Black Hole Clone

After tens of thousands of consecutive teleportations, Yan Ning plunged like a meteor onto a desolate planet.

With a tremendous BOOM, he smashed into the ground, creating a massive crater as dust billowed and rocks flew in every direction.

Yan Ning struggled to his feet at the bottom of the crater.

He hurriedly stopped burning his divine power. It felt as though every last bit of strength had been drained from him. He gasped for breath, each inhale accompanied by a heavy, rasping wheeze.

"Ha... ha... That fight nearly cost me my life."

Yan Ning murmured to himself, exhaustion written all over his face.

He looked down at his body, his heart aching at the thought.

"I killed tens of thousands of Undying Zerg and lost thirty-five percent of my body. That price was far too steep. I got practically nothing out of it."

If not for the sign-in mission, he would never have done something so foolish.

He looked around. The desolate planet was utterly silent, and not a trace of life stirred beneath its gloomy sky.

He had no idea where he was now. He had teleported in a completely random direction.

With a wave of his hand, he took a spaceship out of the World Ring.

He boarded in an instant.

"Let's go back to Barracks Base."

Yan Ning gave the order.

"Yes, Master."

The spaceship roared as it accelerated, vanishing from the spot.

Inside the ship, Yan Ning sat cross-legged on the floor.

He began to regulate his breathing and recover.

I wonder if the system's sign-in reward will make up for some of my losses. If it's nothing special, then I'll have taken a real beating.

Yan Ning murmured softly.

He silently called out to the system.

"System, sign in!"

[ Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have completed the sign-in mission: kill ten thousand Undying Zerg! ]

[ Reward: Special Lifeform, Black Hole Clone ]

"Black Hole Clone?"

Yan Ning froze. Then a stream of information appeared before his eyes.

His expression shifted from surprise to excitement, and finally to wild joy!

"Holy crap, System! Where did you get a clone like this?!"

Black Hole Clone.

The system had set its power at King Level, based on his current strength.

Its diameter was a staggering fifty billion kilometers!

That was fifty billion kilometers!

He had never imagined the system could turn a celestial body into a clone for him!

Surely everyone knew what a black hole was. Its size wasn't even the most important thing.

Its density was.

More than a trillion times that of the sun!

Once transformed into an Immortal Divine Body, it would be practically indestructible!

In other words, from now on, he wouldn't have to worry about running out of divine power ever again.

Next came the Black Hole Clone's Innate Secret Arts.

The first Innate Secret Art was Devour!

And this wasn't ordinary devouring. It was super-devouring.

It enhanced the black hole's natural devouring power by tens of billions of times. Anything pulled inside would be crushed instantly!

Anything devoured would be converted into pure energy to sustain the clone.

The second Innate Secret Art was Black Domain!

Simply put, it was a Domain Type Innate Secret Art.

Within its range, the Black Hole Clone's control over spacetime increased dramatically.

It could also suppress any living being that entered the area.

Combined with Devour,

anything that entered the Black Domain would almost certainly die!

Those weren't the only two advantages.

The Black Hole Clone's spatial talent was downright terrifying.

It might even surpass the World Tree!

And then there was one final point.

A Gene Level of nine thousand times.

That's right, nine thousand times!

His current body,

after five evolutions and with the hundredfold base genes granted by the system, had only reached 4,800 times.

The Black Hole Clone's starting point surpassed the results of billions of years of his own accumulation.

His most urgent task now was to find a place to deploy the Black Hole Clone.

He definitely couldn't release it here.

The Black Hole Clone was simply too large.

The best place would be an uninhabited star system.

"I'd better return to Human Territory first."

Yan Ning gave the order in a low voice. "Leave the Dark Universe!"

"Whumm—"

The warped space outside the ship instantly returned to normal, and the glittering starfield reappeared beyond the portholes.

His gaze swept across the star map before settling on a barren rocky planet about thirty thousand kilometers in diameter. Its surface was covered in rifts, its atmosphere was thin, and there was no sign of life.

"This'll do."

The spaceship descended slowly onto the planet's surface. The moment the hatch opened and Yan Ning stepped out, the ground beneath his feet cracked into a web of fissures.

He raised a hand. A golden, diamond-shaped crystal floated above his palm. It was the token that marked his Divine Kingdom Coordinate!

"Go!"

The token became a streak of light and sank deep into the planet's core.

Yan Ning closed his eyes and sensed the connection as the Divine Kingdom Coordinate quickly synced with the spatial fluctuations of the planet.

Since he was returning to Human Territory, the fastest way was naturally Divine Kingdom Teleportation.

Flying back would take who knew how long.

And if he wanted to return to the Outer Domain Battlefield conveniently,

he would need to leave a Divine Kingdom Coordinate here as well.

That would make it easy to return.

Once he had finished,

"Divine Kingdom... receive me!"

"BOOM—"

Brilliant golden light erupted around him. Intricate Space Secret Patterns appeared beneath his feet, instantly vaporizing the rocks within a thousand meters.

A golden pillar of light pierced through dimensions from above, enveloping Yan Ning.

Countless secret patterns flowed within the pillar of light. It was a spacetime passage linking the Divine Kingdom with the Primal Universe!

"Teleport!"

Yan Ning's figure gradually faded within the pillar of light.

At the last moment, he glanced back at the desolate starfield and curved his lips into a smile. "Purple-haired bug, next time we meet... I'll bring you a little present!"

Human Territory · Ganwu Universe Kingdom.

"Whoosh!"

A golden pillar of light suddenly flared atop the teleportation platform of a military-controlled planet.

Before the Realm Lord soldiers stationed there could react, a figure wreathed in bloodthirsty killing intent appeared.

"An Undying!"

"Quick, activate the identification system!"

The soldiers nervously activated their scanners. But as soon as they detected the burning Law Mark between Yan Ning's brows, the system immediately issued a notification:

Authorization confirmed: Demon Flame King, Core Layer of the Virtual Universe Company, highest-level clearance.

Yan Ning couldn't be bothered with the others. He turned into a streak of light and shot into space.

He couldn't even remember where he had left his Divine Kingdom Coordinate. All he knew was that it was somewhere in Human Territory.

He had simply picked a random location to teleport to.

He took out his spaceship.

"Find the nearest uninhabited starfield."

The Smart Optical Brain responded at once: Search complete. Nearest uninhabited starfield: Ashen Starfield.

Range: Covers 12,000 star systems, with a diameter of approximately 86,000 light-years.

Environment: Spatial turbulence is rampant, stellar remnants are dense, and energy tides erupt periodically.

Signs of life: No intelligent civilizations. A small number of Star Pirate hideouts are concealed within the region.

A satisfied glint flashed across Yan Ning's eyes.

"Good. That's the place."

He gave the order without hesitation.

"Contact the Virtual Universe Company and buy this entire starfield for me!"

After a brief pause, the Smart Optical Brain replied, "Master, although the Ashen Starfield is unclaimed, purchasing the entire region requires registration with the Universe Mercenary Alliance and a payment of approximately 320 million Hunyuan Units."

"Buy it!"