The Core Layer

"Origin? Such a name is extremely rare in arcane arts. Is there any explanation for it?" the Lord of Darkness asked with a hint of curiosity. He was rather puzzled because no arcane art in the universe would have such an abstract name. Most were named "<Secret Codex>" or simply "Yan Shen Seven Changes," and so on.

"It's not really a formal explanation. This secret technique is the first one I created myself, and naming it 'Origin' perfectly reflects its status as the source of all secret techniques!" Lu Yan'an smiled slightly, then explained to the Lord of Darkness. However, he didn't truly explain the deeper reasons, after all, the word "Origin" in this universe represents far more than just that...

"Origin... I hope this name will shock and entice countless races," the Lord of Darkness laughed.

"This disciple will certainly strive to do my best," Lu Yan'an replied respectfully.

"Hmm." The Lord of Darkness nodded.

"Go." The Lord of Darkness turned and walked into the misty air currents. "Continue to fight against the strong in the Outer Region Battlefield. With each life-or-death battle, your unique skills will become more and more perfect, and your progress will be faster."

"Yes."

Lu Yan'an bowed respectfully, then vanished into thin air.

The Core Layer of the Yuanming Continent has a maximum diameter of 3.14 light-years, and the combined strength of all the powerful beings on the tens of thousands of islands surrounding it is less than a fraction of that on the Core Layer.

In the Core Layer, above a vast and boundless azure ocean, a streamlined F-class spaceship is traveling at sub-light speed. This is the Core Layer of the Yuanming Continent, where all powerful individuals travel using F-class spaceships; using an E-class spaceship would seem out of place.

"Young Lu, there's an Alien Race army 0.8 billion kilometers away, consisting of three Marquis Immortal and over three thousand Immortal God. We're monitoring their conversation. Judging from the conversation among those three thousand Alien Race soldiers, one of their three Marquis Level Immortal God is at the peak of the Marquis Feng Hou, and may even have reached the level of barely Feng Wang!"

Moment--

"... The team leader is a peak- Feng Hou, Immortal God."

"... The leader of the team is a barely Feng Wang Immortal God."

"... The leader of the team is Immortal God Feng Wang."

Lu Yan'an sat on the sofa in the spaceship's control room, leisurely sipping his fruit wine, while the voices of the Lord Shen echoed in his mind.

"Alright, my Lord Shen, there's no need for such a detailed explanation." Lu Yan'an put down his wine glass. "I can even guess without your monitoring... those teams definitely contain Immortal God Feng Hou, and they're all appearing in groups, right?"

"Huh? How did you know?" the Lord Shen asked, somewhat puzzled.

"After 17 days in the Core Layer the Yuanming Continent, we discovered over 400 teams. Whether they were from Alien Race races or humans, based on the information gathered, not a single one of them lacked a 'Feng Wang Immortal God'." Lu Yan'an shook his head. "Clearly, for any team here, except those leading legions, having Marquis Immortal is very common, and even King-level Immortal is standard!"

"No wonder."

"According to the information I found, among the Immortal God, those at the 'Immortal Army Lord' Marquis Level's level make up about one-third, and the remaining 'King Level makes up the last one-ninth. Moreover, all of these' King Level individuals are active within the Core Layer of the Yuanming Continent!"

"With such a high proportion of King-level Immortal, every team of three to five Marquis Immortal is destined to have Feng Wang -level Immortal. Teams without Feng Wang simply cannot survive in the Core Layer," Lu Yan'an laughed. Just like when he was in the outer layer, he forced those Marquis Level Immortal God to immediately act in groups of four, five, or even six.

It's the same principle.

The high proportion of King-level Immortal who have achieved the King-level Immortal means that there are bound to be many teams with this Feng Wang. This forces other Immortal teams that haven't yet achieved the title to immediately join forces with other allies, at least ensuring that there are at least Feng Wang among their teams! Only in this way can they increase their chances of survival. Otherwise, they will only be slaughtered by teams with Feng Wang, and no strong person likes to be slaughtered.

To Feng Wang is to possess Undying Body and have reached a certain level of understanding of the higher laws! You should know that once you reach the level of being enfeoffed Marquis Immortal, it is rare for someone to perish in a battle with another, unless that person has extremely high attainments in "Soul Attack".

However Feng Wang, once a person reaches the King Level, the situation changes. The gap between Feng Wang can be greater than the gap between Planetary Level and Immortal levels! For a Feng Wang at the peak to crush a low-level Feng Wang is not much easier than crushing an ant.

"There are indeed many Feng Wang here. We flew for 17 days in the Core Layer of the Yuanming Continent, and every team we encountered had King Level combat force." Lu Yan'an shook his head.

"That's normal. Generally, only those who have reached the King-level Immortal have the basic qualifications to survive here. Even those who have reached the Marquis Immortal level have to be constantly on edge. The teams you encountered all had Feng Wang combat power, because without the strength of Feng Wang, survival is not guaranteed!" Lord Shen said with a smirk.

"This only counts the King-level Immortal you detected with your detector. There might be some King-level Immortal whose detectors are more advanced than yours, blocking your detection, so we can't detect them at all!"

"In that case, Lord Shen, let's try a different approach!" Lu Yan'an said with a smile.

"Activate all functions of detector number 3, maintain the normal operation of No. 2 Detector, and disable the shielding function of No. 2 Detector, maintaining only the self-protection of the detector itself," Lu Yan'an commanded mentally.

"Clear."

My Lord Shen, please do it immediately.

The No. 2 Detector was obtained by Lu Yan'an at the cost of a huge amount of points in Chaos City, and it is definitely a standard item for those King-level Immortal.

The No. 3 detector was found among the spoils of war obtained by Lu Yan'an after killing two werewolf Military Lord Immortal last time. If that detector were purchased with money, it would probably cost hundreds of thousands of Hunyuan Unit, so it was considered a very good detector.

Of course, besides detectors 2 and 3, there was also detector 1. It was the low-end detector that Lu Yan'an used when he first came to the Yuanming Continent. Its technological content was limited and it was not even comparable to detector 3.

The shielding function of detector #2 is now disabled.

So--

If the Alien Race immortal team's detectors are even slightly more advanced than "Detector No. 3," they can find Lu Yan'an's spaceship. Finding something more advanced than Detector No. 2 on the Yuanming Continent is difficult, but finding something more advanced than Detector No. 3 is much easier.

"Young Lu, you've started fishing too?" The Lord Shen raised an eyebrow and asked.

"Fishing isn't something unique to their Alien Race, is it?" Lu Yan'an smiled, looking at the No. 3 detector with considerable anticipation. "Now we'll see if there are any honest people among them?"

300 million kilometers away from Lu Yan'an, at the very moment Lu Yan'an turned off the shielding function of the No. 2 detector.

A man with a human body, scales, and a wolf's head suddenly looked down at the screen on his arm guard, then let out a soft hum. "Huh?"

Within the group, two Marquis Immortal from the Liexiao Race looked at him.

This is Alien Race —the "Liexiao Race," a powerful clan, not a vassal of the Monster Race.

In fact, not all the other Alien Race besides the Four Peak Races in the Outer Region Battlefield are vassal races. Some are sent in by powerful races after negotiations with the top races for training purposes.

Furthermore, in addition to the Four Peak Races, other top races also participated in the battle.

After all--

The Monster Race, the Machine Race, Humans, and the Zerg are only four of the Six Great Peak Races in the universe. They frequently wage war simply because their territories are adjacent and their conflicts are intense. There are two other supreme races in the universe... but because they are located in extremely remote parts of the universe, they naturally do not engage in large-scale wars.

Otherwise, the teleportation cost would be terrifying enough, but some members of those two top-tier races are willing to join the battle.

"Captain?" Both members of the Liexiao Race were puzzled.

"A spaceship has been discovered. It belongs to humans," the man with a human body, scales, and a wolf's head said in a low voice.

"What's so suspicious about discovering a human spaceship?" the woman from the Liexiao Race laughed. "Since we arrived at the Core Layer of the Yuanming Continent, haven't we discovered quite a few powerful humans?"

"Judging from this human's aura, he's only at the peak of the Feng Hou, or at most barely at the Feng Wang level! And most importantly, he has no team; he's adventuring all by himself," the man with a human body, scales, and a wolf's head said solemnly.

"Peak Feng Hou? By one person?"

"How is this possible?"

The two Alien Race immortals were shocked. In the Core Layer of the Yuanming Continent, there were countless powerful figures. It could be said that every team had King-level Immortal or had special methods comparable to King-level Immortal! But now, a lone Feng Hou expert had actually appeared in the Core Layer of the Yuanming Continent.

"A mere Feng Hou dares to come to the Core Layer? Isn't he afraid of death?" a man from the Liexiao Race muttered, completely ignoring his captain's words about him being "barely granted the Feng Wang."

"Captain, can you eat this?" After hearing the man's mutterings, the woman from the Liexiao Race's eyes lit up, and she quickly asked the man with the human body, scales, armor, and wolf head in front of her.

"Of course!" Under the expectant gazes of the group, the man with the wolf head and scales hesitated for a moment before slowly nodding.

"Approach it," the Liexiao Race woman excitedly commanded the spaceship's main control AI.

"Whoosh!"

Their F-class spaceship rapidly approached the spaceship where Lu Yan'an was located.

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