"This was... this was too absurd!"
After the Nine Li clone refined the Origin Supreme Treasure, he merely willed it and tried drawing divine power from the Origin Land. The result was like the banks of a heavenly river bursting apart. In an instant, boundless divine power surged out of the ocean of laws and was drawn toward him.
If his previous method of drawing divine power from the Origin Land had been like accumulating it drop by drop with an eyedropper, then now he was using a high-powered pump to draw it out frantically, at a rate more than ten million times faster!
In the blink of an eye, the 6% of his divine body that he had lost was completely restored!
And that was not all. After replenishing his divine body, the terrifying divine power continued pouring in. This time, however, it did not transform into his divine body, but was instead stored within the Cosmic Cube.
The waterfall-like fire-element divine power first gathered into a puddle, then a small pool, and then a pond roughly an acre in size...
"The Cosmic Cube can actually store divine power too, achieving the same effect as a huge divine-body clone!" Surprise filled the Nine Li clone's eyes. With the Cosmic Cube in hand, he would no longer need to worry about losses to his divine body. He could burn his divine body to his heart's content in battle!
"Human, hand over the precious treasure!"
Still more than a hundred thousand kilometers away, the Kuang Jin Hou King Level warrior of the demon race had already condensed an energy cannon in its mouth and blasted it toward him!
The other short alien King Level warrior and the female King Level warrior in azure armor also launched attacks, intending to keep the Nine Li clone from escaping.
"Just three Early King-level warriors!" A trace of disdain flashed through the Nine Li clone's eyes. He was already considerably stronger than these three alien King Level warriors. Once he burned his divine body, his attacks could even surpass peak King-level, enough to damage their divine bodies... or even kill them!
But...
The Nine Li clone raised his head and sensed hundreds of powerful auras rapidly converging on this place. Cunning flashed through his eyes. "If I waste time killing them and get surrounded by other King Level warriors—or even entangled by peak King-level or King-level Limit warriors rushing over from other battle zones—not only will I perish, but I'll lose the Origin Supreme Treasure and all the other precious treasures on me as well. I'm not that stupid!"
"I'll kill you later!" The Nine Li clone glanced at the three figures, now only a hundred thousand kilometers away, then turned and flew toward the star river beyond the vortex's eye.
As he flew—
Boom!
His entire body erupted with an intimidatingly powerful energy fluctuation. Terrifying auras burst from him wave after wave. He had directly begun burning his Immortal divine body!
Yet he was not burning his Immortal divine body for battle or slaughter.
He was doing it to flee!
Having cultivated the fire-element Way of the Beast God, the Nine Li clone had already possessed a terrifying speed, faster than all three pursuing King Level warriors. Now that he was burning his divine body, his strength soared a thousandfold, and the energy he unleashed was comparable to a King-level Limit warrior!
His speed was simply unbelievable. Even within the Star River Heavy Water, where his speed was weakened, he was still faster than the three pursuing King Level warriors!
"Burning my divine body without worrying about the loss feels incredible!" The Nine Li clone laughed heartily. He shot through the endless Star River Heavy Water at nearly the speed of light, churning the river waters into raging torrents in his wake.
His divine body burned madly every moment, yet an unceasing stream of divine power flowed out from the Cosmic Cube, keeping his divine body at its absolute peak, one hundred percent complete!
The demon-race Kuang Jin Hou King Level warrior chasing behind him sensed the change in the Nine Li clone's aura, and its expression could not help changing. "Burning his Immortal divine body?"
Its speed slowed involuntarily. With his divine body burning, the Nine Li clone was faster even than a peak King-level warrior. If it wanted to catch him, it would have to burn its own divine body too. But even if it caught up, it would still be no match for the Nine Li clone and would not be able to seize the precious treasure.
At most, it could delay the Nine Li clone and wait for other King Level warriors to arrive and kill him.
If it could cause trouble for the Nine Li clone without damaging its divine body, it would not mind making a move. But damaging its divine body to "help" other King Level warriors delay him?
It was not that foolish. It shook its head. "Forget it. I can't get the precious treasure anyway. Burning my divine body over this isn't worth it!"
The other short alien King Level warrior likewise stopped. Clearly, it shared the Kuang Jin Hou's thoughts. To them, burning a small amount of their divine bodies was manageable, but if it exceeded 5%, or even 10%, the losses would be terrifying. Even as King Level warriors, they would be heartbroken over wealth accumulated over hundreds of millions of years!
But on the other side, the female Immortal God in azure armor did not stop. Madness flickered in her eyes. "I've already informed King Shang Hun of my race about the appearance of the precious treasure. King Shang Hun is a peak King-level warrior. If he comes, he will definitely obtain it! And I'll receive an enormous reward too!"
"I have to keep up with this human and not let him leave. I'm going all out!"
"I refuse to believe that a human like you would dare keep burning your divine body!"
"Ah!"
Azure light suddenly flared around the female King Level warrior's entire body.
Boom!
Powerful energy fluctuations radiated from her body. She, too, began burning her divine body!
An Early King-level warrior burning her divine body possessed strength comparable to peak King-level. In this state, even with everything she had, she was still slower than the Nine Li clone—but she could barely keep up with him now!
"Keeping up is enough. King Shang Hun is peak King-level. Once he arrives and uses teleportation, this human won't be able to escape!" The alien female King Level warrior stared fixedly at the Nine Li clone's image on her detector.
Although the distance between them was gradually increasing, the process was extremely slow. They were still within five hundred thousand kilometers of each other!
A precious treasure!
Even the lowest-grade precious treasure could easily sell for more than 100 trillion Chaos Units. Of course, no fool would put a precious treasure up for sale. Treasures of this level were traded only through barter!
"If King Shang Hun obtains the precious treasure, the reward he gives me definitely won't be small! Spending some of my divine body is completely worth it!" the alien female King Level warrior silently thought.
Whoosh~~
Blood-red berserk flames instantly pierced through the Star River Heavy Water. Wherever the flames passed, the incomparably heavy river water was completely parted, while large stretches of space itself cracked open.
And roughly five hundred thousand kilometers behind those flames, azure light pursued relentlessly!
The Nine Li clone had naturally discovered long ago that the alien female King Level warrior was burning her divine body to pursue him, but he could not be bothered to pay her any attention, regardless of what she was planning. As long as he left the range of the star river, free from the obstruction of the Star River Heavy Water, he could easily accelerate into the Dark Universe and leave the Purple Splendor Star River.
Once he returned to the War Base, he would be safe. On the Ninth Battlefield, absolutely no alien race would dare attack the Human race's War Base!
The Nine Li clone snorted coldly. "Hmph! Competing 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 warrior's expression was also turning anxious. "How is this human still not stopping after burning his divine body for so long?!"
In that brief span alone, she had already burned away 9% of her divine body.
Losing less than 10% of one's divine body had almost no effect on one's strength. Once the loss exceeded 10%, however, it would inevitably affect the performance of one's strength!
"Should I keep going?" A trace of hesitation appeared in her eyes.
But at that moment, her communicator began to beep, followed by a sinister voice. "Hehehe... Purple Splendor Star River... a precious treasure. I'm heading over now!"
The female King Level warrior was overjoyed. "King Shang Hun received my message and is coming!"
"Keep chasing!" Without the slightest hesitation, she continued burning her divine body as she pursued the Nine Li clone.
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