Devouring Space

Li Wei naturally understood Black Wolf's meaning. In other words, Werewolf were the most suitable beings to cultivate martial arts, while any race other than Werewolf who possessed martial arts were fools wasting their talents.

Li Wei, whose martial arts skills had reached the Grandmaster level, naturally disregarded Black Wolf's remarks. Perhaps Werewolf were indeed physically stronger than humans, but using this to casually slander other races really angered Li Wei. Moreover, what Li Wei disliked most was Black Wolf's arrogant attitude of being the best in the world.

Of course, these could also be Black Wolf's tricks, trying to provoke his anger with these remarks.

"They're just barbarians with beast blood running through their veins. I don't know where they found a few martial arts manuals, and after achieving some minor success, they've become so arrogant, even calling themselves grandmasters. It's truly laughable." Li Wei wasn't angered by Black Wolf's words. He remained calm and composed, but on the surface, he retorted without any politeness, "Today, I'll show you what true martial arts are."

"Alright, alright, let's not waste our breath on this verbal battle. I'll show you the Nine-Ring Saber Technique." Black Wolf was enraged by Li Wei's words and leaped up, delivering a powerful Forcefully Splitting Mount Hua to Li Wei.

Wherever the blade passed, the air seemed to be sliced into pieces, creating ripples. Even before the blade arrived, a terrifying force of energy pressed down on Li Wei.

Although Li Wei said that the Werewolf's martial arts skills were mediocre, he knew in his heart that the power of martial arts was actually greatly related to the person wielding it. As the saying goes, the stronger the force, the more powerful the move. Compared to a small person, the punch thrown by a tall person with thick arms would naturally have the advantage of the stronger person.

Black Wolf's strike seemed ordinary, but his speed, strength, and internal energy cultivation were all formidable, so its lethality was undeniable. In an instant, Li Wei judged that he couldn't withstand the attack head-on, so he stepped back and quickly dodged it. Meanwhile, the Beast Soul Sword in his hand unleashed a beam of sword light and thrust towards Black Wolf.

Swords clashed, and Li Wei and Black Wolf unleashed their unique skills in battle.

Li Wei cultivated top-tier martial arts, and with his profound mastery of swordsmanship, his Beast Soul Sword danced up and down, unleashing streaks of sword light. Black Wolf's Nine-Ring Saber also gleamed with an eerie light, slashing and cutting, similarly creating swirling blade flowers. The clash of weapons was incessant, and in the blink of an eye, their weapons had already collided dozens of times.

Feeling the immense recoil from the Beast Soul Sword, Li Wei's fighting spirit surged. He rarely encountered anyone who could withstand him in close combat for so long. Although the Black Wolf's moves seemed simple to him, they were incredibly solid. Under such a fierce attack, he had to go all out to deal with it, otherwise, if he made a mistake, he would be cut in two by the Nine-Ring Saber.

Black Wolf was even more astonished. He had practiced this Nine-Ring Saber Technique tens of thousands of times, and it could be said that he had already mastered it to perfection. In the Werewolf Star Domain, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was invincible. Most Werewolf relied on their physical strength and some special skills to fight, with little technique to speak of. It was all about who was faster, who had greater strength, and who had sharper claws and teeth. Martial arts, however, overturned all of these things. Those whose claws and teeth were not strong could use weapons instead, and those who were not fast could make up for it with movement techniques and moves. Black Wolf, whose physical strength was already very strong, became even more powerful after mastering martial arts, and eventually became a master that everyone in the Werewolf Star Domain respected.

Therefore, he became even more obsessed with martial arts and developed a bit of arrogance. But today, he was destined to be disappointed. The Nine-Ring Saber Technique, which usually secured victory once unleashed, failed to kill his opponent even after all the sword techniques were used. As a result, Black Wolf couldn't help but feel anxious.

He seized an opportunity and suddenly unleashed a level one Claw-Print Palm Technique. Li Wei couldn't dodge in time and had no choice but to throw a punch, shattering the air in front of him and blocking the attack.

The two retreated separately. Black Wolf's eyes flashed with even more killing intent as he looked at Li Wei, and he swung his blade at him once more.

What greeted him was a bolt of lightning as thick as a thumb.

With a 'crack', the Black Wolf was struck squarely by the lightning. Although it was not injured thanks to its powerful physique, Black Wolf face was blackened, and it stared at Li Wei in disbelief.

In fact, he was stunned by the lightning.

"You... you don't use martial arts techniques?" Black Wolf roared.

"Idiot, I didn't say I'd only fight you using martial arts techniques!" Li Wei said matter-of-factly, which infuriated Black Wolf.

"Shameless brat, how dare you trick me!" Black Wolf had never been so angry. The knife in his hand trembled, his eyes turned bloodshot, and his body began to swell, growing thick black fur.

Li Wei knew that this was the Werewolf's innate ability; in Werewolf form, all attributes were multiplied, something he had heard from Alan before.

Realizing that his opponent was going to fight to the death, Li Wei quickly used a spirit communication spell to summon the Ink Dragon.

With a deafening howl, the Black Wolf, gripping its broadsword, pounced forward, its momentum vastly different from before. The Ink Dragon also roared and charged forward to meet it.

It was obvious that the Black Wolf, with its S3-level combat power, was far stronger than the Ink Dragon, which only had S1-level combat power. In just a moment, the Ink Dragon was scattered. Seeing this, Li Wei dared not be careless anymore and used his second special skill.

'Mirror Image'

The target of the Mirror Image was naturally Black Wolf himself. A ripple flashed, and a Mirror Image exactly like Black Wolf appeared in the air.

Li Wei had hoped that the addition of the Mirror Image would make up for the difference in combat strength, but to his surprise, the Black Wolf seemed to have seen the Mirror Image magic before. Instead of attacking Li Wei, it relentlessly pursued and attacked the mirror Mirror Image. The characteristic of the Mirror Image is that it cannot be attacked. Once the enemy sees through this, it is difficult to use it. So, under Li Wei's somewhat annoyed gaze, the Mirror Image was also shattered.

Although Li Wei didn't think much of Black Wolf's martial arts, it was an undeniable fact that his opponent was stronger than him. At this point, he only had one last move left: the Devouring Ability and the Spatial Cage.

The last time Li Wei used this move, he easily killed Hanbani. This time, he'll try the same trick again. It remains to be seen whether he can defeat this Black Wolf.

Seeing the Black Wolf glaring with blood-red eyes and charging forward with its broadsword, Li Wei silently calculated the distance, already gripping his Copper Pot in his hand.

When the Black Wolf entered within 10 meters of Li Wei suddenly activated the Spatial Cage, along with his Devouring ability.

Spatial Cage instantly formed, trapping the Black Wolf within. The Black Wolf's speed suddenly slowed down inside the cage, and to its horror, it saw strands of black threads rushing towards it.

"Devour... Devour, are you the Destroyer?" Black Wolf's expression changed drastically, but he lost all fighting spirit. However, how could this Spatial Cage be broken so easily? Unable to move, Black Wolf watched as the black silk twisted one of his arms to pieces.

In retrospect, Black Wolf was lucky. Li Wei's Spatial Cage only lasted a few seconds. Just as the Devouring Black Silk had shredded one of his arms, the Spatial Cage shattered with a crash.

Having regained his freedom, Black Wolf was terrified. He looked at Li Wei with the eyes of someone who had seen a ghost, and suddenly retreated, seemingly trying to escape.

Since the Spatial Cage could not be used continuously, Li Wei knew that even if he caught up with his opponent, he probably wouldn't be able to do anything to him, and might even suffer a great loss. Fortunately, Black Wolf's retreat was a favor to him.

Looking around, the area around the pool was in a mess. Li Wei didn't linger. He first ran over and stripped the jade armor off the Rat Star People, then picked up the unconscious Alan and used Shifting Forms and Changing Positions to leave the scene.

Li Wei knew that soon, other reincarnators would arrive at the pool. At this moment, he had been fighting one battle after another, and his true energy was severely depleted. He simply couldn't continue fighting, so he might as well find a place to rest and recuperate before making any further plans.

Carrying Alan, Li Wei moved to an inconspicuous grove of trees and then disappeared into the bushes.

As Li Wei had guessed, the battle by the pool had attracted the attention of most of the reincarnators, who began moving towards the pool to see what had happened. However, all they found by the pool was a scene of devastation and two corpses.

Li Wei sat quietly under a large tree, breathing deeply to restore his true energy. Physical injuries could be healed by Super Regeneration, but the depletion of true energy could only be managed slowly. Fortunately, Li Wei was skilled in this art, and in less than two hours, his combat strength was fully restored.

Alan remained unconscious, clearly seriously injured, but fortunately, his injuries were not life-threatening after treatment.

Li Wei looked up at the sky; more than 10 hours had passed since he started the mission. In those 10 hours, he had experienced three major battles, killed a Reincarnator, obtained a set of unknown jade armor, and a Hundred-Treasure Bag.

At this point, Li Wei naturally took out the latter two items.

The jade armor was a vest-style garment, very small, but unfortunately, it was impossible for a normal person to wear it; it seemed to be made for the physique of the Rat Star People. Li Wei sighed and put the jade armor away.

As for the Hundred-Treasure Bag, Li Wei examined it and found that it was simply a storage bag.

Inside was a space about two square meters in size, filled with things. Li Wei took out the items one by one and placed them on the grass.

The small bow and arrow used by the Rat Star People at the beginning, Eye of Perception, is called the 'Star-Gathering Bow'. It can be fired without arrows and has a built-in 'Scatter Shot' skill.

After putting away the Star-Gathering Bow, Li Wei examined the other items.

The Rat Star People were indeed treasure-hunting experts; to Li Wei, every single item on the ground was extremely rare and precious. There were armor, weapons, and even metal utensils made of rare metals. However, after examining all the items, Li Wei still couldn't find the 'divine artifact' mentioned in this mission.

Clearly, the Rat Star People hadn't found the item. Li Wei thought about it and guessed that they hadn't been in the mission world long enough for the Rat Star People to have found the treasure before they were spotted by the Great Serpent Star People.

After going through all the items again, Li Wei still couldn't find the artifact, but he did discover a sheepskin scroll that looked quite old.

"A gift from the God of Space, a map-type item." With his Eye of Perception, Li Wei received this prompt.

God of Space?

Li Wei was immediately startled. He quickly opened the scroll and began to examine it carefully. The scroll was small, containing only a map that looked somewhat like the internal structure of some kind of building. Li Wei glanced at it and felt it looked very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

Shaking his head, Li Wei couldn't remember for a moment, so he had no choice but to continue studying the map in his hand.

The building depicted on the map is very peculiar, or rather, grand. It resembles a pyramid, divided into three levels: upper, middle, and lower. Each level is supported by more than a dozen pillars. What's peculiar about this building is that within each level, a completely different scene is depicted using extremely fine details.

The first level is like a primeval forest, with trees everywhere, mountains, and rivers. Underneath what is clearly a pool of water, there is a pattern resembling a Treasure Chest. The second level is a vast ocean with only one isolated island in it. Unlike the first level, a skull is prominently marked on the island.

Li Wei stroked his chin, thinking to himself: The Treasure Chest pattern on the first level should represent some kind of treasure, and its location is under a pool of water. As for the skull on the second level, it should represent death, meaning that the island is an area that cannot be easily entered.

Continuing on, the third floor is a magnificent hall. Inside, there are also skulls, but this time there are three, along with an eye-shaped pattern.

This is the second graphic pattern besides the skull, and Li Wei couldn't guess what it represented.

Below the map, there is a line of small print. "Whoever obtains the Eye of Space will receive the blessing of the God of Space."

This was all the contents of the parchment scroll. Li Wei looked it over and found nothing else, which made him feel somewhat disappointed.

Upon first seeing the word 'space,' Li Wei realized that the scroll might contain clues about spatial techniques. In Shadow Street, spatial techniques were extremely rare and powerful. Li Wei had only acquired two of them by chance: 'Shifting Forms and Changing Positions' and 'Spatial Cage.' That's why he was so astonished to see this gift from the God of Space.

After studying the map, Li Wei was left bewildered. Undoubtedly, it was a treasure map; the person who drew it intended to convey that by finding this pyramid-like structure and entering the third level to obtain the 'eye,' one could receive divine blessings.

Moreover, it is highly likely that this gift is some kind of spatial ability.

But here's the problem: where is the pyramid-shaped building mentioned on the map? Nobody knows for sure, so although it's a treasure map, Li Wei thinks it's probably worthless.

Somewhat frustrated, Li Wei sighed and lay down on the grass, refocusing his attention on the mission. Currently, there were 60 hours left until the mission ended. He had killed one Reincarnator, but needed to kill three more to meet the mission requirements.

Having regained his original form, Li Wei was confident that, relying on his current combat strength and powerful special abilities, killing three reincarnators would not be difficult. In particular, the combination of 'Spatial Cage' and 'Devouring Ability' was exceptionally domineering. Li Wei had already given this combination of special abilities a name: 'Devouring Space'.

With the help of the 'Devouring Space', Li Wei was confident that he could easily kill his target.

Thinking of this, Li Wei smiled slightly, but his eyes were fixed on the sky. Because it was getting dark, the huge pillars in the distance appeared somewhat blurry.

"Wait a minute, Pillar!"

Li Wei suddenly sat up from the ground, staring at the huge pillar in the distance, when an idea suddenly popped into his mind. He quickly took out the parchment scroll and reopened the map to look at it again.

"There are 13 pillars in total, distributed throughout the first floor," Li Wei muttered to himself, growing more and more excited. When he first entered this mission world, he had counted the huge pillars here, and there were exactly 13.

Is this a coincidence?

Looking at the map depicting the first level of the pyramid, with its mountains, trees, waterfalls, and pools, Li Wei realized that it was remarkably similar to the world he was in. No wonder he felt a sense of familiarity when he first saw the map on the parchment; he was actually on the first level of the pyramid.

This is the pyramid depicted on the map. Moreover, this mission world is called 'First Layer of God's Ruins'. So, who is this 'god'?

"The God of Space ... the God's Ruins, haha, I see." Li Wei immediately connected the two. At this moment, he was certain that this place was the first level of the pyramid described on the map.

This parchment scroll must have been found by the Rat Star People after they entered this mission world. The Rat Star People are inherently greedy and love treasures. After finding this parchment scroll in this mission world, they thought it was a treasure trove, so they kept it. In this way, everything makes sense.

At this moment, Li Wei was extremely excited. He hadn't expected to stumble upon such an opportunity. It was very likely that he would receive a blessing from the God of Space here, which meant gaining another spatial special skill.

Li Wei knew this couldn't be rushed; the most urgent task was to complete this mission. Furthermore, if possible, finding a way to enter the pyramid, the second level of the God's Ruins, was also essential.

Having made his plans, Li Wei carefully put away the sheepskin scroll, hid the unconscious Alan in a secluded tree hollow, and then, under the cover of night, jumped to the top of the tree and disappeared into the darkness in a few leaps.

Li Wei had something to do. On the first level of the map, the image of the Treasure Chest was located under a pool of water. Li Wei guessed that the Treasure Chest must be the 'divine artifact', and there was only one pool of water on the first level.