After leaving the inheritance grounds, Zhou Yu did not rush back to the Outer Battlefield. Instead, he first returned to the Ganwu Universe Country and spent some time living at home.
During this time, Zhou Yu also told his teacher, the Fire Dragon King, that he had left the inheritance grounds.
Upon learning the news, the Fire Dragon King immediately contacted Zhou Yu.
Before long, master and disciple met once again in the Virtual Universe.
"Zhou Yu, how much did you gain from the Divine General Kongguang inheritance?" the Fire Dragon King asked as soon as he saw Zhou Yu.
"Not bad. I ultimately entered the third stage and reached the 7,000th step," Zhou Yu said, and the Fire Dragon King was immediately astonished.
"Seven thousand steps?" the Fire Dragon King exclaimed.
"Those who can reach the third stage of a Divine General inheritance are basically all universe venerables. Although immortals occasionally reach the third stage as well, they are extremely rare. I never expected you to be one of them. It seems the Divine General Kongguang inheritance suits you exceptionally well. If you break through to become a universe venerable before accepting the inheritance again, there is an eighty to ninety percent chance that you will reach the end!"
Hearing this, Zhou Yu nodded.
Indeed, for an immortal to reach seven thousand steps, then undergo a major transformation of the soul after breaking through to become a universe venerable... if he went again then, he would truly have a chance of receiving the complete inheritance and becoming a candidate Divine General.
However, the Divine General Kongguang inheritance probably was not actually that well suited to him. The Heaven Rewards Diligence talent had played an enormous role in allowing him to reach seven thousand steps. Otherwise, he would never have reached the third stage.
"Having reached seven thousand steps, your psychic amplitude should have reached seven thousand times by now. Your strength must be far greater than before," the Fire Dragon King said.
"You should head to the Outer Battlefield again soon and find a suitable opponent to display your strength."
"Display my strength?" Zhou Yu looked at the Fire Dragon King in confusion.
"My teacher, Venerable Mofeng, should not be unfamiliar to you, right? He can be considered your direct venerable," the Fire Dragon King said with a smile.
"When you sought help from the company last time, my teacher was among the venerables on duty. He secured an opportunity for you. As long as your improvement after the Divine General Kongguang inheritance is great enough this time, the company will gift you a treasure!"
"A treasure?"
Zhou Yu's heart stirred. A treasure would be of tremendous help to him at present and could greatly increase his strength. The stronger he became, the more efficient his slaughter would be.
Of course, Zhou Yu could also tell that Venerable Mofeng had played no small part in this.
"You have now created a peak secret technique, and your psychic amplitude has reached seven thousand times. If you obtain a treasure, you could be considered invincible among king-ranks, right?" the Fire Dragon King said with a sigh.
"Then you will have completely surpassed me. I am only at the limit-level king-rank, after all."
"Without your guidance, Teacher, how could I be where I am today?" Zhou Yu said.
"Haha, you have come this far mainly because of your own talent. I merely gave you a few pointers," the Fire Dragon King said with a laugh.
"It is a good thing for a disciple to surpass his teacher. If you can become a universe venerable, I will be even happier."
"To me, your guidance when I was weak was absolutely crucial," Zhou Yu said emotionally.
The master and disciple chatted for a while before Zhou Yu soon took his leave and logged off. There was little meaning in chatting in the Virtual Universe. When he went to the Initial Universe in the future, he could visit the Fire Dragon King then.
After speaking with the Fire Dragon King, Zhou Yu, who had originally intended to stay in his hometown for a while longer, could no longer hold himself back. He immediately set out for the Outer Battlefield once more.
Zhou Yu was one hundred percent certain that he could obtain this treasure.
Because his progress was not limited to his psychic amplitude soaring to seven thousand times. After becoming a Black Warrior, his base strength had also increased tenfold.
At this point, with a self-created peak secret technique, a psychic amplitude of seven thousand times, and the power of a million World Lords at the peak level, he was a thousand or even several thousand times stronger than an ordinary peak-level king-rank. Even without a treasure, he could already be considered invincible among king-ranks.
Such an enormous increase in strength over a short period of time made being granted a treasure perfectly normal.
Before long, Zhou Yu arrived at the Outer Battlefield. He chose the Dark Continent of the 11th Outer Battlefield as his hunting ground once again.
He chose this place partly because he was familiar with the environment, and partly because the density of experts here was high enough.
More precisely, the 11th Battlefield had the highest density of experts among all the Outer Battlefields.
Each battlefield was, in truth, a Universe Secret Realm.
The later a battlefield ranked, the more recently it had been opened up, and the more likely it was that undiscovered treasures remained within.
The 11th Outer Battlefield had only been opened up not long ago. Many places were still rarely visited, or had never been visited at all. Only in such an environment was it possible to make great gains.
The stronger an expert was, the more they favored the 11th Battlefield.
Zhou Yu had chosen to come here in the first place for that very reason. The higher the density of experts, the higher his hunting efficiency.
Of course, when Zhou Yu arrived at the Dark Continent again this time, he did not linger around its outskirts. Instead, he headed straight for the heart of the Dark Continent.
"The Dark Continent truly lives up to its name."
Zhou Yu sat inside his spacecraft, admiring the scenery outside.
The sky and the land presented two entirely different sights. Countless rays of light shone in the sky, keeping it bright at all times, while the ground was utterly black, without the slightest trace of light. One could only learn what lay within through methods such as detectors.
This was because the Dark Continent was covered in a mineral known as Dark Radiance Stone. This mineral absorbed countless forms of light, including much light that only immortals could see.
As a result, the Dark Continent remained in absolute darkness year-round. That was also the origin of its name.
When Zhou Yu had previously been on the outskirts of the Dark Continent, Dark Radiance Stone minerals had been scarce, so he had not seen such a sight. Only now that he had reached the depths of the Dark Continent did he truly witness its real appearance.
Dark Radiance Stone Essence refined from Dark Radiance Stone minerals is a very rare treasure. Many immortal experts gather Dark Radiance Stone here on the Dark Continent, Zhou Yu understood.
Generally, Dark Radiance Stone minerals with purity exceeding one percent were worth gathering. The deeper one went into the Dark Continent, the greater the chance of finding high-purity Dark Radiance Stone.
Legend had it that when the 11th Outer Battlefield had first been opened up, an expert discovered a mineral vein over a thousand miles long in the depths of the Dark Continent. The Dark Radiance Stone within that vein all had a purity of over fifty percent.
After mining and selling that vein, the expert easily earned wealth worth several trillion Hunyuan Units.
That was an incredibly terrifying amount of wealth, almost equivalent to half a treasure.
The key was that the discovery made by that expert might not have been an isolated case. Perhaps others had also made great gains afterward.
For that reason, the depths of the Dark Continent remained highly attractive to experts. Quite a few peak-level king-ranks and limit-level king-ranks came here to search for treasure.
Of course, to me, the greatest treasures will always be those experts, Zhou Yu thought.
Every simulation was a fundamental increase to his foundation. Naturally, Zhou Yu had to do everything he could to obtain more simulations.
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