Chapter 463

As Li Yuan pondered, he suddenly felt a message transmitted from the World Token on his wrist: "Juexing Xu Yuan, your spear technique has undergone a transformation; you have been awarded 50,000 points."

"As expected, breakthroughs in soul will, law comprehension, star pulses, and other aspects are all sensed by the Ancestral World's origin, granting point rewards," Li Yuan secretly thought. "It really is generous; to have received 50,000 points is even more than what I earned from the battle where I defeated Ao Feng."

"Last time my Wind Law broke through, I only received 5,000 points."

"That makes sense."

"This spear technique breakthrough is equivalent to reaching the high-stage from the mid-stage of the eighth stage, so the reward is naturally much higher," Li Yuan secretly thought. "If someone were to comprehend a True God-level secret technique, or if their law comprehension reached the eighth-stage perfection (True God initial stage), the reward would likely be even higher."

In this regard, Li Yuan was actually mistaken.

One of the key factors in his ability to receive such a high point reward at once was his age.

If it were a Demigod who had cultivated for three hundred years breaking through from the eighth-stage mid-tier to the eighth-stage high-tier, the point reward would likely be less than 10,000.

"I am already in first place."

"Getting another 50,000 points is just icing on the cake." Li Yuan waved his hand to put away his long spear, turning into a stream of light as he soared into the sky.

With only two days left, Li Yuan still wanted to acquire more points to avoid being overtaken by Ning Chi, who was following closely behind.

Besides that.

"According to the intelligence I recently obtained, Xiao Bing should be in the southern region of the Ancestral World. I will search as much as possible to see if I can find her," Li Yuan secretly thought. "Only then will I have a greater advantage when the Ancestral World Token emerges."

The battle for the Ancestral World Token is far more dangerous than the point battle.

Time passed.

In the blink of an eye, another day went by. Li Yuan encountered several more Demigods, none of whom were from Juexing Ancient City, and they were naturally defeated by him in a clean and swift manner.

When he encountered the last white-robed Demigod.

"Xu Yuan, let me go, let me go." That Demigod manipulated a large number of flying needles, invoking the mysteries of the Fire Law to form a divine fire dragon around his body, struggling to block Li Yuan's attack.

His strength was also quite strong, capable of erupting with the strength of a mid-tier Void God, making him an existence in the top 1,000 of the Ancestral World Ranking.

It was just that this bit of strength was completely insufficient in front of Li Yuan.

"Boom!"

Li Yuan slapped down fiercely, shattering his divine fire dragon, and a large number of flying needle artifacts shot off in all directions... This kind of strength was simply no match for Li Yuan.

Pressing step by step.

Every step Li Yuan took felt as if it were stepping on the white-robed Demigod's heart, causing him to tremble.

Dominant! Overbearing!

"Shall I send you off? Or will you go yourself?" Li Yuan's voice was very soft, yet possessed an unquestionable dominance: "I don't want to kill you."

"Why must you force me?"

The white-robed Demigod's heart was filled with despair. A trace of resentment flashed in his eyes as he roared in a near-mad state: "Xu Yuan, you are already first on the point ranking, and I have no chance to start over. Why must you force me?"

"You are cutting off my opportunity!!"

"When I return to the Dongyou Sacred Land, I will never let this go," the white-robed Demigod roared, his eyes nearly crazed. "Never."

"Oh?"

"So, you hold a grudge against me? You are from the Dongyou Sacred Land?" Li Yuan's eyes moved slightly, and he said indifferently: "Fine, then let's settle this grudge today."

Before the white-robed Demigod could react.

Hum~

Li Yuan's eyes became dark, as if they were a world, and an invisible soul fluctuation had already shrouded this area.

It also shrouded the white-robed Demigod.

Boom!

The white-robed Demigod only felt his consciousness instantly fall into endless darkness... his eyes instantly became dim.

He was dead!

This scene, instead, left Li Yuan puzzled for a moment.

"This guy, his material attack is not bad, it should be comparable to Yang Di, about the same as when I just became a Demigod," Li Yuan shook his head secretly. "But his soul will is too weak; I estimate it only just reached the Void God realm."

"To think he was directly soul-killed by my 'Heart-Burning Blade'."

"Too weak." Li Yuan hadn't expected it to be so easy.

For many years, Li Yuan had been cultivating the "Six Realms of Heart Illusion," and had also long been splitting a portion of his consciousness to enter the "Dream World Stone," immersing himself in it to comprehend the operation of real illusions... but these were all to hone his soul consciousness and improve Li Yuan's research on the soul.

It was equivalent to law comprehension in material aspects.

These were the foundations.

And to fully exert the power of these studies, one must cultivate soul secret techniques... Limited by time and energy, the soul secret techniques Li Yuan had been cultivating were only two: "Heart-Burning Blade" and "Soul Thought."

The former was good at soul attacks and was more overbearing.

The latter leaned towards confusion, with illusion worlds as the main focus.

"Direct soul killing is extremely difficult," Li Yuan shook his head secretly. "Previously, when I used 'Heart-Burning Blade' against those top Demigods with level 54 strength or Void God peak combat power, the effect was almost non-existent."

"Looking at it now, it's not that 'Heart-Burning Blade' is weak, it's just that those powerful Demigods' soul defenses are too strong."

"Different secret techniques must be applied specifically."

"When dealing with a large number of weaklings surrounding me, using 'Heart-Burning Blade' can sweep and kill them, so there's no need to waste time on material attacks."

"For the strong, one must use 'Soul Thought' to suppress and influence them as much as possible, forcing them to be unable to exert their full combat power, making it difficult for them to exert their true strength." Li Yuan was becoming increasingly flexible in the coordination of soul attacks and material attacks.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan waved his hand to put away the many treasures left behind by the other party, and took a step to merge into the void.

Hum~

A part of Li Yuan's consciousness sensed the fluctuations of heaven and earth, guarding against all directions.

A part of his consciousness sensed the origin of the Space Law, constantly comprehending the mysteries of space.

A part of his consciousness was constantly pondering the combination of the mysteries of the three major laws in his mind.

With soul will reaching Li Yuan's level, multitasking was easy; it was just that the more heart consciousness concentrated, the higher the efficiency... like in battle, all soul consciousness was invested in the battle, going all out.

And like right now.

Besides splitting his attention to the three types of cultivation above, most of Li Yuan's consciousness was immersed in the "Dream World Stone," constantly possessing a large number of "real illusion creatures," comprehending them.

"The spear technique has broken through."

"If I can cultivate the True God chapter of the 'Soul Thought' secret technique, that would be absolute invincibility in the Ancestral World, not even fearing being surrounded by hundreds or thousands of strong people," Li Yuan's heart was full of anticipation. "My soul has reached level 59, and my will is even at the True God level... I have every hope of succeeding."

Once successful, Li Yuan's soul attack power would soar by another large margin.

Material, soul!

Advancing side by side in both major aspects, this is the royal road.

It was just destined to be extremely difficult; many True Gods, possessing powerful soul will, did not have deep enough research on soul principles... and also could not comprehend True God-level soul secret techniques.

... After exploring and searching an area.

"Hmm? Demigod Lian Yun's ranking has dropped? Dropped out of the top ten? Could he have been eliminated by someone?" Li Yuan noticed the change in the Ancestral World Ranking.

Demigod Lian Yun.

In Li Yuan's intelligence, he was a powerful Demigod who had cultivated for over six hundred years in the Dongyou Sacred Land and had been famous for a long time.

He hadn't appeared for over a hundred years previously, and at that time, many forces thought he had broken through to become a God.

Never expected he had been cultivating in seclusion, just for the battle of the Ancestral World.

"Demigod Lian Yun, with such a high ranking, likely has the strength of a Void God peak, and very few people can defeat him," Li Yuan pondered. "Who could have done it? I haven't seen any ranking changes either."

By logic, obtaining half of Demigod Lian Yun's points would be enough to cause a change in the ranking list.

"Could it be Ning Chi?" Li Yuan thought of a possibility.

Above the ice field, a great battle had already subsided.

"The ranking hasn't changed yet?"

"I defeated Demigod Lian Yun and obtained tens of thousands of points, yet I still haven't caught up to Xu Yuan?" Ning Chi was somewhat incredulous. "The point gap between me and Xu Yuan is so large."

Ning Chi didn't quite dare to believe it.

During this time, he had been frantically looking for opponents, and his points had been soaring... but he never expected that after defeating Demigod Lian Yun, his ranking still couldn't surpass Xu Yuan.

Before being defeated, Demigod Lian Yun was ranked sixth!

"Lost?"

"Not much hope left." Ning Chi shook his head.

With only a little over a day left, the Ancestral World is so vast that the hope of encountering another powerful Demigod with enough points is very slim.

Demigod Ning Chi did not know.

If Li Yuan hadn't received the "50,000 point reward" for his spear technique breakthrough, he would indeed have been surpassed.

The final moment had arrived.

Suddenly—

"The first stage of the Ancestral World Battle has ended, and the top 10,000 on the Ancestral World Ranking are confirmed to enter the second stage," a gentle voice sounded in the minds of the remaining tens of thousands of Demigods. "The rest are eliminated and will leave the Ancestral World."

Hum~ Hum~

Invisible fluctuations directly shrouded those Demigods ranked after 10,000. Even if they were full of unwillingness, they all understood... their journey in the Ancestral World Battle had ended.

Without rushing into the top 10,000, they didn't even have the chance to receive the rewards bestowed by the Ancestral World.

"Congratulations, Juexing Xu Yuan, for obtaining the first place in the point ranking," a separate voice sounded in Li Yuan's mind. "When you leave the Ancestral World, you will have the opportunity to receive a gift of extremely high value... After a while, the second stage of the Ancestral World Token battle will begin."

"Please be prepared."

"Remember, if you seize the Ancestral World Token and successfully retain it to enter the third stage, the gift you receive will be even more precious... The better you perform, the better the final gift will be."

This gentle voice dissipated.

Hum~

Li Yuan only felt an invisible force shroud him, just like when he first entered the Ancestral World, once again confining him within a radius of ten meters.

"Hmm?"

"Rules of the Ancestral World Token?" Li Yuan sensed the new detailed rules that had appeared in the World Token.

"In this Ancestral World Battle, there are a total of nine tokens."

"They will appear randomly one after another near the top 100 combatants. The higher the ranking, the higher the probability of randomly obtaining an Ancestral World Token. Once collected, all strong people in the Ancestral World will receive guidance... Retain the Ancestral World Token for one day to obtain it and directly enter the core of the Ancestral World."

"Except for the artifacts you use yourself, you cannot use any external objects; violators will be eliminated."

"Every combatant has one 'teleportation' opportunity reserved in their World Token. Once used, it is considered an elimination; use it with caution."

"Remember, the battle for the Ancestral World Token should be done according to one's ability; it tests strength, and even more so, it tests luck, courage, and wisdom."

"Nine tokens?"

"In this Ancestral World Battle, the number of Ancestral World Tokens emerging is actually extremely high," Li Yuan secretly marveled.

Under normal circumstances, 3-10 Ancestral World Tokens emerge in each Ancestral World Battle.

But in reality, in the vast majority of Ancestral World Battles, 3-5 emerge, and the number of times more than 5 emerge is very rare.

Over hundreds of millions of years, in hundreds of thousands of Ancestral World Battles, there has only been one instance where 10 Ancestral World Tokens appeared.

"According to the long-term data speculation of Juexing Ancient City."

"The higher the overall level of the combatants and the more geniuses there are, the more Ancestral World Tokens will emerge," Li Yuan secretly thought. "Looking at it now, the geniuses gathered in our Ancestral World Battle are likely top-tier among the hundreds of thousands of Ancestral World Battles in this world."

Nine Ancestral World Tokens.

Emerging one after another, retaining for one day... Li Yuan constantly pondered the rules.

"In this way, the further back it goes, the less competitive pressure there is? After all, the top strong people in front have already seized the Ancestral World Token and left." Li Yuan pondered, then shook his head again: "Wrong! As long as you retain the Ancestral World Token for one day."

"And to traverse the entire Ancestral World, most Demigods need several days... which means, if you are unlucky and are too far from where the Ancestral World Token emerges, you have no chance to compete at all."

"But as time passes, competing for one Ancestral World Token after another, a large number of strong people will gradually gather."

"Looking at it this way, when competing for the first one, there are fewer strong people surrounding you."

"The further back it goes, the more concentrated the strong people are, and it becomes easier to encounter more strong people surrounding you," Li Yuan pondered.

Should he go all out to compete for the first few, or save his strength to compete for the later ones?

This is a great test of the combatants' choices.

Suddenly.

Whoosh!

A dazzling brilliance flashed across heaven and earth.

Immediately, the 10,000 Demigods distributed in different regions of the Ancestral World "saw" the scene millions, or even tens of millions of miles away through an invisible force.

A token, purple all over and exuding endless mysterious aura, appeared out of thin air in a quiet valley.

And in the valley, a beautiful "cyan flying snake" was lying down.

(End of chapter)