Traversing countless worlds from the primordial era

Chapter 86 Utilization Value

Lei Ming's body surged with magical power, and he transformed into a figure a thousand meters tall. Just then, the Sea God's Halberd fell. Lei Ming punched the halberd's blade, and the illusory image of the Sea God's Halberd left a bloody mark on his fist. The huge Sea God's Halberd was also knocked back by Lei Ming.

"Its power is not weak." Lei Ming had initially underestimated the Divine Path, but now he was intrigued. Li Yue, a True Immortal, was leading a group of weak sea creatures, and the Sea God's Halberd they summoned was actually able to injure him. Its attack power was already comparable to that of an ordinary Profound Immortal.

"This Sea God's Halberd is probably already an acquired spiritual treasure," Lei Ming estimated in his heart.

Seeing Lei Ming repel the Sea God's Halberd, Li Yue's expression changed several times. The Beaver Clan wasn't powerful, but they held a significant position in this sea area, mainly because they possessed the Sea God's Halberd. Li Yue had once used the summoned Sea God's Halberd to kill other True Immortals, but now, even with his subordinates joining forces, the summoned Sea God's Halberd was repelled by Lei Ming, who relied solely on physical strength.

"You're not human, you're a witch!" Li Yue suddenly realized something and cried out in terror.

After Li Yue finished speaking, he was about to flee. The Wu Clan was the overlord of the prehistoric continent; how could he possibly offend them? As he fled, his subordinates panicked and ran indiscriminately. Hundreds of weak sea creatures even fell to the ground in their haste, reverting to their original forms. Lei Ming glanced at them and saw that they were all small fry.

Lei Ming, of course, wouldn't let Li Yue escape. He summoned the Demon-Binding Net, which was now a genuine acquired merit-based spiritual treasure. The Demon-Binding Net emitted rays of light, which fell on Li Yue. Li Yue let out a painful howl, then transformed into a two-foot-long beaver, which was caught and brought back by the Demon-Binding Net.

"Beaver pelts are quite shiny and can be used to make clothes. I wonder if beaver meat tastes good," Lei Ming muttered to himself as he looked at Li Yue.

The beaver trapped in the demon-binding net stared at Lei Ming, its eyes filled with terror.

Lei Ming laughed heartily, and the Five Elements Divine Light flashed, sweeping the invading sea creatures into the Five Elements Space.

"What's your name?" Lei Ming released a Celestial Immortal Sea Clan member, whose cultivation level was second only to Li Yue among them.

"I... my name is Li Qiang..." the sea creature with a beaver head said tremblingly.

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you. I have a task for you..." Lei Ming said with a smile, "Your eldest prince has been captured by me. Go back and tell the Beaver King that Li Yue will stay with me for half a month. If you want him to go back, prepare a treasure that satisfies me in exchange for him. If you still haven't made a move after half a month, Li Yue may very well be turned into a leather coat by me."

"Yes, yes!" Li Qiang nodded hurriedly, feeling somewhat relieved that he hadn't revealed his true form. Li Qiang always believed that his skin was smoother than Li Yue's; if Lei Ming saw his skin, he certainly wouldn't have spared Li Yue.

"Go." Lei Ming threw Li Qiang into the sea and carried Li Yue back to Yangcheng.

Lei Ming's easy defeat of Li Yue and his sea race army greatly boosted the morale of the human race, especially those in Rainbow City. Although they had fared relatively well there for over 1000 years, they had not been immune to oppression by the sea race. Now that Lei Ming had returned, they finally felt a sense of pride and triumph.

Lei Ming released Li Qiang and returned to Yangcheng. Li Yue and the others were suppressed by Lei Ming in the Five Elements Space. As for the Sea Enchantress Blue Crystal, it naturally became Lei Ming's spoils of war and was devoured by the Five Elements Pine.

After reaching the True Immortal realm, the Five Elements Space had grown to a radius of 30,000 li, and the Five Elements Law, the Space Law, and the Time Law had all been perfected, especially the Five Elements Law. Lei Ming was confident that even if a Golden Immortal entered the Five Elements Space, he could suppress them!

The Five Elements Pine absorbed the Sea Enchantress Blue Crystal, and its Water Element Law grew considerably. In order to balance the Five Elements, Lei Ming had to reduce the Water Element Power, so that Water generates Wood, Wood generates Fire, Fire generates Earth, Earth generates Metal, and the Stone Element Law was restored to balance.

Three days later, the East Sea once again surged with enormous waves. This time, over a million sea creatures, clad in scales and wielding weapons, rode the waves and besieged Yang City. Leading the army was Li Jiao, the chieftain of the beaver tribe and their king. Li Jiao, wielding the Sea God's Halberd and riding a sea beast, stood at the forefront.

"Looks like you have a pretty high status in the Beaver Clan, your father arrived so quickly!" Lei Ming couldn't help but laugh upon receiving the news.

Li Yue snorted coldly: "Of course, I am the eldest prince of the Beaver Clan. The entire Beaver Clan royal family has many members, but I am the only one in my generation to have reached the True Immortal level. When my father abdicates in the future, I will be the king of the Beaver Clan."

"That's assuming you live to see that day," Lei Ming interrupted him. "If what your father brings doesn't satisfy me, your dream of the throne ends here."

Lei Ming led Li Yue out of Yang City, with a million human cultivators standing guard behind him. In terms of lower-to-mid-level combat strength, the humans and beavers were roughly equal, but this was the East Sea, giving the beavers the home-field advantage.

"You must be Li Jiao, the chieftain of the Beaver Clan. Enough with the nonsense, I've already brought Li Yue. Where are the treasures you brought?" Lei Ming said loudly.

Li Jiao sneered, "Kill! Today, follow me and annihilate the human race!"

"Wait!" Lei Ming exclaimed in surprise, the other party's reaction was too extreme. "Don't you want Li Yue to live?"

"As the eldest prince of my beaver clan, to be captured by your human race and still cling to life is a disgrace to my beaver clan!" said a burly beaver warrior in golden armor beside Li Jiao. He was different from other beavers, with much larger scales on his body.

"Are you really your father's son? Why do I feel like he wants to kill you?" Lei Ming looked at Li Yue strangely.

Li Yue felt utterly hopeless: "I never imagined you could be so heartless, willing to abandon me just to let Li Tong succeed to the throne!"

Lei Ming never expected that a transaction would trigger a palace intrigue drama.

There are countless races in the sea, and the beaver race is merely at the very bottom. Like the demon and witch races, the most important thing for sea races is bloodline level; the higher the bloodline level, the stronger and more prestigious they are. Weak races like the beaver race have always longed to obtain the bloodline of a stronger sea race. Li Yue's father, Li Jiao, became the king of the beaver race because he possessed a trace of dragon blood. In reality, however, this trace of his bloodline was extremely weak.

After becoming the king of the beaver tribe, Li Jiao paid a huge price to marry into a more powerful sea tribe, eventually giving birth to Li Tong. Although Li Yue was stronger, Li Jiao always believed that Li Tong was the future of the beaver tribe.

Li Jiao's lifespan is nearing its end, while Li Tong is still a celestial being and no match for Li Yue. Li Jiao had already prepared to deal with Li Yue to pave the way for Li Tong, and this incident just happened to give him that opportunity.

"I'm no longer of any use to you, just kill me." Li Yue closed his eyes, seemingly in some pain.

Lei Ming thought for a moment and then put Li Yue into the Five Elements Space.

"On the contrary, I think your value has just begun to emerge," Lei Ming thought to himself.

Li Jiao's expression remained unchanged as he watched Lei Ming's actions. He swung the Sea God Halberd, and it was as if a mountain was pressing down from the sky.

"It really is an acquired spiritual treasure."

Lei Ming's expression became much more solemn. A golden light shot out and struck the Sea God's Halberd. Ripples spread beneath the Sea God's Halberd, and the flying sword returned to Lei Ming's hand.

"My flying sword has been imbued with merit, making it a treasure of merit. However, the amount of merit is not much, and its power is only equivalent to a top-grade immortal artifact, still not comparable to an acquired spiritual treasure."

In the primordial world, magical artifacts are divided into magical tools, spiritual tools, immortal tools, acquired spiritual treasures, innate spiritual treasures, and innate supreme treasures. Immortal tools and acquired spiritual treasures may seem to differ by only one tier, but their power is actually vastly different.

Li Jiao smiled coldly. The Sea God Halberd had been worshipped by the Beaver Clan for millions of years, and its power had long surpassed that of immortal artifacts. With the Sea God Halberd in hand, he had even slain a Xuanxian!

Endless water-attribute spiritual energy condensed beneath the Sea God's Trident, forming an ocean. The waves rolled and pressed down on Lei Ming, as if the entire world was being submerged by the sea.

Lei Ming transformed into a thousand-meter-tall giant and punched the ocean, shattering a section of the sea and forming a black hole. However, the black hole was quickly filled in by the seawater.

Lei Ming was still unwilling to give up, and used his water control technique to hold up the ocean. Li Jiao snorted coldly upon seeing this; he had to admit that Lei Ming, a human, was actually superior to him, a sea creature, in water control! However, with the help of the Sea God's Halberd, which emitted rays of light, Li Jiao forced the ocean to continue its downward pressure. The seawater churned, and Lei Ming's water control technique was broken.

(End of this chapter)