Fishing at the Temple

One month later.

The central location of the Abyss Continent.

Above a massive volcano crater radiating an eternal Blazing Flame.

"Eternal Volcano?"

Yang Yu looked down at the giant volcano with a diameter of hundreds of thousands of kilometers through the External Scenery Virtualization.

Such a large volcano could fit hundreds of Earths inside.

Only the most wondrous Universe Secret Region could give birth to such a spectacle.

But Yang Yu knew that the mysterious Abyss Temple was located beneath this volcano.

"What follows will be extremely dangerous. For safety's sake, the Human Original Body will stay here, while the Zhuliuyin Clone will go down to take the risk."

With a thought, Yang Yu opened the hatch of the Machine Race Spaceship, and the enormous Zhuliuyin Clone appeared in the outside world in a flash.

As Yang Yu flew along, the detectors showed that there were dozens of Immortals within a radius of hundreds of millions of miles!

With such a large number of immortals, Yang Yu wouldn't allow the Human Original Body to risk everything for an Abyss Crystal whose purpose wasn't even fully clear yet.

While the Zhuliuyin Clone is precious, it cannot compare to the Human Original Body who has received the Thunder Inheritance.

Even in the worst-case scenario where Zhuliuyin Clone perishes, he can simply split off a new wisp of his soul and possess another Clone.

However, the price of his Original Body demise would be too high, and Yang Yu cannot afford it at present.

After making his decision, Yang Yu closed the hatch and then began his secluded cultivation inside the Original Body.

Zhuliuyin Clone then used the 'shrinking' Secret Technique from his Inherited Memory to shrink his body to a length of 100 meters.

This length is the limit for Zhuliuyin Clone to retain its strongest power; any shorter and it will significantly affect its ability to perform.

"Whoosh!"

After making preparations, Yang Yu, in his Zhuliuyin form, used his movement Movement Technique to descend rapidly downwards.

A few minutes later.

Yang Yu landed at a secluded location on the giant volcano.

Because this volcano is still erupting from time to time, and each eruption fills an area of tens of millions of miles with thick smoke and molten lava.

Therefore, apart from creatures of the Domain Lord and above that can survive for a long time, other creatures are basically nowhere to be seen in these places; they are all barren.

"Truly desolate." Yang Yu, in his Zhuliuyin form, swept his powerful Mental Force across his Consciousness Sea, his cold purple pupils scrutinizing his surroundings, guarding against any potential attacks. "And there's an unknown force invading my mind?"

Yang Yu's eyes narrowed.

"However, now is not the time to delve into this. We need to find the 'Abyss Blood' as soon as possible and apply it to our bodies. Otherwise, our incompatible aura with the Abyss World will attract a lot of unnecessary trouble."

Judging from the Mental Force feedback, there was no obvious danger in the vicinity, only some Domain Lord Level Fire Lizard and a few scattered World Lord Level beings lurking there.

With Zhuliuyin's current strength, these are not a threat at all.

However, Yang Yu is not looking for hidden enemies or prey now, but for the more important Abyss Blood.

"Whoosh!"

With a single movement, the hundred-meter-long Zhuliuyin figure appeared tens of thousands of meters away, and then, after a few more flashes, appeared ten thousand miles away.

Continue to unleash the Soul Power of Marquis Level to investigate.

"No!"

I moved to a different spot, but still nothing!

After changing positions several times, Yang Yu finally showed a satisfied expression, "Finally found you!"

Within Yang Yu's Mental Force range, a ferocious behemoth, entirely blood-red, a thousand meters long, covered in blood-red scales, and with three sharp horns on its forehead, was bathing in molten lava.

"It can survive safely in lava at tens of millions of degrees Celsius, and its appearance is exactly the same as described in the data. This is it, the 'Abyss Lava Beast'!"

Along the way, Yang Yu contacted Immortal Vita, asking how to obtain more substances to disguise his aura, and Vita replied quickly.

All you need to do is find the Abyss Lava Beast, kill it, extract its heart's essence, and then apply the refined substance obtained from melting it onto your body.

Along with it came detailed information about the Abyss Lava Beast and 'Abyss Blood'.

"Its body length is a thousand meters, and its level is roughly at the peak of the Domain Lord. With its talent, it's close to the strength of World Lord. Such strength is indeed difficult for ordinary Universe Level geniuses to deal with."

"But I'm not at the Universe Level now!"

Yang Yu's eyes turned cold. He activated the Liuguang Secret Technique, transforming himself into a hazy Light Law as he charged towards the lava beast that he had finally found.

In less than a second, Yang Yu, at full power, arrived at a distance of 100,000 miles, a hundred miles in front of the lava beast.

"Now!"

"Call out!"

An Illusory Blade Shadow flew out from between Yang Yu's eyebrows in his Zhuliuyin form, and then went straight into the lava beast's body.

"Laugh!"

"Bang!"

The thousand-meter-long Abyss Lava Beast trembled slightly before collapsing and losing all signs of life.

With a "whoosh," Yang Yu flashed to the side of the lava beast's corpse, extended the World Power, and then absorbed the huge lava beast into his Internal World.

As his consciousness entered his Internal World, Yang Yu manipulated the World Power to cut open the hard scales on the lava beast's body, then took out a huge heart. He then controlled the World Power to transform into flames and began to refine the heart according to the method given by Vita.

A moment later.

A thick, dark red substance appeared in the outside world.

Enveloped in his Mental Force, the substance was evenly coated onto Zhuliuyin's body surface.

Instantly.

The aura emanating from Zhuliuyin suddenly changed, becoming perfectly in harmony with the Abyss World.

"Phew~"

"The hardest step is done. Luckily, there are no hidden immortals nearby, otherwise it would have been quite difficult."

Yang Yu glanced around and walked freely around the volcano.

Now that my aura has merged with the Abyss World, I no longer need to worry about indiscriminate attacks from the Abyss Native.

"The next step is to wait."

Yang Yu found a cave halfway up the mountain, then flew into it and released a trace of the aura of a Peak World Lord, covering an area of tens of thousands of miles around, indicating that this area already had an owner.

Those creatures with sense of propriety would sense this aura from afar and, if they didn't want to fight Yang Yu, would avoid this place.

If anyone dares to provoke them, Yang Yu wouldn't mind swallowing a True Spirit whole.

After all, the soul and comprehension of Zhuliuyin Clone at the World Lord Peak level have not yet been strengthened.

Having done all this, Yang Yu diverted a portion of his consciousness to quietly observe his surroundings.

At the same time, ninety percent of the consciousness within the Consciousness Sea merged with the Cosmic Origin, and began to comprehend the Time Law.

Beneath the clouds, inside the Machine Race Spaceship, disguised as a meteorite fragment.

"The Time Flow Rate is indeed different." Yang Yu's Human Original Body had been meditating cross-legged, opened his eyes.

A hint of shock, barely concealed, flickered in his eyes.

Although it was previously speculated that the Time Flow Rate in the Abyss Continent was different from that in the outside world, one can only know this by experiencing it firsthand.

It turns out that it's not just a matter of inconsistent Time Flow Rate.

By comparing the two bodies, Yang Yu also discovered that an indescribable and eerie will permeated the surface of the Abyss Continent!

Geniuses with weak willpower are easily influenced and may become mad or bloodthirsty.

"Perhaps it could be called the Abyss Will."

Yang Yu pondered in silence, "This might really be the place where an Innate Beast God perished. If it were Beast God from the other side of time, that would be even better."

A glint flashed in Yang Yu's eyes, then he closed them and continued to comprehend the laws.

The Abyss Will and the Time Flow Rate below pose a significant threat to geniuses who are merely at the Universe Level.

Will Strength has not reached the peak of Domain Lord, there is a high probability that they will become 'lost' and be completely invaded by the Abyss Will if they stay for too long.

But how many of humanity's major powers possess Universe Level geniuses Will Strength reaches the peak of Domain Lord?

They may grasp the laws and comprehend the Secret Technique quickly, but their willpower may not be that strong.

This may be why the Purgatory Abyss ranks first in difficulty among all the Desperate Level Mission.

Other Desperate Level Mission like The Magic Mountain and the Dead Star, while equally dangerous, did not possess the eerie will that permeated their core at all times.

If Yang Yu's Will Strength hadn't already approached that of Marquis Level Immortal, things would have been very troublesome.

Halfway up the volcano.

Yang Yu, in his Zhuliuyin form, patiently observed his surroundings.

Judging from the memories absorbed from countless Dark Race, all the tribes, large and small, across the entire Abyss Continent regularly send people to escort any promising talents who have a chance of passing the Abyss Temple test to participate in the Temple Test.

As long as someone passes the test and emerges from the temple, Yang Yu will have an opportunity to strike, and there is a very high probability that he will obtain the Abyss Crystal.

The advantage of doing this is that you don't need to risk entering the mysterious Abyss Temple; with patience, you'll eventually encounter suitable prey.

The downside is also obvious: the time spent on this is unpredictable.

It depends a lot on luck.

If you're lucky, you might be able to get Abyss Crystal in just a few days.

If you're unlucky, you might wait for years or even decades and still end up with nothing.

However, Yang Yu is not in a hurry to complete this task. While he is waiting, he can also comprehend the laws. Even if he is really unlucky, he can accept that it will take more time.

After all, the Cosmic Energy is very rich in the Abyss Continent, so the efficiency of cultivation is not bad.

They were quietly waiting and 'fishing'.

Six months have passed.

However, this was the Time Flow Rate perceived by Yang Yu in his Zhuliuyin form; the time perceived by Yang Yu in his Human Original Body beneath the clouds was less than a month.

But that's not important.

After six months of surveillance, Yang Yu finally spotted a group of suspicious individuals.

Leading the group was a World Lord Peak Abyss Native, followed by three World Lord Early Stage natives, then three Domain Lord Level Nine natives, and one Universe Level Nine native.

Judging from their strength and configuration, they're clearly here at the Abyss Temple for testing.

Yang Yu was overjoyed. He used his powerful Mental Force to cover the area and instantly memorized the group's aura.

They then continued their stakeout.

If one group of people appears, there is a very high probability that others will also appear to participate in the test.

Really.

Three days later, in another direction, several more World Lord appeared, accompanied by Domain Lord and Abyss Native of the Universe Level.

Yang Yu used the same trick again, continuing to memorize their soul auras.

Two days later, another group of people appeared.

Three days later.

Five days later.

A month later, the last group of natives ventured deep into the giant volcano, and no one else appeared for the next month.

Yang Yu speculated that the Abyss Temple had gathered a group of people and begun formal testing.

"100 Domain Lord Level individuals, and 10 Universe Level individuals."

Yang Yu thought to himself, "Perhaps this is the number of people required for a single test."

During this period, 100 Domain Lord Level natives and 10 Universe Level natives have entered the volcano.

"According to the descriptions I recall, the temple's testing period is between six months and a year, with the results coming out at the latest a year later. Ultimately, no more than one-tenth of the participants will pass the test."

Because the temple has its own testing standards, no matter how many people come, only those who meet their minimum requirements can pass the test.

Moreover, only one-tenth of the spots are available each time.

Yang Yu recalled.

In other words, only ten of these natives will pass the test to become Domain Lord, and only one will be at the Universe Level.

And this is the ideal scenario.

There's another problem later.

Even if the indigenous geniuses who participated in the test failed, not all of them would die. In other words, after this group emerged, those who passed and those who failed were mixed together.

If Yang Yu chooses the wrong target, then all that waiting might be for nothing in the end.

"Obtaining an Abyss Crystal is really troublesome." A hint of helplessness appeared in Zhuliuyin's huge purple pupils.

Although Yang Yu was very patient, the uncertainty of the wait still made him a little uncomfortable.

But there's no other way; this is the only way to obtain Abyss Crystal with minimal risk.

Continue to lie in wait quietly.

More than half a year later.

The same group of natives who had previously entered the volcano have reappeared!

Among this group, there are 32 World Lord Peak, 66 Ordinary World Lord, 21 still-living Domain Lord, and 2 still-living Universe Level experts!

Yang Yu observed carefully.

After emerging, the group of people didn't exchange a single word; each chose a direction and flew away at top speed.

Clearly, they also knew that leaving this place as soon as possible was the safest option.

But Yang Yu had waited so long; he wouldn't let them leave so easily.

From the brief observation just now, Yang Yu noticed that one of the surviving Universe Level natives was noticeably happier, while the other was much more depressed.

Following normal reasoning, it's naturally more likely that the happy one, who possesses a Universe Level Abyss Crystal, will obtain it. Therefore, Yang Yu, in his Zhuliuyin form, flashed away and followed the group from a distance.

As for the 21 Domain Lord, Yang Yu ignored them.

With too many people, randomly selecting a group to target would have a very low success rate, far less than targeting the group of Universe Level natives.

However, to be as safe as possible, Yang Yu's Human Original Body below the clouds quickly controlled the Machine Race Spaceship to follow behind another group of natives at the Universe Level.

"With a two-pronged approach, even if Zhuliuyin's side fails, they can still turn around and pursue this group again."

Long before coming to the Abyss World, Yang Yu had prepared several spaceships within Zhuliuyin's Internal World, so that even if they were far away, he could still pilot the spaceships to get there.

"Whoosh!"

The Zhuliuyin for ten thousand miles ahead.

"Elder, Xiao Qi performed exceptionally well this time, successfully passing the Temple Test and obtaining an Abyss Crystal! I believe that in a few hundred years, our clan will have multiple World Lord, and even multiple Immortals in the future is not impossible!"

A man completely shrouded in a dark red robe said happily.