Chapters [303-304]

Chapter 303. Arranged by the Boss of the Universe

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Early the next morning, the warm sunlight shone through the window of the room.

Lu Ze knitted his brows slightly and slowly opened his eyes.

He stood up and stretched. He finished absorbing the [God Art Orb] last night. In turn, his [God Art] had become stronger.

At this point, Lu Ze found that some of the secrets contained in the [God Art Orb] had merged with what he had. This was a good thing.

This meant that his [God Art] had made great progress, and when the [God Art Orbs] no longer have an effect on him, he could consider hunting the overlords.

After that, Lu Ze went to wash up.

After washing up, he went downstairs, and there was someone knocking on the door.

Lu Ze opened the door and found Lin Ling standing outside.

He was surprised. "Why are you so early?"

Lin Ling rolled her eyes at his question. "I wanted to see if there are any changes to Yingying after she used your orb yesterday."

When Lu Ze heard her answer, he smiled. "Since that's the case, let's head over first, then."

Did she really need to be so worried?

Nevertheless, Lu Ze didn't tease her.

Two of them flew in the direction of Nangong Jing's home.

Lu Ze knocked on Nangong Jing's door, and the door was opened very quickly, but the person who opened it was Qiuyue Hesha.

Lu Ze looked strangely at Qiuyue Hesha—this person and Nangong Jing clearly hated each other but still kept visiting each other's homes.

Lu Ze saw her at Nangong Jing's place quite a number of times already.

He didn't even know whether these two people's relationship was good or bad. He really didn't understand these women.

After Qiuyue Hesha saw Lu Ze and Lin Ling, she curled her lips upwards and smiled gently. "Hey, little brother Lu Ze, Lin Ling, what are you guys doing here?"

Then, her gaze swept over both of them, and she grinned. "Tsk tsk, little brother Lu Ze, you've got no game. Both of you were left alone, yet there is no progress."

Lu Ze: "…"

He looked at Qiuyue Hesha in disbelief.

This woman and that drunkard were actually blood sisters who lost contact for years, right?

When this woman wasn't around yesterday, the drunkard also gave him a look of disdain the moment they met. Now, this woman was doing the same, huh?

These two people colluded, didn't they?

Lin Ling said helplessly, "Big sister Hesha, stop joking."

Qiuyue Hesha smiled and stopped teasing them. "Come on in, the violent mother dragon left the house as she had something to attend to and will be back soon."

She turned around and went back into the living room. Then, leaned against the sofa lazily, her slender and fair right arm resting on the sofa armrest as she propped her face up and smiled. "You guys just came back? I heard that you guys encountered three strange foreigners during the mission? Then, Yingying ate them up?"

Lu Ze recalled those three black-robed monsters and nodded.

Subsequently, he told her about the mission.

Qiuyue Hesha smiled faintly after listening to what happened, and a cold murderous intent flashed in her eyes. "There are thousands of races in the universe, and the human race is unable to recognize all of them. Seems like they accidentally came here through the natural wormhole."

Lu Ze and Lin Ling were taken aback. "Natural wormhole?"

These two people knew about the natural wormhole. The stars in the universe had a small chance of forming natural wormholes.

However, natural wormholes and the spacecraft's curvature channel were different; the natural wormhole was connected to a random location in the universe.

It could be connected within the Milky Way, or it could also be connected to somewhere 10 billion light-years away, or even to the Void Universe.

Natural wormholes were unstable and could only remain for a short period of time, but the Milky Way wasn't small, after all. There were occasional occurrences of this, which was one of the reasons for the federal disaster.

The appearance of natural wormholes was entirely up to luck, sometimes they did not appear for more than a decade, or they appeared but no living creatures went over.

Sometimes, they may even appear a few times a year. Just like earthquakes during the earth erathe boss of the universe arranged them very clearly.

Eight hundred years ago, an oversized natural wormhole appeared in the Federation and two galaxy-class strong foreigners came. Those two foreigners caused chaos in the Federation, and in order to kill those two Galaxy-class strong foreigners, Tianlong Sage took over and fell at that time.

Even so, they didn't expect the three foreigners to be able to travel through the natural wormhole. They initially thought that they were smuggled through the federal border.

Qiuyue Hesha saw that Lu Ze and Lin Ling were a bit stunned and smiled. "The higher-levels had already sent people over to investigate. If it was a natural wormhole, then there should only be those three foreigners who came over. You guys don't have to worry too much. This doesn't happen very often, after all."

Both of them nodded and didn't think much about it any further.

At this moment, Nangong Jing opened the door and entered.

When she saw Lu Ze and Lin Ling in the living room, she smiled. "You guys are here."

Lu Ze nodded. "En."

Lin Ling said, "Big sister Jing, how's Yingying?"

"You guys can go up and take a look."

Lu Ze and Lin Ling nodded and went upstairs.

In the room where Yingying was staying, there were still stars scattered around, and she was crouching on her bed, asleep.

Lu Ze was somewhat speechless when he saw the saliva on the corners of this little girl's lips—just how much saliva does this little girl have, huh?

At this moment, Lin Ling was uncertain. "These stars seemed brighter than yesterday, right?"

Lu Ze took a look and realized that the stars around Yingying did appear slightly brighter. He wasn't sure, but it might be because of the red orbs.

But if it works, then it's obviously a good thing.

Lu Ze smiled at this. "I'll feed Yingying some more."

Lin Ling nodded. "En."

Then, Lu Ze fed Yingying a few more [Red Orbs] that were of a higher grade than yesterday. He even fed her an Aperture Opening State one.

After swallowing the [Aperture Opening State Red Orb], Yingying's little round face became calm.

When Lu Ze finished feeding her, he and Lin Ling returned to the living room.

Nangong Jing was leaning against the sofa, drinking, and when she saw them, she stood up. "Let's go and cultivate."

She had mentioned yesterday that she would be teaching them in the morning.

When Qiuyue Hesha heard her words, she laughed. "Personal lessons again? I'll join too."

Then, the four of them entered the virtual reality and began cultivating.

In the afternoon, after four of them cultivated, they had lunch together before Lu Ze and Lin Ling returned to the dormitory.

Lu Ze went back into his room, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began cultivating on his own.

In the morning, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha mainly taught them some combat skills, as well as some points to take note of for [God Arts]. Also, in the afternoon, Lu Ze planned on absorbing [Red Orbs] to enhance his cultivation and physical strength.

As for night time, it was used for digesting the [God Art Orb]. This way, he would be able to improve in every aspect.

At night. The sky gradually became gloomy. Lu Ze slowly opened his eyes, and the red light under his eyes flashed.

He got out of bed, stretched his body, and revealed a satisfied smile. Now, he could get [Red Orbs] of a higher grade and improved much faster than before.

In just one afternoon, his spirit force cultivation had increased by one Aperture.

This was related to the quality of [Red Orb] that Lu Ze used and also related to his perfect spirit body.

For those martial artists, who were not spirit bodies, it was not difficult to get through 360 basic Apertures, but it would take time, and the difficulty of breaking through the extension Aperture was even greater.

But as for Lu Ze, who possessed a perfect spirit body, he didn't have any issues with this aspect at all. He just needed to take note of the spirit force.

If Lu Ze gets the red orb after that, he would improve even faster.

Even just by cultivating with this grade of [Red Orb] normally, Lu Ze could already enhance his spirit force cultivation to perfection in less than three years, then advance to the Realm of Metamorphosis.

This was simply lightning speed. If others knew about this, it would definitely shock the entire Federation.

One must know that the Thousand Shadow Young Duke previously spent six years to advance from basic apertures to the Aperture Opening State.

This speed was several times faster than his!

Even Nangong Jing and the others didn't have this cultivation speed. Lu Ze did the math and became very pleased with himself.

I'm actually so talented?'

'This is bad. It seems like I'm becoming cocky.'

'No, no, I must get quickly into the [Pocket Hunting Dimension] and be taught well by the big bosses.'

But…

Before entering the [Pocket Hunting Dimension], he planned on eating first. He pulled out the delicious food that he stored after giving a portion to Yingying and gulped them down.

After washing up, Lu Ze sat cross-legged again, closed his eyes, and entered the [Pocket Hunting Dimension].

The moment Lu Ze entered, he used the chi stealth technique.

What happened yesterday was too hurtful, so he didn't want to be surrounded and attacked again today. He didn't even dare to release his mental power. He just settled on using his eyes to search for prey.

Soon, he found a direction, tapped the ground with his toe, and disappeared, starting his hunting journey.

Boom!!

A few hours later, somewhere in the vast expanse of grassland, a terrible explosion occurred. Black and purple lights flashed, and the shockwaves spread over ten kilometers, carrying a domineering chi.

Very soon, the shockwaves dissipated, and Lu Ze looked coldly at the purple-colored black panther slowly turning into ashes and heaved a sigh of relief.

In order to prevent what happened yesterday from happening again, Lu Ze chose to explode using his full strength.

He used the fastest speed of the [Wings of Wind and Lightning], coupled with the [Star Crippling Punch]. This purple-colored black panther's chi was around 400 Apertures of the Aperture Opening State, and it didn't even have time to shriek before it died.

Lu Ze picked up the [Orb] on the ground and didn't stop, he immediately disappeared.

He was hunting secretly in the ring of ferocious beasts, the situation was quite dangerous. However, running once he was done—this was thrilling!

After that, he would rest for a period of time and wait until he recovered what he had expended before hunting once more. He would be merciless and kill with a single attack!

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Chapter 304. Evil Deal

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In the [Pocket Hunting Dimension].

Three days later.

The [Wings of Wind and Lightning] flapped behind Lu Ze, and his body turned into a stream of light as he swept across the air. Behind him, there were hundreds of powerful beasts roaring and pursuing him closely.

Among them, there were six blue bird bosses, and behind them were the warhorse boss, black giant tiger, gray giant lizard, and many more [God Art Beasts]. Further behind, there were even stronger beasts.

An extremely strong chi pervaded the areas where Lu Ze and the beasts had gone passed. A few Core Martial State Beasts were terror-stricken by the overwhelming atmosphere, and they crawled on the floor, howling with a low voice.

As the weakest beasts in this map, they could only shudder in fear under the despotic power of the bosses.

Ree!!

Roar!!

Lu Ze flew in front, and his mouth twitched when he heard the cries behind him.

Who can stand this?!'

With so many ferocious beasts chasing after him at once, he was also in despair.

Furthermore, he could already faintly sense more beasts up ahead coming toward him.

He felt aggrieved.

In the first map, Lu Ze was chased after as well.

But in the first map, everyone was still quite new, and as long as Lu Ze found a rabbit hole to hide in, he could easily shake them off.

However, it was different on this map-Lu Ze still hadn't seen any cave.

Also, even if there was a cave, with the strength of the beasts on this map, Lu Ze felt that they would simply destroy the cave.

There was only green grass on the grassland and no barricades at all, so he could only hold back his tears and continue running. Even though he was fast, there were always beasts joining in along the way, and blocking his way. It was very difficult to escape.

A few minutes later, Lu Ze was once again surrounded

This time, Lu Ze 2 didn't appear. After putting up a weak resistance, these beasts did all sorts of things to Lu Ze, and he was blasted out of the [Pocket Hunting Dimension] in the end.

In the room.

Lu Ze opened his eyes. When he died, he was overwhelmed by all kinds of powerful attacks, he couldn't even escape at all.

His body was bombed until it turned into ashes so naturally. His entire body experienced extreme pain.

Lu Ze lay in bed to rest for a while and recovered slowly. Then, he sat cross-legged once more and began cultivating. Although he still died in the end, he reaped quite a good harvest.

As he was now popular among the beasts, he saved time on hunting and would occasionally harvest more than before. It was painful but beneficial.

In the remaining time, Lu Ze cultivated at Nangong Jing's place in the morning, cultivated by himself in the afternoon, and entered the [Pocket Hunting Dimension] at night.

When he died, he would begin absorbing [God Art] after coming out.

Of course, Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha would be occupied at times. As such, Lu Ze and Lin Ling would attend their class and listen to the lesson.

Time went by very quickly.

One month later.

On the Virtual Reality Pod. Spirit light flickered in Lin Ling's eyes, and a silvery-white light wrapped around the spear in her hand, transforming into hundreds of spear lights and heading toward Lu Ze's direction.

The spear lights were sharp and pierced through the air, creating a sharp noise.

Lu Ze felt the sharp aura coming in his direction. He raised his brows slightly, tapped the ground with his toe, and his body moved in a flash, dodging the spear light.

He simply couldn't dodge from it, so he covered his palm in black crystal light shield and blocked the attack.

Ding ding ding!

The sound of metal knocking against each other rang out, creating a pleasant sound echoing on the platform. Each time they knocked against one another, shockwaves would disperse, but compared to before, the shockwaves were slightly weaker.

After a month of cultivating, their control over their strengths had improved.

Accordingly, they would try their best to concentrate their power on each attack. The attacking force would get into the other party's body with each collision, which was why it seemed like they were weaker on the outside.

But the fact was that it was more dangerous internally.

When Lin Ling saw that Lu Ze had easily blocked her attack, a light flashed in her eyes, and her slender legs tapped on the ground as she disappeared on the spot.

Afterward, she turned into countless shadows and each shadow exuded a strong chi. With her spear in the air, she charged toward Lu Ze.

Lu Ze was calm and blocked Lin Ling's attack perfectly.

In just a few short breaths, both of them had already exchanged hundreds of moves. Although the shockwaves appeared weaker than before, the ground of the arena was still covered in cracks.

After another round of hand-to-hand combat, Lin Ling flew over a hundred meters, and she frowned. A tinge of determination flashed in her eyes and she scoffed coldly, the Aura in her body burst out in an instant.

[Strength God Art]!

Lu Ze saw the Aura around Lin Ling's body, and his lips curved into a smile. This girl was a lot stronger than she was a month ago

Her [Strength God Art] had become stronger and coupled with the Sage Origin Power, which enhanced her cultivation, her power should be over 400 Apertures, right?

This speed was simply too fast.

However, compared to Lu Ze, she was still far behind.

Boom!!

A shallow pit appeared on the extremely hard platform and Lin Ling's body turned into a shadow. The spear in her hand was wrapped in a terrifying chi as she attacked Lu Ze.

Lu Ze's hands were covered in thin black crystal while Wind and Lightning were circulating around his body. He smiled as he battled with Lin Ling.

The amount of strength he used had always been similar to Lin Ling's, but he was no longer as flustered as he was when he first fought with Lin Ling while using the same amount of strength.

Every time after he fought with Lin Ling, he would use the [Purple Orbs], but his battle skills were now much stronger than before.

Even if Lin Ling used a [God Art], she wouldn't be able to take advantage of him.

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha's eyes glistened as they watched Lu Ze and Lin Ling battling. Both of them often taught them and naturally knew how much they have improved.

These two had improved more than them previously.

Lin Ling's [God Art] was very strong from the beginning, coupled with her Sage Origin Inheritance, her improvement was obviously very frightening.

Lu Ze didn't hide his [God Art] from Qiuyue Hesha either, both of them naturally knew how strong Lu Ze's [God Art] was. Even so, they were still dumbstruck by his improvement.

Qiuyue Hesha looked at Lu Ze, and her gentle voice had a tinge of surprise as she asked, "Mother Dragon, what is this guy's combat power right now?

Nangong Jing replied, "Should be around 700 Apertures if he goes all out."

Qiuyue Hesha: "…"

At this moment, it was better to remain silent.

She remembered that a month ago, even if this fella used the [Star Crippling Punch], his power would only be around 500 Apertures. In just one month's time, his power increased by 200 Apertures.

This improvement was simply too fast!

After some time, Nangong Jing spoke as if she was trying to console herself. "This fella's god art is a top-ranking god art, so it's normal for him to improve so quickly."

'Normal, my a**!!'

Nangong Jing was very jealous. If this goes on, then in a few years' time, this fella would be stronger than her, isn't it?

She was one of the strongest 18 years and 144 months old elites in the human race, alright?

She was over 100 months older than this fella! Where would she hide her face if this fella caught up with her in a few years' time??

Qiuyue Hesha was very jealous as well. They were considered the prodigies in the Federal and were naturally very proud. Even the first young duke of the Federal didn't make them feel jealous at all.

However, they felt jealous of Lu Ze. Even though they were jealous, they were still quite happy at the same time.

After all, they had a good relationship with Lu Ze and were his teachers. If Lu Ze becomes stronger in the future, it would reduce their stress.

Their opponents were the foreigners, anyway. As young dukes, they were burdened with a lot of pressure.

Lu Ze and Lin Ling continued fighting, and beads of perspiration had already appeared on Lin Ling's forehead.

The sweat made her short hair drenched. She opened her little mouth, panting lightly, and her breath was a little messy.

She went all-out with the [Strength God Art] and couldn't last long. She was unsatisfied that she didn't manage to force this fella's true power out!

Lin Ling bit her bottom lip, and a tinge of dissatisfaction appeared in her eyes.

She managed to increase by nearly 100 Apertures of power within a month—this was considered very fast already. But compared to Lu Ze, the gap was getting wider and wider instead.

Lu Ze looked at Lin Ling who was panting, and he smiled. "Should we still continue?"

Lin Ling clenched her teeth. "Continue!"

Boom!

Lin Ling's body disappeared, she swept her spear across and attacked once again.

Lu Ze didn't say a word. He knew this girl's temper—she was very stubborn and definitely wouldn't admit defeat.

Since this was the case, he shall let her use up all her energy. Both of them began fighting once more.

Nangong Jing and Qiuyue Hesha bit their bottom lips and looked at one another.

'We wouldn't be like that in the future, would we?'

Their hearts ached, and they couldn't help but clutch their chest subtly.

After a moment of silence, Qiuyue Hesha smiled. "Violent Mother Dragon, you've got to let me teach Lu Ze a lesson too."

If she didn't hit him now, she might not have the chance next time.

Nangong Jing replied in a serious manner, "Who do you think I am? I am this fella's teacher! How could I do something like that?!"

Qiuyue Hesha smiled and said in a languid tone, "Two bottles of Morning Dew liquor."

"Deal!"

Hence, while Lu Ze was kept in the dark, these two people had completed an evil deal.

After some time, Lin Ling's body was drenched in sweat. Her originally loose martial arts clothing was soaked in sweat and was clinging to her body, highlighting her beautiful figure.

Lu Ze smiled and disappeared on the spot. He appeared before Lin Ling and patted her on the shoulder, then smirked. "You've lost."

Lin Ling bit her lips unhappily and felt quite upset. This fella actually couldn't even bear to use his true power! Did he look down on her??

Lu Ze obviously didn't look down on her. It was just that there was no need to use the [Green Jade Slash] and all. It would also hurt quite a bit.

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