The battle that erupted involved four Marquis-Rank Immortals. However, it was not two against two, but three against one. It was clearly a beating.
The one being beaten was an extraordinarily tall Rock Lifeform. Grayish-brown light burst from his entire body, his face twisted viciously as he roared again and again.
Surrounding the Rock Lifeform were three Silver-Eyed Giant Beasts. The three beasts remained silent, but every one of their attacks was incomparably vicious, each strike aimed at taking the Rock Lifeform's life.
These four Immortals were all quite strong, roughly at the High-Level Marquis-Rank to Peak-Level Marquis-Rank. Facing three opponents alone, the Rock Lifeform was naturally being battered into a miserable state.
However, although ordinary Marquis-Rank battles could determine victory or defeat, it was difficult for either side to kill the other. To kill a Marquis-Rank Immortal, one had to be an entire major level stronger to have any hope.
But this time was different.
All three Silver-Eyed Giant Beasts had burned their divine bodies. Two High-Level Marquis-Rank Silver-Eyed Giant Beasts were responsible for restricting the Rock Lifeform's movements, while the Peak-Level Marquis-Rank Silver-Eyed Giant Beast crazily blasted the Rock Lifeform again and again.
With his Peak-Level Marquis-Rank strength, burning his divine body and unleashing his ultimate move without regard for the cost, he barely possessed the ability to injure this High-Level Marquis-Rank Rock Lifeform.
"Are you three crazy?"
"I never provoked you. Why are you risking your lives against me? Even if you kill me, you'll lose most of your strength yourselves!"
"Is this necessary? Why?"
"%&*%...&￥&~!"
The Rock Lifeform roared, mixing in curses from his homeland, but the three Silver-Eyed Giant Beasts did not answer at all. They merely continued their frenzied assault.
"After we kill you, go ask my younger brother." Madness gleamed in the Peak-Level Marquis-Rank Silver-Eyed Giant Beast's eyes.
"Help!"
"Reinforcements!"
"I've encountered three lunatics from the Monster Race. Can anyone come help me? I, Tu Feng, am willing to do anything for them."
The Rock Lifeform discovered that he could not escape at all, so he could only frantically send messages for help. Yet no one responded.
However, more than ten seconds after the battle erupted—
Whoosh!
A spatial fluctuation suddenly appeared above the island, followed immediately by a figure clad in black armor appearing in the sky.
"Teleportation?"
Joy surged through the Rock Lifeform's heart. Anyone who had mastered Teleportation was undoubtedly a King-Sealing powerhouse.
But immediately afterward, much of that joy faded.
He belonged to the Machine Race camp, while the newcomer was clearly a human King-Sealing Immortal.
This was obviously not a powerhouse who had come because he received his distress message.
Even so, the Rock Lifeform still believed this was his opportunity.
"You three idiots, can't you see that human King-Sealing Immortal? Do you want to die with me?" the Rock Lifeform roared.
The three Silver-Eyed Giant Beasts had naturally noticed the figure overhead. The two High-Level Marquis-Rank Silver-Eyed Giant Beasts immediately began to consider retreating. Although the Peak-Level Marquis-Rank Silver-Eyed Giant Beast longed to personally kill the Rock Lifeform, he could not withstand his companions' urging.
"Go!"
The three Silver-Eyed Giant Beasts instantly erupted forward, shooting into the distance.
The Rock Lifeform, meanwhile, shot away in another direction.
Now it was a matter of luck—who the human powerhouse would pursue first.
Those three lunatics must be more attractive than me alone, right? As long as that human King-Sealing Immortal isn't stupid, he definitely won't chase me. The Rock Lifeform sneered inwardly.
With just a little time, he could accelerate to light speed, then enter the Dark Universe and escape.
The one who had arrived was naturally Zhou Yu.
He was also quite pleased. He had only been on the Outer Battlefield for around ten days, yet he had already encountered four Marquis-Rank Immortals. That was quite rare.
"None of you are leaving."
With a thought from Zhou Yu, divine power erupted.
The psychic weapon, the Space Myriad Blade Disk, which he had previously bought for fifty billion points, instantly split into 108 portions. Every portion Teleported, instantly appearing in different areas within a radius of more than a hundred thousand kilometers.
The 108 psychic weapons easily invoked the Space Law and joined together, forming a spherical space spanning hundreds of thousands of kilometers.
This spherical space was absolutely sealed. Though it could not yet block Teleportation, Marquis-Rank Immortals could forget about escaping.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The spherical space contained incomparably immense resistance. The four people attempting to flee had been accelerating at high speed, but their speed instantly slowed.
"What kind of move is this?" The three Silver-Eyed Giant Beasts were horrified.
"It seems somewhat like the effect of a Machine Race weapon."
The Rock Lifeform's heart also sank. He had seen a weapon with a similar effect on a Machine Race powerhouse.
Without any prior agreement, the four Marquis-Rank Immortals began frantically bombarding the invisible barrier at the edge of the spherical space. They were all burning their divine bodies, capable of unleashing King-Sealing-level attacks, yet the spatial barrier was incomparably stable and could not be broken open at all.
"If the likes of you could break it, then this move of mine wouldn't deserve to be called a peak secret technique." Zhou Yu stood calmly in the air.
Secret techniques might have been the only thing about him, this "genius," that was worth praising.
Back in Chaos City, Zhou Yu had chosen the Burning Sky Chaos Stele. The Burning Sky Path recorded upon it was extremely powerful, but it could not compare with paths such as the Path of the Beast God or the Path of Time and Space.
Besides, this path was ultimately someone else's path.
Therefore, during the simulation, Zhou Yu had tried to walk another path while on the Outer Battlefield. Using the Burning Sky Path as his foundation, he began creating his own secret techniques.
In the end, Zhou Yu gained inspiration from a Machine Race powerhouse he had killed and embarked upon the Matrix Path.
Following this path, simulated Zhou Yu had ultimately failed to create a peak secret technique, but he had not been far from one.
What truly transformed this path were the past few years.
Zhou Yu incorporated many concepts from the Great Dao of Arrays of the Desolate Era World into it, finally transforming his secret technique. Zhou Yu was certain that his secret technique was now a peak secret technique.
Zhou Yu called this secret technique the Array of Time and Space.
The reason it was called the Array of Time and Space was because Zhou Yu had ambitions. At present, he merely used the Space Law to evolve this move. In the future, he intended to incorporate the Law of Time as well.
"You four, die." Zhou Yu naturally showed no mercy as divine power continued to erupt from him.
Terrifying pillars of light burst forth from every direction of the array, shooting toward the four Marquis-Rank Immortals.
Every pillar of light was nearly equivalent to a Peak-Level King-Rank's full-force strike. Even while burning their divine bodies, the four Marquis-Rank Immortals could not withstand them.
Every strike easily caused them to lose vast amounts of their divine bodies.
"Human, I'll fight you to the death!"
The three Silver-Eyed Giant Beasts roared as they lunged toward Zhou Yu, but before they could get close, they were swallowed by the endless eruption of light pillars.
The Rock Lifeform, on the other hand, quickly recognized reality. He understood that he was certainly doomed.
However, before dying, he sent out one final message.
"I was killed by an unknown human powerhouse. His move is extremely unusual. Its characteristics are—"
The instant the message was sent, the Rock Lifeform was annihilated by wave after wave of attacks.
"Last time, killing a Top-Tier Celestial Immortal gave me one simulation opportunity. This time, I killed four Marquis-Rank Immortals in one go, yet I didn't get an opportunity. It seems the Origin Energy required for every simulation not only keeps increasing, but the increase is quite substantial."
Zhou Yu understood this point, but since he was on the Outer Battlefield, he could simply kill more.
Whoosh!
Zhou Yu waved his hand and took out a spaceship, quickly leaving the island.
Zhou Yu did not venture deep into the Dark Continent. In the Dark Continent, the deeper one went, the more powerhouses there were.
If Zhou Yu had come to temper himself, he naturally would have headed deeper to fight King-Sealing Immortals. But he had come to kill people. Searching the outskirts was more efficient instead.
In the blink of an eye, three years passed.
Although the Dark Continent contained countless powerhouses, it was simply too vast. The powerhouses were spread far apart, and even though Zhou Yu's Detector had an enormous range, finding people was still not easy.
Aside from the four Marquis-Rank Immortals he had encountered through luck at the beginning, Zhou Yu's record over the following years was not particularly impressive. He had only killed one Marquis-Rank Immortal and four General-Rank Immortals.
In truth, Zhou Yu knew that his slaughter of Immortals by bullying the weak might not draw attention at first. But if he killed too many within a certain region, the major camps would definitely notice and respond.
After all, Immortals were not limitless, especially Marquis-Rank Immortals. They were already rather scarce and could not be allowed to be slaughtered at will.
Whatever. Before anyone notices, I'll kill to my heart's content first. Zhou Yu remained very calm.
That day, Zhou Yu, who was comprehending the Space Law inside his spaceship, suddenly opened his eyes. His Detector's auxiliary intelligence had suddenly alerted him that a powerhouse had been discovered a billion kilometers away.
"It's King Jiuyu from the Zerg Race camp. The information says he possesses roughly High-Level King-Rank strength." Zhou Yu could not help but ponder.
This was the first King-Sealing Immortal Zhou Yu had encountered since arriving on the Outer Battlefield. In terms of strength, Zhou Yu was certainly stronger than King Jiuyu.
King-Sealing Immortals were roughly divided into the Elementary-Level, High-Level, Peak-Level, Limit-Level, and Invincible tiers. King Jiuyu was High-Level King-Rank, while Zhou Yu had created a peak secret technique atop Peak-Level King-Rank strength. He could already be considered Limit-Level King-Rank.
"I have some confidence in killing him, but considering that he might call for reinforcements, I'll have to pay some price." After thinking it over, Zhou Yu decided to make his move.
He had never fought with his full strength. As a dignified human genius, it would be hard to justify always killing Marquis-Rank and ordinary Immortals. It would be embarrassing if word got out. Killing a King-Sealing Immortal was what truly counted as skill.
Having made his decision, Zhou Yu did not hesitate. He directly Teleported, instantly appearing a billion kilometers away.
Because King Jiuyu's Detector was inferior to Zhou Yu's, King Jiuyu had not discovered Zhou Yu at all before this. Thus, when Zhou Yu appeared, King Jiuyu had not even reacted.
By the time he reacted, Zhou Yu had already used his ultimate move, the Array of Time and Space, to trap him within it.
That was not all. Blood-red patterns instantly lit up across Zhou Yu's body.
Xueluo Power!
Zhou Yu had become a Blood Warrior back at the Universe Rank. Later, he had naturally continued trying to fuse Xueluo Crystals, but unfortunately, even after breaking through to Immortal, he had failed to become a Black Warrior.
That was normal. To become a Black Warrior, besides possessing a powerful will, one's genes also had to be compatible with the Metal Beast God.
Willpower and genetic compatibility were both crucial.
For that reason, simulated Zhou Yu had ultimately stopped obsessing over becoming a Black Warrior and directly chose to break through.
However, although he had failed to become a Black Warrior, he had fused eight Xueluo Crystals and could unleash several times his normal power.
Rumble!
Zhou Yu immediately burned 0.5% of his divine body as well.
To kill a High-Level King-Rank Immortal, making a Limit-Level King-Rank like him burn that much divine body was more than sufficient.
"Who is he?"
King Jiuyu was incomparably shocked. An unfamiliar King-Sealing Immortal had burned his divine body the moment they met?
Was this guy insane?
"King Jiuyu, die."
Zhou Yu controlled the Array of Time and Space as it rapidly shrank. In the blink of an eye, it had contracted to less than a thousand kilometers across. Then streaks of black light burst forth from within.
Every streak of light was actually an attack formed by Zhou Yu's control of psychic weapons.
A single attack, when he was neither burning divine power nor using Xueluo Power, was merely comparable to a normal Peak-Level King-Rank's full-force strike. But now that he had burned divine power and used Xueluo Power, the might of every attack surpassed a Peak-Level King-Rank's full-force strike while burning divine power.
The key was that there was not just one streak of light. Thirty-six erupted at the same time.
Maintaining the stability of the Array of Time and Space while unleashing thirty-six attacks at once was Zhou Yu's limit.
At that moment, thirty-six attacks instantly engulfed King Jiuyu.
"Madman!!"
King Jiuyu also burned his divine power without regard for the cost, but even after doing so, it was still nowhere near enough. In the blink of an eye, he was completely swallowed by the thirty-six attacks.
King Jiuyu died!
A faint smile appeared on Zhou Yu's face.
Killing King Jiuyu was worth being happy about, but what was even more gratifying was that the Origin Energy he had absorbed had finally accumulated enough again. He could conduct the next simulation.
PS: Because simulation opportunities are easier to obtain in the early stages, simulations may be more frequent. The frequency will decrease later.
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