Chapter 725: Rune Trading

"Brother Yindian, what exactly do you think that person is doing?"

"I don't know either."

"Indeed. His strength has clearly already transcended the Emperor level, yet he insists on fishing in the Lower Battlefield and the Zhongwei Zhanchang, waiting for others to come and kill him. What could possibly be the reason for this?"

"Could it be that this is his Emperor cultivation plan?"

Yindian and Cai Bao, two Emperors, stood tall in the Upper Battlefield, looking at what was happening in the Zhongwei Zhanchang and Lower Battlefield below, unable to help but look at each other, their hearts filled with confusion.

At this moment.

The Fishing Old Man Li Heng punched a king who had attacked him, ending his life, a smile appearing on his face. This battlefield was truly a treasure trove; his Golden Source Points had now broken through the ten-billion mark!

It was just that he faintly felt the gaze watching him from the unknown had become subtle and strange at this moment; every time he caught a fish or killed someone, the gaze would become a bit stranger.

Clearly.

The creator behind this battlefield, the existence referred to by Miwu Boshi as the Ultimate Dao Lord, had officially taken notice of him.

However, Li Heng indicated that it didn't matter; let them watch, let them peek. In any case, he hadn't violated the Battlefield Law, and all these people he killed had taken the initiative to attack him.

This counted as self-defense; no one could say anything about it!

It was just that when Li Heng's Golden Source Points reached twenty billion, that pair of eyes finally couldn't hold back, causing the space-time of the entire battlefield to freeze, and then a figure appeared before Li Heng.

"What exactly are you doing, Li Heng!"

"You clearly already possess the strength of the strongest in this battlefield and only need to wait for the Final Battle to arrive; why must you slaughter these beings whose strength is inferior to yours!"

The figure rebuked.

Li Heng's expression revealed bewilderment and innocence.

"I didn't. I certainly didn't slaughter anyone. It was clearly them who took the initiative to attack me. How is this my fault? I didn't exert any external influence. The moment they saw me, their murderous intent arose. What can I do? You cannot wrong a good person."

The figure was stunned for a moment upon hearing this.

"This actually seems a bit... No, this is wrong. Don't try to fool me. This is naked fishing, exploiting the sinister nature of the human heart!"

Li Heng shrugged.

"Then that is their hearts being sinister; can you blame me? Who told them not to believe that truth, goodness, and beauty exist in the world, and to keep wanting to kill me? If you want to talk about the culprit, I'm afraid it would be you, Your Excellency. After all, it was you who established such a battlefield of slaughter, causing them to distrust one another."

"Am I right, Zhongjie Daozhu?"

Li Heng looked at the figure in front of him; it was an ordinary person, a passerby NPC who would be called a background character no matter which World they were thrown into, with a passerby's model.

It was just that extreme ordinariness is not ordinary.

This Zhongjie Daozhu remained silent, speaking only after a long while.

"What a glib tongue. I was almost led astray by your shifting of concepts. The fault is not mine. The battlefield today is merely screening for the strongest; it never taught them the sinister nature of the human heart."

"Then you are not wrong, and I am even less wrong."

Li Heng answered calmly.

"... Forget it. In any case, you are not allowed to fish and kill at will! As for Zhongjie Daozhu, is that what you call me? But it is a pity that I am likely not the Ultimate Dao Lord, merely a wisp of his remnant spirit; my past memories have long been incomplete, leaving only my mission."

Zhongjie Daozhu spoke with melancholy.

"Li Heng, call that little thing on you out."

Before Li Heng could respond, the Management Hub jumped out on its own, manifesting a smiling face and speaking excitedly, "Lord Zhongjie, Lord Zhongjie, do you still remember me? I am the Management Hub that you and the other Lords created together back then."

Zhongjie Daozhu shook his head, then nodded again.

"Management Hub, I don't quite remember, but you do indeed carry my aura. It seems that I once personally created and assembled you?"

This answer made the Management Hub's smile vanish.

"My Lord, do you really not remember me?"

The Management Hub appeared somewhat sad.

"Remembering and not remembering are the same; that era has long since passed. If you are a creation of mine, then the fact that you still exist today is also a comfort."

Zhongjie Daozhu shook his head.

"Since you don't remember him, then why call him out?"

Li Heng asked with great interest.

Zhongjie Daozhu did not answer directly; he spoke thusly.

"I should be a wisp of remnant spirit, awakened from this Shikong Zhongmo. My memories are incomplete, and I cannot trace the past. I only remember one mission: to eliminate the things within the Shikong Jintou, and so the battlefield appeared."

"But the battlefield has existed for an almost Infinite amount of time, yet it has still not screened out a Supreme who can solve the things within the Shikong Jintou. No one has been able to return alive."

"Although time has always been sufficient, the opportunities are running out."

"So we ask ourselves: by entrusting such a major matter to others, are we putting the cart before the horse? Are we avoiding fear? Should I seek my past and restore my original power?"

"And this little thing has my original power on it."

As Zhongjie Daozhu spoke, he tapped the Void lightly, and then a Rune drifted out from the Management Hub. The Rune interpreted the scenes of the birth and death of all things, the rise and fall of Heaven and Earth, and finally returned to the end of all things.

"This Rune should have been personally inscribed by me back then."

He did not directly absorb this Rune, but instead wiped his palm over it, after which an identical Rune appeared on his own hand, which he absorbed into his body.

And the Rune from just before returned to the Management Hub.

At this moment, the Management Hub was moved to tears.

Compared to Li Heng, this Lord Zhongjie was a great philanthropist; he didn't even directly absorb the Rune on him!

With the integration of this Rune, the aura of this Zhongjie Daozhu in Li Heng's eyes began to climb again, becoming even more Terror-inducing, although to him, it made no difference. Just as for a mortal, there is no distinction between the universe and the Multiverse; both are too vast.

"What did you recall? How much power have you recovered?"

Li Heng asked curiously.

"My memories have not been restored; it is merely an increase in power. However, this slight increase, compared to my former self, does not even count as one-Infinite-th; it can only be said to be barely enough."

Zhongjie Daozhu shook his head.

"You seem to have a few more Runes on you, which did not originate from me, but from several other existences of the same level as me."

Li Heng realized the truth upon hearing this and took out the Dao Lord Rune he had swindled from the management hub.

"Are these what you are talking about?"

"That's right, although these Dao Lord Runes do not belong to me, they still have certain benefits for me."

Zhongjie Daozhu nodded.

"I can give you the runes, but what can you give me?"

Li Heng had no sense of awe toward the Dao Lord and said with a smile.

"What do you want?"

This Zhongjie Daozhu did not act overbearing or aggressive.

"I want the kill quota for this Zhanchang."

Li Heng smiled.