Comprehension

A blade of light slanted into the cloud layer.

The World Lord's inner world had only just begun to explode when Li Dui had already swept its treasures into his bag.

Retrieving the other spatial treasures, Li Dui unhurriedly flew upward.

Today's prey was formidable. Acknowledged by the Origin Law of Lightning, with some comprehension of the Law of Time as well. His strength was on par with the ninth level of the Heavenly Bridge. Even by outside standards, he could be called a peak World Lord.

The World Lord stage had a long lifespan and was the phase closest to the Origin Laws. Thus, any World Lord who had lived a bit longer was rarely weak.

Unlike Universe Rank, where the vast majority hadn't even grasped a domain.

Even among Domain Lords, those who comprehended Origin Laws weren't many.

In the previous hunts, every World Lord had immediately fled in panic upon spotting Li Dui.

Li Dui knew that after killing so many World Lords, word had definitely spread. Information traveled at the speed of light. Even with some delays, three or four years was enough to reach nearly all the World Cities.

This one today hadn't run. He must have been quite confident in his own strength, daring to jump out and face Li Dui head-on.

Li Dui obligingly played along with his opponent's act, showing strength that seemed evenly matched. The two clashed and banged for a long time. In the end, Li Dui "luckily" found a "tiny" opening by repeatedly using his "miraculous" movement technique, and "barely" managed to kill his foe.

In truth, Li Dui knew this performance was mostly pointless. Even if his strength was only what he'd shown, it was already terrifying enough for an ordinary World Lord.

If from now on, all World Lords slipped out of their territories and hid elsewhere, with such a vast area, where would he find them?

Fortunately, his hunting frequency had been steady in recent years. Counting the one just now, he had killed a total of 107 World Lords. He'd already stockpiled 14,793 Xueluo Crystals. His target had been exceeded. He'd kill more if he could, but if not, so be it.

At the Eighteenth Cloud Layer, the three avatars converged. Number 2 put away the other two and accelerated away.

Leaping again and again atop spatial fluctuations, searching for a way to resonate with them.

As Li Dui expected, after killing that peak World Lord, hunting became extremely difficult.

Thirty years, over one hundred sixty World Cities chosen at random.

Only eleven had rabbits in their nests.

Were these people really this cowardly? Over ten million World Lords—how many could he kill? Fewer than one in ten dared to stay in their own territories. Did he have to go kill his way into the Immortal Temple? Li Dui grumbled inwardly.

Having killed so many World Lords, he naturally knew the locations of a few Immortal Temples. He had even considered visiting one before leaving the Xueluo World.

His mind wandered as his feet moved aimlessly forward.

Suddenly, a terrifying sense of crisis surged from behind.

"Damn it!" Li Dui cursed inwardly, instantly pouring all his focus into the Number 2 avatar.

He flung his hand back, tossing the World Ring containing Number 1 and Number 3 toward the cloud layer.

"Ahhh!" he roared in his heart. The flicker movement technique he could usually use so freely now felt as if a mountain was pressing down on it, impossible to execute.

If he hadn't thrown the World Ring, Li Dui might have had a chance to turn and strike with his blade to block the attack from behind.

But Li Dui didn't dare gamble. Who knew what level of expert was ambushing him? There might be no King Rank in the Xueluo World, but there were definitely Marquis Rank Immortals.

Could Li Dui beat a Marquis Rank Immortal?

Of course not!

If Li Dui had the physical body of a low-level King Rank—ten thousand times the peak World Lord's power—plus his spatial comprehension at the 18th level of the Heavenly Bridge, he would be a solid low-level King Rank combatant.

If Li Dui had the physical body of an ordinary Immortal—a hundred times the World Lord's power—with 18th-level Heavenly Bridge comprehension, he'd be equivalent to 17th-level Heavenly Bridge, a peak Marquis Rank combatant.

If Li Dui was a peak World Lord, he'd be at 16th-level Heavenly Bridge combat power.

If Li Dui had the physical body of a peak Domain Lord, he could barely touch the edge of 15th-level Heavenly Bridge.

In reality, Li Dui's physical body was roughly equivalent to a low-level Domain Lord. Using his 18th-level Heavenly Bridge comprehension, at best, he could reach the attack power of a peak Army Lord.

Even if he wasn't caught off guard, and he could set up comfortably to unleash his strongest move—the Earth-Space Combination Law—with a full-power strike, he'd only climb one more level of the Heavenly Bridge. After all, it was just a combination of the laws' inherent power, not even a true secret technique, at best a prototype.

In other words, if he chose to turn and block head-on, and failed to stop it, not only would Number 2 die here, but the two avatars in the World Ring would have no escape either.

If that happened, Li Dui's main body's hidden plans would be largely ruined, and all the wealth he'd accumulated in the Xueluo World would be lost.

Having thrown the ring, Li Dui didn't completely give up on the Number 2 avatar. He desperately tried to flicker out of the range of the lethal strike from behind. If he could flicker out, he'd live.

This was the Eighteenth Cloud Layer. At his top speed, he could escape the Xueluo World in an extremely short time.

Not far behind him, a faint figure flickered in and out of visibility. Now, watching the massive claw shadow in the air about to seize its target, a victorious smile had already appeared on the figure's face.

"Ughhh!" At the instant the attack struck, Li Dui truly felt death's approach. He closed his eyes, making a desperate last struggle.

The divine power giant claw passed silently.

Sha'er stared wide-eyed at Li Dui, who had vanished abruptly and then reappeared dozens of kilometers away, utterly stunned.

Li Dui twisted his neck and turned to look.

From the aura, it wasn't a Marquis Rank. It was a gaunt Light Immortal with a nose like a bird's beak.

"Damn it! Have you no shame, huh? An honorable Immortal God, and you're pulling sneak attacks on me?" Li Dui didn't even pause to feel relieved. He cursed angrily.

Sha'er's eyelids twitched, and he said coldly, "You demon, anyone who sees you has the right to kill you."

Before the words faded, he struck again.

Li Dui felt an unprecedented affinity with every spatial fluctuation in his perception. With a mere thought, he could merge with the nearest fluctuation and teleport himself to any coordinate he could sense.

Instant movement—achieved.

Decades of effort, finally rewarded.

Li Dui drew his blade.

Today, he would slay a god to celebrate.

A colossal divine claw swept toward him. The dark silver light on Li Dui's Force Battle Blade flared brilliantly, and the dazzling blade-light cut through the giant claw like a hot knife through butter, splitting it cleanly in two. The blade-light, seemingly undiminished, slashed straight toward the Light Immortal.

Seeing his own secret technique cleaved apart by a single strike, Sha'er was stunned as if he had seen a ghost. He only reacted when the blade-light was upon him, hurriedly raising his claw to block.

With a soft sound, Sha'er's body was split in two by the blade-light, just like the attack he had unleashed.