Chapter 258

"Fiery red token?" Li Yuan listened to the World Spirit's voice and could not help but be stunned for a moment.

Could this guy have been observing him the whole time?

Just now, when he was fighting the enemy to the death, it didn't come out, and now that it discovered there was a good item, it immediately popped out?

Muttering in his heart, Li Yuan still followed the World Spirit's instructions and fished out a fiery red token from the pile of the two's belongings.

Li Yuan remembered that this was something left behind by the bewitching woman who had been smashed into a blood mist by his spear.

"This token?" Li Yuan felt slightly puzzled. The token was the size of a palm, fiery red all over like fresh blood, and a special symbol character was engraved on the front of the token.

On the back, a Divine Palace was engraved.

The entire token emitted a very special aura, similar to what Li Yuan had sensed in the Fire-type Divine Inheritance Palace.

It was the aura of the Fire lineage.

"Try using your Source power to infiltrate the token and investigate to see if you can thoroughly activate it." The World Spirit's voice sounded again, becoming increasingly urgent, no longer as gentle as before.

"Mm." Li Yuan nodded slightly, his heart moved, and a stream of Source power infiltrated out, directly infiltrating into the token.

Sizzle, sizzle~

Immediately, Li Yuan felt a trace of resistance, but it was not intense. The next instant—

Boom!

This fiery red token instantly erupted with a burst of light, like a ball of burning hot flames, incomparably dazzling.

"This?" Li Yuan's eyes moved slightly. With his strength and the protection of his Source power battle suit, he could naturally easily withstand this flame temperature.

These flames were transformed from his Source power circulating along the inside of the token.

"What is that?"

"Not clear." The hundreds of Entry Rank martial artists not far away had still not recovered from that shocking scene just now.

Immediately, they saw a ball of scorching flames suddenly appear in Li Yuan's hand.

"Damn it! Ah!"

"It really is him, it really is his token. I said my sensing was correct, it is him!" The World Spirit's voice suddenly became extremely angry, echoing in Li Yuan's mind: "It was he who killed the Master."

Li Yuan listened to the World Spirit's angry roaring voice and could not help but be stunned.

Listening to the World Spirit's meaning.

This flame token was a token passed down by some powerful existence... and this powerful existence was the murderer who killed the True Phoenix deity?

Such a coincidence?

"Li Yuan, you go back to the tent first." The World Spirit seemed to be forcefully suppressing the anger in its heart, its voice becoming much more peaceful: "I will tell you slowly."

"Mm." Li Yuan remained calm on the surface and turned back to walk toward his tent.

At this time.

"Senior Li Yuan." Two figures flew over, both emitting the aura of Source martial artists, quite respectfully.

They were the main officers in charge of managing the Divine Palace ruins area, and the hundreds of Entry Rank martial artists nearby were all under their jurisdiction.

"What is it?" Li Yuan was quite polite.

Li Yuan knew that although his strength was powerful, he alone could not guard the entire Divine Palace ruins... he needed these ordinary martial artists to monitor the four directions and tell him the news of the enemy's arrival.

"The two who died just now, were they genius Source martial artists of the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom?" The two could not help but say: "Should we report this to the base?"

"Report it." Li Yuan said indifferently: "In the report, just write that the two of them were... slightly stronger than the demigod-level genius from last time."

From the moment they fought just now, Li Yuan had already sensed the two's power.

In the Divine Palace exploration, their physical fitness was Level 24.

Technique? Li Yuan estimated that the burly man holding the blade should be slightly lower than Mohu, but that bewitching woman had probably already stepped into the Fifth-Stage High-Tier... if they were allowed to slaughter, even Alicia would be directly defeated and killed.

They were already very powerful geniuses.

It could be said that in the entire Seven Star Civilization, except for Li Yuan, it was absolutely impossible to find such powerful 'geniuses' among Entry Rank martial artists.

Therefore, Li Yuan judged them to be demigod-level geniuses.

Just in terms of technique, it would be impossible for Li Yuan to kill that bewitching woman in one move... it's a pity that after cultivating the "Starry Profound Body", once he unleashed his full power, Li Yuan's instantaneous burst strength was already close to a top-tier Source martial artist.

Naturally, he could easily crush them.

"Demigod-level geniuses?"

"These two were actually both demigod-level geniuses?" These two Level 20 Source martial artists felt their hearts shake.

They were not clear before entering the Inner World, but after coming to the Inner World, they were considered core combat power, so they naturally had some understanding of this information.

Demigod-level geniuses were actually all wiped out by Li Yuan in one encounter? Then to what extent had Li Yuan's strength reached?

Just thinking about it, the two Level 20 Source martial artists felt their hearts tremble.

"Alright, after you report it, continue to patrol with peace of mind. Report to me if there is a situation." Li Yuan said indifferently and walked straight into the tent.

"Yes."

The two Level 20 Source martial artists became increasingly respectful.

Almost the instant Freya and Luo Man died.

Lieyu Star Realm, Gu Yue Divine Kingdom Base Number Four, inside that temporarily erected base.

In a super-large conference room, more than a hundred people were waiting here, busy.

On the huge projection map in the center, the map was very blurry, but there were a large number of light spots flickering on the ground. Occasionally, a light spot would go out.

Each light spot represented a martial artist from the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom side who had killed their way into the Inner World.

And the light spot going out represented the fall of a martial artist.

Dozens of observers were already somewhat numb. Over the past two days... too many light spots had gone out.

The martial artists they dispatched to kill their way in had already suffered over 80% deaths, and according to their big data analysis... in at most three days, the remaining Entry Rank martial artists would be wiped out by the Seven Star Civilization side.

There was no way.

On the Seven Star Civilization side, Alicia and four other genius Source martial artists, plus over 200 Source martial artists who had already broken through... slaughtering Entry Rank martial artists was too easy.

Like the demigod-level genius 'Muba', in terms of technique and the treasures he carried, he was far superior to Alicia and the others.

But so what? As long as he couldn't escape in the first instance, he was still caught up and killed by Alicia.

Suddenly.

Among the thousands of light spots, the two most dazzling light spots flashed and then completely went out. This scene made many observers stunned, and many people in the conference room also noticed it.

Quiet for a full second.

"Freya is dead?"

"Luo Man is dead? This!" The two Flying-level martial artists responsible for staying behind to observe were completely dumbfounded, looking at this scene in disbelief.

They were indeed dumbfounded.

Just a short while ago, they had communicated with Freya and Luo Man, knowing that the two had completed their breakthrough and had used many rare treasures to quickly grow to Level 24.

They were much stronger than the previous Mohu, and each had entered the door of a Third-Layer Star Art.

They were full of confidence.

But how long had passed? They actually fell so quickly? And died at the same time?

"Check quickly."

"Check! Is there a problem with their signals?" A Flying-level martial artist was anxious. He knew how important Freya and Luo Man were.

In the entire Gu Yue Divine Kingdom, and even in the Chi Clan Divine Race, it was almost impossible to find martial arts geniuses more suitable and stronger than them.

Soon.

"The instrument is fine."

"The communication is fine."

"Death!"

"99% probability, confirmed dead." Voices of inspection sounded one after another. The Xianxu Civilization's instrument level for confirming the life status of martial artists was far superior to the Seven Star Civilization.

"Really dead?" The two Flying-level martial artists looked at each other, their hearts feeling icy cold.

Freya and Luo Man's death was one aspect, but the key was that they died instantly, and not a single message was sent back before they died... this was too terrifying.

How did they die? If they were killed by the enemy, then to what extent must the enemy's strength be terrifying?

Or were they killed by the dangers of the Inner World itself?

"Send the message." One of the black-robed Flying-level martial artists said in a hoarse voice: "I will send a message to Ao Jia, Usman, Kui Jiu, and the others."

"You send a message to Marquis Mintian, as well as the two demigods of the Chi Clan Divine Race."

While speaking, the black-robed Flying-level martial artist had already begun sending a message to Usman and the others.

"Me?" The other Flying-level martial artist was stunned: "Damn! You want me to send a message to the Marquis?"

He could imagine what kind of fury would be welcomed once the message was sent.

But he was helpless.

Inner World, outside the Divine Palace ruins.

Inside that tent.

"Back then, the one who killed the True Phoenix deity was a powerful existence named the God God Chiyan deity?" Li Yuan listened to the World Spirit's narration.

He finally understood why the World Spirit was so angry.

"It can't be called killing; it was poison." The World Spirit's voice revealed a trace of anger: "Back then, the Master followed the Gu Ju deity and participated in that earth-shattering battle. It was incomparably cruel, and deity after deity fell... the Gu Ju deity was one of the most dazzling among them."

"The Master, as a True Phoenix, had a very strong bloodline talent and also roamed one side."

"In the opposing camp, that God God Chiyan deity seized the opportunity and used a kind of divine poison. The poison eroded the Master's entire body. In the end, the Master still used 'Nirvana' to escape... toward the later stages of the battle, the Master was sent away by the Gu Ju deity."

"While fleeing frantically, that God God Chiyan deity was also hunting him down, and the Master's injuries became increasingly heavy."

"The Master could only find a star realm that had just been born and was not yet stable, fused his cave-heaven magic treasure with it, hid his aura, and finally managed to hide." The World Spirit's voice revealed anger: "In the end, the Master died of heavy injuries, leaving us behind."

"In a newly born, unstable star realm, gods can forcibly descend... I have been waiting, waiting for the day when I can truly be born."

"But I cannot forget the Master's miserable state before he died, and even more so, I cannot forget the aura of the God God Chiyan deity."

"This token is his!!"

"The one who died is also of the Fire lineage and must have an inseparable relationship with the God God Chiyan deity." The World Spirit's voice contained anger.

Li Yuan finally knew part of the truth about that battle back then.

"But can't gods only live for five thousand years?" Li Yuan could not help but ask: "Nearly ten thousand years have passed, is that God God Chiyan deity still alive?"

"He might be dead."

"But he may have left behind an inheritance in his own civilization, which was obtained by that little girl just now." The World Spirit said in a low voice.

"So, the God God Chiyan deity was a god born in the Xianxu Civilization?" Li Yuan felt slightly puzzled: "According to the information I know, in the history of the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom, only one 'Gu Yue deity' was born."

Over the past few days, Li Yuan had been communicating with the outside world.

He had obtained new information about the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom.

Within the Xianxu Civilization, there were many divine kingdoms... each divine kingdom had once given birth to gods, but most of the gods had already disappeared, most likely because their lifespans were exhausted and they fell.

But countries that had given birth to gods were naturally deep in heritage.

The prosperity of the Seven Star Civilization, which could rival the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom, was enough to prove the strength of the Seven Star Civilization.

"Perhaps it was another divine kingdom of the Xianxu Civilization." The World Spirit said: "You can communicate with the outside world and use the intelligence system in your civilization to investigate."

"He was a god. Even if he died, there should be records in the history of the Xianxu Civilization." The World Spirit's voice became gentle again.

"Why should I investigate? It's no benefit to me." Li Yuan shook his head: "I asked you to give me some Inner World authority, and you wouldn't."

In reality.

Even if the World Spirit didn't say it, Li Yuan would still investigate, because he suspected... that besides the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom, other forces of the Xianxu Civilization had already gotten involved.

It was just that he had to find a way to get some benefits from the World Spirit.

"The Master left behind rules, and I cannot violate them." The World Spirit's voice revealed firmness: "However, if you can verify it, I will definitely give you a huge benefit."

"Really? Don't lie to me." Li Yuan said.

"Naturally, I won't lie to you." The World Spirit said: "I am not a human."

Li Yuan was speechless: "You wait."

Quickly.

Li Yuan reported the situation he had grasped to the outside war base through the communicator.

At the same time, he requested to investigate everything about the 'God God Chiyan deity'.

Of course, Li Yuan did not mention the World Spirit, only saying that he had found traces of the 'God God Chiyan deity' from the relics of several demigod-level geniuses and suspected that other forces were involved.

"God God Chiyan deity?"

"Involved with a god-level force?"

"Could it be that other forces that have given birth to gods are involved?" In the war base, Yan Yunhu and Tavares, who were responsible for staying behind, received Li Yuan's message and were shocked.

At the same time, they vaguely realized.

"No wonder so many super-strong Source martial artists popped up. The few that just appeared can rival Wuma Nong and the others."

"They were all ones that hadn't appeared in the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom's previous intelligence."

"So, they actually killed their way over from other major forces of the Xianxu Civilization." Yan Yunhu and Tavares both had guesses in their hearts.

They did not dare to delay, sending a message to Rudnev, Wuma Nong, and the others who were fighting and defending in the breeding area.

At the same time, they quickly reported the news about the 'God God Chiyan deity'.

Gu Yue Divine Kingdom, Mintian City.

Inside a large conference room.

Several existences emitting powerful auras were chatting leisurely, two of whom had dark red single horns growing on them.

"Chi Jisa, I heard the news that the number of Entry Rank martial artists who died under your command seems to be quite a lot." The single-horned elder smiled slightly.

"Haha, Grand-uncle, only a few thousand people died." Marquis Mintian laughed: "Under the command of us few, it's no problem to draw another ten thousand."

"Even if they all died, in a few decades, it will be another batch." Another red-robed demigod laughed.

"Right, just some cannon fodder." Another demigod also laughed.

In the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom, as demigods with lifespans reaching a thousand years, if some super geniuses died... for example, those at Mohu's level, they would feel heartache.

But Entry Rank martial artists? Second-Rank martial artists? These demigods simply didn't care.

"What's truly a pity is that Muba died. That little guy was not bad." Marquis Mintian said with quite a bit of regret.

"Dying for the Divine Race is their glory." The single-horned elder said indifferently: "Competing for divine inheritance, and competing with another powerful civilization, how could people not die?"

"Although he died, he also attracted a large amount of firepower. The remaining Freya and Luo Man will complete the mission." The single-horned elder smiled: "Believe in them."

"Mm, Freya is powerful. At twenty years old, she can reach Fifth-Stage High-Tier technique. Powerful."

"Luo Man is also not bad." Other demigods flattered; they were half sincere and half flattering.

The single-horned elder came this time representing the Chi Clan Divine Race.

The Chi Clan Divine Race was one of the nine top-tier forces of the Xianxu Civilization, and there had always been gods sitting in the internal... prosperous to the extreme.

Suddenly.

"Hm." Marquis Mintian and the single-horned elder felt their hearts move and had simultaneously received a message.

In an instant, their expressions became extremely ugly.

"What?"

"What's the situation?" Other demigods immediately realized the situation was not good.

"Freya and Luo Man are dead." Marquis Mintian's voice was low, almost gritting his teeth word by word: "Before they died, not a single message was sent back."

"What? Freya and the others are all dead?"

"Three demigod-level geniuses are all dead!" The other few demigods realized instantly.

It's over.

Regardless of the fighting of super-strong Source martial artists like Ao Jia and Usman, or the large number of Entry Rank martial artists killing their way into the Inner World, they were actually secondary... what was truly important were the three demigod-level geniuses.

Only they had the hope of passing the many tests left behind by that Fire-type deity and getting the divine treasure.

But now, they all died at once?

The entire conference room's atmosphere was instantly extremely oppressive, and those few demigods did not dare to speak.

After a long while.

"Chi Jisa, give up." The single-horned elder sighed suddenly: "Order Kui Jiu and the others to all retreat and give up the competition."

In this short time, facing astonishing casualties, the single-horned elder had already made a decision.

"Give up?" Marquis Mintian had not yet reacted, subconsciously saying: "With such huge casualties, just give up like this?"

"Sunk costs are not costs."

"Don't always care about chips that are destined not to be retrieved." The single-horned elder's eyes were cold, yet incomparably calm: "To be able to make Freya and Luo Man die instantly after breaking through, there are only two possibilities... either that Li Yuan's strength is terrifying to an unimaginable degree."

"Or, they were targeted by the power behind the scenes of the Inner World."

"But regardless of which situation it is, in the short term, we are no longer suitable for competition." The single-horned elder said slowly: "If you still want to compete, I won't persuade you."

"But the Divine Race, gives up." The single-horned elder said in a low voice.

He was also very angry and very painful in his heart. Three demigod-level geniuses... according to common sense, there was hope for a demigod to be born in the future.

Just like that, they were lost.

It was just that the means revealed by the Seven Star Civilization had completely exceeded his estimation.

Having lived for so long, the single-horned elder understood one thing—sometimes, stopping losses is another kind of gain.

The Chi Clan Divine Race could stand tall for tens of thousands of years, and the most critical point was that they never stubbornly stuck to one thing.

"Chi Jisa, I'm leaving first."

"Let Kui Jiu and the others return on their own later." The single-horned elder stood up and said in a low voice: "I will sign the contract to give up... in addition, I will continue to investigate the matter I told you about last time and return justice to you."

"Within the Divine Race, we never let down any clansman. When you have time, go back and see your grandfather; his lifespan is not much left."

Saying this.

The single-horned elder no longer stayed and led his subordinates out of the conference room.

Leaving behind the Marquis Mintian, whose face was livid.

The other three demigods looked at each other, all waiting for Marquis Mintian's decision... among their four demigods, Marquis Mintian's strength was the most powerful.

Silence for a long time.

"Give up! Retreat!" Marquis Mintian spat out four words from between his teeth.

Within the Lieyu Star Realm, in the Seven Star Civilization's 'breeding area', among the continuous mountain ranges.

An unprecedentedly intense slaughter was erupting in the void.

"Kill! Kill!"

"Go to hell." Kui Jiu, who had a hooked nose and cold eyes, held a long spear. His figure was illusory, attacking the distant Wuma Nong crazily time and time again.

"So strong."

"Actually stronger than me by so much." Wuma Nong's forehead was sweating, waving his double shields, trying his best to block Kui Jiu's spear technique attacks.

Suddenly.

"Whoosh!" A streak of dazzling golden light cut through the sky, instantly blocking Kui Jiu's long spear. The blade light was continuous, and the momentum was overbearing and violent.

It was Yu Jinghe, who had rushed over to support.

"Your people have already started to retreat, why not leave?" Yu Jinghe's blade technique was overbearing, and his vigorous voice resounded through the world: "If you don't leave now, when our people all kill their way over to surround you, you won't be able to leave."

"Hmph!"

Kui Jiu's eyes were filled with hatred. Seeing no hope of killing Wuma Nong, his figure moved and turned into a stream of light to move away.

Yu Jinghe did not pursue.

After several great battles over these two days, they already knew Kui Jiu's terror... his strength was in no way inferior to Rudnev.

"Old Yu, thank you." Wuma Nong said in a low voice.

"Haha, between us, do we still need to say these things?" Yu Jinghe laughed: "This great battle has ended. The competition for the Inner World should be able to come to an end."

"Ended? Did they really retreat?" Wuma Nong was slightly stunned: "Could it be that you killed Usman and the others?"

"No."

"It's the Inner World." Yu Jinghe said with emotion: "Li Yuan killed two demigod-level geniuses in one encounter."

"This should be the last demigod-level genius candidate the Gu Yue Divine Kingdom could find."

"Now that they are all dead, they have no hope of competing for the Inner World, so they naturally retreated." Yu Jinghe laughed: "In the short term, there shouldn't be another great battle."

"Killed two demigod-level geniuses in one move?" Wuma Nong was surprised to hear this, somewhat unable to believe it.

"Haha, can't believe it?"

"Li Yuan's strength is indeed beyond imagination." Yu Jinghe laughed: "According to the messages reported by several Source martial artists who traveled with him, Li Yuan... should have already cultivated a Divine Body Star Art."

"Divine Body Star Art?" Wuma Nong was even more shocked: "Li Yuan has only entered the Inner World for less than a month, right?"

"To be precise, it's been twenty-four days." Yu Jinghe smiled.

"Twenty-four days ago, he was still a Level 19 martial artist." Yu Jinghe said with quite a bit of emotion: "Now, he is already a powerful Source martial artist who controls a Divine Body Star Art."

"In terms of strength, I'm afraid he can rival an ordinary Level 28 Source martial artist."

"With his growth speed." Yu Jinghe patted his friend's shoulder and laughed: "It looks like we will soon have another partner at Seven Star Mountain."

Li Yuan in the Inner World also quickly learned the news that the great battle in the Lieyu Star Realm had ended.

However.

What he truly cared about was the detailed information he had just received about the 'Xianxu Civilization Chi Clan Divine Race'.

Quickly flipping through.

"World Spirit, you should have seen it all." Li Yuan said softly: "The God God Chiyan deity was the sixth deity born in the Chi Clan Divine Race with records, and it seems he already died thousands of years ago."

"The geniuses who killed their way into the Inner World this time are most likely the demigod-level geniuses of the Chi Clan Divine Race." Li Yuan said.

"It really is him!!"

"Died well! Died well!" The World Spirit's voice revealed a trace of anger.

Li Yuan sighed in his heart. Time flows on, and ten thousand years have passed; even gods must die.

A long while.

"Li Yuan, thank you." The World Spirit's voice became gentle again.

"Don't thank me." Li Yuan shook his head: "I want benefits. You said you wouldn't lie to me."

Li Yuan also saw that this World Spirit he had never met would not easily give him benefits.

"In a short while, you will probably cultivate the 'Earth Divine Body'." The World Spirit's voice sounded: "I will gift you one portion of each of the Five Elements Divine Crystals, enough for you to cultivate it to the First-Rank perfection."

Li Yuan's heart moved.

To cultivate the Seventh-Layer Star Art "Earth Divine Body", besides having a sufficiently high Star Pulse and technique level, one also needed external objects, which were the Five Elements Divine Crystals, mainly the Earth Divine Crystal.

But the other four types of Divine Crystals were also indispensable.

"Not enough." Li Yuan shook his head.

"Don't be anxious."

"The second benefit, I will close that passage leading to the Xianxu Civilization." The World Spirit's voice sounded again: "The third benefit, didn't you always want the exploration authority for the entire Inner World?"

"I will give you the authority."

"Deal." Li Yuan revealed a smile.

Two days later.

Inner World, at an entrance and exit, hazy rays of light were emitting not far away.

Looking at the 'Spirit Awakening Degree: 45% (Current Upper Limit 45%)' on the Divine Palace panel, Li Yuan was quite satisfied in his heart. This was the result of his map-opening and hunting over the past two days.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan stepped into the passage. Accompanied by an invisible fluctuation, his whole person quickly disappeared into the rays of light, having already stepped onto the road of return.

(End of chapter)