Catching Up

Lingyao Planet.

Lord Luojia finished reading the message with a smile, closed his Smart Optical Computer, and looked at Lance. "That kid is being hunted again."

"Who?" Lord Guden, standing to the side, asked instinctively, though his eyes widened a moment later. "That kid?"

"I wonder who he offended this time?" Lord Luojia chuckled with a hint of schadenfreude.

Lance, however, wore a grave expression. He looked at Lord Luojia and asked in a deep voice, "Is it an alien race?"

As a member of the management and core circle of the Giant Axe Arena, he was naturally privy to certain secrets.

For instance, the vast universe is all-encompassing and unfathomably deep.

While the human race of the universe appears powerful and stands as a peak race, there are hundreds of millions of other races in the universe, many of which are comparable to the human race.

In a universe that seems calm, great wars are occurring at every moment. Corresponding to these bloody, slaughter-filled wars are the constant efforts of alien races to hide their identities and infiltrate borders to assassinate geniuses.

Races fight for territory precisely to give birth to more geniuses, and more geniuses are born to ensure the race's peak power grows and its strength increases.

No powerhouse was ever not a genius once, and no powerhouse was ever not weak at some point in their life.

As long as one successfully eliminates a genius, it reduces the chance of a top-tier opponent appearing years later. There is no alien race that wouldn't want to do this.

Strike while the iron is hot, and take your life when you are down!

The weak are prey to the strong, and the strong bully the weak!

This is the true face of the universe.

Wars between races are cruel and naked; if I am stronger than you, I can destroy you; if I am stronger than you, I can plunder you.

They possess no so-called "dignity of the strong," nor do they harbor thoughts that it is shameful to bully the weak.

There is no mercy, and there is no retreat!

Because if humans take one step back and their strength weakens, the alien races will take one step forward and grow stronger.

In the long run, strength declines, territory is lost... the consequences are too severe.

Therefore, it is fated that between races and species, there can be no soft-heartedness.

Bloody and terrifying racial wars drive many whose resolve is not firm enough to madness and mental collapse.

To this end, those alien races will stop at nothing.

Does Li Yilin count as a genius?

He does!

But can you say he is the kind of genius that appears only once every few hundred or ten thousand epochs?

Not really.

But he is a genius.

As long as one is a genius, there is a possibility of becoming a powerhouse.

Even if that possibility is less than one in a billion.

But as long as that possibility exists, paying a small price to eliminate him and destroy his potential for growth is not a loss.

This is the nature of alien races!

Those who are not of my race must have a different heart!

Listening to Lance's speculation, Luojia couldn't help but give a thumbs up. "You guessed right. Sawatdee said that the kid suspects it is an alien race trying to assassinate him."

"He even provided some evidence."

He opened his Smart Optical Computer, and a photo was projected, clearly showing a spaceship.

"E6-class spaceship, worth 513 Hunyuan Units, with a maximum speed reaching 7.5 times the speed of light..."

"Good heavens, this is the kind of ship usually used by an Immortal!" Lord Guden gasped. Although he also used an E-class ship, it was only worth a few Hunyuan Units; it was not on the same level as a ship worth over five hundred Hunyuan Units.

Not everyone can afford such a precious spaceship. There are only three sources for such a ship: first, obtained through cosmic adventure; second, purchased through normal channels in the Virtual Universe; third, gifted by a senior powerhouse.

The first relies purely on luck, and not everyone has such good luck, so it can be ruled out. As for the second, if it were purchased, there would be a record of funds, which could be checked easily. If one lacks the strength but buys such a thing, it only invites death. As for the third... it is unlikely any elder would give a descendant such a treasure that doesn't match their status; it would be practically begging for them to be killed.

Therefore, most spaceships that do not match one's status come from irregular sources. Irregular means there is a problem, and if there is a problem, it must be investigated!

"Li Yilin is a 'Giant Axe Warrior.' Although he has a race, he has no living relatives. He must have participated in a life-and-death battle and bet all his assets. Only through the odds of a thousand matches could he have accumulated so much wealth." With just one glance, Lance identified the source of Li Yilin's funds.

"A life-and-death battle, huh!" Guden muttered, saying nothing more.

A life-and-death battle—what is a life-and-death battle?

It is a match between two people where it only ends when one party falls.

Life-and-death battles are indeed a good way to accumulate wealth, but they rely on probability. Most people don't dare to gamble, as one moment of carelessness could mean the wealth accumulated over long years vanishes in an instant.

However, those who enter the arena are different. They bet their money; if they win, they live and take the money, and if they lose, the money goes to the arena owner anyway, as they wouldn't be able to take it with them. Therefore, many who participate in life-and-death battles bet their assets before the fight begins, gambling on their own victory.

Win once, stay alive, and the funds in hand can at least double, making it easier to exchange for cultivation resources. In short, it's not a loss.

Lord Luojia swiped again, and another spaceship appeared on the screen; this one was a gray ship.

He introduced it again, "E-class spaceship. The maximum speed is unknown, but the top speed used while tracking Li Yilin was 6.3 times the speed of light."

"Let's go." Lance stood up.

"Don't let that kid die in front of us; that would truly be a disgrace to us." Lord Guden also stood up.

The spaceship departed Lingyao Planet at an extremely high speed.

Norman Empire.

A desolate, small star system.

In the starry sky, at the gap between a massive planet and an asteroid belt, space fluctuated, and a black spaceship suddenly appeared, speeding forward.

Beneath the fish-like spaceship, there were large, pitch-black marks resembling burn scars, along with countless indentations that looked like impacts from meteorites.

In the middle of the large black marks was a jagged hole a full meter wide; looking through the hole, one could see the interior of the ship.

Several hideous cracks started from the hole and spread outward, clinging to the bottom of the ship like a spiderweb, nearly tearing the entire vessel in two.

Clearly, this spaceship had suffered a severe attack.

The ship smashed through meteorites, creating a dazzling comet-like trail on its surface due to high-speed friction. However, the omnipresent meteorites and dense planets still hindered the ship's speed; even if the impact was minimal, it was still an impact.

The owner of the ship did not hesitate and controlled the ship to come to a stop.

The hatch opened, and Li Yilin flew out, simultaneously storing the dilapidated spaceship into his World Ring.

Just as he completed these actions, a gray spaceship appeared less than one hundred thousand kilometers away from him.

Seeing this, Li Yilin did not hesitate and flew rapidly toward the other side, where a giant star was located.

The fluctuations of the laws on his body made his figure blend faintly into the void like a ghost, reducing his presence while allowing him to move at even greater speeds.

On the other side.

The hatch opened, and as soon as Bertin flew out of the ship, he saw Li Yilin's panicked retreating figure. Zheng Xinyi smiled and pursued without hesitation.

The speed of a Domain Lord, even with a casual burst, exceeded one-tenth the speed of light. The distance of one hundred thousand kilometers was shortened to a mere one thousand kilometers in almost two breaths.

Bertin sneered, "Kid, do you think repeating the same trick will work?"

He was moving this fast specifically to guard against this move from Li Yilin.

Last time, he had managed to escape by luck by utilizing a Desolate Planet.

This time, he wouldn't even give the kid a chance to get near a Desolate Planet; he didn't believe he could escape under these circumstances.

He sneered in his heart and waved his hand, causing the meteorites drifting in the starry sky to fly toward him, hovering around him.

"Destroy!" He pointed his finger at Li Yilin from afar, and countless meteorites trembled, flying out like meteors, streaking across the long void to shroud Li Yilin in the distance.

He possessed the strength of a Domain Lord level 3; even while controlling so many meteorites, his immense power ensured that the attack force of each one reached the level of a Domain Lord level 7 or 8.

With such a vast quantity, the destructive power could be imagined.