Ancient Civilization Relic

Inside the training room of the Limit Martial Hall in Yangzhou City District.

In the 300-square-meter training room, Xiao Yu sat cross-legged in the center.

"System, set the third wish as perfect comprehension of the eighth level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade."

Setting successful!

Third wish: Perfect comprehension of the eighth level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade (162,000 Wish Points)

"System, check the remaining Wish Points."

Remaining Wish Points: 962,300.

It seems the remaining Wish Points are enough to cultivate the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade to the ninth level. Xiao Yu pondered silently.

"System, fulfill the third wish."

Wish Points deducted!

The third wish is being fulfilled...

A special energy enveloped Xiao Yu's entire body, and he instantly entered a state of enlightenment. Countless experiences and insights concerning the eighth level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade surged into his mind.

In his state of enlightenment, Xiao Yu rapidly absorbed the knowledge in his mind and transformed those insights into his own.

Xiao Yu fell into a strange state...

Countless figures of Xiao Yu appeared in the training ground. Each figure continuously performed the seventh level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade.

After a long while, all the figures finally converged into one. It was performing the Flowing Light Movement Technique, with every step, turn, and leap accelerating eight times in succession.

Every saber move performed by the figure accelerated eight times, whether in a single burst or continuously. It was incredibly strange.

When the training ground regained its calm.

The third wish had been fulfilled!

Xiao Yu stood up and tested the eighth level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade. It came as naturally as instinct, and he could control it perfectly, as though he had cultivated it for many years.

Even so, he continued training without pause. He was not merely trying to familiarize himself with the saber technique, but also preparing to comprehend his own domain later.

"Beep!"

"Beep!"

The alarm on his Communication Watch rang. It was already 17:50, and he needed to go home for dinner.

After dinner, he chatted with his mother for a long while before getting up and returning to his bedroom to rest.

The next day, he continued training in the training room, practicing his saber technique and movement technique.

After five consecutive days of training, Xiao Yu felt that he could finally control the weapon in his hand perfectly. Only then did he begin another round of improving himself.

"System, set the third wish as perfect comprehension of the ninth level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade."

Setting successful!

Third wish: Perfect comprehension of the ninth level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade (324,000 Wish Points)

"System, fulfill the third wish."

Wish Points deducted!

The third wish is being fulfilled...

A special energy enveloped Xiao Yu's entire body, and he instantly entered a state of enlightenment. Countless experiences and insights concerning the ninth level of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade surged into his mind.

These insights into the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade did not come only from Thor in the past, but also from Luo Feng in the future, and even from many unknown existences.

These existences encompassed every great cultivator of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade throughout the entire past, present, and future of spacetime. They were not even limited to this spacetime.

By combining the cultivation experiences of so many masters of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade, Xiao Yu's comprehension became unprecedentedly perfect—more perfect even than that of Thor, its creator.

It took Xiao Yu an entire day to finally comprehend every secret of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade.

The third wish had been fulfilled.

"System, display the system panel."

Host: Xiao Yu

First wish: Increase genetic multiplier by one (100 Wish Copper Coins)

Second wish: Break through and become a Planetary first order (100 Wish Copper Coins)

Third wish: None

Number of wishes fulfilled: 20

Remaining Wish Points: 476,300

After perfectly mastering the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade, Xiao Yu's force exertion technique had reached sevenfold.

After finishing a day of cultivation.

Xiao Yu stood up and walked out of the training room. The automatic door closed on its own. When he reached the end of the corridor, he encountered Wu Tong walking toward him.

"Xiao Yu, your trip to Hongning Base City at the end of this month has been finalized," Wu Tong said.

Although Wu Tong had a good relationship with Xiao Yu's father, Xiao Dingguo, he still showed some respect when facing Xiao Yu, who was now an Inspector.

This was not currying favor with a superior, but respect for the strong.

"Thank you, Uncle Wu!" Xiao Yu said with a smile.

While Xiao Yu continued cultivating, Luo Feng and his Fire Hammer Squad arrived in City No. 003 for training.

At the same time, the Tiger Tooth Squad accepted a mission from the Thunder Squad to protect Li Wei during his real-combat training.

While hunting monsters, the Fire Hammer Squad encountered three Indian warriors battling a High-level Beast General-level Twin-headed Black-lined Snake. The two sides reached an agreement and killed the Twin-headed Black-lined Snake together, splitting the spoils evenly.

As in the original story, after the Fire Hammer Squad and the Indian warriors killed the Twin-headed Black-lined Snake, they encountered the Thunder Squad and Tiger Tooth Squad, who were protecting Li Wei. The two sides clashed.

The Tiger Tooth Squad's repeated provocations finally angered Luo Feng, causing him to resolve to eliminate the Tiger Tooth Squad.

While eliminating members of the Tiger Tooth Squad, Luo Feng encountered two War Gods battling an Armored Dragon and successfully stole its dragon egg.

During the process, he also obtained the Armored Dragon's treasures: an SS-grade sword and a War God Combat Suit.

After losing its dragon egg, the Armored Dragon frantically pursued Luo Feng. After escaping with tremendous difficulty, Luo Feng encountered Elder Liu from the Thunder Squad, Li Wei, Kalong, and Pan Ya.

Driven by Li Wei's abnormal hobby of hunting geniuses, Luo Feng engaged them in fierce battle. He unleashed every method available to a Mind Controller and finally succeeded in annihilating the entire Tiger Tooth Squad and Thunder Squad.

On December 28, Xiao Yu took a flying fighter jet from the Jiangnan Base City Limit Martial Arts General Hall to Hongning Base City.

Apart from two beautiful attendants, the flying fighter jet contained only Xiao Yu and some members of the Guard Team assigned to him by the military.

The Black God Set could not be used inside Civilization Relic No. 9. The main reason was probably that the Black God Set itself came from Civilization Relic No. 9.

Xiao Yu extended his right hand. The Black God Set, which had transformed into a bracelet, changed back into the shape of a glove.

After recognizing its master through blood absorption, the Black God Set could transform in myriad ways according to its owner's wishes. It could even hide beneath the skin. However, it also had one drawback: it was difficult to remove from the body.

There were only two ways to remove the Black God Set. The first was for its owner to die. The second was to cancel the master-recognition procedure. The method was simple: the owner had to force out the blood absorbed by the Black God Set.

After some manipulation by Xiao Yu, the Black God Set returned to its original state.

The Space Ring on the ring finger of his right hand flashed, and the Black God Set was absorbed inside.

The global headquarters of the Limit Martial Arts School in Hongning Base City was a massive structure resembling an ancient giant spacecraft. In reality, it was a spacecraft that could no longer fly, with only some of its functions still usable.

Inside the giant spacecraft building, Xiao Yu was escorted to a lounge immediately after arriving. The spacious lounge contained dozens of seats.

Five people were already inside. Judging by their appearances, Xiao Yu immediately determined that one man and one woman were probably Chinese. One person sitting there with his eyes closed appeared to be Indian, while the other two were also black men sitting quietly.

"Hello, Xiao Yu. I'm Li Yan, from Kyoto Base City." The Chinese man walked over and introduced himself. "As far as I know, among the nine people setting out this time, you and I are the only ones from Huaxia Country. Oh, Miss Lin, who spoke to me earlier, is from Hongning Base City."

Hongning Base City was located in Western Asia and was one of the twenty-three Base Cities independent of the Five Great Nations. Miss Lin naturally did not count as being from Huaxia Country.

"Mm." Xiao Yu nodded slightly, exchanged a few casual words, and then sat off to the side to meditate, preparing for the upcoming trip to the Ancient Civilization Relic.

Soon, the final three people arrived as well. Everyone from the Limit Martial Arts School who would be traveling to Civilization Relic No. 9 was now present.

"Everyone, follow me."

Led by a man dressed in a loose blue robe, Xiao Yu and the other eight War Gods from around the world entered a quiet room constructed entirely from strange Purple Wood. The Purple Wood forming the room was unlike any Purple Wood Xiao Yu had ever seen. It not only had a peculiar fragrance, but could also calm the mind and focus the spirit to an unprecedented degree.

A man in black stood inside the quiet room with his back to Xiao Yu's group.

"Master!"

The nine of them bowed slightly.

Only then did the man in black turn around. His gaze swept across Xiao Yu and the others as he said indifferently, "Civilization Relic No. 9 has a relatively low danger level among the civilization relics, but its death and injury rate is still seventy-two percent. If any of you regrets your decision and wants to withdraw, you can say so now. Otherwise, once you enter the Ancient Civilization Relic, it will be too late for regret."

Everyone fell silent.

"Very good." The man in black said indifferently, "Enchanting, come in."

His voice spread outward.

Whoosh!

A blurry figure condensed outside the door. It was a mysterious woman dressed in a black robe and wearing a golden mask, with long black hair cascading over her shoulders. Her eyes seemed to hook the souls of all who saw them.

Xiao Yu remembered those eyes. He had seen them before on Enchanting, one of Hong's guards.

"You nine will set out for Civilization Relic No. 9 shortly. Enchanting will lead the team," the man in black ordered.

"Yes."

Everyone acknowledged the order.

Enchanting led the nine War Gods and took a Qiankun-class intelligent fighter jet rapidly toward Civilization Relic No. 9, deep in the Amazon Rainforest of South America.

"There are written and spoken languages inside Civilization Relic No. 9 that are unlike any language or writing on Earth," Enchanting said. "If you cannot understand the languages of the relic or read its writing, you will waste a great deal of time. In the early days, when no one understood the language and writing, some War Gods remained inside the relic for more than seven months before emerging."

"Understanding the language and writing will let you accomplish twice as much with half the effort."

"So before entering, I will install translation software in your Communication Watches. This software can translate the written and spoken languages of Civilization Relic No. 9 into Chinese and English. After you come out, I will be responsible for uninstalling the Civilization Relic No. 9 language translation software."

Five minutes later, the installation was complete.

That night, deep in the Amazon Rainforest of South America, a Qiankun-class intelligent fighter jet rapidly dove from high altitude before slowly descending.

The hatch opened.

Xiao Yu, the other eight War Gods, and Enchanting walked out together. The surrounding area was an expanse of wasteland, with endless jungle all around it. They could even see some monsters, but not a single monster dared approach. They feared the aura released by the relic.

The soil trembled, and the ground suddenly split apart, opening a passage five meters wide that led underground.

A silver-gray elevator rose directly to the surface. Its doors opened, and an old man in a gray robe stepped out.

Under the gray-robed elder's guidance, Xiao Yu and the other eight War Gods took the elevator to a black corridor forged from alloy.

In the black corridor, the group passed through nine checkpoints before finally arriving at a vast hall several hundred square meters in size. Hundreds of humans from all over Earth had gathered there.

"Open the entrance passage!" the red-robed elder shouted.

The curved alloy wall at the very front of the hall split open, forming a circular passage.

"Follow the passage all the way forward and enter the glowing mirror. That is the entrance to Civilization Relic No. 9!" the red-robed elder shouted.

"Go!"

"Go!"

Xiao Yu was the first to walk forward, and the War Gods behind him entered one after another.

Civilization Relic No. 9 was a relic used by the Yunmo Star Civilization for a trial of selection and elimination. After entering, people were divided into two passages, A and B. Warriors generally followed the A-model Passage into the depths of the relic, while Mind Controllers were directed by the relic to follow the B-model Passage into its depths.

The moment Xiao Yu entered, a burst of complicated sounds rang out in the hall. Fortunately, the translation software had been installed.

After translation, the voice said, "Please enter the A-model Passage."

The black hall trembled slowly. After about half a minute, a black passage finally appeared, with complex writing beside it.