Enemies at Black Hole Late Stage

In the heart of the Asura Path lies a lake composed of the most filthy blood, known as the Blood Sea. It is revered as the sacred lake and origin of the Asura Race.

It is said that the most powerful Asura warriors are born from the Blood Sea, while those born outside are just ordinary Asuras.

Every Asura warrior is a Star Level Nine stellar warrior.

But ghosts are ghosts, and ultimately cannot compare to human wisdom. These Asura warriors were gradually devoured by the followers of the Tongtian Tower, and their numbers dwindled.

After eliminating a large number of Asura warriors, the Tongtian Tower began collecting large quantities of Cosmic Crystal within this area.

Jin HaoNan, carrying a Space Ring, trotted along and arrived in front of a man in black.

"Xuan Zhu, this is what our group has accomplished in the past two hours. Please take a look."

The man in black had eyes like a hawk, and his cultivation level had reached the Black Hole Late Stage realm, on the verge of breaking through to the Star System Stage, making him awe-inspiring.

This is the leading figure of the younger generation in the Tongtian Tower, named Xuan Ze. He is always at the forefront of gang fights. When he first entered the Star Stage, he had a record of killing a Black Hole Stage expert. He is a genius who is rare in a century.

Taking Jin HaoNan's Space Ring, Xuan Zhu swept her near- Azure Sky-color Mental Power through it, and her eyes suddenly turned cold. "Someone's been hiding something!"

"No, boss, absolutely not, how could I dare?" Jin HaoNan was so frightened that his legs went weak. He knew very well how ruthless Xuan Zhu was, and if he kept anything secret, he would definitely suffer the consequences.

"Whether it's right or wrong isn't up to you. Call everyone in your group over here!"

In a short while, Jin HaoNan's group of one hundred people arrived in front of Xuan Zhu.

"Do you think I'm easy to fool? I already scouted the East District, and there are seven million Cosmic Crystal there, but this ring only contains five and a half million. Where did the rest go?"

"Xuan Zhu, there might be some omissions during the cleaning. We'll go back and look for them again."

"I know there will be omissions, but the omissions will not exceed one million. At least half a million Cosmic Crystal are missing here."

Xuan Zhu's voice grew increasingly cold. "I'm giving you a chance now. Whoever has been secretive, step forward, and I'll give them a proper burial."

These people were all trembling, and not one of them spoke.

"Very well, since no one acknowledges it, now everyone open your Space Ring."

Many people showed panic on their faces, but everyone also cooperated by raising their hands, opening their Space Ring, and Xuan Zhu's Mental Power swept over them one by one.

He stopped when he scanned a pale-faced man.

"It's you!"

"No, Xuan Zhu, there isn't a single Cosmic Crystal in my ring."

"You think I was looking at your rings? I was looking at your expressions. When I asked you to open your rings, only you had a smug look on your face. Besides, everyone else's rings had at least a few stones, but yours had none. Aren't you going a bit overboard with this act?"

Before the pale-faced man could argue, the man unleashed a Mental Impact that left the martial artist's mind blank.

"Soul Search!"

The Mental Power circulates within the other person's Mental Sea of Consciousness; this is Soul Search, leaving no trace of the other person's memories.

However, when he Soul Search, his Mental Power encountered extremely strong resistance.

"Oh no, this person has been controlled!"

Xuan Zhu's expression changed, and she increased her Mental Power output, forcibly Soul Search!

He possessed late-stage Azure Sky-color Mental Power. He forcibly searched the Soul Search, breaking the opponent's mental control, but the person became mentally impaired as a result.

"It turns out to be a Mind Power Master of similar strength to me, or at least very close to being weaker. There are actually such beings here."

Although someone was secretly coveting it, Xuan Zhu didn't have time to pay attention to it. He was currently preparing to attack the Asura King and couldn't afford any mistakes before then. He hoped that the person who was secretly coveting it wouldn't dare to be so bold as to openly oppose the Tongtian Tower.

Moreover, he has absolute confidence that within this World Stone, as long as he doesn't directly confront the people of the Dimensional Universe Company or the Dimensional Arena, he can handle anyone.

However, in the period that followed, situations arose repeatedly where the Cosmic Crystal were hidden and people were being secretly controlled, which greatly annoyed Xuan Zhu.

"Boss, this can't go on. We've already lost four million Cosmic Crystal in one day. The other side is very precise, specifically targeting those who collect a lot, and their Mental Power is very strong, controlling people invisibly."

Xuan Zhu nodded. "That won't do. Actually, I'm not too worried about losing some Cosmic Crystal. What I'm worried about is that when we go to deal with the Asura King, this person will cause trouble in secret."

"Then what should we do?" Jin HaoNan asked.

"It seems we need to take some measures to find out who is causing trouble in the shadows."

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Lin Zhen silently counted the Cosmic Crystal in his hand. He now had nearly eight million. Once he reached ten million, he could immediately go out to the Dimensional Universe Company to exchange them for the first page of Golden Paper.

He could actually borrow some money from Nicole, and he believed Nicole wouldn't refuse, but Lin Zhen didn't want to do that. The two were just business partners, and he didn't want to ruin it.

"Lin Zhen, this is great. I guide them to find the people who search the most, and then you secretly control where they bury the Cosmic Crystal. We then secretly go and retrieve them. With thousands of people working for us, it's faster than you and me searching."

"Hehe! That's really good, but I'm afraid the other side won't just sit idly by and wait to be killed."

"Never mind, look at that one, the one in gray clothes, he has the strongest aura of treasure, he probably has millions of Cosmic Crystal, he should be a small leader."

Lin Zhen nodded, waved his hand, and a crack appeared in the Folded Space as he stared at the person Nicole had pointed out.

That person was completely oblivious, still searching everywhere, and even somewhat detached from the troops.

"Now!"

Sensing that the person was getting close to where he and Nicole were hiding, Lin Zhen quietly activated the Soul Lock!

"Bang!"

The powerful Mental Power enveloped the opponent, causing their body to stiffen instantly, and it looked as if Lin Zhen was about to take control of them.

Just when Lin Zhen felt she was about to succeed, she suddenly realized something was wrong.

"This person has been taken into custody; he was a decoy!"

Before Lin Zhen could withdraw his Mental Power, an extremely powerful Mental Power followed and struck Lin Zhen's mind!

It had been a very long time since Lin Zhen had felt a stinging sensation in his head. Since his Mental Power had advanced to the Azure Sky-color, he had basically been able to crush other martial artists. However, he had just encountered someone whose Mental Power was even stronger than his own, which caught Lin Zhen off guard.

With their Mental Power interrupted, Lin Zhen and Nicole immediately emerged from the hidden Folded Space.

"Here it is! Found it!"

The members of the Tongtian Tower, who were originally focused on searching for the Cosmic Crystal, immediately surrounded them, shouting and yelling. This was clearly a trap.

The first to arrive was Xuan Zhu, dressed in black.

Xuan Zhu gently rubbed her forehead with her hand. "Damn it, that's really a strong Mental Power. The recoil force actually made my head feel like it was being pricked with needles."

He attacked Lin Zhen with his Mental Power, but he also suffered a powerful backlash, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

Looking at the thousands of people surrounding him, and at the Xuan Zhu who had reached the Black Hole Late Stage, Lin Zhen knew that today's battle would not be easy.

Even if he had entered the Satellite Stage and possessed the Dark Star Power, he had never had the energy to fight against Black Hole Stage opponent, especially since this was a Black Hole Late Stage opponent.

He patted Nicole on the shoulder and said, "Dude, we're in trouble today. There are over a thousand of them, and I'm afraid I can only deal with this one."

"What about the others?" Nicole asked.

"Of course it was you, the Spirit Race Dwarf, who made the move. If you can hold off everyone else, we can still fight this battle. If you can't, we might be stuck here in the Yellow Springs Netherworld as two ghosts forever."

Nicole said with a long face, "I'm a pacifist. I like fine wine, poetry, sculptures, and sparkly things. I don't like fighting and killing."

"If we win this battle, we'll have as much of what you've been talking about as we want."

Lin Zhen raised his hand and took out the Yin-Yang Long Spear.

"You're really something, actually thinking of this way to lure me out." Lin Zhen looked at Xuan Zhu in front of him.

"Hmph! You dare to steal from our Tongtian Tower? You're asking for trouble. Even the Heavenly King can't save you today."

As soon as Xuan Zhu finished speaking, Jin HaoNan rubbed his eyes from behind and said, "Xuan Zhu, I know this person. His name is Lin Zhen. He's from the Star River Giant Beast Alliance. Back then, I couldn't enter the Dimensional Universe a month, which delayed my inheritance of the family. He was the one who caused the trouble!"

"From the Star River Giant Beast Alliance?"

Xuan Zhu's face turned cold. "What? Does the Star River Giant Beast Alliance also want to play the double-crossing game? Even if you are a cross-universe group, you are still a bit weak in this small territory of the Sanjiang Star Region Federation compared to our Tongtian Tower. Hand over all the Cosmic Crystal now, and I will pretend that nothing happened before."

Lin Zhen sneered, "You've already stolen it, why are you talking about handing it over? That would just make you a laughingstock. If you're so capable, come and take it yourself; if not, shut up!"

"Damn it! They're courting death!"

Xuan Zhu was, after all, a gangster. Seeing that Lin Zhen showed him no respect, he suddenly became vicious. "Brothers, you take care of that short, fat guy, and leave Lin Zhen to me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Zhen suddenly twisted his body and was about to Teleport into the crowd.

Interrupt!

Xuan Zhu's Mental Power was slightly stronger than Lin Zhen's, and she forcefully interrupted Lin Zhen's Teleport!

"Using your Mental Power in front of me is like showing off your skills before an expert!"

As Xuan Zhu spoke, another Mental Impact came, and then she rushed forward swiftly, her blade flashing and creating a whistling sound at hundreds of times the speed of sound.

Wherever the blade passed, Space Collapse, elemental storms surged, and its power was unparalleled!

The others also roared and surrounded the dwarf Nicole like a pack of wolves.

Lin Zhen's expression was solemn. A true expert's skill is immediately apparent upon making a move. This Xuan Zhu was definitely a formidable opponent he had never faced before. This battle today would not be easy!