Chapter 1704

The server-wide announcement triggered a chain reaction.

The arena, which had not been very lively, suddenly became bustling.

Some cities that had not built arenas also hastily added facilities, providing players with a harmless PvP platform.

Once the hegemony battle begins, it cannot be stopped.

The powerful war zones are now sharpening their knives, eager to try, really wanting to have a big fight.

Meanwhile, the weak war zones are now filled with anxiety, fearing being the first eliminated and losing face across the universe.

Those weak zones without cities are all gloomy, because they have already met the first elimination condition "no territory"; if their Qi Luck is also depleted, and the lord is killed too many times, they are directly eliminated.

Of course, being eliminated might be a good thing for them.

After being transferred to the peace map, one no longer needs to worry; they can freely roam the Myriad Heavens Battlefield in peace mode, cultivate and gain enlightenment, using the game world's environment to enhance real-world insight.

Shen Di, the civilization lord, upon hearing the announcement, complained to Xiao Feng: "Xiao Feng, old brother, this little fragile skin of mine can't withstand others' assassinations; if the time comes, maybe I should return the Civilization Sword to you."

Xiao Feng laughed: "What's there to fear? Our Qi Luck never runs dry; no one can fully conquer our cities and secret realms; dying many times doesn't affect us."

"But I don't want to be targeted for killing..." Shen Di said wistfully.

"Then I don't care; anyway, don't bother me with this trouble—I only handle boss kills and map clearing!" Xiao Feng refused firmly, as if the Civilization Sword were some dirty thing, leaving Shen Di speechless for a moment.

Shen Chuo also sought Xiao Feng for a chat, asking: "Brother Xiao, any thoughts on 3v3? It starts in twelve months, which will be during the reforging stage; levels will probably be awkward then."

Xiao Feng replied: "I and Qian Sha both have plans for early reforging; see how you arrange it."

Shen Chuo said: "I have the same idea, but it feels wasteful to squander the Sky Lord ranking rewards; that's a pity."

The Sky Lord...

Xiao Feng was reminded by him.

If, approaching reforging, one's level hasn't reached 999, slaying the Sky Lord grants an extra 20 levels, added to 930, enough to offset a month or two of arduous cultivation.

If one goes for reforging and then the Sky Lord is worn down to death, even if he still gets first place, the 20-level reward on the 300- and 500-level tiers still results in a significant loss.

However, the consequences of killing the Sky Lord are also quite serious; the Lords of Life and Stars come knocking, which is also trouble.

"Ah, let's talk later, let's wait a bit." Xiao Feng was somewhat undecided.

Xuan Die's advice still carries some weight for him.

But... his strength has been growing, and a hint of rebellious sentiment is sprouting in his heart.

The Lords of Life and Stars are indeed strong, but not necessarily invincible. As a player, there's really nothing to truly fear, anyway one won't die.

If worse comes to worst, kill the Sky Lord and immediately go for reforging, so those two can't find anyone to vent their anger on!

Xiao Feng continued practicing his skills, not going anywhere.

Outside it's lively; players from all zones have become active, especially the strongest batch.

The system announcement is like a "leaked question," telling everyone how to obtain the rewards for the preparation period.

In 3v3 combat, unless one's personal strength can crush the three opponents, coordination remains very important.

For their war zone's rewards and honor, expert players must take action, start early coordination, and train the habit of three-three cooperation.

Even if, due to Xiao Feng's presence, nobody can get first place, at least they can try to vie for the top ten.

As long as luck is a bit better, and the matched opponents are somewhat weaker, there is still a chance.

However, some people are rather awkward.

For example, Feng Feng Shi; the players in her zone are still fewer than a single guild elsewhere, and she alone has anything to show, so she can only rely on her personal strength to compete for rankings.

Also, the spacetime rift war zone she's in has no city and few people, so the chance of being eliminated during the hegemony stage is relatively high.

……

Boom~

Explosions in the high sky still occur from time to time.

However, the frequency has already decreased.

After countless practices, Xiao Feng finally mastered the method of fusing the Divine Might Dao Pattern with the Innate Dao Body without spontaneous explosion.

As long as the Dao Pattern is broken down and integrated into the flesh bearing the Innate Dao Body runes in a "scattered-point" manner, making good use of the source qi of all things and the laws of all things to maintain stability, one can achieve stable internal convergence, containing without release.

Under his control, it has even reached the point where even if a clone is killed, as long as it is not actively detonated, it will not explode but rather gradually dissipate that energy.

At this stage, his secret art research can be considered preliminarily complete.

However, the system still has not acknowledged it; obviously using a clone as a vessel for self-destruction does not match the expected characteristics of a "skill."

It doesn't matter; Xiao Feng originally wanted to research something other than a self-destruction secret art, and he can continue to modify it.

As long as he gets past the most difficult stage, the problem of casting form is no longer a big issue.

He began to adopt a new form, no longer separating out a clone.

Instead, he condenses a sword out of thin air using his own divine power!

……Yes, he still can't let go of the desire to wield a sword.

However, this sword differs from the previous one; it is not a pure source-attribute divine power crystal, but rather countless tiny solid particles made by mimicking cells with his divine power, pieced together.

This sword is considerably larger than the previous little sword, comparable to an ordinary immortal sword, about 92 centimeters long, 3.8 centimeters wide, and the spine thickness about 0.9 centimeters.

The blade is purplish-gray, the shape simple, the feel not sharp, yet it exudes the unique aura of all things' source qi, containing a total amount of divine elemental power close to 500 million points!

Even Xiao Feng at his peak can only release it five or six times!

The purple sword contains a total of 100 million solid micro-particles, each worth 5 points of divine elemental power, equivalent to 5000 mana points, comparable to the mana capacity of early two or three forbidden spells.

These micro-particles are the sword's cells; they bear the runes of the Innate Dao Body, arranged in a specific order—if one is misplaced, an effective overall structure cannot be formed.

……Merely attempting to forge this sword has already consumed nearly a month of Xiao Feng's time.

He gave this sword a pleasant name, "Xiang Wan Xian Tian Jian" (Sword of Contemplating All Things' Innate), which itself is roughly the strength of a fifth-tier secret art, already meeting the requirement to unlock the Innate Dao Body realm; using it a few more times can unlock the Mahayana stage traits.

However, he is not in a hurry; now he looks forward more to the result of fusing the Myriad Things Innate Sword with the Dao Mark Scar!

The Myriad Things Innate Sword has consumed so much of his divine elemental power; if it stops at merely the fifth-tier secret art level, he would not be willing!