Chapter 247: The Coprophage Race

Heaven's Pride Assembly, Star Group.

Although every message costs one hundred merit points to post, the wealthy and imposing Heaven's Pride members in the group still easily kept the messages scrolling incessantly.

The content was mostly related to the recent incident where the two great divine artifacts lost control.

For the billions of mortals in the current world, it had almost no impact, but for these cultivators struggling to climb the Path of God, it was a major event that would determine their life, death, and future.

"I don't know when the Demon Star Order and the Samsara Heavenly Net hooked up, but the two great divine artifacts clearly reached a tacit understanding to evolve in coordination. Their authority has surged so much all at once; I'm afraid both camps are dumbfounded."

"The Reforging Period has ended; when will the conquest of the Strange Domains reopen? I'm not worried about anything else, but I fear encountering special non-human races. The unknown is the greatest danger."

"Indeed, the Spirit Realm is too vast. There are always strange and bizarre races; even an ordinary individual might have the ability to slay a high-sequence powerhouse. If one is unlucky enough to run into one, and they belong to a hostile camp, wouldn't that be disastrous?"

"Wealth is sought in danger. Since the level of danger has increased, the rewards will surely double. Perhaps a Strange Domain conquest will appear that allows me to directly reach a high sequence, or even become a demigod."

"Daydreaming. Does your path even allow you to leap forward like that?"

……

Every person posting was a Heaven's Pride powerhouse with an extraordinary status in the current world.

Yet, when faced with the unknown, they could not help but feel worried.

Amidst this lively atmosphere, an unexpected message suddenly popped up, and it even called out to another Heaven's Pride Order Master.

Most crucially, it was the name of the sender.

"I hear you, Brother Shang Yang, have already locked onto a special Strange Domain in advance to enter and promote to Sequence 4 of the Ancient Saint Path. Do you dare tell me the name of that Strange Domain? I will follow you in, and you and I shall fight once more to settle our grievances once and for all..."

When this line of scarlet text flickered in the consciousness of all the Heaven's Pride members.

At first, the Star Group froze.

Soon, it went "boom" and descended into a frenzy.

The Heaven's Pride members who posted frequently were all gossip-loving.

How rare was the scene before them?

The usually reticent Calamity Star Order Master was actually taking the initiative to provoke one of his mortal enemies, the Wisdom Star Order Master, Shang Yang.

And he was demanding a fight to the death.

Who could refuse to watch such a scene live?

Among them, the "Secret Star Order Master Dan Dan Chenzi" was the most excited, jumping up and down and posting incessantly.

"What's going on today? The Calamity Star Order Master is actually taking the initiative to provoke Brother Shang Yang. Could it be that his cultivation went wrong and he has fallen into a state of loss of control?"

"There must be some reason. The Calamity Star Order Master is also a Chosen of the Myriad Changes. Perhaps he received some divine oracle and intends to resolve this mortal enemy early. Otherwise, once Brother Shang Yang promotes to Sequence 4, he might be the one who suffers."

"Reasonable. The divinity of the Lord of Myriad Changes indeed contains 【Prophecy】."

"Fight! Fight! The betting is open. Will Brother Shang Yang accept? Which of the two will live and which will die?"

"Both are Sequence 5. Although the Calamity Star Order Master currently has a perfect win record, I saw Brother Shang Yang a few days ago. He is becoming less and less human; he is an extremely terrifying mechanical lifeform. 'Invincible at the same rank' might be an exaggeration, but I fear most of those present are not his match."

Amidst the chaos, Shang Yang never responded to Li Yu.

Regarding this, he also understood.

The current "Shang Yang" had no human emotions, only pros and cons, and absolute, rational, and ruthless calculations.

Mere provocation was useless.

Fortunately, Li Yu had anticipated this, so he immediately called out to him again and added:

"If you don't give it, that's fine. I was the number one in killing contribution for the last camp battle and possess higher authority. I can lock onto your Strange Domain mission remotely... My Lord prophesied that our confrontation in this Strange Domain will concern my promotion and your Holy Nest grand plan."

After spitting out these ambiguous words, Li Yu waited silently.

He wasn't lying; the authority he currently possessed was indeed higher than Shang Yang's, and he could perform both remote locking and active applications.

It was just that high-level authorities like the Messenger required many merit points.

Li Yu, because he had to forge "historical artifacts," was already a pauper.

If it weren't for the need for a high profile, an alibi, and so on, given Li Yu's personality, he would naturally never provoke Shang Yang for no reason.

Locking onto a Strange Domain in advance cost a high price.

So he intended to freeload off Shang Yang.

To trick him into leaking the secret voluntarily.

However, Li Yu also knew that, normally, Shang Yang would not fall for it. Ordinary goading was too clumsy and could not pass the judgment of a mechanical lifeform.

So he used a tactic!

The four light words "Holy Nest grand plan" were enough to move Shang Yang's machine soul.

Sure enough, it didn't take long.

Shang Yang, who hadn't posted in the Star Group for a long time, spat out a line of scarlet text for the first time and called out to his mortal enemy, Li Yu.

"The name of the Strange Domain is 【Despair Death Star】. I will enter this Strange Domain in three days to promote to Sequence 4, and afterwards, I will execute all lifeforms, including the Order Master."

A plain, straightforward sentence, devoid of emotion.

Precisely because of this, everyone could feel the terrifying killing intent contained within.

It was a kind of killing intent that carried no emotion or bias; it was merely a statement.

Shang Yang had long since ceased to view Li Yu as a mortal enemy.

The reason he was willing to speak was indeed because those four words from Li Yu had taken effect.

"Target is a Myriad Changes Chosen, possesses partial prophetic supernatural powers, and the revealed keywords involve the top-secret of the Holy Nest. There is a certain probability of disrupting the Great Ancient Saint's grand plan."

"Plan in formulation... can induce the target to enter the Strange Domain... decide on the method of disposal after the interrogation is complete."

This mechanical voice was the judgment Shang Yang spat out before answering Li Yu.

……

"Despair Death Star?"

"Sounds a bit eerie and creepy."

Li Yu ignored the subsequent discussions in the Star Group, the betting on who would have the last laugh between him and Shang Yang, and so on.

He pondered this Strange Domain by himself.

Just from the name, it was completely different from the ones he had experienced before, such as the Immortal Qin or the Three Saints, and it exuded an aura that made Li Yu feel creeped out.

His original plan was to high-profile chase after Shang Yang to leech off the mission.

As for "mortal enemy" or "fighting to the death," those were all just a front.

Although Shang Yang was a loser to him and had been toyed with by him many times, the man had successfully achieved mechanical ascension, was a Sequence 5 【Dharma-Transmitting Saint】, possessed a Mechanical Undead race warship, and was a Chosen of the Ancient Saint.

His status was terrifying, and his combat power was horrific.

If it wasn't necessary, Li Yu didn't want to fight him to the death; he just wanted to muddle through his days.

But at this moment!

As Shang Yang's message appeared, Li Yu's high intuition suddenly began to roar in warning.

Did he inadvertently bring some trouble upon himself again?

Without hesitation, Li Yu chose to use his authority:

"Demon Star, exercise authority, query information related to the Strange Domain 【Despair Death Star】."

"Merit points have been deducted!"

"Displaying now..."

"Despair Death Star, this Strange Domain is a large-scale Strange Domain, difficulty level: Nightmare, one of the latest captured Strange Domains after this authority leap."

"Because the space-time coordinates of this Strange Domain are too remote, the flow of time cannot be fully regulated and will remain consistent with the current world."

"The Order Master will not be summoned by this type of Strange Domain for the time being!"

"If the Order Master applies voluntarily, he can enter and offset one summons. This Strange Domain is also a node map within another super-large Strange Domain."

"There are multiple special races within this Strange Domain, such as 【Zerg】, 【Sheep-men】, 【Coprophage race】, etc., whether weak or strong. They were all originally human, and after a catastrophe that swept the universe, they were all transformed into aliens by the 'Transformer race' who were powerful to the extreme."

"The Transformers are the only non-human race, possessing extremely powerful mechanical technology and biological technology."

……

When Li Yu finished reading this, his expression gradually became somewhat solemn.

Clearly, some changes to the Demon Star Order had already manifested in the details.

For example, there was now a clear definition for Strange Domains.

The so-called "Nightmare difficulty" meant that it had a high fatality rate for existences at Sequence 4 and below.

Although, judging from the relevant descriptions of this Strange Domain's information!

The Despair Death Star didn't look that terrifying.

Li Yu was also very satisfied with the fact that the time flow was completely consistent with the current world.

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This meant his alibi would be extremely sufficient and beyond doubt.

But that seemed to be the only benefit; the other information made Li Yu feel that things were not looking good at the moment.

"Did Hong Dou come up with a bad idea this time?"

"The style of this Strange Domain is completely different from all the Strange Domains I've experienced before."

"That fellow Shang Yang is likely eyeing the mechanical and biological technology of those 【Transformers】."

"He is indeed worthy of being a fanatical follower of the Ancient Saint, thinking only of transformation, not even intending to spare the humans he originated from."

"He is now Sequence 5, plus that Mechanical Undead warship, and the means bestowed by the Holy Nest and even the Ancient Saint; it is indeed possible for him to clear it."

"If I follow him in, will I end up as cannon fodder?"

Li Yu asked himself, and quickly answered himself, shaking his head in denial.

If it were the previous Li Yu, he would definitely be cannon fodder.

So what if one has an immortal body?

In truth, there are plenty of ways to deal with it.

For instance, being imprisoned, or used as a "living battery," or even worse, being dragged off for modification.

However, the Li Yu of now is different.

The 【All-Dharma Calamity-Extinguishing Sword Array】 manifested through extreme augmentation is already equivalent to a domain-type divine ability that only a Sequence Four can possess.

He might not necessarily lose against Shang Yang, who possesses a mechanical necromancer warship, not to mention that Li Yu has other means, such as the two remaining 【Golden Cicada Molts】 he hasn't used yet.

Most crucially, this time, he also has a helper.

After querying the information on the Weird Domain, Li Yu withdrew from his sea of consciousness and directly attempted to leak the relevant information to Hong Dou.

Unexpectedly, he succeeded on the first try; clearly, just the name of a Weird Domain was not encrypted by the Demon Star Order.

Hong Dou previously said that the Demon Star Order and the Reincarnation Heavenly Net were competing to claim her, and in the end, the Reincarnation Heavenly Net prevailed and granted Hong Dou some special permissions, but she could not disclose them.

Yet from Hong Dou's subsequent response, Li Yu could at least guess two of the special permissions.

One must say she is truly a Heavenly Artisan seed who took the back door; even if the Reincarnation Heavenly Net has gone out of control, it must have secretly given its own god-chosen a cheat.

Permissions that Li Yu only obtained through arduous effort by continuously ranking first in contributions.

For Hong Dou, they were within easy reach.

"Reporting to Master!"

"The Weird Domain has been queried. According to the xxx description... the difficulty is Nightmare-level... the mortality rate is extremely high... participants are mostly practitioners of Sequence Five and above."

"Hong Dou can lock onto this Weird Domain for entry... and can offset one conscription."

"xxxx is about to launch a crusade against this Weird Domain... the time is three days from now."

"According to the basic information of this Weird Domain... if Hong Dou follows Master inside, the survival rate can be mutually increased by at least twenty percent..."

"Within this Weird Domain, there exist resources beneficial to Hong Dou."

"Lock it in, we go together."

When Hong Dou finished speaking, Li Yu made his decision immediately.

Looking at it now, this is no longer just killing three birds with one stone.

The benefits and temptations are simply too great to resist.

"With Hong Dou's help, not only will the survival rate soar, but she may also obtain precious transformation resources."

"As for Shang Yang being a bit of a risk and an uncertain factor inside, that doesn't count for much."

"Not to mention anything else, after I come out, my 'Longevity Daoist' will surely be perfected, and at that time, I can charge toward the Sequence Four Food-Eating True Monarch."

"Senior Lu Sheng, at this realm, dared to go and mess with the Sequence Two Immortal Qin Qin Zhizhu."

"I'm leveling up; it's not excessive to add some self-preservation power, right?"

Within the star cluster, although neither Li Yu nor Shang Yang spoke again, the level of excitement did not diminish in the slightest.

For no other reason than that there have been too many amusements and major events lately.

Li Yu's proactive provocation of Shang Yang only remained a hot topic for a moment before it was quickly replaced by other matters.

And in a place where no one could see!

In the following three days, a "great upheaval" beyond imagination also began to brew.

Li Yu and Hong Dou, this master-servant pair, while preparing to enter the terrifying Weird Domain 【Desperate Death Star】 to intercept and ambush Shang Yang, were also observing and controlling the progress of events through means such as flesh-and-blood satellites.

It was only the second day!

The pieces he had arranged already yielded results.

A group of practitioners who appeared to come from different sects and organizations, but were actually all members of the Hand of Rot, organized and incited one massive exploration team after another through their respective means; not only were there the pioneering teams from the City Lord's Mansion, but there were also powerful practitioners from major sects.

During the exploration of that borderland, they accidentally discovered an extremely ancient tomb, and subsequently dug out several special clay tablets from within that tomb.

Once those clay tablets appeared in the world, the ancient Qi they emitted let everyone know that no appraisal was needed; they were definitely historical artifacts from the ancient era.

And what truly ignited the slaughter was a learned practitioner from the 【Holy Nest】 organization on the scene.

Because they were too focused, they couldn't help but decipher the clay tablets on the spot.

When words like "Eternity," "Dominator," and "Origin of the World" were leaked.

That area, which should have been very safe, directly erupted into infighting and slaughter.

None of them were fools; they would all see it with their own eyes, and they would all fill in the blanks with their own imaginations.

Even if it was just a hint, a possibility, it still brewed an extremely tragic slaughter.

Lasting for a full day, after suffering heavy casualties, those who succeeded in obtaining them left the borderland separately and fled back to Wanfu City.

This also meant that the seven clay tablet fragments fell into the hands of organizations such as the City Lord's Mansion, the Holy Nest, the Fallen Buddhist Sect, the Blood God Temple, and so on.

Subsequently, the third day.

The entire Wanfu City began to boil.

Li Yu also watched as a shocking piece of news began to flood the screen within the star cluster in his sea of consciousness:

"Ancient divine object 【Fate Clay Tablet Fragment】 suspected to have appeared in the borderland..."

(End of this chapter)