Chapter 300: Ling Qiang Has Arrived (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Midsummer was gradually coming to an end.

Jiangnan Province was one of the most prosperous provinces in the Xia Nation. The Jiangnan summer, in the misty rain, was like an ink wash painting, but it also carried a bit of heat.

In the void, Li Yuan stood quietly, overlooking the lotus flowers in the pond below.

Drops of rain fell, dripping onto the water surface of the pond, creating ripples.

This was an ancient town.

"Hum~ Hum~" The countless raindrops falling around him evaporated instantly before they could get close to Li Yuan; the area within three meters was like a forbidden zone.

However, the invisible distortion of light meant that many pedestrians in the ancient town below did not notice this strange scene high in the sky.

Suddenly.

"Hmm?" Li Yuan turned his head slightly and looked into the distance.

He saw the light distort in the misty drizzle and then return to normal.

A man wearing black clothes, with a face about thirty years old, walked out. His aura was restrained, but one could still feel a trace of sharpness.

"【Target person, life level is Level 36.9】" Li Yuan had already activated the Divine Palace probe and thought to himself: "Sure enough, the Dean is only a Six-Star Pulse."

When he last met Fang Da, Li Yuan's life level was not high enough, and the Divine Palace probe could only determine that Fang Da was at least a Six-Star Pulse.

Now, it was finally confirmed.

Seven-Star Pulse was indeed almost legendary when looking across many civilizations; even with talent as high as Fang Da, he had not reached it.

Whoosh!

Fang Da had already arrived in front of Li Yuan.

"Dean," Li Yuan bowed slightly in salute.

"It's only been a year or so, but your realm has indeed become extremely high. I hadn't even gotten close, and you already sensed it," Fang Da looked at Li Yuan and revealed a smile: "As expected of the civilization's number one Yuan Warrior, 'Ling Qiang.' I'm afraid it won't be long before you surpass me."

"Dean, you are joking," Li Yuan smiled.

He wanted to catch up to Fang Da, but in Li Yuan's own estimation, it would take at least five years, or even longer.

After all, he was progressing.

But with Dean Fang Da's talent, his strength was also progressing rapidly.

"The great battle in the Mingxu Star Realm, I originally didn't want to call you. After all, you are too conspicuous now. Once you participate in the battle, the Wan Mo Civilization will definitely target you."

"Secondly, with your talent and potential, I'm afraid you haven't reached the limit of a Yuan Warrior yet; you can fully continue to grow," Fang Da sighed: "It's just that the casualties are too great."

"If you don't participate in the battle, I'm afraid we have to consider retreating. By then, all four bases will be destroyed. When we rebuild in the future, the price paid will be even greater."

"I understand, Dean," Li Yuan said calmly.

On the way from the Lieyu Star Realm, Li Yuan had already roughly understood the war situation. The original four major bases had already had two broken through, and the many newly built war bases and outpost bases... had also basically been devastated.

In fact, the only ones that could maintain stability now were the original No. 3 Outpost Base and No. 4 Outpost Base.

Even the Flying Snake Valley Base, which was established because of Li Yuan, had been more than half destroyed.

The total number of casualties had already reached hundreds of thousands!

Just the number of dead warriors was an astonishing figure... Of course, whether it was the Tianliang Civilization or the local forces of the Mingxu Star Realm, the casualties were equally tragic.

"The enemy cannot wait for my strength to reach its limit before starting a war; we can only practice hard," Li Yuan said: "Ready to participate in the battle at any time."

"Actually, our high-level officials have discussed it, and many demigods believe that starting the great battle in the Mingxu Star Realm this time was a mistake. We should have expanded gradually and not conflicted with the Tianliang Civilization," Fang Da shook his head: "We should have waited for the best opportunity."

"If the Tianliang Civilization and we made the same choice, naturally we could, and that wouldn't have angered the local life forms," Li Yuan said: "But neither of us could do it."

"This is a struggle for the civilization's living space. We cannot trust each other; both want to expand and establish advantages as quickly as possible, and then blockade the other's star realm entrance."

"The treasures that might be contained in the Ming Mountain are even more worth us fighting for," Li Yuan said: "The only mistake to speak of is that we both underestimated the local forces."

According to the intelligence Li Yuan obtained, the local forces of the Mingxu Star Realm already had hundreds of Feitian levels discovered... For the vast territory of the Mingxu Star Realm, it seemed like not many.

But one had to know that there was no unified civilization with inheritance within the Mingxu Star Realm.

Instead, there were many alien beast groups fighting on their own.

Their cultivation mostly relied on bloodlines and instinct; to be able to give birth to so many Feitian levels was already very exaggerated.

"Hmm," Fang Da sighed softly: "When the Mingxu Star Realm was still a Tier-One star realm, we couldn't investigate deeply, and our estimation of the local forces' strength was insufficient."

"Now, it can only depend on you."

"If it weren't for you making our high-level officials feel that we could still fight, I'm afraid we would have already considered abandoning the Mingxu Star Realm," Fang Da shook his head: "It's just that for you all, such a tragic great battle will cause the probability of falling to rise sharply."

"Haha."

"Dean," Li Yuan couldn't help but smile: "Each generation has its own responsibilities."

"If the civilization's homeland is invaded, it can only rely on you, Dean, and on the Alliance Master and these demigods."

"But star realm wars naturally depend on us."

"When you were a Yuan Warrior, Dean, you also served as the civilization's number one Yuan Warrior, traversing many star realms. Didn't the Wan Mo Civilization and the Tianliang Civilization treat you as a thorn in their side?" Li Yuan smiled: "Assassinated you many times?"

With Li Yuan's current authority, he was qualified to know many deeds of Fang Da's rise.

"Rudnev once fought in the Luo Bu Sea Star Realm and also killed everywhere in the Lieyu Star Realm. If it weren't for him and Yu Jinghe fighting desperately, I wouldn't have been able to take the world-within-a-world from the Xianxu Civilization so easily," Li Yuan said: "Brother Yu, for more than a year, has also been supporting the war in the Mingxu Star Realm."

"Now, it is my turn to shoulder the burden."

"As the civilization's number one Yuan Warrior, deciding the fate of the entire star realm war is my responsibility, and also my honor," Li Yuan smiled: "It is even more the ideal of my youth."

The ideal of his youth? Hearing this, Fang Da couldn't help but be stunned.

Li Yuan suddenly pointed to the ancient town below: "Dean, I remember this ancient town used to be quite popular, but now there are no tourists."

Fang Da couldn't help but look.

In the misty rain.

The ancient town, which used to be bustling and prosperous all year round, was indeed empty now.

Over the past year, with the comprehensive war in the Mingxu Star Realm, the entire Xia Nation had entered a state of total mobilization... Even in the homeland in the rear, there was no peace and quiet.

Massive amounts of materials and manpower had been invested in the star realm.

At this moment, Fang Da understood that Li Yuan was indeed willing to participate in this battle from the bottom of his heart.

"Li Yuan, take this," Fang Da flipped his palm.

In his palm appeared a set of silver battle armor, emitting mysterious fluctuations.

In Li Yuan's spiritual sense, this silver battle armor didn't even exist.

"Is this the 'Phantom Spirit Clothes' that the Alliance Master mentioned to me not long ago?" A trace of curiosity flashed in Li Yuan's eyes.

Why was he waiting for Fang Da here?

It was to wait for Fang Da to retrieve this treasure from Dongfang Ji.

"Try recognizing it as your master first," Fang Da waved his hand.

The silver battle armor in his palm immediately flew toward Li Yuan.

Li Yuan's mind stirred, and he had already maneuvered the power of heaven and earth, causing the silver battle armor to fly and land in front of him.

He reached out and touched it!

"Hiss~" Li Yuan quickly imprinted a mental mark on the battle armor, and then Yuan Force flowed along his fingertips into the battle armor, completely completing the recognition of the master.

Whoosh~

With a thought, the thin-as-cicada-wing battle armor flowed along his arms like water, merging into Li Yuan's flesh and blood.

Immediately, in Li Yuan's perception, this silver battle armor had turned into streams of silver power like water, instantly permeating every part of his flesh and blood.

The next moment.

"Boom!" Li Yuan's whole body, the surface of his skin, was vaguely wrapped by the silver battle armor, and his whole person suddenly grew a little taller, and his facial features had obvious changes.

The most critical thing was Li Yuan's life aura and soul aura, which actually produced a trace of strange changes.

If the aura Li Yuan emitted before was upright and peaceful.

Then, he was now emitting a kind of coldness, as if he wanted to reject people thousands of miles away.

Cold!

Completely like a different person.

"Haha, the Phantom Spirit Clothes are indeed powerful," Fang Da revealed a smile: "If I hadn't watched you change with my own eyes, I wouldn't have been able to imagine that you were Li Yuan."

Li Yuan was also quite amazed in his heart: "Dean, these 'Phantom Spirit Clothes' are so miraculous, they can perfectly merge into my flesh and blood, making my life and soul aura completely become another person."

"Moreover, it doesn't affect my use of the real protective battle armor," Li Yuan thought again and activated the Star Clothes.

A layer of black battle armor emerged, completely wrapping Li Yuan, and the aura emitted was even more vigorous.

Under normal circumstances, one could only use one protective battle armor, but Li Yuan was using the Star Clothes and Phantom Spirit Clothes at the same time without any effect.

"The Phantom Spirit Clothes are only like battle armor on the outside; the core is actually an auxiliary treasure," Fang Da smiled: "This was specially obtained for you by the Alliance Master not long ago. It can cover your soul aura while releasing another kind of soul aura."

"After all, quite a few Feitian levels have seen you. If it were just a simple disguise of appearance, it wouldn't be of much significance and would be easy to distinguish," Fang Da said: "Additionally, those who know Ling Qiang's true identity, such as Yan Jing and Lin Yue, have also been repeatedly warned... they will not leak the secret."

Li Yuan nodded slightly.

In fact, top Yuan Warriors could relatively easily change their appearance... but it was almost impossible for top powerhouses to cover themselves.

Why?

Because of the soul aura!

Feitian powerhouses, sensing them with spiritual sense, would naturally remember the other party's soul aura.

No matter how the appearance changes, it is very difficult for the soul to be covered.

"Li Yuan, with the Phantom Spirit Clothes, you are equivalent to truly having another identity—Ling Qiang." Fang Da said.

"Then, there is no need to worry about exposure."

"But at the same time, remember, these Phantom Spirit Clothes only have a covering effect below the demigod level," Fang Da said: "If the enemy's mental power reaches the demigod level... they can see through your reality."

"Understood," Li Yuan nodded.

There was no treasure that was invincible; like this kind of auxiliary treasure, it naturally had a limit of power.

However, within the Mingxu Star Realm, there should be no demigod-level powerhouses, and even within the Seven-Star Civilization, the probability of a Feitian level breaking through to the demigod level was also very low.

As for a Feitian level wanting to possess a demigod-level soul? Almost impossible!

"Go," Fang Da looked at Li Yuan and sighed slightly: "Your ability to save your life is extremely strong, but in this battle... I don't ask you to win, as long as you cover the retreat of each team to the No. 3 and No. 4 bases, and finally hold these two strategic support points, that counts as victory."

"As for whether to compete for the final treasure... it depends on the opportunity."

"Remember, saving your life is the first priority. If it is really impossible, retreat directly to the Xia Nation along the passage."

"Yes," Li Yuan nodded. He felt Fang Da's expectations for him, as well as a little worry.

This was something Fang Da rarely showed in the past.

"Compared to the Alliance Master, the Dean has a bit more human touch," Li Yuan thought to himself.

Whoosh! Li Yuan turned around and quickly turned into a stream of light, disappearing into the misty drizzle.

Fang Da stood in the void, looking at the direction Li Yuan disappeared, feeling a little lost.

"Back then."

"When I went deep into the 'Nine-Leaf Star Realm'," Fang Da sighed: "When the teacher came to see me off, I'm afraid, he was also harboring the same mood."

Fang Da had never guided Li Yuan's specific cultivation.

But he had indeed watched Li Yuan grow up all the way, and he was full of expectations for Li Yuan.

Swish!

Li Yuan merged into heaven and earth, his aura perfectly covered by the Phantom Spirit Clothes, flying at extreme speed toward that war fortress.

"Little brother, the leader of your civilization is indeed powerful, even being able to obtain the 'Phantom God Clothes' that many major forces in the Dimensional River often use for their subordinates," a voice like heavenly music sounded in Li Yuan's mind.

"Phantom God Clothes?" Li Yuan was shocked in his heart.

It was Gu You's voice.

She was in the Ancient God Palace, yet she could sense the nearby area.

"In the Dimensional River, there are many treasures similar to this. Many powerhouses walking outside will use similar treasures to cover their identities," Gu You transmitted: "The Phantom Spirit Clothes you use are the lowest grade in the Phantom God Clothes series, used by mortals below the demigod level."

"But low grade does not mean it is cheap, because even if a higher grade were given to you, you wouldn't be able to use it."

"It's just that I find it very strange."

"The Phantom Spirit Clothes you have are exactly the same as those I have seen before, very much like the standard treasures sold... I don't know how that Dongfang Ji obtained them." Gu You transmitted.

Li Yuan was quite shocked in his heart.

The same?

If the functions were similar, it was easy to understand... but standard treasures, that meaning was completely different; it was too coincidental.

Was it obtained by Alliance Master Dongfang Ji inadvertently, or were there other possibilities?

Thinking back to the Martial God inheritance.

In short, Gu You's casual remark made Li Yuan have many conjectures in his heart.

Not long after.

Li Yuan had already arrived at the war base he had reached a year and a half ago... but the entire base had completely changed.

"Sister, I am about to enter the outer-dimensional star realm; you wait for me here," Li Yuan transmitted.

In the outer-dimensional star realm, if the Ancient God Palace was carried by Li Yuan, it could still come and go freely.

Once it became an ownerless object, the Ancient God Palace would be suppressed again.

This was an invisible rule of the star realm's operation.

"Hmm."

"Little brother, I know you are a top genius of your civilization and have your responsibilities..." Gu You's voice sounded: "But I hope you remember that sister only has you."

"Sister has waited for you for ten thousand years; you must return alive."

"Good," Li Yuan felt a warmth in his heart and responded with a smile: "Sister, don't worry, I will definitely return alive. I still have to truly take charge of the Ancient God Palace in the future."

Whoosh!

Li Yuan turned into a stream of light and flew down toward the war fortress below, which had undergone crazy expansion.

Hum~ An inconspicuous speck of dust flew out, swaying, and hung in this thousand-meter-high sky.

Inside the Ancient God Palace.

"Dongfang Ji?"

"This Seven-Star Civilization likely contains a great secret."

"Previously trapped in the Lieyu Star Realm, I couldn't understand it, but now I have finally escaped," the young girl with bare little feet stood in the hall.

Beneath her were hundreds of figures.

"Go!"

"Go deep into the entire Blue Star; I want to understand the many intelligence reports of the Seven-Star Civilization," the young girl said softly: "At the very least, pave the way for Li Yuan's growth."

"Understand his mother civilization."

"If the high-level officials of this civilization make moves that threaten Li Yuan in the future, we can better respond."

"Remember, do not expose yourselves; just collect intelligence for now."

"Yes! War God!" the hundreds of figures below said in unison.

From beginning to end, Li Yuan did not know what kind of monster he had released by bringing the Ancient God Palace out... Gu You, revered by countless people as the War God, had her reasons.

Back then, Gu You followed the Ancient Torch God, commanding many planets.

Countless life forms trembled under her iron fist and blood.

The true foundation of the Ancient God Palace was even beyond Li Yuan's imagination.

Below, deep within that massive war base.

Several Feitian warriors had already received orders and were waiting at the star realm entrance.

When Li Yuan arrived, he was in a black battle armor, emitting an extremely cold aura.

"Ling Qiang."

"Ling Qiang!"

"Ling Qiang, welcome." Several Feitian warriors greeted him enthusiastically.

They were all curious about this legendary "civilization's number one Yuan Warrior."

"Senior Yun," Li Yuan's voice was cold: "Don't waste time. The war situation is urgent; open the passage as soon as possible so I can go through."

"Good, it is our fault," the Yun-surnamed Feitian warrior smiled bitterly, turned, and immediately scolded: "Open the passage immediately."

Rumble~

The majestic metal doors not far away opened with a rumble, revealing the star realm entrance filled with rippling light curtains.

This star realm entrance had undergone earth-shaking changes compared to when Li Yuan saw it before.

It was wider and taller.

Li Yuan looked at it, and it seemed the width and height already exceeded 500 meters.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan turned into a stream of light and flew into the rippling light curtain without any obstruction.

He quickly disappeared from the perception of this group of Feitian warriors.

"Truly arrogant."

"We are Feitian warriors after all, welcoming him with smiles, yet he scolded us."

"Too disrespectful." These few Feitian warriors muttered in low voices.

"Shut up, all of you."

The Yun-surnamed Feitian warrior frowned and scolded in a low voice: "Ling Qiang is here to participate in the battle. He came all the way from the Flying Star with difficulty, while we stay in the rear without risking our lives in battle, yet you still speak ill of him?"

The group of Feitian warriors immediately stopped talking.

In terms of status, the Yun-surnamed Feitian warrior was the highest among them.

"Ling Qiang has arrived."

"This is already the last trump card of our civilization," the Yun-surnamed Feitian warrior sighed softly: "It is best to hope he can win; otherwise..."

Not long after passing through the passage.

Li Yuan had already arrived at the "No. 3 Outpost Base" on the other end of the Mingxu Star Realm.

Of course, the name here had already changed to "Mingyue Base."

It was the main base of the Seven-Star Civilization in the Mingxu Star Realm.

Swish!

When Li Yuan flew out along the entrance and arrived in the high sky.

Li Yuan had already discovered that compared to when he came more than a year ago, the entire base had undergone earth-shaking changes.

The base had become extremely vast, like a medium-sized city, and even more like a super-large arsenal. High in the sky were aircraft hovering one after another; most of these aircraft had light flowing on their surfaces, representing that they could depart at any time.

The most eye-catching was the flying saucer fighter hovering in the center of the base, over 200 meters in diameter, at a height of a thousand meters.

When Li Yuan arrived.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Nearly ten figures flew out from a massive flying saucer fighter in the center of the base.

They flew up to meet him directly.

Being able to fly, there was no doubt they were either Feitian warriors or True Intent Yuan Warriors.

"Ling Qiang."

"You finally came." Joy appeared on the faces of this group, but one of them also had a look of doubt.

Li Yuan was wearing black battle armor, and his face could not be seen clearly at all.

"Luo Chan," Li Yuan's voice was cold, calling out to the black-clothed woman who was the leader of the group.

It was indeed Luo Chan!

She was one of the three "commanders" of the Mingxu Star Realm.

It was just that a look of shock flashed across Luo Chan's face, and a voice sounded directly in her mind: "Luo Chan, I am Li Yuan, just disguising my identity, don't be surprised."

"Understood," Luo Chan immediately transmitted. She was also a Feitian-level soul and could perceive the difference in Li Yuan's soul aura.

In fact, she had long since received the order communication regarding "Ling Qiang" and knew that the other party would disguise his identity.

It was just that Luo Chan never expected that he would disguise himself so realistically.

"Ling Qiang, this is Tavares."

"This is Luan Mu."

"This is..."

Luo Chan introduced them to Li Yuan one by one.

These Feitian warriors and True Intent Yuan Warriors were also looking at Li Yuan curiously.

"This is Li Yang, who broke through to Feitian warrior not long ago," Luo Chan introduced the last burly man.

"Ling Qiang, hello," the burly man smiled; he appeared quite humble.

Li Yuan nodded slightly, appearing very calm on the surface.

But in reality, Li Yuan had unspeakable emotions in his heart.

This burly man was his university teacher "Li Yang," the former "Vice Dean" of the Sixth Academy of Kunlun Martial Arts University.

More than a year ago, with Li Yuan's help, Li Yang was able to break through his skill to the Fifth Rank Perfection, and then went to the Flying Star for special training... but Li Yuan never expected that Li Yang would eventually choose to break through within the Mingxu Star Realm.

This choice.

Meant that Li Yang would likely be trapped in the Mingxu Star Realm forever.

Making such a choice required courage.

But Li Yuan couldn't say anything. As far as he knew, there were already more than 20 Yuan Warriors in the Seven-Star Civilization who had broken through to Feitian warriors within the Mingxu Star Realm.

Li Yang was just one of many.

Compared to the Luo Bu Sea Star Realm, the Mingxu Star Realm was indeed far more precious, and its value was far higher.

"What about Yu Jinghe? Is there any news?" Li Yuan's voice was cold, asking the key question.

Coldness was the persona he set for Ling Qiang; being cold to others could reduce communication and better disguise himself.

"Still nothing."

"Since August 24th, Yu Jinghe broke into the 'Area 67' on the outskirts of Ming Mountain alone, and there has been no news since. We can only confirm he is still alive, but we cannot contact him at all," Luo Chan smiled bitterly: "Not long after, starting from August 27th, one of the three great beast emperors of Ming Mountain, the 'Heavenly Snake Beast Emperor,' and a large number of Feitian-level alien beasts under its command launched crazy attacks on us and the Tianliang Civilization."

"The losses were tragic."

"Many peripheral bases were destroyed by Feitian-level alien beasts."

Li Yuan listened.

If it weren't for Yu Jinghe's disappearance, and only being able to confirm he was still alive through secret treasures, suspected to be trapped deep in Ming Mountain.

I'm afraid the high-level officials of the Seven-Star Alliance wouldn't have been in such a hurry to summon him.

"What about other Feitian-level combat power?" Li Yuan's gaze swept over.

According to previous data, the entire Mingyue Base should have more than 20 Feitian-level combat powers.

"Wuma Nong and the others are patrolling the outskirts, covering a large number of teams retreating back to the base."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 301 =====