Swallow the starry sky, grind to become the strongest in the universe

Chapter 124 The Tempering of Blood and Slaughter
"Master...are you alright?"

The broken main vines of the Moyun Vine are growing rapidly.

The terrifying energy released by the three marquises' self-destruction was enough to shatter several of the main vines of the Moyun Vine, even with its divine body's defense and resilience.

It's worth noting that the main vine of the Moyun vine is thousands of kilometers thick and millions of kilometers long, yet it still broke off directly.

Of course, even if it's a fracture, damage to the divine body is basically negligible.

"I'm fine, it's just that my 'Chrysalis Armor' is broken. This battle was a complete loss."

The Chrysalis Armor is a special armor that Yu Duan purchased specifically to defend against material attacks. If he doesn't burn his divine power, he can withstand even a material attack from a peak Marquis level.

"Those who are granted the title of Marquis are indeed difficult to kill. Even killing a low-level Marquis is so difficult."

Yu Duan's strength is considered to be at the standard initial level of a king, of course, without burning divine power.

If it were someone like Huyan Bo, who barely managed to be granted a marquisate, he could be wiped out with a flick of the wrist.

It takes hundreds of moves to kill a mere Marquis-level Immortal of the Chi Chao Clan.

This is why the other party was terrified and only thought about escaping.

If they fight to the death, at least the leader, who is at the peak of his marquisate, has a chance to escape.

“Master, their world rings are still intact. They are made of G-grade metal and should contain many treasures.”

Two slender tendrils extended from the Cloud Vine, bearing two World Rings.

Although G-grade metal is precious, even the most common G-grade metal requires tens of thousands of mixed units per cubic centimeter.

However, the materials required to forge a world ring are nothing to an immortal being of the highest rank.

"It's estimated to be no more than ten thousand units of mixed yuan in wealth."

Yu Duan raised his hand and took the World Ring, easily imprinting his own life mark on it, and then began to explore it.

"Not bad. This should be a world ring from the peak of the Marquis level, natural... estimate its value."

"Good host!"

A natural sound emanates from the crystal brain.

A moment later, Tianran finished his estimate: "Master, all the treasures in the World Ring total approximately 1200 million Chaos Units."

"A person at the peak of the Marquisate level can easily amass a fortune of over 100 million. The master is not very lucky."

Those powerful figures like Hu Yanbo, who have been granted the title of Marquis, possess assets worth tens of millions of Hunyuan units.

At the peak of the Marquisate, one can easily amass a fortune of hundreds of millions, but most of it is used for cultivation, building spaceships, or stored in bank accounts.

Therefore, the total value of all the treasures in this world ring at the peak of the Marquis level is only a little over 12 million Hunyuan units.

"I really lost out; it's not even as valuable as my 'Chrysalis Armor'."

Although the Chrysalis Armor isn't particularly powerful, its effect is to conceal divine power, and its value is around 15 billion Chaos Units.

“Master, the other world ring is a high-level world ring of the Marquis rank. It contains some metals and potions, and is worth about five million Chaos Units.”

Yu Duan didn't waste too much time and quickly searched the battlefield.

Aside from the two World Rings, there were only some remnants of spaceships, weapons, and armor, which were basically worthless.

The explosion of the Immortal Marquis was too loud, so Yu Duan returned directly to the spaceship and moved to a different location.

……

Inside the spacecraft's control room, Yu Duan browsed the webpage in front of him.

The webpage contains information about various precious suits of armor.

"The Azure Armor costs 49 billion points after the discount. For someone like me, a beginner 'King', wearing this level of armor is a bit eye-catching, but not too outrageous."

Yu Duan browsed through hundreds of armors that he liked best from the King of Immortals.

In the end, I opted for the cyan light nail polish, which wasn't very cost-effective.

The main reason is that the "Azure Armor" also has the effect of concealing and altering one's aura.

Wearing this azure armor, in the perception of others, Yu Duan's aura was the pure divine power fluctuation of the fundamental law of light, equivalent to an immortal military lord.

"Natural, let's go to the foot of Axe Mountain. I want to comprehend the artistic conception within Axe Mountain."

"Yes, Master!"

Naturally, he quickly steered the spaceship to accelerate.

In just about ten minutes, it successfully accelerated to the speed of light and entered the dark universe to travel at high speed.

The entire Axe Mountain Secret Realm is only 60 light-years away, so Yu Duan arrived at the foot of Axe Mountain on the same day.

……

The majestic peaks soared into the starry sky, and standing at the foot of Axe Mountain, Yu Duan felt incredibly small.

At this moment, the wild and malevolent aura emanating from the Axe Mountain Great Rift Valley made the air currents and cosmic energy flowing there exceptionally sharp.

"It's incredible that a war that took hundreds of billions of years to occur still has lingering effects and influences today."

The third battlefield, which was established third among the eleven major battlefields, is very old.

Yu Duan half-closed his eyes, sensing the wild atmosphere here, and his own aura was also changing.

It seemed to transform into a sharp sword, rising against the tide, breaking through layers of malevolent intent, with extraordinary ferocity.

"Master, within a radius of 300 million kilometers, we have detected four King-level aura fluctuations and more than 30 Marquis-level aura fluctuations."

The natural consciousness transmission sounded directly in Duan's ear.

Although there aren't many powerful beings at the King level active in the Axe Mountain Secret Realm, they are all concentrated within this large canyon area.

Basically, these powerful figures who have been granted the title of King have the same goal as Yu Duan: to use the malevolent aura here to hone and study their own secret techniques.

"Natural, activate the small detector and find a suitable secluded place. I will be stationed here permanently from now on."

With the core of a G-class spaceship, Yu Duan can almost perfectly withstand material attacks at the King-level.

As for soul attacks, they can be completely ignored.

"Yes, Master." About two hours later, Yu Duan found a fairly spacious cave in the Axe Mountain Great Rift Valley.

Then Yu Duan released the Moyun Vine, which spread out in an instant, covering the entire cave wall and blocking the entrance.

The space inside the cave was greatly expanded by Yu Duan, enough to easily accommodate his own spaceship.

After settling down temporarily, Yu Duan began to recall his first battle.

"My previous combat handling was too rough, and my combat experience was obviously insufficient."

The so-called lack of combat experience is not a problem of rules or skills, but rather a problem of how to make moves and how to deal with attacks.

In the virtual universe, there is a wealth of combat experience to be shared.

In this regard, all you need to do is study more and practice more, and you will naturally make up for it.

"As for the secrets of creation, I still have some shortcomings in combining and applying the laws of time and light."

With this thought in mind, Yu Duan directly connected a wisp of consciousness to the intelligent light brain: "Natural, help me book some courses inside the original secret realms, explaining the combination of the laws of light and time."

"Yes, Master, I will make the reservation now."

In the virtual space, Tianran made a series of operations and booked all the courses for the next 100 years, including those taught by immortal kings and cosmic venerables, on the combination of the laws of light and time.

In the public lectures of the Primal Secret Realm, the lecturers are mostly Kings and Immortals, and only occasionally will a Universe Venerable give a lecture.

After all, there are only a few thousand cosmic masters in the entire human race.

There are only about two thousand Universe Masters belonging to the Virtual Universe Company.

In addition to enrolling in courses, Yu Duan also purchased some corresponding rules and techniques, which were not very valuable.

From that day on, Yu Duan officially settled in the Axe Mountain Secret Realm and began his practical training in the battlefield outside the domain.

In actual combat, Yu Duan's goal was not to kill the target.

Rather, it was to hone their combat skills and refine their "Opening Up" sword technique.

Therefore, except when encountering some very powerful opponents, Yu Duan will not use the Amplification Secret Technique, but will fight by relying on the power of 729 times that of a Realm Lord.

Each time they went out to fight, it usually lasted for more than a year.

After the battle, Yu Duan did not return to the military base, but remained in the cave he had created in the rift valley.

Back in his cave, Yu Duan reviewed his battle, then studied the laws of time and light, using the residual malevolent energy from within the Great Rift Valley, which had existed for hundreds of billions of years, to nourish his own 'intention' and refine his secret techniques.

My days have been quite fulfilling.

……

Time passes day by day.

In the blink of an eye, more than two hundred years have passed.

"Boom!"

A huge explosion echoed through a snow-covered mountain inside the Axe Mountain Secret Realm.

Moments later, the aftershocks of the self-destruction dissipated.

"He's exposed himself again; he probably didn't gain much."

Yu Duan was covered in dust and dirt, but thanks to the protection of the Azure Armor, he was not injured.

This time, the opponent is a ferocious beast that has been recognized by the laws of space, but it has not yet formed an immortal body and can barely be considered to have the ability to be granted a marquis title.

Yu Duan killed the Chi Ning Beast without even using his Amplification Talent; he completely relied on 729 times the peak power of a Realm Lord, along with his understanding of laws and secret techniques, to wear it down.

"Master, you have earned 100 billion military merits. This hunt has brought your total military merits to 1.004 trillion. You can go back and rest now."

Over the course of these two centuries, Yu Duan went hunting 147 times, accumulating over 1 trillion military merits each time before returning to his post.

One trillion military merits are needed to kill 100 of these mythical beasts to achieve the rank of Marquis.

With Yu Duan's abilities, killing someone with such a title would not be difficult, but such a title is not something one can encounter every day.

There are many powerful individuals near the Fushan Great Rift Valley, but it's not convenient for them to engage in a full-blown fight.

"How many military merits have you accumulated?"

With a flash of inspiration, Yu Duan put away the Time Sword and all the spoils of war.

"Approximately 151.41 trillion military merits, with purchasing power equivalent to about 15 billion Hunyuan units."

"It will take more than a thousand years to reach 1000 trillion military merits. Let's take it slowly."

Yu Duan's purpose in coming to the battlefield outside the region was not to make money, but to hone his secret techniques.

Over the past two hundred years and tens of thousands of battles, Yu Duan's sword has become increasingly sharp.

Let me tell you something rather outrageous.

Since arriving in the universe from the Star of Light, Yu Duan hasn't actually killed many people.

A stellar-level being resides in the sacred land of the Northern Pheasant.

The cosmic level resides in Chaos City and the Primal Secret Realm.

Domain Lords also cultivate in seclusion in secret realms and Chaos City.

Having never experienced enough bloodshed and killing, Yu Duan always felt that his swordsmanship was lacking something.

In the two hundred years since he arrived at the battlefield outside the domain, tens of thousands of battles have taken place, and immortal gods of various races and ethnicities have all died under Yu Duan's sword.

This allowed Yu Duan's swordsmanship to gradually become more formidable, acquiring a certain essence.

"Now... I should be able to try to create a truly top-tier arcane technique."

Yu Duan's figure flashed and disappeared into the spaceship.

This time, Yu Duan went straight to the No. 6 barracks base.

Next, I need to truly retreat into seclusion for a period of time to perfect my secret techniques.

Once the secret technique was perfected, Yu Duan prepared to try hunting down King-level Immortals.

(End of this chapter)