Chapter 344: For the civilization! Spiritual awakening degree 75%

Inside the Tier-Four warship, the 'Stealth' system had already been activated. Coupled with the warship's own extremely high clearance within the Seven-Star Alliance, the Star Fall Alliance's monitoring system did not display this warship at all.

"Haha, I've finally met the number one genius of our Seven-Star civilization. Not bad, not bad," a burly, blonde middle-aged man wearing a suit laughed. "You're even younger than I expected."

"Demigod Lante," Li Yuan bowed quite respectfully, feeling quite emotional inside.

Li Yuan had never expected that the Alliance Leader would directly arrange for 'Demigod Lante' to personally protect him.

Demigod Lante hailed from 'Sky Sea Star', one of the seven great planets.

He was the first demigod in the history of the Seven-Star civilization, the oldest existence in the civilization, and had led the civilization for over a hundred years... Before Dongfang Ji's rise, he was the undisputed number one powerhouse of the Seven-Star civilization.

Even now, Demigod Lante was still recognized as the second strongest in the civilization, second only to Dongfang Ji.

Moreover, Li Yuan's actual clearance within the virtual network was currently 'Demigod-level', allowing him to access a vast amount of data.

He knew very well that there were differences among the demigods within the civilization; some were highly trusted, such as Demigod Sanye and Demigod Baishan.

Some demigods were not trusted.

After all, in history, there had been incidents where demigods betrayed the civilization and caused massive destruction, so one naturally had to be careful.

And Demigod Lante could be considered the core layer of the entire civilization.

Just as Li Yuan had grown along the way, receiving help from Demigod Baishan, Fang Da, Dongfang Ji, and others.

When Dongfang Ji rose to prominence back then, he had also received guidance from Demigod Lante, Demigod Baishan, and others.

"When the Alliance Leader told me not long ago, I was still very shocked," Demigod Lante sighed. "I never expected that Spirit Spear was actually you. No wonder you hid so deeply."

Li Yuan couldn't help but smile.

The Phantom Spirit Garment on his body could only deceive those below the demigod level.

As for demigods, they possessed demigod-level souls and powerful spiritual senses; they could not be blocked from prying.

As long as demigods were slightly serious, they could naturally distinguish it.

And Demigod Lante was trustworthy.

"I also didn't expect that the Alliance Leader would let you, an elder, come to protect me," Li Yuan laughed. "This junior is flattered."

"You are such a genius, and now that you are on Star Fall, you naturally have to be cautious and vigilant against demigod assassinations. The Alliance Leader cannot come, so it is best that I come to protect you," Demigod Lante laughed. "Besides, don't call me an elder; I am not old yet."

"Haha, it is this junior's fault," Li Yuan laughed. "Senior is very young."

Demigod Lante and Demigod Baishan were the two oldest demigods in the Seven-Star civilization.

But in reality, they were only three hundred-plus years old. Relative to the demigod's lifespan of up to a thousand years, they were indeed still relatively young, and both had hopes of becoming gods in the future.

"I have looked at the list," Demigod Lante said. "Most of them are Star Realms on Star Fall."

"Correct," Li Yuan nodded.

The entire civilization connected to over a thousand Star Realms, but most were Tier-One Star Realms... there were only nearly two hundred Tier-Two Star Realms in total.

And the Star Realm list given by the Alliance Leader contained a total of 43 Tier-Two Star Realms; the quantity was not considered many relative to the total.

More than half of them were located on Star Fall.

According to Li Yuan's search in the database, Star Fall should be the core of the entire dimensional plane. Places like the Nine-Leaf Star Realm and the Nine-Mountain Star Realm were all located on Star Fall.

Even the legendary 'Plane Passage' was on Star Fall, only Li Yuan did not know the specific location.

The only Tier-Four Star Realm, the 'Demon Mountain Star Realm', was also on Star Fall.

For many reasons, Star Fall gathered the essence of the entire Seven-Star civilization, with the largest population and the most powerhouses... more than half of the demigods stayed on Star Fall to guard it.

"Why choose the Dragon Bone Star Realm first? The enemies in this Star Realm are the weakest," Demigod Lante asked in confusion. "Shouldn't you choose the 'Profound Demon Star Realm' first?"

"After all, once you start attacking, you will be exposed, and the enemies in other Star Realms will definitely retreat quickly," Demigod Lante said. "At that time, it will be very difficult to concentrate on the slaughter."

Li Yuan laughed.

The Profound Demon Star Realm was the one with the strongest enemy strength on the Star Realm list, and also the one with the largest territory, connecting to the Ten Thousand Demon civilization... there were nearly a hundred Sky-Flying martial artists from the Ten Thousand Demon civilization, among whom there was no lack of peak Sky-Flying powerhouses.

Was there a limit Sky-Flying powerhouse? Doubtful!

The Dragon Bone Star Realm was very weak, with only about ten Sky-Flying alien races.

"Senior Lante," Li Yuan laughed. "I have my own considerations. You will understand when the time comes."

"Fine."

"Anyway, the Alliance Leader only told me to protect you. As for how to do it, you are the executor, you decide for yourself," Demigod Lante said.

He had an extremely high status in the civilization; even when Demigod Baishan saw him, he had to respectfully call him 'Senior'.

But ever since the Seven-Star Alliance was established over a hundred years ago, he had become very low-key, even refusing the title of 'Second Alliance Leader'.

After learning about Li Yuan's related deeds through Dongfang Ji, he also quite admired Li Yuan in his heart.

In Demigod Lante's eyes, Li Yuan was just like Dongfang Ji back then, perhaps bringing another revolution and change to the entire Seven-Star civilization.

Not long after.

The massive Tier-Four warship arrived above a not-too-large war fortress—Dragon Bone Fortress.

This was the direct passage to the Dragon Bone Star Realm.

It was also the only passage between the Seven-Star civilization and the Dragon Bone Star Realm.

The entire fortress had long been under martial law, and even the several Sky-Flying martial artists originally stationed here had been ordered to stay away.

The purpose was to hide Li Yuan's whereabouts.

These Sky-Flying martial artists only knew that the civilization's high echelon had an operation, but what specific operation? Who was acting? It was all a mystery.

"Senior Lante, I am going," Li Yuan said in a low voice.

Whoosh!

The light around his body distorted, and Li Yuan had already silently entered the war fortress. Some Source martial artists? Rank-One martial artists inside the fortress?... They simply couldn't discover Li Yuan after he restrained his aura.

Soon.

Li Yuan had already passed through the 'Star Realm Passage' at the bottom of the war fortress and entered the Dragon Bone Star Realm.

"This Star Realm is indeed small," Li Yuan flew out quickly from the 'outpost' ten-plus kilometers underground.

He arrived on the ground and then flew to an extremely high altitude.

In the sky was a dark sun, its light dim.

"Dragon Bone Mountain Range." Li Yuan looked down at the vast mountain range on the earth. The mountain range stretched for thousands of kilometers, and from the mountain's orientation, it looked just like the skeleton of a fallen divine dragon, hence the name 'Dragon Bone Mountain Range'.

The entire Star Realm was also named the Dragon Bone Star Realm.

"According to the reconnaissance intelligence from so many years."

"The conditions of the Dragon Bone Star Realm are very suitable for cultivating the Tier-Two spiritual medicine 'Spirit Joy Fruit', as well as numerous Tier-One spiritual medicines," Li Yuan thought to himself.

Simply put, this Dragon Bone Star Realm was very suitable to become a medicine garden for the Seven-Star civilization, which could further consolidate the foundation of the entire civilization.

Only.

Relative to the expected harvest, the enemy's strength was somewhat strong... there were two forces in the Dragon Bone Star Realm.

One force was the local force, which had several Sky-Flying lifeforms.

The other force was the alien civilization 'Fire Winter civilization', which was the name given by the Seven-Star civilization, and it was also stationed with several Sky-Flying alien races.

The two forces fought very fiercely.

As for the Seven-Star civilization?

Firstly, it was a Star Realm entrance discovered only in the last ten-plus years, and secondly, it was unwilling to invest too much power into a small Star Realm to directly clash with the Fire Winter civilization, so it had never taken action.

After all, like Yu Jinghe and the others before, they couldn't break through the Fire Winter civilization's war fortress.

Even.

"To this day, the Fire Winter civilization probably doesn't know that our Seven-Star civilization has already appeared at the Star Realm passage with the Dragon Bone Star Realm," Li Yuan shook his head secretly.

The Seven-Star civilization had many Star Realms and came into contact with many alien civilizations, most of which would not erupt into direct, tragic conflicts.

"What a pity," Li Yuan shook his head slightly, a trace of coldness flashing in his eyes.

Whoosh!

Landing on the ground again, Li Yuan flew quickly towards the 'mountain tail' of the Dragon Bone Mountain Range.

Over the past ten-plus years, although the Seven-Star civilization had only established one outpost, it had been constantly exploring intelligence on the entire Star Realm... now that the intelligence was in Li Yuan's hands, it could be said to have played its due role.

Red Moon Base was one of the two major bases of the Fire Winter civilization in the Dragon Bone Star Realm, and numerous powerhouses were stationed inside.

Among them were several Sky-Flying powerhouses.

In the deepest part of the base, inside a magnificent hall, the entire hall was empty, with only a soft large bed in the center.

At this moment, two figures were entangled hysterically on the large bed, venting the desires in their hearts.

For a long time.

The two finally relaxed.

"Big brother, you were much more fierce than last time," the charming woman lay on the bed like a pile of mud. Her body had quite a few scales like snake scales, which was a characteristic of the Fire Winter civilization's clansmen.

"I just broke through to level 33, so naturally I am more powerful," the burly man laughed teasingly.

"Hateful," the charming woman snorted.

The burly man laughed loudly. With a wave of his hand, the wine glass on the table in the distance floated over, and he drank it up, feeling quite satisfied in his heart.

"Big brother, when do you plan to take action against that group of alien races on Dragon Head Mountain?" the charming woman changed the subject.

"No rush!"

"These indigenous alien races have no Star Arts, and their foundation is pitifully weak; they only rely on that old dragon head's strength being somewhat stronger," the burly man's eyes were cold. "I am already level 33, and my Star Veins are also stronger. Once the Star Arts I cultivate are a notch stronger, I can plan to take action."

"Hmph!"

"Once this group of alien races is slaughtered, the entire Star Realm will be our world," the burly man said. "At that time, we will have bargaining chips to negotiate with the clan, and we will be even more free and unfettered."

"Mm," the charming woman's eyes were full of admiration.

Trapped in a Star Realm, never able to return, many powerhouses were unwilling, but there were also many Sky-Flying martial artists who did not have high pursuits and enjoyed it.

Suddenly.

"Hum~" An invisible force silently permeated into this secret room, and immediately swept across these two Sky-Flying martial artists.

Secret Art "Mind Soul"!

"Hmm?" The charming woman still had a large area of snow-white skin exposed on her chest, a trace of confusion flashing in her eyes.

Her Source Force cultivation was only level 31, and her soul was very average.

"Hmm?" The burly man's eyes, however, flashed with a trace of struggle. He was level 33 after all, and his soul was much more powerful, making it naturally easier to resist Li Yuan's soul secret art.

But it was only a struggle.

After a while, he also sank into it.

Staying in the Dragon Bone Star Realm for a long time, without any major enemies, always cultivating step-by-step, plus indulging in pleasure, the burly man's willpower had actually declined quite a bit... soul cultivation usually wouldn't decline, but willpower would gradually change with the passage of time.

People would change. Some people had strong willpower when they were young, but as they approached old age, their willpower was eroded by pleasure, and their willpower might actually decline.

"I have become a demigod? Become the hegemon of the entire world? So many beauties." The burly man was completely immersed in the illusion constructed by the "Mind Soul" secret art.

Completely sunken.

Suddenly.

"Hum~" Another destructive soul force silently eroded into the hearts of the two Sky-Flying martial artists. This force was much more overbearing than the previous soul force.

Secret Art "Burning Heart Blade"!

Only a few seconds later, the two powerful Sky-Flying martial artists suddenly stiffened, then collapsed with a bang, their soul auras dissipating rapidly.

There were no injuries on their bodies, but they were already dead.

Because their souls had already been extinguished.

Mental attacks were soul attacks, and they were just that overbearing. They were different from material attacks... material attacks could cause damage time and time again, and it was difficult to directly extinguish a powerhouse.

And soul attacks mostly couldn't constitute a threat. Success was rare, after all, a powerhouse's soul and flesh were fused, and the soul was extremely stable, making soul extinction extremely difficult.

The soul, after all, was only an illusory force.

However, once successful, it could silently extinguish them directly without causing any movement.

In the void outside Red Moon Base.

Li Yuan was restraining his aura with all his might. Under his spiritual sense, the entire base was under his investigation.

No one in the entire Red Moon Base could perceive his existence.

"Two bases."

"Five Sky-Flying martial artists, one mid-stage Sky-Flying, four early-stage Sky-Flying, all soul-extinguished," Li Yuan also felt a trace of fatigue. "Mission perfectly completed."

Just like material attacks, which would make the body tired and even consume a large amount of Source Force, making it impossible to fight for a long time... soul attacks also consumed soul force and similarly required time to recover.

"Didn't expose myself."

"Even, probably no one can perceive that I have been here," Li Yuan thought to himself.

Why start from a weak Star Realm? This was the reason.

Relying on powerful soul attacks, Li Yuan could completely and silently extinguish a large number of ordinary Sky-Flying alien races.

If he had attacked the strongest ones from the beginning, directly those peak Sky-Flying powerhouses, Li Yuan wouldn't have been sure he could directly soul-extinguish them, so he would have had to attack forcefully... once a battle broke out, he would naturally be exposed.

"【You killed a Tier-Three lifeform, obtained spiritual nourishment, spiritual awakening degree reached 64.5%】" Li Yuan scanned the Divine Palace panel.

Killing five Sky-Flying alien races only increased the spiritual awakening degree by 0.5%.

If he wanted to increase it to 75%.

He would have to kill hundreds more Sky-Flying alien races.

"Big brother, your soul attack is really powerful, actually able to directly extinguish Sky-Flying ones," a green snake head appeared on Li Yuan's sleeve. "My soul attack is not easy to extinguish Tier-Two lifeforms."

Since entering the Star Realm, Liu Bing had been wrapped around Li Yuan's arm, making it convenient to take action at any time.

"They were just some ordinary Sky-Flying ones," Li Yuan shook his head. "Like against you, it wouldn't be of much use."

"There is still a certain influence, and this is still under the condition that I have cultivated soul defense secret arts and have soul-guarding treasures," Liu Bing said quickly. "Other Tier-Three lifeforms, even peak Sky-Flying powerhouses, I'm afraid would all be greatly influenced."

Li Yuan couldn't help but nod.

Since cultivating the two major soul secret arts, he had tested their power on the Hundred-Battle Arena of the Ancient God Palace and had also experimented on Liu Bing... Liu Bing's willpower was slightly worse, and currently, she was only at the ordinary Sky-Flying level, but her soul had grown to level 39.

The bloodline talent of the Holy Blood Heavenly Snake was incomparably rapid in growth before becoming a god, and even after becoming a god, the progress speed was also terrifying.

A powerful soul, combined with secret arts and treasures, had an extremely strong ability to resist soul attacks; even Li Yuan's soul attacks could only slightly shake her.

Of course!

Treasures that directly guard the soul were hard to come by. As far as Li Yuan knew, the vast majority of gods did not have them... at least Gu You didn't seem to have any in his hands.

Liu Bing? Many of her treasures were not left by Venerable Qiu Bing, but by the Heavenly Gods of the Heavenly Snake clan.

"Let's go."

"Set off for Dragon Head Mountain," Li Yuan said. He didn't go to kill those Tier-One and Tier-Two lifeforms in the Red Moon Base.

Killing them wouldn't yield spiritual nourishment.

Secondly, even if these Tier-One and Tier-Two lifeforms were slaughtered, the Fire Winter civilization could quickly dispatch another batch... the most important point was that if they were all slaughtered, the Fire Winter civilization would definitely know quickly.

Like now, the five Sky-Flying leaders of the two major bases had fallen silently, and for a short time, the Fire Winter civilization probably wouldn't even know.

Many weak civilizations did not have treasures like 'Life Crystals'.

"Little Bing," Li Yuan said in a low voice. "Hurry up."

"Okay!"

The green snake originally wrapped around Li Yuan's arm quickly grew larger, then opened its wings to carry Li Yuan.

Whoosh!

"Big brother, sit tight, we're flying." The green snake's whole body emitted a hazy green light, which also faintly wrapped around Li Yuan. Its speed suddenly soared to a terrifying level, almost exceeding 20 times the speed of sound in the blink of an eye.

Faster than the vast majority of peak Sky-Flying powerhouses.

"Haha, satisfying, woo! Big brother, I've been holding back for several years before," Liu Bing's voice was very cheerful.

Li Yuan laughed.

"This speed is indeed terrifying. 'Rending Heaven Sovereign Sovereign Yu Yi' is worthy of being a Nine-Layer Star Art," Li Yuan also exclaimed in his heart.

This was the first time Liu Bing had fully revealed her strength.

Just in terms of flight speed, Li Yuan asked himself that after losing the Five-Layer Evasion Star Art "Wind Sovereign Sovereign Yu Yi", he was afraid he only had one-third of Little Bing's.

It was completely not on the same level.

The Holy Blood Heavenly Snake was one of the strongest divine beasts of the Wind lineage in the entire Divine Domain, with terrifying talent, and was most adept at speed.

Liu Bing also cultivated the supreme evasion Star Art "Rending Heaven Sovereign Sovereign Yu Yi" that best suited her, combined with law insights comparable to a demigod mid-stage (law threshold).

It could be said.

In terms of pure speed, Liu Bing was absolutely the best among the same tier, already close to the demigod level.

Dragon Head Mountain was the lair of the local forces of the Dragon Bone Star Realm.

Inside a vast cave.

"Everyone, cultivate hard."

"The power of these extraterrestrial lifeforms is getting stronger and stronger. If we don't cultivate diligently, we will be completely wiped out sooner or later," two huge Sky-Flying alien beasts said in low voices.

Below the hall, there were a large number of Tier-Two alien beasts, all respectfully listening.

As a local force, their power was too weak, and they had no inheritance... the intelligence of the low-tier clansmen was also incomparably low, and they couldn't form a stable inheritance.

However, in the repeated battles with the Fire Winter civilization, they had been struggling with all their might, and even if the clan's power was getting weaker and weaker, they had never thought of giving up.

Suddenly.

An invisible fluctuation swept past. Under the eyes of a large number of Tier-Two alien beasts, the two Sky-Flying alien beasts stiffened and then collapsed, dying directly.

"Roar~~"

The entire Dragon Head Mountain was in chaos. Many Tier-Two alien beasts wanted to find the other few Sky-Flying ancestors, but soon discovered... the other few Sky-Flying ancestors had also fallen.

Similarly, there were no wounds, but the soul aura had dissipated.

This was absolutely a sky-collapsing event for the entire alien beast clan of the Dragon Bone Star Realm!

"It's over!"

"We are completely finished. It must have been the Fire Winter civilization acting in secret. Our entire world will be occupied," those top-tier Tier-Two alien beasts were incomparably terrified.

The Tier-Three ancestors were all dead, leaving only them, these Tier-Two lifeforms, how could they fight?

Even, to this day, they didn't know how their own Tier-Three ancestors had fallen.

A quarter of an hour later.

Under Little Bing's flight, Li Yuan had already returned to Star Fall and returned to the Tier-Four warship.

"Why did you come back so quickly? Encountered trouble?" Demigod Lante felt slightly surprised.

From Li Yuan's departure into the Dragon Bone Star Realm to his return, less than an hour had passed.

Such a short amount of time.

In Demigod Lante's estimation, Li Yuan would at most slaughter one faction.

In that case, he must have encountered trouble and turned back halfway.

A bad start!

"Don't be discouraged," Demigod Lante comforted him.

"The Fire Winter Civilization and the local forces, a total of nine Flying-level powerhouses, have all been wiped out without alerting the Fire Winter Civilization," Li Yuan said directly. "Senior, let's set off for the next Star Realm."

"What?" Demigod Lante widened his eyes. "Wiped out completely?"

It had only been an hour; what kind of slaughter speed was this?

"Good."

"Let's go to the next Star Realm." Demigod Lante did not doubt Li Yuan's words; with a thought, the warship started up rapidly.

The slaughter plan had already begun, so naturally, it would only get faster from here on out.

The longer the delay, the higher the risk of exposure.

... Time passed.

In the Azure Sea Star Realm, within a massive city belonging to the 'Fire Prison Civilization'.

"Continue to stabilize."

"Continue to propagate. The war within the Star Realm has been peaceful for so long; our propagation zone can continue to expand." Six Flying-level powerhouses of the same race were communicating with each other.

This was their routine meeting.

Suddenly.

Whoosh~ An invisible ripple swept past, and the six Flying-level powerhouses perished silently.

Because it was a high-level meeting.

Within a short time, the other powerhouses at this base were completely unaware.

Mountain Demon Star Realm.

Beneath a towering, endless mountain.

"Boom—" The mountains shook and the earth trembled.

A powerful creature, pitch-black and resembling a great mountain, stomped its four hooves on the earth, looking up at the figure in the void.

"Who exactly are you?" The Mountain Demon leader was terrified and furious.

He had clearly been sleeping just a moment ago, when he was suddenly attacked—first by a soul attack... He had nearly died, and it was only with extreme difficulty that he had regained consciousness.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan did not waste words with the opponent; his body moved directly, instantly transforming into a stream of light as he pounced.

Soul annihilation had failed.

Then he could only engage in direct combat.

"Hum~" With a silent soul ripple, Li Yuan had once again unleashed his "Soul Thoughts" to envelop the target.

The Mountain Demon leader was the strongest alien in the entire Mountain Demon Star Realm, with a life layer reaching Level 35.

"Whoosh!"

While the Mountain Demon leader's eyes were filled with dazed struggle, a spear light that seemed slow yet heart-wrenchingly beautiful lit up.

The spear light tore through heaven and earth!

"Pfft~" The Mountain Demon leader's seemingly powerful body was instantly torn open with a huge gash, and following that, another spear light flashed past, piercing directly through his skull.

The Mountain Demon leader, dead!

Whoosh!

Li Yuan stood in the void, holding his long spear.

He would not act if he didn't have to.

Once he acted, Li Yuan naturally unleashed his strongest attack, combining the two great intents of Wind and Earth, the Black Star Spear erupted! The ultimate Star Art, Myriad Things Divine Body, erupted.

Coupled with the interference of his soul attack, it was a one-hit kill.

"In terms of strength, this Mountain Demon leader is slightly stronger than the Heavenly Snake Beast Emperor from back then."

"He is the strongest powerhouse I have encountered among the hundreds of Flying-level aliens I've slaughtered in the past two days," Li Yuan muttered to himself.

Less than two days had passed.

Li Yuan had already swept through more than thirty Star Realms, clearing them one by one from weakest to strongest; previously, they had all been soul annihilations.

This Mountain Demon leader was the only one, the first Flying-level peak powerhouse Li Yuan had encountered, so he had no choice but to strike directly.

"Big Brother, we won again!"

"Haha." Liu Bing's excited voice rang out, but then she asked doubtfully, "Big Brother, why do I feel like you're not very happy?"

"We've killed another batch of enemies; nearly twenty Flying-level aliens in this Star Realm have been slaughtered. The Seven Star Civilization can completely occupy this Star Realm now. Big Brother, you should be happy," Liu Bing said in confusion.

Li Yuan sighed softly and said nothing.

The more he slaughtered, the less joy Li Yuan felt in his heart, yet his inner resolve grew firmer.

He looked down at the corpse of the Mountain Demon leader below.

"I'm sorry!"

"You and I have no grudge," Li Yuan muttered to himself, his eyes cold, "but for the sake of my civilization, I must do this!"

Whoosh!

Liu Bing carried Li Yuan and rushed toward the entrance of the Star Realm.

On the way, Li Yuan scanned a line on his Divine Palace panel:

【Spirituality Awakening Degree: 75% (Current upper limit 75%, can initiate the third spirituality guidance)】

After nearly two days of frantic slaughter, Li Yuan's spirituality awakening degree had long since reached the 75% limit.

However.

Li Yuan would not stop until this operation was completely finished.

"The Star Realm targets that were easy to clear have all been completed," Li Yuan's eyes were cold. "The target Star Realms from here on out all have Flying-level peak powerhouses."

"In that case, let's start the slaughter from the strongest ones next."

"Next target."

"Mysterious Demon Star Realm!"

(End of chapter)