Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 313 Solo Venture into the Dark Land
In the distant, shrouded peaks, in the core region, a place shrouded in darkness.

This dark place, as an extremely dangerous and perilous area in the core region of one of the three forbidden zones of the original universe sea, was already incredibly terrifying. Even the strongest beings in the universe who fell into it have never been able to escape.

Moreover, since some unknown time, the entire Dark Land has been shrouded in an incredibly dense black mist, and as time goes by, the aura emanating from the dim land shrouded in this mist becomes increasingly terrifying and intense.

"Whoosh!"

In the void where chaotic energy flows hundreds of millions of light-years away from the dark land, a blue palace, surrounded by rosy light and a faint mist, suddenly appeared.

Inside the palace, Qi Yuan looked solemnly ahead.

He came to this dark place without telling anyone; he came entirely alone.

Even though he had countless tricks up his sleeve, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous venturing into this dark place alone.

After all, this is the lair of the entire army of World Beasts. When the World Beasts were first born, there were a terrifying number of one billion.

Although the number of Beasts may decrease as they fight and devour each other, it is still an absolutely terrifying number at this point in time.

Moreover, the beasts that survive the internal battles will become increasingly powerful.

If he were to accidentally find himself surrounded by the entire army of world beasts, he would be in for a real headache!
"I wonder how far these World Beasts have evolved now."

Qi Yuan secretly pondered, "In the original story, the giant axe fell into the Dark Land not long after the Duan Donghe inheritance appeared in the world. It was killed by a World Beast named Mohe using soul means. The World Beast that could kill the giant axe with the top combat power of the ninth rank must have evolved to the second rank. Now that eight million years have passed, it must have become much stronger."

"I'll explore the edge of this dark place to test the strength of the lower realm beasts. If I can obtain their blood, then I can truly deal with them. But that will have to wait until I break through to the True God realm!"

brush!brush!brush!
The azure palace began to advance towards the dimly lit area ahead, first teleporting to close the distance, and then carefully flying closer.

At the same time, a layer of hazy, ethereal light instantly expanded, directly enveloping a radius of 1 light-years. This was Qi Yuan's current strongest secret technique, the True Void Realm.

If it's only used for exploration, the consumption of maintaining the True and False Realms is minimal. Not to mention 1 light-years, even if the coverage area is expanded a thousand or ten thousand times, Qi Yuan can easily do it.

However, Qi Yuan only needed enough reaction time when he discovered danger, and the radius of 1 years was sufficient.

As the azure palace continued to advance, the boundary of the True and False Realms soon came into contact with the outer black mist of that dim place!
It was cold, evil, and had a faint corrosive feel, which made Qi Yuan feel a sense of disgust involuntarily.

"This fog didn't seem to exist in the previous dimly lit area. Is it because of the appearance of the World Beast?"

Qi Yuan remained calm and continued to control the cyan palace, 'Biyou Palace', to move forward.

The original level of danger in the Dark Land, placed within the core areas of the three forbidden zones, could only be considered medium to high. At least it wasn't the kind of place that could cause the strongest person in the universe to perish right away. Moreover, Qi Yuan was in control of the supreme palace 'Biyou Palace', so naturally, some inherent dangers could not affect him.

Enveloped in endless darkness and mist, Biyou Palace continued to advance, but the surroundings were deathly silent, with no sign of life.

However, in such a dangerous place, Qi Yuan naturally dared not teleport at will.

He continued to advance at a speed a hundred times that of light, and constantly shrouded the surrounding area with the Realm of Truth and Illusion to guard against possible risks. However, after flying for hundreds of years, he still found nothing.

"Why haven't we encountered them yet? Are we not deep enough, and haven't reached the area where the Beasts truly reside?"

Just as Qi Yuan was wondering to himself, the True and Void Realm that had been enveloping the surroundings finally made a discovery!
The dimly lit place was spherical in shape and was constantly and slowly rotating.

Of course, the relative positions of some mountains and other structures within it remain unchanged, but from the outside, the entire Dark Land is constantly shifting, which is one of the reasons why powerful individuals who enter it easily get lost.

At this moment, somewhere in this dimly lit place, on a mountain range half-submerged in icy water, a creature is hiding in a huge mountain cave.

It was a gigantic monster that radiated a jet-black light. It had two ferocious heads, each with a single eye, a nose, and a mouth. It had a pair of arms and a pair of legs. It was completely naked, and faint traces of blood-red thread patterns could be seen on its jet-black skin.

This creature exudes an overwhelming aura of evil, yet its two single eyes pierce through all obstacles, constantly scanning its surroundings.

"Hmph, there's no need for Bedi and Morosa to clash with you now. You bunch of fools can fight all you want. Wait until I devour more of my people and evolve faster than you. The ultimate king will be me!"

"Those servants are truly useless. They spent so much effort setting up the plan, but in the end, they didn't even manage to lure in a single Cosmic Sea True God. Otherwise, devouring those delicacies should have allowed me to evolve much faster. Fools!"

As the creature was lamenting indignantly, suddenly, an invisible wave swept across it.

"Hmm?" The ugly creature immediately sensed its surroundings.

In just a moment, it noticed a blue palace approaching from afar through its unique detection methods.

"A palace? Has the true god of the cosmic sea come and trespassed? Haha, this is delicious food delivered right to our door!"

The ugly creature instantly stood up, looking excitedly into the distance. "Those true gods of the cosmic sea always like to hide in their palaces. I'll have to act weak first to lure him out."

Whoosh!
Its figure vanished instantly from the spot—

"That's a World Beast!"

at the same time--

Qi Yuan in Biyou Palace also discovered the ugly creature hiding in the dark cave through his perception of the True and False Realms.

The next second, the creature disappeared from the cave and appeared directly in front of Biyou Palace.

"Only one?"

Qi Yuan looked at the ugly creature with two heads, each with a huge single eye, blocking the way in front of Biyou Palace, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

"What I fear most is being surrounded by a large group of world beasts right from the start. While that wouldn't necessarily kill me, I would only be able to flee in a sorry state and wouldn't be able to test the world beasts' abilities. But if there's only one, that would be perfect!"

Wow~
The gates of Biyou Palace burst open, and Qi Yuan, clad in dark gold armor, flew out of the palace.

This scene immediately brought a mixture of secret joy and disappointment to the ugly creature enveloped in the dark currents ahead.

"A universe lord? Even if I devour more of this ant, it won't help me at all. But this foolish fellow dared to leave the Treasure Palace in front of the great Beast Mohe. Well then, I'll send you to your doom!"

"Suffer to death."

It suddenly looked up.

Open your mouth!

There was no sound.

However, that silent scream pierced directly into Qi Yuan's soul!
Chilling! Evil!
A powerful surge of spiritual will erupted uncontrollably!
"Even the true gods of those cosmic seas have very weak wills. For a cosmic lord to fall at the hands of the great Lord Mohe is your honor!"

A sinister smile appeared on the ugly beast's face.

However, the next moment, its huge single eye, which was looking at Qi Yuan, narrowed slightly.

"Not dead? How could that be? A cosmic ruler, whose will is stronger than that of a true god?" It couldn't help but be astonished.

"So this is the soul attack of the Beast of Realms? It is indeed powerful. It is only because my will has reached the level of a Void True God that I can say it. If it were just an ordinary True God, it would probably perish under this attack!" Qi Yuan calmly looked at his opponent.

"You little bug, you've got some skills."

The hideous beast also stared at Qi Yuan, "Although you are not a true god yet, I can sense that you are stronger than some ordinary true gods. It would be delicious to devour you!"

"Eat me? Let's see if you have the ability." Qi Yuan just smiled faintly.

"You lowly insect, how dare you provoke the great Beast Lord Mohe! Then I'll send you to your death!"

The ugly beast-like creature roared angrily.

Wow~
Rays of black light, originating from the divine body of the Beast Realm, continuously emanated, tracing arcs as they frantically coiled towards Qi Yuan's body.

A large number of silk threads instantly enveloped Qi Yuan, transforming into a huge black silk cocoon that completely surrounded him!

(End of this chapter)