Chapter 402: Death or Life?

In the blink of an eye, Lin Qing had once again vanished into the River of Time and Space, transforming into a streak of light that merged into the universe of the Realm of Ten Thousand Kings.

Although he had only slightly displayed his speed, not even half of what a Void Walker could achieve, it still made the ultimate existences of all factions unable to help but feel somewhat surprised.

As ultimate existences, their speed of travel was far inferior to Lin Qing's.

"He came quite fast."

Yuanchu Shen Di looked at the universe of the Realm of Ten Thousand Kings with a blank expression. "This is the inheritance of the World God he chose? It might be of some use in this war."

The Lord of Ten Thousand Seas also nodded slightly and said, "He does have some skill."

But both of them remained very calm.

Even though this speed was faster than many ultimate existences, the Realm of Ten Thousand Kings was currently in the period of the Divine Kingdom War; the time and space of the entire universe were trembling, the River of Time and Space had become extremely turbulent, and the difficulty of traversing time and space had increased many times over.

Under normal circumstances, an ultimate existence would only need a short time to cross the entire universe of the Realm of Ten Thousand Kings.

But during the Divine Kingdom War, it would be a thousand or ten thousand times more difficult.

"Even if Lin Qing is faster than ordinary ultimate existences, he is far from being able to match Lord Yu Gong's arrival in a single thought."

Yuanchu Shen Di's expression remained calm. "Moreover... no matter how fast Lin Qing is, with his strength, he cannot stop Lord Yu Gong."

After he learned of the intelligence disadvantage, he had already prepared himself to lose this war.

But even if they lost, the Divine Kingdom of Heavenly Light could only achieve a pyrrhic victory!

In a Divine Kingdom War, the struggle is for the universe's origin; once victorious, after breaching the Time-Space Fortress and the great army completely slaughtering into the enemy's territory, a massive amount of universe origin can be seized through rampant killing.

But with a powerhouse like Lord Yu Gong present, even if the Divine Kingdom of Heavenly Light won and sent the great army to slaughter into the territories of Yuanchu and Ten Thousand Seas, no one could stop Lord Yu Gong; Lord Yu Gong would still be able to kill wildly at will!

"Master, the little junior brother seems to have changed."

Dongyan Di Jun, standing beside Light King, suddenly transmitted a voice: "He seems very confident; logically speaking, shouldn't the little junior brother's strength be inferior to Lord Yu Gong's?"

Top-tier powerhouses among the Dukes like Lord Yu Gong and Lord Luo Shen Jun could each be called invincible figures beneath the ultimate existences.

The key lies in the World God's Secret Arts.

Ordinary Dukes, without a Time-Space Fortress or other geographical advantages, would find it very difficult to contend with them.

"Let's see; perhaps he has made some extraordinary progress."

Light King spoke softly: "Although your master cannot see Lord Yu Gong's future line, by using the entire Realm of Ten Thousand Kings to simulate, I can roughly calculate his movement trajectory; as long as I keep Lin Qing, Qi Xuan, or Yuan Er prepared at all times to guard the Time-Space Fortress that Lord Yu Gong attempts to attack, that will suffice."

He spoke slowly: "In this war, our Divine Kingdom of Heavenly Light does not seek a great victory; a draw will suffice."

The Divine Kingdom of Heavenly Light already held the advantage, possessing the most universe origin in the Realm of Ten Thousand Kings, so naturally, it could accept the outcome of a draw.

Besides, the Realm of Ten Thousand Kings had not yet grown to its limit; it would still take a long time to accumulate enough to become a Demi-God civilization.

"Indeed, there is no need to rush; wait until the little junior brother achieves the status of an ultimate existence, or even returns to his hometown to establish a Divine Kingdom; at that time, your master will have a powerful helper." Dongyan Di Jun revealed a hint of a smile.

Although he and junior brother Wang Jun were both ultimate existences cultivating the Dual Time-Space Rules, there was still a slight gap between them and the Lord of a Divine Kingdom; moreover, before the Realm of Ten Thousand Kings achieved a Demi-God civilization, they had no hope of becoming a Lord of a Divine Kingdom.

But this little junior brother was different; as a cultivator of Future Rules, he could fully predict the time of his own achievement of the ultimate existence, then reincarnate back to his hometown, and achieve the ultimate existence again.

In this way, as long as one ultimate existence of Past Rules is cultivated, the hometown can transform into a small universe!

At that time, he would be a new Lord of a High Divine Kingdom!

His strength would far surpass ordinary Lords of Divine Kingdoms like Yuanchu Shen Di and the Lord of Ten Thousand Seas, and naturally, he would be able to greatly help your master.

"It is still too early."

Light King could not help but reveal a hint of a smile. "Let us first attend to this war at hand."

He gazed at the universe of the Realm of Ten Thousand Kings, his will passing through the Divine Kingdom to observe the future line of the Realm of Ten Thousand Kings, continuously issuing orders one by one, commanding the numerous Eternal Existences of the Divine Kingdom of Heavenly Light to begin acting in the most precise and efficient manner.

"Qi Xuan, you stay in the Yuanji Empire; judging from Lord Yu Gong's position and actions, there is a sixty percent probability he will attack Yuanji."

"Yuan Er, you are skilled in travel; hurry to the Jiangyan Empire; the Burning Heart Duke and Tianlu Duke of the Yuanchu Divine Kingdom are preparing to simultaneously attack the Time-Space Fortress of the Jiangyan Empire."

"Yu Tan, you go to the Time-Space Fortress of the Ice-Bound Empire and hold off Moon Ripple Duke of the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Kingdom."

"Jiu Ju, the pressure on the Changyuan Empire is not great enough; this is a flaw; you immediately lead the army to attack the Time-Space Fortress of Changyuan..."

Orders were issued one after another, instantly causing the military forces of the entire Heavenly Light Territory, from top to bottom, to act in an orderly fashion.

Not only did they constantly target the weak points where the enemy was about to appear, but they could also proactively change their own main defensive points.

This was the absolute advantage of intelligence.

Even if the number of Dukes on the enemy side was greater, as the defending side, they could still mobilize a large number of Eternal Existences to unite and, with the help of the Time-Space Fortress, still hold them off!

Even if Lord Yu Gong launched an attack, adding just one more Duke would be enough to stop him.

After all, the movement trajectories of any living beings in the Realm of Ten Thousand Kings were under the perception of the three Lords of Divine Kingdoms; whether it was Lord Yu Gong or the other Dukes, it was the same.

No matter how fast Lord Yu Gong was, he could only attack one Time-Space Fortress; as long as one Duke acted in advance, he could be held off.

Suddenly—

"Hmm?"

Light King's eyes changed slightly. "Lord Yu Gong?"

In his observation, he suddenly discovered that Lord Yu Gong, who had been almost arriving at the Time-Space Fortress of the Yuanji Empire, had actually appeared directly outside the Time-Space Fortress of the Ice-Bound Empire!

"Arrival in an instant?"

Light King frowned and suddenly looked coldly at Yuanchu Shen Di and the Lord of Ten Thousand Seas in the distance. "So he has such a means; no wonder, despite knowing the intelligence disadvantage, he still dared to start the Divine Kingdom War..."

In that instant, he had already simulated what kind of chain reaction and result this terrible ability of Lord Yu Gong would lead to!

"Master, who told you to ruin Lord Yu Gong's affairs back then?"

Yuanchu Shen Di spoke indifferently: "To deal with you, Lord Yu Gong has long been willing to pay any price, even bringing out his most important trump card; it cannot be blamed on anyone."

The Lord of Ten Thousand Seas also sighed lightly. "Master, in the previous two Divine Kingdom Wars, both I and Yuanchu lost; in this third Divine Kingdom War, it is also your turn; please forgive us."

Light King sneered and was too lazy to say more.

And one by one, the ultimate existences were also observing the situation inside the Realm of Ten Thousand Kings; upon discovering that Lord Yu Gong had crossed a distance of countless light-years in just an instant, they could not help but be stunned.

This was the period of the Divine Kingdom War; even an ultimate existence could not possibly cross such a vast distance in an instant!

Compared to the surprise and somewhat ugly expressions on the side of the Divine Kingdom of Heavenly Light, the Yuanchu Divine Kingdom and the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Kingdom obviously only had pure delight left.

The ultimate beings could all see that, at this moment, the Icebound Empire was the relatively weakest breakthrough point!

Once Yu Gong breaches the Icebound Empire's spacetime fortress and leads his army into its territory, the Icebound Empire will be beyond salvation—without the advantage of its spacetime fortress, how can it resist Yu Gong?

At that time, the entire Icebound Empire is destined to fall; after the lifeforms in this territory are slaughtered, many cosmic origins will be seized!

Among the ultimate beings of the Celestial Light faction, the faces of the Ice Emperor and the Absolute String Di Jun were extremely grim.

For other ultimate beings, the fall of the Icebound Empire meant merely the loss of cosmic origins, but for them, it meant the loss of their lands, countless subjects!

"Master." Dongyan Di Jun couldn't help but whisper: "This Yu Gong…"

"I know." Guang Wang said grimly: "This is a serious problem, but such a sudden divine miracle cannot come without cost—how many times can Yu Gong possibly use it?"

He understood this well himself.

Travel takes time; our side can at most send three Guo Gong and their avatars to defend a few spacetime fortresses of the empire—if Yu Gong can keep using this ability, then all other imperial fortresses besides these few will surely fall!

At that point, even if the Celestial Light faction ultimately wins, it will be a pyrrhic victory.

If Yu Gong can activate this ability many times in succession, he might eventually cause the Celestial Light Divine Nation itself to be overrun—then it would be a total defeat!

In contrast, the emotions of Yuanchu Shen Di and Wanhai Guo Zhu were clearly much better; they watched the situation within Lie Wang's territory with eager anticipation, as if they had already seen the fall of the Icebound Empire.

No matter what, this situation could no longer allow the Celestial Light Divine Nation to win decisively.

"Master, won't Younger Brother take action yet?" Dongyan Di Jun couldn't help but whisper.

"He just returned to the Divine Nation's Treasure Hall and retrieved a batch of treasures." Guang Wang frowned: "He and his avatar can barely pass as two Guo Gong, but…"

He immediately made his judgment and issued orders to those stationed in the Icebound Empire: "All except those at the Eternal Peak level, withdraw immediately—abandon the spacetime fortresses of the Icebound Empire; the elite must transfer in batches at maximum speed."

This was the only way to minimize losses.

……

In the Treasure Hall of the Celestial Light Divine Nation.

"That's enough."

After selecting several Chaotic Rare Treasures in the Treasure Hall, Lin Qing left all of them to his Black Flame Avatar.

Before coming here, he had already forged a set of innate Eternal Treasures for his Black Flame Avatar and brought them to peak refinement.

——This level of expenditure meant nothing to him now.