Chapter 406

When Li Yu's thoughts reached this point, he already had a plan in mind: he wanted to keep that Resurrection Card in his hands.

Life-saving items are always better in greater numbers.

Although, as of now, if Li Yu were to carefully count the trump cards he has for saving his life, there are as many as seven or eight types.

For instance, his Truth Soul Body can still be released twice.

The "Secret History of Ten Thousand Spirits" and the "Spirit Venerable Doll" gifted by the Spirit Venerable can also count as two more.

The Toad God and Mount Fumu, these two, have also promised that he can summon their avatars to descend once at any time.

Even the promise given by that "Blue Ring Daoist" can be included; after all, although he is only a demigod, he can summon countless "Secret Lords," with combat power comparable to a Sovereign level.

If one adds the authority of the Demon Star Command, his friendship with the Master of the Furnace and the Buddha, and the fact that he can shamelessly sponge off the power of 【Earth Mother】... along with other miscellaneous means.

It is not an exaggeration at all to say he has over ten life-saving methods.

But even so, Li Yu still does not feel safe.

If he can add a few more, he will try his best to do so.

The Boundless Spirit Realm is simply too dangerous.

"Not to mention anything else, in the upcoming 【Third Round】 of the battle royale mode, I will have to face the pursuit of an avatar projection of an Ancient Saint."

"Since the venue is within the Gate of All Realms, methods such as summoning the Blue Ring Daoist, the Furnace, and the Buddha, I'm afraid, will be unusable."

"Therefore, this Resurrection Card might not necessarily be kept; let's see how the situation unfolds."

"And then there is my current playful temperament; if I don't hoard more life-saving means, I fear I will sooner or later die from seeking death halfway."

"If I can reach the level of the Spirit Venerable and the Toad God early, then no matter how I pry into secrets or join in the fun to watch the show, I will be safe."

Li Yu reflected on himself like this.

Meanwhile, he continued to digest that so-called Sage.

Takros!

Li Yu had no interest in this fellow's genes and divinity; they were all inferior goods.

What truly interested Li Yu was that portion of the Ancient Saint's inheritance, as well as the even more important 【World Coordinates】.

Normally, Li Yu could not easily obtain either of these.

Because even if Takros died, these "root secrets" would all be in a sealed state.

Only if their source, the Ancient Saint, opened his mouth, would he have the chance to devour them.

Which True God would open up their inheritance after the other party killed their beloved follower?

This time, there really was one.

As Li Yu's heart and soul immersed, an extremely vast and tempting inheritance surged over, and surging along with it was a stream of intense divine origin.

Without reservation!

It was baffling.

But the next moment, Li Yu understood in a second what the Ancient Saint intended to do.

Because within such a generous "bestowal," there was unexpectedly a price he could not pay.

"The Ancient Saint is playing a blatant scheme."

"He considers his status higher than the 【Vortex God】, so he sent Takros, along with his divine origin, to me to devour completely... As long as I am willing, I can seize it and directly ascend to the demigod level."

"The price is that the power within my body will not be pure."

"I will possess the power of both the Ancient Saint and the Vortex God, which is the so-called... dual divine selection."

"But once I leave the Gate of All Realms, without the cover of narrative authority and space-time barriers, I will be forced to make a choice. By then, because there is Ancient Saint divinity as a medium in my body, he can even make the choice for me; after all, the Vortex God is almost completely countered by the Ancient Saint."

"In other words!"

"Is this old thing eyeing me?"

"He feels that I have far greater talent than Takros in terms of life prosperity, major transformation, major evolution, and so on."

"So he wants to snatch me from the hands of the Vortex God, change my allegiance, and become a new Ancient Saint divine selection?"

"This plan is well-calculated."

Li Yu saw through the Ancient Saint's thoughts in the blink of an eye.

Li Li Xuanji, he accepted everything.

If he were truly just a simple Vortex God divine selection, or a follower of another deity, he would not have hesitated to refuse this gift, taking only the benefits on the surface, such as the three divine artifacts.

It is a pity Li Yu is not.

More importantly, he is not afraid of any divine pollution at all.

Once this portion of "Ancient Saint Origin" enters the body, most demigods would be unable to resist it; even if they could suppress it temporarily, they would gradually be polluted by it, unable to help but harbor two hearts toward their main god.

Only Li Yu is the least afraid of this trick.

Not to mention his soul, which is immune to all distortion and pollution.

Just speaking of that so-called two-heartedness.

He, Li Yu, is rebellious all day long, and what he thinks is that he can replace them; isn't this a hundred times more serious than harboring two hearts?

So at this moment, Li Yu began to unceremoniously eat the "sugar coating" and throw the cannonball aside.

"Hahaha... the more, the better."

"I am already looking forward to the look on this old thing's face when his avatar projection comes in to hunt me down in the 【Third Round】, thinking he can harvest a new, more talented Ancient Saint divine selection, only to find he has gained nothing."

"It will definitely be very wonderful."

Amidst such death-seeking thoughts.

Li Yu refined this portion of the Ancient Saint's inheritance in an instant, then blinked, a strange look appearing on his face.

He and the Ancient Saint camp can be called mortal enemies.

Yet the various divine selections, followers, and clans under the Ancient Saint are all like gift-giving boys, rushing to send benefits.

Now, the relevant methods he possesses are more than enough, even to impersonate a "Son of the Ancient Saint."

Just as he was mocking!

Suddenly, he seemed to sense something, his expression shifted, and a touch of joy appeared.

"Found it!"

"Sure enough, the Ancient Saint refined the 【World Coordinates】 into the deepest part of Takros's soul, right within his true spirit origin."

"In this way, even if the Son of the World dies in the present world, it does not hinder him from activating the coordinates, guiding the world engine, and dragging planets and worlds over to smash them."

"Now I have become a new Son of the World."

"The difference is, I know where the coordinates are, and I have the ability to control them."

In Li Yu's heart, thoughts flickered, and at the same time, he tried hard not to laugh out loud.

Previously, he did not dare to be certain whether he was qualified to get involved in the fun of the final decisive battle.

Now he is certain!

He is.

Even if Li Yu is willing, he can sway the outcome of the battlefield.

Who let most of the Sons of the World already be hooked by Li Yu?

"I cannot exert powerful control over those 【Sons of the World】 for the time being... but if I let the bait threads in their bodies gestate, hatch a 'Void Li Yu,' and steal the world coordinates, turning to influence those world engines, these things do not seem difficult."

"The Ancient Saint wanted to snatch me from the Vortex God, so he opened the permissions to let me devour, but he didn't expect that I could ignore the pollution and only take the benefits, allowing me to glimpse the deepest secrets." "Fate is truly mysterious; every drink and every peck is predestined."

When Li Yu realized these things.

He finally found the time to deal with the other spoils of war.

Those minor items, just throw them all into the storage bag.

The only things that truly made Li Yu care and feel happy.

There were only four!

The Philosopher's Stone, the Cup of Corrupt Life, the Pseudo-Holy Scepter, and the most important Resurrection Card.

As for the portion of evil god divinity and ownerless plane given by the Master of the Curtain when passing the first round, that will be settled after the dust settles on the grand competition.

The Resurrection Card belongs to the instant item reward.

However, it is currently only fixed above Li Yu's head and is in a state of "uncertainty." Only when entering the third round will this strange object collapse from a non-existent state to an observable and usable state due to narrative authority, so at this moment he cannot use this prop to pry into the authority of the Master of the Curtain.

Fortunately, the other three items made Li Yu feel greatly surprised, and he expressed contempt for Takros in his heart, because he really didn't know how to use good things, which could be called wasting heaven's gifts.

Just the utility of the first item, the 【Philosopher's Stone】, made Li Yu ecstatic, and then he felt depressed again:

"This object follows the iron law of 'equivalent exchange'; in other words, as long as one can afford the price, this treasure can realize any miracle, although every time it is used, the price increases exponentially."

"For example, saving a life!"

"Based on the principle of one life for one life, the price Takros paid for relying on it to escape my control twice was unexpectedly the souls of everyone in his hometown, stored in the Holy Grail of Corrupt Life."

"If triggered a third time, the Philosopher's Stone will shatter, and Takros will be seriously injured and dying."

"It's good that it left me one time, um, it should be said half a time."

"As for the price?"

"Among the many big fish I hooked, just choose one."

"A perfectly good, precious life-saving item, wasted on Takros's cheap life, is truly a pity."

"But then again, if he hadn't abused it, relying only on Vortex God divinity and the Space-Time Demon Compass, I really wouldn't have been able to deal with him."

"The Holy Grail of Corrupt Life is a wish-granting divine artifact."

"It also requires the consumption of large-scale offerings to activate, and the wishes granted will eventually head toward darkness and distortion, often making the wisher suffer immensely, and in this cycle of repeated misfortune, the power of the Holy Grail will continue to grow."

"In other words, this thing is actually strengthening itself by fooling the wisher."

"If it weren't clearly an 【Ancient Saint Creation】, just looking at this character, one would think it was something made by the Master of Ten Thousand Changes."

"So, its correct usage is actually... to resist the subtle pollution of the Holy Grail, and then make the opposite wish? Or deliberately make a wish to pit the opponent?"

"Um?"

"Want to escape?"

"Hahaha."

Li Yu's two thoughts about its usage were deliberately muttered out loud by him to prevent the artifact spirit of the Holy Grail of Corrupt Life from not perceiving them.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the Holy Grail trembled crazily, wanting to flee.

Its movement completely confirmed Li Yu's guess; it was entirely correct.

The next moment!

Li Yu released Vortex God divinity to perform bewitching suppression, while at the same time, he killed the heart of the artifact spirit:

"Sure enough, you are not a divine artifact forged by the 【Master of Ten Thousand Changes】; you are really too stupid."

"If it were a Ten Thousand Changes strange object, even if I glimpsed the loophole, its artifact spirit would choose silence, waiting for the opportunity to backstab me."

"The Ancient Saint, although paranoid, distorted, perverted, and disgusting... is not as cunning as Ten Thousand Changes, and the strange objects he forges are also honest things."

"So, even if I glimpse the loophole, you will honestly execute it in the future."

"Right."

When Li Yu spat out the last two words.

It is unknown whether the bewitching divinity took effect, or the Holy Grail of Corrupt Life gave up struggling, but there was no more movement.

Mostly, it was the former.

Because Li Yu was crazily insulting and blaspheming the Ancient Saint; no matter how honest it was, it would resist.

Vortex God divinity is indeed heaven-defying; even for artifacts, it bewitches them all the same.

Satisfied, he put away the Holy Grail, and Li Yu grasped the scepter again. When the basic information appeared in his mind, he couldn't help but have some flashy operations emerge:

"This pseudo-divine artifact has a large number of forbidden arts fixed by the 【Ancient Saint】, both offensive and defensive. In some worlds and planes dominated by magic, it can be called a top-tier divine artifact, an fully automatic super turret with invincible firepower."

"This object also completely makes up for my lack of 'conventional attacks.' In the future, if there is any fighting, I will hold this scepter, stand still, and it will be enough to blast the opponent into doubting life."

"If I add my other divine abilities... tsk tsk, so what if it's a demigod, it can be fought."

"Speaking of which, this old thing, the Ancient Saint, is a famous all-around Sovereign among the gods, compatible and inclusive, with all kinds of attributes, even successfully touching the Dao of Machinery. It is said that in his divine kingdom, relevant subsidiary gods have already been bred."

"Gathering thousands of forbidden arts in one body, no wonder he is so arrogant, wanting to do whatever he wants."

"The power is huge, and the foundation is deep."

"So the use of this scepter is great; it can completely serve as the signature divine artifact of the Ancient Saint. If I want to pretend to be an 【Ancient Saint Follower】 in the future, it couldn't be more convenient."

"Or, use the scepter to do some bad things, leave very obvious evidence, and frame the Ancient Saint."

"Diverting disaster, sowing discord, borrowing power to intimidate... there are too many things that can be done."

Li Yu's thoughts flickered to the end, and he almost laughed out loud.

It was fortunate that the Ancient Saint could not glimpse Li Yu's thoughts, otherwise he would be shocked and annoyed at this time.

Of course, he also didn't expect Li Yu to be able to hide so deeply, truly thinking he was the son of the Vortex God. Even now, he was still thinking about taking him under his wing during the third round, so he had no reaction to the three divine artifacts falling into his hands.

If the Ancient Saint knew Li Yu's true identity, a True Monarch of Bait-Eating.

Then his reaction can be imagined.

For the Spirit Venerable and practitioners of the Spirit Venerable path, the Ancient Saint would only have one way to treat them: be extremely vigilant and hunt them to death.

Obviously, the Ancient Saint and the Spirit Venerable are also a famous combination of mortal enemies.

Um, in this regard, the Spirit Venerable is versatile.

When Li Yu finished summarizing and completely refined the three divine artifacts.

The second round!

Also came to an end.

Except for a few that were entangled in a stalemate, the outcome of most arenas had been decided.

Although Li Yu could not see the specific details, he could determine the results through the popularity ranking.

And very quickly, he saw a situation very unfavorable to himself:

"Daoist Yang, First Corrupt Head, Morning Star, Undying Blade... and the God-Slayer, Martial Saint, Time-Stop King, Moon Maiden, etc., six others have also advanced."

"Eh?"

"As of now, except for me, all the qualifiers are demigod-level powerhouses?"

"So when the third round of the battle royale comes, besides facing the pursuit of an Ancient Saint avatar, I also have to compete with this group of ferocious demigods."

"It looks just like a rookie accidentally entering a high-end game; the odds of winning are not high."

When he muttered this sentence.

Li Yu suddenly realized that his popularity ranking was actually skyrocketing without any warning.

He was already in the top ten before, and now he is heading toward the top three, and even the first place.

(End of chapter)