Chapter 247: Mintian Hou's Fury! The Current Li Yuan (Bonus 37)

Inside the super-large conference room, there was silence.

Dozens of people stood there respectfully, all with their heads lowered, silent as cicadas in winter, listening to the roaring sound of the tall figure at the end of the conference room, not daring to make any sound.

At the end of the conference room.

Sat a burly figure wearing purple armor. He was like a god of war; even sitting down, his height was close to two meters, especially those eyes, which were blood-red, making people tremble.

However, the most special thing was the dark red horn on top of his head. The sharp horn seemed to pierce the sky, making the aura he exuded even more domineering.

This is Mintian Hou.

The ruler of hundreds of millions of subjects in Mintian City, with a single order, hundreds or thousands of heads would fall.

He is also the true top ruling class of the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom, with monstrous power.

The system of the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom is completely different from that of the Seven-Star human civilization.

In the latter, even ordinary people have certain rights... the law stipulates that even a demigod cannot wantonly slaughter ordinary people, and the entire civilization is relatively peaceful.

But the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom is a mixture of many races and is quite chaotic.

Demigods are high and mighty, their power is extremely astonishing, and they truly possess the power of life and death over most of the subjects in their fiefdoms; wanton slaughter is a small matter.

Unless!

You reveal extremely high value—such as some scientific research personnel with astonishing value, or some with astonishing martial arts talent.

For example, 'Mohu'!

"My fiefdom is only so big; is it easy to give birth to a demigod-level genius?" When Mintian Hou first received the news of Mohu's death, he was extremely angry in his heart.

Once assessed as a demigod-level genius, they all have to break away from his control.

Being able to invite Mohu over, he also used half-coercion and half-inducement.

It was all to compete for the treasures of the inner world.

Now that Mohu is dead, although it cannot cause a big impact on him, it will definitely lead to questioning and trouble from other demigod elders of the Divine Kingdom.

"Investigate!"

"According to the information sent back by Mohu, Timur, and Lei Wu before they died, find a way to investigate for me," Mintian Hou's voice was cold. "Find out who that genius of the Seven-Star civilization is."

"If it really doesn't work, contact the Tianliang Civilization and the Cloud Beast Civilization; they have the deepest infiltration into the Seven-Star civilization and will definitely have much detailed intelligence."

"I don't hope that when I summon you next time, you will still answer me with 'I don't know'," Mintian Hou's cold gaze swept over several of the figures.

"Yes." Several heads of the External Supervision Department lowered their heads.

They knew that if they found out clearly next, everything would still have room for recovery... if they couldn't find out clearly, dismissal would be the lightest punishment.

Quickly, several heads of the External Supervision Department left.

"Speak, regarding this inner world, do you have any better methods?" Mintian Hou said coldly.

The crowd with lowered heads looked at each other.

A few seconds later.

"Lord Hou, His Highness Mohu died because his strength was not strong enough. Why don't we invite the 'God-Child-level genius' of the Divine Kingdom..." a man in red robes opened his mouth cautiously.

"Pow~"

Mintian Hou waved his hand, and invisible force swept across the air, fiercely slapping the man in red robes on the face, directly slapping his whole person away, followed by falling fiercely to the ground.

"God-Child-level genius?"

"In the entire Divine Kingdom, how many God-Child-level geniuses are there in total?" Mintian Hou snorted coldly. "And those still at the First Rank... there isn't even one. If I want to invite one, I have to go to other divine kingdoms to invite them?"

"How much price do I have to pay?"

Everyone remained silent.

A demigod-level genius only represents having demigod potential. The entire Gu Yue Divine Kingdom often gives birth to several every year... the actual total number is not small.

But a God-Child-level genius? That is a top-tier genius who is determined to grow into a demigod as long as they grow up. The entire Gu Yue Divine Kingdom often takes many years to emerge with one.

Then what can be done?

These department heads were all pondering.

Suddenly.

"Lord Hou, judging from the current situation, the Seven-Star civilization should have dispatched a terrifying genius. It is extremely difficult for us to compete directly in the inner world," suddenly a figure in black robes said in a low voice. "But we can completely change direction."

"Speak." Mintian Hou looked at the figure in black robes.

"According to the rules we have explored, Second Rank lifeforms should not be able to stay in the inner world for long," the figure in black robes said. "We don't need to compete for a moment's length; just delay for a period of time and wait for that terrifying genius to leave."

"Stupid!"

Mintian Hou shook his head. "In the past, the one who controlled this Divine Ruin was just a demigod family in the Seven-Star civilization. Their resources were limited, and the genius they dispatched also had limited aptitude... but the one who has taken over now is the ruler of the Seven-Star civilization. The resources they can mobilize are unimaginable to you."

"If given a period of time, they are fully capable of finding out all the exits and guarding them all."

"By then, even if we invite another demigod-level genius... just entering at Level 19, perhaps they will run into groups of Source Martial head-on."

"The most important point."

"The Seven-Star civilization will definitely continue to dispatch top geniuses within the civilization to break into the Divine Palace ruins. Who knows when they will obtain all the treasures," Mintian Hou said coldly. "We must compete; we must not delay time."

Mintian Hou saw it very thoroughly.

However, this group of people under him felt a headache. They couldn't invite a God-Child-level genius, and they still had to compete? Isn't this sending them to their deaths?

"Lord Hou, then let's compete from the outside," another voice rang out. "Instead of competing inside, it's better to directly attack the war fortress of the Seven-Star civilization located in the Lieyu Star Realm from the source."

"Directly occupy their passage."

"By then, we will occupy both passages, and everything will be under control," the speaker was a woman in purple robes. "But this plan is not just a simple genius competition... it is a full-scale war with the entire Seven-Star civilization."

"I'm afraid that relying solely on the power of our fiefdom, it will be very difficult to win," the woman in purple robes said respectfully.

"Full-scale war?" Mintian Hou fell into deep thought instead, and a hint of hesitation flashed in his heart.

Currently, it is only the power under his command that is competing, so once they win, they can get all the benefits.

Once other demigods of the Divine Kingdom are drawn in, or even the high-level officials of the Divine Kingdom take action, the power that can be mobilized is naturally more powerful, but the benefits he can get... will also shrink significantly.

After pondering for a long time.

"Go, summon Jin Heng," Mintian Hou suddenly opened his mouth.

As soon as this sentence was spoken, everyone present immediately understood Mintian Hou's idea—full-scale war.

Because Jin Heng is the most powerful Source Martial under Mintian Hou's command, and his fame is extremely great.

Not long after.

Everyone exited the conference room, leaving only Mintian Hou sitting there alone.

He had just contacted several demigod friends.

"Four demigods mobilize the power under their command, and go all out."

"Gather a group of powerful Source Martial, and even let them directly step into the Flying Heaven level in the Lieyu Star Realm, thereby erupting with the strongest combat power," Mintian Hou tapped the armrest, the crisp sound of his fingertips colliding with the armrest echoing in the conference room, pondering silently. "It should be enough."

"Seven-Star civilization?"

"The dimensional plane contains such a large treasure, and it is located on the node where many dimensions converge. Which civilization does not long to invade it?"

"Dongfang Ji is indeed powerful, but he has been in a long-term confrontation with the Wan Mo Civilization... it is impossible to take out the entire power of the civilization to compete with me," Mintian Hou identified one point.

He knows Dongfang Ji's terror, and he also knows the true foundation of the Seven-Star civilization.

But precisely because he understands, he dares to compete.

"If the full-scale war fails again."

"At worst, I will report it to the clan," a hint of coldness flashed in Mintian Hou's eyes.

He comes from a terrifying great clan in the Xianxu Civilization, with a deep background, which is also the reason why he can run rampant in the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom.

Boom!

Mintian Hou stood up, and on the purple battle armor on his body surface, strands of purple flames faintly bloomed and burned, and the aura he exuded was also terrifying to the extreme.

"Path of Law."

"A ruin left by a fire-type deity, the treasures contained within, perhaps, can allow me to truly take the step of becoming a god," Mintian Hou had endless longing in his eyes.

The treasures left by a fire-type deity are worth him betting everything on.

If he can obtain them, then sacrificing the hundreds of millions of subjects in his fiefdom, he wouldn't even frown.

……

When Mintian Hou of the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom made his choice,

The news regarding this battle between Li Yuan and Mohu had also been passed back to the war base in the Lieyu Star Realm.

"The Gu Yue Divine Kingdom actually dispatched a demigod-level genius?" When Senior Senior Senior Senior Wuma Nong, Yu Jinghe, and Tavares received this news, they were all shocked in their hearts.

The news that followed made them both shocked and happy.

"Won?"

"Demigod-level genius Mohu? Killed directly by Li Yuan, and didn't even manage to escape into the Divine Palace ruins?" Abbott, Senior Senior Senior Senior Wuma Nong, and the others were all somewhat stunned.

The four of them were dispatched here, all capable of fighting across levels with Flying Heaven martial artists, and their vision and status were extremely high. This time, their opponent was the Xianxu Civilization... naturally, they had an understanding of the many systems of the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom.

They understood the significance of a demigod-level genius.

"If it were us at the First Rank, I'm afraid we wouldn't have won."

"Mm, in terms of talent, we might not be weaker than the 'demigod-level genius' dispatched by the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom, but they can mobilize more resources... if we were in his shoes, we wouldn't be as good as Li Yuan," Senior Senior Senior Senior Wuma Nong, Yu Jinghe, and the others were all quite sighing with emotion.

Even Yu Jinghe and Senior Senior Senior Senior Wuma Nong, who had long known Li Yuan's background, admired Li Yuan more and more.

High talent must also be able to be exerted.

How long has Li Yuan been cultivating? He is already able to kill a demigod-level genius of the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom face-to-face.

"The Gu Yue Divine Kingdom chose a demigod-level genius, which was something we didn't expect, indicating that they were determined to win," Yu Jinghe said softly. "Now that they have been defeated again, they will likely not compete with Li Yuan."

"We must be prepared."

Immediately, Senior Senior Senior Senior Wuma Nong, Tavares, Yan Yunhu, and Yan Junling all felt a chill in their hearts; how could they not understand Yu Jinghe's meaning.

The war inside the inner world is likely to come to an end.

With Li Yuan guarding it, in a short period of time, it is almost impossible for the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom to send First Rank martial artists in to compete again.

Then, the probability of a major war breaking out at the war base they are guarding will rise sharply.

"If they dare to come, then let's fight," Tavares said with a smile. "A civilization that gave birth to a deity?"

"It's not like we haven't fought with Second Rank experts of the Wan Mo Civilization, what are we afraid of!"

"Both are Second Rank, who is worse than whom?" Abbott also revealed a hint of bloodthirsty light.

Which of the four geniuses hadn't grown up through a large number of life-and-death battles.

How could they be afraid?

You must know that as the 'top existence' among the Source Martial of the Seven-Star civilization, they are the sharpest blades of the entire civilization fighting in various Tier-Two star realms.

"War, we are not afraid."

"However, it's better to report Li Yuan's performance and the latest situation of the inner world first," Senior Senior Senior Senior Wuma Nong said softly. "See if the Alliance high command can invest more resources in us."

……

The high-level officials of the two major civilizations were disturbed, each with their own countermeasures, but the inner world became quiet instead.

At this moment, Li Yuan is the Dinghai Divine Needle of the inner world.

Causing the demigods of the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom to temporarily extinguish the idea of directly competing for control of the inner world.

Under the continuous towering mountain range.

On the side of the cliff of that dark canyon, eight hours later, all of Li Yuan's transformations finally ended.

He just sat there quietly.

"Four times of Source Force entering the body, finally ended," Li Yuan felt extremely peaceful in his heart.

With a thought, his spiritual consciousness permeated his whole body, sensing every subtle force.

At the same time.

"Swish~" In the Sea of Source Force, surging Source Force surged, instantly stirring up sky-high waves, followed by flowing into each star pulse.

The four star pulses shone together, making Li Yuan's entire aura become exceptionally different. Powerful!

Unprecedentedly powerful!

At this moment, Li Yuan, who simultaneously mobilized countless subtle forces and Source Force throughout his body, only felt that under the eruption of power, he had far surpassed the past.

If he encountered Mohu again?

Li Yuan estimated that he could kill him in just two or three moves; it would absolutely be a one-sided crushing.

"Level 25.9?" Li Yuan's gaze swept across the Divine Palace panel.

——

【Life Layer: Level 25.9 (Second Rank)】

Fist Strength: 413,000 kilograms

Speed: 258 meters/second

Spiritual Sense: Level 32.8

Willpower: Level 33

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Spiritual Awakening Degree: 40% (Current upper limit 45%)

Star Pulse: Level 16 (Cultivation efficiency 10+1.5+1+0.5)

Skill Realm: Spear Technique (Fifth-Stage 43%), Movement Technique (Fifth-Stage 43%)

Star Art: Nine-Layer Star Art "Earth Star Pulse True Explanation" (First Rank Level 7: Level 7)

……

"Body quality improved by 2.2 levels, base fist strength improved by about 130,000 kilograms?" Li Yuan pondered silently.

The effect of Source Force entering the body is much better than the Fourth-Stage treasure 'Wan Shengyan Fruit'.

Spiritual sense also improved by a full 1 level.

If Li Yuan were purely allowed to cultivate contemplation techniques, it would take a long time to improve so much.

Level 32.8 spiritual sense, placed among many Flying Heaven martial artists, Li Yuan estimated that it is already considered quite good.

"Now, if I use spiritual secret techniques again, it would be extremely difficult for Mohu to easily withstand it again," Li Yuan thought to himself. "Even if he doesn't lose his mind, his strength will be exerted by at least 20% less."

"If it were a normal Level 29 Source Martial, they would probably lose their mind," a smile appeared on the corner of Li Yuan's mouth.

Li Yuan was already very satisfied.

It is already very rare for a spiritual secret technique to play such a big role in a head-on battle...

However.

This time, Source Force entering the body, what made Li Yuan most excited and happy was not the breakthrough in body quality and spiritual sense.

But—spiritual awakening degree, star pulses.

"I didn't expect at all before that spiritual sense reaching Level 32 would be the requirement for the spiritual awakening upper limit to reach 45%," Li Yuan's gaze swept over one inconspicuous line among dozens of Divine Palace prompts.

"【Your spiritual sense has reached Level 32, and the spiritual awakening upper limit has improved from 40% to 45%】"

Of course.

The spiritual awakening upper limit improving to 45% doesn't affect anything for the time being. After all, even if Li Yuan continues to accumulate to the upper limit, he cannot have Source Force enter his body.

But its most important point is that it represents that Li Yuan is only one step away from the spiritual awakening upper limit reaching 50%.

"Spiritual sense reaching Level 32 makes the upper limit reach 45%."

"Then what is the requirement for the upper limit to improve to 50%? Level 34? Or Level 35?" Li Yuan pondered silently, making a guess.

According to what Li Yuan knows, just like the life layer reaching Level 35 is the peak of a normal Flying Heaven martial artist.

Spiritual sense Level 35 to Level 36 will also be a hurdle, and it will be extremely difficult to continue breaking through.

"Hope."

"The requirement for 50% spiritual awakening upper limit shouldn't be too high," Li Yuan thought to himself, with a hint of anticipation in his heart.

Because once the spiritual awakening upper limit reaches 50%, the second spiritual guidance will be opened.

The first spiritual guidance allowed Li Yuan to awaken a perfect star pulse.

What about the second one?

"Continue to cultivate earnestly. As long as you persevere, as spiritual sense continues to improve, it will naturally be reached," Li Yuan thought to himself. "Now that I have awakened four star pulses, there are still many isolated Life Stars... it shouldn't be far from awakening the fifth star pulse."

Li Yuan silently sensed the four star pulses in his body, and compared to when he had just awakened the fourth star pulse, there had been huge changes.

These were all the results of his continuous awakening of Life Stars over these few hours.

One perfect star pulse.

One triple-layer star pulse, one double-layer star pulse, and one single-layer star pulse each.

Precisely because of this, Li Yuan's star pulse level reached Level 16 in one fell swoop.

"Triple-layer star pulse, already able to cultivate triple-layer star arts," before Li Yuan entered the star realm, he had already learned quite a few triple-layer star art secret manuals in the Starfire Treasury.

However, Li Yuan did not plan to cultivate them for the time being.

"My perfect star pulse has already chosen to cultivate an auxiliary star art," Li Yuan thought to himself. "Then, the second star art must be one that is extremely good at attacking."

"The second star pulse awakened to triple-layer in a short time. If I continue to cultivate, perhaps I can awaken to five or six layers," Li Yuan pondered.

At the Source Martial stage, the body's endurance is limited. Even if one awakens five or six star pulses, one can usually cultivate at most two star arts, and the limit is to cultivate three star arts.

Then.

The choice of star art is particularly important.

"If I want to surpass Senior Senior Senior Senior Wuma Nong and Yu Jinghe when I am at Level 29, next, I'd better cultivate a powerful star art," Li Yuan revealed a smile.

Triple-layer star art? That would be too weak.

……

After thinking everything through, Li Yuan checked his smart ring, which had a large amount of messages waiting for him to view.

There were messages from Alicia, Si Feng, and the others.

There were also messages from Senior Senior Senior Senior Wuma Nong.

After reading them one by one.

"Everything seems normal. In these eight hours, Alicia and the others killed a batch of fleeing Gu Yue Divine Kingdom members, but didn't encounter any more obstacles, and there were no more experts," Li Yuan thought to himself.

Along with the battle at the Divine Palace ruins not long ago, the entire inner world seemed to have completely calmed down.

"Senior Senior Senior Senior Wuma Nong's meaning."

"Let me start exploring the Divine Palace ruins? Explore the secrets of the ruins to see if I can obtain treasures?" Li Yuan pondered.

Why do the two major civilizations want to compete for the inner world?

Because the Divine Palace ruins do contain great treasures. A portion of this treasure flowed out... and forged a demigod of the Seven-Star civilization, 'Demigod Demigod Yan Cheng', and even forged a powerful demigod family, with Flying Heaven martial artists emerging one after another for over a hundred years.

Then, if the entire inner world treasure can be obtained.

How high would its value be?

"According to the Lieyan Family, Lanyue should have embarked on a path similar to her ancestor 'Demigod Demigod Yan Cheng' and entered the depths of the ruins?" Li Yuan pondered silently.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan slowly stood up.

"My body quality and spiritual sense cannot be improved further in a short time," Li Yuan had already made a decision in his heart. "But star arts can still continue to progress."

"Earth Star Pulse True Explanation", this star art can still continue to be cultivated.

"With the concentration of divine crystal energy in the mysterious stone room, it should reach its limit in at most another day or two," Li Yuan flew towards the bottom of the canyon.

The place where he meditated was not far from the 'mysterious stone room' at the bottom of the canyon, just a few kilometers away.

"Just right."

"If I go to explore the Divine Palace ruins now and accidentally get trapped inside, and Gu Yue Divine Kingdom experts come to kill... Alicia and the others might not be able to resist."

"Mm, next, if they send people again, I'll just slap them all to death," Li Yuan had great confidence in his own strength.

A genius of Mohu's level is extremely rare.

Gu Yue Divine Kingdom dispatching even stronger ones? The probability is very, very low. Perhaps there are such geniuses, but they just happen to be staying at the First Rank? Too few.

"Wait another two days to confirm that the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom dares not dispatch experts into the inner world again, then it won't be too late to explore the Divine Palace ruins."

Li Yuan didn't think there was any problem with going two days late.

To be precise, if he cultivated a supreme star art to its limit, he would have more certainty.

Not long after.

In the darkness, Li Yuan followed his sensing and approached the mysterious stone room.

"Alien beasts?" Li Yuan's powerful spiritual sense could sense countless alien beasts peeking at him in the darkness.

But perhaps having seen Li Yuan's powerful strength, not one of the countless alien beasts dared to approach Li Yuan, let alone besiege him.

Unobstructed.

"The stone door, closed again?" Li Yuan arrived in front of the stone room door and was stunned for a moment.

He remembered that he didn't close the stone door when he left... after all, he didn't know how to close it from the outside.

Pondered for a while.

Li Yuan placed his palms on the stone door, exerted a little force with his whole body's strength, and the heavy stone door was slowly pushed open by him.

Boom!

Rich Source Force fluctuations and divine crystal energy fluctuations gushed out along the stone door.

Li Yuan still carefully used his spiritual sense to sense and confirm that there was no one in the stone room.

"Enter!"

Stepping into the stone room, Li Yuan sat cross-legged again, sensing the rich Earth Divine Crystal energy in the stone room, and many cultivation essentials of "Earth Star Pulse True Explanation" appeared in his mind.

"Let's begin."

……

"Still have to wait another two days?" Alicia received Li Yuan's message before he entered the stone room.

"Let us continue to patrol and guard the Divine Palace ruins?"

"Once encountering an invincible expert, ask for help immediately?" Alicia looked at Li Yuan's order.

After a moment of thought.

She passed the order to Si Feng, Keros, and others.

"Alicia, that Li Yuan definitely has a big secret. I suspect he discovered something at the core of that mine?" the childish voice rang out in Alicia's mind. "Why don't we descend to the bottom of the canyon and take a look?"

"No."

"Better to be cautious. As for Li Yuan?" Alicia shook her head, and the handsome face of the young man couldn't help but appear in her mind. "Since he said two days, then let's wait for him for another two days."

"After two days, it won't be too late to ask him."

……

Time passed, about five hours after Li Yuan entered the stone room.

In the originally dark stone room, there was already a little light... Li Yuan, sitting cross-legged in the center, exuded a layer of hazy earthy yellow light all over his body.

"116,620 Life Stars."

"116,630 Life Stars." Li Yuan was fully focused, his powerful spiritual consciousness constantly imprinting star marks on each Life Star.

Finally.

"116,640 Life Stars." Li Yuan sensed precisely, and when the last Life Star was imprinted with a star mark.

It also meant that this star art, "Earth Star Pulse True Explanation", truly reached the First Rank limit.

In an instant!

"Boom!" The perfect star pulse in Li Yuan's body instantly erupted with a burst of dazzling light.

The light was so bright that the entire stone room was like broad daylight.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 248 =====