The Strongest Auxiliary Metal Lifeform

"Hahaha, well come!"

Pengnuolai laughed heartily, striding across several kilometers in a single step.

"Hum!"

The space hummed, twisting in a peculiar way, and in an instant, five figures of Pengnuolai appeared simultaneously, each wielding a Liedi Blade and slashing toward Yu Duan at the same time.

This was the first time Yu Duan had seen a Spatial Phantom; when he fought Yalunsi earlier, his opponent hadn't even used such movement techniques.

Simply put, the principle of a phantom is to use the power of the origin laws of space to allow the caster's body to exist at two or more spatial coordinates simultaneously.

"Boom!"

The massive Liedi Blade swung down, producing a roar that sounded like an explosion.

With the combination of the earth and space origin laws, Pengnuolai's offensive was shockingly fierce!

Whoosh!

Suddenly, Yu Duan's figure seemed to transform into a blazing storm, his speed skyrocketing by an unknown magnitude in an instant!

Applying two high-level laws to movement techniques produces entirely different effects.

The effect of the time origin law is speed—extreme, ultimate speed!

In just a split second, Yu Duan slipped out of the attack range of two of Pengnuolai's figures, his speed more than ten times faster than Pengnuolai's.

"Whoosh!"

Endless pitch-black currents spread out from wherever Yu Duan passed.

Almost instantly, the circular arena, which spanned a hundred kilometers in diameter, was completely transformed into a domain devoid of light.

"Puchi!"

The sound of a blade piercing flesh rang out, and Pengnuolai's expression stiffened as he looked in disbelief at the gaping hole that had suddenly appeared in his chest.

The killing intent had bloomed silently and instantaneously, a single sword strike cutting across everything within dozens of kilometers.

It was a total crushing victory; in terms of attainments in the laws, Yu Duan completely blew Pengnuolai away—they were simply on two different levels.

Theoretically, the second stage of the Light and Time Sword could be unleashed once one crossed the threshold of the light and time laws, but there were gaps even between thresholds.

It was similar to unleashing the second stage of the Yan Shen Bing, the Piercing Heaven Style.

It required not only a profound comprehension of the gold law but also a level of spatial comprehension sufficient to manifest nine phantoms.

Yet, Pengnuolai's attainments only allowed him to manifest five phantoms.

"The battle is over, the winner is Yu Duan!"

In the examination hall, many students who were in the middle of their break were paying close attention to this battle.

From the moment darkness engulfed the entire battlefield to the near-simultaneous defeat of Pengnuolai, the crowd hadn't even had time to react.

"Senior Brother Pengnuolai... lost?"

"The time origin law, that was the power of the time law!"

Everyone present was a genius student, so they naturally reacted immediately, and the entire hall erupted in an uproar.

Swish!

Two streaks of light flashed, and the figures of Yu Duan and Pengnuolai were teleported out.

Everyone looked over at once, though no one dared to rush forward and disturb them.

Pengnuolai had regained his senses by now, looking at Yu Duan with a fiery gaze: "That was... the second stage of the Light and Time Sword, right?"

He had been stepping into the origin laws of space for two thousand years, yet he still hadn't mastered the second stage of the Liedi Blade technique.

Whether it was the nine great weapons of the controller or the warrior weapons held by Yu Duan and the others, the difficulty of unleashing the second stage of a secret technique was a hundred or even a thousand times greater than the first!

Even for a Universe Level member of the Mosha Clan, it would take several years of accumulation to reach this point after crossing the threshold of the laws.

The clarity with which the Universe Level perceives the origin laws is already ten times greater than that of the Star Level, and combined with the Mosha Clan's terrifying innate talent for space, it still required years of effort.

For a Star Level human genius, without treasures to enhance their law talent and relying solely on a Domain Lord level bloodline, it would be difficult to master even after a thousand years.

"I was just lucky to have an epiphany."

Yu Duan had become Mr. Lucky.

Don't ask, if you ask, it's just a lucky epiphany; I don't even know why I had it.

Basically, no one would continue to press him on it.

"Truly, each generation is stronger than the last. With my level, even if I entered the core of a peak power, the treatment wouldn't be very good."

Pengnuolai sighed with emotion, clearly aware of his own standing.

His attainments in the laws appeared high, but his age was too great; even if he entered the core of a peak power, he would receive the lowest tier of treatment.

"I'm curious, Senior Brother, why haven't you broken through to the Universe Level?"

Yu Duan couldn't help but ask.

Yalunsi has spent thousands of years grinding to master the third stage of the Yan Shen Bing, aiming for the title of the best in the entire universe.

Yet, Pengnuolai is merely a genius on the level of An Yao; wouldn't it be better to promote to Universe Level and compete for a ranking in the elite tournament?

However, Pengnuolai did not answer Yu Duan's inquiry, merely shaking his head.

It was clear he did not want to discuss this topic, so seeing this, Yu Duan said no more.

In the blink of an eye, another three days passed.

After completing the full 35 days of the ranking tournament, Yu Duan's final result was 67th place.

This was mainly because he lost more than he won during the first ten days, only starting to win more than he lost from the 10th to 20th day onwards.

After mastering the second stage of the Light and Time Sword, he only lost that one match against Yalunsi. According to the Sacred Land's reward rules, Yu Duan received a prize of 1 Hunyuan Unit.

One trillion Universe Coins—for the current Yu Duan, this was definitely a massive fortune.

Within the Sacred Land, Yu Duan basically had nowhere to spend money, aside from purchasing various recovery potions.

Even the most top-tier and precious Star Level recovery potions would not cost more than 100 million Universe Coins per year.

"What!?"

Yu Duan's shocked voice echoed within his own palace.

"Teacher, are you saying this little guy needs 1 Hunyuan Unit to be nurtured to Universe Level rank 9?"

Inside the palace, Yu Duan looked at his teacher in disbelief.

At this moment, on Yu Duan's right hand, a 'creature' flowing like mercury was happily leaping about.

A feeling of joy and intimacy emanated from this creature that flowed like mercury.

Qinghuan King nodded calmly, looking at Yu Duan with a smile: "Mm, just about."

"I can prepare a spaceship for you, but the most top-tier spaceships must be fused with auxiliary metallic lifeforms; otherwise, they cannot be considered the absolute best."

Qinghuan King pointed at the little guy on Yu Duan's hand and explained.

"Don't look down on this little fellow. It is called 'Liujing', the most top-tier auxiliary metallic lifeform. There are limits on the purchase quotas; even peak King-level experts only get one quota."

Auxiliary metallic lifeforms can form battle armor, weapons, and even fuse with spaceships, possessing all sorts of marvelous uses.

And 'Liujing' belongs to the most top-tier category of auxiliary metallic lifeforms, similar to the 'Star-Eating Grass' among auxiliary plant lifeforms.

However, the probability of 'Liujing' promoting to Immortal is much higher than that of 'Star-Eating Grass', and even if it fails, it won't die directly. As long as one is willing to spend money, it can be salvaged and continue to attempt breakthroughs.

This is also the main reason why there is a quota limit for purchasing 'Liujing'.

Additionally, the potential of auxiliary metallic lifeforms is far higher than that of auxiliary plant lifeforms of the same level.

The reason lies in the fact that auxiliary metallic lifeforms can fuse with various metals, greatly enhancing their own defensive capabilities.

And a 'Liujing' promoted to the 'peak King-level' is a terrifying metallic lifeform capable of fusing with G-grade metals.

There is no need to mention the value of this, and of course, there is no need to mention the amount of gold it consumes.

"But... your disciple only has 1 Hunyuan Unit in prize money, and it hasn't even warmed up in my hands yet," Yu Duan said with a pained expression.

Qinghuan King laughed and said: "Of course I know that. I gave you this little guy precisely because you have money now, and it just so happens to need 1 Hunyuan Unit in nurturing funds."

"Teacher, you are being disrespectful to your status, deliberately digging a hole for your own student!" Yu Duan wore a look of deep distress.

"Hahahaha... don't mistreat this little guy."

Qinghuan King's unscrupulous laughter echoed in the palace, and as the laughter faded, his figure also vanished from Yu Duan's palace.

Looking at the lump of 'mercury' jumping happily on his hand, Yu Duan felt both happy and miserable.

"Sooner or later, you'll eat me into poverty!"

According to the optimal nurturing plan, evolving 'Liujing' to the peak of Universe Level rank 9 would cost roughly a little over 1 Hunyuan Unit; the money in Yu Duan's hands was not quite enough.

And promoting to Domain Lord level would require hundreds of Hunyuan Units, comparable to the net worth of ten thousand Domain Lord level experts.

Nurturing it to World Master level would require hundreds of thousands of Hunyuan Units, an amount most Immortal gods could not afford.

Of course, there is a return for every investment; an optimally nurtured peak World Master level 'Liujing' can fuse with F-grade metals.

Its defensive power would leave the vast majority of Immortals helpless, and since it is a creature without a soul, it fears no soul attacks—it is terrifyingly strong.