Swallowing the Stars: Analyzing All Things

Killing Space, in the vast starry sky.

"Boom!"

Lin Yan didn't have to wait long before the vast starry sky around him began to change, replaced by an endless wilderness.

The earth was gray-black, the sky was dark red, and a few low hills could be faintly seen on the distant horizon.

"Phew~"

Lin Yan appeared on the desolate land, his entire body covered in black armor, and he held a blood-red battle blade in his right hand.

In the distance, a figure was gathering strength.

It was a black-clad warrior of similar build to him, wearing the same black armor and the same standard-issue sword, but his face was blurry and indistinct, his features and expression were unclear.

The realm of water, like a thin layer of mist, lingered around him, seemingly there yet not there.

"kill!"

Lin Yan moved.

His figure flashed like a black lightning bolt, streaking across the dark red sky and leaving a trail of blurry afterimages in the air.

The sword traced an arc in his hand, its blade slicing through the air with a sharp whistling sound.

Fast, accurate, and ruthless.

This strike was aimed straight for the black-clad warrior's throat.

This is a killing move that Lin Yan honed on the battlefield outside the domain. It doesn't have the fancy telekinetic techniques of Mirage Feather, nor any superfluous movements. It only has the purest and most deadly killing intent.

"clang--"

The black-clad warrior did not dodge.

He simply raised his sword, and the deafening clash of the two weapons echoed across the desolate landscape. With this strike, the black-clad warrior was merely forced back a few steps.

Evenly matched.

The two have identical physical attributes, mental strength, and reaction speed, and their weapons are also exactly the same. Without using their respective domains, they are each other's mirror images.

Neither can do anything about the other.

However, this balance was shattered the moment the black-clad warrior unleashed his water domain.

"Buzz~"

The black-clad warrior, sword in hand, suddenly unleashed a surge of blue water around him, thickening the surrounding air and making it feel as if an ordinary person were walking on water.

"Phew~"

"Bang!"

Every strike Lin Yan made.

All of them would be weakened and deflected by the layers of water waves, and each swing required several times the force.

pressing.

Completely suppressed.

His domain was suppressed, like a tributary flowing into the main stream, only to be swallowed up and unable to stir up even a ripple.

"Huff~" "Huff~"

Lin Yan was panting heavily.

As the battle raged across the entire field, he immediately fell into a disadvantageous position. His sword swings became slower and heavier, each swing feeling like a slash into a galaxy, making it difficult for him to advance.

The black-clad warrior's blade grew faster and lighter, moving with the agility of a fish swimming in water, attacking from all angles.

"Pfft~"

The blade flashed.

A fine head soared high into the sky.

"Huff~ Huff~"

Inside the villa on Ningxuan Island, Lin Yan was panting heavily, his forehead covered in cold sweat, and his hands trembling slightly.

Death in the virtual universe, while not causing physical harm, still evokes the feeling of being near death—

Yet it is remarkably close to reality.

"Master, are you alright?" The fat cat jumped off the sofa and rubbed its head against his leg.

"Again."

Lin Yan took a few deep breaths and gritted his teeth.

Although he died quickly, in just over ten breaths from the start of the battle to his fall, that one instant—

Just before the blade sliced ​​across his throat, he seemed to have vaguely grasped something—the subtle fluctuations in the water flow when the domain was in operation, which was the difference between the seventh and sixth levels of the domain.

The layer of light blue shimmering around the other person was not evenly distributed, but rather rhythmically and directionally.

Sometimes it surges forward, sometimes it recedes backward, sometimes it gathers into a torrent that pours in one direction, and sometimes it disperses into countless streams that surround it from all directions.

The entire field.

It seems to possess a spiritual quality.

It wasn't a rigid outward emission of energy; it felt like something alive—breathing, pulsating, and full of life.

This time, Lin Yan had found his direction and was focusing on every detail of the opponent's domain, instead of being suppressed to death in a daze like before.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Yan's figure disappeared again.

……

Time flows by.

The sacred land of Lanyou, the main hall of the public lecture.

Inside the hall, tens of thousands of members of the Lanyou Holy Land sat in neat rows, a dark mass, their eyes respectfully fixed on the high platform in front of the hall.

"teacher!"

Tens of thousands of people spoke at the same time, their voices converging into a deafening wave that echoed in the empty hall for a long time.

On the high platform.

A towering figure sat cross-legged.

He was nearly thirty meters tall, his whole body seemed to be cast in metal, his skin was a dark silver-gray, and his head had three horns, like three inverted swords.

Immortal gods.

His voice was deep and resonant, like thunder rolling through the hall: "Water, the softest and the hardest, formless and without appearance, benefits all things without contention, yet can also swallow heaven and earth."

silence.

The entire hall was completely silent.

This immortal deity is short-tempered, savage, and fierce; he is one of the three most formidable immortal teachers in the Lanyou Holy Land.

Although he was difficult to get along with, his classes were the most popular in the Lanyou Holy Land.

none of them.

The main reason is that his explanations are insightful yet easy to understand, never going into unnecessary details, and only focusing on the most core and essential points.

As this great immortal spoke, his hand gestures caused streaks of azure-blue law runes to appear in mid-air.

"That's right."

"oh."

Lin Yan mingled in the crowd, listening attentively.

for a long time.

The lecture has ended.

The immortal deity on the high platform put away the law runes in his hand, his dark blue pupils swept over the tens of thousands of students in the hall, nodded slightly, and his figure disappeared into the air like a wisp of mist.

The students in the main hall stood up one after another, and Lin Yan also mingled among them and left.

"That person..."

On one of the steps of the main hall, a young student watched Lin Yan's departing figure with a slight frown.

He nudged his companion with his elbow and gestured towards Lin Yan with his lip, "Look at that person, doesn't he look familiar?"

Who is it?

His companion followed his gaze and saw only a black figure walking further and further away in the crowd.

"That's the person."

The young student's voice carried a hint of certainty: "I've seen him more than once or twice. For over twenty years, he's been in almost every class, but he never speaks to anyone."

"Now that you mention it..." His companion frowned slightly and hesitated, "I think I've seen him a few times too. He sits in the corner and leaves after each class."

"I heard he's an auditor!" A hint of curiosity flashed in the young student's eyes. "An auditor who has attended classes for over twenty years must have quite a background."

For over twenty years, he has never missed a single class, and the cost of attending those classes alone is an astronomical figure.

Who cares?

His companion shrugged. "It's none of our business anyway."

"I was just curious." The young student smiled, then glanced again at the disappearing figure. "The Genius Battle is coming soon. I wonder if I'll run into him there?"

"The probability is probably very small!"

The two looked at each other and then remained silent.

……