Chapter 377: The Inner World of the Duke!

"This... what's going on?"

Star Refining Marquis stared blankly at the scene before him, feeling utterly bewildered.

Lin Qing... actually annihilated Lord Cangliu with just a will secret art?

Although Lord Cangliu was at the bottom of the Eternal Existence, his inner world was merely the most basic and ordinary world structure, unable to expand or transform, so his world will was certainly quite average among Eternal Existences.

But he was still an Eternal Existence!

And he was annihilated on the spot by a High Chaos Being?

Even the peerless geniuses of history, as High Chaos Beings capable of rivaling Eternal Existences, were already ridiculously powerful.

Winning against them was already unimaginably difficult, let alone killing them with a single thought!

This was a miracle that completely overturned all understanding!

"What's wrong? What's wrong?"

The Swallowing Flame Python, originally completely frozen, suddenly shuddered; as the ice layer on its body shattered, the frozen time and space returned to normal, and it regained its freedom, looking around in confusion.

An invisible cold current was instantly expelled from the Swallowing Flame Python's body, immediately transforming into the Second Sage, a figure in a black robe with a golden face, who looked at Lin Qing with gloomy eyes.

"Damn it..."

Her strength had been weakened by nearly eighty percent, so naturally she could no longer seal the Swallowing Flame Python!

After all, originally she had to go all out, sacrificing herself, just to seal the Swallowing Flame Python; now with only twenty percent of her strength remaining, how could she possibly control the Swallowing Flame Python, whose strength was comparable?

At the same time, a blurred figure hidden deep within time and space suddenly revealed itself.

It was none other than the Third Black-Robed Sage.

The five Sages looked at Lin Qing with grim faces, realizing they had been exposed; moreover, under the suppression of this illusory will world, they could not fully maintain their state of hiding within time and space, as there was always a flaw in their concealment.

"Little Chi, act!"

Star Refining Marquis also understood that now was not the time for questions; he immediately transmitted a voice to the Swallowing Flame Python, while he and his clone launched a fierce attack once again!

The instant the Swallowing Flame Python regained its freedom, it violently whipped out its massive tail, which was as huge as a heavenly pillar; the snake tail, a hundred billion li in length, directly swept toward the Absolute Distance Marquis!

"No!"

The Absolute Distance Marquis's face instantly turned deathly pale, and a trace of despair involuntarily appeared in his eyes.

A Chaos Being's mental will is the world will of its inner world, and the world structure he had figured out himself was not particularly exquisite, so his inner world was not much larger than its initial state; his mental will was only slightly stronger than Lord Cangliu's, and moreover, he had never learned any will secret arts either!

Under the terrifying suppression of this will secret art, he could only exert about ten percent of his strength!

Originally, his strength was barely enough to resist the Swallowing Flame Python, and now, in such a weakened state, facing the Swallowing Flame Python at full strength, how could he possibly survive?

"Boom!"

As the Swallowing Flame Python's tail swept through, the Absolute Distance Marquis's massive body, a hundred billion li tall, shattered directly; immediately after, the Swallowing Flame Python opened its mouth and spewed a fierce, dark blue flame, completely turning him into nothingness.

And the world within the Absolute Distance Marquis's body collapsed and vanished along with him.

In an instant, another Eternal Powerhouse had fallen.

Star Refining Marquis's clone also controlled a realm formed of billions of stars, frantically binding the three Black-Robed Sages, while simultaneously summoning endless chaotic star energy to launch a wild assault.

The three Black-Robed Sages could only struggle to resist; originally, each of them was far stronger than Star Refining Marquis, but now, even the Second Sage, whose inner world was the largest, could only exert twenty percent of his strength, barely matching Star Refining Marquis.

As for the other two Sages, they had only one or two percent of their strength remaining, which was even weaker than Star Refining Marquis, so resisting was naturally extremely difficult!

Star Refining Marquis also knew that even with the support of the Saint Star Origin, he was not as strong as the Swallowing Flame Python, so he only focused on binding them tightly to prevent the enemies from escaping.

"Boom!!"

The Swallowing Flame Python whipped its tail again, sweeping through with incomparably fierce flames.

Terrifying power erupted, causing time and space to twist and shift; under the clash of various forces, the world between heaven and earth became utterly chaotic.

After a long while.

This time and space, which had become a death trap, finally returned to normal; a wisp of flowing light shot out, breaking through the void, and vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye.

"Pity, one of them still managed to escape."

Standing on the head of the Swallowing Flame Python, Star Refining Marquis said regretfully, "The strength of these Black-Robed Sages is indeed extremely powerful; even with only two or three percent of their strength remaining, they could still escape..."

"It doesn't matter; they all still have clones alive, so it was never possible to kill them completely," Lin Qing spoke up.

Treasures or secret arts that nurture clones were no longer considered rare items for Eternal Existences; as long as one was willing, everyone could have clones.

Only Lord Cangliu was truly dead, having been annihilated by him at the level of consciousness.

"That is natural."

Star Refining Marquis waved his hand, teleporting the remains of the several people over, then smiled and said, "But the inner worlds of these few must be re-evolved, their Supreme Secret Arts must be re-cultivated, and one of them even lost an Eternal Supreme Treasure; the treasures consumed in the process were considerable, and the losses were extremely severe."

Lin Qing also understood his meaning.

The method of clones could only reshape life, but the inner world had to be newly opened; if there was a new world structure, it would have to be re-evolved, and the Supreme Secret Arts would also have to be re-cultivated.

For Eternal Existences, the cost of newly opening an inner world was manageable, but the cost of evolving the world and re-cultivating Supreme Secret Arts was enormous.

Of course, the greatest cost was re-forging an Eternal Supreme Treasure.

Divine Artifacts and Supreme Treasures, as the strongest essences of the Universe Divine Office System, held immense potential; an Eternal Supreme Treasure was even more powerful than a Supreme Secret Art, so the cost of losing one was imaginable!

"I never thought..."

Star Refining Marquis couldn't help but look at Lin Qing and sighed, "The helper Mr. Lin Qing mentioned was your own clone? A Chaos Being clone at the Eternal level?"

"Yes." Lin Qing nodded.

This was also easy to guess.

Only a Chaos Being clone could possibly have a higher realm than the original body, after all, Chaos Beings do not need to comprehend time and space; they simply need to grow naturally.

If it were a normal clone, and the clone could cultivate to the Eternal level, it would necessarily mean it had mastered the complete laws of time and space; in that case, the original body should also have achieved the Eternal level.

"Mr. Lin Qing is truly unimaginable."

Star Refining Marquis softly praised, "With just the body of a High Chaos Being, killing Lord Cangliu with a single thought... I wouldn't even dare to dream of it..."

"It was mainly relying on the clone," Lin Qing shook his head slightly. "Relying solely on my own strength, I could not achieve this; moreover, Lord Cangliu was considered at the bottom among Eternal Existences."

Star Refining Marquis immediately shook his head and said, "Is your clone not also a part of your own strength?"