Chapter 1161: Imposing a Great Spatial-Temporal Seal Upon This Inner World!

In Fang Yu's hand appeared a piece of cosmic crystal, radiating intense cosmic primordial energy, looking delicious.

Within this cosmic crystal, Fang Yu sensed a high-level energy—not spacetime, but the primordial energy beyond spacetime; if consumed, it would greatly benefit his cultivation base and aid him in comprehending the laws of the world and creation.

This was the feeling the cosmic crystal gave him.

Cosmic crystals themselves hold value, serving as hard currency in the cosmos; the piece Fang Yu found here equals one thousand cosmic credits, and one cosmic credit can be exchanged for three thousand three hundred Qianwu coins. That means the cosmic crystal in Fang Yu's hand is worth 3.3 million Qianwu coins, or 3.3 billion Heilong coins if converted to the lower-tier currency.

Even this small amount of cosmic crystal is priceless in the outside world; a bit more, and it could be worth an entire planet.

A single planet is worth several trillion Heilong coins.

Thus, this place is undoubtedly a treasure trove.

Yet throughout past eras, star-level adventurers who entered here lacked the strength to obtain the cosmic crystals of this domain world; they could not even withstand the storms of the desert, and merely surviving was their greatest skill.

Fang Yu was different.

As he moved through this domain world, he was like a newly born devouring beast, greedily consuming everything within it.

Around him, numerous voids manifested, each like a black hole, devouring all primordial elements within the domain world—even the black winds of the Death Desert had been devoured in large quantities by him.

This black wind offered Fang Yu profound insights: the Great Calamity Art could perfectly merge with the Great Meta-Magnetism Art; if each grain of black wind condensed meta-magnetism energy, and was unleashed by a Jin Dan expert at the 7th Stage of Divine Abilities, even a 10th Stage cultivator without a Dao Artifact for defense would die instantly.

When killing intent fused with killing intent, it became an even greater killing intent.

If the Great Calamity Art—Black Sun Wind Calamity—merged with the Great Meta-Magnetism Art, it would surely evolve into a terrifyingly powerful Great Divine Art.

Fang Yu continuously refined this in his mind as he advanced forward.

After crossing the Death Desert, he arrived at a mountain range called Longsuo Mountains, where lay a lake named Yao Yue Lake, spanning over a hundred kilometers; due to its abundant water sources, many ferocious beasts gathered around it, including the "Unicorn Iron Rhinoceros Herds."

The horn of the Unicorn Iron Rhinoceros was one of the required items to pass this trial.

Thus, throughout the Longsuo Mountains, hidden human candidates could be seen everywhere, ready to strike at the Unicorn Iron Rhinoceros herds—and at each other.

For most candidates, the Longsuo Mountains were the true danger zone.

As Fang Yu arrived, his gaze fell upon many Unicorn Iron Rhinoceroses, each the size of a truck, their skin like rock, their heads crowned with a single horn shaped like a sharp curved blade, reflecting cold light under the nine celestial orbs, yet their eyes were surprisingly gentle.

The Unicorn Iron Rhinoceros was, at its core, a simple-minded ferocious beast.

Ferocious beasts possessed strength but low intelligence.

They could not learn; they were either ferocious or gentle, but all shared the same trait: low intelligence.

As Fang Yu passed through this region, he effortlessly obtained a Unicorn Iron Rhinoceros horn and left without a trace.

The hornless Unicorn Iron Rhinoceros immediately went berserk.

At that moment, more star-level adventurers arrived, seeking to slay the Unicorn Iron Rhinoceroses; the beasts erupted into frenzy, and a great battle broke out.

Fang Yu, however, had already departed, heading toward another destination.

Wind and Thunder Gorge.

Windhorn Stone was located at the very heart of this Thunder World—the Wind and Thunder Gorge. Ordinary people needed at least a month to reach it.

Because gravity within the domain world was immense, and secondly because the journey risked encounters with other ferocious beasts or human adventurers, even a fully equipped star-level 9th Rank squad required over thirty days to arrive.

Many squads never reached the core safely; several perished entirely during the crossing, facing repeated life-or-death crises halfway through the domain world.

In the Thunder World, lightning could appear at any moment; star-level experts died instantly upon encountering it, cosmic-level experts risked severe injury if unlucky, and even domain-level experts could be wounded.

Some unlucky adventurer squads were obliterated by lightning mid-journey—pure bad luck.

From the entrance to Wind and Thunder Gorge was the trial, the culling. The Yongbinglian Alliance aimed to eliminate the unfit; if one could not pass this test, they had no right to cosmic wandering adventures.

Adventurers with bad luck were eliminated.

As Fang Yu advanced through the domain world, the torrential lightning could not harm him; instead, his Great Devouring Art and Great Sealing Art absorbed and sealed it.

To be honest, Fang Yu did not think this world's lightning rivaled that of the Furious Thunder Prison, but it was still valuable experience—the lightning of two worlds differed, even if both were lightning.

Fang Yu silently absorbed the lightning here, cultivating the Great Lei Ting Art, feeling as if he were a fish in water.

Lightning—the terrifying power of lightning—was a grave danger to most adventurers, but for him, it was prime energy.

Fang Yu was like a ravenous Taotie, voraciously consuming everything within the domain world.

In the course of his absorption, he arrived before a mountain range, shrouded as if in snow, dark and gloomy.

Precisely, it was not snow—it was a violent wind laden with countless stones; above the mountains, thick clouds churned, lightning snakes flickering within, as if ready to strike at any moment.

Wind and Thunder Gorge.

This was Wind and Thunder Gorge—the core of the Thunder World's trial. Every aspiring cosmic apprentice mercenary must obtain Windhorn Stone here to pass.

Yet this was no easy task.

The winds here were fierce; each gust carried potent cosmic primordial energy. Even a cosmic-level expert flying into the gorge's center would be shredded into strips and die instantly.

But the wind was not the greatest danger—the greatest danger was the lightning above. Once it struck, even weak domain-level experts died immediately; cosmic-level experts had no chance of survival, let alone star-level experts.

Fang Yu thought these star-level, cosmic-level, and domain-level experts had loud reputations, but their actual strength was pitiful—they had no capacity to directly withstand the wind or lightning.

At his cultivation level, he could have simply brute-forced it, but he merely reached out, his hand stirring the laws of space, and directly seized several Windhorn Stones.

This trial task was now truly complete for him.

All he needed now was to retrace his steps—or take any route—back to the entrance to pass the trial and become an apprentice mercenary.

But Fang Yu would not do that.

Here, he began absorbing the violent cosmic primordial energy of Wind and Thunder Gorge.