The Hunter
As soon as they entered the pitch-black forest, both Gao Gong and the Old World Lord rapidly lost the aura around them. Ninth rank, eighth rank, seventh rank, sixth rank...
Their levels actually dropped all the way to 0.
Gao Gong watched with his own eyes as the level column on the system panel vanished completely.
Just like the previous few times, the system once again played dead and disappeared without a trace.
Forget refreshing missions—it had even refreshed itself away.
The Old World Lord's expression finally changed dramatically.
Gao Gong, on the other hand, looked increasingly relaxed.
"What, you're a ninth-rank expert. Don't tell me you've never seen this kind of method before? Why are you so surprised? Oh, right. In the Ninth Cosmic Era of the Universal Sea, there really aren't any ninth-level civilizations that have merged with the cosmic surface. So it's normal that you've never seen one."
In the Seventh Universe's Ninth Cosmic Era, hegemon-level civilizations emerged one after another. But precisely because the higher-level forces fought too fiercely, whenever a ninth-level civilization tried to take that final step, it was inevitably met with a counterattack from every high-level faction. At that level, even a ninth-level civilization had no choice but to kneel.
"A ninth-level civilization of information that has merged with the cosmic surface is like opening a back door into the universe. Under the effects of this back door, all permissions can be adjusted automatically. For example, the strength of you and me, and even the ranks of ascended civilizations—all of them can be adjusted."
Gao Gong spoke softly.
When it came to understanding the top civilizations of this universe, at least among those below the ninth rank, no one surpassed him.
That was because during the later battle against the Three