Standing tall amid the clouds.
Li Dui's Auxiliary Intelligence, Xiao Le, was frantically issuing warnings in his ear.
"That strike was just a tiny bit stronger than the threshold for an Immortal." Li Dui remained calm as he assessed it.
He couldn't test it any further. If he increased the power again, the E9-Grade Spaceship he'd bought with those thousand-plus points would be ruined.
He was fully confident that if he used all his comprehension of the Law of Space, he could make his previous strike more than one Heaven's Bridge level stronger.
Li Dui looked up. His gaze seemed to pierce through the clouds and into the void of the Primordial Secret Realm.
That strike just now would be enough to pass the Universe Level Original Tongtian Mountain.
The benchmark for Human Race geniuses? It sounded impressive. In reality, it was nothing special. Even the higher-ups of the Human Race didn't attach much importance to this so-called benchmark.
Just look at the rewards. Passing the Universe Level Original Tongtian Mountain earned you a hundred million points. Never mind how many powerful secret techniques you could trade for with that many points. The key was, it was just a promissory note. You couldn't claim it until you reached World Lord Level.
What did that mean? It meant there had to be lessons from the past. There must have been people who reached the benchmark at Universe Rank but later faded into obscurity. Or they'd died before even reaching World Lord Level.
World Lord Level was different. Passing the World Lord Level Original Tongtian Mountain came with a direct reward of a trillion points. That was the fortune of someone at Limit King Rank.
The ones who were truly valued were people like Kedi. They'd cultivated for only a short time, yet had passed the Original Tongtian Mountain at Universe Rank, Domain Lord Rank, and World Lord Level. And as soon as they became Immortals, they could kill a Marquis Rank.
Then, of course, there was Luo Feng. He'd touched the Fusion Law when he was only a few hundred years old.
Geniuses like that were personally accepted as disciples by Chaos City Lord.
Unfortunately, Kedi had been killed by the Zerg. He was dead for good—the kind of dead that couldn't be brought back to life.
"No, my ability to stay alive is too weak. I need to keep a low profile. An even lower profile." Li Dui reminded himself to be careful. He couldn't go doing anything that drew too much attention. He wasn't Luo Feng, with a bunch of clones he could send out to run wild.
How enviable!
He boarded his spaceship and chose another place to land. There'd been too much commotion here just now. What if someone had noticed?
Lumo World, Hengfeng Main City.
On the ninth floor of Zhenwei Restaurant, more than a dozen Sky Rank women danced gracefully on the central stage.
Three tiers of seats surrounded the stage on three sides. There weren't many guests.
Li Dui set down the Desolate Beast meat in his hand, lifted his wine cup, and drained it.
The maid beside him silently refilled his cup.
"Whew~"
He let out a long breath. This kind of time, this kind of freedom—it felt incredible, so blissfully relaxing.
How tough had the last four months been for Li Dui? Every two or three days, he'd deliberately cut off his connection with the Ring and forcibly fused with a Xueluo Crystal. He'd endured a torment like something straight out of hell.
After enduring the agony, he'd randomly descended into a main city. He'd gone straight to the City Lord Mansion and brutally killed the city lord to vent his pent-up frustration.
In four months, he'd killed twenty-seven city lords and obtained forty-four Xueluo Crystals. Including the one he'd already had, Li Dui now had forty-five.
He'd also accumulated mountains of other things: Xueluo World currency, all kinds of treasures, cultivation materials, Desolate Beast materials, unusual collectibles, and Universe Crystals. Most of it was useless to him. He'd told Xiao Le to sort through it carefully and pick out the more valuable items, which he'd sell to the Giant Axe Martial Arena when he returned in exchange for some Universe Coins.
His most important gain was that, through dozens of agonizing ordeals, his will had gradually grown stronger.
The first time he'd forcibly fused with a Xueluo Crystal, he'd nearly pushed his will to the breaking point and lost consciousness before he could barely suppress the violent will inside it.
Now, after suppressing that will, he still had enough strength left to try to reconnect with the Ring while the red threads within the Xueluo Crystal began transforming his body.
Though he'd never succeeded. Once the threads began their work, he could only endure it passively. He couldn't control his body or his soul. Only his thoughts remained free.
Until the transformation either succeeded or failed, the threads wouldn't stop on their own. There was nothing he could do about it unless he'd connected to the Ring beforehand.
Li Dui planned to wait until he could suppress the violent will with relative ease before using his cheat to fuse with a second Xueluo Crystal.
He'd arrived here two days ago to hunt down a city lord. Then, all at once, he'd felt utterly exhausted. After entering the city, he no longer wanted to kill anyone. He'd found the best restaurant in town and finally had a proper rest.
This place was nice. He liked a lot of the food and wine, and the dancing below was especially graceful. He'd already decided to spare this city's lord. He'd use the place as a temporary base and enjoy a few days of life.
Had Li Dui's killing so many city lords caused a stir?
Locally, it had certainly made a huge impact. As for the bigger picture, well, Li Dui had no idea.
Xueluo Continent was divided into more than ten million World Cities. Each World City governed dozens to a thousand or so territories.
Every territory had a city lord. After killing one, Li Dui would board his spaceship and fly through the void outside Xueluo World at roughly 0.7 times the speed of light, heading in a random direction for two or three days. He'd end up four or five hundred billion kilometers away.
A World City on Xueluo Continent governed an area spanning several hundred million to over a billion kilometers. Four or five hundred billion kilometers was dozens, even a hundred, worlds away. Once he got there, he'd descend through the clouds, enter a city, and kill another city lord. He'd killed twenty-eight in all. How much of an impact could that really have?
Anyway, Li Dui figured as long as he didn't cause trouble in a World City, it shouldn't be a big problem.
It was best to stay away from World Cities.
Not because he was afraid he couldn't beat a World Lord.
Of course, fighting a World Lord really did carry considerable risks. World Lords had long lifespans and formidable strength. They might have some kind of trump card to save their lives or fight to the death.
As a fragile little glass cannon with high attack and low defense, Li Dui was better off keeping his distance from World Lords.
Besides, World Lords were already close to Immortal Gods in status. Who knew whether some World Lord might have an Immortal God backing him? Perhaps some talented, promising World Lord had an Immortal in the family.
Li Dui planned to stick to dealing with Domain Lords and not even look at World Lords. That should be safer.
Ordinary Universe Rank Core Members had a fifty percent survival rate when undertaking dangerous missions. Li Dui refused to believe he could still die here when he was being this cautious.
If a Domain Lord hacked him to death, then Li Dui would have nothing to say. He'd accept his fate.
He'd killed twenty-eight city lords in total. Every one of them had been at least on the third level of Heaven's Bridge. Some had only just set foot on the third level, while others could put up a fight against the third-level Gatekeeper. The strongest one, Li Dui estimated, could probably have passed the third level—barely qualifying for the fourth.
He had to admit, these Domain Lords who could fuse with Xueluo Crystals were all pretty impressive. In Human Territory, as long as they didn't compete with Core Members of the Five Great Powers, they'd definitely count as elite Domain Lords. Getting the title of Domain Lord Rank Giant Axe Warrior at the Giant Axe Martial Arena would be a piece of cake.
"Ah~ If only I could get a clone! Every time I think about my own safety..." Li Dui couldn't help sighing. It was another day of envying Luo Feng.
"Master, Luliduo has accepted your friend request." Auxiliary Intelligence Xiao Le reminded Li Dui in the Virtual Universe.
"Finally~~ My goodness. This girl, seriously! How long has it been? I'd almost forgotten about it." Li Dui, who'd been meditating in the Virtual Universe, leaped to his feet.
He sent a call request. The other end picked up almost immediately. She answered with a voice call.
The Virtual Universe was very user-friendly. The person receiving a call could choose how to answer it.
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