Departure and Pursuit

"This is too... too outrageous!"

The Nine Li clone refined the Origin Supreme Treasure. Then, with just a thought, it attempted to draw divine power from the Origin Land. As a result, it was like a celestial river bursting its banks; in an instant, endless divine power surged from the sea of Laws.

If before, drawing divine power from the Origin Land was like accumulating it drop by drop with a dropper, now it was like using a high-power water pump to extract it frantically, at a speed tens of millions of times faster!

In the blink of an eye, the 6% of its divine body that had been lost was completely restored!

Moreover, this was not the end. After replenishing its divine body, the terrifying divine power continued to pour in. This time, however, it did not transform into its divine body but was stored in the Tesseract.

The fire-element divine power, pouring down like a waterfall, first condensed into puddles, then small ponds, and then a pond about an acre in size...

"This Tesseract can actually store divine power, achieving the same effect as a Great Divine Body clone!" The Nine Li clone's eyes held surprise. With the Tesseract in hand, it would never have to worry about divine body loss again; it could burn its divine body to its heart's content in battle!

"Human, hand over the Supreme Treasure!"

Still tens of thousands of kilometers away, the Demon Race's Kuang Jin Hou, a King-level expert, had already condensed an energy cannon and fired it directly!

The other short alien King-level expert and the female King-level expert in green armor also launched attacks, intending to stop the Nine Li clone.

"A mere three Early King-level experts!" A hint of disdain flashed in the Nine Li clone's eyes. It was already much stronger than these three alien King-level experts. Once it burned its divine body, its attacks would even surpass those of peak King-level experts, enough to damage their divine bodies... even annihilate them!

But...

The Nine Li clone looked up, sensing hundreds of powerful auras rapidly approaching. Cunning flashed in its eyes: "If I waste time killing them and get surrounded by other King-level experts, or even get entangled by peak King-level or King-level Limit experts rushing over from other combat zones! Not only will I perish, but the Origin Supreme Treasure and the Supreme Treasures on me will all be lost. I'm not that foolish!"

"I'll kill you another day!" The Nine Li clone glanced at the three who were only tens of thousands of kilometers away and turned to fly towards the Star River outside the vortex.

As it flew—

"Boom!"

Its entire body erupted with powerful energy fluctuations that made one's heart palpitate. Terrifying auras emanated from it in waves; it had directly burned its Immortal divine body!

And it wasn't burning its Immortal divine body for battle or combat, but for escape!

Having cultivated the fire-element Way of the Beast God, the Nine Li clone's speed was already terrifyingly fast, faster than the three pursuing King-level experts. Now, by burning its divine body, its strength increased a thousandfold, and its erupted energy was comparable to the King-level Limit!

Its speed was simply incredible. Even in the Star River Heavy Water, where its speed was weakened, it was still faster than the three pursuing King-level experts!

"It feels great to be able to burn my divine body without fear of depletion!" The Nine Li clone laughed heartily as it directly accelerated to sub-light speed in the endless Star River Heavy Water. Wherever it passed, the heavy river water churned like a raging sea.

Its divine body was burning frantically every moment, yet an endless stream of divine power flowed out from the Tesseract, keeping its divine body at a perfect 100% peak state!

The pursuing Demon Race's Kuang Jin Hou King-level expert felt the change in the Nine Li clone's aura and its expression changed: "Burning its Immortal divine body?"

Its speed involuntarily slowed down. The Nine Li clone, burning its divine body, was faster than peak King-level experts. For it to catch up, it would have to burn its divine body as well. But even if it caught up, it wouldn't be the Nine Li clone's opponent and couldn't snatch the Supreme Treasure.

At most, it could delay the Nine Li clone and wait for other King-level experts to arrive and kill it.

If it could cause trouble for the Nine Li clone without damaging its divine body, it wouldn't mind taking action. But to damage its divine body to "help" other King-level experts delay the Nine Li clone?

It wasn't that foolish. It shook its head: "Forget it. I can't get the Supreme Treasure anyway. Burning my divine body for it isn't worth it!"

Another short alien King-level expert also stopped. Clearly, its thoughts were the same as Kuang Jin Hou's. For them, burning their divine body, if it was a small amount, was still manageable. But if it exceeded 5% or even 10%, the loss would be terrifying. Even as King-level experts, their wealth accumulated over billions of years would be incredibly painful to part with!

However, on the other side, the female Immortal God in green armor did not stop. Her eyes flashed with madness: "I've already notified my race's 'Shang Hun King' about the emergence of the Supreme Treasure. Shang Hun King is a peak King-level expert, and he will definitely obtain the Supreme Treasure when he arrives! I will also receive a huge reward!"

"I must keep track of this human and not let it escape. I'll go all out!"

"I don't believe you, a human, dare to continuously burn your divine body!"

"Ah!"

The female King-level expert's green light suddenly surged.

"Boom!"

Powerful energy fluctuations emanated from her body; she had also burned her divine body!

An Early King-level expert burning its divine body had strength comparable to a peak King-level expert. In this state, with her full power unleashed, her speed was still slower than the Nine Li clone's, but she could barely keep up!

"It's enough if I can keep up. Shang Hun King is a peak King-level expert. When he arrives and uses Teleportation, this human won't be able to escape!" The female alien King-level expert stared intently at the Nine Li clone's figure on the detector.

Although the distance between them was gradually increasing, the process was very slow. They were still within 500,000 kilometers of each other!

Supreme Treasures!

Even the worst Supreme Treasure could easily sell for over 10 trillion Chaos Units. Of course, no fool would put a Supreme Treasure up for sale; treasures of this level were traded through bartering!

"Shang Hun King will obtain the Supreme Treasure, and the reward for me will not be small! The expenditure of divine body is completely worth it!" the female alien King-level expert thought to herself.

"Whoosh~~"

Crimson flames instantly pierced through the Star River Heavy Water. Wherever the flames passed, the incredibly heavy river water was completely parted, and even space cracked open in large areas.

And about 500,000 kilometers behind these flames, green light was closely pursuing!

The Nine Li clone had naturally noticed the female alien King-level expert burning her divine body to chase after it long ago, but it couldn't be bothered to pay attention, regardless of any plans she might have. As long as it left the Star River's range, without the obstruction of the Star River Heavy Water, it could easily accelerate into the Dark Universe and escape the Purple Splendor Star River.

Returning to the war base would mean safety. In this Ninth Battlefield, no alien race would dare to attack a Human Race war base!

The Nine Li clone snorted coldly: "Hmph! You want to compete with me in burning divine bodies? Let's see how long you can keep it up!"

……

Behind the Nine Li clone, the alien female King-level also grew anxious. "This human, why is he still burning his divine body after so long!"

In just this brief moment, she had already burned 9% of her divine body.

Losing less than 10% of one's divine body had almost no impact on their strength. Once the loss exceeded 10%, it would inevitably affect their combat effectiveness!

"Should I continue?" A hint of hesitation flickered in her eyes.

But just then, her communicator beeped incessantly, followed by a sinister voice: "Heh heh… Purple Splendor Star River… Supreme Treasure, I'm heading over there now!"

The female King-level couldn't help but rejoice. "Shang Hun King received my message and is coming!"

"Keep chasing!" Without a second thought, she continued to burn her divine body and pursued the Nine Li clone.