and dad talked about their lives during this period, while little sis talked about matters of her school.

All of this gave Ling Jiu a sense of unprecedented peace, and only at home could he completely relax.

"Brother, when can I awaken the my Arcana?"

Xiaotong looked at Ling Jiu eagerly and her eyes were full of disatisfaction. "Both mom and dad are Arcanist, both you and lil sis are also Arcanist. Only I alone is an ordinary person at home. This is too unfair!"

"You also want to be an Arcanist?"

Ling Jiu guffawed. "Didn't we already agreed that once you will only be awakened once you graduate from high school, and go through the awakening ceremony?"

"That's just too late!"

Xiaotong pouted "I'm only in my sophomore year in high school, and I'm still a full year away from graduating!"

"A year you know! How can I wait? No, I want to awaken now, I can't wait a moment longer!"

She was the youngest at home prior to this, and her brother asked her to only awaken her Arcana after graduating from high school, and she agreed.

Now that she had a younger sister in Ling'er, and the latter was one year younger than her and already a Level 8 Arcanist, how could she keep on waiting?

"Then tell me, what sort of Arcana you want to awaken?" Ling Jiu teased as he chewed on a mouthful of food.

"Hehe!"

Speaking of Arcana, Xiaotong's eyes suddenly curved in excitement.

"I've talked about this with my best friends before. Xiaochun wants Fire Manipulation Arcana, Xiaoxia likes swimming so she's hoping for Water Manipulation Arcana, while Xiaoqiu was to awakened Thunder Manipulation Arcana."

"How about you?"

Ling Jiu asked with a smile.

"I like to control ice!"

Xiaotong's eyes lit up. "I want to be like the Ice Queen in the movies, controling an ice sword with a wave of her hand. It's not only beautiful, but lethal as well!"

"Ice Manipulation?"

Ling Jiu and the others looked at each other and could not help but laugh. Yang Su smiled and said.

"Daughter, what sort of Arcana we awaken is out of our control. We can only accept whatever Arcana that we awaken."

"I know that!"

Xiaotong pouted a little and said: "So, I'm just hoping. It's not like it have to be Ice Manipulation Arcana."

"Xiaotong, Ice Manipulation Arcana is pretty good. I'll see to this some other day."

Ling Jiu patted his sister's little head and said with a doting look.

"You'll see to this?"

Xiaotong was taken aback. "Brother, you can help me awaken the Ice Manipulation Arcana?"

"Since when did I lie to you before?"

Ling Jiu smiled.

"Yay! I knew you were the best!"

Xiaotong was so happy that she jumped up and gave Ling Jiu a peck on the cheek.

"Oh you…"

Ling Jiu scolded her with a smile and wiped the oil on his face with a napkin before looking at his parents.

"Mom, dad, aside from seeing you all in this trip, there's something else I want to discuss with you, and of course with Ling'er as well."

"Xiaojiu, what's the matter that is so serious?" Ling Tianci asked in surprise.

"It's like this…"

Ling Jiu told them about White Hole 2, and be it mom, dad or Ling'er, all of them were dumbstruck.

"An alien planet?"

"Time passes 99 times faster?"

"Is there such a planet?"

"Brother, is what you saying true?"

Ling'er looked at Ling Jiu, her beautiful eyes were full of excitement. Aside from Ling Jiu and Bai Ya, she was the one from the family that knew the cultivation value of White Hole 2, and was naturally ecstatic.

"Of course it's true!"

Ling Jiu smiled "Bai Ya and I had said for a year and a half on that planet, and when we returned, only three to five days had passed."

"Using this year and a half, both of us had broken through Level 10, and become stellar lifeforms."

"That's awesome!"

Ling'er leap up. "Brother, I want to go!"

"The reason we came back this time, was to take you there."

Ling Jiu smiled and agreed, before looking at his parents and asked. "How about you?"

"Xiaojiu, will both mom and dad age quickly if we go to the planet?"

Yang Su frowned and asked worriedly.

Ling Jiu was a little speechless, but still said. "The flow of time on that planet is very fast. How many years spent there is the same as how many years had passed on Earth."

"In other words, if you could live for a hundred years, and if you spend a hundred years there, you will still die of old age."

"That is to say, we will get old very quickly if we get onto the planet?"

When Yang Su heard that, she shook her head like a rattle. "Then we're not going! I've only just finally reunited with your dad, and I'm not done living yet, I don't want to grow old too fast!"

Ling Tianci originally also wanted to go to the alien planet to have a look, but upon hearing that he would age quickly, he immediately shook his head.

You gotta be joking. His happy life had only just came, why would he want to die early? No, he's not going! Over his dead body!

Hearing the two old folks saying this, both Ling Jiu and Bai Ya were a little helpless, as Ling Jiu said.

"Mom, dad, although staying on that planet means aging much quicker compared to when on Earth, but I'm sure I'll be able to help you become a stellar lifeform."

"You need to know, once you become a stellar lifeform, you can live for at least a thousand years!"

"A thousand years!!!"

Yang Su and Ling Tianci exclaimed.

"Yes, a thousand years. Think about, compared to a thousand years, what is your 100 years life expectancy when compared that?"

Ling Jiu tried to tempt them.

Yang Su and Ling Tianci were convinced and could not help but to look at each other as they nodded in unison. "Go! Let's go!"

"Then it's settled."

Ling Jiu smiled and said. "We'll leave tomorrow then."

"Okay!"

That afternoon, Ling Jiu accompanied his family and closer to night, Ling Jiu called his best buddy, Li Kai and invited him out for dinner.

The two did not go to a high-end hotel, but instead met at a large stall near their school, where they shared a lot of memories there.

The moment they met, Ling Jiu punched Li Kai in the chest, saying. "Ol' Li, we've not met for a year now, you sure gained quite some pounds."

"Hehe, my family's genes are like these. No choice, we get fat once we reach adulthood."

Li Kai too was very happy. "Speaking of which, Ol' Ling, you're really a force to behold now. I saw the live footage of you slaughtering the Insectoid army."

"Heh, even that giant bug was swallowed whole by you. The internet says that you have become a Level 10 Arcanist, a Stellar-lifeform, is it true?"

"More or less!"

Ling Jiu laughed and dragged Li Kai as they got a spot. Soon, a waiter came over and asked. "What would you like to have?"

"Ol' Li, what do you want to eat?"

Ling Jiu asked.

"Like usual!"

Li Kai smiled.

"Sure!"

Ling Jiu nodded. "Boss, give me two bottles of cold beer, ten lamb skewers, ten grilled chicken wings, ten lamb kidney skewers, ten gluten skewers, ten roasted chive skewers, ten grilled chicken fillet skewers, ten lamb chop skewers. That's for now."

The waiter quickly took down the order and looked at the list Ling Jiu had ordered and asked in surprise. "Handsome, you sure you can finish all these?"

"Don't worry!"

Ling Jiu waved his hand, motioning for the waiter to not worry, before looking at Li Kai, asking. "So how's things recently?"

"Thanks to you, I've recently been promoted to the head of the company's back office. I'm now in charge of over hundreds of people, and is a small-time lead now."

Li Kai sniggered. "Although I'm nothing compared to a stellar lifeform like you, but at our Lantian Base City, I'm also someone of note now."

"Man, look at you, a proper department head now." Ling Jiu filled the beer glass for the two. "Come, lets toast for your promotion and salary raise."

"Cheers!"

"Ol' Li, managed to get a girlfriend yet?"

"Just broke up some time ago."

"Why?"

"A rich lass, and extremely spoiled. She will lose her temper if not served well enough. She scolded my mother a few days ago, and I told her to f*ck off in anger."

"She dares to scold your mother, asking her to f*ck off is right. This kind of woman is not worth it."

"Sure is!"

The two chatted as they drank, chatted about work, life, stories of their childhood, and the progress of other students in the class.

"Oh right, how's that girl Wu Na doing?"

"She? What else? After that last class reunion, she was dumped by that Ai family scion, and although she talked about a few boyfriends, seems like she broke up again.

"That woman seems to want to compete with you, but what does she have to do that? One, she has no Arcana, two, she has no background, so she could only climb up the ladder with her own body, and slowly, her reputation stank, and those rich scions no longer want her."

"I've heard thats he recently got involved with a wealthy businessman worth billions, and he seemed to be an old man, almost sixty…"

"That woman is really…"

"One word: cheap."

"Yeah, cheap."

"Hahaha, lets toast to her being cheap."

"Cheers!"

The two drank happily, and it was soon 12 past midnight. By this time, Li Kai was basically smashed, and was spewing nonsense as he collapsed onto the table.

"Ol' Li, are you already drunk?"

Ling Jiu prodded Li Kai.

"How can it be? You may be a stellar lifeform, but you'll never be my match when it ocmes to drinking. You were no match for me back then, and neither will you be now…"

"You're not drunk? You're already babbling nonsense."

Ling Jiu laughed. "Come, I'll take you home."

"No! I still can drink! Where's my beer? I can still drink!"

Dragging Li Kai home, his parents was already asleep, so Ling Jiu quietly put him on his bed, and then took out three items before leaving.

When Li Kai woke up the next day, he saw the three things Ling Jiu had left on the quilt.

"What are these?"

Li Kai rubbed his ringing head as he took up the three items and looked at them one by one.

The first thing was a box, with a few simple words written on it. Ultimate Gene Arcana Secret Technique: Devouring the Stars.

"Is this a Ultimate Gene Arcana Secret Technique?"

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Chapter 260: Ten Years Passed, the Void Behemoth

Ling Jiu left Li Kai a total of three things:

First, was an Ultimate Gene Arcana Secret Technique.

A Top-level Treasure of heaven and earth to awaken new Arcana.

Ten Gene Arcana crystals.

Ling Jiu believed, if Li Kai made good used of these three things, they would be enough for him to become a Level 7 Arcanist within a few years' time. If he worked harder, it was possible for him to even hit Level 8.

As long as one were to become a Level 7 or 8 Arcanist, they would be prioritized by the company, and no matter how small one would be, they would still end up as a leading figure in a large base city.

By then, Li Kai's status would be completely different, forget being someone standing tall above all, he would at the very least be standing above far many.

As for how far Li Kai could go, that was all up to him. Ling Jiu could help him at any time, but he cannot do too much.

It all depended on Li Kai himself.

Early next morning, Ling Jiu left Lantian Base City with his family.

They first came to Chang'an Base City and visited Ling'er's adoptive mother, Yang Cuilian.

Yang Cuilian had brought Yang Ling'er up and was a benefactor of the Ling family, and with her relationship with Ling'er she was also family, so they would naturally treat her better.

As noon approached, Ling Jiu and his family left and went to Jinling Base City to officially visit Bai Ya's family.

Bai Ya only had two relatives, her mother and her younger sister Bai Wangwang. Wangwang was now at Tianwei training camp, and so only her mother was at home.

Because of Bai Ya, her mother had also become an Arcanist and was working at Tianwei. Her work was easy and without much pressure.

When Ling Jiu and his family paid her a visit, Bai Ya's mother was smiling from ear to ear.

She had seen what Ling Jiu had done at Bao'an Base City, and she never expected that the young man who slaughtered millions of the Insectoid army was actually her son-in-law.

Surprise.

Excitement.

Of course, she was even happier. Her eyes looking at Ling Jiu were as if she was looking at her own son, and how she wanted to let Bai Ya marry Ling Jiu right away.

All in all, the meeting between the two families was very cordial, and through the meeting with their respective parents, the matter of Ling Jiu and Bai Ya was initially settled.

Ling Jiu and Bai Ya were very happy. Although they had already reaffirmed their commitment to one another, after meeting their respective parents, they felt things were now at a different stage.

That night, the family stayed at Bai Ya's place and left early the next morning.

Before leaving, Ling Jiu warmly invited his future mother-in-law to White Hole 2, but she declined.

Her level was too low, and did not make much sense for her to go, plus, Wangwang was about to graduate from Tianwei training camp, and she wanted to wait for her little daughter.

As she was unwilling, Ling Jiu left with only his family, and after a long journey, they finally arrived at White Hole 2.

His parents and two little sisters could not survive inside White Hole 2, and they could only put on Venom Suits or hide inside Ling Jiu's airship.

Fortunately, Ling Jiu's airship was large enough, and even if they were to stay inside it they will not feel bored.

Just like that, the entire family officially began training.

Before they started training, Ling Jiu copied Ling'er's Omni-Manipulation Arcana and planned to bestow this Arcana to Xiaotong once his Bestowment Arcana comes off cooldown.

The little girl hoped to get Ice Manipulation Arcana, and then to fulfill her wish, bestowing an Omni-Manipulation Arcana was the best.

Time passed very quickly, and soon, ten days had passed in a blink of an eye. Ling Jiu woke up from his cultivation and replicated Ling'er's another Arcana, Omni-annihilation.

Omni-annihilation was a very terrifying Arcana and was also an Arcana that Ling Jiu had longed for.

This Arcana could annihilate any matter into its atomic state, like annihilate water into hydrogen and oxygen atoms, annihilating alloys into iron, carbon, and other atoms…

One could imagine how terrifying this Arcana was!

After more than forty days, Ling Jiu's Bestowment Arcana could be used again, and Ling Jiu bestowed the Omni-Manipulation Arcana to Xiaotong.

And the little girl finally gained her first Arcana.

Time flew by, and unknowingly 2 years had passed.

This year, Ling Jiu's cultivation had been proceeding intermittently, as he had to wake up once every few months to bestow new Arcana to his family.

The first Arcana Ling Jiu bestowed upon them was the ability to create duplicates.

The Mimeograph Arcana was not really particularly strong. Its greatest use was to increase one's cultivation speed, just like Naruto's Taju Kagebunshin no Jutsu.

The more people train together, the faster their progress.

After eight months, Ling'er, Xiaotong, mom, and dad all had the Mimeograph Arcana, and their cultivation speed became even faster.

The second Arcana Ling Jiu bestowed upon them was the Dimension Arcana, and it was not to let them comprehend the laws of space, but more for protecting their lives.

As far as life-saving Arcanas are concerned, the Dimension Arcana was the best suited.

Due to Ai Yuhe, Bai Ya refused to accept the Dimension Arcana. Left with no choice, Ling Jiu gave her the Time Stop Arcana as compensation.

So, his family's Arcanas are now like this:

Bai Ya: Annihilation Thunder, Mimeograph, Time Rewind, Time Stop.

Ling'er: Omni-Manipulation, Omni-Annihilation, Mimeograph, Dimension Arcana

Dad: Thunder Manipulation, Mimeograph, Dimension Arcana

Mom: Fire Manipulation, Mimeograph, Dimension Arcana

Xiaotong: Omni-Manipulation, Mimeograph, Dimension Arcana

With each person having at least three Arcanas, their abilities were also unique even when looked at from across the world.

Subsequently, the entire family continued to train, and when almost two years had passed, Emperor Might finally arrived at White Hole 2 with 20 stellar lifeforms.

And the number of people on White Hole 2 increased.

However, the number of people meant it was easier to attract the attention of Direbeasts. In order to look after one another, everyone chose to cultivate close by.

Nxt, everyone was immersed in the energy-rich environment of White Hole 2, and immediately jumped into cultivating.

Ling Jiu was also cultivating.

Although it was done intermittently throughout these two years, he had finally condensed his third stellar core.

Inside his Dantian, three star cores the size of watermelons were encased inside a huge nebula and were rotating at high speed.

While rotating, the star cores revolved around the centroid of the three stars.

"If the solar system is used as a template, I should be a Level 3 Stellar-lifeform right?"

"After all, if using the solar system as an evolution template, then a Level 3 Stellar lifeform means only one star core and two planet core."

Ling Jiu continued to cultivate.

Because of the Dark Bio-energy crystals, his cultivation speed will always be faster than others, but in order to evolve the perfect star system, the energy required was greater and the cultivation speed slower.

Of course, as he evolved the Dantian star system, Ling Jiu did not forget to comprehend the laws of space.

This was the work of ten duplicates, and what Ling Jiu needed to do was to recall the duplicates into his body at regular intervals to absorb their cultivation results.

So, his energy accumulation…

His comprehension of the laws of space…

He did not fall behind in either one.

A year later, Emperor Might left with the twenty stellar lifeform big shots, and it was Vulcan's turn to come with another 20 stellar lifeform big shots to train at White Hole 2.

Time flies quickly.

And ten years had passed in a blink of an eye.

That day, Ling Jiu was immersed in his cultivation, and suddenly disappeared into thin air. When he opened his eyes, he could not help but be elated.

He was inside the Leoux.

"Leoux, you're back?"

Ling Jiu stood up and asked happily.

"Hahaha, yeah I'm back!"

Leoux too was very happy, as it measured Ling Jiu and said.

"Looking at the time, you should have been on White Hole 2 for ten years now? Not bad, not bad, you've culminated the sixth star core. It seems that you've not been slacking all these years."

"It's only the sixth star core, what's there to be happy about?"

Ling Jiu said helplessly. "In fact, in the fourth year when you left, I had already culminated the fifth star core, but also used up all of the Dark Bio-energy crystals. So for the next six full years, I had only managed to culminate a single star core."

Ling Jiu felt really helpless. With sufficient Dark Bio-energy crystals, he could form an average of one star core in a year or so.

But without the Dark Bio-energy Crystal, he had used six whole years to form one, the efficiency is just too low!

Ling Jiu now realized the importance of Leoux for the first time. "So in the future, unless there's something particularly important, don't leave."

"Hahaha, now you know how important I am."

Leoux teased. "Don't show, I won't leave in the future. I'll stay around to break Dark Bio-energy crystals for you."

"Now that's more like it."

Ling Jiu nodded. "Have the Mother Empress settled down?"

"Although there was a slight accident, she had indeed settled down."

Leoux guffawed.

"Accident?"

Ling Jiu raised his eyebrows. "What accident?"

"After I arrived at the White Hole, I found it already occupied by someone else, so a little conflict broke out, but it was destroyed."

Leoux simply said before continuing. "Do you know what went into a fight with me?"

"Tell me."

Ling Jiu too was a little curious.

With the Leoux piloted by Leoux, as long as it doesn't run into too powerful a galactic civilization, it basically would just roll straight over it. For it to consider something to be a minor conflict, what it ran into must not be something trivial."

"It's a Void Behemoth."

A light flashed in Leoux's eyes. "You know the Void Behemoth? It is also a kind of Astral Behemoth, and its bloodline is no inferior to the Flame Astral Behemoths."

Ling Jiu was shocked, a Void Behemoth that was no inferior to the Flame Astral Behemoth in bloodline?

"If the Flame Astral Behemoth was a flame-type Astral Behemoth, then the Void Behemoth is a dimension-type Astral Behemoth."

Leoux smiled and said. "Regardless of bloodline or their various attributes, the two are almost the same, and the Void Behemoth is also one of the Astral Behemoth that devours the stars."

"Where is the Void Behemoth now"

Ling Jiu asked.

"I brought it back."

Leoux continued. "Moreover, I brought it back alive!"

"You managed to capture a Void Behemoth alive?"

Ling Jiu could not help but gasp.

"Why such a fuss? That Void Behemoth is still a juvenile, and at most a galactic-level lifeform, and is far from its peak."

Leoux rolled its eyes.

Ling Jiu did not know what to say. For a Void Behemoth that was comparable to a galactic lifeform, shouldn't he make a fuss out of it?

Alright, since you're the awesome one, whatever you say then.

"Let it out, I want to have a look." Ling Jiu urged impatiently.

"Not a problem!"

Leoux snapped its fingers, and the ground in the distance split into a passageway, as a giant black ball slowly flew out from the ground.

And inside the black ball was a giant silver beast.

It looked like a giant snake but had sixteen pairs of silver wings on its back and eight pairs of claws under its abdomen. Its head was a lion's head, and each scale looked like silver.

As its body was wrapped in the black ball, Ling Jiu could not sense its aura, but looking at its body alone was enough to shock Ling Jiu.

It was almost 20,000 meters long, and as thick as a mountain, with each bright silver scale larger than a football field.

"That's the Void Behemoth?"

Ling Jiu muttered under his breath and then starting probing its Arcana abilities.

Name: Unknown

Race: Void Behemoth

Arcana :…

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Chapter 261: Void Starflame, Floating Island

Name: Unknown

Race: Void Behemoth

Arcana: Ultimate Physique (Awaken, Replicable, Plunderable), Void Escape (Awaken, Replicable, Plunderable), Void Starflame (Awaken, Replicable, Plunderable), Void Devouring (Awaken, Replicable, Plunderable), Inner World (Awaken, Replicable, Plunderable), Dimensional Sensing (Awaken, Replicable, Plunderable)

"Heh, it's really no weaker than the Flame Astral Behemoth."

After looking at the Arcana information of the Void Behemoth, Ling Jiu could not help but be amazed before asking, "Leoux, give me a detailed introduction to the Void Behemoth's abilities."

Leoux happily agreed, and then started introducing. "The Void Behemoth has six main Arcanas, and the first is Ultimate Physique."

"The Void Behemoth's body is extremely powerful, and its physique attribute index is 1 million times. So, its body is no inferior to the Flame Astral Behemoth."

"Indeed!"

Ling Jiu nodded repeatedly.

A physical attribute index was the most prominent index to measure the strength of a being's flesh, and how strong one's body was, the physical attribute index will state it very clearly.

"Second, Void Escape."

Leoux continued, "Void Escape is a movement-type skill that allows it to merge with the Void Sea, and instantly move thousands of miles away."

"As for how far, it has to do with the level of the Void Behemoth, and a newborn infantile Void Behemoth can instantly move thousands of miles away."

"Several thousand miles?"

Ling Jiu's eyes lit up. "This Arcana is nice."

He may have the Dimension Arcana, and could instantly travel from the Antarctic to Lantian Base City, but that required him to leave a dimensional mark in advance.

Without a dimensional mark, he would be helpless either way.

He may have the Wormhole Arcana now and could rush from Earth to the Moon in a short time, but that was more of a long-distance travel ability.

His Blink Arcana could at most let him travel 10 kilometers instantaneously at best.

Ten kilometers and thousands of miles were completely two different magnitudes.

"If I were to replicate this Arcana, then I could easily travel to any region in a planet without the need for leaving a dimensional mark."

"That'll be so convenient."

Ling Jiu was heated up.

"Third Arcana, Void Starflame."

Leoux smiled and said, "This flame was born in the sea of space, and is without form, or rather, it could be ever-changing, and take any form."

"As for the power of the Void Starflame, it is, of course, unparalleled, it could burn any star into nothingness."

"Burn any star…"

Ling Jiu's eyes lit up even more.

"Fourth, Void Devouring."

Leoux continued, "This Arcana is the same as the Astral Flame Behemoth's The Devourer, but the difference is the Void Devouring directly devoured the entire void, and it could devour all energy and material that exist in the void."

"Devour and entire void!"

Ling Jiu swallowed his saliva.

"From here, you could tell that although it is the same kind of Astral Behemoth that devours the space, the Void Behemoth's devouring ability is significantly stronger."

Leoux guffawed. "That can't be helped. The Void Behemoth is after all a dimension-type Astral Behemoth, and in terms of their dimensional ability, no Astral Behemoths could match it."

Ling Jiu nodded repeatedly.

"The fifth one, the Inner World."

Speaking of this Arcana, Leoux's eyes lit up.

"This is the Arcana I want to highlight to you, and also the reason why I wasted so much energy to capture it alive. It's because the Inner World of the Void Behemoth is really powerful and I want you to replicate it."

Ling Jiu showed a look of anticipation.

"Although both the Astral Flame Behemoth and the Void Behemoth also have Inner Worlds, the two are very different."

"The Inner World of the Flame Astral Behemoth is full of destructive blazing flames, a world completely occupied by destructive fire."

"Any objects that enter the Flame Astral Behemoth will only end up as one thing, being burned into pure energy and nourishing the behemoth."

Leoux then pivoted. "But the Inner World inside the Void Behemoth is the opposite, and is a true world."

At this point, Leoux looked at Ling Jiu and suddenly asked. "Ling Jiu, do you know the difference between a world and space?"

"The difference between world and space?"

Ling Jiu was dumbstruck for a moment before frowning and started to ponder.

"The difference is actually very simple, space alone is without life, but a world can spawn everything and give birth to life!"

Leoux answered himself, "And the Inner World of a Void Behemoth is exactly the kind of world that could breed life, not unlike those divine lands founded by a galactic lifeform."

"Spawn everything, and give birth to life!"

Ling Jiu's eyes gleamed.

"Of course, although everything can be spawned, the Inner World of the Void Behemoth has the same terrifying decomposition capabilities."

Leoux added, "This is the same as the Flame Astral Behemoth's Inner World, and it could break down life into the purest life energies."

"It can break down minerals into atoms and can break down other substances into other forms of energy."

"The difference is that the Flame Astral Behemoth's Inner World's decomposition is not controlled by it."

"When the Void Behemoth decompose things in its Inner World, the process is controlled by the Void Behemoth, and if it doesn't want it to decompose, it will not decompose."

Ling Jiu nodded repeatedly.

"From this, we can see the big gap between the Flame Astral Behemoth and the Void Behemoth's Inner World."

Leoux smiled. "Both have the ability to decompose and transform matter, but the Void Behemoth's one can be controlled and the Flame Astral Behemoth cannot."

"Also, the Void Behemoth's Inner World could spawn all things and give birth to life."

"That is indeed a big gap."

Ling Jiu could not help but nod. If he had to choose, he would certainly choose the Void Behemoth's Inner World instead of the Flame Astral Behemoth.

"Ling Jiu, I suggest that you replicate the Void Behemoth's Inner World first."

Leoux's eyes lit up. "The Inner World of the Void Behemoth is its very foundation."

"The stronger its Inner World is, the stronger the Void Behemoth gets. As long as the Void Behemoth wanted to, it could draw upon all of the energy inside its Inner World for its own use."

"Plus, when you become a galactic lifeform, you can completely expand and transform your body into the foundation of a divine land."

"By then, not only you can bring it with you, it will be extremely sturdy as well, it's like killing two birds with one stone."

"I know!"

Ling Jiu nodded repeatedly.

"Sixth, Dimensional Sensing."

Leoux said indifferently. "This Arcana is very generic, using the sea of space, the Void Behemoth could sense everything within thousand of miles, so everything… had nowhere to hide."

"This is also a very extraordinary ability!"

Ling Jiu licked his lips. Using the Dimensional Arcana, he could also detect life around him, but that was limited to only dozens of kilometers.

Sensing thousands of kilometers?

That was impossible!

"Let's cut the chatter, and start replicating."

Leoux urged him impatiently. "Replicate the Inner World first."

Ling Jiu nodded slightly. "Before I do that I have a question to ask you. What do you plan to do with this Void Behemoth?"

"What else? Kill it."

Leoux said without hesitation. "First of all, its level is far much higher than yours, and even with the Beast Chip, you cannot subdue it."

"Secondly, it's a Void Behemoth, and it's very costly to imprison it as it consumes a lot of energy every single moment."

"So, instead of keeping it and wasting resources, better to dispose of it cleanly."

"This is a Void Behemoth that could match a galactic lifeform, isn't it a shame to kill it?"

Ling Jiu felt a little regretful. "If we can subdue it, won't we have one more powerful fighting force?"

"Forget it, you can never tame it."

Leoux said helplessly. "Besides, with the Leoux, you have no use for it, and it's a dead weight at best."

"Makes sense."

Ling Jiu nodded, and immediately gave the order to Plunder.

"Plunder the Void Behemoth's Inner World."

Probably because the Void Behemoth was rather powerful, the time it took to Plunder lasted a full five minutes before it was successful.

"Assimilate!"

Baaam!!

Half an hour later, Ling Jiu transferred his consciousness into the Inner World.

It was a gray space, surrounded by thick grey mist, blocking his line of sight, and making it impossible for anyone to see further into the distance.

In the grey space was a small black floating island.

It was only the size of a football field, with a thickness of tens of meters as it floated solitarily in this world.

Ling Jiu landed on the black island. The surface of the island was covered with black soil and seemed to be sufficiently fertile for plant growth.

With a thought, Ling Jiu pulled Sapling Ling who was sleeping in his body out.

The little guy looked dazed and drowsy as it said. "What's the matter, bro?"

"Test out the fertility of this soil."

Ling Jiu asked. "If possible, you'll live here from now on."

"Bro, where is this place?"

Sapling Ling looked around with a confused look, but it still landed on the small island and planted its roots into the black soil.

"Whoa!"

Sapling Ling exclaimed. "Bro, the soil here is very fertile and is rich in all sorts of nutrients. It's a good place to live!"

Ling Jiu smiled. "Since it's a good place, then stay here from now on then, and manage this floating island for me."

"Bro, where is this place actually?"

Sapling Ling asked incredulously.

"This is my Inner World."

Ling Jiu explained. "Staying here is no different than staying inside my body."

"Your Inner World?"

Sapling Ling sighed with relief. "That's fine then. Don't worry bro, I'll help you manage this place."

"I believe in you."

Ling Jiu smiled as his consciousness left the Inner World.

"Leoux, let out a few of those Marine Behemoths you had captured in Ganymede out, I want to test the new Inner World out."

"Not a problem!"

When the first Marine Behemoth was sent into Ling Jiu's Inner World, and as Leoux had said, it was not being broken down by the Inner World.

After that, Ling Jiu gave the order to decompose, and the surrounding grey mist gathered around and broke the Marine Behemoth down in a frenzy.

In a short while, the stellar-level lifeform Marine Behemoth was broken down into the purest life energies.

The life energies did not flow into Ling Jiu's body but instead fell upon the black island.

In an instant, the black island expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

By the time the expansion stopped, the black island's size had increased by half.

"The Inner World is growing!"

Ling Jiu tried harder, and in an hour's time, the black island expanded in a frenzy…

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Chapter 262: Crazy Expansion, Shipwreck in the Sandpit

The black floating island had expanded tenfold to the size of ten football fields after swallowing twenty Stellar-class ocean behemoths into the body.

The changes were nothing short of phenomenal.

After that, Ling Jiu got some more plants in. He wanted to see if plants would survive there.

Logically, if a plant moves to a new environment, the survival rate is not high.

However, these plants soon took root in the soil and grew wildly after entering the floating island. Instead of withering and dying, they thrived.

This excited Ling Jiu a lot as the Inner World of the Void Behemoth could indeed harbor all things and nurture life, just as Leoux said.

Since plants could grow, he was going to do it in a big way. But Ling Jiu did not continue to grow ordinary plants, because Leoux had provided a better alternative: the super arcana tree.

The super arcana tree and the arcana tree had the same origin, and both were precious resources for terraforming a planet.

But unlike the arcana tree, the super arcana tree did not produce mysterious energy, but pure dark bio-energy.

So it was more valuable.

Ling Jiu selected 100 super arcana saplings and planted them on the floating island.

The 100 saplings quickly took root and flourished. It would not take long before they started producing dark bio-energy continuously.

"The floating island is small. It can't accommodate too many super arcana trees. After the floating island expands to a certain size, and the number of super arcana trees increases, there will be an astonishing level of dark bio-energy produced every day." There was a hopeful look in Leoux's eyes. "By then, you can continuously extract dark bio-energy from the Inner World and use it not only to evolve the elixir field's stellar system but also to increase the speed of self-cultivation and combat. It kills two birds with one stone."

Ling Jiu nodded repeatedly. The combination of the Inner World and the super arcana tree was akin to having a factory producing dark bio-energy in the body.

This was almost like cheating.

The top priority now was to expand the floating island and plant more super arcana trees to upscale this 'factory'.

Ling Jiu got busy. In Leoux's words, since it was a world, it needed all kinds of materials and energy.

He must deliver not only more bodies of direbeasts to replenish the vitality but also nutrients such as mountains, rocks, soil, and water inside.

Ling Jiu replicated the Void Behemoth's another ability—Void Devouring—to boost efficiency,

In front of him was a massive mountain. It was lush green, growing with grass and trees, filled with clouds and mist, with the chirping of insects and roars of beasts resounding in the air. The mountain was a blessed land.

"The floating island might expand tremendously if I swallow this mountain, I guess?"

Ling Jiu proudly stood in the void as he quietly performed a Void Swallowing. The next moment, the shadow of a huge Void Behemoth appeared above his head.

This shadow spanning across the sky was so massive that it almost blocked out the sun. As large as this mountain was, there was no comparison to the shadow of the Void Behemoth. The mountain looked as if it was just a little brother.

The shadow of the Void Behemoth looked up into the sky and roared. With its mouth wide open, it swallowed the mountain in front of it in one go.

Like a crocodile swallowing a chicken, the mountain, together with the nearby peaks, disappeared into the mouth of the shadow of the Void Behemoth. It left behind a massive black hollow in their places.

Afterward, the shadow of the Void Behemoth returned to Ling Jiu's body like a swallow homing.

The black hollow quickly recovered under the effect of the dimensional ocean and was restored to its original state in no time. The original mountain was gone.

In its place was a massive pit.

He had swallowed a mountain in one bite.

It was a shocking sight. As much as Ling Jiu was the person who did this, the terrific power of Void Swallowing still stunned him.

"This is incredibly powerful."

Ling Jiu gasped. He sank his consciousness into the Inner World and saw the mountain that he had just swallowed was suspended in the air alone.

The floating island looked pale compared to the majestic mountain. There was simply no comparison.

"Break it down!"

With just the thought of his mind, the mountain started to break down, with rocks and trees decomposing into various mineral elements; birds, beasts, insects, and fish into vitality; and other substances into other nutrients.

The majestic mountain had broken down into various pure energies and elements, continuously filling the floating island in less than five minutes.

The floating island expanded rapidly, as if a sea reclamation project with massive tracts of land rapidly formed.

1 km2.

2 km2.

3 km2.

When the expansion stopped, the floating island had reached a staggering 4 km2, almost equivalent to four or five small towns.

Ling Jiu hovered in the air and could not hold back his gratified smile as he looked at the floating island that had expanded over four times.

"The floating island now can barely be regarded as the Inner World. It was way too small before this, where it was just a small island. But this is still not enough."

He was like a conscientious little bee, devouring mountains, direbeasts, and any materials that were swallowable.

The floating island was expanding like crazy.

Whitehole 2 became the hapless target. Mountains were disappearing, leaving behind massive pits in the earth, as if scars on the face, looking as ugly as sin.

Ling Jiu felt sorry for Whitehole-2, which was originally a beautiful forest planet but now had been destroyed because of his actions.

Besides, Whitehole 2 was to become a self-cultivation paradise for Earthing in the future.

It was a bad idea to destroy its environment just like that. After discussing it with Leoux, the two came to Whitehole 1.

Because of the proximity to a white hole, Whitehole 1 to 5 were planets with life, and each planet had its own uniqueness.

Whitehole 5 was an icy planet.

Whitehole 4 was a volcanic planet.

Whitehole 3 was an ocean planet.

Whitehole 2 was a forest planet.

Whitehole 1 was a desert planet.

Each of the five planets has its own characteristics, but all had life that adapted to their respective environments. On Whitehole 1, there were lives that adapted to the desert environment.

Giant sand scorpions…

Scary sandworms…

Towering cactuses…

All lives there were of desert characteristics.

Ling Jiu had no qualms about swallowing things in such a desert. He performed a Void Swallowing to devour any material that was swallowable.

Large tracts of yellow sand were swallowed into the Inner World, along with many desert creatures.

Time flew. Ten days had passed before he knew it.

Ling Jiu stopped devouring on this day. He returned to the Leoux and replicated the Void Behemoth's other ability: Void Escape.

With Void Escape, he could travel thousands of kilometers in just a blink and around an entire planet within a few blinks.

Devour. Devour. Devour.

The floating island was expanding like crazy.

Ten days later, Ling Jiu replicated the Void Behemoth's other ability: Void Stellar Flame.

Another ten days later, he replicated Dimensional Peering.

Besides Ultimate Physique, he had all the Void Behemoth's abilities: Void Escape, Void Stellar Flame, Void Devouring, Inner World, and Dimensional Peering.

And after a frantic devouring period, the floating island had expanded to 100 square kilometers.

100 square kilometers was huge.

Next, Ling Jiu spent a day planting super arcana trees on the floating island.

He hoped they could thrive and produce dark bio-energy as soon as possible.

In fact, because of the fertile soil, the first batch of super arcana trees he planted had started to produce dark bio-energy.

He had calculated; it only took about 24 days from planting to produce dark bio-energy. This was not a long time; in fact, it could even be deemed short.

This meant that after 24 days, the super powered trees that Ling Jiu planted could produce dark bio-energy, the amount of which would be absolutely huge as days went by.

After all, this forest of super arcana trees was 100 km2 in size.

Ling Jiu continued to devour the desert.

Time flew. Another few days had passed in a blink of an eye.

On this day, Ling Jiu came to a high dune area. After swallowing the sand dune and just when he was about to leave, he saw a little patch of black from the corner of his eye.

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Chapter 263: Spiritual Being, Immortality

"What is that?"

Puzzled, Ling Jiu descended to what might look like a piece of black matter at the bottom of the sandpit.

It was solid with metallic luster, unlike the surrounding yellow sand. Obviously not like a substance belonging to this planet.

Ling Jiu performed a Devourer. As a black hole appeared above his head and devoured the sand in the surroundings, a large part of the black matter was exposed.

1 meter. 10 meters. 100 meters.

100 meters. 500 meters. 1,000 meters.

It stunned Ling Jiu when the black matter was completely exposed in front of his eyes.

This was a giant black ball with a diameter of over ten kilometers, engraved with mysterious patterns, just like the pattern on a turtle shell.

"Is this a spaceship?"

Ling Jiu muttered to himself. The force of dimensions penetrated and tried to peer through the black sphere to see what was inside.

The most shocking thing to Ling Jiu was, as soon as the force of Dimensions came into contact with the black sphere, a mysterious force bounced it back before it could peer in.

"Like the Leoux, it can actually isolate the peering of the force of dimensions."

Ling Jiu was surprised. Instead of going in blindly, he contacted Leoux.

A spaceship of an unknown class like this one was likely to be a very terrifying weapon. It was dangerous to attack or even investigate it recklessly.

So he would wait for Leoux to find a way.

He got Leoux online. Leoux did not sit idly by when he was expanding the floating island.

It drove the Leoux to collect energy around the white hole, creating dark bio-energy crystals for Ling Jiu's next round of self-cultivation.

"What's wrong, Ling Jiu?"

"I found a crashed spaceship. Come and take a look!"

"A spaceship? I'll go over there right now!"

Leoux cut the line. After a while, it came in front of Ling Jiu.

It shocked Leoux to see the black sphere exposed at the bottom of the sandpit.

"I can't believe it! I can't believe it!"

"Leoux, you recognize this spaceship?" Ling Jiu asked quickly.

"I recognized it!"

Leoux nodded slightly, shock filling its eyes. "It's just because I recognized it, that's why I am shocked. You are freaking lucky. I can't believe that I can come across this kind of thing. I really don't know what to say!"

Ling Jiu scratched his head and became even more curious. "What the hell is this, Leoux?"

"If you say it is a spaceship, it is indeed a spaceship. It can cross the universe and is equipped with powerful weapons. In terms of function, it does not differ from a spaceship, but it is not just a spaceship."

"Because it is some guy's body!" Leoux said solemnly:

"Body?" Ling Jiu was shocked. "This is obviously a metal substance. How can it be a body? Is it a machine like a Transformer?"

"A Transformer?" Leoux was taken aback. "What is a Transformer?"

"This… I can't explain it clearly!" Ling Jiu waved his hand. "Forget it. Why don't you tell me about it?"

Leoux nodded slightly. "Do you know the Evo-gods?"

"The Evo-gods?" Ling Jiu shook his head.

"The Evo-gods are a very peculiar species." Leoux's eyes lit up. "I told you before that there are many strange life forms in the universe, including that of flesh and blood, metal, gas, and energy, right?"

Ling Jiu nodded slightly.

"The Evo-gods are energy beings." Leoux continued. "And there are many types of energy beings. For example, electrical energy beings, atomic energy beings, bio-energy beings, and dark bio-energy beings. There are many types that I can't tell you all about. The Evo-gods are a very peculiar kind of energy beings. The reason they are peculiar is that they belong to the dark psionic beings."

"The dark psionic beings?" Ling Jiu's heart skipped a beat. "Dark psionic energy is the energy that makes up the soul. In other words, the Evo-gods are of soul or spiritual body?"

"You are pretty quick-witted!" Leoux exclaimed and nodded. "You guessed it. Evo-gods are indeed of the soul body, without a physical body, but actual beings that exist."

"I can't believe that such beings exist." Ling Jiu was in disbelief. "The reality is unimaginable."

"Because they are born in the soul form, the research, development, and utilization of souls by the Evo-gods has reached the point where it is the universe's first. It is not an exaggeration to call them the number one in the universe, that Evo-gods are inborn soul masters." Leoux could not hide its amazement.

"So sick?" Ling Jiu gasped.

"Yes, they are so sick!" Leoux exclaimed. "Because Evo-gods are of soul, they often have an extremely long-life span. They can have any body—walking into the body of flesh and blood, or machine—as they want. Because souls are so powerful, the Evo-gods can easily control things, including a top-level spacecraft like the Leoux."

"These are nothing, of course, compared to their highest wisdom—the Eight Laws of Black Hole Evolution—that is coveted by many."

"The Eight Laws of Black Hole Evolution?" Ling Jiu's heart skipped a beat. "Is this a self-cultivation manual?"

"You can call that. But the Eight Laws of Black Hole Evolution neither cultivates the body nor dark bio-energy. It is the supreme secret of soul cultivation." Leoux slowly said. "Ordinary beings often comprise two parts: soul and body. Even if they practice self-cultivation, they usually start with the body; they can't cultivate their souls. The reason your soul continues to grow stronger is that as your body becomes stronger, your soul is strengthened under its influence. This is passive reinforcement, the speed very slow. Once the body stops strengthening, the soul will not continue to grow."

Ling Jiu nodded repeatedly.

There were many secret manuals about self-cultivation on Earth, but none of them were about souls. Even 9527 could give him a piece of dark psionic crystal only.

"So the soul-cultivation methods in the universe are precious and rare. Even a pinnacle civilization of the universe like us, the Emissian, does not have a decent soul-cultivation method."

Leoux said. "Besides, those self-cultivation methods are rudimentary compared to the Evo-god's Eight Methods of Black Hole Evolution. They are not even close."

"Is the Eight Methods of Black Hole Evolution really so magical?" Ling Jiu licked his lips in disbelief.

Leoux laughed without answering the question. "Because of the existence of the Eight Methods of Black Hole Evolution, the Evo-gods produced its first batch of soul masters."

"You have got to know that souls are akin to the CPU of a computer; the more powerful the CPU is, the faster the computer runs and the higher the ability to process information. Similarly, the more powerful a soul is, the faster it can comprehend the laws of the universe. So in the process of comprehending the laws of the universe, these soul masters of the Evo-gods have grown extremely fast and produced generations of powerhouses. As a result, the Evo-gods skyrocketed in strength in a short time, aspiring to become the apex life form in the universe as they were the most powerful emerging force. That put themselves in the limelight."

"And then?" Ling Jiu asked.

"And then, the rise of the Evo-gods finally made the ancient power of the universe feel intimidated. Of course, they could be after the Eight Methods of Black Hole Evolution, too," Leoux said. "So war broke out. The Evo-gods were an emerging force in the universe. They at last were destroyed by the alliance of many ancient powers in the universe. Most top powerhouses were dead, only a few remnants escaped, and no one knew where they were hiding."

"So the Eight Methods of Black Hole Evolution was part of the reason for the fall of the Evo-gods?" Ling Jiu muttered to himself.

"People are willing to die for money, more so for the secret book of the supreme soul." Leoux sighed. "You have got to know that the Eight Methods of Star Evolution follow the birth process of black holes, allowing your soul to grow into a black hole-like being in the universe. Can you imagine how terrific the Eight Methods of Black Hole Evolution is?"

Ling Jiu swallowed hard. "Allowing a soul to grow into a black hole?"

"Yup. A black hole." Leoux nodded vigorously. "The soul of life is stored in the vast sea of consciousness."

"The sea of consciousness is like a miniature version of the universe, and the Kindle of the Soul lives in this universe-like sea of consciousness."

"The goal of the Eight Methods of Black Hole Evolution is to transform a little Kindle of the Soul into something like a black hole."

"Are there any celestial bodies more terrifying than black holes in the entire universe?"

"There should not be any, I guess?"

Ling Jiu blinked. In his cognition, the most extreme celestial body in the universe was only black holes. The only thing that set different black holes apart was their sizes.

The bigger a black hole is, the more extreme, and of course, the more terrifying it was.

"There is none, of course." Leoux shook his head. "In fact, the original purpose of the Eight Methods of Black Hole Evolution created by the Evo-gods was only to extend lifespan."

"Because Evo-gods are soul bodies. As long as their souls can live indefinitely, the Evo-gods will be immortal."

"The lifespan of a black hole is recognized as the longest in the universe. Even the smallest star has a lifespan that is not as long as a black hole."

The lifetime of a star is inversely proportional to its mass. The greater the mass, the shorter its lifespan.

"A black hole the size of an atomic nucleus has a lifespan that is almost the same as the current age of the universe, while a solar-mass black hole has a lifespan of about sixty-five to the Power of ten years, which is theoretically fifty-four to the Power of ten times older than the age of the universe. It is precisely based on the long lifespan of black holes that the Evo-gods used black holes as the research object, and finally created the Eight Methods of Black Hole Evolution that shocked the universe, making the Evo-gods almost immortal in theory."

"Immortal?"

Ling Jiu swallowed hard. Suppressing the shock in his heart, he asked what he was most interested in. "You just mentioned that this spaceship is the body of the Evo-gods. Does it mean that an Evo-god is hidden inside?"

"I'm not sure about this." Leoux immediately shook his head. "The Evo-gods indeed made this spaceship. But I can't guarantee if there is an Evo-god inside."

"Why not just open it and see for ourselves?"

Ling Jiu could not wait. "You should have a way to open this spaceship, right, Leoux?"

"Piece of cake." Leoux let out a faint smile. "I just checked. This spaceship is not built of high-grade alloy—of super-clustered level civilization at most. Opening it up is easy-peasy."

"Then what are you waiting for? Do it."

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Chapter 264: Soul Coercion, 83 Million Years

The Leoux shot out a ray of black light and took the 10-km-diameter spacecraft in. Ling Jiu had also entered the Leoux.

The Evogod spaceship, enveloped in red light, was suspended in the air at this moment.

"This red light is a manifestation of gravitational waves," Leoux explained with a smile. "Gravity is one of the four fundamental forces of the universe. It is everywhere and exists in every corner of the universe. Nothing can completely isolate gravity. So gravity is a very badass weapon—it can be used to kill enemies, for detection, marking, and communication. Whichever civilization masters gravity will become a unified civilization, and have a vital position in the universe."

"Interesting." Ling Jiu nodded.

With the constant penetration of gravity, the Evogod spacecraft gradually went from indifferent to slightly quivering, and then Rubik's Cube-like small squares appeared on the surface.

The positions of these squares were constantly changing. This series of movements dazzled Ling Jiu as if someone was turning a Rubik's Cube. But this "Rubik's Cube" was obviously more complex.

"I've made it!"

Leoux suddenly spoke as all the squares came to a halt, regrouping to form a picture of a giant black hole in the spacecraft's surface.

A half-horizontal and half-vertical aperture surrounded the black hole with darkness in the center.

"This black hole is the symbol of the Evogods." Leoux smiled. "The spaceship is about to open."

As soon as Leoux's voice trailed off, the spaceship suspended in the air opened from the middle, forming a hollow sphere in two halves.

A dazzling yellow light shone out, instantly illuminating the Leoux's interior.

At the same time, a terrifying mental coercion force poured out, assaulting the mind of Ling Jiu. But Leoux was unaffected.

Ling Jiu's mind was blank, and blood oozed out of his orifices uncontrollably, as if a heavy hammer had hit his head.

He was injured.

"Darn it!"

"Hold up!" Leoux shouted. It could not hold back its anger upon seeing this.

An intense red light shone from the sky and engulfed the Evogod spaceship.

Coming along with the red light was an extremely powerful force. It froze the Evogod spaceship and the yellow light shining out of the spaceship in place.

Ling Jiu felt better only after the terrifying soul coercion force subsided. He panted, feeling as if he had gone to hell and back.

"Are you okay, Ling Jiu?" Leoux asked with concern.

"I'm fine."

Ling Jiu vaporized the blood oozing out of his orifices and looked at the Evogod spaceship frozen in the sky with perturbation.

"Leoux, I can't believe that the soul of the Evogod is so powerful that just the coercion force radiating from it hurt me badly."

"The strength of its soul rivals that of a perfect three-dimensional being. So you couldn't withstand even an unconscious release of soul coercion force.

Leoux breathed a sigh of relief spontaneously at seeing that Ling Jiu was fine. It then looked excitedly at the spaceship overhead.

"This Evogod must have practiced Eight Methods of Black Hole Evolution, judging by how powerful its soul is. You are rich now, Ling Jiu."

Ling Jiu's heart skipped a beat. "As long as I can get the Eight Methods to Black Hole Evolution, it is worth it even though I am injured."

"I will check it out." Leoux manipulated the gravitational waves to peer into the Evogod spaceship.

Ling Jiu waited quietly, knowing that what was going on next was not something he could take part in. He could only wait for the result from Leoux.

About ten minutes later, Leoux spoke with a hint of elation in the corners of its mouth. "It is done, Ling Jiu."

"How is it?" Ling Jiu asked.

"This Evogod was seriously injured." Leoux's first sentence had excited Ling Jiu. "I don't know who hurt the Evogod. The core of its soul is in pieces, its consciousness mostly annihilated. It is unconscious. In other words, this Evogod is as good as dead."

"What about the Eight Methods of Black Hole Evolution?" This was the thing Ling Jiu cared most about.

"It is simple." Leoux licked its lips. "Search its soul and find it from its memory. Tsk, tsk. This is an Evogod, which has usually lived for a long time. Its memory is a huge treasure vault."

"Search its soul without ado."

"All right. Let's do it," Leoux replied and continued to do its work.

Ling Jiu continued to wait. But this time, it was not until several days later that Leoux came back with an answer.

"You're rich now, Ling Jiu!" Excitement filled Leoux's eyes. "As I expected, the memory of every Evogod is a huge treasure vault."

"Have you found the Eight Methods of Black Hole Evolution?" Ling Jiu could not wait but ask.

"Calm down." Leoux was creating suspense. "Do you know how long this Evogod has lived?"

"How long?" Ling Jiu asked back in curiosity.

"Eighty-three-million years." Leoux spelled out a number that sent Ling Jiu gasping in surprise.

"Eighty-three-million years?"

Ling Jiu felt it was unbelievable. "You just said that the soul of the Evogod is comparable to a perfect three-dimensional being, and a perfect three-dimensional being could only live for one million years. So how could this Evogod have lived for eighty-three-million years?"

The lifespan of a stellar life form is thousands of years.

The lifespan of a galactic life form is tens of thousands of years.

The lifespan of a super clustered life form is hundreds of thousands of years.

The lifespan of a perfect three-dimensional life form is millions of years.

The lifespan of a cosmic life form is tens of millions of years.

A perfect three-dimensional life form that was supposed to have only millions of years of lifespan had lived for 83 million years. This was mind-boggling.

Besides, if Leoux had not killed it, this Evogod would have still been alive. How long could it still live in that case?

"I told you that the Evogods are of the soul. You can't understand them with your common sense. Besides, they have the Eight Methods of Black Hole Evolution; their life span is much longer than that of the same-level life form." Leoux continued, "This Evogod is also a descendant of the wiped-out Evogods, just as I have estimated. It inherited the will of the Evogods, striving to practice the Eight Methods of Black Hole Evolution to revive the glory of the Evogods. It is a pity that its identity was exposed. When the higher-level civilizations pursued it. It escaped with injured soul and finally ended up here."

Ling Jiu nodded his understanding. As the creator of a supreme soul cultivation method like the Eight Methods of Black Hole Evolution, it was entirely understandable why they were coveted and became the target of persecution.

"The Evogod fled to this place, succumbed to its injury, and its soul went into hibernation."

"It has been nearly a million years until you found it."

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Chapter 265: Soul Nebula, Soul Collecting Array

It had lived for 83 million years and slept for a million years!

How could this be possible at all?

In the context of Earth, this Evogod had come into being from the Cretaceous period 83 million years ago and had survived the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago until now.

This was one tough monster.

What level of cultivation would he have been now if he had lived that long? Ling Jiu thought to himself. He could have been a cosmic being by now, at least.

"Lifespan is the biggest stumbling block on the road to self-cultivation."

Ling Jiu's eyes lit up with enthusiasm. "Where are the Eight Methods of Black Hole Evolution, Leoux? I want to practice."

"For sure. But I have to remind you beforehand that this secret manual of the soul is very difficult to practice. It is not only time-consuming but also resource-intensive—it requires dark psionic crystals," Leoux pointed out. "You are not an Evogod, after all."

"The Evogods are purely souls. The more powerful the soul is, the more powerful the Evogods are. So they could practice the Eight Methods of Black Hole Evolution with undivided attention. But you are different."

Ling Jiu frowned.

"You must not only evolve the elixir field's stellar system but also comprehend the laws of the universe."

Leoux said with a serious face. "Now you want to cultivate the soul. This is going to be a serious burden for you. I hope you can figure out your priority."

"I know what I am doing. Don't worry." Ling Jiu nodded.

"The Eight Methods to Black Hole Evolution, as the name suggests, is a soul secret manual created according to the formation process of a black hole," Leoux said. "Black holes are extreme celestial bodies formed by dying supermassive stars."

"So there are stars first before there are black holes. How do stars come about?"

In the endless universe, there is endless high-density gas and dust. These gas and dust are called nebulae, or giant molecular clouds.

In the vacuum of space, there is about 0.1 to 1 atom of gas and dust per cubic centimeter.

But the density of a giant molecular cloud is millions of atoms per cubic centimeter. So the density of a giant molecular cloud is hundreds or even tens of millions of times that of the empty region of space.

Nebulae are the cradle of stars, and almost all stars are born in them.

So based on this idea, there is the first method of the Eight methods of Black Hole Evolution: the formation of the soul nebula.

The formation of the soul nebula, as the name suggests, is to collect an enormous amount of dark psionic energy in the vast sea of consciousness to form a being like the universe nebula.

Just that the cosmic nebulae were gas and dust produced after the Big Bang, and they are common in the boundless cosmic void.

There is only one thing in the sea of consciousness, and that is the Kindle of the Soul. But the level of dark psionic energy is low.

For this reason, it is necessary to add a vast amount of dark psionic energy to the sea of consciousness to form a soul nebula.

Speaking of this, Leoux looked at Ling Jiu. "Do you know how the Evogods solved this problem in the beginning?"

Ling Jiu frowned and thought for a while. "How else can they solve it other than finding more dark psionic energy?"

Leoux smiled and shook its head. "Just like dark bio-energy, dark psionic energy is abundant in the dark universe. Just that it is relatively rare compared to dark bio-energy. Besides, dark psionic energy isn't as active as dark bio-energy. It is impossible to draw dark psionic energy from the dark universe."

Ling Jiu was stunned. He remembered that 9527 had said similar things. Dark psionic energy was extremely rare. He could not absorb dark psionic energy unless he became a higher-level being.

For this reason, 9527 gave himself a dark psionic crystal.

"The Evogods at the beginning were just of a weak primitive species, with neither super-high technological nor strength. So it was impossible for the Evogods to absorb dark psionic energy. They did not even know the existence of it." Leoux sighed.

"They massacred other creatures on their home planet to get enough soul energy. This had caused a mass extinction of other species on the planet. As other species were extinct, the Evogods started to develop their technology to get darker psionic energy. They then relied on this advanced technology to start interstellar wars and massacred other species on alien planets. So bloodshed characterized the initial rise of the Evogods; they literally rose over the dead bodies of other species.

"As this civilization developed, and the Evogods got even more knowledgeable, they gradually discovered that there was a special substance in the vast dark universe. This special substance exists as particles, consistent with the soul's origin, and can be absorbed into the sea of consciousness. This is the dark psionic energy. As you know, it is very difficult to absorb dark psionic energy. Generally, only when a soul attains the strength of the cosmic being can it capture dark psionic energy. However, at that time, there were few cosmic beings among Evogods. So they embarked on a long journey of study to solve this problem."

"They succeeded?" Ling Jiu's heart skipped a beat.

"You bet." Leoux nodded. "The Evogods are masters of the soul. Based on the way we absorbed dark bio-energy, they developed the Soul Collecting Array to capture and absorb the dark psionic energy from the dark universe."

"Soul Collecting Array?" Ling Jiu's eyes brightened up.

"The Soul Collecting Array is an impressive piece of work."

Even Leoux was amazed, despite his vision and insight. "It broke the dilemma that lower life forms (below cosmic life form) could not capture dark psionic energy and allowed stellar beings with low soul strength to absorb dark psionic energy. This is the one and only thing in the vast universe. It is no exaggeration to say that the Soul Collecting Array in the world of soul cultivation is no less important than the elixir field's stellar system in the world of physical cultivation. It is incredibly valuable."

"Fortunately, the Evogods just started to rise and had kept the Soul Collecting Array a secret at the time. All the higher-level civilizations of the universe did not know the existence of the Soul Collecting Array. Otherwise, the Evogods would have been in great trouble."

Ling Jiu nodded quietly. "How to set up the Soul Collecting Array, Leoux?"

"The Evogods are the only ones who could deploy the Soul Collecting Array. It is impossible for others to learn unless the Evogods teach it hands-on."

Leoux subsequently taught Ling Jiu how to set out the Soul Collecting Array.

It used the holographic simulation system of the Leoux to simulate the array and patiently guide Ling Jiu. Ling Jiu was fully focused and learning patiently.

One step at a time.

The layout of the Soul Collecting Array was complex as if making a massive picture with thousands of threads. It was arduous work.

It was during this time that the strength of Leoux's as an intelligent life shone. It took the trouble and patiently guided Ling Jiu.

One learned as the other taught. A year had passed since then. At this time, on this day, Ling Jiu opened his eyes.

"It is really mysterious."

Ling Jiu let out a long sigh and looked at Leoux with gratitude. "I couldn't have built the Soul Collecting Array without you."

"You are a fast learner," Leoux said. "In the memory of this Evogod, it is difficult for even the Evogods to master the Soul Collecting Array. Yet it only took you a year to master it. This shows that you are highly talented in the soul."

"You have taught me well."

Ling Jiu was also thrilled. He let his consciousness sink into the sea of consciousness.

It was a boundless space. There was an endless void both above and below. All that existed in here was just a kindle of silverish fire floating in the void.

It was cold and alone.

This silverish flame was Ling Jiu's soul fire, which was also his soul. Just that it existed as flames.

Looking closely, there were countless small silver lines intertwined around the soul fire. They crisscrossed and formed a large airtight silver web around the soul fire.

The large silver net, just like a silver spider web, covered an extensive area, about several square kilometers.

And the soul flame was at the center of the massive net.

This big silver net was the Soul Collecting Array.

Looking even closer, tiny silver light dots would emerge out of thin air and fly toward the soul fire at the center from time to time.

These occasional silver light dots were dark psionic energy or dark psionic energy particles. Some people also called them soul particles.

They were captured by the Soul Collecting Array from the dark universe.

In the beginning, the dark psionic energy particles captured by the Soul Collecting Array were few, only one or two occasionally. But as time went by, more and more of them were captured.

The number exploded as time went by.

It went from a few dozen to hundreds.

More and more silver light dots appeared out of thin air, some absorbed by the soul fire, and some lingering around the soul fire, like a sparklingly bright starry sky.

"If it keeps going at this pace, a nebula will soon form around the soul fire."

He was very happy with the effect of the Soul Collecting Array. This was the first stage of the Eight Methods of Black Hole Evolution: forming the soul nebula.

Now that he had successfully built the Soul Collecting Array, all he had to do next was wait as things accumulated.

The number of dark psionic particles captured by the Soul Collecting Array would increase over time until they were enough to form a soul star.

Of course, that would require a massive number of dark psionic particles, which was beyond Ling Jiu's control.

All he could do was to give it some time.

"How long does it take to enter the second stage, Leoux?" Ling Jiu withdrew from the sea of consciousness and asked a question out of concern.

"It is going to take a very, very long time," Leoux said. "A giant molecular cloud contains hundreds of thousands to tens of millions of solar masses, with a diameter of fifty to three-hundred light-years."

"Judging by how fast the Soul Collecting Array works, it will take at least hundreds of thousands of years to form such a massive dark psionic energy nebula. Of course, this is in the absence of external interference. If there is any external interference, it could reduce the time tremendously."

"What do you mean?" Ling Jiu cocked an eyebrow.

"As I said before, there is a huge concentration of energy near a white hole. This energy includes dark psionic energy. I can help you make dark psionic crystals."

Leoux broke into a faint smile. "A dark psionic crystal contains an extremely large number of dark psionic particles, which can help you speed up the formation of a soul nebula."

"I didn't know that. Interesting."

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Chapter 266: Stonehenge Is Destroyed, a New Divine Cavern

Since then, Leoux had one more task: to create dark psionic crystals.

Since it was near a white hole, there was enough dark psionic energy for compression and the continuous creation of dark psionic crystals.

Ling Jiu was not sitting idly by, either. Since the Soul Collecting Array was completed, and he could continuously capture the dark psionic particles, he could do other things with undivided attention.

Ling Jiu let his mind sink onto the floating island.

It had been a year since he last visited. The floating island had undergone tremendous changes. The original black land had turned into a dense forest.

Dandelion-like super arcana trees thrived on the vast black ground, forming a dense forest.

A thick blanket of white fog was lingering above the forest. There were even lakes in the forest.

These white fog and lakes were atomized and liquefied dark bio-energy, respectively.

On average, there was a super arcana tree every ten meters on the 100-square-kilometer floating island. By this calculation, there were one million super arcana trees planted on the floating island.

After 24 days of planting, the super-powered trees started to produce dark bio-energy. These one million super-powered trees had produced an enormous amount of dark bio-energy for the past year.

Ling Jiu had been busy and had no time to harvest the dark bio-energy here for the past year. So the dark bio-energy on the floating island had reached an astonishing level. Not only did it condense into a white fog, but a large portion had liquefied and formed into lakes.

It was no exaggeration to say that the floating island in Ling Jiu's body was definitely a holy land for self-cultivation.

Sapling Ling had grown even taller than previously here. It stuck out on the floating island as if a tree reaching into heaven.

"All this dark bio-energy should be enough for me to form a stellar-class core."

He did not intend to extract the dark bio-energy on the floating island yet, although he felt thrilled by it.

Leoux had created another batch of dark bio-energy crystals, which was enough for self-cultivation for now. There was no need to extract the dark bio-energy from the floating island.

Besides, the richer the dark bio-energy on the floating island, the faster the super arcana trees could grow, and the faster it grew, the more dark bio-energy it could produce.

This was a virtuous circle.

"One million super arcana trees can produce enough dark bio-energy to form a stellar-class core in one year."

"Two million super arcana trees can produce enough dark bio-energy to form a stellar-class core in half a year."

"It only takes one month for twelve million super arcana trees to form a stellar-class core."

"It will only take one day if there are three hundred and sixty million super arcana trees."

Ling Jiu was full of enthusiasm. He could not imagine what it was like to have the super arcana trees produce enough dark bio-energy to form a stellar-class core in one day.

It meant that he would be self-sufficient even if there were no dark bio-energy crystals.

The future was incredibly bright.

"Let's do this!"

Just when he was about to expand the floating island further, his communicator rang. It was Bai Ya calling.

Leoux had given a communicator to each of them so that they could communicate across galaxies.

Ling Jiu took out the communicator and pressed the Answer button. Bai Ya's image popped up. It looked so realistic that it would be difficult to tell that it was an optical image without touching it.

"What's wrong, Bai Ya?" Ling Jiu asked in puzzlement.

"Something happened to Earth, Honey." Bai Ya looked grave. "I got a message from Earth just now, saying that another god was born, and this time this god is powerful. Emperor Might and the others are almost overwhelmed."

"I'll be right back!"

Ling Jiu hung up and contacted Leoux.

"Take me back, Leoux."

Back at Whitehole 2, Bai Ya and Ling Jiu's parents had stopped practicing. They were anxiously waiting. The news from Earth worried them, so much so they could not concentrate.

"Why isn't Ling Jiu back yet?"

Yang Ling-er paced back and forth anxiously. She had been here on Whitehole-2 for over 12 years.

After 12 years of self-cultivation, Ling-er was no longer as immature and inexperienced as before. She had grown up as a sexy woman.

She was 26 this year.

Xiaotong was 27.

Their strengths had also grown tremendously as they matured.

Ling-er had become a stellar being in the first two years here. Now that so many years have passed, no one knew how far her strength had grown.

On the other hand, Xiaotong, who started practicing from scratch, had become a stellar being a year ago.

Similarly, Ling Tianci and Yang Su became stellar beings five years ago and had a life span of 1,000 years.

In other words, the entire Ling family was stellar beings—and very powerful ones at that. This was unprecedented in the history of Earth.

"Your brother said he would be back soon. Be patient."

Bai Ya took a deep breath. "I hope the situation on Earth is not too bad. Or else, we will be in trouble."

"With Emperor Might and Vulcan holding down the fort, there shouldn't be any problems for the moment," Yang Ling-er said.

Everyone nodded.

Stellar beings like Emperor Might and Vulcan were taking turns to practice. They both had spent over six years on Whitehole 2 in total.

With their talents, coupled with the rich dark bio-energy on Whitehole 2, their strength had undergone tremendous changes for the past six years.

They could at least hold up for some time, even if they could not defeat those ancient and ignorant gods.

Rewinding a few days ago back on Earth.

There is a world-renowned prehistoric cultural heritage on the Salisbury Plain, over 100 kilometers southwest of London, England.

It is the site of a famous prehistoric site of worship in Europe, the Stonehenge.

Stonehenge comprised dozens of huge rocks arranged in a large circle. Some rocks were six meters tall. The radiocarbon dating method suggested that the site was built around 4,000 to 2,000 BC, from the end of the Neolithic Age to the Bronze Age.

No one knows exactly what it was built for so far.

And no one knows how the ancient Welsh people transported these dozens of tons of boulders to the Salisbury Plain over 300 kilometers away.

Stonehenge has always been synonymous with mystery. Some people say it was built by aliens, while others were built by gods.

There are always divergent opinions about its origin. Because of its mystery, the site attracts countless tourists every year.

Today, as usual, there were many tourists arriving in front of Stonehenge by car. People were taking photos. Everyone was relaxed and happy.

Something happened around Stonehenge just then. There was a tremor on the ground. First, it was minor, then it grew more intense.

"Is it an earthquake?"

Someone yelled. Everyone seemed to have realized what happened only when the huge stones were swaying and were about to collapse.

"It's an earthquake!"

"Run!"

"Run. Now!"

Those tourists were startled, and they fled for their dear lives.

The tremor at Stonehenge was increasingly violent. When the intensity of the quake reached a threshold, the earth bulged, as if something was hitting from below and about to break out of the ground.

Boom!

The sound of a violent explosion came, and those fleeing tourists turned their heads to take a glimpse of what happened. They saw the ground under Stonehenge exploding.

The violent explosion blasted the huge stones into pieces and left behind a massive pit in the ground.

A dazzling golden light beam shone out of the pit into the sky.

"W-What is that?"

"I-I have no idea."

"Is it another dimensional fissure?"

Those tourists looked on in horror at the dazzling golden beams from a distance.

They could not comprehend what they saw, but that did not prevent them from reminiscing about the Insectoid invasion four months ago. They could never forget such a disaster.

Boom!

While those tourists were still watching in horror, a soft sonic boom burst out in the air as a dazzling golden ball of light shot out from the massive pit.

Boom!

A terror of coercive force poured out from the golden ball of light, arbitrarily attacking the mind and spirit of all tourists.

No one could escape the assault of the coercive force, no matter how far they had run. They fell, some slumped down, and some knelt on the ground.

"What is going on?"

They all were horrified, looking up with difficulty at the golden ball of light floating in the air.

Just then, the golden light on the ball of light gradually disappeared, revealing a woman wearing a golden bra, golden shorts, and carrying a golden sword on her back.

This woman had a pair of golden wings on her back, and a golden crow was engraved on her forehead. Wearing only a bra and a pair of shorts, her athletic figure was plain to see.

She looked heroic.

"S-She's an Arcanist?"

Those tourists had recognized this woman at first glance. They became furious in an instant.

"From where is the arcanist? How dare she release her power indiscriminately here? Call the Arcanist Directorate to make a report. I wonder how they control the arcanists!"

Arcanists might enjoy a high status, but they usually were in harmony with ordinary people. Few arcanists released their powers in public.

Yet this arcanist in front of their eyes was attacking them for no reason. She was bullying ordinary people, and she had to be reported to the Arcanist Directorate.

Ordinary arcanists would have disappeared at once. But this woman was casting a sideways glance at the tourists. "Noisy!"

The next moment,

A terrifying golden shock wave burst out of her body, hitting all the tourists, sending them flying out backward with blood spurting out of their mouths.

"W-What are you doing?

"How dare you act violently?

"Report her! Report her immediately!"

The blonde woman ignored the angry tourists. Her eyes brightened up when she looked down at them condescendingly.

"The Lord God is right; the lower realm really has divine power again. This is good news!"

She disappeared into the massive pit after saying that. The tourists got up to their feet and called the Arcanist Directorate.

Not long after, a group of arcanists arrived. They had a conclusion when they saw the destroyed Stonehenge and the massive pit in the center of the Stonehenge.

They reported the incident to the higher-ups.

Not long after that, two stellar beings had come.

"After looking at the videos taken by the tourists, I dare to say that this is another divine cave," a stellar being said with a grave expression. "Let's tell the higher-ups."

Just then, the sound of a sonic boom burst out in the air as several beams of light shot out from the massive pit and came to the outside world.

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Chapter 267: Lord Patriarch, Canonizing Vulcan

A dazzling golden light.

A pitch-black divine light.

An emerald green light.

A blinding silver light.

A maroon-red light.

Five divine lights blasted out of the giant pit and stopped above it.

Schoom!!

In an instant, an overwhelming and terrifying aura spread out, suppressing across all directions, causing the two stellar lifeform big shots' expression to change drastically.

"Another batch of gods had appeared!"

The two stellar lifeforms big shots were tensed as they stared at the five divine lights suspended in mid-air. At this moment, the light gradually dissipated, revealing five persons.

One had golden wings on her back, wearing a golden bra and shorts. She was the sexy woman that had appeared before.

Another had black wings on his back, he had a human's body, but a crow's head. Black mist surrounded his body, looking gloomy and terrifying.

One was wearing a green coat made out of leaves, her face was cold and beautiful, just like a queen from a fairy tale.

One was wearing silver armor and a silver helm with a giant silver sword in his hand. He was wrapped tightly in armor, except for a pair of sharp eyes.

The last person was even more peculiar, he was half-man half-horse, with the upper body of a man, and the lower body of a horse.

After the five appeared, they looked at their surrounding.

"Sure enough, I can sense the existence of divine power."

The green-clothed woman smiled. "The divine power of the Celtic Continent is about to run out. I never thought that divine power would reappear in the Realm Under, the divine are saved."

"Lord Patriarch once said, after we left, the Realm Under underwent earth-shaking changes, and he asked us to act with caution."

The gaze of the brawny silver-armored man landed on the two stellar lifeforms. "I thought nothing of it at first, but seeing the two, I'm a little convinced now."

Rustle–rustle–

As he spoke, the gaze of the four others also landed on the two.

This caused immense pressure among the two stellar lifeforms. From the five, they had originally felt an awe-inspiring aura, and now the pressure had naturally increased.

"These two mortals are that strong?"

The five looked at one another. "During the time we left, such powerful mortals had appeared in the Realm Under? This is not a good sign!"

"Let me interrogate them!"

The brawny man in silver armor took a step forward, and looked down at the two stellar lifeforms from up high, said faintly. "Kneel, mortal."

Kneel?

The two stellar lifeforms looked at each other, and one of the blond elders said solemnly.

"Although we don't know which pantheon you're from, I'll tell you now that Earth is extremely powerful, and is no longer a place for you to do as you wish!"

As stellar lifeforms, normal people may not know who these people before them were, but they knew very clearly, that the five before them were Arcanists from ancient times.

They will never think of these ancient relics as gods!

"Hmmm?"

The brawny man in silver armor narrowed his eyes slightly, before drawing the blade from his back, as he ripped through the air towards the blond elder who had spoken.

"Fall back!"

The blond elder immediately fell back.

"Running away?'

The silver armored man snorted as he slowly spat out two words. "Divine Dominion!"

Buzzzz.

A formless wave spread out and instantly covered the blond elder in all directions.

The blond elder's body choked slightly as his expression changed in an instant. "Damn it, how is his Arcana Field's suppression power so strong?"

At a critical moment, the blond elder had no time to think as he quickly unleashed his own Arcana Field to try to offset his opponent's dominion power.

Unfortunately, he was still a step too slow.

Dush!

The silver sword instantly pierced through the blond elder's chest where his heart was at. The blond elder spat out a mouthful of blood and froze on the spot.

"Emond!"

Another stellar lifeform was shocked and quickly rushed over as he held the blond elder in his hands.

Seeing this, the blond elder immediately said. "Guslee, run away! Now!"

The stellar lifeform named Guslee was stunned. At this moment, the massive blade stabbed into the blond elder's heart suddenly exploded, shattered into countless smaller blades as they pressed against him and enveloped him in a curtain of blades.

Escape…

Instantly became a forlorn hope!

Sensing the cold aura from the blades, Guslee had no illusions about how sharp the blades were. If he were to move a little, they will definitely pierce into him, and turn him into a walking sieve.

"You dare to provoke the great gods, foolish!"

The brawny man in silver armor snorted coldly and his eyes fell upon Guslee.

"Mortal, he died because of his foolishness! What will you choose? To continue on with his foolishness, or answer my questions?"

"What do you want to know?"

Guslee's voice was hoarse, and there was no point in suffering needlessly, so he decided to give in.

"Tell us everything about the Realm Under."

The brawny man in silver armor said indifferently. "Of course, the most important thing is how many mortals as powerful as you are there, I deign to know!"

"You will regret killing Emond!"

Guslee hissed. "The power of Earth now exceeds your imagination, there are many people as strong as me, and even stronger than me.

The brawny man in silver armor glanced at the other four, and they all saw the shock in each other's eyes. The man in silver armor then yelled. "Details, now!"

"A mere false god dare to do as they please on Earth?"

At this moment, a roar suddenly came from the distance. Everyone turned their heads and saw a dazzling flame suddenly appeared at the end of the horizon.

In the next moment, the fire blasted across the sky and charged towards their position like a meteor.

As the meteor approached, the sky seemed to be burnt scorching red, and by the time the flame arrived, a conflagrating heat wave rushed towards them.

"What powerful aura!"

The expression of the five drastically changed as they looked at the man who had just arrived with vigilance. At this moment, the flames dissipated, revealing a brawny bald man.

It was Vulcan.

Vulcan swept his gaze, and it fell upon Emond who was killed as a cold glint appeared in his eyes.

"Well, well, well, you dare to kill someone during my shift. Very well. I don't care who you are, or what blasted pantheon you're from!"

"Today, even if it means crawling my way up the heavens, or digging my way into hell, I will slaughter your entire pantheon, and avenge Emond!"

"Die!"

Vulcan did not bother speaking nonsense, as his Arcana Field was immediately deployed, covering over thousands of miles in an instant. The next moment, raging flames rose out of thin air within a thousand miles.

It was a very peculiar flame. It may be called a flame, but it was liquid, almost similar to magma.

It may be called magma, but it was lighter and more pristine than magma, as if it was the plasma off the surface of the sun, as it radiated extremely high temperatures.

"Sh*t!"

Being enveloped by the raging flames, the expression of the five immediately changed.

They could sense the fear of death from the flames, and if the flames continued to burn, they will die, and they will definitely be reduced to ashes.

"Flee!

The five immediately released their Divine Dominion to resist Vulcan's Arcana Field as they tried to escape the raging flames.

But Vulcan's Arcana Field was far beyond what they had imagined, and its imprisoning power was extremely powerful, completely ignoring their Divine Dominion.

Boom boom boom!!

The scorching liquid flame burned wildly, and the five were screaming as they were burned alive. If this continued, they would be burned to death within a few minutes.

At a critical moment, a shrill rip of the air rang out once again.

Vulcan frowned and looked as he saw a giant staff suddenly shot out from the huge pit below.

The giant staff expanded widely, and by the time it came near to the flame, it had already expanded to the size of several thousand meters thick, before slamming straight into the flame.

Baaam!!

Vulcan's Arcana Field was instantly smashed apart, and the flames dissipated. The five silver armored figures immediately pulled back and ran to the giant pit in a blink of an eye.

They then looked at Vulcan with lingering fears, looking like they would jump back into the giant pit at any time.

Vulcan did not continue to attack but frowned as he looked at the giant staff coming out from the pit. At this moment, it shrank rapidly.

In the end, an old man wearing silver armor and a red cloak slowly flew out of the huge pit.

He only had one arm, and he held a black staff in his arm as he slowly trudged toward Vulcan.

"Greetings, Lord Patriarch."

When the five silver armored persons saw this, they placed their right hands on their chest and bowed to salute.

"Rise."

The One-armed Elder waved his hand and looked at Vulcan with a curious glint in his eyes.

"I did not expect during the time when the gods had left, a powerful existence like you had appeared in the Realm Under, and this was really beyond my expectations."

"You are the main god of this pantheon? Very good, I'll kill you as well!"

Vulcan snorted coldly and pointed to the void as a fire dragon made out of liquid flames emerged out of thin air as it rushed towards the One-armed Elder.

"Heh!"

The One-armed Elder shook his head slightly and tapped the wooden staff in his hand before blocking the charging fire dragon. Then, with a slight force, a terrifying shock wave radiated from the wooden staff and instantly shattered the fire dragon.

"You have some skill."

Seeing his attack being so easily nullified by his foe, this surprised Vulcan, and with a growl, his entire body transformed as he became a flaming man.

This flaming man was not made out of any flames, but a flame similar to plasma.

"Die!"

Vulcan roared as he instantly appeared before the One-armed Elder, and blasted his fist out. The One-armed Elder did not dodge and just blocked with his staff.

Baaam!!

Vulcan's right fist violently struck the staff, and with a loud bang, a terrifying shock wave erupted centered around the two.

The surrounding void became as fragile as paper, as it shattered inch by inch, before turning into a black rift.

Looking at the two people who clashed, the One-armed Elder was still floating where he stood, while Vulcan was sent flying back upside down, with his flames splashing all over.

In just an exchange, superiority was already determined.

It was clear that Vulcan was no match for the One-armed Elder.

"This old coot… so strong!"

Vulcan did not continue his attack as he stared at the One-Armed Elder, with a storm kicking up in his heart.

Of the four pantheons that had appeared before, there was no one that was as strong as this.

The One-armed Elder before him was the strongest god he had come into contact with.

"Mortal!"

The One-armed Elder seemed to have layers of invisible stairs beneath his feet as he walked down it step by step toward Vulcan and spoke softly.

"The Realm Under is the paradise of the gods, and you cannot stop the gods from returning. But you are strong, and I can canonize you as… Vulcan."

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Chapter 268: Vulcan Trounced, Emperor Might Defeated

Hearing the One-Armed Elder's words, Vulcan found it a little absurd.

Others were already calling him "Vulcan," the name of a fire god, though he was unlike the folks who called themselves gods. They were venerated and worshipped by mortals day and night.

Nevertheless, he had created the Vulcan Arcana Combine and led hundreds of thousands of people, with countless of them admiring and worshipping him.

It could be said that since his rise, no one had been discourteous and disrespectful toward him. No one dared to speak to him in such a tone.

As for canonizing him?

Instead of feeling honored, Vulcan felt ridiculous and humiliated.

They were but just ancient Arcanists who were born hundreds of thousands of years earlier, it was because of the limitations of ancient minds that they were placed upon the altar and worshipped as gods, and in the end… they really took themselves for one?

"Old man!"

Vulcan suppressed the raging flames of fury in his heart as he growled. "I'll admit that you are strong, but Earth is no longer a place where you can do as you please! If you know better, then you should return to where you came from!"

"Insolent!"

"Brazen!"

"Blasphemer! You dare spout lies about the Lord Patriarch!"

As soon as Vulcan said that, before the One-Armed Elder said anything, the five that were burned by him earlier on all lashed out in unison.

Each and every one of them stared at Vulcan furiously. The gaze was as if they were looking at someone who had just cuckolded them, and wishing they could tear him apart alive.

"Lowly blasphemer, standing before you now is the greatest Lord Patriarch of the Celtic pantheon, mind your tone and attitude!"

The woman in gold bra stared coldly at Vulcan. "Others, we will not mind invoking divine punishment to kill a blasphemous sinner like you!"

"Kill me? With you losers?"

Vulcan wore a sarcastic look on his face. "If it weren't for that old man intervening in time, all of you would have been burned to crisp. What right do you have barking here?"

"You…"

The five of them were furious.

"Stand back, all of you."

The One-Armed Elder raised the staff in his hand.

"Yes, Lord Patriarch."

The five glared at Vulcan and stepped back unwillingly.

"Little one, I can understand that a youngling is impetuous."

The One-Armed Elder looked at Vulcan and said softly. "But my patience is limited, I hope you can grasp this final chance, and not disappoint me."

"Sorry, I'm destined to disappoint you."

Vulcan smirked disdainfully. "I'm Vulcan back on Earth, and there's no need for you to grant me that title. Besides, you don't have what it takes to do that."

"Insolence!"

The One-Armed Elder's expression gradually became indifferent.

Immediately after, he waved the staff in his hand, and it instantly grew in the blink of an eye, transforming into an incredibly stout staff that pierced the heaven as he stabbed it at Vulcan.

"This blow can hurt me badly."

Vulcan immediately pulled back, and yet the giant staff's speed was beyond his imagination, as it caught up to him with a speed far beyond his, and was before him in a blink of an eye.

Vulcan was shocked as he saw this. He could feel the terrifying destructive power of the staff, and if he was struck by it, he could very well die.

Vooosh!

At this critical moment, the void before him suddenly tore open as a stout figure wearing a black tracksuit darted out of it. It was Emperor Might.

"Brother Might!"

Upon seeing this, Vulcan was elated.

"Yeah."

Emperor Might nodded slightly, as the muscles on his right arm bulged. Then, he struck his fist toward the oncoming giant staff.

Krak!!

Following a loud bang, the void shattered into a paste as the staff's momentum paused for a moment, before continuing on.

Emperor Might was slightly surprised and transformed without hesitation. His clothes tore inch by inch as his entire person underwent a dramatic change.

With a bizarre ring, a thick layer of golden carapace quickly crawled through every part of Emperor Might's body like armor.

Two golden feelers appeared on his forehead as a thick bone spear protruding out from his back, and bone blades appeared in key areas of his body like his wrists, elbows, and knees…

In a flash, Emperor Might had become a human-shaped golden ant, and this was Emperor Might's most powerful trump card, the Pangu God Ant Form.

Emperor Might stood in the air as his eyes glowed with cold light. His body radiated an unparalleled aura as if he was a veritable mountain.

He then lashed out another fist at the staff.

Krash!!

The golden fist and the staff collided, and following a terrifying thunderclap, an area of ten square kilometers turned into a black hole.

The raging wind and ravaging dimensional turbulence spread out from the black hole as if it was a gaping maw of a monster that wanted to devour everything.

"How can it be?"

The brawny man in silver armor and his compatriots exclaimed with a look of disbelief in their eyes.

It turned out that with Emperor Might's fist, the imposing staff shattered inch by inch, just like how Lord Xukong's blade shattered as it stabbed into Sun Wukong's body.

"That person… he actually destroyed the Lord Patriarch's artifact!"

The five were horrified, and could not believe their eyes.

The staff was the Lord Patriarch's personal weapon, and it was the Celtic pantheon's most powerful artifact. For thousands of years, countless heretics, monsters, and dark gods had fallen thanks to it.

The staff… was synonymous with being indestructible!

Yet, it had been shattered by a single strike from Emperor Might. The scene almost subverted what the five had known thus far. A Lord Patriarch Artifact… could also be destroyed?

"Has this person also reached the level of the Primary Deity?"

The one-armed old man did not panic. He knew that although the wooden staff was powerful, it was still only a weapon after all.

Once a person's strength had reached a certain level, they could destroy the staff. What was really surprising was the strength that Emperor Might had showcased.

"Go back to where you came from, you are not welcomed on Earth!"

Emperor Might's voice was cold as his golden eyes stared coldly at the One-Armed Elder, the bone spurs and bone blades on his body gleamed with cold light.

"Time has changed indeed."

The One-Armed Elder smiled slightly. "I never thought during the years after the gods had left, the Realm Under had given birth to beings like you, and this is really beyond my expectation! However, even if you have reached the level of a Primary Deity, you are only a newly minted one."

The One-Armed Elder suddenly radiated a terrifying wave, and under the effect of this wave, the surrounding void vibrated slightly.

Immediately after, the vibration began to spread, going from a radius of one kilometer to five, to ten, to twenty…

A moment later, a radius of fifty kilometers began to vibrate as well.

Under this terrifying vibration, all of the animals and vegetation in the area were bizarrely shattered.

At the same time, Emperor Might felt a strange wave was acting on him, as his body also started to vibrate.

His muscles began to vibrate.

Then his bones began to vibrate.

And his organs too began to vibrate.

Everything started to vibrate.

The One-Armed Elder said in a clear voice, "I will let you know today that there is also a huge gulf between Primary Deities!"

The next moment, he suddenly disappeared, and when he reappeared again, he was already in front of Emperor Might as he lashed a fist out at Emperor Might's chest.

The fist was unremarkable, with neither the terrifying power that Emperor Might had unleashed nor the devastating aura that came when Vulcan launched his attack.

It was just an ordinary punch.

Yet, when this punch struck Emperor Might's chest, his body shuddered and spat out blood from his mouth as he was sent flying backward.

"Brother Might!"

Vulcan was shocked, and immediately darted over, yet at this very moment, Vulcan was horrified to find that…

Under the vibrations around him, he had unexpectedly lost control of his body. A movement that was usually very simple was not extremely difficult to pull off.

He… had totally lost control of his own body!

"Damn it! How could this be?"

Vulcan was shocked. It had been thirty-odd years since his rise, and he had encountered countless powerful enemies, yet none had been as strange as this.

Vibration?

Taking away control of his body?

How was that possible?

The One-Armed Elder ignored Vulcan as he walked toward Emperor Might step by step.

His speed was slow, yet as if Blinking, he came before Emperor Might in just a few steps.

"If I'm not wrong, you are probably the strongest person in the Realm Under?"

The One-Armed Elder looked at Emperor Might with a faint smile. "As long as I kill you, the stumbling block for the return of the gods shall be cleared."

"Heh, you are dreaming!"

Emperor Might spat out a mouthful of blood, his face looked weak, but his eyes was still extremely sharp. "You are nothing but the dust of ages long past, and you should just stay put where you are and die, instead of popping out to seek death!"

"Mortals may wither, but the gods are eternal!"

The One-Armed Elder smiled faintly and raised his fist to end Emperor Might, but at that moment, Emperor Might disappeared.

He had bizarrely disappeared without a sound!

"Hmmm?"

The One-Armed Elder frowned as he started to look around, the five others too were dumbstruck as they searched for Emperor Might.

"Where's Brother Might?"

Vulcan was also surprised.

While everyone was dumbfounded, the void not too far away shuddered as several figures slowly emerged.

Seeing the few people, Vulcan was elated as he called out. "Ling Jiu!"

They were Ling Jiu and his family. Ling Jiu nodded at Vulcan and looked at Emperor Might. "Chairman, are you all right?"

"If you had been a step late, I probably wouldn't still be alive."

Emperor Might coughed out another mouthful of blood as he stared at the One-Armed Elder and spoke.

"This old man is strong, unfathomably strong. I suspect that he has already exceeded the realm of a stellar lifeform and is now a galactic lifeform.

"I could sense it."

Ling Jiu nodded slightly, and a glint flashed past his eyes as he looked at the One-Armed Elder.

He was different compared to Emperor Might and the others. He had seen a galactic lifeform, and the aura unleashed by a galactic lifeform was a whole different level compared to a stellar lifeform.

The one-armed old man, while he was not as powerful as the galactic lifeform Direbeasts he had seen, his aura had faintly reached that level.

That was to say, even if he was not a galactic lifeform, he was not too far away from being one.

"Are these the ancient Arcanists?"

Yang Ling'er, Ling Xiaotong, and the others looked at the One-Armed Elder, as well as the others, with a look of curiosity and wariness in their eyes.

Be it the One-Armed Elder or the others, they were dressed up like ancient Europeans, and one could recognize them at a glance.

"So someone else has arrived!"

The One-Armed Elder smiled faintly. "However, it doesn't matter anymore. No one can stop the gods from returning to the Realm Under."

As he said that, he stepped forward, and reappeared before Emperor Might and Ling Jiu. Seeing this Vulcan immediately yelled, "Watch out!"

"Fall, mortal!"

Chapter 269: Burned to Death, the Lord Patriarch Falls

"Fall, mortal!"

The One-Armed Elder spat out those two words and attempted to smash Emperor Might.

Emperor Might struggled to get up, and as he was about to take his fist, Ling Jiu intervened.

Ling Jiu raised his fist and met the attack.

Krak!!

The fists met like Mars crashing into Earth. Following a loud thunderclap, a violent shock wave blasted out.

It formed a terrifying hurricane as Emperor Might, Vulcan, Yang Ling'er, and the others were all instantly blasted away by the shock wave.

At the same time, wherever the shock wave passed, the void turned into a fragile mirror as they shattered without a sound, turning everything within a radius of tens of miles into dust.

Looking at the instigator of everything, Ling Jiu, was sent flying as he shook his right arm vigorously, obviously in pain.

Looking at the One-Armed Elder, he still stood casually where he stood, not even budging at all.

In just one exchange, superiority was already determined.

At the very least, in this exchange of fists, Ling Jiu was clearly at a disadvantage.

"This old coot… what power!"

Ling Jiu took a deep breath as a glint appeared in his eyes.

"You are actually stronger than him!"

The One-Armed Elder looked at Ling Jiu seriously for the first time as surprise flashed past his opaque eyes.

"For the Realm Under to have so many powerhouses, this is quite beyond my expectations. However, you cannot stop the return of the gods!"

As soon as his voice trailed off, the One-Armed Elder stepped forward, and his body suddenly swelled.

Following sharp sounds of cracking, the silver armor, cloak, and other items of clothing on his body were torn apart as the One-Armed Elder transformed into a fifty-meter-tall giant in the blink of an eye.

"Gigantization Arcana!"

Emperor Might and Vulcan exclaimed in unison.

The power displayed by the One-Armed Elder earlier had already shocked them. Now that he had begun to use the Gigantization Arcana, his combat power would definitely increase sharply.

That would be troublesome.

"The Lord Patriarch is going all out!"

"Goodness, I never thought I could see the Lord Patriarch go all out. I'm psyched!"

"They are done for! Those insignificant mortals are done for…"

When the five saw what happened, they could not help but be very excited.

The Lord Patriarch going all out was something very rare, especially since the gods left the Realm Under, the Lord Patriarch had not joined in the fray for more than thousands of years now.

For them to witness it now, it was something beyond their imagination.

"Mortal, your strength threatens the gods, and you… must die!"

The more-than-fifty-meters-tall One-Armed Elder was like a titan, and his voice was reminiscent of rolling thunder as it blasted across the realm.

His voice then materialized into sonic waves that blasted out across all directions, shaking the world in a boom.

As his voice trailed off, the One-Armed Elder raised his massive palm and slammed it toward Ling Jiu.

"Calling yourself gods every time you open your mouth, you really think yourself as one, huh!"

Ling Jiu let out a cold snort as his body also swelled.

In an instant, he became over fifty meters tall, and in terms of size, he was no inferior to the One-Armed Elder.

Seeing Ling Jiu's transformation, the One-Armed Elder narrowed his eyes slightly as all of his strength was poured into his right palm, increasing its strength by several times over.

"The me now is completely different from earlier!"

Ling Jiu sneered and raised his right fist to meet the attack.

Dush!!

The fists and palm strike collided.

Then, something shocking happened.

The One-Armed Elder who had held the upper hand was sent flying, and he was pushed back more than a dozen meters before he could stabilize himself.

His right arm was trembling violently, as his entire arm was numb and sore. Obviously, in the exchange earlier, he came out worse for wear!

"Lord Patriarch… is at a disadvantage?"

The five widened their eyes as they could not believe what they had just witnessed.

In their minds, the Lord Patriarch was the most powerful existence of the Celtic pantheon, and even during the era where the gods were fighting for hegemony, the Lord Patriarch was one of those Primary Deities at the top.

But now, he had actually lost to a mere Realm Under mortal?

Incredulity and disbelief!

"What strength!"

The One-Armed Elder stared at Ling Jiu.

"That's it?"

Ling Jiu shook his head slightly. "I only used thirty percent of my strength."

The One-Armed Elder's eyes shrank as he coldly said, "Impossible!"

"Believe it or not, this is the truth!"

Ling Jiu smiled faintly as he appeared before the One-Armed Elder with just a step and lashed out another fist. Seeing this, the One-Armed Elder met the attack.

Dush!!

However, this time, there was only a loud crack as the One-Armed Elder let out a scream before he was sent flying.

He flew several hundred meters away before he stopped. Meanwhile, his one arm was bursting open bit by bit as blood flowed out of his gaping wounds.

"That hit only took up fifty percent of my strength."

Ling Jiu faintly uttered the sentence before Blinking up to the One-Armed Elder and punching him again.

Baaam!!

The One-Armed Elder flew away spewing blood in his wake. A hole was blasted out of his back as the force of Ling Jiu's fist ripped through his body, causing a fist mark to also appear on his chest.

"That blow was seventy percent of my strength!"

Woooosh!!

Ling Jiu reappeared before the One-Armed Elder, and as their eyes met, Ling Jiu was apathetic. The One-Armed Elder, on the other hand, was full of fear and terror.

During the first clash, he thought that Ling Jiu was like other mortals, and was absolutely not like him, but what happened next showed how wrong he was.

Ling Jiu's strength seemed to soar infinitely, and it had finally reached the point of crushing him.

"How can a mere mortal of the Realm Under… be so strong?"

The One-Armed Elder found it unacceptable, and he could sense Ling Jiu's vigorous vitality. He was clearly still incredibly young.

How could a young mortal like him be so strong?

"Next, I will use my full strength!"

Ling Jiu faintly said, "I hope you can withstand it."

"Protect the Lord Patriarch!"

The brawny man in silver armor and the other four yelled in unison upon seeing this as they charged at Ling Jiu. Seeing so, the edge of Ling Jiu's lips curled up slightly.

"After obtaining so many Arcanas from the Void Behemoth, I still haven't had the time to test them out. You lot will be my test subjects!"

Just as his voice trailed off, his Arcana Field spread out in an instant, shrouding the five.

The next moment, an almost transparent flame appeared on their bodies out of thin air. The flame was formless; it was without any shape to speak off.

The only thing they could see was the void around them started to distort, becoming illusory like a superheated air.

This flame was the infamous flame of the Void Behemoth, the Void Starflame.

"Arghhh!!"

The five let out a shrill cry as the clothes on their body were instantly immolated the moment the Void Starflame appeared.

Immediately after, their bodies and skin were instantly burnt into a crisp before being reduced to ash.

That was followed by their muscles and tissues. Within a few breaths, the five were burned down to the bone.

When the flame finally reached their bones…

Even the bones did not last that ultimately as they were burned into nothingness.

Seeing this, everyone gasped. Be it Emperor Might, Vulcan, or the One-Armed Elder, all of them were startled!

It took less than 10 seconds for the Void Starflame to materialize on the five gods and reduce them to ashes.

Ten seconds!

That was all it took for five stellar lifeforms to perish!

This was just too terrifying!

The most frightening this was, no one had seen the existence of the Void Starflame.

They could only see the five being engulfed and immolated by some kind of flame before their bodies were quickly reduced to ash. As to what kind of flame it was, no one could see it clearly.

"What kind of flame was that just now?"

Vulcan murmured to himself, "Doesn't it seem so much more terrifying than mine?"

"What a terrifying flame for five ancient stellar lifeforms were reduced to cinders just like that?"

Emperor Might was shocked.

"Brother is even stronger than before!"

Although Yang Ling'er was surprised, she was more delighted and full of admiration. "He is always ahead of us!"

"Brother has always been awesome!"

Ling Xiaotong had no grasp on how strong her brother was, but she knew that since the day her brother awakened his Arcana, he had been really awesome.

"Now, only the One-Armed Elder is left."

Ling Tianci said, "Once he is dealt with, this problem should be completely resolved, and we can return to Whitehole 2 to train with peace of mind."

"Indeed!"

Yang Su nodded.

"And now… you're the only one left."

Ling Jiu looked at the One-Armed Elder. "So, how do you want to die? Be smashed to death by my fist? Or be burned to death by my Void Starflame like the five of them?"

"Mortal, you are powerful!"

Even in the face of death, the One-Armed Elder remained very calm. He had lived for far too long, and his fear of death was not as pronounced.

"You may kill me, but let me tell you now, the glory of the gods is eternal!"

"The gods will return to this land again soon, and by then, this will become a paradise for the gods. The gods are eternal, the gods are legion!"

"Legion?"

Ling Jiu flicked his fingers. "If one shows up, I'll kill that one, and if two shows up, I'll go for a double-kill then."

"I don't believe there can be so many Arcanists during the ancient times with primitive tech! Also, I'll tell you something as well, I look forward to the so-called return of the gods."

The moment he said that, Ling Jiu struck his fist out, instantly blasting the One-armed Elder's head into smithereens. After that, he collected and stored the latter's body in his Inner World with a wave of his hand.

"Disintegrate!"

Splash!

The One-Armed Elder's body was quickly broken down and transformed into pure life energies, Gene Arcana, and a huge amount of Dark Psionic Energy.

"How strong is this guy's soul? That much of Dark Psionic Energy was produced?" Ling Jiu was surprised.

"This old man has lived for a very long time, so his soul is naturally quite strong." Leoux's voice rang out.

"You can extract this part of the Dark Psionic Energy and sent it into your sea of consciousness to expand the soul nebula."

"Not bad."

Ling Jiu extracted part of the Dark Psionic Energy as Leoux spoke and transferred them into his sea of consciousness.

The life energy and Gene Arcana were left behind to be used as resources for the expansion of the floating island.

After this, Ling Jiu's consciousness returned to the outside world.

"Ling Jiu, it's all thanks to you!"

Vulcan, Emperor Might and the others had already gathered around. Their eyes were full of admiration and gratefulness, but there was also a touch of… awe.

The strong, would be awe-inspiring no matter where they go, and now Ling Jiu was obviously stronger than Emperor Might or Vulcan, and he was a well-deserved powerhouse.

"We are all Earthlings of the new age. We should be helping one another. We cannot let a bunch of old coots who should have long been dead to do us in!"

Ling Jiu smiled and then looked at the huge pit below. "That's the Divine Cavern? Which of you wants to go down and have a look?"

"Me!"

"I want to go too!"

"Let's go together then!"

Chapter 270: Dominance of the Gods, Absolute Servitude

The group entered the giant pit and soon arrived at the wormhole.

Going through the wormhole, they arrived at the world opposite the wormhole.

It was a planet, and a planet with life to boot. At first glance, a verdant green grassland could be seen.

There were prairies, streams, and tall mountains. It was a vibrant planet, but the concentration of Gene Arcana was very low.

"Not bad, if we plant the Arcana Trees here, in a few years' time, this will be a good training place."

Vulcan looked around with joy in his eyes. Any planet with life was inviting for Earthlings.

Be it for living or for terraforming into training grounds, the planet's value could be maximized to enhance Earth's strength.

"Not bad."

Emperor Might nodded slightly as well, with a look of elation in his eyes.

"The rarest part of it this planet is its atmosphere; it is very close to that of Earth. The gravity and atmospheric pressure are basically the same!"

Ling Jiu smiled. "As long as we transform it a little, low-level Arcanists could live here. This is a very good planet."

"That's great!"

Everyone was joyous.

"Let's go look around."

Everyone was a planetary lifeform and able to fly, so they stood in the air as they took in the vista. This planet was indeed inhabited.

These inhabitants looked exactly the same as Earthlings, or rather, they resembled Europeans. All of them were herders, and they raised their animal flocks for a living.

Moreover, they were generally very weak. The strongest was no better than a Level 6 Arcanist while the weakest was only equal to Level 1 or Level 2 Arcanists.

"These inhabitants should be the descendants of those taken by the Celtic gods from Earth back then, or rather, the descendants of the Celtic pantheon."

Emperor Might came to a conclusion. "After all, as those people are self-proclaimed gods, without worshippers, what's the point of the gods living here in solitary?"

"It's very possible."

The group continued to wander around and discovered that although there were a lot of inhabitants there, things were no different from ancient times. Their technology was very backward since they were in a herder and agrarian society…

It was ancient and barbaric.

What left them speechless was when they flew over a tribe, all of the inhabitants there would kneel to them and pray.

It was clear that these inhabitants have been thoroughly brainwashed by the Celtic gods that when they see the group of people flying in the sky, they would instinctively worship them.

"A backward world dominated by the gods, and the intelligence of the people completely shackled!"

Ling Jiu shook his head, and this was the first time he had an aversion to the gods.

"The so-called gods are actually a selfish bunch."

Vulcan, on the other hand, was quite straightforward. "They would do anything to hinder the development of the world beneath them in order to solidify their rule and godhood."

"So, in a world dominated by the gods, there is no fertile ground for freedom technological advancement."

"Indeed!"

Half an hour later, everyone arrived at a large mountain.

At this time, a roar of fury thundered from deep inside the mountain, and following that, a vast, tyrannical aura surged.

"Impudent mortal, you dare intrude upon the Divine Sanctum?"

"Hmmm?"

Everyone looked at each other before trailing their gaze towards the mountain.

The mountain was about a thousand feet tall, planted firm into the ground like a sharp blade.

Atop the mountain was a grand temple. The furious roar and roiling aura from earlier had come from that temple.

"Don't worry, it should just be the remaining Celtic gods."

Ling Jiu faintly said, "After all, how could a great pantheon have only six gods? come, let's go and have a look."

"Make sense!"

The group flew over, and this time, everyone was rather relaxed. The primary deity of the pantheon, the One-Armed Elder had already been killed by Ling Jiu. How much of a fuss could the remaining gods kick up?

When they arrived at the temple on the top of the mountain, they saw the square before the temple was full of people, or rather gods?

At a glance, there were sixteen of them.

These people were all stellar lifeforms, and most of them had an indifferent look in their eyes. They looked at Ling Jiu and the rest with no emotions, as though they were looking at a group of inanimate objects, a group of ants, a pile of rocks…

Their gaze had everyone speechless as Vulcan sneered. "They really think themselves gods, and us as mere mortals."

"What a group of ignoramuses. With their minds limited like that, they will never achieve anything greater," Emperor Might said with disdain.

"Indeed!"

Ling Jiu nodded.

All of them might be stellar lifeforms, but there was a vast difference in their minds and understanding.

As new-age Earthlings born in the 21st century, they knew the vastness of the universe and knew that there were more powerful beings out there. They were aware that stellar lifeforms were existences at the bottom of the universe. They were aware…

But these people were not!

They only knew about Earth and this land before them. They only knew that they were the high and mighty gods. That was all they knew…

So, they were no different than your average ignoramus, looking at the sky and feeling all too proud of themselves as they proclaimed themselves gods…

Only one word could describe them: Pitiful.

"Ling Jiu, what to do with these people?"

Emperor Might and Vulcan looked at Ling Jiu. After he had killed the One-Armed Elder and displayed his might, they had recognized his position.

The Arcanists, after all, spoke using strength.

"What else is there to say to a group of ignoramuses?"

Ling Jiu spoke casually and started to probe the Arcanas of the gods. He was doing it nonchalantly.

But he never thought that there would be a surprise.

Name: Epona Cernunnos

Race: Earthling

Arcana: Absolute Speed (Awakened, Replicable, Plunderable), Absolute Servitude (Awakened, Replicable, Plunderable)

"Absolute Speed? How fast is that? "

Ling Jiu looked at this female god named Epona Cernunnos.

"Also, Absolute Servitude, is that an ability to enslave others?"

As Ling Jiu thought, he did not hesitate in giving out the order. "Replicate Absolute Speed, Plunder Absolute Servitude."

Replication successful. Assimilate?

Plunder successful. Assimilate?

Ling Jiu did not rush to assimilate, and instead quietly used Void Devouring.

Instantly, all of the gods, the temple behind them, and the entire mountaintop were devoured by Ling Jiu. Even the void itself was devoured.

Then, the mountain top disappeared.

Everything on the top of the mountain disappeared.

They were… swallowed into the floating island.

Soon after, a black hole appeared directly before them.

(o)

Seeing this, Emperor Might, Vulcan, and the rest were all stunned. "What happened?"

"They suddenly disappeared?"

"Don't worry, I've devoured all of them." Ling Jiu explained.

"Oh, come on!"

Vulcan could not help but curse. "Brother Ling, can you say something first before you attack?! Suddenly striking like this is quite scary, you know?"

"It's not that I did not want to explain things, but there was a god among them that have the Absolute Servitude Arcana!" Ling Jiu explained helplessly.

"I don't know how powerful this Arcana is or if it can enslave others as its name suggests. I dared not take any risks, so I struck in silence."

"Absolute Servitude!!"

Everyone exchanged glances. "The hell? There's such a sinister Arcana?"

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Chapter 271: Enslaving the Behemoth, Kissing the Brother-in-law

After killing the group of gods, the crowd continued to sweep the area for any fishes that had escaped the net.

Half a day later, all of the stellar lifeforms on the planet were wiped out. After this, the group left the place the Celtic gods called the Celtic Continent.

"What's next is pretty simple."

After returning to the outside world, Vulcan stretched his arms and said, "Send someone here to build a base and plant Arcana Trees at the same time."

"Not bad, the Celtic Continent is a planet of life, so the Arcana Tree could live and grow at a much higher rate here than on Mars. As long as they are planted on a large scale, within three years, the Celtic Continent will become a sacred ground for training."

Emperor Might nodded slightly with a look of longing in his eyes. With the stellar lifeforms like them having Whitehole 2 to train, there was no need for Poseidon anymore.

However, they could leave Poseidon for the talented folks in the ultimate matriculation camp, and the super training camp. They were the future of humanity, and the stronger they get, so does humanity, and Emperor Might was more than happy to see a large number of powerhouses emerging among humans.

That way, Earth would be safer.

"Let's make our move then."

Vulcan rubbed his palm eagerly, "We've already handed Mars over to the ultimate matriculation camp, lets leave the Celtic Continent to the super training camp then."

"There are plenty of people in the camp, and would be able to finish the planting task in the shortest time."

"This works."

Emperor Might nodded.

Soon after, the two returned and convened with humanity's top echelon. Meanwhile, Ling Jiu and the others returned to Lantian Base City.

Although four to five months had only passed on Earth, they had been away from home for 12 years now. 12 years, was a long time.

They were like travelers who had left home for many years and were eager to go home.

On their way back, Ling Jiu took the opportunity to assimilate the two Arcanas.

After some study, Ling Jiu was surprised to find that both Arcanas were very good.

Absolute Speed could increase his speed up to 100 times higher than before.

Ling Jiu's current speed could basically reach first cosmic velocity.

That was 7.9 km/s!

One hundred times this speed, or 790km/s, was an astonishing speed. It was 2,323 times the speed of sound!

It was clear that this Arcana was definitely not weak!

As for the second one, Absolute Servitude… it was even more overpowered.

It could infect his foe's mind without them realizing it, and could permanently and completely change one's mind and will, reaching the point of freely controlling and enslaving someone!

"Bloody hell, this Arcana is just broken!"

Ling Jiu took a deep breath as his eyes lit up. "With this Arcana, does that mean I can freely enslave anyone?"

Enslave…

The first target Ling Jiu thought of was the Void Behemoth.

The Void Behemoth was a powerful galactic being and an overlord-level being that could dominate a galaxy.

If he were to enslave the Void Behemoth, won't he be able to run rampant across Milky Way then?

"The only problem is, the Void Behemoth is just too strong, and even with this Arcana, I probably won't be able to enslave it."

The second target Ling Jiu thought of was the Flame Astral Behemoth.

Although this one was not born yet, it had great potential. If he raised it carefully, it would be a superb fighter in the future.

Moreover, a Flame Astral Behemoth was already the pinnacle of a stellar lifeform upon breaking out of its shell.

With Ling Jiu's current strength, he could completely enslave it, and there would be no embarrassing problem like the one he had with the Void Behemoth.

Thinking of this, Ling Jiu simply told Leoux what he had in mind. The moment he mentioned enslaving the Void Behemoth, Leoux immediately rejected it.

"You gotta be dreaming if you want to enslave the Void Behemoth now. The difference between your soul level is so big that it will not work even with Absolute Servitude!"

"All right, then!"

"As for the enslavement of the Astral Flame Behemoth, that is completely feasible. Although this Flame Astral Behemoth has yet to break out of its shell, its soul and body had long been fully developed. You can try to enslave it now."

Leoux slowly said, "Once done, you can take it to Whitehole 2. I believe that it will soon break out of its shell."

Ling Jiu's eyes lit up. "Yeah, sure!"

He instantly acted. After sending his family home, he took the opportunity, as he went to the toilet, to sense the Dimensional Mark on the eggshell. Then, he promptly teleported before the Flame Astral Behemoth egg.

It was still that big red egg, and it was still continuously ingesting Dark Bio-Energy from the void as nourishment for its gestation.

However, Ling Jiu could clearly feel the changes in the egg, as the life force and the aura radiating out of it was much stronger than before, with a faint trace of palpitations.

"Flame Astral Behemoth… Here I come!"

Ling Jiu suppressed the excitement in his heart as he let out his mental power and quietly penetrated into the Flame Astral Behemoth as he began to look for the soul of the Flame Astral Behemoth.

As he had replicated most of the Flame Astral Behemoths Arcanas, Ling Jiu knew it very well, and he soon located the Flame Astral Behemoth's soul.

Since the Flame Astral Behemoth had not been born yet, its soul was also in a deep sleep state. So, when Ling Jiu's mental power touched the Flame Astral Behemoth's soul, he did not suffer any resistance or attacks.

Nonetheless, Ling Jiu could still feel the tyranny and brutality from its soul.

The Flame Astral Behemoth, as a Devourer-type Astral Behemoth with a supreme bloodline, had its tyrannical and brutal nature hidden deep within its genes.

Even if it had not been born yet, the things imprinted deep within its genes would not change.

The tyranny and brutality shocked Ling, and he could finally understand why 9527 said that once the Flame Astral Behemoths was born, it will be the end of Earth."

Indeed!

For a brutal supreme Direbeast like this, what was humanity? What was Earth? Nothing but gnats and a mere novice village!"

In order to grow, it would devour everything!

"I cannot let this guy run free."

Ling Jiu took a deep breath, and quietly activated Absolute Servitude.

After branding his mental imprint deep inside the soul of the Flame Astral Behemoth, and at the same time he quietly changed its mind and will, making it eternally loyal to him.

"I hope the Absolute Servitude Arcana will not let me down!"

Ling Jiu was skeptical about the Absolute Servitude Arcana's ability to permanently change the mind and will of the Flame Astral Behemoth as well as completely enslave it.

Therefore, one could only take a single step at a time. If the Flame Astral Behemoth was really loyal to him after birth, that would be good. If not, too bad.

"Leoux, take it away!" Ling Jiu said slowly.

"Understood!"

A moment later, the Flame Astral Behemoth's egg was sorted inside the Leoux, and Ling Jiu would place it at Whitehole 2 once he went there.

Immediately after, Ling Jiu teleported back home and continued to sit on the toilet bowl.

For the next few days, Ling Jiu stayed at home while on the other side of Earth, the various major training camps gathered quickly.

Pangu's super training camp.

Vulcan's Vulcan training camp.

The Freedom Alliance's training camp.

Tianwei's Tianwei training camp.

The training camps of the various militaries across the world, and the training camps of the major Arcana combines all gathered at Salisbury Plains, and then entered the Celtic Continent.

Along with them to the Celtic Continent was a large amount of Arcana Tree saplings.

One could imagine that as the Arcana Trees got planted on the Celtic Continent, this planet would become another Poseidon.

Humanity would then have another training ground!

Ling Jiu stayed at home for a whole week.

Today, he and Bai Ya were going to visit his mother-in-law. The two had prepared presents before teleporting over to Bai Ya's place.

Ding dong!

The door opened and the mother-in-law greeted them enthusiastically as her face bloomed into a smile. "Come in! Come in!"

Ling Jiu and Bai Ya entered the house and the latter looked around as she asked. "Mom, where's Wangwang?"

"She is still sleeping."

The mother-in-law looked at Ling Jiu somewhat embarrassedly, before smiling and said.

"Since that little girl came back, she had not been sleeping at night, nor does she wake up during the day. If it weren't for lunch, she could sleep her way till night…"

"Xiaoya, go have a seat with Xiaojiu first. Mom will prepare something for you two!"

"All right, Mom."

Bai Ya responded before looking at Ling Jiu. "I'll go and see Wangwang."

As she said that, she stuck her tongue out at Ling Jiu before running into her little sister's room.

A moment later, Wangwang, who was clad in furry puppy pajamas, was dragged out of her room by Bai Ya. With a sleepy face, she reluctantly called out to Ling Jiu, "You're here."

"Why are you speaking like this, call him brother-in-law?"

Bai Ya was displeased as she poked her little sister in the forehead with her finger and said angrily.

"What brother-in-law? He's just a pervert."

Wangwang glared at Ling Jiu angrily and immediately took Bai Ya's hand as she said, "Sis, why did you become friends with him? What's so good about him?"

Bai Ya glanced at Ling Jiu awkwardly and just as she was about to scold Wangwang, Ling Jiu waved her hands to get her to calm down, before smiling and said to Wangwang.

"Wangwang, this is probably our second meeting, right? Tell me, why do you have such an aversion to me?"

"Hmph! You still have the cheek to ask?"

Wangwang said with a fierce you. "Back on Pandora last time, you robbed me and sis of our crystals, and you dared to threaten us, and you're asking why I'm having an aversion towards you?"

"And here I thought it was something big, just a few pieces of crystals no? And you held a grudge about that until now?"

Ling Jiu rolled his eyes and casually took out ten pieces of Dark Bio-energy crystals as he smiled. "These are ten Dark Bio-energy crystals, enough for you to reach a stellar lifeform."

"Dark Bio-energy crystals?"

Wangwang blinked her big eyes as she stared at the crystals.

"Wangwang, these are good stuff!"

Bai Ya leaned over to her sister's ear and whispered a few words. Wangwang's eyes immediately lit up as she took the ten Dark Bio-energy crystals, and grabbed onto Ling Jiu's arms as she said with a sweet smile. "My beloved brother-in-law, you're a nice man, and you'll be forever my only brother-in-law!"

That turnaround was quick…

Ling Jiu complained deep down but he did not bother being calculative with her, and patted her head and said.

"Come with us this time. I've already spoken to Emperor Might. You don't need to go to the ultimate matriculation camp anymore. Follow us to Whitehole 2!"

"Whitehole 2?"

Wangwang was taken aback again.

Seeing her confused look, Ling Jiu could not help but ask, "Bai Ya, you didn't tell her?"

"Nope, Whitehole 2 is the world's top secret. Without a nod from big shots like you, I dare not let my tongue loose."

Bai Ya pursed her lips and smiled.

She was a very principled person, and she knew the importance of Whitehole 2. As such, aside from Earth's big shots, no one else knew about it.

In this instance, before getting Ling Jiu's nod, she would not say it out loud. Even if the other party was a little sister!

"You… are just too rigid!"

Ling Jiu helplessly said, "We are family now, so why do you have to be so serious? You can tell your sister about Whitehole 2."

"Okay!"

Chapter 272: Merpeople Attack, Merqueen

After spending two days with Bai Ya, Ling Jiu picked his family up, and they went to Mars together early in the morning on the third day.

"This is Mars?"

It was Wangwang's first trip to Mars. She stood high in the sky and looked down at the Martian land, surprise and shock filling her eyes.

"There are not only forests but also rivers and lakes. This is completely different from the Mars that I have imagined."

"This is what Mars looks like after terraforming."

"When your brother-in-law and I first came to Mars, there were only a few Arcana forests. Other than that, it was almost the same as the Mars that I had pictured," Bai Ya explained with a smile. "After that, your brother-in-law directed carbon dioxide from Venus…"

With Bai Ya's explanation, Wangwang gradually understood the reason for the tremendous changes on Mars and looked at Ling Jiu in admiration.

Ling Tianci, Yang Su, Yang Ling'er, and Ling Xiaotong had pride and adoration in their eyes. It was an undeniable fact that Ling Jiu should be credited for the large part of the changes on Mars.

Indeed, Mars was very different now.

First, the carbon dioxide concentration on Mars was high enough. The powerful greenhouse effect and light made the temperature of Mars more or less the same as that on Earth.

The wormhole between Venus and Mars was sealed again. Plus, the flow of CO2 was cut off since the CO2 concentration there had reached an acceptable level.

The second thing was water.

After half a year of water transfer, the ocean on the surface of Mars had started to take shape.

Seawater had gradually filled the canyons and low-lying land. These areas connected to become one vast ocean. The water at those adjoining places was still shallow, but it was ultimately one ocean.

Since seawater was abundant and the temperature was hospitable, algae—aside from Arcana trees—started to appear on Mars.

The purpose of this was simple: it was to produce oxygen and make the Martian atmosphere breathable for humans.

"Mars looks different every day."

"This place will become a truly habitable planet for humans in a few years," Ling Jiu exclaimed in awe.

"Most importantly, it is us who terraformed it," Bai Ya said. "I believe that experts have accumulated a lot of experience in terraforming Mars. This experience will come in handy when we want to terraform other planets in the future."

"Absolutely."

They did not stay long on Mars before they passed through the wormhole and came to Europa. When they stood in the ocean, they could see no change here.

Europa's ocean was still dark, and the water pressure was still extremely high. The water redistribution to Mars did not seem to have much effect on Europa.

However, Ling Jiu knew that this small moon was undergoing changes as more seawater poured into Mars.

When the seawater level on this moon dropped to a certain level, the ice layer on the surface would break and collapse.

When its mass was reduced to a certain extent, and the gravity from Jupiter weakened, perhaps its orbit would also change.

"Something is wrong, Ling Jiu!" Leoux was heard saying.

"What's wrong?" Ling Jiu looked puzzled.

"I detected signs of life—many of them," Leoux said. "They are approaching fast from a distance in this direction. These creatures have powerful signs of life. The weakest is comparable to a Class 9 Direbeast Emperor, while the strongest is reaching the first level of the Galactic class. There are many of them—I'm talking about over one million."

Ling Jiu frowned when he heard those words. "Could it be the marine beasts in Europa's Ocean?"

"That is strange. The Direbeasts in Europa's Ocean are loosely organized. They live in different luminous floating mountains, and I have never heard of them coming together for collective action. Let's watch them quietly. I want to know what these sea Direbeasts are up to," Leoux said faintly, almost nonchalant. Apparently, the approaching marine beasts did not concern it at all.

It confused Bai Ya to see Ling Jiu standing there all of a sudden and looking deeper into the ocean. "Why aren't you leaving, honey?"

"There is an army of marine beasts coming," Ling Jiu said nonchalantly.

"An army of marine beasts?"

"What's going on?"

His family members looked at each other.

"I can't tell what the exact creatures are. But there is indeed an army of marine beasts traveling quickly in our direction." Ling Jiu used Dimensional Peering, another Arcana that he had replicated from the Void Behemoth.

Everything within a radius of several kilometers was within view of his mind's eye. He saw an army of marine beasts coming their way.

Just that…

"These marine beasts are a little strange, Leoux." Ling Jiu frowned. "They look…"

"What's going on?" Leoux was puzzled.

"They are not marine beasts, but like Merpeople."

Ling Jiu took a deep breath. "Yes! They are best described as the Merpeople. They have the upper body of humans, and lower of fish."

"The Merpeople?" Leoux was surprised. "Let me take a closer look."

After about ten minutes, the so-called marine beast had finally arrived.

At first glance, they were densely packed like a swarm of swordfish.

There were too many to count.

They stopped in front of Ling Jiu and the others—more specifically, in front of the wormhole that was connected to Mars.

"Those are…"

Ling Tianci, Yang Su, and others were all shocked.

The marine beasts were not big—not even as large as many Class 2 or Class 3 Direbeasts. But their appearance was the most shocking aspect.

They had human bodies with fish tails…

Human bodies with shrimp tails…

Human bodies with crab lower halves…

Human bodies with octopus lower halves…

Human bodies with turtle shells.

Words such as mermaids, crab soldiers and generals, and ninja turtle came to mind when Ling Jiu looked at those marine beasts.

Was this army not comprised of Merpeople, crab people, shrimp people, turtle people?

Ling Jiu's family was studying the Merpeople army just as the Merpeople were studying them.

Some of them were beautiful, while some were extremely ugly. But they all had one thing in common: they all stared at Ling Jiu and others with a pair of hatred and hostile eyes.

That look in their eyes…

It was hard to compare them with unintelligent marine beasts.

"They are the native intelligent beings on Europa, Leoux?" Ling Jiu slowly asked after scanning those Merpeople.

"Pretty much, by the looks of things," Leoux said. "Neither you nor I have explored the ocean of Europa. We only know that there are many marine beasts. But we did not expect that there would be so many Merpeople among them."

Ling Jiu nodded silently. He had been to Europa many times, but he had not really explored its ocean seriously.

All he knew was there were marine beasts, luminous floating mountains, and even energy crystals. But he did not know that there were intelligent life forms here.

He had got to admit that he had made a huge mistake.

These Merpeople were anything but weak. In other words, they were powerful. He had blundered when he had failed to notice such powerful beings around him.

"What should we do, honey?"

Bai Ya could feel how terrifying those Merpeople were. When she realized that they were a force capable of destroying everything, she spontaneously held Ling Jiu's hand tightly.

Ling Tianci, Yang Su, Wangwang, and the others were quaking in their boots as they had never seen such a terrifying scene.

Never…

"Let's see what they do and we will roll with the punches." Ling Jiu looked calm although he was shocked.

A low rumble rose among the Merpeople army just then. The next moment, an astonishing thing happened.

The Merpeople in front opened their mouths and shot out water spikes that were ten meters long and over twenty centimeters in diameter.

The water spikes shot toward them like volley fire.

There were so many water spikes coming from all directions that it was impossible to dodge.

"Fall back!"

Upon seeing that, Ling Jiu got his family behind him and performed a Void Devouring.

The void in front of him, including the seawater and the water spikes shooting at him, was swallowed up as a massive black hole appeared in front of him.

The Merpeople's attack vanished.

As the black hole gradually disappeared, the surrounding seawater rushed back to fill the void.

Those Merpeople saw what happened and were all in shock. They apparently did not expect that their attacks would be neutralized in such a way.

They looked at Ling Jiu with a hint of strange expression in their eyes.

Just then, another low roar rose from the rear of the Merpeople army. A passage then opened in the middle as the army split in half and moved to the side like they had been ordered to do so.

Immediately after, amidst a rush of current, ten giant marine beasts, each over 800 meters long, swam out from the rear. They looked like scaled dragons, with six legs under their bellies, and a spiral pointed horn on top of their heads.

There were two chains on each of these giant marine beasts, and together they were pulling a massive shell behind them.

Let's call it a shell because it was so massive—over 2,000 meters in diameter—with colorful jewel inlays that glittered brightly.

This shell was like the sun in the darkness, dispelling darkness and bringing light to the ocean.

"I can sense it, Ling Jiu. These marine beasts that resemble scaled dragons rival the Class 8 Stellar beings," Leoux said.

"I can sense it, too." Ling Jiu took a breath. "Powerful is not the word for it when the figure sitting in the carriage can order ten Class 8 Stellar marine beasts to pull the carriage."

"Absolutely," Leoux replied jokingly.

The ten scaled-dragon marine beasts arrived and stared at Ling Jiu and his family with a vicious look in their eyes.

Ling Jiu ignored them. Instead, his eyes fell on the giant shell behind. The shell slowly opened, with a dazzling blue light shining out of it.

The blue light was so bright that everyone spontaneously squinted. As the shell continued to open, a palace appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

There were blue pillars on both sides, a bright red carpet under the feet, and at the rear was a towering throne on which sat a woman.

A woman?

Not exactly correct.

It should be a mermaid sitting on the throne.

She was wearing a golden crown and a golden gauze dress. She was beautiful, with a sense of holiness and inviolability.

However, her lower body was that of a fish's tail. Every scale was golden as if it were made of gold.

This mermaid sat high on the throne, like the sun in the sky, hanging high above, noble, sacred, and inviolable.

She was attractive in her looks and temperament. But a person with aesthetic perception impairment like Ling Jiu could not distinguish between beauty and ugliness.

It was the powerful coercive force emanating from this woman that attracted him. It was even more powerful than that of the one-armed old man of the Celtic Deities.

Obviously, this was a galactic being, a powerful existence above the stellar beings.

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Chapter 273: You Want a Fight, Let's Fight

On this day, Vulcan led a group of stellar beings, departing from Earth through the wormhole to get to Mars. The destination of their trip was Whitehole 2.

After six years of intermittent self-cultivation in Whitehole 2, everyone's strength had improved by leaps and bounds.

So everyone was looking forward to returning to Whitehole 2 this time.

The next year would belong to them again, and they could get another boost in the growth of their strength.

Just that when they traveled through the wormhole and arrived at Europa's sub-ice ocean, what they saw stunned them.

"What is going on?"

Vulcan and the others looked at each other, dumbfounded. Ling Jiu had also noticed their arrival and said hello with a smile.

"Brother Vulcan, you all are here!"

"What is going on, Ling Jiu? Who are these monsters?" Vulcan asked in confusion when he and others flew up beside Ling Jiu.

"We met them as soon as we arrived on Europa just now."

Ling Jiu scanned the Merpeople army, especially at the Merqueen.

"If I am not mistaken, they are intelligent creatures living on Europa."

Vulcan and the others were shocked at hearing that. Some could not believe their ears. "There are intelligent lives living on Europa?"

"That is right." Ling Jiu nodded slightly. "They came en masse here, most likely looking for trouble. You know, we have destroyed Europa's environment."

Vulcan and the others frowned. They spontaneously look at the Merpeople army, especially the Merqueen.

She exuded a powerful aura, as if the sun in the sky, the lighthouse in the dark. Her presence was hard to ignore.

Things were not beyond Ling Jiu's expectations. The Merqueen was scanning them with her beautiful eyes, and then her lips moved.

"Earthlings, I guess you already know why we are here. We don't want a war, but you have destroyed the Planet of Merpeople's environment, threatening our survival. So you all have got to explain yourselves.

She spoke fluent Chinese, unlike a Merpeople, without even an accent, as if she was an old lady who had lived in Huaxia for many years.

This surprised Ling Jiu and the others. How did this strange Merqueen know the Chinese language? Had she been to Huaxia?

"You are…" Ling Jiu spoke.

"I am the Merqueen," the Merqueen said. "I have been to Huaxia and have lived there for a long time."

This surprised Ling Jiu and the others even more. They looked at the Merqueen in disbelief.

"You said you had been to Huaxia. When was it? Why didn't we know about it?" Ling Jiu said with a frown.

"That was about three years ago."

The Merqueen smiled, looking as if a hundred flowers were in full bloom. She looked at Vulcan. "I know you, Vulcan, the boss of Vulcan Arcana Combine; Gu Tianwei, the chairperson of Tianwei Arcana Combine; Alec, the first speaker of Freedom Alliance."

The Merqueen had called out the names of all the stellar beings, one by one.

This shocked all stellar beings. They had to believe that the Merqueen had been to Earth and Huaxia. Apparently, most of what she said was true.

"As for you, I have never heard of you." The Merqueen's gaze fell on Ling Jiu with a fleeting sense of suspicion in her beautiful eyes.

"I am a small fry. Not knowing me is entirely understandable." Ling Jiu waved his hand with a faint smile. "Are you thinking of invading Earth by bringing your army here?"

"That will depend on you," The Merqueen said faintly. "If you stop pumping water from the Planet of Merpeople, there will be no need for us to start a war. Instead, we can sign a peace treaty, we will live in harmony, exchange what is needed, communicate with each other, develop and co-exist in peace."

"What if we disagree?" Ling Jiu snapped his fingers.

"Then let's fight." The Merqueen had an indifferent look in her eyes. "Merplanet is home for us the Merpeople. We will allow no one to destroy it."

"Your Majestic, is this a threat?" The corner of Ling Jiu's mouth cocked up with a faint smile.

"The Merpeople will defend their homeland to their death," the Merqueen said.

"I'm afraid that you all are punching above your weight and will suffer a humiliating defeat."

Ling Jiu let out a faint smile, his voice nonchalant. "The people on earth have never been afraid of any challenges, nor have they flinched in front of threats."

"You want a fight, then let's fight. It is fine with us."

"Who are you? Can you represent Earth?"

The Merqueen looked disdainful, her beautiful eyes landing on Vulcan.

"Mr. Vulcan, I know the strength of Earth. You may not like what I am going to say: I alone can trample your planet under my feet. More so with my army of warriors. So, are you sure you want to fight the Merpeople?"

She said this to Vulcan, as she apparently knew that Vulcan and the stellar beings behind him were the ones who could represent Earth. Their words counted.

As for Ling Jiu; who was he?

The Merqueen apparently did not take Ling Jiu seriously.

"You got something wrong, Your Majesty," Vulcan said coldly. "Ling Jiu is now the most powerful man on Earth. He is also a member of the human higher-ups. He is qualified to represent our planet."

"The most powerful man on Earth?"

The Merqueen was taken aback, looking at Ling Jiu in disbelief.

Was Emperor Might not the most powerful man on Earth? Since when did Ling Jiu replace him?

"Besides, Ling Jiu represents us. If you are sincere, we can sit down and talk nicely. Maybe we will stop pumping water from Europa." There was an icy look in Vulcan's eyes. "If you are thinking of threatening us, you will be sorely mistaken. We are fine with it—war or invasion."

The stellar beings behind him nodded in agreement. The aura exuding from the Merqueen might be frightening, but this was definitely not the time to flinch.

"In this case, let's fight." The Merqueen got to her feet. "I believe you will make the right decision when our army runs over Mars and approaches Earth."

She waved her hand as soon as her voice trailed off. Then came her voice, resounding like a rolling thunder in the invisible darkness.

"Show what you all have got and let these Earthlings see the might of our Merpeople warriors!"

All Merpeople warriors drew their weapons, spears, blades, and maces at the sound of the Merqueen's order.

The faces of Vulcan and other stellar beings changed slightly. They quickly released their aura to fight against the Merpeople's army.

"You all are asking for trouble." The Merqueen had a disdainful look on her face as she pointed out with her hand and shouted, "Kill!"

The army of millions of Merpeople charged forward with ear-shattering roars, the energy they exuded shaking the planet. They swept over like a perfect storm, seemingly wanting to destroy everything.

"A bunch of clowns!"

Chapter 274: The Law of Water, a Giant Foot Coming Down

"A bunch of clowns!"

Looking at the million-strong army of Merpeople, Ling Jiu hissed and deployed Void Devouring.

Baroom!

The phantom of the Void Behemoth appeared above Ling Jiu's head again. It stood in the air, its vicious shadow spanning across the sky.

The next moment, the phantom of the Void Behemoth opened its mouth and gobbled up a few hundred thousand of Merpeople's army at once.

If this situation continued, the only fate awaiting this million-strong Merpeople's army was to be swallowed into the floating island.

The Merqueen apparently would not allow this to happen. A stern look flashed in her beautiful eyes as she uttered something in her mouth.

A blue beam shot out from her fingertip and spread out instantly to envelop a radius of dozens of miles of sea area, including all the Merpeople's army.

It looked as if a blue spider web was engulfing the sea area and the Merpeople's army.

The thing that happened next came as a shock to Ling Jiu. The phantom of the Void Behemoth was frozen in place.

"What is going on?" Ling Jiu's heart skipped a beat.

"It is the Law of Water." Leoux's voice came. "The Merqueen is using the Law of Water to freeze this sea area and your Void Devouring."

"The law of Water?" Ling Jiu's eyes flickered. "Not bad for a galactic being. I can't believe that she has mastered the Law of Water. I have underestimated her."

"I am just as surprised," Leoux said. "A life form growing on a small moon in the solar system can actually comprehend the laws of the universe is incredible. If she figured out the Law of Water on her own, then she must have a terrific talent for the Law of Water."

Ling Jiu nodded. This was one shortcoming of primitive civilizations. They had limited understanding of the universe, laws, and everything.

Just like the ancient arcanists, who were also stellar beings. Even a major deity like the one-armed elder never knew the laws, despite he was on his way to become a galactic being.

This was all because of the lack of and limitation of cognition.

The stellar beings on Earth were trying their best to study the laws and still could not crack the code, although everyone knew the laws of the universe.

This was a cognitive advantage.

Was these Merpeople a primitive civilization?

Judging from their weapons and clothing, most of them were a primitive civilization. and since they were a primitive civilization, and they would not know much about the universe—that was for sure.

But their queen understood the Law of Water. The question was, how did the Merqueen comprehend the Law of Water?

Did someone teach her?

Did she figure it out on her own?

There was not a surprise if it was the former.

If it were the latter, then as Leoux said, the Merqueen must have an incredible talent in the Law of Water.

"This Merqueen looks more and more interesting to me."

Leoux said. "Can you take her down, Ling Jiu? If not, I will do it myself."

"I will try." Ling Jiu was curious, too. He waved away the phantom of the Void Behemoth, motioned everyone to step back, and performed a Blink Arcana to a spot not far from the Merqueen.

"Show me what you have got, Merqueen."

The corners of Ling Jiu's mouth curled up. "I am curious what makes you think you can over run Mars and threaten Earth."

"Humph, you are overestimating yourself!"

The Merqueen did not take Ling Jiu seriously. She raised her right hand and performed a palm strike at Ling Jiu.

An aqua dragon lunged out with a snarl all of a sudden. Its body's diameter was so big that it took five or six people to hug it.

"Darn it!"

The surface of this aqua dragon was covered with weird blue lines, just like the curse mark on Sasuke, and also like blue tadpoles. That was strange.

Ling Jiu's face turned grave as he could sense how substantial and heavy this aqua dragon was.

He could be seriously injured or even die if this aqua dragon hit him.

"She uses a law attack on her first strike!" Leoux spontaneously exclaimed. "This is how galactic beings should fight. Beat the hell out of her, Ling Jiu!"

Ling Jiu rolled his eyes. Looking at the approaching aqua dragon, he slowly raised his right hand and then struck across the void.

A black dimensional fissure appeared as he slit open the void.

The next moment, a silverish dragon covered with silverish patterns lunged out from the dimensional fissure to greet the aqua dragon.

The two sides clashed. There was no terrifying burst of power or shock wave.

The moment the two dragons collided, the aqua dragon and the silver dragon canceled out each other and vanished, as if they had never appeared before.

"Huh?"

The Merqueen squinted with a surprised look in her eyes.

"Impressive dimensional shift, Ling Jiu." Leoux was impressed. "The Merqueen has performed the Law of Water to its most robust strength. So that aqua dragon is heavier, more solid, and more substantial than ordinary aqua dragons. I did not expect that your Dimensional Shift could move it away. Not half bad at all."

"Come on! I was letting ten of my duplicates study the Law of Dimensions. If doing that couldn't even comprehend the Law of Dimensions, I might as well kill myself."

Ling Jiu grunted, his tone calm without the slightest hint of smugness.

He was telling the truth.

During the years on Whitehole-2, he was forming the Gene Arcana core, evolving the elixir field's stellar system while his duplicates were studying the Law of Dimensions.

His ten duplicates were studying the Law of Dimensions to the letter, just as students study the textbooks.

Even if you are stupid like a pig and have no talent, you should have graduated from elementary school by now.

"I like how modest you are." Leoux smiled. "Keep it up."

"I will." Ling Jiu let out a faint smile and continued to look at the Merqueen. "That's all you have got, Merqueen? Keep it coming. I can't wait."

"I underestimated you."

The Merqueen took a long, hard look at Ling Jiu, and then grabbed at Ling Jiu with the flip of her palm.

The next moment, Ling Jiu felt the surrounding seawater turn into a swamp, and a powerful force from the seawater restrained him in place.

"Kill!"

As the Merqueen glared with her beautiful eyes, an aqua dragon full of blue tadpole-like patterns appeared again. It was then followed by a second one and then a third one, and they kept coming.

Nine aqua water dragons appeared around her and then roared intimidatingly as they charged forward.

"The same old trick!" Ling Jiu shook his shoulders and found that he was completely restrained in place. He could not even move a finger. The restraint force was too powerful. "But it doesn't work on me."

Ling Jiu vanished into thin air.

"What?"

The Merqueen was taken aback, her eyes darting around, searching for Ling Jiu.

Just then, a loud water splashing sound came from above. The Merqueen looked up at once and was shocked to see a giant foot coming down at her.

Adaaa!

Chapter 275: Ungovernable Fury, Enslaving the Queen

"Darn it!"

The Merqueen's eyelid twitched. She burst into a fit of rage when she saw Ling Jiu descend on her with a kick.

Ling Jiu had gone too far.

She was the queen of the Merpeople. How dare he try to kick her?

This was an unforgivable insult.

"Die!"

A killer instinct was aroused in her. Several blue aqua dragons twisted together and formed into a giant blue whale to gobble up Ling Jiu.

"Heck! How naïve!"

"Dimensional Swap!" Ling Jiu uttered with a sneer.

The blue giant whale and Ling Jiu vanished at the same time.

The next second, Ling Jiu had swapped positions with the blue whale.

"Darn it!"

The Merqueen's face drastically changed as it was too late to attack.

She immediately shrouded herself in a blue water shield in the nick of time, trying to avoid Ling Jiu's attack. Ling Jiu saw this and sneered at her.

"Naïve!"

The next moment, Ling Jiu abruptly appeared inside the blue water shield, giving the Merqueen the good news of her life by kicking her in the face.

Boom!

The Merqueen fell like a meteorite, slamming against the shell under her feet.

She crashed through the shell of 2,000-meter in diameter, leaving behind a hole. After that, she continued to fall toward the deeper part of the ocean.

As a powerful galactic being, she soon stopped the downward momentum and rose into the sky again.

But at this moment, she had an icy look on her face, an ungovernable fury burning in her killer eyes.

If eyes could kill, she would have killed Ling Jiu a thousand times over. "God d*mmit! Earthlings!"

The Merqueen's eyes were spitting fire, yet the surrounding chill started to freeze the seawater, with temperature dropping by dozens of degrees.

"I will tell you with your own blood that no one can save you once you anger me."

"I've heard too many similar big talks, yet I still live well."

Ling Jiu sneered and vanished again. When he reappeared, he had come above the Merqueen and stomped his foot on her.

"Darn it! Trying to pull the same trick again?"

The Merqueen 's face darkened when she sensed the powerful wind. She quickly dodged his kick and shouted angrily, "You lowlife, dirty humans! Is this all you are capable of?"

The Merqueen was angry. Stomping his feet on her? What the hell was this move?

This was an insult to the Merpeople.

"I might have only one trick, but it works very well, isn't it?"

As soon as Ling Jiu's disdainful voice came, the Merqueen felt a powerful force coming from above her. Before she knew it, she felt a pain in her head, her body sent plunging uncontrollably.

"Darn it! I have obviously dodged it. How did you…"

The Merqueen was shocked as much as she was furious. She was sure she had dodged it, but she was still kicked in the head. What was going on?

Boom!

She plunged like a meteorite, crashing down toward the ocean.

She fought hard to maintain her balance and then glowered at Ling Jiu with a surprised look in her eyes.

"Why? I am sure I have dodged it! Could it be…"

"You dodged it? Are you sure you have dodged it?"

Just then, Ling Jiu's teasing voice came from above again. She almost broke down when she saw Ling Jiu appear above her again.

Boom!

Unsurprisingly, the Merqueen was kicked in the head again.

"H-how… how could this be possible?"

"Her Majesty… is taking a shellacking!"

"Illusion! This must be an illusion!"

"Not real! I am not going to look at it. This is all not real!"

The million-strong Merpeople's army watched on in disbelief, some shaking their heads and some rubbing their eyes.

In a word, they could not accept what happened in front of their eyes.

Yes, it was unacceptable.

The Merqueen was undisputedly the most powerful figure among the Merpeople because only the most powerful person was fit to lead the Merpeople.

How powerful was the most powerful person of Merpeople?

Not only must she protect the Merpeople from the horrifying marine beasts but also ward off the terrifying beings coming from the sea cave.

The marine beasts and the terrifying beings from the sea cave would have killed all the Merpeople if the queen was not powerful enough.

But how could such a powerful being end up getting a shellacking from others?

"This is too powerful!"

"Ling Jiu is too powerful!"

"The Merqueen doesn't get a chance!"

Vulcan and other stellar beings were trembling in excitement.

They did not see what happened in the sky above Stonehenge. They just heard it from Vulcan, Emperor Might and Guthrie that Ling Jiu killed all the beings of the Celtic deities.

Ling Jiu had surpassed Emperor Might as the most powerful man on Earth.

They might have heard it, but they did not believe it because they did not witness it with their own eyes.

Because everyone had too high of a regard for Emperor Might and Vulcan.

How could Ling Jiu possibly surpass them?

Nothing was impossible when Ling Jiu could even give a galactic being like the Merqueen a shellacking, nothing impossible?

While everyone was excited, Ling Jiu was secretly stunned. "She is truly a galactic being. She is unhurt no matter how hard I attack her. Her body is so strong. That one-armed old man of the Celtic Deities is pale in comparison."

A galactic being.

Galactic beings were not something that stellar beings could compare with.

"But I will own you today!"

A gleam of light flashed in Ling Jiu's eyes. The next second, he appeared above the Merqueen.

The Merqueen thought he was going to kick her again. The corner of her mouth twitched, and she did not dodge. Instead, she was prepared to clash head-on with Ling Jiu's enormous foot.

The elusive moves of Ling Jiu were frustrating her. But now she had realized that his attacks could not hurt her.

So, why not clash with Ling Jiu head-on?

But this time, the Merqueen made a mistake. Instead of performing a kick, Ling Jiu used another arcana when he came in front of her.

Mental attack.

The strange Mental Attack hit the Merqueen's soul like a cannonball in an explosion.

Boom!

As a tearing pain exploded in the depths of the brain, the Merqueen let out an agonizing scream, then covered her head with her hands and howled.

"This is the time!"

A light flashed in his eyes as he performed another arcana: Absolute Servitude.

His mind penetrated into her brain, came to her sea of consciousness, and found her soul.

He then started to modify the consciousness and thinking of the Merqueen.

"Get out!"

Despite her soul being hit hard, as a galactic being, the Merqueen could still put up a fight with Ling Jiu in her mind.

"Humph! How dare you still want to resist?"

"Time Halt!" Ling Jiu hissed.

Time in the sea of consciousness came to a standstill. Ling Jiu seized the opportunity to modify the consciousness of the Merqueen, and at the same time leaving his soul imprint on her soul.

After doing all this, Ling Jiu withdrew his consciousness. Only then did he realize there was a roar in his brain, his body trembling, his face pale.

"My soul is only a stellar-class soul, one level below the Merqueen's galactic class," Ling Jiu murmured to himself. "I was really punching above my weight by using Absolute Servitude on her. But I made it at least."

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Chapter 276: Merplanet, Supermen Invasion

Ling Jiu did not launch an attack but quietly looked at the Merqueen. He had successfully activated Absolute Servitude, but he wanted to see the result.

To be honest, he was cautious because he had never used Absolute Servitude before.

The Merqueen gradually stopped screaming. She panted, her face pale. The first person she looked at was Ling Jiu, and she did something that surprised everyone.

The Merqueen walked up and bowed to Ling Jiu. "Master."

Everyone was dumbfounded. The army of millions of Merpeople, stellar beings like Vulcan, and Ling Jiu's family members such as Bai Ya, as well as Yang Ling'er, were looking at the Merqueen in disbelief.

"What's wrong with Her Majesty? Is she under a spell or something?"

"Who can tell me what happened?"

"Why did things become like this?"

Ling Jiu ignored everyone else but looked at Merqueen with interest. "What is your name?"

"Master, my name is Isabel Millicent Jeb Aina Dart Ernestine Cobham Littigia Grant Emily Clark Bertie Cynthia Brent Beverly Allenby," the Merqueen replied.

What kind of name was this?

Ling Jiu had no word for it. But at last, he said, "Tell me about the Merpeople."

"Aye, Master."

Just as the Merqueen was about to speak, a Merpeople lunged out of the Merpeople's army to come in front of the Merqueen.

It was a human-body, octopus-tail Merpeople. It held a harpoon and stared icily at Ling Jiu as it protected the Merqueen behind it.

"Evil Earthlings! What have you done to Her Majesty?"

"Shut up!"

Ling Jiu shot a glance at the octopus Merpeople, sending it clutching its head and flying out backward, as if lightning had struck it.

This octopus Merpeople was only a level-1 stellar being. It had limited mental strength. So a Mental Attack could hurt it dearly.

At first, the other Merpeople had the same thoughts. But when they saw the horrific fate of the octopus Merpeople, they thought better of it.

The Merqueen looked on and did not stop Ling Jiu. In her mind, Ling Jiu was her above-all master, to whom she must be absolutely loyal.

So whatever Ling Jiu did was right.

"Tell me." Ling Jiu said faintly.

"Aye, Master."

"We Merpeople were originally a race living in Atlantis. When foreign enemies invaded us, we had no choice but to come to this planet hidden in the dark through a sea cave," the Merqueen said slowly. "We call this planet the Merplanet."

"Atlantis?" Ling Jiu cocked an eyebrow as the name sounded familiar. That had aroused his curiosity. "When did you arrive on Europa?"

"Europa?" The Merqueen was confused.

"I mean Merplanet." Ling Jiu corrected himself.

"One hundred and fifty years ago," the Merqueen replied truthfully.

"How many Merpeople and how many stellar beings are here?" Ling Jiu asked.

"The population of Merpeople is twelve billion, of which one hundred and eight are stellar beings."

"One hundred and eight stellar beings, and you, a galactic being. No wonder you dare to lead a million troops to attack Earth." The strength of the Merpeople surprised Ling Jiu, but he did not show his emotion on his face. "One last question: talk about Atlantis and what enemy invaded your planet."

Speaking of Atlantis, there was a sense of nostalgia and reminiscence on the Merqueen's face.

"Atlantis is a beautiful ocean planet. It has blue skies, beautiful oceans, and many islands. Besides, it also has six moons. It is the home planet of the Merpeople. We have over one hundred thousand years of history on Atlantis. All that changed when the invaders came." She gritted her teeth, sadness and anger filling her eyes. "That was a group of vicious villains. They slaughtered many of our ancestors and occupied our homeland. I led a group of Merpeople remnants and fled here."

"Were those invaders powerful?" Ling Jiu frowned slightly.

"Extremely powerful." Speaking of the invaders, fury, with a hint of helplessness and fear, filled the Merqueen's eyes. "They had weapons that could destroy the world. They also had terrifying power, their bodies almost indestructible, and they moved like lightning."

Speaking of this, the Merqueen spontaneously glanced at Vulcan and others. "Those invaders look the same as you all, the Earthlings."

"They look the same as us?"

Ling Jiu, Vulcan, and others looked at each other.

"When I first discovered you Earthlings on Mars, I thought you were the invaders. So I quietly observed you all for a long time," the Merqueen said slowly. "Later, I even went to Earth and came into contact with you all at close range. It turned out that you all were not those invaders."

"Can you tell me about the invaders' abilities?" Ling Jiu asked.

The Merqueen had only briefly talked about the invaders. So Ling Jiu still had no idea of how powerful the invaders were.

"Abilities?" The Merqueen frowned. She was in thought for a while before she continued. "Those invaders can fly, as quick as light. Two, they have excellent hearing. They can even hear the faint sounds deep in the sea's bottom if they want. Three, they have extremely self-healing ability. They can heal in a short time if they are injured. Four, their eyes can shoot out high-temperature rays, which can easily tear a stellar being apart. Five, they can see through things like seawater, and the coral reefs to capture creatures at the bottom of the sea. Six, they can breathe in air and then spit it out to form hurricanes, terrifying storms at sea, or as air cannons that can penetrate the Merpeople's bodies at the seafloor. Besides, they also have terrifying speed, the power to destroy the world, and impenetrable defensive capability."

Ling Jiu, Vulcan, and others gasped with perturbation as they listened to what the Merqueen said.

Judging by what she said, those invaders had a broad range of abilities, all of which were of the physique. This meant that their strength lay with their bodies.

The only thing was, their physical strength seemed to be unbelievably powerful.

"So what level of being are those invaders?" Ling Jiu asked again.

"What level?" The Merqueen frowned. "Galactic beings. They are galactic beings, ones that are much more powerful than us. And…"

"And what?" Ling Jiu's brows were knitted together.

"And the most unacceptable thing about those invaders is their growth rate. A juvenile invader only needs twenty years to reach adulthood. Once it reaches adulthood, it is already a stellar being. Many of those stellar beings with the best talents can easily become galactic beings." The Merqueen sounded depressed. "They don't even need to practice self-cultivation. They only need to grow up naturally to become stellar and galactic beings. I have returned to Atlantis three times to find out about the invaders in the past one hundred and fifty years. They call themselves Kryptonians."

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Chapter 277: Reopening the Wormhole, Asteroid Belt

The million-strong merpeople army retreated.

They left as quickly as they came, and before they could kick up a storm, they had disappeared into Europa's deep and vast seas.

But what they left behind deeply affected Ling Jiu and the others.

"The Kryptonians are a huge threat!"

Vulcan had a grim look on his face. "We need to get prepared as soon as possible."

Everyone else nodded, their expressions equally solemn.

Atlantis was connected to Europa, and Europa was connected to Mars. That meant that as long as the Kryptonians discover Europa, they would find out about Mars sooner or later, and then Earth.

For a race to become stellar lifeforms upon adulthood, and those with good talents galactic lifeforms, the Kryptonians were just too powerful and no one had the confidence to hold against them.

"Brother Ling's strategy of sparing the Merpeople is right, and even if the Kryptonians were to invade, the Merpeople will be the first defensive line, and buy us time."

"Yeah."

"Plus, Brother Ling seemed to have enslaved the Merpeople Queen, and that means they are as good as ours, and we can use them to our advantage.

As everyone discussed, Ling Jiu was silent. Seeing this Vulcan could not help but whisper. "Brother Ling, you have other thoughts in mind?"

Bai Ya and the rest of his family also looked at Ling Jiu.

"The strength of the Kryptonians surpasses us by far too much. If we were to run into them now, our end will be bad, real bad."

Ling Jiu inhaled deeply. "So everyone, hurry up and improve your strength. Only when we get stronger can we deal with all crises that we face."

Everyone nodded.

"Leoux, can we hand them the Tomes of Laws to train?"

Ling Jiu contacted Leoux. The Leoux had a large number of Tomes of Laws inside it. These were textbooks for the Emessians.

And since they were textbooks, they were naturally not in short supply, plus, as long as Leoux agreed to it, Earthlings can also learn them.

"Ling Jiu, you are the master of the Leoux, which naturally means you are also my master. As long as you are willing, I have no objections."

Leoux said in a deep voice. "But I want to remind you that the Tomes of Laws are countless times more precious than even the Source Crystals of Laws, and are treasures that exist only in a Divine Civilization. Should they be leaked, the consequences will be unimaginable. This is the first part."

"Secondly, humanity is not united, and not everyone is like Vulcan, Emperor Might, or you where you think about Earth all the time. Even if these people were to get stronger, they will be nothing but a detriment."

Speaking of this, Leoux slowed down, before continuing. "Your goal to improve Earthlings' strength is something I agree with, but i think you need to clear off the chaff first, and then only raise the elites."

"Clear the chaff?"

Ling Jiu frowned. "How do I even do that?"

There was no doubt that humanity was not united, with careerists and scheming folks abound.

Every time there was a disaster, these people would pop up to stir trouble as if they fear that the world was not chaotic enough, and some of them were high-ranking folks.

Had it not been for people like Emperor Might and Vulcan holding the fort, Earth would have been in shambles.

"Disaster is a good sieve, filtering the good from the bad, the loyal from the disloyal," Leoux pointed out.

"I understand what you mean now!"

A glint appeared in Ling Jiu's eyes as he nodded. "In this case, let's not reveal the Tomes of Laws first. Keep it for the right time then."

"That's for the best."

Leoux agreed.

After that, Ling Jiu asked Vulcan, his family, and the rest to return to Whitehole 2 first, while he stayed behind. That left everyone confused.

Ling Jiu explained. "Since the seawater extraction from Europa threatens the Merpeople, then we'll change to another planet, Ganymede happened to be just right."

Upon hearing this. everyone nodded in agreement.

Ganymede had three layers of underground oceans, and each layer was 400 kilometers deep, and the seawater reserves were even greater than Europa.

Plus, Ganymede had no intelligent life, while all of the stellar and galactic lifeform there had already been captured by Leoux.

Finally Ganymede's sea water contains extremely rich Dark Bio-energy, and this was the best nourishment for Mars.

So, pumping Ganymede's water… could not be more appropriate.

Afterwards, Vulcan and the others left one after another and Ling Jiu got busy. He first destroyed the six pumping wormholes connecting Mars and Europa.

And Europa's sea water no longer flowed out.

Immediately after, Ling Jiu followed the dimensional mark left on Ganymede and opened up a wormhole.

After becoming a stellar lifeform, his speed in opening wormholes increased greatly, and it took him only a day to complete the wormhole connecting Mars and Ganymede.

The moment the wormhole opened, the seawater from Ganymede flowed out onto the surface of Mars.

Immediately after, the second, third… fifth, and sixth followed.

These six wormholes connected Mars, Ganymede, and Whitehole 3, which was equivalent to indirectly connecting Mars and Whitehole 3.

What would happen?

It goes without saying!

At every moment, massive amounts of seawater would be pumped into Mars, and at the same time, a large amount of Dark Bio-energy would flow and spill into the air in Mars, increasing the concentration of Dark Bio-energy on Mars.

In the short term, the changes would not be obvious.

But it was foreseeable that as more and more seawater entered Mars, more Dark Bio-energy would enters Mars, and the first to benefit will be the Arcana Trees planted on Mars, and the cadets of the ultimate matriculation camp.

After a period of time, Mars will also become a good spot for training.

Ling Jiu stood up high in the air as he looked down upon the roaring waters pouring into the surface of Mars. A smile then appeared on his face before he disappeared.

Ling Jiu arrived at Whitehole 2.

He had originally wanted to go to Atlantis to have a look, but gave up after some thought. He was still too weak, and he should wait until he was stronger before going there.

The most important thing now was to improve his strength.

Ling Jiu divided himself into twenty duplicates. With his current strength, creating twenty duplicates were just too easy.

"The ten of you, you're in charge of studying the Laws of Space."

"You ten, you are responsible for condensing the star cores, and evolving the Dantian star system."

"As you command!"

The twenty duplicates bowed in response before went to execute their orders.

"Leoux, what's the arrangement with the Astral Flame Behemoth egg?"

"To get it to break out of its shell as fast as possible, let's send it to Whitehole 1. The time passes the fastest there, and the energy concentration is the strongest there, so it's the most suitable place for it."

"Make sense!"

Ling Jiu rode on the Leoux to Whitehole 1 and put the egg down somewhere safe.

"The flow of time in Whitehole 1 is 130 times faster than that of Earth."

Leoux smiled and said. "If you were to stay on Earth, it will take about a month for it to hatch. If you were to stay on Whitehole 2, it will take six to seven years."

"Let's just take its time. We can wait."

Ling Jiu said. "Leoux, I want to continue devouring the yellow sand of Whitehole 1 to expand my floating island. Go do your thing then."

"Your mission now is very important. Not only you need to supply my family's Dark Bio-energy crystals, but also create Dark Psionic Crystals."

"Don't worry, there will be no delay."

Leoux said. "But before that, I need to tell you about a place. There's a larger amount of resources for you to devour."

"Where?"

Ling Jiu was dumbfounded.

"There's an asteroid belt not far from Whitehole 1, and there are trillions of asteroids there, and I think going there to devour things is far easier."

"Plus, these asteroids not only contain soil and other substances, but they are also rich in ice and other forms of energy. Hence, they are very nourishing."

"Let's go there!"

Chapter 278: Energy Arcana, Birth of the Clone

This was a belt of asteroids. At a glance, numerous stellar objects were suspended densely in space.

Some were as large as a planet, spanning across thousands of kilometers, some were as tiny as a speck of dust, the size of a grain of rice, like a belt of broken stones.

From a distance, they were all gathered together densely, seemingly in close proximity, but only when they got closer did they realize that there were still a significant distance between one another.

The closest were hundreds of kilometers apart, the furthest were millions of kilometers away, but it was undeniable that the asteroids were aplenty.

Morever, unlike the asteroid belts of the solar system, they did not revolve around the sun, but were still suspended in space. Aside from some asteroids moving by themselves, most of them were in a dormant, still state.

Most of all, they were independent of one another, and were isolated. So, that made devouring all the more easier.

"Ling Jiu, enjoy the feast then."

Leoux smiled. "I'll go get busy on my end."

"Go, go!"

After sending Leoux off, Ling Jiu went ahead with what he needed to do.

He first chose an irregularly-shaped asteroid about ten kilometers in diameter, and then using Void Devouring.

"Whoa!"

The 10 kilometers quietly disappeared on the spot, and were sent into the floating island. With a thought, the asteroid quickly disintegrated.

Ling Jiu's second target was an asteroid about six kilometers in diameter, and devoured the asteroid with very little effort.

Then was the third, the fourth, the fifth…

Like a hardworking honeybee Ling Jiu tirelessly devouring these asteroids.

Compared to devouring the yellow sands of White Hole 1, devouring these asteroids were much simpler and effecient. In just an hour, Ling Jiu had devoured hundreds of asteroids.

When one was busy, time passed very quickly, and without him realizing it, a year had passed.

This day, Ling Jiu arrived by a giant asteroid.

Unlike other asteroids, this one was very large, exceeding 1000 kilometers in diameter, and so it had a spherical shape.

Such an asteroids can no longer be referred to as one, but instead a dwarf planet.

"I've not rested for a while now, let's rest on this planet then."

Ling Jiu Blinked onto the surface of the dwarf planet, and then released the maglev airship and entering it.

He then heat up the water and took a bath.

Soaking in the hot bathtub, Ling Jiu sipped wine and ate meat jerky as he admiring the floating island.

After a year's worth of expansion, the floating island had expansion to a staggering 1 million square kilometers, 10,000 times the size from a year ago.

However, the Super Arcana Forest was only 100 square kilometers. This was because Ling Jiu had only paid attention to expansion this year and did not plant any Super Arcana Trees.

Therefore, the Super Arcana Forest did not expand much.

Looking at the empty black ground around the woods, Ling Jiu was lost in thought. "Are you going to get some people in to plant trees?"

If Ling Jiu were to devour asteroids and plant trees, it would obviously be inefficient.

It would be far more efficient for him to get a group of people to go in and plant trees.

"That's a good idea!"

"The question is, who?"

After all, the floating island was in his Inner World, once he sent someone into it, that meant these people can only live inside his Inner World for the rest of their lives.

Going out?

That will definitely expose his Inner World!

So, don't even think about it."

"I need to go through this properly."

Ling Jiu thought to himself, and at this moment, the chandelier above his head flickered before gradually dimming, and then… it went straight out.

"What's going on?"

Ling Jiu was taken aback for a moment, and he flew out of the bathtub. After drying the water on his body, he put on a pair of pants and went to the living room.

The lights in the living room also went out.

The entire airship was completely pitch black, as if the power had went out.

Ling Jiu was puzzled. Although this maglev airship was unlike his stellar airship, its endurance was still superb.

What was more puzzling was that the material on its surface can absorb solar energy and store it. Plus he had rarely used this airship so its energy supply would always be sufficient.

Why would there be a sudden power failure?

Ling Jiu went out of the airship to investigate the source of the airship's power failure, and when he saw the bottom of the airship, Ling Jiu found something strange.

There was a patch of sticky green liquid at the bottom of the airship. This layer of green liquid constantly squirmed, as it slowly crawled its way onto the surface of the airship.

"What's that thing?"

Ling Jiu frowned. He found that only the airship surface was attached with this green liquid, while there was… nothing on the surface of this planet.

Here came the question, what were they?

With doubts in his mind, Ling Jiu used the Replication Arcana to probe. If it could move, surely it was some kind of lifeform right?

Since it was a lifeform, its Arcana formation should be detectable.

As expected…

Name: Unknown

Species: Unknown

Arcana: Conversion of All Energy into Life Energy (Awakened, Replicable, Plunderable)

"Huh? What kind of lifeform is this, that is has such power?"

Ling Jiu was surprised, but he had to admit that this Arcana looked really good.

If he got this Arcana, wouldn't the life energy inside his body be inexhaustible?

"Replicate!"

Ling Jiu chose to replicate without hesitation.

Replication successful. Assimilate?

"Assimilate!"

Wooosh!!

Ten minutes later, Ling Jiu successfully assimilated this Arcana, and then Ling Jiu took out a Dark Bio-energy crystal.

When he placed the Dark Bio-energy crystals in his hand, Ling Jiu could clearly feel that his palm began to absorb the energy from the crystal, before converting them into life energy.

A moment later, a Dark Bio-energy crystal was completely drained.

"What a great ability."

Ling Jiu waved away the airship, and noticed that upon no longer having energy to drain, the green liquid patch all sank back into the ground and disappeared.

Clearly, they had come from this dwarf planet.

"The universe is so large that they really have all manner of surprises, huh."

Ling Jiu could not help but be amazed. "There is still life on a planet that's not only without atmosphere but directly exposed to the vacuum, and such a strange one at that!"

This was a very powerful lifeform, and if they were to go to Earth, god knows what would they do.

"Let's get busy."

Ling Jiu rose into the air and was preparing to devour this asteroid. At this moment, Ling Jiu felt something in his heart.

"Did it worked?"

Ling Jiu was delighted, and his mind instantly sank into his Inner World.

Up to now, Ling Jiu had two Inner Worlds in his body.

One was the Inner World replicated from the Flame Astral Behemoth, and one was from replicating the Void Behemoth's.

The former was a world of flames.

The latter was a world of life.

At this moment, the Flame Astral Behemoth's Inner World.

The entire world was still a sea of fire, with raging flames everywhere.

And the corpse of the galactic lifeform at the center of the flames had only a skeleton left. The flesh and blood on its body had almost been burned away, leaving only bare bones.

Of course, this skeleton was not the main point.

The point was that there was an oval flaming egg suspended above the flames.

At this moment, the giant egg was like a beating heart, as it beated violently, and the frequency of the beating was very rapid, like a drum roll.

Suddenly–

The egg's beating seemed to have reached its limit, and following a cracking sound, a series of cracks appeared on the surface of the egg.

Immediately after, a bronze arm popped out from the eggshell.

The egg shell completely shattered as a young man with bronze-colored body and rock-hard muscles walked out of the shell.

He looked exactly the same as Ling Jiu, but his entire person exuded a wild, rebellious, and brutal temperament.

He was near two meters tall, tall and slender, as if his body was forged from tempered steel, contains infinite amounts of power.

The Golden Saiyan Ape clone… was done!

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Chapter 279: Ultimate Warrior, Tailor-Made

"This is the newly born Golden Saiyan Ape clone?"

Ling Jiu swallowed his saliva. He felt unparalleled pressure coming from this clone. It was not the pressure from the soul, but instead…

A pressure brought forth by his life aura.

"His body is just too strong!"

"Even if I were to replicate the Flame Astral Behemoth, the physical attribute index is only five to six hundred thousand times, and I will not be his match."

"So this is an ultimate warrior."

"This is the ultimate Golden Saiyan Ape with a physical attribute index starting at 1 million tomes."

The next moment, with a thought, his soul separated from his body and entered the Golden Saiyan Ape clone.

The Golden Saiyan Ape clone slowly opened his eyes as an extremely fierce, domineering, tyrannical, and cruel gaze was unleashed from his eyes.

"What terrifying power!"

Ling Jiu clenched his fists and felt the almost infinite power inside the body. He could not help but be silently stunned.

How strong is the Saiyan Golden Ape clone?

Ling Jiu could not tell because just from that clenched fist alone, he could sense an endless surge of power. It was rushing out of both his arms as if it was inexhaustible.

"As expected of an ultimate warrior."

Because this clone was created by Ling Jiu, the body and soul fitted perfectly, and it was not difficult to manipulate it.

"Let's try the power of this body out."

Ling Jiu appeared in the world outside, and then looked at dense belt of asteroids around, and darted forward.

The next second, Ling Jiu appeared before an asteroid over 100 kilometers in diameter.

He pulled his right arm back, as his waist twisted. His right fist then shot out like a cannonball as he smashed at the asteroid.

"Boom—"

The moment his right fist connected with the asteroid, an unparalleled, terrifying force surged out from his right fist, and blasted upon the surface of the asteroid.

The asteroid trembled violently, and then went still. Ling Jiu was stunned as he could not help but to look at his fist and wondered. "I didn't smash it apart?"

According to his estimation, with the terrifying power contained in this clone, it should have been easy to destroy this asteroid.

How can be no movement at all?

"Did I overestimate myself?"

Just as Ling Jiu was confused, there was a loud roar from the other side of the asteroid. Ling Jiu blinked over to the other side of the asteroid and saw a one-meter hole on the surface of the asteroid.

Ling Jiu turned from worry to joy as he laughed. "It turned out that I did not overestimate myself, but rather, I underestimated the power of this clone."

Why was Ling Jiu so happy?

There was a reason for this.

What was more difficult to accomplish? Smashing the asteroid in one single punch, or to punch right through it? It was of course the latter.

The latter meant the speed of the one punching had reached an extreme level, and his strength was condensed to the max.

With such a punch, the power did not scatter about, but was instead concentrated, and the end result was a direct punch straight through the asteroid, opening up another hole on the other end.

This was the same situation when a bullet hits a watermelon and a hammer smashing down on a watermelon.

"Again!"

This time, Ling Jiu reduced his power output.

Sure enough, with a bang, the asteroid was split open as if hit by a heavy hammer.

"Hahahaha, cool!"

"Again!"

Ling Jiu looked up to the sky and smiled, as he darted across the asteroid belt and started smashing wantonly.

The nearby asteroids were all down on their luck as they were smashed apart by Ling Jiu's violent blows before sputtered in all directions.

For a moment, the entire place was in total mayhem.

After rampaging for a good hour, Ling Jiu finally stopped.

Even so, he still did not know how strong this clone was, and where its power limit was.

Because be it an asteriod 100 kilometers in diameter or a dwarf in 1,000 kilometers in diameter, neither could withstand his strike.

Clearly, this asteroid belt cannot ascertain the strength of this clone.

"It seems like I need to get Leoux to do a thorough test."

With a thought, Ling Jiu contacted Leoux.

"What's wrong, Ling Jiu?"

"Leoux, my Golden Saiyan Ape clone has been successfully birthed, I want to test out its physical attribute index."

"It was successful? I'll come over right now."

Leoux's speed was very fast, and it took only five minutes before the Leoux appeared at the asteroid belt and took Ling Jiu in.

"Heh! It really does look like the ultimate Golden Saiyan Ape warrior in my mind."

Leoux stared at Ling Jiu and was amazed, and at the same time scanned Ling Jiu's body with gravitational waves, and the results soon came out.

"How is it, Leoux?"

Ling Jiu asked eagerly.

"Very powerful, very powerful, but its as I expected."

Leoux was effusive. "This body of your clone is a Galactic Class 1, and the current physical attribute index is 2 million times."

"Galactic Class 1…

"Two million times…"

Although he was already mentally prepared, Ling Jiu was still shocked.

A Galactic Class 1… It was an existence that truly surpasses stellar lifeforms.

The 2 million times physical attribute index was even more terrifying.

One should know that it was just a newly born body. It had not undergone systematic tempering and enhancement and it was already so strong.

How strong would it be after systemic training?

"The physical attribute index of normal lifeforms is fixed, and it is as much as it should be. No matter how you train, the physical attribute index will always be constant and will never change, but the ultimate Golden Saiyan Ape warrior is different."

Leoux laughed and said, "The physical attribute index of the ultimate Golden Saiyan Ape can be increased as their physical strength increase."

"This means that as long as you keep getting stronger, your physical attribute index will keep on getting stronger, and… there's no upper limit."

"That's too broken!"

Ling Jiu gasped.

The combat power of others = Physical strength x physical attribute index (constant, fixed value).

While the combat power of an ultimate Golden Saiyan Ape was – physical strength x physical attribute index (variable, 1 million, not fixed).

Just from this alone, one could tell how strong an ultimate Golden Saiyan Ape warrior was.

"So, train hard then."

Leoux encouraged. "With this clone, that means you truly have the qualifications to become the universe's strongest powerhouse. As for where you will end up, that depends on your personal efforts. After all, no matter how talented you are, it is pointless without hard work."

"Of course!"

Ling Jiu nodded slightly. "Give me another gravity bracelet. I need to use gravity to train at all time, to increase my strength as much as I can."

Leoux nodded repeatedly. "The Golden Saiyan Ape's strength is always their flesh, and they are the most suited to train using gravity."

"Of course, the Golden Saiyan Ape has an endless need for life energy, so you better give this clone the Flame Astral Behemoth's Inner World and the Devourer Arcana."

Ling Jiu nodded.

The clone was a clone.

And his real body was still his real body.

Although the two shared a soul, Ling Jiu discovered that the Golden Saiyan Ape clone did not have the arcanas his real body have.

So, clearly the clone could not use the Arcanas owned by the real body.

Although this was a little regretful, but it did not matter. Ling Jiu had the Bestowment Arcana, and could bestow his many Arcanas to the clone at any time.

"I will give the Flame Astral Behemoth's Inner World and the Devourer Arcana to my clone, but I had recently replicated a new Arcana, and I think it will work very well with the clone." Ling Jiu smiled mysteriously.

"What Arcana?"

Leoux wondered.

"An Arcana that could transform any form of energy into life energies." Ling Jiu said slowly.

Leoux could not help but to burst into expletives as soon as it heard that. "Bloody hell, that ability is broken, as if it was tailor-made for the Golden Saiyan Apes!"

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Chapter 280: Superman Gardener, Deposing the Queen

Each lifeform had its own specialties, and especially for terrifying beings referred to as the pinnacle of cosmic bloodlines, like the Golden Saiyan Apes, the Flame Astral Behemoth, or the Void Behemoth, their specialties allowed them to run rampant and stand above the entire universe.

The strongest point of the Golden Saiyan Ape was their flesh.

Their physical potential was infinite and could get stronger indefinitely until they reach the end of their lives and die.

However, everyone knew that physical enhancement required extremely vast amounts of nutrients.

Just like the Saiyans in Dragon Ball, while their combat power was tyrannical, but they also needed to consume a lot of food, so almost every Saiyan is a glutton.

The Saiyans ingests the nutrients from food and transformed them into life energy inside their bodies, and the Golden Saiyan Apes were the same.

Golden Saiyan Apes could ingest nutrients from food, treasures of heaven and earth, treasures of the universe, and Dark Bio-energy before finally transforming them into life energy.

In short, what the Golden Saiyan Apes needed the most is life energy.

So, the Arcana Ling Jiu had just obtained was simply tailor-made for the Golden Saiyan Apes.

With this Arcana, not only could the Golden Saiyan Apes could convert Dark Bio-energy, but it could also convert solar, chemical, nuclear, electrical energies… and the like into the life energy it needed to enhance its body.

With this Arcana, the rate where the Golden Saiyan Ape would get stronger would greatly increase, far surpassing ordinary ultimate Golden Saiyan Ape warriors.

Ling Jiu did not hesitate and decisively gave the Golden Saiyan Ape clone that Arcana, and then sent the clone into his floating island.

The Dark Bio-energy on the floating island was very rich, with white mist everywhere, which were the Dar Bio-energy after atomization.

The moment the Golden Saiyan Ape clone entered the floating island, the surrounding white mist seemed to be drawn and gathered over automatically.

The moment they came into contact with the Golden Saiyan Ape clone, they were transformed his body into pure life energy.

The life energy inside the Golden Saiyan Ape clone was soaring, but the appetite of this body surpassed Ling Jiu's expectations as it took a whole hour before it stopped converting the Dark Bio-energy around it.

"The next thing to do is to consume them. "

Ling Jiu put the gravity bracelets on both the clones' hand, and then increased the gravity to 1000 times the gravity, yet the body still felt super relaxed.

No choice, 1500 times then!

Still relaxed.

Ling Jiu had to increase it to 2000 times, and only then did the clone felt a little strenuous.

Ling Jiu then saw the clone started to convert the Dark Bio-energy around it again.

Clearly, in order to resist such powerful gravity, the life energy in the body was being consumed continuously.

This was a good thing, as the body would only be enhanced as the life energy gets consumed.

"Train hard then!"

Ling Jiu exited the floating island.

"Leoux, during the year in this asteroid belt, my floating island had expanded rapidly, but the planting of the Super Arcana Tree cannot keep up."

Ling Jiu told Leoux about his earlier troubles. "I want to raise a group of people in captivity, responsible for planting the Super Arcana Trees. What do you think?"

"This is naturally possible!"

Leoux smiled and said. "The planting of the Super Arcana Trees is very troublesome, especially when the floating island gets larger and larger, planting would be even more troublesome."

"So, if you have a group of people responsible for planting trees just like Mars, it will undoubtedly reduce your burden."

Ling Jiu nodded repeatedly. "Do you have any suitable candidates in mind?"

"I do think the Kryptonians are quite fetching."

Leoux smirked. "They have the ability to fly and the weakest of them were also a stellar lifeform. As long as he could capture a group of Kryptonians, and then enslave and brainwash them, turning them into gardeners sounds like a good choice."

"Kryptonians as gardeners?"

Ling Jiu licked his lips and said. "They will do well as gardeners, but catching them would be mind-wrecking."

"You're afraid?" Leoux said.

"Afraid? What nonsense!"

Ling Jiu snorted. "Let's do this!"

"Let's go then."

Leoux guffawed.

Ling Jiu was a decisive person, and he would act as soon as he decided on something. He got onto the Leoux and returned to Whitehole 3 before going to Ganymede through the wormhole.

Finally, he arrived at Europa, and through mind sensing, found the Merpeople Queen.

Like all of the sea creatures living in Europa's underground ocean, the Merpeople also lived on the floating mountains.

But unlike the sea creatures, the floating mountains where the Merpeople lived were very clustered, and the distance of each mountains was very close to one another.

One of floating mountain was a village.

Several formed a town.

Dozens of suspended mountains formed a city.

The royal city the Merpeople Queen was at was made out of hundreds of floating mountains, both large and small.

And these floating mountains surrounded around a small floating island in the middle, like the stars around the moon.

This floating mountain was very special, and the luminous plants of the mountain were blue, painting this mountain azure.

At the top of the mountain stood a castle, and this was the Merpeople's royal city.

However, when Ling Jiu teleported over to the royal city, the Merpeople Queen was in a bad situation.

He saw the Merpeople Queen was surrounded by dozens of Merpeople of all shapes and sizes in the palace hall of the royal city, and the atmosphere seemed to be rather tense.

"What's going on?"

Ling Jiu raised his eyebrows, but did not rush to show himself, but instead watched quietly.

"Your Majesty, as the Queen of the Merpeople, how great is your position? How can you submit to an outsider, and recognize him as your master?"

A powerful Merpeople with shark tail, but a human torso and shark fins on his back said coldly. "This is the greatest dishonour in the history of the Merpeople, as an Elder of the Council of Elders, please give me a satisfactory answer."

"Elder Tiger Shark…"

The Merpeople Queen was about to explain, and at this moment, a bald old man with octopus tentacles and a thin body trembled and said.

"For a hundred thousand years, the Merpeople have never encountered such a dishonorable incident before. Even when we were driven out from our homeworld by the outlander demons 150 years ago, we had never submitted."

The octopus elder pointed at the Merpeople Queen as he trembled slightly and was out of breath, seemingly he would keel over at any moment.

"But what about you, Your Majesty? When you went out for that expedition, you had placed the Merpeople in such a predicament for an outsider?"

"Your Majesty, the Council of Elders had spoken, and now we give you two choices."

"First, return to Earth immediately, and kill that human, and redeem yourself; second, abdicate the throne yourself, and allow the the Council of Elders to choose your successor."

A crabman said coldly. "Your Majesty, you should know that the Council of Elders have the right to remove you from power. This is the highest authority given to us by the laws of the Merpeople."

"Your Majesty…"

"Your Majesty…"

The other elders of the Council of Elders all spoke, they were either reprimanding, mourning, or admonishing… as they pointed all of their fingers at the Merpeople Queen.

The Merpeople Queen's delicate body trembled, but she was helpless.

In terms of strength, the elders from the Council of Elders were no weaker than her; in terms of seniority, these elders were all Merpeople that had survived the trials of time, and in terms of righteousness of their cause, the elders were not wrong.

"Elders."

The Merpeople Queen said. "I am master's servant, and this will never change. But I know I cannot continue to become Queen, so…"

"So on and so forth!"

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