First Arrival on the Continent

Early the next morning, Zhou Yuan arrived at the spaceport to meet up with his five teammates.

The spaceport bustled with voices as spacecraft of all kinds shuttled between the berths.

Zhou Yuan spotted Gao Tao and the others waiting at the agreed location at a glance. They had already changed into Force battle suits suitable for combat, with their weapons strapped to their backs, looking ready to depart at any moment.

Once the six had gathered, they boarded Captain Gao Tao's E3-class spacecraft and headed for the Sixth Continent.

This spacecraft had been specially customized by Gao Tao for exploring dangerous regions. It was incredibly fast and equipped with top-tier defensive shields and stealth systems. Even if it came under attack from a World Lord level ferocious beast, it could hold out for some time.

The spacecraft sped through the universe. Beyond the portholes stretched boundless darkness, with only the faint glow of distant stars occasionally visible.

Gao Tao sat in the pilot's seat and introduced the situation on the Sixth Continent. "The Sixth Continent is 1.7 light-years long and 1.2 light-years wide. Countless planets orbit around it, scattered from one light-year away to hundreds of light-years away.

"We set off from the base, and after flying a little over one light-year, we'll reach the void outside the Sixth Continent directly."

Looking through the porthole, Zhou Yuan saw an enormous landmass in the distance. That was their destination—the Sixth Continent.

Compared to it, the surrounding planets were like pebbles around a giant, utterly insignificant.

Before long, their spacecraft arrived in the void above the Sixth Continent and stopped one hundred million kilometers above it.

"We'll have to fly the rest of the way ourselves. The spacecraft is too large a target and could easily be shot down." After the spacecraft stopped, Captain Gao Tao explained the situation to the five team members.

"Understood." The five had already researched the relevant intelligence and answered in unison.

Captain Gao Tao was the first to take out his weapon—a fifth-tier Force spear, the Star Pattern Spear. Its silver-white shaft gleamed with metallic luster, while the secret patterns engraved upon it emitted faint fluctuations of the metal-origin laws.

At the same time, a dark-gold Force battle suit appeared around him, completely enveloping his burly figure. When the spacecraft hatch opened, Gao Tao flashed out.

Then Ka En, Mu Feng, Yun Yan, Zhou Yuan, and Suo Lin flew out of the spacecraft in turn.

After everyone had exited the spacecraft, Captain Gao Tao stored it in his world ring.

The six stood in the void above the continent, with the cloud layers of the Sixth Continent beneath their feet.

According to the intelligence, the Sixth Continent had nine layers of clouds, each with a different suppressive force. The higher one went, the stronger the suppression became.

Only those at the Universe Level could fly within the first three layers. Domain Lord level experts could fly within the latter six, while breaking through all nine cloud layers required World Lord level strength.

"Everyone, restrain your auras and follow me down," Gao Tao said gravely, taking the lead as he transformed into a streak of golden light and shot toward the clouds.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Like falling stars from beyond the heavens, the six plummeted from above the ninth cloud layer toward the ground below.

The farther they fell, the faster they went, and the greater the wind resistance became.

After falling for more than ten minutes, the six finally broke through the final cloud layer and saw the ground.

Across the endless land below, whether mountains or plains, everything was covered in vast, boundless forests.

Towering trees rose from the ground, the tallest exceeding ten thousand meters. Their canopies were like massive umbrellas that blotted out the sky, blocking the sunlight completely.

Rivers occasionally came into view, but the enormous trees obstructed the sightline, leaving only faint glimmers of reflected light visible.

The six stopped above the canopy. These trees stood thousands of meters tall, each covering an area of over a thousand meters around it.

Standing atop the canopy, the surrounding branches and leaves formed dense walls, cutting them off from the outside world.

"Captain, the gravity here is so strong. Even Stellar Level experts probably can't fly, right?" Mu Feng felt the powerful gravity around him and asked Captain Gao Tao, who had been to the Sixth Continent before.

He could sense that flying here consumed several times more Force than normal, and flight speed was severely restricted as well.

"That's right. Only those at the Universe Level and above can fly here. The origin power is also dense, so most ferocious beasts born here are at least at the Universe Level," Captain Gao Tao replied. "And the deeper into the continent you go, the denser the Force becomes and the stronger the ferocious beasts are."

"No wonder they say the continent is hundreds or even thousands of times more dangerous than the outer planets. With an environment like this, it's no surprise it can produce so many high-level ferocious beasts," Zhou Yuan remarked.

Nurtured by such dense origin laws, ferocious beasts grew far faster than those outside. Survival here was also more fiercely competitive, and those that lived through it were the strongest among the strong.

Just then, a giant eagle beast dove straight down from the first cloud layer, swooping toward them from above.

The giant eagle beast had a wingspan of over a hundred meters. Its entire body was covered in pitch-black feathers, and its sharp claws gleamed coldly. It was clearly a Domain Lord level ferocious beast.

It had evidently been drawn by the disturbance caused when the six broke through the clouds, mistaking them for prey.

"Overestimating yourself." Mu Feng snorted.

The fifth-tier psychic weapon on his back, the Wind Spirit Blade, instantly split into hundreds of pieces before combining into a spiraling long spike. Carrying howling winds and a piercing whistle through the air, it shot toward the giant eagle beast.

Before the giant eagle beast could react, the long spike formed by the Wind Spirit Blade pierced straight through its singularity core.

The giant eagle beast's massive body instantly lost all strength and fell from the sky like a huge boulder, smashing into the forest below with a tremendous crash that startled countless birds and beasts.

"Even a Domain Lord level ferocious beast dared to attack." Mu Feng recalled the Wind Spirit Blade and muttered, "Looks like the dense origin laws here have really raised these ferocious beasts to be outrageously bold."

Captain Gao Tao laughed. "That's perfectly normal. Most ferocious beasts judge combat power by size. We've all restrained our auras, so ordinary Domain Lord level ferocious beasts see little people like us and think we're easy prey. Once we encounter World Lord level ferocious beasts, they won't be so reckless."

"Of the six of us, probably only Suo Lin can evade the detection of World Lord level ferocious beasts."

"Captain, where do we go?" Yun Yan asked the question Zhou Yuan had wanted to ask. "We can't just stay here hunting these low-level ferocious beasts forever, can we?"

"Don't rush. I already have a plan." Captain Gao Tao smiled mysteriously. "When we landed, I recorded the terrain map. Take a look at this."

As he spoke, Captain Gao Tao activated his intelligent assistant and displayed a projection of the terrain he had recorded earlier. The projection clearly showed the terrain around them, including the distribution of mountain ranges, rivers, and forests.

Captain Gao Tao pointed to a valley near them on the projected map. "Look, this is a valley backed by a vast mountain range. Places like this usually have abundant resources."

Gao Tao enlarged the map, revealing five noticeably larger ferocious beasts and a group of smaller ones faintly visible within the valley.

Gao Tao pointed at the ferocious beasts in the valley. "There should be a ferocious beast pack here. Judging by their size, there should be five World Lord level ferocious beasts, along with a group of Domain Lord level underlings."