Chapter 289: The Value of the Ten Thousand Beast Blood Source! The Nameless Hero

On the core planet of the Cloud Beast civilization, within the snake-shaped palace belonging to the Demigod Wu Wu Dongxue.

"Bastard!"

"Damn you, Erdeden!! How dare you play me!! Do you take me for a fool who understands nothing?" The massive Demigod Wu Wu Dongxue, his body covered in blood-colored scales, roared in fury.

The roar was unbridled, even forming terrifying shockwaves that surged through the palace's various corridors, powerful enough to instantly tear apart any life form that had not yet reached the Entry Rank.

Thud~

Thud~ Inside the palace, a large number of Tier-Two alien beasts were already prostrating on the ground in extreme terror.

Today, in his rage, Demigod Wu Wu Dongxue had already killed several Tier-Two alien beasts in succession.

He was extremely tyrannical.

These Tier-Two alien beasts within the palace all knew the reason: they had lost too miserably in the Luo Bu Sea Star Realm, and it seemed even one of the brood beast lairs had been breached... that was a treasure exclusive to the entire Cloud Beast civilization.

Inside the main hall.

"Bastard!"

Demigod Wu Wu Dongxue, his pair of giant eyes slightly reddened, stared fixedly at the light screen projection in the distance. The projection revealed the scene of a mysterious Source Martial Artist slaughtering a large number of brood beasts.

With every spear thrust, a large number of brood beasts fell, suffering countless casualties; they simply could not block his path of slaughter.

Until the very end.

This mysterious Source Martial Artist fought his way to the core brood beast. This core brood beast only had Tier-Two limit strength, but with the support of the Source Force Array and the Ten Thousand Beast Blood Source, it unleashed terrifying power, plus the assistance of a large number of ordinary brood beasts... and so, it died the most miserably.

But it also succeeded in wounding Li Yuan.

At this point, the core brood beast was killed in battle, and the image came to an abrupt end.

Demigod Wu Wu Dongxue could fully imagine the subsequent "plot"—it was nothing more than this mysterious Source Martial Artist seizing the Ten Thousand Beast Blood Source and then leaving smoothly... this coincided with part of the information Erdeden had transmitted.

But!!

"Damn Erdeden, clearly greedy for life and afraid of death, he didn't participate in the battle, fled directly, and let the brood beast lair be breached." Demigod Wu Wu Dongxue's eyes were dark, filled with endless killing intent: "And he actually has the face to say he was seriously wounded and needs healing treasures?"

"This idiot, the core brood beast within the brood beast lair could have bypassed him and contacted me directly."

"Damn him." Demigod Wu Wu Dongxue already harbored killing intent toward Erdeden.

Time passed.

He watched the scene in the light screen projection over and over again, especially the eruption of those terrifying spear lights, and that black-clad human with fluttering robes and astonishing momentum.

Truly powerful!

With such strength, in a sense, he had already approached a limit of Tier-Two life.

"At the very least."

"In my three hundred-plus years of life, in my Cloud Beast civilization, I'm afraid only Demigod Yunqing could rival his strength when at Tier-Two." Demigod Wu Wu Dongxue stared fixedly at the black-clad man.

The others? None could keep up!

Like the current Cloud Beast civilization, among the massive number of Tier-Two life forms... in Demigod Wu Wu Dongxue's view, not one had any hope of catching up to this mysterious human Source Martial Artist.

"Who exactly is he? Rudnev? Yu Jinghe? Neither!" Wu Wu Dongxue shook his head, thinking silently: "According to the brood beast's transmission before it died, this person uses spear techniques, which should be the combined eruption of the Earth and Wind Intents."

"The combination of Intent mysteries?"

"In the Seven Star civilization, such a terrifying genius has actually been born." Wu Wu Dongxue sighed inwardly: "I'll wait for the Saint Lord Assembly... and mobilize the power of the entire civilization to investigate together."

The entire Cloud Beast civilization was divided and ruled by various Demigods, and the highest authority was the "Saint Lord Assembly." Because no single Demigod possessed absolute, overwhelming strength, there was no "Supreme Leader" in the absolute sense.

Wu Wu Dongxue had already reported the battle situation in Luo Bu Sea to the Saint Lord Assembly, but convening the assembly would take some time.

He had to wait!

After thinking for a long time.

"Korns." Demigod Wu Wu Dongxue said in a low voice, his voice echoing through the many palaces.

Only two seconds later.

Whoosh! An alien beast flew into the main hall, bowed respectfully, its heart filled with extreme trepidation.

"Tell Erdeden." Wu Wu Dongxue's voice contained not a hint of anger: "The civilization will not forget the great contribution he made in the Star Realm. We will send some healing treasures as soon as possible to help him recover his strength."

"At the same time, tell him this as well."

"Once his injuries recover, he must guard the remaining three brood beast lairs." Wu Wu Dongxue looked at the alien beast.

"Yes!"

"This subordinate understands, I will go and transmit the message now." The Tier-Two alien beast named Korns said respectfully, then turned and left.

A trace of killing intent flashed through Wu Wu Dongxue's eyes again.

It was clearly Erdeden who lied and reported false military intelligence... yet he had to use the other party and satisfy the other party's not-too-excessive demands.

This made Wu Wu Dongxue very unhappy.

Having been a Demigod for so long, he rarely felt this way because of some Tier-Two or Tier-Three life form.

Half an hour later.

"Saint Lord."

"Saint Lord." Two massive flying snakes, over 30 meters in length, slid along the corridor into the main hall and bowed respectfully.

"Yanshun, Yanli." Demigod Wu Wu Dongxue's gaze fell on the two flying snakes: "I will not deceive you. The situation in Luo Bu Sea is very dangerous. I need you to enter Luo Bu Sea, and then... break through to the Sky-Flying level."

The hearts of these two flying snakes skipped a beat.

Enter the Star Realm and break through to the Sky-Flying level? Wouldn't that mean being trapped in the Luo Bu Sea Star Realm forever?

"You are geniuses of our Flying Snake clan. As one of the three ancestors of the clan, how could I harm you?" Wu Wu Dongxue stared at them: "Breaking through in the Star Realm may seem like you can't get out, but you can also make a great contribution to the clan... Most importantly, I will definitely cultivate you with all my might."

Both flying snakes lowered their heads and remained silent.

"I understand your worries, that you're afraid you'll never be able to get out?" Wu Dongxue said in a low voice: "But the entrance and exit of the Luo Bu Hai Star Realm have been shaking constantly... there is clearly a trend of it expanding into a Tier-Three Star Realm."

"Once it breaks through to become a Tier-Three Star Realm, you will naturally be able to return after completing your mission."

The two flying snakes remained unmoved in their hearts.

Changes in the Star Realm entrance?

Wu Wu Dongxue was right. Judging by current signs, the Luo Bu Sea Star Realm would sooner or later become a Tier-Three Star Realm, but it could be next year, or it could be in a hundred or three hundred years... There were many precedents for this in the history of the Cloud Beast civilization.

Time passed.

Finally, after Demigod Wu Wu Dongxue used various threats and inducements, and made heavy promises.

These two Tier-Two flying snakes, whose skills were at the "Fifth-Stage Perfection" level, finally agreed.

"Cultivate Yanshun and Yanli, and once their strength is strong enough." Wu Wu Dongxue's eyes were filled with coldness: "I will kill that Erdeden directly."

In his heart, Erdeden was already a dead man.

"I hope."

"I can find out who this mysterious human genius is." Wu Wu Dongxue thought to himself.

This was the real threat.

In his view, with such peerless talent, if he were allowed to grow, he might eventually reach the Demigod Peak level.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

After flying for several hours, Li Yuan finally saw two other figures outside the Star Realm entrance.

"Senior Yan Jing, Luo Chan." Li Yuan flew over, turning into a stream of light.

Over these few hours, Li Yuan had also taken several types of medicine, and combined with the astonishing recovery power bestowed by his powerful Star Veins... Li Yuan's overall state had improved significantly.

"Li Yuan."

"You breached the brood beast lair all by yourself? How did you do it?" Yan Jing and Luo Chan also came to greet him, looking at Li Yuan as if he were a monster.

One had to know, when Li Yuan erupted to kill Wusihai and Zipa, it had already left them sighing in shock.

This growth speed was simply too terrifying.

Later, when the two of them were clearing out Tier-Two alien beasts in other target areas and heard the news... both remained silent for a long time.

Especially Luo Chan; from her initial suspicion and slight unwillingness to accept it, she was now completely conquered by Li Yuan's strength.

"It was just an all-out battle."

"I was worried that delays would lead to complications." Li Yuan smiled: "So I charged directly into the depths of the brood beast lair. I did take some risks, but I was confident I could retreat unscathed... Fortunately, I succeeded in the end."

Yan Jing and Luo Chan couldn't help but nod.

Li Yuan made it sound easy, but the two of them could imagine the dangers involved.

"Let's go, let's head back first." Li Yuan said: "We can't do anything about the remaining three mature brood beast lairs for now, but the Cloud Beast civilization's Sky-Flying level combat power has been wiped out... Let the ordinary martial artists and the army handle the rest."

"Mm, the two of us have killed over two thousand Tier-Two alien beasts." Yan Jing also nodded.

A super-large-scale war.

As a top-tier powerhouse, Li Yuan is the one who will have the final say in determining the outcome... but if they want to continue the advance, and even lead the Seven Stars civilization to eventually occupy the Luo Bu Hai Star Realm.

Relying on Li Yuan alone was far from enough.

The three of them took an inconspicuous aircraft and quietly left the Luo Bu Sea Star Realm.

They arrived at the General Command Headquarters located outside the Star Realm.

Inside a huge hall.

"Let us welcome our heroes home." Lin Yue smiled and clapped, looking at the three people entering the conference room.

"Homecoming!! Amazing!"

"Li Yuan, thank you." Several other Sky-Flying martial artists clapped very earnestly, all appearing incomparably excited.

One of the burly men even had slightly red eyes, as if he had cried not long ago.

This scene made Li Yuan, Yan Jing, and Luo Chan feel secretly shocked.

These people were Sky-Flying martial artists after all; their emotional expression didn't seem to conform to common sense. Was there a need to be this excited?

"Senior Lin, seniors." Li Yuan said in a low voice: "I just did what I had to do."

"Li Yuan, you don't understand the significance of this battle." Lin Yue said in a low voice: "If you had only killed a few Sky-Flying alien beasts, we would be happy, but we would never be this exaggerated."

"But!! You breached a brood beast lair."

"This is completely different." Lin Yue shook his head and sighed: "I only came here two years ago, but the several Sky-Flying martial artists present... have all been guarding the Luo Bu Sea entrance for over ten years."

Ten years?

Li Yuan couldn't help but look at those Sky-Flying martial artists.

He hadn't paid any attention to them when he first arrived.

"Li Yuan, I have guarded this place for eighteen years." A burly man said in a low voice, his eyes red.

Li Yuan looked at the other party; he remembered the man's surname was Zhao.

"I am from Beijiang Province." General Zhao looked at Li Yuan and said: "Back then, I experienced that great turmoil in Luo Bu Sea. My grandparents, my maternal grandparents, my parents, my uncles... all these relatives were slaughtered by the alien beasts that broke through the defense line."

"Only I was at the Kyoto Martial Arts University at the time and escaped the disaster."

Li Yuan felt a touch in his heart; he instantly thought of the Yuling Tide he had personally experienced.

What this General Zhao had experienced was far more cruel.

Such a heavy blow was unprecedented for anyone.

"Later, the disaster ended, and the country rebuilt a stable defense line."

"Since then, I have practiced martial arts crazily, not daring to slack off in the slightest. When I was a Source Martial Artist, I joined the military and specifically applied to enter the most dangerous Luo Bu Sea Star Realm, to fight against large numbers of alien beasts on the front line... but we couldn't do anything about the brood beast lairs."

"We could only passively resist time and time again."

"Later, when I became a Sky-Flying martial artist, I applied to come and guard the entrance." General Zhao's voice was low: "I swore!"

"Before I die in battle, I will never allow a disaster similar to that year to happen in Beijiang Province again."

"I will never allow the alien races of the Luo Bu Sea Star Realm to step onto the territory of my Xia Nation again... In these eighteen years, there have been eight large-scale battles."

"Twice, alien beasts killed their way to the edge of the Star Realm entrance."

"But in these eighteen years, except for the ten days I went to Flying Star for special training." General Zhao said in a low voice: "I have never left the military camp for a single step."

"I want to guard this place forever!!"

"Guard this land." General Zhao said in a low voice. Lin Yue, Dean Hai, and the other Sky-Flying martial artists listened very calmly.

Because they had long known about General Zhao's deeds.

But Li Yuan, Yan Jing, and Luo Chan were all very shocked.

"The Cloud Beast civilization has already seized the initiative." General Zhao revealed a bitter smile: "We can only guard. We can't do anything about the three mature brood beast lairs."

"Every year, large numbers of martial artists and ordinary soldiers die in the defense battles of the Luo Bu Sea Star Realm."

"Year after year."

"There is no end. Those three brood beast lairs continuously give birth to large numbers of alien beasts... We can only use human lives to fight, wasting large amounts of resources here in vain."

"Fang Hai, Rudnev, Yu Jinghe, they have all tried... and all failed."

"Eight years ago, when Rudnev's operation failed, I was in despair. I didn't know how long such a war would continue."

"Ten years? A hundred years?" General Zhao shook his head, his eyes reddening: "I'm not afraid of spending my whole life here."

"However, if this continues, countless martial artists and soldiers will die here. It is a huge, festering sore on my Xia Nation, constantly bleeding." Looking at Li Yuan, his red eyes were filled with excitement.

"Until you appeared."

Li Yuan's heart shook.

"If you hadn't appeared this time, the fourth brood beast lair would definitely have matured, and our casualties would have been huge—tens of thousands of casualties." General Zhao said in a low voice: "But you, you breached it."

At this moment.

Li Yuan, including Yan Jing and Luo Chan, finally understood why General Zhao and the other Sky-Flying martial artists were so excited.

Lin Yue was just a martial artist commander, and his stationing time was short.

But the other Sky-Flying martial artists were also military commanders, and they had more contact with large numbers of ordinary soldiers... so their feelings were naturally deeper.

"Most importantly."

"You are still young, not even 20 years old yet." General Zhao looked at Li Yuan: "At your age, I'm afraid you won't become a Sky-Flying martial artist so quickly, right?"

"No." Li Yuan shook his head, he still had to pursue the limits of a Source Martial Artist.

"Right!"

"Right now, you might not be able to breach a mature brood beast lair, but when your strength is stronger, there is definitely hope in the future." General Zhao said solemnly, a trace of expectation in his eyes: "If you can breach the other three brood beast lairs in the future... that would be saving millions of people."

"Of course, I know that is extremely difficult, I don't expect you to be able to do it."

"Just the fact that you disregarded your own safety to destroy that immature brood beast lair at the first opportunity... is worth me saying 'thank you' to you." General Zhao said in a low voice.

Not long after, Lin Yue and Dean Hai led the three of them to another conference room.

"Yan Jing, Luo Chan, this Luo Bu Sea operation has temporarily ended." Lin Yue said: "After the Alliance and the Xia Nation complete a full statistical analysis of your contributions, they will calculate the Seven Star points for you."

Both couldn't help but nod.

"In addition, regarding Li Yuan, you must never leak it." Lin Yue said solemnly.

"Understood."

"We will not leak a single bit; we know the importance." Yan Jing and Luo Chan both spoke hurriedly.

"No!"

"You cannot leak Li Yuan, because this operation did not include Li Yuan. The person who participated with you was a peerless genius from Flying Star nicknamed 'Spirit Spear'." Lin Yue looked at the two: "You only know his nickname is 'Spirit Spear', he is good at using spear techniques, comes from Flying Star, and his age should be over 40... but you don't know any more specific details."

"Do you both understand?" Lin Yue said.

"Understood."

"Got it!" The two were not stupid and instantly understood Lin Yue's intention.

After the two left.

"Li Yuan, in this battle, the strength you exposed cannot be completely hidden. With the Cloud Beast civilization's methods, they will definitely know quite a bit... They will definitely investigate who you are." Lin Yue said solemnly.

"Mm." Li Yuan nodded slightly.

To want to hide it completely would be to assume the Cloud Beast civilization were fools.

"Therefore."

"I have already reported to Demigod Baishan, and the Alliance Leader has personally ordered the final plan to shape a reclusive genius named 'Spirit Spear' to cover up some of your deeds and brilliance." Lin Yue said: "Thereby eliminating some of the suspicions directed at you."

Li Yuan couldn't help but nod.

Sometimes, covering up an event is not about suppressing the truth, but about creating a larger event.

It is the same if you want to cover up a person.

If the Seven Star civilization tried to cover it up completely, Li Yuan would likely be suspected... After all, such a monstrous Source Martial Artist, who also uses spear techniques and has condensed the Earth Intent.

How many are there in the entire Seven Star civilization?

The only difference is that until now, apart from this battle, Li Yuan had never exposed his talent in the Wind path.

"Of course, such a cover-up is destined not to last too long." Dean Hai, who was on the side, said: "But as long as it can be covered up for three or five years, or even half a year, it will be helpful. By then, your strength will have undergone a transformation and improvement... By that time, you will have established your momentum, and even if you are exposed, those alien civilizations won't be able to target you."

"It's just that for the next period of time, you'll have to be wronged, as many things can only be attributed to 'Spirit Spear'." Dean Hai smiled: "And there's no way to directly commend or announce you."

"I understand, it doesn't matter." Li Yuan smiled.

Commendation?

Announcement? There were no practical benefits anyway.

"Li Yuan." Lin Yue suddenly said: "Demigod Baishan will be here soon."

Li Yuan was slightly shocked.

Less than ten seconds later.

Hum~

An invisible fluctuation swept past, and a slightly aged figure in white robes had already appeared in the conference room.

"Demigod." Lin Yue and Dean Hai both bowed respectfully.

"Demigod." Li Yuan did the same.

In the eyes of countless Xia Nation people, Demigod Baishan was like a god.

His status in the hearts of the Xia Nation people was so special that even Senior Dongfang Ji could not shake it.

"No need for formalities, relax." Demigod Baishan smiled, his gaze falling on Li Yuan: "How are your injuries?"

"Not bad."

"It's just that my Star Vein foundation was injured, and I need a long period of quiet cultivation." Li Yuan said.

In this great battle at the brood beast lair, the consumption was too great.

"Mm, Lin Yue, Hai Yi, you two go out first, I have something to say to Li Yuan." Demigod Baishan said.

"Yes." The two left, leaving only Li Yuan and Demigod Baishan in the conference room.

"Demigod?" Li Yuan was puzzled.

"I came to see you mainly for four things." Demigod Baishan smiled: "The first is to see you. You actually have talent in the Wind path, and even Demigod Teacher Lie Feng values you immensely and is willing to take you as a disciple... This is indeed something I didn't expect."

"It seems that back then, both Fang Hai and I misjudged you." Demigod Baishan sighed.

"This junior didn't expect it back then either." Li Yuan said honestly.

If he hadn't sensed it during the Martial God inheritance... it would have been very difficult for him to embark on the path of combining Earth and Wind mysteries so quickly.

"Now, your strength is so great that you should be called the civilization's number one Source Martial Artist." Demigod Baishan smiled.

Li Yuan smiled.

This was within his expectations.

"The second thing is about the reward for your mission this time. It has just been calculated through multiple measurements, and it is 10,000 Seven Star points." Demigod Baishan looked at Li Yuan: "Are you satisfied?"

"Enough." Li Yuan nodded.

This was, after all, a war in a Tier-Two Star Realm.

Like many Sky-Flying martial artists who risk their lives to complete a mission, the harvest is only a few hundred Seven Star points.

For one mission, the Alliance being able to reward 10,000 Seven Star points was already astonishing.

It was enough to exchange for a decent Semi-Divine Artifact from the Seven Star Treasury.

"The third thing." Demigod Baishan looked at Li Yuan, appearing somewhat expectant: "You should have obtained the Ten Thousand Beast Blood Source."

"The Alliance is willing to purchase the Ten Thousand Beast Blood Source in your hands for 20,000 Seven Star points."

"And I personally am willing to offer 25,000 Seven Star points." Demigod Baishan smiled: "Are you willing?"

"Is this thing useful to you?" Li Yuan was curious.

"Mm, its greatest effect is to enhance life vitality." Demigod Baishan said bluntly: "The stronger the body, the more difficult it is to continue improving, especially life vitality."

"Like Tier-Four treasures, to you Tier-Two Source Martial Artists, they are supreme treasures... but to a Demigod, the effect is not obvious." Demigod Baishan said: "One Ten Thousand Beast Blood Source has a higher value than dozens of Tier-Four treasures."

Li Yuan was surprised in his heart; was it that rare?

"Senior Baishan, if you really need it, I'll just give it to you." Li Yuan smiled and immediately flipped his palm.

Clatter~

A strange, scarlet, head-sized spherical crystal floated in the space, emitting waves of strange fluctuations.

It was nearly an absolute sphere.

At least within Li Yuan's sensing, he couldn't detect any errors. This was a very astonishing creation.

Whoosh!

This Ten Thousand Beast Blood Source floated directly toward Demigod Baishan.

Li Yuan wasn't worried that Demigod Baishan would deceive him, because the information on the Ten Thousand Beast Blood Source was public... The value might fluctuate, but it wouldn't exceed a certain upper limit.

"I cannot accept it for nothing."

Demigod Baishan shook his head: "The fact that you are willing to give it to me is already a great thing for me."

"Then let's stick to what I just said: 25,000 points. You must accept this."

"And the 10,000 Seven Star points reward, I've transferred it to you as well."

Quickly.

Li Yuan received a notification that under his account name in the Seven Star Treasury, there were 35,000 more points.

The transaction was complete.

The mission reward was complete.

"You don't need to worry about hiding your identity for the time being." Demigod Baishan said: "The Alliance Leader and I will help you arrange everything. Next, you should return to the Martial God Star Realm to heal your injuries."

"After your injuries heal."

"Apply again, the Alliance Leader wants to see you." Demigod Baishan looked at Li Yuan.

Li Yuan was shocked: "Senior Senior Dongfang Ji wants to see me?"

An hour later, escorted by Dean Hai, Li Yuan quietly embarked on his return journey.

At the same time.

Xia Nation, Star Realm Channel.

"Breaking news."

"Our military recently fought an unprecedented large-scale battle against an alien civilization in the Luo Bu Sea Star Realm and achieved a decisive victory!" The host said solemnly: "In this great battle, a peerless genius from Flying Star named 'Spirit Spear', a super genius whose real name cannot be revealed... won the decisive battle."

"This is a super genius no less than our Xia Nation's Yu Jinghe and Li Yuan!"

"Thank him for the great contribution he has made to the Xia Nation and the Seven Star Alliance!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 290 =====