Chapter 236

On the vast land, three red moons hung, and a fiery red hazy light shrouded the earth.

This was the Tier-2 Star Realm, 'Lieyu Star Realm'.

The Star Realm had a maximum diameter of over 30,000 kilometers and had established a 'breeding zone' for the Seven-Star civilization.

The core area of the breeding zone had a diameter of over 2,000 kilometers, while the alert zone was the outer 3,000 kilometers.

At this moment, nearly a thousand meters deep underground in the alert zone, a high-speed train was speeding forward.

A carriage inside the train.

It was Wuma Nong, as well as Li Yuan, Alicia, and the other seven first-rank martial arts geniuses.

"I'll keep it short."

"Of the first batch of 500 level-19 martial artists who entered the world-within-a-world to provide support, more than 200 have already died," Wuma Nong said indifferently.

"What?"

"So many died?"

"More than forty percent have died." The faces of Li Yuan, Alicia, and the others changed.

They knew that the first batch of conscripted martial artists had already charged in, but this death rate was truly too shocking.

"Now a second batch of 1,500 people is being arranged to enter," Wuma Nong continued: "The goal of these two thousand people in front is actually just one: to attract firepower for you and buy time for your breakthrough."

"After they enter one after another, they will charge into various parts of the world-within-a-world in small teams along the preset channels... according to the intelligence we have, although the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom's team is strong, they don't seem to have realized the importance of the world-within-a-world, and their numbers are limited, less than two hundred people, among whom there seem to be only a few dozen Source Martial Artists."

"With thousands of level-19 martial artists killing their way out, they won't be able to finish them off in a short time."

"Once the first 2,000 people enter, it will be your turn to enter," Wuma Nong said slowly.

Li Yuan, Alicia, Si Feng, and the others all felt their hearts tighten; they had already felt the cruelty.

The two thousand people in front were only there to attract firepower for them?

"For you seven, the first priority after entering is to break through and become Source Martial Artists," Wuma Nong said, and then he waved his hand.

Swish! Swish! Swish! A full seven silver boxes flew down in front of Li Yuan, Alicia, and the others at the same time.

"In these silver boxes is a 'Hundred-Star Fruit', which is the best among Tier-3 treasures, each worth more than 10 billion Blue Star coins, specifically prepared by the Alliance for you," Wuma Nong said indifferently: "The one with the worst physical fitness among you is level 19.7; after taking it, you will quickly reach the level 19.9 limit."

"Li Yuan, Alicia, you are both level 19.9; after taking it, your physical fitness should also be able to reach the level 20 threshold, enough to open the sea of Source Force," Wuma Nong said.

Instantly, the seven geniuses understood the Alliance's arrangements and plans.

Wan Shengyan Fruit? There was only one.

But for the seven of them, who were already on the verge of breaking through to become Source Martial Artists and were fifth-stage geniuses.

The Seven-Star Alliance could still ensure that they would 100% cross the threshold of becoming Source Martial Artists in a very short time.

Everyone put away their Hundred-Star Fruits one after another.

"This Hundred-Star Fruit is not of much use to me," Li Yuan thought to himself, and he also waved his hand to put it away.

The train was moving forward.

"I won't repeat the intelligence about the world-within-a-world; you can check it yourselves. I will only emphasize one point: the use of technological weapons is not allowed in the world-within-a-world; this is a taboo discovered by the Lieyan family."

"Anyone who uses technological weapons will surely die," Wuma Nong said solemnly: "The only thing you can use is the communicator; this is specially made and allows you to contact us directly."

"However, if you enter the 'Divine Palace interior' of the ruins world, the connection will also be cut off."

Li Yuan, Alicia, and the others nodded slightly, which also resolved some of the doubts in their hearts.

Although Source Martial Artists are powerful, according to common sense, they can be killed using some powerful technological weapons.

"There are a total of four tasks, with the importance of the tasks decreasing in order," Wuma Nong continued: "First, cooperate with other Source Martial Artists and first-rank martial artists to search for and kill all Gu Yue Divine Kingdom personnel."

"Second, explore the secrets of the 'Divine Ruins' in the world-within-a-world; the Lieyan family has only explored a part of it."

"Third, rescue the Lieyan family martial arts genius 'Lin Lanyue'; her whereabouts are currently unknown, and she is suspected to be inside the 'Divine Palace'."

"Fourth, survey large Source Crystal mineral veins, search for possible Earth Divine Crystals and Fire Divine Crystals, and mine them."

"Do you all understand?" Wuma Nong said in a low voice.

"Understood." The seven major geniuses all said in unison, and then they all lowered their heads to check the detailed information about the 'world-within-a-world' that had just been transmitted to their smart rings.

Only Li Yuan was the most shocked in his heart.

Large Source Crystal mineral veins? Possible Earth Divine Crystals?

"Opportunity."

"It's not good to keep asking the Dean, the demigod Baishan, and others for Earth Divine Crystals," Li Yuan thought to himself: "I didn't expect that there would actually be Earth Divine Crystals in this world-within-a-world."

This was a situation Li Yuan hadn't known about before.

In another carriage of the train.

There was also a Source Martial Artist who was lecturing dozens of first-rank martial artists.

"Your physical fitness has all reached the first-rank limit, and you are all at the fourth-stage skill level, capable of crossing into Source Martial Artist at any time," the burly Source Martial Artist said in a low voice: "Your first task is to break through immediately after entering."

"Secondly, cooperate with other first-rank martial artists to search for Gu Yue Divine Kingdom personnel and kill them."

"But remember."

"If you encounter Source Martial Artists from the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom, don't act easily; send a message directly to the seven powerhouses numbered 0001-0007, and let them solve it," the burly Source Martial Artist said in a low voice: "Are there any other doubts?"

"How strong are these seven powerhouses exactly? Can you give us a concept?" a martial artist asked.

"Right."

"By logic, they also break through to become Source Martial Artists after entering; how strong can they be?" People in the carriage asked questions one after another.

These first-rank limit martial artists with fourth-stage skills were mostly not from the military; they came from various forces, and their ages varied greatly, so they would naturally not be easily convinced.

"Once the seven major powerhouses complete their breakthrough, any one of the six powerhouses numbered 0002-0007 can kill 100 of you who have just broken through as Source Martial Artists," the burly Source Martial Artist said in a low voice.

"What?"

"One against one hundred?" These first-rank limit martial artists were all shocked.

"What about the strongest one? Number 0001?" someone couldn't help but ask.

Others were also curious.

The six behind were already so strong; how strong must the one ranked first be?

"Number 0001?" The burly Source Martial Artist pondered for a moment: "His strongest strength cannot be revealed to you."

"But according to the superiors."

"Even if you all become Source Martial Artists, him slaughtering people like you doesn't depend on your numbers, only on when his mental and physical strength becomes exhausted..."

In the carriage, there was silence.

After several hours of traveling deep underground in the Lieyu Star Realm.

Li Yuan and the others finally arrived at a large war fortress located at the edge of the alert zone.

Following Wuma Nong, the group of seven walked off the train, with Li Yuan walking in the front.

No one had any objections.

Martial artists always speak with strength.

After the brief confrontation before entering the Star Realm, the strength Li Yuan revealed had already made Si Feng, Xiong Ze, and the others realize that the six of them combined were probably no match for Li Yuan.

Passing through layers of corridors and checkpoints.

Finally.

Li Yuan and the other six followed Wuma Nong to a super-large underground building with open-air corridors surrounding it.

Appearing below their line of sight was a huge passage with a diameter of over 100 meters, resembling an endless abyss; hundreds of meters below the passage, a hazy glow could be seen with the naked eye, making it impossible to peek at the scene deeper inside.

"This is?" Li Yuan, Alicia, and the others all looked down in shock.

This was a scene they had never encountered before.

"This is the only passage we control that leads into the world-within-a-world," Wuma Nong said in a low voice: "Only first-rank lives can enter; second-rank lives will surely die if they enter."

"Go in."

Just as Si Feng, Xiong Ze, Bai Ya, and the others still had a trace of hesitation.

Whoosh!

Alicia had already leaped down from high altitude, falling rapidly until she disappeared into the layers of glow.

"Let's go, no more delays," Li Yuan said in a low voice, and he also leaped down.

Seeing this, Si Feng, Xiong Ze, Bo Xue, and the others no longer hesitated and followed one after another, jumping into the passage.

Wuma Nong looked down at the huge passage below, pondering in silence.

After a while.

He suddenly spoke: "Prepare to arrange for the first batch of 50 reserve Source Martial Artists to enter the world-within-a-world."

"Yes!" The Source Martial Artist officer on the side said in a low voice: "I will arrange for them to enter immediately."

Just one minute later.

Whoosh!

Above the huge circular corridor, a golden light suddenly flashed and disappeared, followed by the golden light condensing into a golden-robed figure; his face was handsome, and he walked step by step to Wuma Nong's side.

If Li Yuan were here, he would definitely recognize the identity of this golden-robed figure—Yu Jinghe!!

"They've all gone down?" Yu Jinghe's voice was low.

"They've all gone in," Wuma Nong said indifferently: "This operation seems to depend on your little fellow townsman; he possesses Sky-Flying level mental strength at the first rank, and I don't know how he cultivated it."

"Li Yuan?" Yu Jinghe nodded slightly: "Senior Baishan mentioned him to me; he indeed has huge potential."

"Hmm."

Wuma Nong changed the subject: "When will Tavares and Abbott arrive?"

"They have already entered the Lieyu Star Realm and are expected to arrive within six hours," Yu Jinghe said softly: "Why, are you worried that the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom will really kill their way to this base of ours?"

"Among the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom, there are probably very few powerhouses who have just entered the second rank and can rival Li Yuan," Wuma Nong said indifferently: "Once their operation in the world-within-a-world is unfavorable."

"Maybe they will find a way to start from the source and attack this war fortress of ours directly."

This war fortress was built by the Lieyan family.

The purpose was to guard the passage in and out of the 'world-within-a-world', and they even spared no effort to build an 'underground passage' connecting to the core of the breeding zone.

However, the Tier-2 Star Realm only allows second-rank lives to enter and exit.

Therefore, for this operation, the Seven-Star Alliance not only mobilized top-tier geniuses among the first-rank lives like Li Yuan and Alicia.

They also mobilized four top-tier Source Martial Artists who had reached the sixth-stage skill level to jointly guard this war fortress.

"What are you afraid of?"

Yu Jinghe was quite indifferent: "At worst, we'll just break through to the Sky-Flying Realm in the Lieyu Star Realm."

"Besides, doesn't the Lieyan family still have two Sky-Flying martial artists? Counting them, we have six Sky-Flying combat powers; it won't be easy for the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom to chew us up," Yu Jinghe laughed.

"Those two pieces of trash?" Wuma Nong shook his head: "The two of them combined would be defeated by either of us alone; they can't be counted on."

Yu Jinghe was speechless.

The Lieyan family had two Sky-Flying martial artists who chose to reside permanently in the Lieyu Star Realm... unfortunately, their strength was among the most ordinary of Sky-Flying martial artists.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been left here.

"Let's see step by step," Yu Jinghe laughed: "Let's first see if Li Yuan and the others can recapture the world-within-a-world."

Whoosh~

He fell from a high place and crashed into that huge, glowing passage.

As soon as he touched the hazy glow, Li Yuan felt an invisible fluctuation shroud him, followed by a slight vibration in his brain.

Clatter~

Invisible power surged, pressing down so hard that Li Yuan couldn't even open his eyes; he felt as if he were a small fish washed into a terrifying dark current, and he could only go with the flow.

After a full tens of seconds.

Whoosh! Li Yuan felt his feet touch nothing, the surroundings became easier, and he immediately adjusted his body's strength.

He landed steadily on the ground.

"This is?" Li Yuan didn't feel any discomfort.

A glance revealed that he was in a tall corridor, and he didn't know if he was inside a building or a cave.

The corridor was dozens of meters high and dozens of meters wide, with four walls all cast from metal, and the passage wound and extended further away, with faint light...

Behind Li Yuan was a passage with a diameter of over ten meters, shrouded in a hazy glow.

It was the entrance he had come in through.

"Which passage is this? Why is there no one here?" Li Yuan frowned slightly: "Am I the only one?"

According to the intelligence provided by the Lieyan family, the entrance from the Star Realm into the world-within-a-world was unique.

But there were hundreds of passage exits in the world-within-a-world, spread all over the place, and one would randomly land at any one of these exits.

"Go."

Li Yuan's heart stirred, and his Source Force battle suit covered his whole body.

At the same time, he flipped his palm, and a long spear, entirely black and about two and a half meters long, appeared in his hand.

Inside his body, a silver thin sheet as thin as a cicada's wing had flowed to his mouth.

In this way.

Once he encountered fatal danger, he could take out the 'Source Purple Longevity Pill' and feed it into his mouth at the first opportunity.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan had just turned two corners along the passage when his pupils suddenly shrank, because not far away in the corridor, several corpses had already appeared... judging by their clothing and decorations, they were all first-rank martial artists from the Seven-Star Alliance.

Looking at the wounds, they were clearly all slashed across the neck by sharp blades.

Killed in one blow!

"Is there a powerhouse from the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom guarding this passage?" Li Yuan's vigilance rose sharply.

Why send thousands of first-rank martial artists to charge in first? It was to attract firepower.

To create opportunities for those who came later.

Otherwise, if these top-tier geniuses had just charged in and hadn't had time to break through to become Source Martial Artists before bumping into a powerhouse from the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom, that would be trouble.

Boom~ The air vibrated slightly.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan's figure suddenly erupted, darting out dozens of meters, while the long spear in his hand flipped to block.

"Clang!" "Clang!" With the sound of lightning-fast weapon collisions, Li Yuan easily blocked two fatal killing moves.

Only then.

Did Li Yuan's naked eye see clearly.

In the shadows where he had just been standing, two figures slowly revealed themselves; they were both very thin and weak, and both were wearing Source Force battle suits.

"Life level shows 19.9, yet you can block our brothers' fatal killing moves with combat instinct alone," one of the thin figures said in a hoarse voice, speaking in the Seven-Star common language: "It seems you must be a top-tier genius sent by the Seven-Star Alliance."

"Unfortunately, you are unlucky; you ran into us as soon as you came in," the other thin figure said in a low voice.

The Seven-Star common language was the Xia Nation language.

"Combat instinct?" Li Yuan's eyes were indifferent.

As soon as the other party approached just now, he had released his powerful mental strength and sensed that something was wrong.

"【Target organism, life level 20.2, killing can acquire spiritual nourishment】"

"【Target organism, life level 20.1, killing can acquire spiritual nourishment】." Li Yuan's heart stirred, and he had already used his Divine Palace to investigate.

Strength and identity confirmed simultaneously.

"Alien?" Li Yuan's eyes were cold: "Must be killed!"

Boom! Before the words fell, Li Yuan held his spear and had already erupted and charged out.

"Kill!"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Two black figures also moved in an instant, their bodies seeming to burn with a layer of fiery light.

Source Force eruption!

These two major Source Martial Artists, holding sharp swords, charged straight at Li Yuan like a dream from the left and right.

Both sides approached like lightning.

Just as they were about to collide.

"Die!" Li Yuan's eyes narrowed, and he directly used the mental secret technique "God-Shaking".

Boom~ A fierce mental shock had already surged toward the two Source Martial Artists of the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom like a tide.

"What?"

"Not good! Be careful!"

The terrifying mental shock caused their mental consciousness to vibrate violently, and they completely lost their senses.

"Poof!"

"Pfft!"

Two terrifying spear lights flashing with starlight streaked across the sky, piercing straight into the bodies of these two black figures.

"Boom!" The terrifying penetrating power instantly permeated every corner of their bodies through their battle suits.

The penetrating power was too terrifying.

"Not good, it's a mental shock." One of the black figures' consciousness had just recovered, and he hadn't even had time to call for help.

In the instant they crossed in mid-air.

Pfft~ Their bodies had already been torn apart by the Black Star Spear like lightning.

Gu Yue Divine Kingdom, two level-20 Source Martial Artists, dead!

Clatter~ Large chunks of severed limbs fell to the ground, and blood splashed onto the ground.

Clang~ Clang~

Their weapons also fell to the ground.

"【You killed a second-rank organism, acquired spiritual nourishment, spiritual awakening degree reached 38.1%】"

"【You... spiritual awakening degree reached 38.3%】" Two Divine Palace prompts flashed by.

Clearly, killing a second-rank life acquired much more spiritual nourishment than killing a first-rank life.

If killing a first-rank life, even level 18 or 19, Li Yuan mostly had to kill dozens of them to improve his spiritual awakening degree by 0.1%.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan also landed on the ground.

The spear tip hung down to the ground, and the blood stained on the spear shaft flowed down the spear groove onto the ground, becoming as smooth as new.

A Tier-2 upper-grade Source Force weapon would basically not be damaged in this level of confrontation.

This long spear was actually not the one Li Yuan had used before, but a newly purchased one.

However, Li Yuan habitually called it the 'Black Star Spear'.

"Two level-20 Source Martial Artists, and you dare to clamor for me to die?" Li Yuan frowned slightly.

Li Yuan's divine sense shrouded the two corpses, and he quickly collected the two damaged Source Force battle suits, weapons, etc.

Li Yuan estimated that these things together were worth over 100 million Blue Star coins.

At the same time, Li Yuan found technological items such as communicators on them and crushed them all.

"Killing them instantly, they shouldn't have sent a message back," Li Yuan thought to himself: "However, I still can't be careless."

Whoosh!

Li Yuan turned into a stream of light and quickly left this corridor.

From beginning to end.

Li Yuan hadn't taken these two Source Martial Artists from the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom, who had just entered the second rank, seriously.

In terms of physical fitness, Li Yuan had already reached level 19.9.

In the state of Heaven-Man Unity, the power and speed Li Yuan erupted with were even closer to a level-22 Source Martial Artist.

Coupled with terrifying skills, especially after using 'true-intent killing moves', Li Yuan had a certain degree of confidence in killing a level-23 Source Martial Artist quickly in a frontal fight.

Therefore, with just one spear strike, Li Yuan tore through the Source Force battle suit's defense and killed the two Source Martial Artists.

The defensive power of a second-rank Source Force battle suit is strong, but it also depends on who is using it.

Its defensive power largely depends on the user's 'Source Force strength'.

If it were a level-23 or level-24 Source Martial Artist, relying on powerful Source Force defense, even if they stood still, Li Yuan would find it hard to kill them with one spear strike.

The most critical thing was Li Yuan's mental secret technique.

It could be called a trump card for a sure kill.

If there were no Source Force battle suit protection, even a level-24 powerhouse could potentially be killed by Li Yuan in one move.

The current Li Yuan, after transformation after transformation, had indeed become very powerful.

He could be called the strongest first-rank life in the entire Seven-Star Alliance.

Even among many alien civilizations, there were very few who could rival him among first-rank lives... this was also the reason why the Seven-Star Alliance high-level officials attached great importance to him and placed high hopes on him.

Because the current Li Yuan was indeed very powerful.

"No rush."

"First leave the passage, find a secret place to break through and become a Source Martial Artist, and then take the Wan Shengyan Fruit," Li Yuan's plan in his heart was very clear: "By then, I will be a level-22 Source Martial Artist... my basic strength will be twice as strong as it is now."

"And Source Force entering the body, that's coming soon too."

Li Yuan believed that with the successive effects of the Wan Shengyan Fruit and Source Force entering the body, his physical fitness would transform one after another in a very short time, and he had every hope of soaring to level 23 or even higher... by then, these second-rank lives from the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom.

Could they block him?

"According to the Lieyan family, Lanyue should have already entered the 'Ruins Divine Palace'."

"She should be safe for now."

"It's useless for me to rush to find her now; only by raising my strength to the strongest will I have the confidence to deal with all dangers," Li Yuan thought to himself and quickly disappeared at the end of the winding corridor.

Lieyu Star Realm, inside the war fortress, at the entrance passage.

"They've all successfully gone in."

Wuma Nong suddenly said in a low voice: "The other six were all very lucky and didn't encounter enemies; only Li Yuan encountered two Source Martial Artists from the Gu Yue Divine Palace."

According to orders, Li Yuan, Alicia, and the others had to report through their communicators immediately if they encountered any situation.

Only in this way.

Could the commanders outside direct and adjust.

"Two Source Martial Artists?" Yu Jinghe on the side was slightly surprised: "How is the situation? Is Li Yuan okay?"

"They have both been killed by Li Yuan."

World-within-a-world, there was a fiery red sun in the high sky, with its light shrouding the earth.

About 200 kilometers away from Li Yuan, there stood a vast complex of palaces with undulating hills, emitting an ancient aura.

The outer walls of the entire palace complex were fiery red, and the deeper one looked, the more it seemed to be shrouded in a layer of fog.

Making it impossible for anyone to peek at the scene deep inside the palace complex.

At this moment, five figures emitting powerful auras were gathered outside the palace complex, but they dared not enter rashly.

The leader was a burly figure, nearly three meters tall, with fiery red hair; he exuded a domineering aura and was staring at the palace complex in the distance, frowning slightly: "We successively dispatched twelve first-rank martial artists and six Source Martial Artists to enter, yet they all lost contact, and not a single message was sent back."

"What kind of danger is inside here?" The thin, tall figure in purple robes on the side also frowned: "Marquis Mintian dispatched us here, suspecting that this is a Divine Ruin, but he couldn't provide any other intelligence."

"How are we supposed to verify this?"

"Are we supposed to charge in regardless of life or death?" The thin, tall figure in purple robes shook his head, quite irritable.

The other three figures looked at each other and said nothing.

Although the five of them were all elites selected by Marquis Mintian, their strength and status were also different.

Suddenly.

"Timur, Lei Wu." Another short, fat figure in black suddenly said in a low voice: "The situation is not good; No. 10 and No. 12 are dead."

"What?"

"Two Source Martial Artists are dead?" The other four couldn't help but look over, somewhat surprised.

For this operation, those numbered 1-35 were all Source Martial Artists.

"Who killed them? Was there any intelligence sent back?" The domineering red-haired man who was the leader said in a low voice.

"No."

"According to the location, they died at the No. 38 passage we marked," the short, fat figure in black said in a low voice: "Most likely, they were killed instantly by a powerhouse from the Seven-Star civilization."

Immediately, the others became quiet.

Killed instantly at the entrance of the passage?

Those who had just come in from the passage must be first-rank lives from the Seven-Star civilization, and they definitely wouldn't have had time to break through to become second-rank.

But two Source Martial Artists who were good at sneaking were killed instantly when facing a first-rank life? And didn't even have time to send back a distress message?

"Trouble has come."

"The Seven-Star civilization dispatched so many ordinary first-rankers before just to confuse our vision; the ones coming now must be the top-tier geniuses of their civilization," the domineering red-haired man stood up, his eyes flashing with light.

(End of chapter)