Preparations for the Assassination

Nine days had passed since Lu Yan'an finished his battle. His energy was almost completely depleted, and Lu Yan'an was now in a deep sleep, paying no attention to the undercurrents outside. Actually, it wasn't that he didn't care; the Alien Races' assassinations were all the same old tricks: using other inheritors on Zijing Island to carry out suicidal assassinations. They'd used this tactic to death.

However, given Lu Yan'an's current strength and the enhancement from his Supreme Treasure, assassination attempts by those below the Overlord level are simply impossible, and Overlord- level combatants would never come to Zijing Island to carry out such an assassination! For those Alien Race, the only option is to spend a great deal of money to invite their strongest lone assassin to carry out the assassination. But since Lu Yan'an's true combat strength has not yet been exposed, the assassination attempts by many Alien Race are destined to be in vain.

Inside the Lu Mansion.

Lu Yan'an slowly awoke from his slumber. Since entering this Zijing Island, he had lost count of how many times he had awakened from his slumber. Stretching, he muttered to himself, "Undefeated and undefeated, with over 2000 Glory Point, and 100 Glory Point can be exchanged for one Inheritance Opportunity, giving me up to 20 Inheritance Opportunities. Even a pig could fly now."

"Moreover, I won every battle, and my opponents were all terrifying beings at the level of High Venerable. There were only the last three who were truly evenly matched with me. Although I was lucky enough to maintain a perfect record, there was an element of luck involved..." Lu Yan'an thought to himself.

Based solely on points ranking.

Lu Yan'an is currently ranked first! After all, 2000 wins is simply too exaggerated. The second-ranked player only has 154 wins, which is less than 200. Moreover, in terms of win rate alone, Lu Yan'an completely dominates. However, this is only the list of the Fifth-Level Ranking List inheritance. Since everyone on the list has reached the Fifth Level of inheritance, they know each other's strengths and weaknesses, and there are very few challenges between them.

Even if there were challenges, they would only be initiated by a small number of people who were very satisfied with their progress. These challenges would be asymmetrical, taking advantage of information asymmetry. As for normal challenges, unless it was someone like Lu Yan'an, those Venerable might not be able to resist the temptation and take the initiative to attack; otherwise, it would be completely impossible.

Overall, the Fifth Level inheritance ranking list includes four extremely powerful individuals, including Lu Yan'an, who have achieved a perfect understanding of the Fifth Level of the Beast God Inheritance. The gap between them and the sixth level is only a hair's breadth. All they lack is an opportunity to inherit the inheritance, as the motivation to take this final step.

"Having fought so many battles has given me a deeper understanding of the Way of the Beast God."

"But..."

"I'm not in a hurry to accept the inheritance, after all, it's only been two years since the last one. I need to devote myself to research and comprehension first, to digest all the experiences from these 2,000-plus battles, and then study them carefully before accepting the inheritance. I'll take advantage of the momentum to comprehend the Fifth Level in one fell swoop, and then my Third Clone, the 'World Tree,' will be almost ready to take shape."

Lu Yan'an had a detailed plan in mind, and he dared not slack off in the slightest, for the path of the strong does not allow for any slackening.

Without hesitation, he immediately sat cross-legged on the pavilion in the backyard of the Lu Mansion and began to study the Way of the Beast God. There were still more than 900 years before his Third Clone, the "World Tree," was conceived, and right now, his residence should be surrounded by Alien Race attempting to assassinate him.

"Let them wait and see! After all, how can someone who's doing assassinations lack patience?" Lu Yan'an glanced outside and said with a wicked grin. In the original story, City Lord Luo was assassinated by the Alien Race after winning a huge amount of Glory Point, but the commotion Lu Yan'an is causing now is far greater than City Lord Luo's. It's hard to believe that no one is watching him right now. Immediately, he closed his eyes and began to carefully comprehend the Fusion Laws...

Palaces of various clans' inheritors lined the Zijing Island. Thousands of kilometers away from Lu Yan'an's residence stood a mansion forged from a torrent of steel. This was the territory of "Venerable Jiaxie," an inheritor of the Machine Race, who was also the Venerable Jiaxie spread the news of Lu Yan'an's identity! At this moment, however, it simply stood silently on the top floor of the mansion, its gaze calmly watching Lu Yan'an's residence thousands of kilometers away.

"Lu Yan'an, the Illusionary Slayer King, truly deserves to be called a genius that is hard to find even in billions of eras. It is no wonder that you can perish alongside me." Venerable Shackles said calmly, looking at the unmoved mansion in the distance.

Its tone was calm, but upon closer listening, there was a faint sadness. With its strength High Venerable, it would be a pillar of strength in any race. Now, however, it was being used as a pawn by the Machine Race to perish together with Lu Yan'an, the World Lord. It was undeniably a tragedy.

"Your Venerable, I am the Universe Venerable. But in the eyes of my race, in the eyes of the Machine Race Alliance, I am far less of a threat than that human who is only World Lord."

"I assassinated Lu Yan'an, the Illusionary King, and was then annihilated by the Five-Colored Aurora Lake."

"The scariest thing is that I'll have to be more discreet in the future, or stay within my Machine Race's territory. Otherwise, if the Human Race discovers me, Human Race super-powerful beings might avenge their unparalleled genius and kill me."

"How ridiculous!"

With mixed feelings, the Venerable Jiaxie sat cross-legged, his gaze passing over the railing to the open space in front of Lu Yan'an's residence in the distance. Although being used as a pawn had stirred up waves in his heart, his clan had promised to resurrect him. Moreover, if the assassination succeeded, the clan would compensate him with a Supreme Treasure! This was Supreme Treasure! Even for a High Venerable like Shackled Venerable, a Supreme Treasure was enough to make him risk his life for it.

Suddenly, the Venerable Jiaxie felt a wave of sorrow, yet it was powerless to resist. Lower-ranking Machine Race of the Machine Race could never disobey the orders of Machine Race superiors, especially since this was a death order from the Machine Race Father God! Perhaps in terms of individual strength, it was undoubtedly a being who could traverse the universe, but compared to the Machine Race Father God, the pinnacle of the universe, it was incredibly weak. How could the personal thoughts of a Venerable influence the will of an being like the Machine Race Father God? It could only obey orders.

"Of the thousands of inheritors of my Machine Race Alliance on Zijing Island, only this courtyard allows us to easily see Lu Yan'an's residence from our dwellings," Venerable Jiaxie murmured. "We can only monitor him like this. As soon as Lu Yan'an comes out, he will not escape my sight." To ensure the success of this assassination, it made thorough preparations, even sending the Machine Race Feng Wang of this location elsewhere in advance.

"Lu Yan'an's battle will end today, and he will likely emerge." Venerable Jiaxie silently watched.

There were 2,084 inheritors who had been challenged by Lu Yan'an. The various groups quickly confirmed this number after only a few days of communication between Lu Yan'an and the challengers. However, given Lu Yan'an's increasingly slow fighting speed, the end time of this challenge is truly uncertain.

A wisp of Venerable Jiaxie's consciousness connected to the Glory World, watching the Black Book. Seeing Lu Yan'an's Glory Point increase periodically, Venerable Shackles felt a growing urgency.

"These last three matches will probably have to wait a while! Is this King Huanshi truly a World Lord? Judging from his record alone, I wouldn't be surprised if you called him an Overlord."

The Venerable Jiaxie couldn't help but tremble at the thought of the terrifying battle records in the Black Book. Others might not understand, but how could he, as a fellow Fifth Level inheritor, not understand what such terrifying battle records represented? This was a realm that only those who had reached the Fifth Level the Way of the Beast God could enter! Yet now, a World Lord had stepped into this realm with an almost arrogant attitude.

"If he were only at the third level of inheritance, I wouldn't be surprised if he earned a lot of Glory Point. But this is the Fifth Level of inheritance! Who can guarantee that after endless Years he won't become another pillar of humanity! This human must die!" Venerable Jiaxie gritted his teeth inwardly. He truly couldn't imagine what fate awaited his Machine Race after Lu Yan'an's Years.

"The battle is over."

Three days later, the Venerable Jiaxie's eyes lit up, and its mechanical compound eyes stared even more intently at the gate of Lu Yan'an's mansion. Since it had no other choice, it might as well do its best to complete this mission and fight for a bright future for itself!

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