Chapter 508: The Power of the [Reality Stone]

"That glove..." The unknown figure stared intently at the [Infinity Gauntlet]. This wasn't the first time this item had appeared.

The Abyss Institute had even created a system model and queried the entire interstellar intelligence network about it, but they had found absolutely nothing so far.

Last time, there was only one purple gemstone. This time, a red gemstone had actually appeared as well. Where did all these gemstones come from?

He felt puzzled inwardly. According to intelligence analysis, the purple gemstone could unleash powerful energy attacks, with its highest known upper limit exceeding the ten-million energy level mark.

However, that clearly wasn't its true limit, but rather the limit imposed by the user's own shackles.

So what kind of function did this red gemstone possess?

He pondered in his mind, but then a relaxed mentality arose within him.

Once they obtained this glove, they could naturally research it thoroughly.

...

It was just that it was already covered in a layer of frost and would soon become a block of ice in the space environment.

The Phantom Dragon armor on his body continuously flashed red, indicating that the pod's target had lost vital signs.

Siegel's figure emerged in the distance. His entire person flickered in and out of sight, looking quite cool.

Li Yu glanced at him. Putting aside everything else, Siegel definitely had a knack for striking poses.

Maurice died quite aggrievedly. Although the situation was unfavorable to him, if he hadn't tangled with Li Yu head-on, he could have held out for a while longer.

After all, an Advanced Lifeform capable of erupting with an energy level of ten million was considered a big shot in any region.

Unfortunately, an Old Six had been hiding in the dark all along, waiting for the right moment to kill with one strike.

"This person came out to divert attention. Meditation's final desperate measure is not on him."

Li Yu looked at Maurice's corpse, casually stripped off the Phantom Dragon armor from his body, and stored it into a Space Compression Device.

Putting aside everything else, this armor was definitely a good item.

Having dealt with this, the two returned to the surface, preparing to enter the true Meditation headquarters.

"Meditation's headquarters is enveloped by a special energy field, making it difficult for me to approach previously. I don't know the exact situation inside either," Siegel explained.

Li Yu knew Meditation couldn't possibly surrender without a fight, and Meditation also knew that Li Yu knew they had hidden methods. Both sides were fully aware, and it was a contest of whose methods were more brilliant.

It was just that Li Yu didn't want to use large-scale ground-washing methods to avoid destroying the Divine Statues, so he could only come over in person to clear the mines.

And although Meditation didn't know why Li Yu dared to descend, they wouldn't let slip such a good opportunity.

At the same time, Hunter's urgent warning sounded in his ear:

"Li Yu, 12 super-high energy explosion points detected, right beneath your feet!"

Just as his voice fell, the earth beneath their feet cracked open, emitting deafening roars. Dirt and rocks splashed as the fissures spread rapidly across the ground.

It made the earth, which was already ravaged by the aftershocks of battle, unable to bear the load and completely collapse. Dust and smoke filled the air, and a dust storm mixed with rocks rose up, gradually covering this land.

Dust flew everywhere around them, but naturally, this couldn't affect Li Yu and Siegel.

A sense of crisis rushed straight to his head. Li Yu looked around, frowning slightly.

Then, the surrounding dust seemed to be suppressed by an invisible force, suddenly falling to the ground, and the environment cleared up instantly.

Unknown when, twelve humanoid figures of light were already standing all around.

They were constructed purely of divine power. They appeared humanoid, but it was obvious that their interior had completely lost any lifeform characteristics, instead coalesced by some kind of power.

"Is this Meditation's trump card? Divine Aggregates?" Li Yu himself was a deity, and at a glance, he saw through the existential essence of these twelve figures of light.

Meditation's Artificial God technology was rather special. If it was merely creating gods simply, there would be no special characteristics.

The reason their technology was praiseworthy was because the Artificial Gods they cultivated possessed no self-awareness.

They were completely containers and puppets that could be wantonly manipulated by external forces.

Such divine puppets had both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage was that they were completely under their control. No matter how powerful the Artificial Gods became, they wouldn't cause any backlash.

And the disadvantage was that they had no self-combat capability; they could only be driven by other means to utilize this power.

And these twelve figures in front of him were using the most simple and crude method: forcibly coalescing divine power to bless themselves, providing powerful support.

"The power of each of these twelve figures of light is probably no less than Maurice's..." Siegel's solemn voice sounded in Li Yu's ear.

Yet the question Li Yu was currently pondering was, why twelve again?

Deities seemed to have a soft spot for the number twelve. The Council had twelve seats...

However, tracing the Council back, it could be traced back to the era of the Titan Civilization.

Perhaps twelve was the lucky number of the Titans?

"Humble ant, today is your day of death!"

The twelve figures of light spoke simultaneously, their overlapping echoes reverberating across the surface.

Countless believers prostrated themselves on the ground, facing this direction with fanatical expressions, lowering their heads and reciting the names of the deities.

They sensed that in that direction were the deities they believed in.

"Who are you? Are you the consciousness of the original lifeforms, or new Divine Aggregates?" Li Yu asked curiously.

"You don't need to care about who we are. You only need to know that today you must die here!"

The twelve voices sounded at the same time. Li Yu's eyes narrowed. The [Power Stone] on the [Infinity Gauntlet] trembled, and a purple barrier formed around him.

Rumble!

Twelve white fists slammed simultaneously onto the purple barrier. Terrifying energy instantly detonated at the contact points. The milky-white energy orbs rapidly expanded, energy ripples dissipated outwards, and the ground was continuously leveled.

Viewed from outer space, it looked as if a white pustule had suddenly grown out of the surface of this planet and was still swelling.

Bang!

The white energy orb expanded to its limit and exploded violently. A portion of the energy turned into a white light beam that tore through the atmosphere and rushed into space.

A portion formed a ring-shaped shockwave on the surface, rapidly forming a crater around the point of impact before causing the mountain body to collapse.

And another portion spread deep beneath the surface. The continental plates thoroughly shattered, and blazing planetary core magma spewed out all around.

From distant orbit, the southwestern hemisphere of this planet looked as if a bite had been taken out of it, resembling the emblem of some small merchant group in the universe.

...

In the seemingly withered universe, radio signals exchanged. The factions lying dormant in the dark were all observing this battle to see if they could find an opportunity to get a share of the pie.

At the same time, they expressed their respective views on this battle.

"Meditation sure does have desperate measures. Li Yu is going to suffer a huge loss. He might even die here."

"This is very normal. Even an ordinary lifeform can burst out with unimaginable combat strength at the final moment on the verge of death, let alone a massive organization."

"According to Li Yu's psychological model analysis, he should have been able to guess it. Why is he still acting so recklessly?"

"He's smug and self-satisfied. For someone to reach this level at his current age is exceptionally rare in the world, not to mention his ambiguous relationship with the Empress of Return Star. Detailed information about him sits on the desks of over half the armed organizations in the entire interstellar space. He is listed as a key target of interest."

"...If I had his achievements, I'd raise a huge banner and let the whole universe know. A little arrogance is perfectly normal..."

"Is that so?"

"Who cares about the reason! There's a good show to watch today. To dare to descend alone, one Star Coin, I bet he's dead for sure!"

"..."

Channels communicated, signals exchanged. Everyone was watching the planet before them.

The energy waves gradually subsided. The purple barrier remained completely unmoving, and Li Yu, standing within it, was perfectly unscathed.

The [Power Stone] was sufficient to defend against this terrifying attack. With his body's strength increasing once again, he naturally could tap into even greater power from it.

And the place where he stood had been blasted into a massive crater tens of thousands of meters deep, revealing parts of Meditation's underground structures.

A giant building enveloped by a white energy shield caught Li Yu's attention.

The fluctuations emanating from it let Li Yu know that it should be the place where the Artificial Gods were stored.

...

"A bit troublesome..." Li Yu frowned slightly. His target was Meditation's Artificial Gods, yet these Divine Aggregates were drawing out the faith and divine power from the Artificial Gods.

If the battle continued, regardless of whether Li Yu could defeat these Divine Aggregates, a considerable amount of faith would be consumed.

But this couldn't be helped. As an organization that started with Artificial Gods, even their final desperate measures couldn't be separated from Artificial Gods.

He already had this kind of speculation before coming here.

This was inherently an unsolvable problem. Meditation might have honestly surrendered.

No matter what method Li Yu used, what he ultimately faced would be intense resistance.

If he dragged the time out longer, it might instead allow other factions to intervene, resulting in greater losses.

Therefore, Li Yu prepared to attack Meditation the moment he arrived.

It was just that now, regardless of whether he fought or not, it would affect the Artificial Gods. It was very troublesome.

However, he had psychological expectations for such methods beforehand, so naturally, he had thought of some solutions.

Due to activating the [Power Stone], his body currently felt somewhat uncomfortable. However, compared to his upcoming actions, this discomfort was just a drop in the bucket.

"Do you guys want to see... the power to alter reality!?"

He slowly raised his arm. The [Infinity Gauntlet] flickered, the two gemstones on the back of his hand radiating blazing brilliance outwards.

And the red gemstone on it burned even more intensely.

The Divine Aggregates lacked self-awareness, but this didn't prevent them from sensing that something was wrong. The twelve figures of light synchronized their advance and retreat, launching another attack.

However, at this moment, the terrifying brilliance erupted by the [Reality Stone] swept across the entire planet. Red tassels spread outwards like a vortex, wrapping around the twelve Divine Aggregates.

Li Yu frowned deeply. Due to wanting to accomplish the thought in his mind, his body was bearing unimaginable pressure every passing moment.

Taking out the [Virtual Glasses] and putting them on, after digitization, he could clearly see his Health Points dropping at an extremely fast rate, currently hovering around 40%.

Although a portion of his Health Points was consumed in previous battles and through the use of extra combat states, it was still enough to show the pressure Li Yu was currently enduring.

Correspondingly, inconceivable changes occurred to the twelve Divine Aggregates. The milky-white energy within their bodies seemed to be extracted out, returning to where they should exist.

"What... what kind of power is this!?"

Overlapping voices manifested their panic. This was an unknown power, stripping away the power of other deities with an extremely tough stance.

"Warning, vital signs approaching critical point!"

The [Symbiotic Colonization Armor]'s life-support system alarmed frantically. Li Yu's entire body cracked open, blood spewing out uncontrollably.

However, his arm didn't sway in the slightest, and his eyes remained firm.

As if reaching a certain critical point, his body abruptly began to self-repair at extreme speed, quickly recovering to its uninjured state, his aura returning to its peak.

[Near-Death Rebirth] activated!

But very quickly, his aura continued to decline once more.

In the starry sky, numerous factions stared at snow-filled holographic screens, thoroughly bewildered. They could only look through their portholes at that planet radiating red light.

"What happened?"

"Why can't we observe anything anymore?"

"Where did the red light come from?"

"..."

Not much time passed before the red light gradually dissipated and observation equipment returned to normal. Numerous factions immediately looked towards the battlefield.

However, a suffocating scene unfolded before them. The center of the battlefield was fragmented, a red-armored figure stood on a rock floating atop planetary core magma, his cape fluttering fiercely in the wind.

But those white figures of light from all around had all disappeared. On the silent earth, only those ruins proved the tragic battle that had just occurred.

"Where did those white figures of light go?" Someone was horrified, running detection equipment at full power, yet they couldn't find any other high-energy sources besides Li Yu.

"Could it be that they all dissipated in that red light just now?" Someone speculated, gasping. Those were twelve powerful Divine Aggregates, gone just like that?

"Just what kind... of power was that!?"

Everyone couldn't help but let this sentence surface in their hearts.

...

"Incomprehensible power. Each gemstone possesses its own unique power. It's truly amazing!"

The black figure still stood at the edge of the battlefield, his tone full of amazement: "Every time brings surprises. It's a pity..."

"This is... the last time!"

(End of Chapter)