Chapter 628: Five Treasures! (Seeking Monthly Votes)

"It's been a long time since I've had such a satisfying battle!"

Lin Qi's entire body was surging with blood; this was the longest fight he had ever had against a Qi-Refining Realm martial artist.

He looked at Nan Dou opposite him, whose posture was upright and who was shrouded in flames, like a great sun capable of incinerating everything.

He was truly the greatest genius in the history of the Starfire Civilization.

Whether it was physical fitness or martial arts technique, he was only slightly inferior to Lin Qi himself.

He was far stronger than the other geniuses on the Scorching Sun Ranking and already possessed the strength to enter the fifth level.

Not only that, but his combat talent was also top-tier.

"It's a pity he's just a simulation!"

"If he were a real person, his strength would be even greater."

Lin Qi secretly felt it was a pity. He gripped his black great spear tightly, his feet planted on the hard alloy floor, as power surged continuously from within his body.

107 acupoints emerged, and source energy and blood Qi surged out from them, transforming into a powerful engine that provided him with a constant stream of energy.

Although they had only been fighting for 5 minutes, Lin Qi could feel his physical strength draining rapidly—a greater consumption than hunting Zerg warriors for two hours.

The two pulled apart to begin gathering their strength.

"Boom!!"

Nan Dou was surrounded by flames, the deep red fire burning, making him look like a man of fire.

His aura climbed step by step, reaching its peak. In the next instant, like a volcanic eruption, he charged out, his body and great spear rotating at high speed, tearing through the surrounding air as he unleashed his attack.

"I can't dodge this!"

Lin Qi thought to himself. He had a premonition that this move had already locked onto him.

If he retreated, he would undoubtedly lose.

"Then let's decide the outcome in one strike!"

Lin Qi brandished his great spear; his combat style was inherently extremely rigid and domineering, pushing forward without hesitation, sweeping away all opponents.

He had the confidence to defeat any Qi-Refining Realm martial artist.

He was seen mobilizing every cell in his body, following a specific force-generating method, as his Golden Emperor Gangjin became highly compressed.

If he launched his spear even 0.1 seconds slower than Nan Dou, he might lose.

His great spear was also rotating at high speed, like a sharp awl breaking the sound barrier, erupting with bursts of sonic booms.

Golden light exploded, energy capable of piercing the firmament.

"Boom!!!"

In the next instant, the golden awl collided with the scorching spiral; both had unleashed their full strength.

They collided in the arena.

"Crack, crack!"

At the moment of impact, the spiderweb-like cracks beneath Lin Qi's feet continued to expand.

"Bang, bang!!"

Simultaneously accompanied by deafening explosions, the clash of power formed an energy storm.

In the center of the clash, the result had already been decided.

The spear tips of both sides collided in an instant, like Mars hitting the Earth.

In the end, naturally, the Earth achieved the final victory.

And Lin Qi was the Earth.

The red spear tip vibrated and shattered instantly!

The golden beam of light pierced through the scorching spiral instantly; the Gangjin on Nan Dou's body was blasted away, cracks appeared on his battle armor, and finally, it shattered completely, forming fragments that were blown away by the gale.

And his own chest was also pierced by the golden beam, blood splashing out along the spear shaft.

The battle was over!

Nan Dou's body shattered, turning into nothingness and dissipating into the air.

"Whoosh, whoosh!!"

The energy storm ravaged the earth; Lin Qi looked at the ground with a calm expression, everywhere filled with the traces of the battle.

He let out a long sigh; it was over.

【Lin Qi, congratulations on successfully defeating "Nan Dou" and passing the test of the fifth level of the Starfire Tower. Time taken: 5 minutes and 46 seconds!】

【Blue Star Ranking: 3 -> 1】

【Overall Ranking: 12 -> 1】

Lin Qi saw the popped-up information; he had become number one on both leaderboards.

And his ranking on Blue Star had also reached number one, successfully surpassing the God of War and the Red Emperor!

The Red Emperor was the greatest genius of their Blue Star civilization, and now he had also successfully taken the number one spot.

"Swish!"

Before him, the red-clad Xinhuo appeared once again, her expression shocked:

"You actually really defeated Nan Dou!"

"How is this possible?"

"Nan Dou is the greatest genius in the history of our Starfire Civilization!"

"Even when facing geniuses with special constitutions, he had the strength to fight!"

Lin Qi smiled: "This Nan Dou of yours is just virtual data; although his strength is strong, there is still a gap compared to a real person."

"If it were the real Nan Dou, it would become abnormally difficult for me to achieve victory!"

Xinhuo shook her head: "But he still lost; he lost to you in a head-on confrontation."

"It seems the geniuses in your Scorching Sun Dao Academy are indeed a cut above!"

Lin Qi thought and explained: "The Scorching Sun Dao Academy gathers geniuses of ordinary backgrounds from tens of thousands of galaxies within the entire Scorching Sun Elder Xing Yu."

"The base of geniuses is not the same."

"Even in the Scorching Sun Dao Academy, Nan Dou is the most top-tier genius!"

Xinhuo had already been struck by this, muttering to herself:

"Nan Dou is truly too much of a pity. If he were alive, and we were still alive, our Starfire Civilization might have already become a mid-tier civilization."

"It is said that Supreme Existences can resurrect geniuses!"

"Our Starfire Civilization spent a huge price, wanting to move a Supreme Existence to resurrect Nan Dou, but just as it was about to succeed, the war broke out."

"Our Starfire Civilization was also destroyed."

After hearing this, Lin Qi was secretly shocked; the dead could still be resurrected.

This method was truly heaven-defying.

However, the path of martial arts is inherently a process of evolution; as one's realm grows stronger, through constant cultivation, one gradually begins to control incredible power,

able to achieve things that only exist in fantasy.

If he returned to a few decades ago now, he would probably also be treated as an immortal.

When he breaks through to a higher realm in the future, perhaps he might really possess the means to resurrect people.

Xinhuo was in low spirits, speaking of quite a bit of hidden information.

Soon she recovered.

Looking at Lin Qi, she sighed:

"You really gave me a big surprise; I didn't expect you to have already surpassed the Red Emperor."

"However, don't get too complacent; the Red Emperor didn't take the Bloodline Evolution Potion at that time and barely defeated Nan Dou."

"When he comes again at the Void-Flying Realm, his strength will have already achieved a huge improvement."

Lin Qi nodded; he guessed that after taking the Bloodline Evolution Potion, the Red Emperor had likely already possessed a special constitution.

Xinhuo projected a large screen, and countless heavenly treasures appeared before Lin Qi, while she began to introduce them:

"Because you passed the fifth level of the Starfire Tower, you can receive five items as a reward."

"The first of which is the Void-Flying Potion; this is a designated reward!"

"Most people will choose this reward!"

Xinhuo projected a large screen, inside which was a vial of potion, containing a crystal-clear red liquid.

Xinhuo began to introduce it:

"We all know that Qi-Refining Realm martial artists constantly open acupoints to reach the limit of the body."

"Then they form a cycle, absorbing source energy, allowing all cells to undergo metamorphosis."

"And how to make the cells undergo metamorphosis—this step is the most difficult."

"And the majority of martial artists are all stuck at the final step."

"Many people are stuck at this step for as long as several years."

"This is the second bottleneck before the Universe Second Realm."

"Some people have already reached the limit of their talent and cannot complete the breakthrough in their lifetime."

"They might need to rely on time to grind it out, or some top-tier heavenly treasures."

"But ever since there has been the Void-Flying Potion, everything is different."

"The number of Void-Flying Realm martial artists of our human race has shown explosive growth!"

"Countless martial artists successfully broke through to the Void-Flying Realm, and their overall strength has greatly improved."

"It is precisely because the Void-Flying Potion can directly force the body's potential, forcibly making the cells begin to undergo metamorphosis, breaking through to the Void-Flying Realm!"

"As long as one takes the Void-Flying Potion, there is a 99% probability of breaking through to the Void-Flying Realm!"

"Therefore, even in our Starfire Civilization, this potion is also very expensive."

"If it were in the past, your Blue Star civilization would not be able to get it at all."

"Without my No. 9 Relic, your Blue Star civilization might not necessarily have its current strength."

Lin Qi nodded; he really couldn't refute this point.

The reason their Blue Star civilization was able to rise rapidly, besides relying on disaster beasts and the heavenly treasures in the trial planet,

was also the relics of the Starfire Civilization.

This occupied a very important situation.

Otherwise, in the fire seed trial, even if their Blue Star civilization had talent, without powerful secret manuals, they would be completely unable to beat the Flowing Blade Civilization.

For so many years, letting them freeload so many resources.

He was truly very grateful to the Starfire Civilization.

Now that he had the Void-Flying Potion, his speed in breaking through to the Void-Flying Realm would only be faster.

It saved him a huge amount of time.

Xinhuo continued: "You can still continue to choose four treasures!"

"Originally, I would have suggested you choose cultivation methods and secret manuals!"

"But now I hear there is the Myriad Laws Pavilion of the Scorching Sun Dao Academy, which has collected top-tier secret manuals from the entire star region!"

"The secret manuals I have here might not be enough to look at!"

"After all, what I have here is only a part of all the inheritances in the Starfire Galaxy."

Lin Qi nodded and asked:

"Is there ten-thousand-year stone milk?"

Xinhuo nodded and projected a screen, inside which was a water-drop-shaped, milky white, pure and flawless liquid.

She introduced it: "Ten-thousand-year stone milk is a heavenly treasure born only in special karst caves."

"It can bring the dead back to life and regrow flesh and bones, possessing super-strong recovery ability!"

"Even for a heavily injured Universe Second Realm powerhouse, one drop can heal them."

"It is expensive; I only have two drops here!"

"It seems you have some family member with a serious illness?"

Lin Qi shook his head: "I obtained a Star-Swallowing Beast egg!"

Xinhuo's eyes widened after hearing this: "A Star-Swallowing Beast egg—this is an existence that can reach the Universe Second Realm upon adulthood."

"Your luck is too good, isn't it?!"

"Even in our Starfire Civilization, there were no Star-Swallowing Beasts; I only saw them on the network."

"With ten-thousand-year stone milk, the Star-Swallowing Beast can accelerate its hatching!"

"However, if the demon race wants to grow up, they also need a huge amount of resources."

"But once it grows up, it is guaranteed to be Universe Second Realm and can live for tens of thousands of years."

"The number of Universe Second Realm existences born in your Blue Star civilization in the future will not be too many."

"Each one is very important!"

"The resources consumed are just small change!"

Lin Qi nodded; he thought the same. With a Star-Swallowing Beast around, Blue Star would also be safer.

Xinhuo continued:

"Void-Flying Potion, ten-thousand-year stone milk—you can still ask for three more items."

Lin Qi said: "Third and fourth, I want to choose Flowing Silver Guards!"

He thought of his parents, and his younger siblings who were about to be born.

Although he successfully killed all the universe wanted criminals this time, there would be more universe wanted criminals in the future.

His parents' safety still needed to be guaranteed, otherwise, he wouldn't feel at ease.

Blue Star's Flowing Silver Guards could only block Void-Flying Realm martial artists for a moment at most.

Their defense was still not strong enough; he needed stronger Flowing Silver Guards.

Xinhuo nodded: "I have them!"

"Two Flowing Silver Guards, possessing Void-Flying Realm combat power, able to briefly block the impact of a Universe Second Realm?"

"Two Flowing Silver Guards, I'll count it as one treasure for you!"

Lin Qi's eyes lit up: "Thank you very much!"

This way he could choose two more treasures. He then fell into deep thought because he didn't know what else to choose.

And at this time, Xinhuo spoke again:

"For the others, I suggest you choose the Bloodline Evolution Potion as a reward, and then sell it to obtain Deep Space Coins, so you can purchase other resources."

"Whether it is for the Star-Swallowing Beast or for your own future cultivation, it has great benefits."

Lin Qi nodded: "Good idea!"

He knew that in the No. 9 Relic, the Bloodline Evolution Potion was very valuable.

Resources that could improve talent were all very expensive, at least able to sell for millions of Deep Space Coins.

Xinhuo continued:

"I heard you say that in the Scorching Sun Mountain, what you hunted were Zerg warriors, whose mental attacks are very strong."

"You exchanged for 'Mental Threads' last year; it can temper mental power, improve control over mental power, and even improve mental defense."

"But its defense is only incidental, just like a person's combat power is provided by physical fitness and martial arts technique."

"Mental power is the same as physical fitness; the higher the mental power, the stronger the defense naturally is."

"But you also need martial arts technique, otherwise, if you encounter some mental power masters who specialize in mental attacks in the future, it is still very easy to suffer losses!"

"So we suggest you exchange for the mental secret technique—'Starfire Tower'."

"Contemplating the Starfire Tower in the consciousness space is like putting on a suit of battle armor, possessing astonishing mental defense ability."

"It can help you block anyone's mental impact!"

"At the same time, if you can hatch the Star-Swallowing Beast, you can condense the Starfire Seal according to the 'Starfire Tower', completely enslaving its body and mind, making it unable to resist your will."

"This mental secret technique is a proud work of our Starfire Civilization; in the Myriad Laws Pavilion, secret techniques of the same level are not cheap either."

"Here with me, you can obtain it for free."

Lin Qi's eyes lit up; there was actually such a secret technique—the effect was simply too strong.

With this secret technique, he wouldn't be afraid of the Zerg Mother Emperor's mental impact in the fifth level at all.

He could better focus his combat power on hunting Zerg warriors.

He smiled:

"I think it's fine; thank you for your suggestion."

Xinhuo nodded and projected five screens, each placing different things:

"Five treasures: Void-Flying Potion, ten-thousand-year stone milk, two Flowing Silver Guards, Bloodline Evolution Potion, 'Starfire Tower'."

"These things will be sent to you in a moment."

"It has only been less than an hour now; after the things are delivered, you can choose to leave directly!"

Lin Qi shook his head: "I choose to stay here for a while longer; the source energy concentration in this spaceship of yours is relatively high!"

"I plan to open the 108th acupoint here!"

Xinhuo was surprised: "You have only opened the 107th acupoint?"

Lin Qi nodded: "That's right!"

Xinhuo shook her head: "You guy, you actually still have room for improvement; it's truly too exaggerated!"

"I thought you had already opened all the acupoints and were preparing to let your cells undergo metamorphosis!"

Lin Qi shook his head: "I'm afraid that after opening the 108th acupoint, my body will immediately undergo metamorphosis!"

"I'm afraid the Universe Virtual System will judge that I have already broken through to the Void-Flying Realm!"

Xinhuo nodded: "This is indeed a problem!"

"However, I don't think you need to worry!"

"All acupoints opened, connected into a network, driving the body to metamorphosis, cell metamorphosis caused, condensed into a source vein—only then is it a true breakthrough to the Void-Flying Realm."

She was now also curious, how strong is Lin Qi now that he has opened 108 acupoints?

He can already defeat Nan Dou now; opening one more acupoint will significantly improve his physical fitness even more.

She had never seen such a situation either.

A moment later, while other geniuses were undergoing tests, in the 06 virtual room.

Lin Qi suddenly opened his eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

The harvest from this No. 9 Relic was truly too great.

The value of the five items obtained already exceeded ten million Deep Space Coins, or even more.

And Green Axe Gu Ao, such a vicious Universe Second Realm wanted criminal, was only worth ten million Deep Space Coins.

He thought of the Starfire Civilization giving him so many valuable things.

He didn't know how to thank the other party.

He sat cross-legged, adjusting his state of mind, feeling the source energy in the surrounding air.

As expected of a trial planet, the source energy concentration was indeed higher.

In such an environment, staying for a month, his improvement would be huge.

Outside the No. 9 Relic, in one of the fighter jets.

King Shanhe sat cross-legged in the martial arts room inside, looking at the screen projected in front of him.

He muttered to himself:

"The Deep Space Genius Competition is getting closer and closer; Lin Qi needs to break through to the Void-Flying Realm quickly."

"With the Void-Flying Potion, he will be able to complete the breakthrough soon!"

"I'm really looking forward to his combat power after the breakthrough; perhaps even I, his master's master, won't be his match."

"So I also have to work even harder!"

"I have awakened two earth-attribute abilities; if I can find the Earth Vein Fruit, I will have a chance to become a galaxy-level genius."

"On the trial planet, there is already news now."

King Shanhe calculated rapidly in his mind.

The trial planet, under the nourishment of source energy, after 65 million years, possessed terrifying heavenly treasures.

He also wanted to become a galaxy-level genius.

So he was desperately searching for top-tier resources.

In the No. 9 Relic, in the 07 virtual room.

The fourth level of the Starfire Tower.

"Clang, clang!"

Xu Qin brandished her sharp sword, facing the siege of four opponents and the tricky flying daggers, she was beaten back step by step.

After persisting for a few minutes, her body was pierced, and she died completely.

Xinhuo, who was watching the test from the shadows, shook her head secretly.

"This one called Xu Qin, although her talent is not bad, is far worse than Jiang Tao from a while ago."

"Let alone compared to Lin Qi!"

"Geniuses coming from the same civilization, the gap between the upper and lower limits is so large, it is simply unbelievable."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 629 =====