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Chapter 1791: The Second Star Master Dies!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Zhao Ji's vitality was vanishing quickly…

Although he was a combat cultivator, he was helpless when faced with two heavenly dao-level powerhouses with abilities no weaker than his.

He was hit by the fox-face's God's soul at first, which froze his body's movements, and then ambushed by an archer that caught him off guard.

Not only that, the arrow was imbued with Aza's lingering Abyssal energy as well.

It devoured Zhao Ji's remaining consciousness just from that slight contamination.

The fox-face chuckled when he saw Zhao Ji die. "He fell into the trap so easily."

He merely gazed in the direction of the broken Stargazing Pavilion before ignoring Guan Yi completely. He joined the rest in besieging Wan Peng in a flash. "He's only left with less than one-third of his Odyl. Let's work together to kill him first!"

He did not bother to use voice transmission to say those words at all. The three people from the Star Cluster heard him loud and clear.

The fiend-faced masked man charged at Wan Peng after hearing that.

"You guys are shameless!" Xing Ling'er shouted in rage.

She wanted to save Wan Peng, but the person with the mask that looked like an inexperienced youth blocked her path.

"Don't try to save someone else. You can't even protect yourself."

Almost at the same time, a pitch-black arrow shot through the air, blocking Xing Ling'er's way.

It was only now that she realized that there was one more archer watching from the darkness.

If she did not handle this situation carefully, she might end up dying even before Wan Peng did.

Wan Peng instantly realized that it was a certain-death situation as he was besieged by three heavenly dao-level powerhouses on his own. The fox-faced and fiend-faced masked men surrounded him, while the man in the swollen face mask had an ability level that was no weaker than his!

"Run!" He shouted to Xing Ling'er through voice transmission directly without any hesitation.

He did not even manage to inform her of the three spies' names before his God's soul was suppressed by the fox-face's blue eyes.

At that moment, the black arrow that arrived like a god of death caught his split-second delay without hesitation and shot through the air like lightning.

However, Wan Peng's God's soul was slightly more powerful than the combat cultivator Zhao Ji. He snapped back to his senses after being briefly dazed.

He turned his head rapidly and barely escaped the sure-kill arrow.

Though he avoided having his head crushed, he did not manage to dodge the attacks from fiend-face and swollen-face.

The fiend-face's spear did not lose out to the speed of the black arrow. Almost at the same moment Wan Peng avoided the arrow, the spear penetrated his chest directly.

At the same time, the swollen-face's sword gleam cut across Wan Peng's waist.

His vitality was fading quickly, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. It turned into a bloody mist enveloping the three people in masks not far away.

Realizing that something was off, the three of them retreated frantically.

However, fiend-face was surprised when he realized that the spear that he had stabbed into Wan Peng's chest could not be removed.

Just as he was wondering whether he should let go of the spear in his hand and retreat, a chilly gleam emerged from the bloody mist.

A silver gleam shot out and landed between the fiend-face's brows directly.

The fiend-face had not expected that this person would be capable of such an attack on the verge of death.

He did not manage to dodge it at all.

A ringing sound was heard, and the silver gleam hit the mask. It merely stopped for a moment before continuing to penetrate past the mask.

However, fiend-face was a heavenly dao-level powerhouse after all. He reacted during that short moment of his mask blocking the attack.

He let go of the spear directly. At the same time, while retreating at a high speed, he covered his forehead with both palms.

A moment later, he escaped out of the bloody mist. His palms were dripping with blood, dyeing the entire mask red.

The silver gleam faded eventually.

"F*ck, I almost failed!" Fiend-face vented in rage.

"So close…" Half of Wan Peng's body fell to the ground. He knew that, were it not for the fact that he drained too much Odylic Force from summoning the Great Void Mirror earlier, he would have definitely killed that man with that attack."

Were it not for the fact that the Great Void Mirror exhausted too much of their Odylic Force, it would have been impossible for Zhao Ji to have been killed in one hit, and Guan Yi would not have been severely injured so easily…

However, all these were just "ifs".

Wan Peng was helpless. He could sense his vitally fading and his life ending.

Nevertheless, he used the last vestiges of his strength to turn his head in Xing Ling'er's direction. He spoke to her one last time through voice transmission, "Run now…"

Before he completed his message, his vitality faded away completely.

"Wan Peng!"

The two of them were less than 1,000 meters away from each other. She sensed it the moment Wan Peng died.

She released a shriek of rage.

The green saber gleam that she released out of fury forced her opponent to retreat temporarily.

However, almost at the same time, she saw the other two men arrive beside him.

She was focused instantly and secretly said to Guan Yi, who was in the collapsed building, through voice transmission directly, "Senior Brother Guan, run! Seize the opportunity since they haven't noticed you. You must spread the news about the spies! I'll buy you as much time as I can!"

She did not bother to wait for Guan Yi's response and her Kingdom descended without hesitation. She enveloped the area tens of thousands of kilometers around her.

She did not only cover the four men in masks before her, but also the archer who was hiding in the darkness as well.

"Do you think you can buy time for that man with the surname Guan just by enveloping us in your Kingdom?" The man in the inexperienced youth's mask chuckled softly.

Xing Ling'er's pupils shrunk slightly when she heard those words.

She did not expect him to see through her plan.

"It's unfortunate… You'll find out soon enough why it's futile for you to buy him time," the man added.

"I'd like to see how you guys are going to behave atrociously in my Kingdom!" Xing Ling'er scoffed.

Green gleams lit up throughout the entire Kingdom. Countless saber formations of various sizes were activated almost at the same time.

At that moment, there were green saber gleams everywhere in the entire Kingdom.

At that very second, those five people's Kingdoms descended almost at the same time!

Before Xing Ling'er could attack, her Kingdom was already trembling.

Blood was dripping from the corner of her mouth, but she was still holding it back.

"Stop trying to outdo yourself. You might have been able to live for a little longer had your Kingdom not descended. You'll only die faster by doing this. Even if we don't attack now, your Kingdom won't be able to hold on for half a minute." There was mockery in the man's tone.

If their Kingdoms were of equal strength, a Kingdom could contain another Kingdom. However, it could not interfere with the rules of the Kingdom it enveloped.

However, if a Kingdom contained two other Kingdoms of the same level, it would be taxing. It would only drain the owner of the Kingdom's Divine Power and Odyl even further.

If a Kingdom contained three other Kingdoms of the same level, it would collapse quickly. The reason being was that the three Kingdoms that were enveloped did not have to do anything, and they could crush the Kingdom they were in just by releasing their volume and weight.

Now, Xing Ling'er had enveloped five opponents of the same level at the same time by herself.

Their five Kingdoms descended at the same time. As soon as they released the volume and weight of their Kingdoms, they could crush hers like a piece of cake.

Nevertheless, Xing Ling'er wiped off the blood from the corner of her lips and scoffed. "I finally know who the five of you really are!"

Chapter 1792: Kill Me If You Dare

The expressions of those five people changed slightly when they heard her words.

Their Kingdoms each had the characteristics of their own. They were almost unique in nature.

Even if Xing Ling'er had never fought against the five of them, nor had she seen the Kingdoms of those five people before, including the veterans who had retired, there were not that many heavenly dao-level powerhouses in the Eastern Eight Zone. Even if she did not know some personally, she had definitely heard of them.

Judging by the characteristics of the five people's Kingdoms now, she guessed their real identities almost instantly.

"Two of you are even the seniors my father used to respect…" Xing Ling'er looked at swollen-face and the archer who was wearing a mask with a child's face. "You guys betrayed the universe and become slaves of an Abyssal creature. Aren't you ashamed of yourself?!"

The two people looked away from Xing Ling'er slightly.

"Xing Ling'er, we choose our own destinies and where we stand. You have your own too. Nobody is superior or inferior to another," the man in an inexperienced youth's mask explained when he saw their reaction.

"Stop wasting your breath on her." The fox-face stopped the two's argument directly, "Get it over quickly."

As soon as he said that, the five of them accelerated the expansion of their Kingdoms.

Xing Ling'er's Kingdom began to collapse quickly. She did not even manage to attack. She could only maintain the activation of her Kingdom by force.

This collapse was not referring to calling the descended Kingdom back into her body, but rather that her Kingdom was collapsing substantially.

No matter what, it was impossible for five Kingdoms to expand at the same time within a Kingdom of the same level. Meanwhile, Xing Ling'er was holding on and doing her best not to recall her Kingdom just to buy more time for Guan Yi.

It was a definite fact that her Kingdom would collapse.

As Xing Ling'er's Kingdom collapsed, her aura started fading away rapidly. Even her combat strength had signs of faltering.

A Kingdom was the cultivation foundation of powerhouses at lord-level and above lord-level. Having one's Kingdom collapse meant that their cultivation foundation was damaged, so it was normal for their combat strength to drop in tandem.

Of course, Xing Ling'er was aware of this. However, she already had the determination to sacrifice herself when she saw Zhao Ji and Wan Peng die one after the other. Naturally, she did not care whether her Kingdom collapsed and whether her combat strength fell.

At that moment, she only had one thought, which was to trap the five of them for as long as possible so that Guan Yi could run away as far as he could.

Nevertheless, she only lasted for less than a minute even though she kept her Kingdom activated with all of her might. It collapsed completely in the end as the five Kingdoms descended and expanded.

The moment Xing Ling'er's Kingdom collapsed, and when she returned to the universe, her facial expression changed drastically.

The reason being was that she sensed Guan Yi's aura had remained where it was. He had not made use of the time she bought him to run at all.

At that moment, a voice echoed casually.

"Do you know why we're not in a hurry to attack you in your Kingdom, but merely expanded our Kingdoms to make yours collapse?"

It was the man in the inexperienced youth's mask who spoke. "Because we're not worried about Guan Yi running away at all."

Xing Ling'er realized something instantly when she heard those words. Her face turned pale suddenly.

At that moment, a sigh came from the collapsed Stargazing Pavilion.

A figure walked out of the ruins. It was Guan Yi.

However, he did not look like he was badly injured at all.

"Must you guys expose my identity before her?" Guan Yi furrowed his brows slightly.

"Isn't this more interesting?" The guy who was wearing the fiend mask said and chuckled softly.

"Guan Yi… You're really a spy from the Black Abyss?!" Xing Ling'er remained in disbelief.

Seeing that Guan Yi did not answer that question right away, the fiend-face continued to speak while smiling, "Not only is he the Black Abyss' spy, he's one of the seven people who founded the Black Abyss."

"Otherwise, how would we know the exact time you guys chose to activate the Great Void Mirror this time? We managed to pull off this ambush when the three Star Masters were weakened because your Senior Brother Guan tipped us off secretly."

"Oh yeah, to prevent Zhao Ji from finding out if there were moles in Star Cluster, he even specially donned a treasure a few days ago."

"Guan Yi, I want you to answer the question!" Xing Ling'er had fury fill her face. Although she knew what that man said should be the truth, she was still unwilling. She wanted to hear the answer from Guan Yi himself.

"I'm sorry, I have my reasons." Guan Yi hesitated for a moment before admitting to it anyway.

"I'll kill you!" Xing Ling'er became frantic when she heard the answer.

She did not even care that she was badly injured from her Kingdom collapsing, and also ignored the fact that her combat strength had dropped as she wielded the long saber in her hand.

Countless green saber gleams attacked Guan Yi.

Guan Yi merely dodged instead of fighting back.

"Do you think that you're a good person just because you're not fighting back? You have the guts to turn traitor, but you don't dare to kill me?!" Xing Ling'er shrieked while attacking insanely without proper form or techniques.

"Kill me if you dare!" Xing Ling'er's curses were getting more animated, "You traitor! My dad shouldn't have adopted you back then! Ingrate, animal…"

Though that was the case, Guan Yi did not fight back anyway, nor did he argue back. He merely said to the remaining five people, "I don't want to attack her. You guys do it."

Some of them were enjoying the show, while some were just watching out of curiosity.

Seeing that the four others did nothing, fox-face scoffed. "Since you guys won't do it, allow me!"

He performed several hand seals with both hands rapidly as soon as he was done speaking. A couple of black chains shot forth at Xing Ling'er at high speed.

Xing Ling'er, who was already nearly out of her mind, did not manage to react at all, and the chains wrapped around her arms and body.

Very soon, a strange thing occurred.

Her God's soul was dragged out by the chains forcefully. It was pulling it toward the gigantic shadow above fox-face uncontrollably.

Guan Yi's expression changed slightly when he saw the shadow.

Merely a moment later, Xing Ling'er's God's soul was pulled toward the shadow. A hand grabbed onto it.

She struggled hard, but it was futile.

Guan Yi closed his eyes quietly as he observed up to this point. He no longer wanted to watch.

However, the remaining people were watching in glee.

After Xing Ling'er's God's soul was grabbed, the shadow shoved it into its mouth directly and began munching on it.

At first, Xing Ling'er's God's soul screamed in pain and devastation. However, after a few munches, only silence remained.

After swallowing Xing Ling'er, the shadow faded away quickly. It turned into black mist and penetrated fox-face's body.

Only then did Guan Yi finally open his eyes.

He glanced at Xing Ling'er's body, which was on the ground, and then turned his head to glance at Zhao Ji and Wan Peng's bodies which were not far away. His face soon turned cold again.

He stretched out his hand and put on a red devil's mask. A cold voice came from beneath the mask, "Let's go.."

Chapter 1793: Star Cluster Being Removed From the List

The Star Cluster had been attacked. Among the four Star Masters, three were dead and one was missing.

Lin Huang did not learn the explosive news from Xia Bing.

Instead, he saw it on the news the morning after it happened.

After scrolling through all sorts of gossip about it on social media platforms, he took the initiative to contact Xia Bing.

When the video call connected, Lin Huang could clearly see that she looked worried.

"I just saw the news. What exactly happened?" Lin Huang asked as soon as the video call connected.

"It's just as the news reported. Three of Star Cluster's Star Masters died, and one is missing. Nobody knows if he's dead or alive," Xia Bing told him the truth rather helplessly.

"Can you tell me the details?" Lin Huang continued to ask.

"The four Star Masters gathered yesterday. They must've done so to summon the Great Void Mirror in order to find out who the Black Abyss' spies were. The people from the Black Abyss likely attacked them after they awakened the Great Void Mirror. As awakening the Great Void Mirror drains a large amount of Odylic Force, the few Star Masters who used the mirror would be in a weakened state. Therefore, the heavenly dao-level powerhouses from the Black Abyss seized the opportunity to kill them."

"Did those few Star Masters manage to send over any messages?" Lin Huang asked more.

"Not that I know of." Xia Bing shook her head. "Since the people from the Black Abyss were prepared to kill them, they must've shielded messages from being sent out to prevent the investigation results from the Great Void Mirror from leaking out."

"Killing them while taking advantage of their weakened state, as well as preventing information about their spies from leaking out. That's a great plan that kills two birds with one stone." Lin Huang squinted his eyes.

"Are the bodies and Kingdoms of the three Star Masters who died intact?" Lin Huang asked again.

"Their bodies are intact, but one of their Kingdoms is gone." Xia Bing glanced at Lin Huang and answered anyway.

"So the Star Master who is missing should be the Black Abyss' spy…" Lin Huang mumbled to himself softly.

"Not necessarily. Perhaps he's been captured alive." In reality, Xia Bing guessed the same as well, but she was unwilling to believe that it was the truth.

"If I was the ambusher, I would definitely take the bodies with me instead of leaving them behind. After all, heavenly dao-level powerhouses' bodies and Kingdoms can be traded for a couple of exotic treasures. The bodies remaining intact proves that someone is feeling guilty about his betrayal," Lin Huang spoke of his speculation.

"Can it be that they left the bodies behind on purpose to indicate their stance?" Xia Bing asked.

"It'd be very obvious if they wanted to indicate their stance. There would be clear signs left behind on the scene so that people could tell from a glance that it was done by the Black Abyss." Lin Huang shook his head. "From the images of the scene shared on the internet, I didn't see any signs like that left behind."

"If he's really running away due to the betrayal, there's no need for him to disappear like that, right? Doesn't his absence mean that he's basically admitting that he's a spy from the Black Abyss?" Xia Bing was still unwilling to believe that Guan Yi was a traitor.

"If he stayed, how could he explain the three Star Masters being killed? Also, as the only survivor, wouldn't the remaining six organizations suspect him and investigate him anyway? If he stayed, it would only be a matter of time before his identity as a spy was exposed. Unless he's really not a spy and doesn't mind being investigated by the six organizations in order to clear his name."

"Also, to him, it was the best opportunity to escape. He wouldn't be able to run even if he wanted to when Royal and the other organizations started to investigate him." Lin Huang thought that the fact that the person was missing was basically tantamount to him admitting to being a spy.

"Could it be a set-up done by people from the Black Abyss to make us think that he's a spy?" Xia Bing still did not want to give up and spoke of the last possibility she could think of.

"I don't think that's necessary." However, Lin Huang shook his head to deny that possibility. "Star Cluster no longer having any heavenly dao-level powerhouses is equivalent to them being removed from the ranks of the seven grade-SSS organizations in the Eastern Eight Zone directly. Who that missing Star Master is exactly, or whether he's alive or not, is no longer important to the remaining six organizations. There's no substantial meaning in assuming that he's a spy."

Xia Bing could not find any other explanations to refute him after hearing his reply.

"Now that the Star Cluster has no more Star Masters, is there anyone else who can use the Great Void Mirror?" Lin Huang asked again after a moment of silence.

"No. Only the four Star Masters were at heavenly dao-level in Star Cluster. At least two to three Star Masters would need to work together to activate the Great Void Mirror each time. There's nobody who can activate it now." Xia Bing shook her head, feeling helpless.

"Can't the heavenly dao-level powerhouses from other organizations use it?" Lin Huang asked again.

"The Great Void Mirror is a treasure. It has a consciousness and a level of intelligence equal to our own. It stayed in Star Cluster because it was a relic of the first-generation Star Master's father. Apart from the people from Star Cluster, other heavenly dao-level powerhouses can't activate it, let alone use it. If they want to use it by force, they'd have to be dominator-level at least," Xia Bing explained while shaking her head.

"Which means that it's basically impossible to find out who the spies are within the remaining six grade-SSS organizations." Although Lin Huang said that, he was thinking about the possibility of him activating the Great Void Mirror.

After all, his current level of ability had far surpassed heavenly dao-level.

"That's right. This is basically a dead-end." Xia Bing shook her head, feeling helpless. "We can only wait and see if the remaining six organizations have any solutions."

"How's Star Cluster doing?" Lin Huang suddenly asked.

"It's in turmoil. There are even many people who are thinking of leaving. The rest of the organizations are coveting Star Cluster's territory. Maintaining a grade-SS organization aside, I guess we might even lose our grade-S status in a few months," Xia Bing told the truth with a helpless look on her face.

"What do you plan to do next?" Lin Huang continued to ask.

"It's pretty pointless for me to stay in Star Cluster. There's nothing that I can do if I stay, so I'm thinking of heading to Snow Kingdom. I have a friend there," Xia Bing hesitated and decided to tell Lin Huang anyway.

"I think it'd be better if you stayed with Star Cluster. The current Star Cluster is the safest place in the entire Eastern Eight Zone." Lin Huang provided her with a different suggestion directly.

"On one hand, Star Cluster is no longer a threat to the Black Abyss, and you guys can longer participate in the fight among heavenly dao-level powerhouses. On the other hand, the Black Abyss' ambushes won't stop here. Ambushing Star Cluster is only the beginning. The Eastern Eight Zone will become more and more chaotic, especially for the remaining six grade-SSS organizations, who will become the primary targets of the Black Abyss' ambushes."

"You going to Snow Kingdom will only put yourself in greater danger. If you stay with Star Cluster, although other organizations would harass you guys, the level of threat is way lower than facing those people from the Black Abyss directly."

"Do you think my level of ability isn't powerful enough to participate in the battle against those people from the Black Abyss?" Xia Bing was a little pissed.

"What I mean is that, before the Black Abyss shows themselves, don't put yourself in their field of vision. I'm not asking you to watch from the sidelines when the war officially begins." Lin Huang added after that, "Before the war starts, try your best to elevate your ability as much as you can. The more powerful your ability is, the longer you can survive on the battlefield.."

Chapter 1794: Half-step Dominator

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After hanging up on Xia Bing, Lin Huang fell into deep thought.

Initially, he thought he would move on with his own initiatives after Xia Bing released the outcome of the investigation on the spies.

Never had he thought that this would be the outcome after he had planned everything.

Even he had to admit that the Black Abyss executed this scheme perfectly.

Not only did they solve the problem of having their spies exposed, they even managed to remove the threat of a grade-SSS organization.

The seven organizations in the Eastern Eight Zone were now only six.

However, Lin Huang knew that it was just beginning.

Judging by the current situation, the Black Abyss had yet to develop to their peak, but already had the ability to put an end to a grade-SSS organization.

As they recruited and gathered more Raiders and members from other organizations, they would only grow more powerful.

Meanwhile, getting Star Cluster removed from the ranks of the grade-SSS organizations in the Eastern Eight Zone was an impressive feat for the Black Abyss.

Although this battle would attract the attention of many powerful organizations, and alert them to the existence of the Black Abyss, to Lin Huang, their success would attract more subversive people to join them and cause them to grow rapidly.

Not only that, he had a feeling that preventing their spies from being exposed might not be the primary reason behind why the Black Abyss acted so radically.

A few days later, the deaths of the Star Cluster's Star Masters were no longer trending on the internet.

Most of the cultivators who loved to gossip had gone on with their lives.

Only a small number of top organizations began to gather information about the Black Abyss through various channels.

Even some of the star zones around the Eastern Eight Zone put their guards up regarding the Black Abyss. Many organizations began to investigate their own members.

Meanwhile, Lin Huang had finally received the results from the auction.

He received over 2,000 minor dao-level Kingdoms and some 800 major dao-level Kingdoms for the over 18,000 minor dao-level monster carcasses, and over 11,000 major dao-level monster carcasses, as well as some miscellaneous items.

The reason why the trade ratio was so low was because Lin Huang requested that all of the Kingdoms had to be complete with living beings inside.

The reason being was that he would gain more Dao seals unsealed only when there were Lords, or even dao-level powerhouses, in the Kingdom.

In reality, Lin Huang had set the trade to be opened to different zones. The members of other organizations in the Eastern Eight Zone aside from Royal could also participate in the auction. The reason being was that he knew from the very beginning that he required a large amount of Kingdoms. The internal members of Royal would not have sufficient stock at all.

That was how he finally received the final auction results after over half a month.

As soon as Lin Huang obtained the Kingdoms, he entered the virtual realm without hesitation and went into closed-door cultivation.

He had no idea how many years he spent in the virtual realm during this closed-door cultivation session.

Nevertheless, he was rather satisfied with the growth in his level of ability.

The over 2,000 minor dao-level Kingdoms unsealed close to 800,000 Dao seals for him. Over 350 million Dao seals were added to his Kingdom.

The over 800 major dao-level Kingdoms unsealed over 70 million Dao seals. He increased the number of Dao seals in his Kingdom by 2.2 billion.

Up to this point, Lin Huang had personally gathered 96.28 million Dao seals, while he had over three billion Dao seals in his Kingdom.

What Lin Huang found unbelievable was that although he had consolidated close to a hundred million Dao seals, he had yet to see or feel his limit.

It was even more ridiculous when it came to his Kingdom. It contained over three billion Dao seals, but had yet to reach its saturation point as well.

What he felt was a pity was that, although his ability had increased significantly, the closed-door cultivation session did not result in any transformation of the God Weapons in his body.

What pained Lin Huang even more was that the closed-door cultivation session had almost exhausted him of his spoils. He could almost be considered a poor man if he excluded the necessities he had on him.

"I must think of a way to make money again…" Once again, Lin Huang felt the pains of being poor.

After concealing his aura as much as he could, he left the virtual realm.

The moment his virtual body faded, his consciousness returned to his body. He clearly sensed how powerful he was.

As he was feeling and examining the changes his body had gone through, he suddenly felt a unique sense probing him.

He spread out his Divine Telekinesis without hesitation. It shot forth through the air.

Suddenly, he entered an unknown dimension.

There was nothing there except a giant face with different appearances that were constantly changing.

The face almost covered the entire world.

Sometimes 'It' was a child. At other times, 'It' was an adult man, a lady, or some other creature.

"You can see me?" The giant face asked Lin Huang with a slightly shocked expression.

"It would be ridiculous if I didn't notice such a big face." Lin Huang, who was in his Divine Telekinesis form, looked rather helpless. He could sense that the giant face had no ill intentions, but he did not know what kind of entity 'It' was exactly.

He could only sense that 'It' was extremely powerful. It might even be more powerful than he was.

"Were you watching me?" Lin Huang asked again, realizing that the giant face was observing him curiously and had said nothing.

"I sensed your aura, so I took a peek," the giant face explained, feeling embarrassed.

"My name's Lin Huang, a human." Lin Huang took the initiative to introduce himself. "Are you a creature of this universe?"

Lin Huang was quite curious about the giant face's identity.

"I'm not a creature. I'm Heavenly Dao," the giant face explained.

"Heavenly Dao?" Lin Huang was slightly stunned, but instantly understood 'Its' identity.

"I'm the Heavenly Dao of this universe or, in another form of address, I am the consciousness of the universe." The giant face thought about it and added, "You can see me as the universe. After all, my relationship with the universe is almost the same as the relationship between humans' consciousness and their physical bodies."

In reality, even without having 'It's' explanation, Lin Huang had already learned some information about Heavenly Dao from Qian Shisan.

The Heavenly Dao of the chaotic cosmos was different from the Heavenly Dao in a heavenly dao-level powerhouse's Kingdom in their body.

The Heavenly Dao in a heavenly dao-level powerhouse's body was man-made, a combination of the consolidated Dao seals inside their Kingdom.

To be exact, it was a tool a heavenly dao-level powerhouse made to control the Kingdom in their body perfectly by imitating the chaotic cosmos' Heavenly Dao.

Meanwhile, the chaotic cosmos' Heavenly Dao was what it had been born with.

Since the Heavenly Dao was born, 'It' had consciousness of its own.

All living chaotic cosmoses would possess Heavenly Dao, no matter whether they were powerful or weak.

Lin Huang also learned from Qian Shisan's information that all dominator-level powerhouses would integrate with the Heavenly Dao's nature, which was done by communicating with the chaotic cosmos' Heavenly Dao to integrate with their own Heavenly Dao.

At that moment, Lin Huang had many thoughts running through his mind.

"In reality, this wasn't the first time I peeked at you," Heavenly Dao suddenly added, "I noticed you before you even came to the universe."

"Before I came to the universe?" Lin Huang was quite confused.

"That's right, while you were still in the great world," Heavenly Dao smiled and said, "Your energy fluctuations happened to reach the point where I could sense them. I peeked because I thought your energy fluctuations were unique."

Lin Huang suddenly recalled feeling a strange sense of probing at the time he reached the limit of lord-level during the closed-door cultivation session in the great world. However, it was only that one time. He had thought that it was an illusion.

"I've been watching you secretly since you came to the universe. Not only that, I realized that I'm getting more and more attracted to your aura. The feeling is somewhat like… butterflies being attracted to the fragrance of flowers…"

Lin Huang's expression turned weird as he listened up to this point.

"That aura came from your Kingdom. I have a faint feeling that I will gain an unprecedented opportunity to transform if I integrate with your Kingdom…"

Lin Huang was a little excited when he heard that.

He could not believe that Heavenly Dao would take the initiative to integrate with his Kingdom!

"However, I haven't thought it through, on whether I really want to do it or not, because I'm not sure what will happen after the integration…"

What Heavenly Dao said calmed down Lin Huang's excitement.

He fell into silence for a moment before speaking up again. He did not urge 'It'. Instead, he nodded to indicate that he understood Heavenly Dao's hesitation.

"It's alright. After all, this matter involves your future. Take your time to consider. I can accept it no matter what the outcome is."

"Thanks for your understanding." Heavenly Dao's giant face revealed a kind smile.

"I have a question. Is my current Kingdom powerful enough to perform the integration? Or do I need to become more powerful?" Lin Huang could not help but ask a question.

"It's powerful enough. Although your Kingdom isn't the most powerful one I've ever seen, it's growing continuously… This is what attracts me." Heavenly Dao nodded with determination.

"I have another question. You should know the strength of my true ability. Do you think my aura has reached the standard of dominator-level?" This was what Lin Huang was eager to find out.

His cultivation method was different from others, which caused him to not have a benchmark or reference that he could compare himself to.

Heavenly Dao smiled as 'It' answered when 'It' heard that question.

"You're still far from dominator-level. A legitimate dominator-level is a supreme powerhouse who has mastered the power of an entire chaotic cosmos at least. You're somewhere between heavenly dao-level and dominator-level at most now. You can almost… be considered to be a half-step Dominator."

Although the answer was not what Lin Huang wanted to hear, he had at least gained an objective understanding of his ability now.

After the two chatted for a little while, Lin Huang tried to obtain some information about the Black Abyss from Heavenly Dao, but he was denied any information.

Heavenly Dao's reason for rejection was simple. 'It' did not want to interfere with anyone's destiny in the universe. It indicated directly that Lin Huang had to solve this with the Eastern Eight Zone and the organizations in the universe.

Watching Heavenly Dao fading away on 'Its' own, Lin Huang's Divine Telekinesis form returned to his physical body.

"So I'm only at half-step dominator-level? Seems like I'm still not powerful enough!"

Chapter 1795: Move

After communicating with Heavenly Dao, Lin Huang was finally clear about the level of his ability.

He also found out that he did not actually have to use the standard heavenly dao-level cultivation method at all. All he had to do was to follow his current method and refine more Kingdoms.

In order to have further substantial breakthroughs, he would need to integrate a chaotic cosmos.

Moreover, his Kingdom could integrate a chaotic cosmos directly. There was no need to do what most heavenly dao-level powerhouses had to go through.

The reason why other cultivators needed to experience that was because their Kingdoms were not powerful enough.

They could only choose to use another method, which was to collide, integrate and rebuild their ten Kingdoms in order to transform their Kingdoms and make them powerful enough to integrate the chaotic cosmos.

Lin Huang's Kingdom was powerful enough to integrate the chaotic cosmos directly.

He was even sure that, if he integrated a chaotic cosmos now, he could elevate himself to dominator-level right away.

He did not urge the universe's Heavenly Dao to integrate with him.

The reason being was that, to him, both sides had to be willing parties for the integration to happen.

He did not want to force Heavenly Dao to do something that it had yet to fully think through.

On the other hand, the universe's chaotic cosmos was never the only option Lin Huang had.

He would leave the universe in the future and head into the chaotic ocean. There were countless chaotic cosmoses there to choose from.

Moreover, he learned how to leave the universe from Heavenly Dao.

Lin Huang looked at the sky outside the window as his Divine Telekinesis returned to his body.

He sensed that the projection of Sovereign Xuan's Kingdom had become weak. He even felt that he could break it apart by simply using his finger.

In reality, the strength of Sovereign Xuan's aura did not change. However, to Lin Huang, it no longer presented a threat to his current self.

He fell into deep thought for a moment after looking away. He then called Bloody.

Barely a moment passed before Bloody accepted the video call request.

"You've left closed-door cultivation?" Bloody asked as soon as the video call was connected.

"Yes, I have." Lin Huang nodded while smiling. "I've become poor again."

"Do you need me to transfer the funds?" Bloody asked immediately.

"No need. Your funds are just a drop in the bucket to me." Lin Huang smiled and shook his head before asking, "How is the gathering of information about the universe coming along?"

"We've gathered all the public information. Yang Ling even infiltrated some of the organizations' internal information databases and collected some private information. However, just to be careful, he didn't touch the grade-SS and grade-SSS organizations. After all, the top-grade organizations in the universe might have powerhouses who possess something similar to a Goldfinger."

"We can try infiltrating the grade-SS and grade-SSS organizations. I'll handle things if we really end up offending them," Lin Huang said almost without any hesitation.

"Sure. I'll tell Yang Ling that." Bloody knew that since Lin Huang had said that, it showed that he had enough confidence in his ability.

"Get Yang Ling to watch out for information about the Black Abyss and the Raiders. Let me know as soon as he obtains any information about them," Lin Huang added.

To him, the Black Abyss and the Raiders were targets that had to be removed. Not only that, killing their members would provide him massive amounts of useful spoils.

"I'll tell him that too." Bloody nodded.

"Find out for me which mystic territories, dao-level ruins or other secret lands will be opening as well. Everything from minor dao-level to heavenly dao-level, sort them out for me according to when they will open. The more detailed, the better." Lin Huang gave Bloody another mission.

"In the Eastern Eight Zone or…"

Lin Huang answered before Bloody could finish asking, "The entire universe."

"Got it. I'll send the information to you after I've sorted them out." Bloody nodded and took the initiative to ask, "Should I send you live updates of the remaining six organizations' movements?"

"Do that too." Lin Huang thought about it and nodded.

"Also… I think Royal isn't very safe now. That Sovereign Xuan is one of the Black Abyss' main targets. Should we move out of Dongxuan City for the time being to prevent unnecessary conflict?"

Lin Huang thought for a moment when he heard Bloody's suggestion. He nodded. "We can move out. After all, I won't be always guarding this place. I will be entering mystic territories and other secret lands occasionally. I can't guarantee everyone's safety during that time. However, the entire Eastern Eight Zone is in turmoil now. There doesn't seem to be a place that's absolutely safe…"

"I have a pretty great option," Bloody said while smiling.

"Do tell." Lin Huang raised his brows.

"I think the safest place in the entire Eastern Eight Zone now is Star Cluster's core residential area," Bloody voiced her opinion with a smile. "Although Star Cluster has no Star Masters now, they've been removed from the Black Abyss' list of targets. Even if they are in a turmoil internally, and other forces might be fighting for their territory, their core residential area is definitely safe for the time being. No matter how much chaos there is among their higher-ups, it wouldn't affect the residential area too much. Moreover, no matter how many external forces are fighting for their territory, they won't be able to claim the core residential area."

"I said something similar to Xia Bing from Star Cluster previously." Lin Huang did not expect that Bloody would have the same thoughts as he did. "It's a great choice to move to Star Cluster. Xia Bing can protect you guys while I'm away."

In reality, he had just been considering whether to put Bloody and everyone from the Sword Alliance into his body directly during this period of time. However, if he did that, Yang Ling and the rest's information gathering operations would have to be halted temporarily.

Without Yang Ling and Bloody's help, Lin Huang would have to do everything himself. His efficiency would drop significantly.

After all, no matter how powerful a person was, collaborative work conducted by a team was far better in many aspects.

Lin Huang thought about it and realized that Bloody's suggestion was the best choice.

The Sword Alliance would continue to operate in a different place. The various trades would go on, as well as the information gathering operations. Bloody and the rest could provide Lin Huang with any help he needed any time.

"I'll tell Sword 1 and the rest about the move. You'll be in charge then."

Bloody initially thought that she would need some time to convince Lin Huang. She thought he might even reject the suggestion. She had not thought that things would move along so smoothly.

After the two came to an agreement, Lin Huang began to chat about daily life, "How are Bai and the rest doing? Have they contacted you?"

"They shouldn't have encountered any troubles. They've basically been asking for some information every time they contacted me. I reminded them about what happened to Star Cluster a few days back. I told them that the Eastern Eight Zone is in chaos recently and told them to stay watchful," Bloody said with a calm expression on her face.

Lin Huang nodded lightly. Judging by the cards' condition, his imperial monsters were safe at the moment.

In reality, he was eager to toss them into the Kingdom in his body so that they could cultivate in the 10,000 times accelerated timeflow environment.

The problem was that the most powerful cultivator in his Kingdom was only at minor dao-level. It was not challenging enough at all for his imperial monsters that were already at major dao-level now.

He could only let them seek challenges in the universe on their own.

Bloody left after they chatted for a little while longer.

Within half an hour, Lin Huang received the information that Bloody had sorted through..

Chapter 1796: Frequently Appearing Mystic Territories

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"On 28th December, a mystic territory is estimated to open in the Eastern 23 Zone. Strength of the mystic territory: Major dao-level. Jurisdiction: Agency Zero, a grade-SSS organization in the Eastern 23 Zone…"

"On 13th January, a mystic territory is estimated to open in the Southern 61 Zone. Strength of the mystic territory: Suspected to be heavenly dao-level. Jurisdiction: Under the collective jurisdiction of six grade-SSS organizations in the Southern 61 Zone…"

"On 30th January, a mystic territory is estimated to open in the Northern 58 Zone. Strength of the mystic territory: Minor dao-level. Jurisdiction: None (The mystic territory will open in a barren land)…"

"On 14th February, a mystic territory is estimated to open in the Western 119 Zone. Strength of the mystic territory: Major dao-level…"

…

"The dates follow the Universe Calendar. Converting it to Dongxuan City's local time, a mystic territory in the nearest Eastern 23 Zone will open in three days."

"The appearances of mystic territories are too frequent…" Lin Huang was pretty shocked to see the list that Bloody had sorted through.

The entire list included almost all of the mystic territories, ruins and other types of secret zones that were opening within the next three years. There were a total of 113 of them.

Meanwhile, among the 113, 105 were regarding the opening of mystic territories.

Mystic territories occupied over 90% of the list.

Lin Huang could even clearly see the obvious trend of the accelerated openings of mystic territories.

At first, there would be one every half a month. However, in the second year, that interval shrunk to 11 to 12 days. In the third year, the interval was shortened even further to approximately a week.

There would be mystic territories appearing in the universe almost every week from then on.

Some had appeared before, while many others were newly formed foggy areas that had never been opened before.

Lin Huang could not help but frown slightly after browsing through the list.

He suddenly thought of what White Brow had said—that the mystic territories were just bubbles in Aza's dreams. The higher the frequency of mystic territories appearing, the sooner Aza would be awakened.

At first, he thought that White Brow had just been trying to scare him.

However, after meeting Qian Shisan and learning of the existence of dominator-level, he believed even more that Aza really existed, especially since his own ability had surpassed heavenly dao-level.

He even suspected that this Aza was a powerhouse at dominator-level rank-4 at the very least. He might be even more powerful.

If Aza was an existence that had mastered thousands, or even tens of thousands of chaotic cosmoses, his dreams might be able to create dimensions like the mystic territories.

When Lin Huang thought about the fact that such an existence would be waking up soon, he felt the level of pressure on his shoulders increase.

He was the Black Abyss' enemy, and that very same Black Abyss had such a big boss behind them.

Although Qian Shisan mentioned that an existence of Aza's level would not concern himself with a minor organization like the Black Abyss, Lin Huang had a faint feeling that he would end up meeting Aza sooner or later.

After he got rid of the insecurities in his mind, he began to plan out his schedule quickly.

"28th December. The mystic territory in the Eastern 23 Zone will open three days from now. I don't think I'll make it in time if I submit my application to Agency Zero now. Seems like I'll have to see if I can sneak in instead…"

"13th January. The mystic territory in the Southern 61 Zone is suspected to be at heavenly dao-level. I must enter this one! Judging by the aura fluctuations described in the document, even if it's not a heavenly dao-level mystic territory, there is definitely a lot of good stuff inside. It'll only open half a month later, so I still have time to apply. I'll just do that first, regardless of whether or not the application will be approved. If I'm denied access, I'll just sneak in…"

"30th January. The mystic territory in the Northern 58 Zone is only at minor dao-level. I can skip this one and stay in the mystic territory in the Southern 61 Zone for half a month longer."

"I can go to the one in the Western 119 Zone that'll open on 14th February after getting out of the one in the Southern 61 Zone. I'll have one day to rest to buy some materials…"

Lin Huang marked down all of the secret lands that he wanted to enter. He basically only chose major dao-level and heavenly dao-level secret lands. He only picked out two minor dao-level secret lands. The reason being was that there were really no major dao-level and heavenly dao-level secret lands opening during that period of time.

He picked 46 out of the 113 secret lands on the list.

Among them were 41 major dao-level secret lands, three heavenly dao-level secret lands as well as a secret land that was suspected to be at heavenly dao-level. The remaining two were minor dao-level secret lands.

His schedule was almost packed full for the entire three years.

Although he might not be able to enter all of them, it was better to plan it all out in advance.

As soon as he finished planning his schedule, Lin Huang contacted Bloody again.

He got her to apply for the permits to enter the 42 secret lands he picked out.

Apart from the mystic territory in the Eastern 23 Zone, which would open in three days, as well as the few mystic territories that were in the zones that were not being administered, which would not require an application, Lin Huang got Bloody to submit the applications to the governing forces of the 42 secret lands.

Naturally, he applied using his Royal identity in the Eastern Eight Zone.

Lin Huang thought that he would disguise himself as a minor dao-level cultivator and enter as an official member of Royal if his permit was approved.

If he was denied a permit, he would sneak in. He would sneak into the secret land when it opened.

After all, it was quite impossible for him to be exposed if he hid himself in the presence of heavenly dao-level powerhouses given his current level of ability.

If there were half-step dominator-level powerhouses present who could sense his existence, he would ask permission to enter shamelessly. They would be unlikely to give him the cold shoulder and reject him.

There were no dominator-level powerhouses in the universe after all. The most powerful ones were probably the few half-step Dominators who had failed to elevate to dominator-level.

Lin Huang also believed that no half-step Dominators would simply offend other half-step dominator-level powerhouses for no reason.

"There's nothing that can't be solved with shamelessness." Lin Huang smirked.

Two days after Bloody submitted the applications, they received the responses one after the other.

Among the 42 applications, 28 were directly approved, 12 were rejected, while two were still pending a response. They only responded that they had never received an application from the Eastern Eight Zone before and that they did not know much about Royal, so they needed some time to consider the application.

What pissed off Lin Huang a little bit was that the governing organization of the mystic territory that was suspected to be at heavenly dao-level in the Southern 61 Zone had denied his application.

The reason they gave was that it was the first time that the mystic territory was opening, and that it was of high grade. There were sufficient applicants from the Southern 61 Zone, so they rejected all of the applicants from other zones.

However, they mentioned that if it was opened again in the future, they welcomed the other zones to submit their applications.

Although they were polite with their response, Lin Huang was dissatisfied with it.

"Since you guys won't let me in, I'll sneak in!" Lin Huang pouted. "No matter what, I'm definitely entering this mystic territory!"

Chapter 1797: Entering A Mystic Territory Again

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

In Year 401802021 of the New Era, 28th December on the Universe Calendar, six grade-SSS organizations, 18 grade-SS organizations and 42 grade-S organizations gathered in the Eastern 23 Zone early in the morning.

They gathered because the major dao-level mystic territory before them was about to open.

Lin Huang hid in the darkness and observed everything silently.

Among the over 60 organizations, the six grade-SSS organizations were clearly the most powerful.

Their leaders were four major dao-level powerhouses, of which two of them were peak major dao-level cultivators who had mastered over 800,000 Dao seals.

Lin Huang glanced through the 24 people and then spotted the guy who he had hypnotized to ask about the mystic territory's coordinates last night. He could not help but smirk.

Apart from major dao-level powerhouses, each minor dao-level team comprised a standard 200 people. There was not one extra, and not one less. There were 1,000 people in each of the lord-level teams.

Meanwhile, the 18 grade-SS organizations only had one major dao-level powerhouse leading them. Most of them only had some 40 minor dao-level powerhouses, with only two organizations having 50 minor dao-level powerhouses. He could tell that 50 was the limit for each team. Meanwhile, there were 300 to 400 Lords who participated. Lin Huang guessed their limit should be 500 people.

For the grade-S organizations, their leaders were two minor dao-level powerhouses. However, they had a similar number of Lords with the grade-SS organizations, which was about 300 to 400 Lords.

Lin Huang could tell from the participants that the people from the Eastern 23 Zone were much more radical than the people from the Eastern Eight Zone.

They dared to bring so many people to explore an unfamiliar mystic territory that was opening for the first time.

It was unknown whether this was due to the cultivators from that zone being brave or because many had been forced to participate due to the pressure from the higher-ups of their organizations.

Naturally, Lin Huang only thought about such things. Such matters had nothing to do with him.

He had come here just to sneak into the mystic territory. He would leave after killing many major dao-level powerhouses.

He would only stay for half a month at most in this mystic territory. The reason being was that he would have to go to the heavenly dao-level mystic territory next.

The fog covering the mystic territory had finally faded a little after 10 am…

The organizations began to bring their teams inside in an orderly manner.

The six grade-SSS organizations entered first, followed by the grade-SS organizations, and finally the grade-S organizations.

Lin Huang disguised his aura as a minor dao-level cultivator and sneaked in after almost everyone from the grade-S organizations had entered.

He was finally relieved when he saw the sky above him after being teleported into the mystic territory.

In reality, before coming in, he was a little worried that the mystic territory would discover his real combat strength or sense something unusual and deny his entry.

After all, speaking of his current ability, he was already a half-step dominator-level powerhouse.

Fortunately, his cultivation method was different from other heavenly dao-level cultivators. He did not possess the aura of a heavenly dao-level cultivator, making his disguises as minor dao-level and major dao-level cultivators much easier.

Not only that, there were the God Weapons that were treasures shielding his aura.

With those two safeguards, he managed to deceive the mystic territory's recognition system and entered safely.

However, Lin Huang knew that he had only passed the first stage.

The number of Dao seals he would use in this mystic territory later on had to be the limit of major dao-level at most. If he went beyond that, the lightest consequence would be him being expelled from the mystic territory. The mystic territory might even collapse.

"I can only use a million Dao seals, but that should be sufficient." Even if he had to control the number of Dao seals he would use, Lin Huang had absolute confidence in his ability. "I should adjust the strength of my Divine Telekinesis as well…"

It was a mystic territory that had opened for the very first time. There was no map at all.

Therefore, the first thing the explorers did after entering the mystic territory was to basically use all sorts of probing techniques apart from Divine Telekinesis to search their surrounding environment and the distribution of monsters.

The reason they were not using Divine Telekinesis to probe was because most mystic territories had suppressed the probing range of Divine Telekinesis. Not only that, anyone using Divine Telekinesis to probe would be easily detected by the local monsters, which would attract danger.

However, Lin Huang did not have that concern. He spread out his Divine Telekinesis directly.

The reason why he used Divine Telekinesis was because Divine Telekinesis was the most comprehensive method and the probing technique which could probe the furthest. Moreover, he was not worried in the slightest that monsters would besiege him.

Lin Huang spread out his Divine Telekinesis directly, but he did not release it at full strength. He was only probed using the strength of minor dao-level.

At first, his Divine Telekinesis was only at minor dao-level, with the strength of having mastered over 3,000 Dao seals. He used this level of strength for a couple of seconds before increasing it to the level of one who had mastered 4,000 Dao seals. He did that for a couple of seconds again and then increased the level of strength again. He increased the level of strength of his Divine Telekinesis to the standard of having mastered 5,000 Dao seals… He kept repeating this process by adding 1,000 Dao seals each time.

When he increased it to the level of strength of a person who had mastered 10,000 Dao seals, he began to increase it by 10,000 Dao seals each time. He finally stopped the test when he reached 100,000 Dao seals.

Within a short period of one minute, he had adjusted the strength of his Divine Telekinesis perfectly. It was so accurate that each Dao seal would change the strength of his Divine Telekinesis as well as change its probing range.

After that, Lin Huang increased his Divine Telekinesis to the standard of having mastered one million Dao seals, as well as releasing the full extent of his probing range.

Instantly, he had scanned the entire level of the mystic territory.

From the scan, he discovered that this mystic territory had almost the same structure as the Abyss.

The entire level was filled with minor dao-level monsters.

There were no Lords, nor were there any major dao-level monsters.

He appeared at a volcanic crater in a flash.

He sensed a more powerful aura being released faintly from the volcano.

He knew that it should be the entrance to the next level.

He leapt inside without hesitation.

He fell into the lava crater directly.

Lin Huang found something strange as soon as he fell into the lava.

It was no ordinary lava, but more like an ocean of Odyl compounded from 18,000 fire element Dao seals.

If a powerhouse weaker than major dao-level came in, it would mean death as soon as they touched the lava.

Lin Huang dove all the way in. As expected, he soon saw skeletons. The lower he went, the more skeletons there were. Most of them were skeletons of various monsters. There were also a couple that were clearly outsiders.

Those monster skeletons were clearly monsters from the level where the minor dao-level monsters were. They had wanted to travel to the next level through here, but had ended up staying in the lava forever.

Lin Huang was stunned when he saw the few skeletons of the outsiders. Subsequently, he quickly realized what had happened.

Although this mystic territory had opened in the universe for the first time, it had to have landed in other chaotic cosmoses before. Therefore, there were outsiders who had died here.

Lin Huang's Divine Telekinesis transformed into threads, collecting those skeletons along the way.

The storage rings and Kingdoms of those skeletons had definitely been ruined by the lava, but he could still trade these bones for resources when he got out.

Chapter 1798: The Hunt Begins

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Traveling through the thousands of meters of Odylic Lava, Lin Huang finally saw a Dimensional Whirlpool at the bottom of the volcano.

He stepped into it. The next second, he found himself in another world directly.

There was no sun in the dim skies. There were only some stars.

There was a faint rancid smell that lingered in the air.

"As I thought. It's the rancid smell of the Abyss." Lin Huang wrinkled his nose.

He was familiar with this smell since he had been to the Abyss many times.

After glancing around and observing his surroundings for a little while, he spread out his Divine Telekinesis directly.

This time, he controlled it accurately. It was exactly at the limit of major dao-level.

His Divine Telekinesis spread out like a ripple, scanning through the entire level of the mystic territory instantly.

Although the Divine Telekinesis' strength was at the limit of major dao-level in terms of probing, as his God Weapons came with a concealing effect, nobody noticed his actions at all.

Local monsters aside, even those major dao-level explorers from the Eastern 23 Zone did not notice him at all.

Within a short span of time, Lin Huang obtained an overview of the entire level of the mystic territory.

This level was categorized into four layers.

The innermost layer was an irregular zone that was shaped somewhat like a circle. There were monsters that had mastered over 800,000 Dao seals in there.

Lin Huang called this layer the 'core' layer.

There was a zone that looked like a ring covering the core layer.

He called that the 'inner' layer.

Another ring-like layer covered the inner layer. The monsters in there had mastered 300,000 to 500,000 Dao seals.

He called it the 'surface' layer.

Outside the surface layer was another ring-like zone. Its size was the largest, but the ability of the monsters here was the weakest. They had mastered between 100,000 to 300,000 Dao seals.

Lin Huang called this layer the 'superficial' layer.

He also noticed that he was currently located at the southeastern point of the superficial layer.

"The most optimal route now is to go all the way north…" He soon came up with a plan regarding his route. "There's actually no need for me to actively hunt monsters in the superficial layer and surface layer. I'll just kill the monsters I find along the way. I can take a few detours in the inner layer and kill some of them that are close to my route. However, I must enter the core layer within two days. I'll have around two weeks to wrap things up after that. It'll be enough for me to kill everything in there."

Lin Huang headed all the way north after spending a couple of seconds planning his route.

To prevent monsters from running away from his aura, he even disguised his aura as someone who had just reached major dao-level, who had mastered 108,000 Dao seals.

He even adjusted his traveling speed to that of a typical major dao-level beginner.

He had completely disguised himself as a rookie who, on the surface, looked like he had just entered major dao-level.

He even concealed his aura a little on purpose, so as to look cautious like how a major dao-level beginner would behave.

One might not be able to sense his 'clumsy' concealment from far away, but those local monsters that were closer could sense it easily.

In reality, he acted this way in order to lure those local monsters to come to him themselves.

He did not want to bother wasting time looking for monsters in the superficial layer and surface layers. Therefore, he used that method to lure them to him.

As expected, a monster took the bait within three minutes of his departure.

A dark-purple scorpion beast that was hiding underground attacked him.

However, a red gleam penetrated the ground when just half of its three snake-like scorpion tails had surfaced. The red gleam penetrated the monster's head that had yet to surface from underground.

The three-tailed scorpion turned into a carcass after appearing for less than 0.01 seconds.

Until its death, it did not know that Lin Huang had already sensed its existence with his Divine Telekinesis while it was still hiding underground.

Lin Huang did not slow down at all. He picked up the carcass with a Divine Telekinesis thread and put it away into his storage space directly.

After flying for some two minutes, another monster came to him.

It was a pitch-black dark crow this time.

Lin Huang had actually noticed it from the beginning. Judging by the strength of its aura, it had mastered approximately 270,000 Dao seals. It easily ranked within the top ten of the superficial layer. Therefore, it was flying around fearlessly in the area. Even if it met someone that was more powerful than it was, it could easily escape with its speed.

In reality, Lin Huang had not expected to meet this monster.

The reason being was that it was still pretty far away from him a few minutes ago.

It must have flown nearby unintentionally while hunting for prey. It attacked Lin Huang without hesitation after sensing his aura.

Something tragic was going to happen…

Watching the dark crow charging at him with bright eyes, Lin Huang knew that it treated him as delicious food.

The next second, a red gleam slashed out at a speed countless times faster than the dark crow. It shot through the crow's head.

It was another headshot.

The dark crow failed to react in time. It merely saw a red gleam sparkling faintly before its consciousness faded away completely.

Before its carcass fell to the ground, Lin Huang's Divine Telekinesis thread picked it up and put it away into his storage space.

From that point on, Lin Huang would be attacked almost every three to five minutes, and he would naturally obtain a beast carcass after each instance.

Approximately five hours later, he had collected close to 80 carcasses before finally traveling through the superficial layer to reach the surface layer.

After entering the surface layer, he adjusted his disguised combat strength a little.

He adjusted it to the lowest combat strength of the monsters in the surface layer—300,000 Dao seals.

He also adjusted his speed accordingly.

His aura remained in the same 'clumsy' concealed state, and he continued to play the "baiting" game.

The outcome was as he expected.

The monsters in the surface layer were no wiser than the monsters in the superficial layer.

His technique still worked in the surface layer.

The monsters' attacks were even more frequent.

The reason being was that competition here was even more intense than the superficial layer.

There would be a round of monster attacks almost every two to three minutes.

However, Lin Huang killed all of the monsters that attacked him easily without exception, and their carcasses became his spoils.

The size of the surface layer was actually similar to the superficial layer. Nevertheless, Lin Huang was flying extremely fast, so he traveled through this layer within two hours (It is not that 300,000 Dao seals is two times faster than 100,000 Dao seals. Lin Huang not going at full speed is taken into account in the time difference. He slowed down to invite sneak attacks, while the attacks on this layer were more frequent).

When Lin Huang stepped into the third layer, the inner layer, he quickly adjusted his aura again.

He adjusted his combat strength aura to the lowest standard that the monsters in this layer had, which was 500,000 Dao seals…

Chapter 1799: The Official Hunt Begins

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Lin Huang only had his interest in hunting piqued somewhat when he entered the inner layer.

It was not the monsters' level of ability that piqued his interest, but rather the fact that monster carcasses that had mastered over 500,000 Dao seals could be sold at a higher price.

He no longer made a beeline for his destination, but instead chose to kill all of the monsters within a certain range of his chosen route.

The range he set for himself was 10,000 kilometers to the right and left of his route, which acted as the datum line.

He would actively kill monsters as long as they were within that range.

In reality, to Lin Huang who had mastered telekinetic God Weapons, there was almost no difference between 10,000 kilometers and one meter. There was not much difference even for further distances.

He only decided on that range as he was worried that he would waste too much time in this layer and delay his hunting in the core layer.

After all, his previous plan was to make it to the core layer within two days.

The hunting began the moment Lin Huang stepped into the inner layer.

He spread out his Divine Telekinesis according to the preset range of 10,000 kilometers quickly. At the same time, he locked onto all of the monsters within the probing range of his Divine Telekinesis.

The next second, God Weapon flying daggers were shot out.

By the time those monsters sensed the probing of his Divine Telekinesis, their heads had been penetrated.

It was a one-sided massacre. There was no suspense at all.

Although Lin Huang's disguised aura was at the standard of a person who had mastered 500,000 Dao seals, there was actually Odyl superimposed with one million Dao seals on the flying daggers.

Though he did not use the Critical Hit Hammer, it was completely sufficient to kill these monsters that had only mastered between 500,000 to 800,000 Dao seals instantly.

Lin Huang hunted while flying at a high speed.

After crushing those monsters' heads, the Divine Telekinesis threads dragged those carcasses to him and put them away into his storage space.

Almost three hours later, Lin Huang had traveled through the inner layer faster than he imagined.

Meanwhile, he had killed over a hundred monsters in the inner layer.

"My initial plan had been two days, but I arrived at the core layer within half a day…" Lin Huang looked rather helpless. His progress was much faster than he expected. Nevertheless, he did not plan to stay longer in the inner layer. "Since I'm here, I'll commence the official hunt directly."

This time, Lin Huang concealed his aura entirely. He even used the Soul Weapon to shield his aura, preventing all major dao-level powerhouses from detecting him.

With the Soul Weapon shielding his aura, the probing techniques of those major dao-level powerhouses, even if they were limit major dao-level powerhouses, would fail to detect him.

As long as they did not see Lin Huang with their own eyes, they would not notice his existence at all.

In reality, he could even deceive their five senses with the Soul Weapon. Even if he stood less than a meter in front of the person, they would not be able to sense his existence even if they touched him.

However, he thought such measures were unnecessary and only shielded his aura.

Then, he commenced the official hunting process.

His Divine Telekinesis spread out with him at the center. All of the monsters within a radius of a million kilometers were locked onto instantly.

The reason why he did not spread it further was because this mystic territory greatly suppressed one's Divine Telekinesis.

One million kilometers was the strength of Lin Huang's God's soul disguised as a limit major dao-level powerhouse. It was already the maximum distance that Divine Telekinesis could work properly in this mystic territory.

It could extend even further, but then his God Weapon flying daggers would not operate as accurately. Not only that, their power would be decreased significantly.

If he was purely using his Divine Telekinesis to probe, it would have been enough to cover the entire layer of the mystic territory.

In the air, the blood-colored God Weapon flying daggers shot forth from Lin Huang's sleeves like lightning. They shot through the air like sparkling electric arcs, directed at all of the targets he had locked onto.

All of the flying daggers were superimposed with a million Dao seals.

This time, Lin Huang even superimposed the Critical Hit Hammer's effect.

He did that because he was a little worried that he might not be able to kill limit major dao-level monsters instantly.

Under the effect of the Critical Hit Hammer at its full tenth stage, all of the flying daggers were superimposed with a random chance of dealing between nine to a hundred times their damage.

Lin Huang did not think that any major dao-level monsters could survive such superimposition.

The reality was as he expected. Under the attack of the blood-colored God Weapon flying daggers, all of the monsters within a million kilometers were killed in a flash.

There were monsters that attempted to run away after sensing the unusualness of the situation. However, their actions were completely futile as they had been locked onto by Lin Huang's Divine Telekinesis in advance.

In this round of attack, he killed 21 peak major dao-level monsters that had mastered over 800,000 Dao seals.

The entire process took less than three seconds.

After killing all of the monsters within a million kilometers, Lin Huang picked up the carcasses with Divine Telekinesis threads slowly and put them into his storage space.

They were all worth money.

Almost ten minutes had passed by the time he had put away all of the carcasses.

After all, the size of the carcasses were countless times larger than the Divine Telekinesis threads. Moreover, there would be all sorts of obstacles during the process of collecting them. The speed of recalling his Divine Telekinesis threads was not on par with the attack speed of his God Weapon flying daggers.

Compared to attacking with his God Weapon flying daggers, collecting those monster carcasses from far away was far more troublesome, and more time-consuming too.

Lin Huang continued heading north after gathering up all of the carcasses.

He appeared two million kilometers away in a flash.

Without much hesitation, he spread out his Divine Telekinesis to probe once again. He then commenced the second hunt…

As always, it was very successful.

After that, he chose to continue heading north. He repeated the process and commenced his third and fourth hunts.

He obtained between 10 to 30 monster carcasses during each hunt.

Naturally, he knew that there would be many zones in between that he would miss out on when hunting with this probing technique.

His plan was to clear the entire core layer once first using this method. For the remaining zones in between, he would clear them out when he hunted again.

Time flew by. Very soon, a day had passed.

Lin Huang made a rough calculation. Throughout the half a day since he had entered the core layer, he had conducted 63 hunts. He killed a total of about 1,000 monsters in the core layer.

It had to be said that the density of major dao-level monsters in this mystic territory far surpassed the mystic territory he had entered in the Eastern Eight Zone.

In reality, throughout the half day of hunting, explorers from the Eastern 23 Zone had sensed his Divine Telekinesis probing twice.

The two explorers had spread out their Divine Telekinesis too, attempting to discover Lin Huang's location. However, their efforts were to no avail as Lin Huang had the Soul Weapon shielding him.

He had even gone around them intentionally when he moved the carcasses with the Divine Telekinesis threads, which delayed him a little.

Chapter 1800: Infinite Eliminated

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Lin Huang spent a week grinding in the core layer.

He spent a whole seven days and finally covered the entire core layer.

The total number of major dao-level monsters he killed throughout those seven days had surpassed 13,000.

All of those monsters had mastered over 800,000 Dao seals.

However, completing this did not mean that he had cleared the entire core layer.

He had hunted within circles measuring one million kilometers in diameter each in the core layer; there were still gaps between those circles.

Therefore, after the first round of hunting was completed, Lin Huang soon commenced the second round of hunting.

This time, he headed to those gaps in between his previous hunting zones and started clearing them out.

This entire process took four days.

Throughout those four days, he killed over 3,500 major dao-level monsters.

He had cleared out almost all of the monsters in the entire core layer.

Up to that point, Lin Huang had stayed in this mystic territory for 11 days.

"I've only spent 11 days here. It's more than half a month shorter than I expected." Lin Huang thought about it and decided to stay in the mystic territory longer to continue hunting.

After all, the mystic territory in Southern 61 Zone would only open six days later. If he left now, it would mean that he would have to wait six more days in the Eastern Eight Zone.

He thought he could totally stay in the core layer and continue hunting for one more day.

However, once he had cleared out the core layer, he could only target the inner layer outside of the core layer.

Although the monsters in the inner layer had mastered between 500,000 to 800,000 Dao seals were worth money as well, the prices they would fetch were definitely not as high as the monsters in the core layer.

One day passed like a flash, and Lin Huang returned to the inner layer.

He spread out his Divine Telekinesis again and scanned a million kilometers of his surroundings. He began a new round of hunting.

Over the next five days, he killed over 10,000 monsters in the inner layer. He had finally stopped when his alarm clock went off.

Were it not for the mystic territory in the Southern 61 Zone opening, the one that was suspected to be at heavenly dao-level, he would have been unwilling to stop hunting.

After turning off the alarm clock, Lin Huang checked the time on the Universe Calendar.

It was 00:00, 12th January.

Without hesitation, he concealed himself and left the mystic territory at full speed.

When he returned to the Feister Star Zone in the Eastern Eight Zone, he realized that the courtyard that had been initially crowded was now empty.

He recalled that he had gotten Bloody and Sword 1 to arrange the move before he headed over to the mystic territory.

It seemed that all of the people from the Sword Alliance had moved away.

He turned on his communication device and saw the missed calls from Bloody and Sword 1 ten days and a week ago respectively.

He then checked his messages and saw a message from Sword 1 that had been sent a week ago.

He clicked on it and looked it through.

The message Sword 1 sent was long, but the summary was pretty straightforward.

The Sword Alliance had completed the move. Everyone had moved to the core zone of Star Cluster.

Considering that Lin Huang would return to the Feister Star Zone, the courtyard in Feister Star Zone was not sold.

The new Sword Alliance was stationed in the Sunrise Star Zone in Star Cluster's core zone.

Sword 1 even sent him the coordinates at the end of the message.

Lin Huang thought about it and decided to reply.

"I saw your message. I still have stuff to do, so I won't be going over for the time being. Settle down properly. Your first mission would be to gather information. You guys should remain cautious, as Star Cluster isn't absolutely safe either. Also, send me news about anything that has taken place over the past half a month."

Lin Huang walked over to the bathroom to wash up after sending that message.

Although there would not be a trace of dust on his body, he still maintained some of the habits of a normal human.

He soaked himself in a tub filled with hot water. He felt his body, that had been in a tense state for half a month, finally relax.

He sat up straight in the tub and glanced at his communication ring. Sword 1 had replied earlier.

He merely replied, "Sure", and attached a document.

Lin Huang clicked into the document and browsed through it.

However, he could not help but frown after doing so.

"Infinite's Mountain Master and the two Mountain Guardians are missing…"

Infinite's headquarters was a gigantic mountain range, and its size was comparable to that of a great world.

Therefore, their leader was called Mountain Master, while their deputy leaders were called Mountain Guardians.

The three of them were heavenly dao-level powerhouses, but they had gone missing mysteriously a week ago.

People had only realized this when nobody from Infinite showed up during the union meeting in the Eastern Eight Zone a week ago.

Upon investigation, the peak of Infinite's mountain range, where the Mountain Master and Mountain Guardians were stationed, showed signs of battles.

"There's a high chance that there's a spy from the Black Abyss among those three people from Infinite." Very soon, Lin Huang had come to a conclusion.

On one hand, if they attacked the organizations in which they planted their spies, they could recall their spies and prevent their identities being exposed by the investigation being conducted in the Eastern Eight Zone.

On the other hand, Infinite was like Royal, in the sense that they had three heavenly dao-level powerhouses. Compared to the remaining organizations, their combat strength was indeed the weakest. If there were spies among them, they were an easy target.

However, Lin Huang frowned even harder as he thought up to this point.

The reason being was that it seemed that Royal was at high risk too.

Now that Infinite had been eliminated, Royal was the weakest one among the remaining grade-SSS organizations in the Eastern Eight Zone.

No matter whether there was a spy in Royal or not, among the five remaining organizations, Royal was the most likely target that would be attacked by the Black Abyss next.

Naturally, there was another possibility.

Among the four grade-SSS organizations, excluding Royal, there were probably spies from the Black Abyss.

The Black Abyss might attack the organizations where their spies were placed first.

This was because, the longer things continued, the more likely it was that those spies would be exposed.

A spy being exposed did not only mean that the Black Abyss would lose one heavenly dao-level member, it would also mean that plenty of information about the Black Abyss might be revealed.

The reason why the Black Abyss could make so many organizations in the Eastern Eight Zone feel helpless was primarily because they were shrouded in mystery. Nobody knew who their members were and where their headquarters was. They had nowhere to start the investigation at all.

If they knew, those few grade-SSS organizations in the Eastern Eight Zone would have worked together to attack them earlier.

They would not be stuck in a passive position like now, where they could only hold meetings to exchange intel in order to get very limited information about the Black Abyss.

"I'll enter the mystic territory tomorrow, and I'll be there for a month. I wonder if Royal will still be around when I get out, and what state the Eastern Eight Zone would be in." Lin Huang felt helpless about the current situation. He could not assist with anything at all.

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The Black Abyss was too skilled at hiding.. In reality, if he knew where their lair was, he could destroy them on his own.