"Kill!"
Zhang Dong had no desire to temper himself against this group of Realm Lords.
To him, these opponents were far too weak—nothing more than ants he could destroy with a single breath.
If he wanted to temper himself, he could simply customize opponents in the Virtual Universe, where their law comprehension and combat techniques would be considerably stronger.
His figure flashed, crossing tens of thousands of kilometers in an instant and appearing directly before the Crimson Centipede. He swung his blade.
This was the very slash he had used on the Domain Lord Level Primordial Heaven-Reaching Mountain.
Screech!
The blade light rose, and heaven and earth changed color!
The blade light was unbelievably fast. The Crimson Centipede reacted and deployed its own methods to meet it. Its towering body abruptly leaped up. Without a weapon, it used the two enormous antennae atop its head to meet the blade.
Even the Ox-Head's blood-red giant axe had been cut apart by Zhang Dong. How could this mere Demon Race Realm Lord compare?
The Crimson Centipede's action was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot. The instant its antennae touched the blade light, they were severed. The remaining force continued to spread outward.
The two antennae shattered completely. Even the tiniest streams of particles were sliced apart.
"What?!" the Crimson Centipede cried. "How can a Domain Lord be this strong?!"
The moment he spoke, before he could even think further, the situation changed completely.
In the next instant, the blade light twisted like a blooming flower before suddenly exploding. Boundless white light engulfed the area, and countless energy ripples surged across a full three hundred thousand kilometers.
Every energy ripple possessed the power to split stars apart. Countless ripples converged, shredding everything in their path.
"No!!"
"I don't want to die!"
The Alien Realm Lords each used every method at their disposal, desperately fighting for their lives. Even if they had to become prisoners, they still wanted to live.
But before Zhang Dong, all resistance was futile.
When the radiance faded, all ten Alien Realm Lords had died. Even their bodies had been completely annihilated. Zhang Dong found the Demon Race too ugly.
The Crimson Centipede in particular was downright disgusting.
"Done." Zhang Dong grinned. "Elder Xu Jin, the mission is complete. Sorry to trouble you with guarding me."
Elder Xu Jin was speechless. Why did I need to guard him at all? It was completely unnecessary. There wasn't even the fierce battle I imagined. One slash, and they were all wiped out.
By his estimate, Zhang Dong probably possessed the law comprehension of the sixteenth level of the Heavenly Bridge. Combined with some fortuitous opportunities, such combat power was not surprising.
The sixteenth level of the Heavenly Bridge! The Feather Slaughter Clan had never produced such a monstrously talented genius.
Another super genius of humanity was about to rise. Fortunately, he had found an opportunity to forge a good relationship with him.
With such strength at the Domain Lord Ninth Stage, he should be able to rival a King-level Immortal as a Realm Lord. Elder Xu Jin sighed inwardly. How wonderful it would be if my clan could produce such a genius someday.
The Feather Slaughter Clan had gone far too many years without producing a monster. In an entire era, producing even one King-level Immortal was already exceptionally fortunate.
After the mission was completed, Gao Li used Divine Kingdom Teleportation to bring Zhang Dong back to Ganwu Imperial Capital Star.
Before leaving, Elder Xu Jin and King Huo Yi tried to persuade him to stay. They said that many members of their tribe wished to admire Zhang Dong and see this peerless genius with their own eyes.
But Zhang Dong felt there was no need.
The karma—or rather, the good relationship—had already been established. Once he achieved something in the future, he could repay the Feather Slaughter Clan.
Further gestures that merely added flowers to brocade were meaningless, unless the Feather Slaughter Clan allowed him to spread faith within their tribe. But that was certainly impossible.
A race's faith could absolutely not be placed in an alien race, no matter how powerful that alien race might be. That was a fundamental principle, not open to negotiation.
Ganwu Imperial Capital Star.
The light of Divine Kingdom Teleportation flashed within the manor. A spacecraft descended, and Zhang Dong was the first to step out. He turned to Gao Li and suddenly said, "I've troubled you over the years. But you'll have to stay here for a while longer."
Gao Li looked at Zhang Dong in confusion.
Wasn't staying here only natural? As the captain of the guard, Gao Li would be wherever Zhang Dong was. Since Zhang Dong had said this, he must have meant something else.
After a century, the race had reached a conclusion on whether Zhang Dong should undergo a Life-and-Death Trial. He had to go, but he could not go under this identity.
If he went to the Outer Domain Battlefield or a Cosmic Secret Realm under this identity, vast numbers of aliens would certainly swarm toward him.
Even if he had possessed the Special Lifeform Bitter Snow Vine, with a thousand times the power of a Realm Lord, even if he attained the comprehension of the twentieth level of the Heavenly Bridge in the future, his combat power would only be so-so.
An exceptionally powerful Special Lifeform Realm Lord, such as Insect-Chasing King, with sufficiently high life genes, a sneak attack, and powerful treasures, could potentially kill a peak King-level Immortal.
For a Realm Lord to kill a peak King-level Immortal head-on would be an act defying the laws governing the universe.
Therefore, humanity's upper echelons did not believe Zhang Dong would be particularly powerful during his time as a Realm Lord.
"I won't be staying here anymore, but you must remain," Zhang Dong transmitted to Gao Li. "Because I'm about to break through to the Realm Lord stage and leave for a Life-and-Death Trial."
Breaking through to Realm Lord meant he would have to undergo a Life-and-Death Trial.
"Understood. Congratulations, Your Highness." Gao Li did not say much. His mind worked quickly, and after a moment's thought, he understood. With Zhang Dong's talent and status, if he broke through to Realm Lord so quickly, countless alien races would certainly set their sights on him.
Therefore, Gao Li had to remain on Ganwu Imperial Capital Star and create the illusion that Zhang Dong had not left.
Deep within the manor, Zhang Dong broke through to become a Realm Lord.
Although I haven't become a World God yet, I do possess the World Projection technique now, Zhang Dong thought to himself. Judging from their characteristics alone, Realm Lords and World Gods really do have some similarities.
However, the gap in combat power between the two was simply too vast. They could not be mentioned in the same breath.
Even a King-level Immortal could not pass through a single cell within a Fourth Heaven Realm Deity's body.
Half a day later.
There was not the slightest fluctuation in space-time, yet a black-robed figure had silently appeared within the manor.
Since Zhang Dong moved into Ganwu Imperial Capital Star, the Ganwu Kingdom Master had personally arranged its defenses. After the Heaven-Reaching Mountain incident, he had spared no effort in monitoring this region, absolutely refusing to allow any accidents to occur.
Yet when the black-robed figure arrived deep within the manor, the Ganwu Kingdom Master sensed nothing at all.
"Teacher!" Zhang Dong had not expected the Dark Lord to come for him personally. He hurriedly bowed. "How could I trouble you to come pick me up yourself?"
"I've already informed the Ganwu Kingdom Master and told him to keep things as they are." The Dark Lord smiled. "You're about to undergo a Life-and-Death Trial. Have you decided where you want to go?"
A Life-and-Death Trial was nothing more than choosing between the Outer Domain Battlefield and a Cosmic Secret Realm.
Cosmic Secret Realms had a low density of experts. In some vast secret realms, one might venture alone for hundreds of millions of years without encountering any danger.
But those places were a mixed bag of all sorts.
The Outer Domain Battlefield explicitly prohibited Venerables from entering.
As for Cosmic Secret Realms, aside from a few with restrictions, most had no constraints whatsoever. Universe Masters could go whenever they wished.
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