Chapter 417: Chaos Between Right and Wrong, Hero Saves the Beauty

Within an empty, desolate point of arrival in the universe, Li Yu was healing his wounds.

He wore a cloak of invisibility; apart from the "spectators," no other heaven-gifted demigods in this battle royale plane could see him.

Of course, this did not mean he was absolutely safe.

If the invisibility cloak were that effective, he would not have been cornered by the Seven Gods earlier.

In fact, he remained in a perilous situation!

Despite his perfect combat record: killing the Laughing Nightmare, severely wounding the Bee Queen and the Black Moon Witch, and successfully escaping the Seven Gods' encirclement.

This did not frighten the "Undying Blade," "First Corruptor," "Calamity Daoist," or the "Profane Twins"—these extremely vicious demigods; in fact, it only piqued their interest further.

They shifted from their initial playful, mocking stance to a serious pursuit.

They even abandoned their respective fated enemies, traversing through various points of arrival, attempting to dig Li Yu out and kill him.

This was not about taking advantage of someone in a weakened state!

After all, they knew that although Li Yu had lost the invulnerable [Shield of Nothingness], he still possessed a large number of cosmic curiosities. Combined with his combat style, which was nearly an "art of war," he was already a favorite to win the championship, not a soft target.

Thus, this actually meant that this group of demigods had come to view Li Yu as a peer-level opponent of high threat and high value; killing him would bring honor to their respective True Gods.

Li Yu knew this as well.

Because while he was hiding, he had seen with his own eyes several vicious demigods shuttling back and forth, their killing intent and malice directed precisely at him.

The reason Li Yu had not been discovered, aside from the credit due to the invisibility cloak, was more importantly his Truth Soul Body. He was always able to precisely time his movements, using the Space-Time Secret Blade to cut into the rifts of the void and avoid all pursuers.

To the spectators, it looked as if he were constantly dancing on the edge of death, courting disaster in a frenzy.

Yet, facing such a dangerous situation, Li Yu did not use his "special medicine"—the other cosmic curiosity he had snatched, [Water of Life], which could instantly heal almost all injuries, whether to the body, soul, or even certain conceptual damage.

Instead, he relied on himself to heal slowly.

Bit by bit, he expelled the "Calamity Divinity" within his body, which was highly destructive and nearly killed him completely.

Many spectators were initially puzzled by this, but they soon found the answer in the messages left by several evil gods who had clearly set their sights on Li Yu and intended to strike later.

Translated into human language, it went roughly like this:

"The Son of the Vortex God likely truly wants to compete for the championship. As of now, he is unwilling to waste any means or timing. Although the Water of Life could heal him instantly, it would also mean losing a chance to save his life. He is likely saving it for the second and third rounds."

"The Vortex God's divinity is quite wondrous; it can simultaneously expel the Calamity Divinity and suppress the cost brought by the Corrupt Life Grail. He also possesses perception sharp to the extreme, avoiding pursuit and search perfectly every time. It likely won't take many days for him to return to his peak state."

"He is already secure in the first round, and he still has over a dozen cosmic curiosities on him. Within this arena, he is already at an absolute demigod level. In a one-on-one duel, he is no weaker than any other contestant, perhaps even a cut above."

"The second and third rounds are the true tests. Whether it be those cosmic disasters or the projections of Ancient Sages, they are threats far beyond his current level."

"If a legendary-tier heaven-gifted talent truly manages to surpass a crowd of demigods and win the championship... he will become a true legend."

"It won't be that easy. No one will go all out in the first round. Perhaps by the time the second round starts, the only death record will be that cosmic clown... only after the third round ends will the true life-and-death struggle begin."

Whether the prophecy from a certain evil god will become reality, no one knows yet.

Because the first round is far from over.

Although demigods like the Undying Blade and the Calamity Daoist were eager to dig Li Yu out, Li Yu, having released his Truth Soul Body, was in a state of "absolute bug."

Within the time limit of Truth!

Let alone them, even if a true divine entity descended, it would be difficult to catch him.

Besides using it to avoid disaster, Li Yu naturally would not waste the true utility of the Truth Soul Body.

Secret-peering!

As he asked questions at random, he soon gained quite a harvest.

For instance, the weaknesses of the vicious demigods shuttling back and forth where he hid, the secrets attached within their divine bodies, and so on.

Besides that, there were some even more important things:

"The [Cosmic Disaster Stage] of the second round will be released in three days. At that time, starting from the outermost edge of the ring, this battle royale plane will continuously collapse toward the core area, and disasters such as [Dead Silence], [Scream of Destruction], [God-Killing Meme], [Quantum Storm], and [Dimensional Reduction Strike] will erupt randomly."

"Any one of these disasters, if it hits, is enough to kill any demigod or even a divine entity; it is very difficult to have any possibility of surviving."

"But because these disasters are not the originals, but rather stolen and forcibly replicated by the Master of the Curtain using the power of the Gate of All Worlds superimposed with their own narrative authority, every disaster has a very subtle weakness."

"For example, that Disaster of Dead Silence!"

"It is a disaster that ravages many planes in the boundless Spirit Realm. It appears randomly without warning. Once released, all things fall into a state of dead silence. Life subjected to the impact will instantly turn from living matter into dead matter."

"But if one has absolute control over flesh and life, and can enter a 'dead matter' state in advance, one can maximize the dissipation of this disaster's power... for instance, by turning oneself into a meteorite with kinetic energy at the moment the disaster erupts, one can dodge it and leave the disaster area to revive again."

"Or that Dimensional Reduction Strike, a terrifying catastrophe that compresses all things into paper-like existences. Its power depends on its intensity. The Dimensional Reduction Strike currently stirring in this plane targets the demigod level; once hit, one is immediately folded into a sheet of paper space."

"The method to avoid it is..."

No one could have imagined.

Li Yu, who appeared to be healing at this moment, was actually cheating frantically.

If one compares the [Gate of All Worlds], which connects the heavens and myriad worlds and broadcasts the battles, to a super-program in operation, then Li Yu was currently peeking at its underlying code.

Just like when he peeked at the Ancient Sages earlier, he had directly hacked into the backend.

All kinds of mysteries could not be hidden from him.

The more he peeked, the more alarmed he became. He was completely immersed in the various terrifying "cosmic disasters" and their methods of being broken. The difficulty of the second-round disaster stage was rapidly dropping from nightmare-level and death-level for him.

He estimated that it wouldn't take long before it became ordinary.

Yet the other demigods remained at the original difficulty.

This differentiated experience was truly delightful.

So much so that when the twenty-eighth Truth Bubble finished charging, Li Yu didn't pay much attention to it.

As his cultivation base skyrocketed, the events he participated in grew larger, his "fun-seeker" nature was exposed, and the number of times he courted death increased.

The tactic of using peeking to nourish peeking was also unleashing its power.

He had just used up one bubble!

Immediately, another was added to his reserves.

Not only was there no loss, but it was a massive profit.

And what surprised Li Yu even more was that he accidentally peeked at another secret.

He had been puzzled before.

Many of the Children of the World that the Ancient Sages had painstakingly sent over had died in the grand tournament.

Why hadn't the Ancient Sages fallen out with the Master of the Curtain after their results were destroyed?

Now, the answer had arrived:

"The Gate of All Worlds, as a divine artifact with extremely high authority and status, possesses a core function: [Save File]. Any life form that enters this artifact is automatically saved, preserving its origin."

"In other words, all lives that die within the [Gate of All Worlds] can actually be resurrected."

"Of course, resurrection also comes in levels."

"There are levels like partial origin, corpse, puppet, weak resurrection, perfect resurrection... and so on."

"To achieve each level requires paying different prices. The Ancient Sages do not intend to resurrect all those dead Children of the World; they and the Master of the Curtain will only resurrect the origin to use the world coordinates hidden within."

"The relevant conditions were already negotiated by the Ancient Sages with the True Gods behind those Children of the World."

"The plan for the collapse of the current world is still proceeding normally and will be initiated after the grand tournament."

While Li Yu was healing, secret-peeking, and cheating, the other demigods were not idle either.

Because the Laughing Nightmare, the demigod who acted as a fun-seeker and connected everyone, was gone.

The attacks against Li Yu ended hastily after they searched several times without result.

The twenty or thirty demigods!

Entered the phase of dueling once again.

After all, a large portion of them were fated enemies; since they had run into each other, how could they not entangle and fight?

It was just that the "elimination game" that Li Yu and many spectators had hoped for could not be achieved.

Demigod level!

These three words meant a lot.

For example, they were very hard to kill and possessed countless means.

In a fight between demigods, unless there was a clear generational gap or a sudden ambush like Li Yu's earlier,

otherwise, under normal circumstances, they could fight for hundreds or even thousands of years without a winner.

It had only been a short time now, so naturally, no tragic results would appear.

However!

The prophecy of a certain evil god watching the battle regarding the death record also failed quickly.

Just on the second day.

Two more cases of demigods dying in the arena were added.

They were none other than the two female demigods who had been sabotaged by Li Yu earlier, the [Black Moon Witch] and the [Bee Queen].

When that encirclement ended, they, like Li Yu, were severely wounded.

The Bee Queen's injuries were particularly miserable.

After all, she had first been pierced in the abdomen by Li Yu, then charmed, and had desperately tried to stop the attacks against Li Yu, eventually ending up severely wounded and dying, unable even to flee.

So on that very day, while the other demigods continued to hunt Li Yu,

the Bee Queen was directly swallowed by the "Black Moon Witch," who had lighter injuries.

But this move of hers was also a miscalculation; she was already severely wounded, and to forcibly devour another demigod, even if there were similarities in their attributes, she could not refine it quickly at all.

So, not long after!

She was slain by the "Undying Blade" that had returned to that arrival point universe.

Her entire, extremely abundant vitality was all drained away.

However, neither of these two scenes could shake Li Yu’s position as the number one in popularity, even though he was just holed up in a hidden crevice healing his wounds, doing nothing at all.

But on the third day, the situation changed.

Perhaps realizing that Li Yu’s ability to play hide-and-seek was truly formidable, the group of ferocious demigods all gave up on hunting him down.

They turned their attention instead to the six demigods of the Righteous God faction!

The scene shifted directly from a mode of one-on-one duels to factional slaughter.

This was also unavoidable.

Although they were all demigods, the distinction between Righteous Gods and Evil Gods was far too obvious, so it was only natural to divide into factions.

Even though, because of Li Yu, the Evil God faction had lost three members right from the start.

Laughing Nightmare, Bee Queen, and Black Moon Witch.

But truthfully speaking, the combat power of these three demigods was not top-tier, so it had almost no impact.

If it had been Morning Star, Undying Blade, or First Corrupt Head who had fallen, the situation would have been completely different.

Unfortunately, Li Yu was not confident in killing those few either.

Although he had long since quietly hooked them with his fishing line, he could only achieve subtle influence and weak control, failing to reach the point of killing them easily.

His ambush of that "Universe Clown," besides being because it held the Universe Lock in its hands, was also not without the intent to pick the low-hanging fruit.

And so!

As soon as the faction war broke out, the Righteous God faction fell into a disadvantage, as expected.

Although the six—God Slayer, Martial Saint, Nirvana Venerable, Zhang Tianshi, Time-Stopping King, and Moon Maiden—all possessed extraordinary combat power.

Especially the first three, who were in no way weaker than Morning Star, Undying Blade, and First Corrupt Head.

The Time-Stopping King’s support was even more heaven-defying in its effect.

But it was still not enough to make up for the disadvantage in numbers.

The unprecedentedly intense slaughter and chaotic battle, combined with the special environment of the Gate of Myriad Realms, left all the viewers feeling dazed, as if they were watching a war at the level of the multiverse.

Because of this, Li Yu lost his throne as number one in popularity for the first time.

It was not until many viewers noticed that this fellow had recovered from his injuries at some unknown time.

But he did not join the battle; instead, like a "spectator" god looking for fun, he scurried around the various arrival point battlefields.

At the same time, he hid very securely, without exposing himself in the slightest.

"Hmm? What is the Son of the Vortex God trying to do?"

"If divided by faction, it seems the Vortex God is not among the Righteous or Evil, but is a chaotic alien god, so which side will he participate in?"

"Although he possesses a full set of divine artifacts, he is cautious by nature. In order to pass the next two rounds, I fear he wants to ambush some heavily wounded demigods, charm them, and take them as slaves."

"If he really succeeds, that will be a sight to see."

"It’s happening, it’s happening, he’s making a move! Moon Maiden has been cornered by Daoist Yang and has already suffered not-insignificant injuries. Plus, having been charmed by the Son of the Vortex God before, she is perfect for snatching away to take as a slave..."

"No, he’s actually launching a vicious attack on Daoist Yang. Is he taking revenge?"

"So petty? As soon as his wounds recover, he carries out revenge against Daoist Yang, who heavily wounded him earlier. He really isn't afraid of being killed in return."

Following the scenes that appeared with these comments, it was shockingly Li Yu, who had reappeared after disappearing for three days, making his first move.

His target was not Moon Maiden, the "Master of Guanghan Star" who had been knocked down to the dust and was heavily wounded, but rather Daoist Yang, who seemed to be the embodiment of disaster and calamity, with ominous Qi permeating the universe.

Taking advantage of the moment he defeated Moon Maiden and was forcibly transmitting his Dharma, intending to twist her from the incomparably holy Guanghan Fairy into a Taiyin female beast.

Li Yu launched a fierce sneak attack.

(End of this chapter)