Chapter 1851 Lin Xin at Dominator-Level Rank-6
Looking at the Peerless Monster Cards in his hands, Lin Huang thought for a moment before asking Xiao Hei as he could not hold back, "Does the Combat Strength Upgrade Card still work on Bai and the others?"
"Of course it does."
Xiao Hei gave an affirmative answer without any hesitation.
"They can elevate their combat strength without having to integrate chaotic cosmoses?" Lin Huang was a little surprised by the answer.
"The Combat Strength Upgrade Card will produce chaotic cosmoses in their Kingdoms. They won't have to integrate them." "Can I use it too?!" Lin Huang did not expect the Combat Strength Upgrade Card's effect to be so insanely useful.
"Theoretically, you can. However, judging by the base quantity of chaotic cosmoses in your body, it won't be enough even if you exhaust the Origin Energy in the entire death spring in order to elevate your combat strength. So my suggestion is that you continue to integrate chaotic cosmoses like a good boy."
"Why didn't you tell me that I could use the Combat Strength Upgrade Card directly after I stepped into dominator-level? I could've gotten to rank-5 or even rank-6 one to two months in advance."
"I thought you knew, but were unwilling to elevate using this method."
Xiao Hei's explanation rendered Lin Huang speechless.
However, once he thought about it, Xiao Hei was right. Even if he knew, there was a high chance that he would not elevate using such a shortcut.
In reality, he had never used the Combat Strength Upgrade Card to elevate his combat strength throughout his cultivation journey. Naturally, that excluded the times he used the Provisional Combat Strength Upgrade Card.
He subconsciously felt that his ability would only be truly his if he elevated his combat strength by cultivating himself. Feeling helpless, he asked again after shaking his head, "Which rank will Bai and the others be if I elevate them using the Origin Energy accumulated from the Nirvana Trees?"
"If you want to elevate all of your Monster Cards' combat strength, it's sufficient to elevate all of them to dominator-level rank-8. You can even elevate three of them to rank-9. If you're not elevating all of them, you can elevate seven Monster Cards to rank-9."
"Let's go with the first option then. We'll elevate the remaining imperial monsters to rank-9 when we accumulate more Origin Energy later on." Lin Huang picked the first option almost without thinking about it.
"So which three cards would you like to elevate to rank-9?" Xiao Hei asked immediately.
"Bai, Lancelot and Kylie," Lin Huang answered quickly after thinking for a moment.
The reason he chose them was because Bai had the most powerful combined ability and had followed him for the longest time. Meanwhile, not only was Lancelot and Kylie's combat ability ranked at the top among the imperial monsters under his command, but they also had their own armies. The Sword Servants under Lancelot and the dependents under Kylie would have their ability elevated in tandem with the elevation of their combat strength. Therefore, it would be more cost-effective to elevate the combat strength of these three.
For Bloody and Grimace, they were more useful in strategizing. So it would not make too much of a difference as to whether their combat strength was rank-8 or rank-9.
Meanwhile, Killer, who had outstanding combat ability; Tyrant, who had stunning defense ability; Charcoal, who had the most powerful group damage ability; and Warlord, who was invincible on battlefields… Lin Huang put them on the shortlist for the second round of elevation.
After confirming the list of monsters that would be elevated to dominator-level rank-9, he gathered all of his imperial monsters again. He crushed the Combat Strength Upgrade Cards one after the other, turning his imperial monsters into giant cocoons in the Great Heaven Palace.
Watching his imperial monsters turning into hibernating giant cocoons, he could sense clearly the increasing aura emanating from the cocoons.
He removed his consciousness after observing their conditions for a moment.
"Now, let's wait for them to come out of the cocoons, and we can participate in the war directly…" Lin Huang looked at the star zone where Lin Xin and the Sword Servants were. "Their combat strength elevation speed is too slow…"
He suddenly contacted Death Spring with his consciousness after giving it a thought.
"You've become more powerful again…" Death Spring said through voice transmission as soon as he responded. He could sense from Lin Huang's consciousness that he had become more powerful since their last interaction.
"I'm far from being your match." Lin Huang was not being humble, but he could sense that, although he had integrated more than ten trillion chaotic cosmoses, Death Spring was still more powerful than him.
"I spent so much time cultivating to get to where you are now. Judging by your current cultivation speed, you might surpass me within a month," Death Spring could not help exclaim. "Then approximately how long would it take for me to surpass Aza?" Lin Huang asked immediately. "I don't know. I only know that Aza is more powerful than I am, but I've no idea how much more powerful exactly. Moreover, He'll recall all of His clones once He wakes up entirely. His ability would skyrocket when that happens." Death Spring could not really answer Lin Huang's question. "Alright, then…" In reality, Lin Huang expected that answer, so he did not dwell on the matter. Instead, he got doown to business directly. "Can you help me send some of my friends to Aza's dreamland so that they can integrate chaotic cosmoses there?"
"Aren't you going to do that yourself?" Death Spring asked with slight confusion. "Given my current state, it's quite meaningless for me to enter Aza's dreamland to integrate chaotic cosmoses anymore. I'd rather give that opportunity to others. At least they can elevate to dominator-level rank-5, or even rank-6, quickly."
What Lin Huang said was the truth; as the number of his will projections grew each day, he would integrate more than two billion chaotic cosmoses everyday. Each time he entered Aza's dreamland, he could only integrate 300,000 to 400,000 chaotic cosmoses. To the current him, it was undoubtedly a drop in the bucket.
"It's no wonder that you haven't come by for over a month now. I thought you were only going to do that after accumulating a bunch of fleshly clones." Although Death Spring had no idea how Lin Huang elevated so quickly, he had a rough sense of how many chaotic cosmoses Lin Huang had integrated since they last met. It was indeed vastly greater than the amount he could integrate in Aza's dreamland.
"I initially planned to use them myself after accumulating them. However, I thought about it carefully and thought that it would be much better if I gave the opportunity to others." Indeed, Lin Huang had encountered Aza's fleshly clones twice throughout the past one month. He did not come to the Death Spring after suppressing them, but merely stored them away.
He did not expect that the fleshly clones would come in handy now.
After they chatted for a little while longer, Lin Huang quickly sent Lin Xin and Lin Xuan into the death spring, and passed Aza's two fleshly clones to Death Spring.
While Death Spring was making them the fleshly clones, Lin Huang warned the two of them before entrusting them to Death Spring.
Lin Xin and Lin Xuan soon hid a sliver of their God's soul in the fleshly clone and fell into Aza's dreamland. While the two clones were integrating chaotic cosmoses in Aza's dreamland, the time in the outside world stopped. Almost the next second after the two fell into the dreamland, they woke up directly.
Their aura began to skyrocket. It elevated from dominator-level rank-1 to rank-2, rank-3… It finally stabilized at dominator-level rank-6.
Meanwhile, the number of chaotic cosmoses that they had integrated in their bodies was still growing even after they stepped into dominator-level rank-6. It only stopped when it got to over 300,000.
They were over the moon. Lin Xin said to Lin Huang with excitement on her face, "Brother, it would be great if we can do this everyday. I'm sure that I'll get to dominator-level rank-7, or even rank-8, really fast."
"You wish, haha," Lin Huang chuckled lightly and said, "This is Aza's fleshly clone. You can only do it once. Moreover, apart from you two, Chan Dou, Sword 1 and the others need these resources as well. However, you guys can go hunt for Aza's fleshly clones yourself. Your ability should be sufficient now. Save them for yourself when you hunt them, there's no need to share."
"How about you, brother?" Lin Xuan asked instantly.
"I don't need it. I can integrate chaotic cosmoses even faster than using this method," Lin Huang said directly.
"How many can you integrate per day, then? Can it surpass 300,000 to 400,000?" Lin Xin asked while pouting. "No matter what, it's much more than you guys can imagine," Lin Huang said with a smile.
"Can it be hundreds of millions?" Lin Xin made a silly face. She intentionally said a number that she thought was impossible to reach. "I've already said that it's much more than you guys can imagine," Lin Huang said while shaking his head. He really did not want to discourage them.
"Billions?!" Lin Xin widened her eyes.
Lin Xuan, who was beside her, was clearly a little moved too.
They knew that Lin Huang would not joke about such things with them.
"Stop asking. The real figure will only discourage you guys." Lin Huang pinched Lin Xin's cheeks.
"More than that?" Lin Xin said unwillingly.
"I'll tell you next time. Ask me again when you are integrating a hundred million chaotic cosmoses everyday." Lin Huang did not want to dwell on the topic. He left the death spring directly with a flash.
Lin Xin and Lin Xuan, who were left standing where they were, looked at each other.
"Was he playing around with us on purpose?" Lin Xin could not help but ask Lin Xuan, "How is it possible that a person can integrate tens of billions of chaotic cosmoses everyday?" "I don't think brother would joke about such a thing." However, Lin Xuan stood on Lin Huang's side as he said with a smile, "He has been accomplishing things that many people couldn't all this time."
Chapter 1852 Aza Has Woken Up?!
Days continued to pass by in the infinite universe, and Lin Huang was becoming more powerful almost every day.
On the 98th day since he was elevated to dominator-level rank-9, the number of chaotic cosmoses in his body had broken through 100- trillion mark.
On the 112th day, that number broke through the quadrillion mark!
On the 126th day, it broke through one Jing mark (One Jing is equivalent to ten quadrillion)!
At that moment, the number of will projections he sent out had surpassed nine billion. Within four months, although Lin Huang was still at dominator-level rank-9, his ability was many times more powerful than when he had just stepped into dominator-level rank-9.
After a few further interactions, Death Spring sensed that Lin Huang's current ability had surpassed his own.
However, he was still not too sure whether he was more powerful or weaker than Aza.
He chose to continue integrating more chaotic cosmoses without hesitation.
At the same time his ability elevated, 2.2 billion years had passed inside his Kingdom.
It was not only the Sword Servants, even Mr. Fu had stepped into dominator-level rank-1.
With the large amount of resources piling up, there were more than 3,000 dominator-level powerhouses in his Kingdom now. However, this was under the premise that Lin Huang had yet to authorize them to leave his Kingdom.
Nobody else could integrate the chaotic cosmoses in his Kingdom. Therefore, if they wanted to elevate to dominator-level, they had to leave his Kingdom and enter the infinite universe to integrate ownerless chaotic cosmoses.
Lin Huang got Bloody to handle authorization process for them to leave his Kingdom.
Bloody would run a strict selection among all the tribes and organizations in his Kingdom. As soon as there were any that met the selection criteria, they would be informed of the method to leave his Kingdom.
Meanwhile, less than one-tenth of the total number of limit heavenly dao-level rank-9 powerhouses were released throughout those few months.
There were millions of people among all the tribes in Lin Huang's Kingdom who had stepped into heavenly dao-level.
This number might even be on par with the number of heavenly dao-level powerhouses in the infinite universe. The most Lin Huang could do to help these powerhouses in his Kingdom was to elevate them to the limit of heavenly dao-level. They would have to depend on themselves after that.
On the Sword Alliance's side, as they possessed Aza's dreamland as a cheat code, Lin Xin, Lin Xuan and the few other core members would basically all be elevated to dominator-level rank-6.
Lin Xin and Lin Xuan had hunted a few Aza's fleshly clones themselves and had been elevated to dominator-level rank-7.
Meanwhile, among the Sword Servants, only Sword 1 had entered Aza's dreamland for now. He had been elevated to dominator-level rank-6.
Very soon, two months had passed.
The number of chaotic cosmoses in Lin Huang's body had broken through the astronomical figure of 100 quintillion.
At that moment, almost half a year had passed since he had been elevated to dominator-level rank-9.
On this day, Lin Huang's Primordium, which was hovering in the air, suddenly opened his eyes.
"This unusual aura fluctuation…"
He stared into space from the corner of his eye. He could faintly sense that a terrifying aura had emerged from extremely far away. It could be sensed in the infinite universe through the endless dimensions…
"So Aza's Primordium has finally woken up…"
He felt a slight twinge in his heart.
The reason being was that, through the sliver of aura the person unintentionally released, he could sense that His ability was definitely no weaker than his. In fact, He might be even more powerful. The few days after the aura leaked out for a second, the entire infinite universe welcomed a brand new challenge.
Almost all of the Abyssal rifts began to expand in a frenzy.
The mystic territories in the entire infinite universe started appearing more frequently and opening much faster.
Even the dominator-level mystic territories that had hardly appeared for tens of thousands of years before would appear and open almost everyday.
Hundreds to thousands of dao-level mystic territories would appear and open everyday.
Not only did they appear, they did not stop expanding, swallowing the star zones around them.
Countless cultivators in the entire infinite universe fell into a panicked state.
People were making noise on the internet. All sorts of news surfaced; some real, some fake.
Many people even believed that the doomsday had arrived.
Only a small number of higher-ups of the major organizations and tribes who had dominator-level powerhouses guarding them knew the truth.
The reason being was that Lin Huang's clone had informed them through the Ultimate Heavenly Dao.
The clone even visited some of the organizations and tribes with dominator-level rank-5 powerhouses, as well as some with dominator-level rank-6 powerhouses hiding within them.
Seeing that the entire infinite universe had fallen into chaos within two to three days of the war even starting, Lin Huang could only send a message through Heavenly Dao to get all the organizations and tribes to reassure the cultivators within their territories to avoid unnecessary panic and internal rebellion. Over the next few days, the higher-ups of the organizations and tribes showed up to reassure the cultivators within their respective jurisdictions.
Major work was undertaken to refute the rumors on the internet.
Although the major organizations and tribes were refuting the rumors, to most people, their words were not 100% credible. However, at least there was no longer anyone spreading rumors. The panic among the people had decreased significantly. Later on, Lin Huang got Bloody to prepare a speech to explain Aza's invasion. After that, he came up with some warning information about the war that was about to take place.
He sent this document over to the higher-ups of the organizations and tribes.
He knew that he could not hide it forever.
It would definitely stir up panic among the people but, if he did not tell them, they would not be prepared for the upcoming war. He could only tell them so that they were mentally prepared to prevent them from falling into greater panic when the real war started.
Moreover, on a certain level, if he got them to prepare for the war in advance, it would increase everyone's survival rate.
For the next few days, the organizations and tribes had finally sent out the document Lin Huang provided after making some simple amendments.
As soon as the news went out, countless cultivators in the infinite universe were shocked. Hot discussions surfaced on the internet.
Many people criticized the fact that the organizations had hidden the news from them, while others pessimistically thought that doomsday was really coming.
The reason being was that the document gave a simple description that Aza, the invader, had the combat strength of dominator-level rank-9.
Meanwhile, in the infinite universe, the most powerful powerhouse on the surface was only at dominator-level rank-5. They were no different than ants in the presence of the invader.
However, Lin Huang ignored that. Apart from continuing to send out more will projections everyday as usual to integrate more chaotic cosmoses, he focused mostly on a particular mystic territory that had suddenly appeared a few days ago. To other dominator-level powerhouses, this mystic territory might not seem any different from other dominator-level mystic territories.
However, through the fog, Lin Huang could clearly sense that there was at least one dominator-level rank-7 hidden inside this mystic territory.
Chapter 1853 The Gathering of Powerhouses
"This aura is similar to Aza's, but it doesn't feel like His clone…"
Lin Huang raised his brows slightly and gazed across the dimensions. He had his eyes on an ellipsoid dimension that was covered in gray fog. Even he could not see through the fog to see what was happening inside this mystic territory. However, he could sense the aura inside clearly.
Seeing that some of the dominator-level powerhouses from the infinite universe had gathered outside the mystic territory, Lin Huang thought for a moment and summoned Bai, who had been integrating chaotic cosmoses.
He sent the mystic territory's coordinates to him.
"Monitor this mystic territory for the time being. If it opens, you can take a stroll inside it. It would be best to capture that dominator-level rank-7 powerhouse alive. If you really can't, it'd be great to bring his body back."
Bai nodded quickly and left as soon as he received the mission.
Lin Huang stopped focusing on the matter after getting Bai to handle it. Instead, he continued focusing on integrating chaotic cosmoses.
For the next two days, Bai left a clone to monitor the area outside the mystic territory.
The clone's real ability was naturally at dominator-level rank-9. However, in order to prevent unwanted attention, he disguised it as a dominator-level rank-3 powerhouse in front of those people at the moment. The clone did not bother about the others who were surrounding the mystic territory. He merely sat with his legs crossed alone in the air, far away from the other people.
However, his clone, which was garbed in a black robe and sporting a head of white hair, still somehow managed to get people to talk about him.
"Which organization is that white-haired guy from?"
"Someone asked him two days ago. He said that he's from the Sword Alliance."
"There are only 700 to 800 organizations in the entire infinite universe with dominator-level powerhouses guarding them. Among them, perhaps only 200 to 300 of them have powerhouses above dominator-level rank-3. Is the Sword Alliance among them? How come I've never heard of it?" "Neither have I. Perhaps it's some reclusive sect. After all, since the tribulation is coming, many organizations and tribes that were reclusive can no longer afford to hide themselves."
As the people were discussing, a few figures landed nearby at the same time.
At that moment, the people looked at them with shock in their eyes.
"They're from Star Palace! I can't believe they sent Star Lord Shilun here!" Someone among the crowd could not help but exclaim.
The Star Palace was one of the top organizations in the infinite universe.
They were led by three dominator-level rank-5 powerhouses; and the three leaders were given the title of Star Lord by Star Palace.
Star Lord Shilun was one of the three Star Lords.
His dominator-level rank-5 combat strength made him, undoubtedly, on the surface, the most powerful powerhouse among everyone present apart from Bai.
There were three other people who arrived with Star Lord Shilun. They were all powerhouses from Star Palace. Their combat strength was at dominator-level rank-3 and dominator-level rank-4 respectively.
As soon as they arrived, Star Lord Shilun glanced at everyone who was present.
After scanning through the crowd, he cast his gaze on Bai, who was alone in the distance.
Star Lord Shilun, who had initially only given him a casual glance, suddenly saw Bai tilt his head to glance at him. The second their eyes locked, Star Lord Shilun's heart jolted.
Before he managed to react properly, that strange feeling faded away completely.
'Was it all in my head?' Star Lord Shilun glanced at him again. At this moment, Bai was looking away and had shut his eyes. He did not feel anything unusual now. "Sir?" A lady in silver armor next to him seemed to sense that something was wrong with him. She could not help but call out to him softly.
Her armor was very fitting, displaying the curves of her body completely. Nevertheless, her combat strength was not to be underestimated. She was merely slightly weaker than Star Lord Shilun, and was a powerhouse at dominator-level rank-4.
"Hmm…" Star Lord Shilun nodded slightly. "Does anyone know who that young man with white hair is?"
The lady and the other Dominators took a good look at Bai immediately, after which they shook their heads a moment later.
"I don't. His white hair should be quite an obvious characteristic. In the infinite universe, we only know three to five Dominators who have white hair. Clearly, this guy isn't one of them," the silver-armored lady explained, "However, his dominator-level rank-3 combat strength cannot be considered weak. If he was involved in a battle previously, it's impossible that there are no records of him on Star Net at all. Therefore, I believe that he might be from one of those reclusive organizations."
The Star Net the silver-armored lady mentioned was Star Palace's intelligence department.
In reality, Star Palace's intelligence department aside, other top organizations' intelligence departments would gather information of dominator-level powerhouses' battles.
As such, anyone who fought in public would basically have their information recorded. However, Bai had been busy integrating chaotic cosmoses throughout the past half a year. Although he had killed some of Aza's fleshly clones throughout that period of time, he had done so secretively. He acted quickly, so no one had ever seen him in combat. Naturally, no recordings of him could be found.
"Is something wrong with him?" The silver-armored lady could not help but ask.
After all, it was rare for Star Lord Shilun to take the initiative to ask about someone. One could even say that it had never happened before. "Nothing, I just thought this person's demeanor is quite unique." Star Lord Shilun shook his head. He did not tell them about the split-second feeling that now felt like an "illusion" to him.
Meanwhile, Bai's clone heard their voice transmissions clearly. "This guy is so sharp? He's worthy of being a dominator-level rank-6 powerhouse.'
Bai secretly complimented Star Lord Shilun.
Star Lord Shilun was known to be a dominator-level rank-5 powerhouse, but he could not hide his real ability from Bai at all. He saw through him instantly. This Star Lord Shilun was at dominator-level rank-6.
He was also the most powerful powerhouse among everyone who was present, apart from Bai.
Star Lord Shilun did not realize that Bai had seen through him from that one glance.
After all, dominator-level rank-9 and dominator-level rank-6 powerhouses were on completely different levels.
Since Star Lord Shilun arrived, he merely nodded slightly at the people who were standing near him. He considered it ashis greeting. Later on, the few of them from Star Palace occupied an area of their own. They did not stand together with the others.
The people did not criticize them for it.
Most of the top organizations were like that. They were unwilling to mingle with other organizations.
Not long after the people from Star Palace arrived, another door opened in the dimension. One man and two ladies in white robes walked out of it.
The people were stirred up again.
"People from Snow Domain are here too?!"
"The leading person is Snow Domain's domain owner, Boundless Snow, right?!"
Snow Domain was one of the top organizations in the infinite universe.
However, compared to other top organizations, the Snow Domain had almost been completely reclusive during this era. They rarely showed themselves in public.
Therefore, the arrival of the three people from Snow Domain was something that many did not expect.
"We just talked about people with white hair, now here comes another one," the silver-armored lady who was next to Star Lord Shilun could not help but mumble softly after glancing at Boundless Snow. However, Star Lord Shilun greeted Boundless Snow while smiling, "Domain Owner Snow, how come you decided to come to this mystic territory?"
"I thought I'd take a stroll since I was bored," Boundless Snow replied calmly.
Chapter 1854 Heaven's Secret
Although Snow Domain had always remained partially reclusive, no one could ever shake their position as one of the top organizations.
It was primarily because this domain owner, Boundless Snow, was too stunning in his few recorded battles.
Other dominator-level powerhouses recorded a battle of him killing a dominator-level rank-5 monster in a mystic territory. The video spread across the entire infinite universe.
Almost all powerhouses who had some level of authorization had seen it, including those powerhouses who were basically at heavenly dao-level and dominator-level who were present.
Therefore, everyone recognized him as soon as he arrived.
Although Bai had no idea who the person was at first, he instantly gathered information about him after hearing the people's discussion.
He had a rough idea of the capabilities of this Boundless Snow.
"Another person who is disguised as a dominator-level rank-5…" Bai saw through his real combat strength from a glance. "His real combat strength is close to dominator-level rank-7."
This guy's real combat strength was at the limit of dominator-level rank-6. He was only a step away from rank-7. His combat strength was more powerful than Star Palace's Star Lord Shilun.
Bai could tell that perhaps this guy dared not break through beyond his current combat strength.
His innate grade was only rank-7.5, which was pseudo-Aeon. Such an innate grade greatly restricted his combat strength. One could even say that it was amazing that he managed to step into dominator-level rank-6 at all. The risk would be too high if he was to try to break through further. The success rate of doing so might be less than one-ten-thousandth.
Clearly, Boundless Snow knew that as well. Thus, he restrained his combat strength at the limit of dominator-level rank-6. He dared not take the next step.
Bai learned of Boundless Snow's situation from a glance.
Boundless Snow soon noticed Bai, who was sitting alone. However, he looked away after merely a glance. He did not seem to notice anything unusual about Bai at all. Bai noticed that, after which he held Star Lord Shilun in higher regard. "Seems like it has nothing to do with his combat strength, but rather that his senses are extraordinarily sensitive."
The reason being was, at the moment, Boundless Snow who had higher combat strength did not notice anything unusual about Bai.
While the people were discussing, Star Lord Shilun took the initiative to greet Boundless Snow.
Seemingly wanting to verify something, he shifted the subject to Boundless Snow's hair. "We just got here as well. We couldn't help but talk about how many powerhouses possess white hair in the infinite universe when we saw that guy with white hair. We didn't expect you guys to show up as soon as we started discussing the topic."
Boundless Snow nodded with a faint smile, but he did not have the intention to look at Bai again.
Star Lord Shilun instantly realized that Boundless Snow did not have any special feelings about that guy with white hair.
'Was it really just a figment of my imagination?' He was even more doubtful of his senses now.
However, since he had broken the ice, he could not just ignore Boundless Snow. He only recalled his Divine Telekinesis after chatting with him for a while.
Boundless Snow thought that it was quite ridiculous. He thought to himself, 'Does this guy get high on socializing? I don't think we know each other that well.'
As a partially reclusive organization, Snow Domain's relationship with almost all of the organizations in the infinite universe was strictly limited to business. They were not close with any of them.
Although Star Palace had conducted business with them, he had only met Star Lord Shilun once. It was considered their second time seeing each other this time, so he could not really get used to his friendliness.
Fortunately, the awkward situation did not last too long.
The reason being was that more powerhouses from another top organization arrived! There were even more discussions when the third top organization arrived.
The reason being was that it was Heaven's Secret!
Heaven's Secret was the biggest intelligence organization in the infinite universe. They were the one and only, as well as the oldest organization in the infinite universe.
Apart from that, on the surface, Heaven's Secret was also the most powerful organization in the infinite universe.
The reason being was that, on the surface, they had 12 dominator-level rank-5 powerhouses. They were known as the 12 lieges.
In reality, many major organizations in the outside world knew that above the 12 lieges was a chief liege.
However, this chief liege had never shown himself to the outside world before.
Even though the people in Heaven's Secret revealed that they had a chief liege apart from the 12 lieges, nobody had the authorization to meet the chief liege at all.
The thing that awed people the most about Heaven's Secret was not the mysterious chief liege or the 12 dominator-level rank-5 lieges. Instead, it was because Heaven's Secret was an organization that was seemingly omniscient and all-knowing
As long as one paid the appropriate price, one could purchase any intel or information they wanted from Heaven's Secret.
There was even a rumor that said that Heaven's Secret's chief liege might know the method to break through past dominator-level.
Watching the two people from Heaven's Secret arriving, even Boundless Snow from Snow Domain and Star Lord Shilun from Star Palace turned serious. The expression on their faces became more solemn now.
The crowd not far away were discussing with each other.
"Two Heaven's Secret's lieges came this time?!"
"They sent two lieges over directly. Does Heaven's Secret know something about this mystic territory?!"
"They didn't even bring along a subordinate. I suspect that this mystic territory is extremely dangerous!"
"Fourth Liege, Fifth Liege," Star Lord Shilun took the initiative to greet them with a smile.
The 12 lieges of Heaven's Secret had no names to the outside world. They were only numbered from first to twelfth. The outside world could only address them based on their number.
The 12 people had different looks, so it was easy to tell them apart.
For instance, Fourth Liege before them was a handsome gentleman, while Fifth Liege was a muscular, towering hunk. He was close to three meters tall, and he looked tired.
"Star Lord Shilun." The two lieges nodded slightly at Star Lord Shilun. Then, they looked at Boundless Snow and nodded at him. "Domain Owner Xue."
Boundless Snow nodded at the two of them. This was considered his way of greeting them.
Seeing that they had greeted each other, as Star Lord Shilun was thinking of an excuse to ask something in order to get some information, he saw the two of them appear next to the white-haired man directly in a flash.
The two of them bowed almost at the same time. "Mr. Bai."
Everyone present was dumbstruck to see this.
Heaven's Secret's lieges bowed to someone?!
Even if such a matter were to be publicized, it was likely that nobody would believe it.
Bai lifted his gaze and said with slight confusion, "Do you guys know me?"
In reality, he had sensed it when the two of them arrived. They were not at dominator-level rank-5 at all. They were legitimate dominator-level rank-7 powerhouses. Their combat strength was at the limit of dominator-level rank-7.
However, he ignored them after merely a glance.
Never had he thought that the two of them seemed to have recognized him, and even took the initiative to greet him. "We observed one of your battles by accident," Fourth Liege said calmly with asmile.
"What else do you guys know?" Bai asked again. He did not think that it was the reason they recognized him.
"In reality, what we know is limited. As long as you're here, our trip will be safe this time." Fourth Liege did not provide a direct answer.
Seeing that he was unwilling to spill the details, Bai did not persist. Instead, he asked, "What do you guys know about this mystic territory?"
Chapter 1855 Cthulhu's Malice
"What do you guys know about this mystic territory?" After Bai asked that, Fourth Liege fell silent for a moment. He only spoke slowly after seemingly sorting out his thoughts.
"According to our speculations, this mystic territory might be called R'lyeh. It's a hopeless ocean. Meanwhile, the ruler of the ocean is called Cthulhu. He's a powerhouse at dominator-level rank-6 at least."
Fourth Liege did not say that through voice transmission. Instead, he said it out loud.
Everyone present heard his words loud and clear.
"Is this Cthulhu… Aza's clone?" Bai asked curiously. Seeing that he did not speak through voice transmission, he asked out loud this time.
"No. On a certain level, he's considered Aza's descendant. Under Aza's command, he's been placed in charge of the water element. Compared to the cultivators who major in the water element, he was innately created as a water element Dominator. Therefore, He's more powerful than all water element powerhouses even if they are also dominator-level rank-6 powerhouses."
"Also, although the mystic territory is just Aza's dreamland fragment, this R'lyeh isn't just that. It's also Cthulhu's Kingdom. As soon as one enters, it means entering his Kingdom. There are only two ways to get out. The first is if Cthulhu releases the person, and the second is if he dies and his Kingdom collapses." Many people present looked terrible when they listened up to this point. Most of them began to hesitate about whether they should go in. Even the people from Star Palace and Snow Domain could not help but have their facial expressions changed.
"In this Kingdom, the entire ocean is Cthulhu's world. Not only is the ocean filled with extremely dense Abyssal energy, but there are many Abyssal monsters everywhere. There are dependents at dominator-level rank-5 among them."
Fourth Liege paused as he spoke up to this point. He turned his head to look in the direction where everyone was gathered.
"My personal advice is that it's best for people who have combat strength lower than dominator-level rank-5 to give up on the exploration this time. The frequency of mystic territories opening is high now. There will be many other mystic territories that you guys can explore later on. There's no need to go through futile trials here."
"Fourth Liege, this white-haired guy is only at dominator-level rank-3. Are you advising him to leave too?" A bald man among the crowd bit the bullet and shouted.
His combat strength was the same as what Bai was currently displaying, which was dominator-level rank-3.
Fourth Liege was taken aback. He could not help but glance at Bai helplessly. Naturally, he knew that Bai had disguised his combat strength. He did not want people to know his real ability. Therefore, it would be terrible if Fourth Liege exposed him.
Bai shook his head helplessly. His aura began to skyrocket. Within a single breath of time, he elevated his combat strength to dominator-level rank-5 and then stopped. The crowd was shocked to see that. Even Star Lord Shilun and Boundless Snow had surprise-filled faces.
Star Lord Shilun finally understood why he experienced that "illusion" earlier, 'So it wasn't just in my head. This guy hid his combat strength! Also, his real combat strength shouldn't be merely dominator-level rank-5!' He spoke again after falling into a daze for a moment.
"I personally trust Heaven Secret's source." He turned his head to say to the people next to him as soon as he said that, "Don't come with me this time. Wait for me outside."
"But Star Lord…"
"If it's really as Fourth Liege said, I might not have the strength to spare to take care of you guys later. Instead, I might even end up being distracted," Star Lord Shilun said in all seriousness.
Meanwhile, on Snow Domain's side not far away, Boundless Snow turned his head to instruct the two ladies around him after a moment of thought, "You guys will wait outside too."
Seeing the actions of Star Palace and Snow Domain, many of them began to harbor the intention of retreating.
Although this was the case, only a small number of people left directly, most of them decided to stay and watch.
They wanted to see if these top organizations were tricking them in order to get them to leave, or whether there would really only be dominator-level rank-5 powerhouses going in.
Bai ignored their reactions, and he asked Fourth Liege a few more questions.
The fourth top organization arrived…
Later on, the fifth and sixth top organizations arrived one after the other.
The six top organizations had dominator-level rank-5 powerhouses with them.
There were either one or two of them. Seeing that two lieges from Heaven's Secret were here, many came over to greet them. They looked solemn after hearing the rough information about the mystic territory. Naturally, they believed that Heaven's Secret's lieges would not lie about such matters.
As Bai had disguised his combat strength to dominator-level rank-5, given that he was alone, the few top organizations placed their attention on him.
Star Lord Shilun, who was an extrovert, even seized the opportunity to talk to him.
"Hey, which organization are you from?"
"Sword Alliance." Bai did not hide that information. After all, the Sword Alliance's existence was not considered a secret. Moreover, when the war started, the other Sword Alliance members would participate as well. It was only a matter of time before the other organizations would find out.
"Sword Alliance? Forgive me for being ignorant, but is it a reclusive organization?" Star Lord Shilun asked honestly.
"I guess." Bai nodded and gave an ambiguous answer.
He could not tell him that the Sword Alliance had only been established in the infinite universe for less than half a year.
"Then your ability must be the most powerful in the Sword Alliance, right?" Star Lord Shilun continued to try and get Bai to spill more details.
"No," Bai denied the claim decisively. He instantly thought of Lin Huang, whose ability seemed to be endless.
"You're already at dominator-level rank-5, yet you're not the most powerful?!" Star Lord Shilun raised his brows. The information that Bai provided was crucial. "Chief is more powerful than I am." Bai gave a simple reply and glanced at him. "There are a couple of them who have similar abilities to mine."
Star Lord Shilun saw the ridicule in Bai's eyes. He knew that Bai revealed this information intentionally and knew that he was trying to make him spill more details. He felt a little awkward at the moment. "Ah, there are many powerhouses hidden in the Sword Alliance then!"
After chatting for a little while, Star Lord Shilun gave himself an excuse to leave quickly.
Bai did not find it odd. Everyone was curious, so it made sense that he came over to inquire after learning about the Sword Alliance out of nowhere. After all, it was impossible for a dominator-level rank-5 powerhouse like him who appeared out of nowhere to not attract any attention.
Moreover, the Sword Alliance might soon be famous, so there was no need to hide it. Telling the world that the Sword Alliance was a reclusive organization now was better than appearing out of nowhere later. After Star Lord Shilun, a few representatives of the top organizations soon came over to talk to him one after the other.
Bai basically revealed all of the information that Lin Huang told him to tell others before.
In reality, the information he revealed was roughly the same as what was happening at the Sword Alliance. It was just that it was summarized a little.
The couple of top organizations soon gained a rough understanding of the Sword Alliance.
In a nutshell, it was a reclusive, ancient organization.
The chief should have already surpassed dominator-level rank-5, and there were three to four dominator-level rank-5 powerhouses, while there were tens of dominator-level powerhouses.
Just as the people were busy socializing, the mystic territory suddenly trembled.
They instantly fixed their eyes on it. Seeing that the fog began to scatter and release blue light…
"The mystic territory has opened!"
As a shout emerged from the crowd, and the two lieges from Heaven's Secret entered directly without hesitation.
The dominator-level rank-5 and dominator-level rank-6 powerhouses from the few top organizations caught up to them instantly, but left their subordinates behind.
The crowd who had gathered earlier became a little hesitant when they saw that it was only the dominator-level rank-5 powerhouses from the top organizations that went in.
Without hesitation, Bai got up and flew in directly.
After he did, a dominator-level rank-4 among the crowd flew in a while later.
The members from the top organizations did not stop him.
Some of them among the crowd saw that and bit the bullet and went in as well.
Just as the people who were left behind were still hesitating, the fog suddenly shrunk, turning into a giant, blue monster face, grinning at the people who were outside.
An extremely terrifying aura that exuded an eerie sense of malice, and intense fishy stench, spread out instantly. Everyone present could not move, and even breathing became difficult.
Everyone even smelled the scent of death. Fortunately, this terrifying scene only lasted for a moment before it faded automatically.
When they snapped back to their senses, the mystic territory had been sealed completely.
"It's a trap! That guy intentionally opened the entrance to let them in…" Someone among the crowd could not help but exclaim.
At the same time, because of fear, the people outside looked extremely terrible.
Chapter 1856 Dagon
Bai raised his brows lightly as soon as he entered the mystic territory.
Just like Fourth Liege said, this mystic territory was an ocean world.
He was not even teleported to the surface, but rather to the depths of the ocean.
There was darkness everywhere. However, to dominator-level powerhouses, such darkness was not an obstacle to their vision. To Bai, there was nothing around him that could hide from his sight.
Nevertheless, this ocean seemed to block spatial probing. With Bai's ability, it was easy for him to break through this restraint. However, this was Cthulhu's kingdom, as well as Aza's dreamland fragment.
Unless it was the last resort, Bai did not want to reveal his real ability.
Since his vision could not penetrate the space to see the surrounding situation, he decisively spread out his Divine Telekinesis.
However, he suppressed the strength of his Divine Telekinesis this time. He maintained it at the combat strength he had displayed, which was at dominator-level rank-5.
Although his Divine Telekinesis was restricted significantly here, and its probing range was limited, it was much more efficient than probing with his eyes. By scanning with Divine Telekinesis, Bai soon saw how the mystic territory really looked like.
Countless sea monsters of all shapes and forms were swimming and hunting in the ocean.
Most of their combat strengths were between minor dao-level to heavenly dao-level.
However, Bai noticed that the few dominator-level rank-1 and dominator-level rank-2 Abyssal creatures were gigantic. Very soon, he had reached the limits of his Divine Telekinesis' probing range. "Dominator-level rank-5 Divine Telekinesis can only probe an area the size of a small star zone…" Just as he was hesitating whether to increase the strength of his Divine Telekinesis by a rank, he suddenly raised his head and looked in a direction far away.
He clearly sensed intense energy fluctuations coming from that direction.
Judging by the strength of the fluctuations, it was caused by a battle between dominator-level rank-5 powerhouses.
He stopped hesitating immediately and increased the strength of his Divine Telekinesis to dominator-level rank-6 and spread it out toward where the battle fluctuations were.
A moment later, he finally saw the scene of the battle.
On one side was Star Lord Shilun, who he had met outside the mystic territory earlier.
On the other side was a giant sea monster.
The monster looked like a humongous fish-headed man. It only had one eye on its head. Its body was covered in deep-blue scales, and there was a dorsal fin on its back. Its limbs were as muscular as a bullfrog's, and there was obvious webbing between its fingers.
If Lin Huang was here, he would have been able to recognize that it was a Dagon instantly.
The Dagon grasped a mountain peak tightly in its right hand. It kept swinging the huge mountain at Star Lord Shilun.
Clearly, it was not an ordinary peak. There were strange, black sigils swirling around continuously on it. Although the sea monster's combat strength was only at dominator-level rank-5, which was weaker than Star Lord Shilun, it had immense strength and incredible defensive abilities. Perhaps its strength and defensive abilities were no weaker than some dominator-level rank-6 powerhouses.
Bai observed the two's battle with interest. At the moment, it seemed like Star Lord Shilun was being suppressed in battle; he did not appear to have the chance to fight back at all.
However, Bai noticed that the expression on Star Lord Shilun's face remained relaxed. Not only that, his teleportation was highly effective. He used the least strength to dodge the monster's full-force attack almost every time. He had almost never been hit throughout the entire battle.
"Seems like this guy is trying to exhaust the monster." Bai saw through Star Lord Shilun's plan directly.
Although his combat strength was higher than this Dagon, he did not plan to kill it in head-on combat. Instead, he was draining it on purpose, while at the same time saving his Dominator Power.
One had to say that adopting such a strategy was the correct thing to do in this place, where one was constantly surrounded by danger.
He could only keep his guard up against more dangers and enemies if he reserved his Dominator Power.
Seeing that Star Lord Shilun had the entire battle under control, Bai did not plan to waste anymore time on them.
His Divine Telekinesis passed by them and probed further away. Very soon, he found a second battlefield in another direction.
This time, one was a dominator-level rank-5 powerhouse from a top organization, while the other was a dominator-level rank-5 Dagon.
This Dagon's size seemed smaller than the one Star Lord Shilun was fighting.
Its strength was clearly slightly weaker than the earlier gigantic fish-head monster, but its speed was much faster.
However, its strength and defensive abilities had far surpassed an ordinary dominator-level rank-5 powerhouse. It was close to dominator-level rank-6 in that regard.
On a certain level, this Dagon was actually even harder to get rid of compared to the one Star Lord Shilun encountered.
Bai observed for a little while and realized that this Dagon had almost completely suppressed that dominator-level rank-5 powerhouse.
This dominator-level rank-5 powerhouse seemed to be focused on defense and dodging all this while. He did not have the opportunity to fight back at all.
The difference between him and Star Lord Shilun was that he really did not have the extra strength needed to fight back. He had used up all of his strength to simply dodge and defend against the attacks.
Moreover, as this Dagon possessed an even faster attack speed, the probability of him being hit was approximately 30%. Were it not for the chaotic supreme treasure armor protecting him, he might have been injured terribly or perhaps even killed.
After watching for a while, Bai was sure that this dominator-level rank-5 powerhouse would not be able to last for very long.
He would need to drain a great amount of Dominator Power every time he activated the chaotic supreme treasure armor's defense. This resulted in his Dominator Power being drained even faster than the Dagon's Dominator Power.
If this continued on, he would exhaust his Dominator Power soon and become an easy target.
Bai hesitated for a moment when he saw this scene. He figured that he should not simply ignore his plight.
If he had not seen it, it wouldn't have been a problem, but now that he did, he could not just let him die at the fish-head monster's hands.
After all, he was a dominator-level rank-5 powerhouse. He would be considered a useful source of combat strength in the upcoming war.
With that thought, Bai finally could not help but attack.
He appeared above the battlefield where the two were in a flash.
Before they could react, a blood-colored gleam shot forth from the tip of his right index finger suddenly.
It was extremely fast. In the Dagon and the dominator-level rank-5 powerhouse's eyes, they barely saw the electric arc flashing across the sky at high speed.
The next second, the blood-colored gleam penetrated the Dagon's head directly before it even managed to react.
It froze. Within a blink of an eye, it seemed to have been sealed in a dimensional crystal. It stood where it was and froze.
A moment later, that huge fish head exploded directly. A blood-colored demonic flower bloomed.
The demonic flower sucked out the remaining blood from the head-less Dagon's body continuously. The Dagon's body dried up at a speed that was visible to naked eye. In the end, it turned into dust and vanished.
In reality, the entire thing happened within a single moment.
That dominator-level rank-5 powerhouse was dumbstruck as he watched that moment go by.
The Dagon, whose defense ability was on par with a dominator-level rank-6 powerhouse, who had been suppressing him the entire time, was killed by the white-haired man before him in a second!
At that moment, his head went blank.
By the time he wanted to thank him after snapping back to his senses, he realized that the white-haired guy was already gone.
Chapter 1857 Kingdom's Creation
Bai quickly spread out his Divine Telekinesis again after settling that Dagon.
This time, he found more dominator-level monsters.
These were tentacle monsters that looked a little like octopus and jellyfish.
They came in all sorts of colors, as well as various shapes. Their combat strength spanned from dominator-level rank-1 to rank-5.
Bai also noticed that two dominator-level rank-4 powerhouses encountered such monsters in different areas. They were embroiled in tough battles.
What made the tentacle monsters difficult to deal with was that their tentacles could transform into various shapes and sizes. These transformations were not just limited to, but the tentacles could also be transformed into shields, flying daggers, arrows… Their individual combat power was on par with a small army.
Aside from that, they even had powerful regeneration abilities.
The tentacles were as powerful as supreme treasures. Even if they were chopped off, they would regenerate instantly.
Bai observed for a little bit and found something even more difficult to deal with.
These octopus monsters could absorb energy from the ocean rapidly. Thus, no matter how much Dominator Power they used up, they could replenish it instantly.
In battle, the Dominator Power they actually drained was less than one-tenth of the amount they exerted.
In other words, the Dominator Power they had at their disposal was almost ten-fold that of powerhouses of the same level.
If powerhouses of the same level wanted to drain their Dominator Power, they would only drain themselves to death in the end.
'These octopus monsters' auras are very similar to Cthulhu's. Not only that, the fact that they can absorb the Dominator Power in this ocean proves that they came from the same source as Cthulhu.' Bai thought to himself while frowning lightly. 'Could they be Cthulhu's clones?'
With that doubt in mind, he appeared at one of the battlefields in a flash.
He killed that dominator-level rank-4 octopus monster instantly with a casual attack.
Seeing his opponent being killed all of a sudden, the muscular dominator-level rank-4 powerhouse froze directly.
Bai ignored him as he examined the monster's body, which was quickly fading, with his Divine Telekinesis.
He quickly realized that the monster did not leave behind a physical body after it died. Instead, it was fading quickly. Even all of the energy that made up its body was being fed back to the ocean.
"It doesn't look like a clone, but more like a Kingdom's creation…" Bai had a new speculation in mind. "Now it seems like it might be a creation that Cthulhu made using his Kingdom. No wonder their highest combat strength is only at dominator-level rank-5."
At that moment, the dominator-level rank-4 powerhouse finally snapped back to his senses.
Naturally, he recognized Bai. After all, his white hair was just too eye-catching. Apart from that, even Heaven Secret's lieges were respectful to this white-haired young man when they met. Now it seemed that he really deserved their respect.
"Thanks for helping me, senior," he said quickly while cupping his hands.
Bai turned his head to glance at him. He warned him, "Don't mess with such octopus monsters. Unless you have the ability to kill it instantly, it'll drain you to death."
Without waiting for him to respond, Bai disappeared in a flash. His next destination was the other battlefield.
It was also a dominator-level rank-4 powerhouse fighting against a dominator-level rank-4 octopus monster.
The dominator-level rank-4 powerhouse was a lady in red armor.
She held a spear, and was even more courageous than that hunk before.
The monster's tentacles were crushed wherever the spear moved toward.
However, Bai saw through the situation from a glance that the battle just looked even. In reality, she was in a tougher position.
The lady's attack ability was more powerful indeed, but her defense and dodging abilities were weaker. It resulted in her attacking continuously without giving the monster the chance to fight back.
This caused her Dominator Power to drain almost twice as fast as the hunk before.
If nobody interfered with the battle, she would be defeated faster than the hunk would. Not only that, she might not even be able to escape.
Bai pointed his finger again and killed the second octopus monster.
As expected, the monster did not leave behind a physical body and God's soul particle after it was killed. Its body faded directly too, turning into Origin Energy that integrated with the ocean.
This time, Bai left directly without waiting for the red-armored lady to speak.
A moment later, he found out that Boundless Snow from Snow Domain and Fifth Liege from Heaven's Secret encountered the same monster.
The two of them had encountered groups of octopus monsters that were led by a dominator-level rank-5 monster.
Each group comprised some ten octopus monsters. The leaders were all at dominator-level rank-5, while the remaining monsters were at dominator-level rank-4.
If another dominator-level rank-5 powerhouse had encountered such a situation, he would undoubtedly die.
However, Boundless Snow was a peak dominator-level rank-6 powerhouse. He was one step away from dominator-level rank-7.
Naturally, his ability was not to be underestimated. Initially, Bai was in a hurry to find Cthulhu. However, seeing their encounter, he could not help but stop by to watch. Boundless Snow was unwilling to show his real ability at first. He was only fighting using his dominator-level rank-5 ability.
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He swung the crystal spear in his hand. A giant crystal dragon charged forward.
Everything froze wherever the giant crystal dragon passed.
The octopus monsters were no exception. Including the leader, all of the monsters were frozen into ice sculptures entirely.
Though Boundless Snow's combat strength was suppressed, his attack ability was totally at dominator-level rank-6.
Seeing that he was going to put away his spear, Bai smirked lightly.
"Hmm?!" Boundless Snow realized something was wrong as he was about to put his spear away.
The next second, the ice that froze the dominator-level rank-5 monster exploded directly. Countless dark-purple tentacles swept toward Boundless Snow like blooming petals. No dominator-level rank-5 powerhouse could dodge an attack of that speed.
Boundless Snow's pupils shrunk when he saw the attack. He finally could not hide his real combat strength anymore.
He released his dominator-level rank-6 combat strength. He flew into the air by tapping the tip of his toes. While retreating quickly, he swung the spear in his hand at an even more terrifying speed.
A scary white gleam shot from the tip of the spear. White snow that was like an avalanche swallowed the countless tentacles. The attack's momentum was strong. It even swallowed the octopus monster that had just gotten out of the icy seal completely.
This time, Bai finally sensed that the monster's aura was destroyed instantly.
It was like splashing a tinder that had just been ignited with a basin of iced water. It was dead.
"His ability is not bad, it's just that he underestimated his opponent." Bai gave Boundless Snow such a comment after watching the battle.
One should never let their guard down before confirming that their opponent was dead.
It was Lin Huang who taught Bai that before he stepped into transcendent-level.
Bai had always kept it in mind. He was sure that he would definitely not give the opponent any chance of turning the tables around if he encountered such an opponent.
After watching the battle on Boundless Snow's side, the battle of Heaven's Secret's dominator-level rank-5 liege and the octopus monsters group on the other area had officially begun.
Chapter 1858 Cthulhu's Descendants
Heaven's Secret's Fifth Liege had the combat strength of dominator-level rank-7.
Bai saw that through directly. However, he could not really tell what he specialized in.
Though he was muscular, he was obviously not a combat cultivator. A combat cultivator's aura could be easily recognized. Their qi-blood was much stronger than other cultivators. Although his qi-blood was stronger than regular cultivators of the same level, it was limited.
Nevertheless, Bai soon found out what he was specialized in.
The group of octopus monsters attacked together as soon as they discovered Fifth Liege.
Countless tentacles attacked him from all directions in the ocean.
However, Fifth Liege did not panic at all. Instead, his eyes were shut slightly, while his lips moved softly. He was chanting scriptures. At the same time, he put his hands together and began to perform hand seals quickly.
The second before the countless tentacles arrived, a golden Buddha landed on Fifth Liege out of nowhere, enveloping him.
The next second, Fifth Liege finally opened his eyes. Golden light shone forth from his golden body; a glaring golden gleam radiated from him. The tentacles vanished wherever the light passed.
The octopus monsters release devastating screams almost at the same time. After that, the monsters turned into nothingness.
The dominator-level rank-3 and rank-4 octopus monsters aside, even the dominator-level rank-5 monster was killed instantly without being able to fight back at all.
They were like shadows that were being chased by the sun, or like water vapor evaporated by high temperature. "Buddhist cultivator?!" Bai raised his brows slightly. "This technique is much more powerful than combat cultivators."
One had to say that the Buddhist cultivator's golden light truly had an amazing suppression effect on Abyssal creatures.
However, the instant kill effect was achievable mainly because Fifth Liege's combat strength was higher than the monsters.
Clearly, Heaven's Secret had picked Fifth Liege to join the exploration this time because he was a Buddhist cultivator.
However, what Bai was curious about was why he was not bald. He even had a thick head of hair.
He learned from Lin Huang that Buddhist cultivators were usually bald.
After Fifth Liege killed the group of monsters, the golden Buddha soon faded away. Bai's Divine Telekinesis soon spread out elsewhere.
This time, he found a monster that was close to dominator-level rank-7 deep in the ocean.
The monster was much bigger than the Dagons and octopus monsters that he had seen before.
It was as if it was made of a mountain range. Its body was almost completely made of rocks. There were eyes all over its back, and each of them were underwater volcanoes.
Apart from that, it had two long elephant trunks.
They were like giant mountains that stretched tens of thousands of kilometers away.
"This guy's aura is similar to Cthulhu's as well…" Bai noticed the unusualness of this monster's aura as soon as he discovered it. "However, He's different from the octopus monsters from before…" "Can it be that it's Cthulhu's descendant?" Bai looked at the two trunks. They indeed looked like Cthulhu's nose.
While Bai was observing the monster, his Divine Telekinesis suddenly sensed clear energy fluctuations not far away from the monster.
He spread out his Divine Telekinesis toward the source of the energy fluctuations immediately.
It was Fourth Liegem who was fighting a monster.
The monster's size was almost similar to the trunk monster Bai had discovered just now, but its shape was similar to a muscular bullfrog. It had countless thin tentacles on its head like hair. There was only a single eye hidden in the center of the countless tentacles. Its limbs were similar to a bullfrog's in the sense that they were webbed. This monster's aura was very similar to Cthulhu's as well. It was also different from the octopus monsters before.
"Is it one of Cthulhu's descendants as well?" Bai speculated once more.
He also noticed that, although this monster's combat strength was at the limit of dominator-level rank-6, its real ability was no weaker than Fourth Liege.
Fourth Liege was a saber cultivator. His attack ability was rather terrifying.
However, when his attacks landed on the bullfrog monster, they did not cause any substantial harm to it at all.
It was gigantic, and there was a hard rock shell covering its body.
Although Fourth Liege's attacks could penetrate the shell, it was hard for his attacks to go deeper and harm its insides.
Not only that, this bullfrog monster's explosive agility was powerful, and so was its attack speed.
The speed of its attacks were no slower than Fourth Liege's attacks.
Although Fourth Liege had the combat strength of dominator-level rank-7, he did not dare to allow the monster to hit him.
The battle very soon fell into a stagnant state.
Just as Bai was hesitating whether to interfere, suddenly, a low roar came from the trunk monster not far away.
Clearly, it had also noticed the battle over here.
"Are they going to work together to fight Fourth Liege?" Bai raised his brows slightly. He suppressed his urge to attack to see what it was going to do exactly.
At that moment, the countless tentacles on the bullfrog monster's head were swinging around frantically as if they were boiling. It released a roar too.
Compared to the trunk monster, its voice was of higher frequency.
Bai soon noticed that after the bullfrog monster roared, Fourth Liege's movements clearly slowed down.
"What's happening?!" Bai discovered Fourth Liege's situation immediately.
"Did it attack his God's soul?!" He noticed that something was clearly off about Fourth Liege. "No… It looks like an illusion…"
As expected, the strength of Fourth Liege's God's soul did not falter at all, but his battle rhythm had clearly slowed down. As the bullfrog monster continued to roar, the trunk monster's voice was getting more vigorous, while Fourth Liege's movements were obviously becoming slower and slower.
The bullfrog monster did not seize the opportunity to attack. Instead, it kept defending and dodging. It seemed to be afraid of interrupting the other monster.
Approximately five to six minutes later, Fourth Liege finally froze where he was entirely.
The bullfrog monster stopped defending and dodging. It continued to roar in a high frequency. The trunk monster not far away did not stop as well. It continued to roar with the bullfrog
monster.
Very soon, Bai noticed that although Fourth Liege did not attack, the Dominator Power in his body was being drained continuously. The speed was almost as if it was burning; it was fading intensely as each second passed.
"As I thought, it's an illusion technique!" Bai confirmed the two's combined technique as he observed the situation up to this point.
He initially thought that the two monsters would have been experts at close combat.
He had not expected them to be proficient at illusion techniques, and for them to work together like that.
Under the collaboration of the two dominator-level rank-6 monsters, the illusion they casted had easily trapped a dominator-level rank-7 powerhouse!
Seems like I really can't underestimate these Abyssal monsters. It's hard to guard against their strange techniques!' Bai secretly thought to himself.
Watching Fourth Liege's Dominator Power being drained within these few minutes, while his aura plummeted and blood dripped from his mouth and nose, Bai moved and disappeared from where he was.
Chapter 1859 Assemble
Bai appeared not far from Fourth Liege directly in a flash.
At that moment, Fourth Liege's Dominator Power had almost been completely drained. Even his aura had plummeted drastically.
Looking at his condition, Bai speculated that he would only last another three minutes at the very most before he died.
Bai had finally heard the sound the two monsters released when he got here.
One was high, and the other was low.
Their voices had surpassed the limit of sound frequency that humans could hear. Therefore, Bai and Fourth Liege actually could not hear the two enchanting tones.
However, Bai's Divine Telekinesis captured the changes in the sound waves easily.
"It's a sound illusory technique, just as I thought!" Bai confirmed his speculation immediately. He could clearly sense the pulling force on one's God's soul.
It was just that the strength of Bai's God's soul was already at dominator-level rank-9. Naturally, the two monsters could not do anything to him.
Seeing that Bai remained frozen since he arrived, the monsters thought he was affected too, so they roared even louder now.
However, Bai lifted his head lightly in the next second. He locked his Divine Telekinesis onto the two monsters directly.
Two blood-colored electric arcs shot out from behind him at high speed. They were like two giant blood-colored pythons shooting across the sky. Although Bai had suppressed his ability in the attack, the two monsters could not defend themselves against it.
They did not even manage to dodge or defend before the two blood-colored "giant pythons" penetrated their heads. The shell that was strong enough to defend against a dominator-level rank-7 saber cultivator was like a piece of thin paper in front of the two blood-colored "giant pythons". Their defenses were easily penetrated.
Almost at the same time as they were hit, the two monsters' illusion collapsed directly.
Fourth Liege snapped out of the illusion instantly.
At this time, he was already at his weakest. He almost had no strength left to fight.
Nevertheless, he saw Bai, who was not far away, at a glance. He instantly realized what had happened. "Thank you, Mr. Bai." Bai merely nodded lightly and focused on the two monsters that were suspected to be Cthulhu's descendants.
After the two "giant pythons" penetrated the two monsters, they began to extract the Dominator Power from their bodies.
Their bodies dried up rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. They seemed to have completely lost the strength to fight.
Fourth Liege could not help but feel terrified when he saw that.
Within half a minute, the two giant beasts' carcasses were dried up entirely. In another ten seconds, they had turned into dust and vanished.
Bai then recalled the two blood-colored "giant pythons". He turned around to look at Fourth Liege. "Cthulhu is nearby. You can't fight in your condition. Leave as soon as you can."
Fourth Liege was clearly hesitant, but he still nodded after hesitating for a moment. "I'll leave for now then. I'll get No. 5 to help Mr.
Bai."
Bai did not agree, nor did he disagree. He disappeared in a flash.
After sending the two monsters whose aura was similar to Cthulhu's deep in the ocean, Bai faintly sensed Cthulhu, who was secretly probing.
However, it had hidden its aura. Bai would need time to find out exactly where it was hiding.
Bai spread out his Divine Telekinesis again. This time, he adjusted the strength of his Divine Telekinesis to dominator-level rank-7 directly.
As the probing range expanded once more, the probing accuracy increased significantly as well.
However, he still did not find Cthulhu after scanning his surroundings.
Feeling helpless, Bai could only teleport elsewhere and explore further away.
Almost half a day later, Heaven's Secret's Fifth Liege suddenly appeared. Boundless Snow from Snow Domain was with him. "Mr. Bai." Fifth Liege and Boundless Snow had never seen Bai fight. Nevertheless, the aura he exuded was already at dominator-level rank-7. Naturally, they did not dare to underestimate him.
However, a subtle confusion flashed through Bai's eyes when he saw them.
"Why are the two of you together?" Bai asked curiously.
"We ran into each other, so we partnered up," Boundless Snow said with a light smile. Fifth Liege, who was standing to the side, nodded lightly.
"Did you guys find anything?" Bai asked further.
"There are many dominator-level monsters in this ocean, and they possess some strange techniques," Boundless Snow responded quickly, "We must deal with them carefully."
"I ran into some octopus monsters. They're tough to kill indeed." Fifth Liege nodded as well.
"Did you guys sense Cthulhu's coordinates?"
"No." The two of them shook their heads.
However, Boundless Snow seemed to have recalled something, after which he suddenly spoke, "I think something is suspicious."
"How so?" Bai asked immediately.
"It's a cave. I sensed Cthulhu's aura when I passed by, but I did not dare to explore it on my own," Boundless Snow said.
"There are three of us now. I think we can check it out," Bai instantly suggested.
"I think we can do that," Fifth Liege agreed immediately.
"I'll bring you guys over then. You guys can check it out before deciding to go in." Boundless Snow did not hesitate and agreed directly.
The three of them arrived at the bottom of the ocean with Boundless Snow leading the way.
They saw the cave that Boundless Snow talked about beneath an underwater canyon. In reality, the cave looked more like an underground rift that spread out for some ten kilometers.
Indeed, the rift was releasing an obscure aura. To Bai, it felt like Cthulhu's aura indeed. "The aura is obscure. It seems to be hiding intentionally." Fifth Liege spread out his Divine Telekinesis into the rift. However, he recalled it merely a moment later. "Divine Telekinesis can't enter."
"It might really be Cthulhu's hiding place." Bai secretly spread out his dominator-level rank-7 Divine Telekinesis too. He could only extend it tens of meters into the rift. "Apart from Cthulhu, there should not be any monsters that are capable of setting up such a powerful restriction on Divine Telekinesis."
"Should we go in now, or later when we get more people over?" Boundless Snow asked the two of them.
"Let's go in," Bai said directly, "Just the three of us will suffice. The others might not be of help even if they came."
What Bai said was the truth.
In the presence of Cthulhu, who was at dominator-level rank-7, one would be seeking death if they were not at dominator-level rank-7.
Apart from Bai, among those who participated in the exploration this time, only the two lieges from Heaven's Secret were at dominator-level rank-7.
Even Boundless Snow was only at the limit of dominator-level rank-6. His ability was lacking compared to actual dominator-level rank-7 powerhouses.
Among the rest, Star Lord Shilun might be able to protect himself, but the rest would be seeking death if they came.
Moreover, Fourth Liege who was not here had had his Dominator Power drained. It was impossible that he would be capable of joining a battle of such a level within a short period of time.
Naturally, Bai hoped that there were less people so that they would not slow him down.
He leapt down into the rift before waiting for the two of them to respond.
Boundless Snow and Fifth Liege looked at each before. They leapt in as well.
Chapter 1860 Interesting Ability
As they were descending, Bai could sense the faint aura more clearly; there was even a faint fishy stench.
After glancing at the two of them who caught up with him from the side of his eye, Bai smirked and accelerated directly.
Boundless Snow and Fifth Liege accelerated instantly to catch up to him when they saw this.
Very soon, the three of them arrived at the bottom of the rift.
It was very spacious, as if they had entered another dimension.
Bai spread out his Divine Telekinesis again. His peak dominator-level rank-7 Divine Telekinesis soon scanned through the entire space.
However, there was an area that his Divine Telekinesis could not probe.
It was a hemispherical space that spanned hundreds of kilometers. His Divine Telekinesis seemed to be blocked by a layer of membrane. It could not probe what was happening inside the hemispherical space.
Bai was not confused when he sensed something unusual about this area. Instead, he had his interest piqued.
He appeared outside the area directly in a flash.
Boundless Snow and Fifth Liege caught up to him immediately when they saw this.
What welcomed them was a foggy area that was completely covered in gray fog.
"This gray fog seems to block the probing of Divine Telekinesis. I wonder what's hiding inside there," Boundless Snow asked Bai, "It's not good to invade just like that. Should we think of something else?"
"This might be Cthulhu's hiding place." Bai remained indifferent. "We're already here. There's no need to beat around the bush."
"That's right!" Fifth Liege, who was standing to the side, nodded in agreement. "Let's go in first. If we really can't fight it, we'll just escape and gather the rest."
Bai glanced at Fifth Liege with a smile. "That's similar to what I have in mind."
Hearing the two's argument, Boundless Snow shut his mouth immediately.
Bai said nothing else and stepped into the fog directly. Boundless Snow and Fifth Liege went in after him.
After stepping into the foggy area, Bai realized that he seemed to have arrived on land. They were no longer surrounded by ocean water.
He raised his brows lightly after realizing that the two did not catch up to him.
"Those guys seemed to have been teleported somewhere else…"
He looked around. There was darkness surrounding him, but this did not really affect his vision. He could still see everything around clearly.
There seemed to be an underground cave here. Although it was many times bigger than a regular underground cave, Bai could still see countless stalactites above his head.
The structure of the cave limited his vision.
Therefore, he attempted to spread out his Divine Telekinesis, after which he soon realized he could not spread his dominator-level rank-7 Divine Telekinesis out of his body.
Although he could increase the strength of his Divine Telekinesis, he did not want to do such a thing by force.
"Let's see what tricks you have up your sleeves." Bai did not panic even though his Divine Telekinesis could not leave his body. He walked forward slowly.
Over an hour had passed as he walked.
Throughout the one hour, he did not even encounter one monster. Monsters aside, he did not even see a single plant.
Bai was not bothered. He continued walking forward as if he was traveling.
Very soon, he heard the sound of running footsteps not far away.
He stopped walking and looked in the direction where the footsteps were coming from.
A moment later, a figure rushed out.
The person was stunned to see Bai. "Mr. Bai!" "It's you." Bai smiled lightly. The person was the muscular Fifth Liege from Heaven's Secret.
"I can't believe I ran into you here. I thought this horrible place was a trap formation that would not allow us to meet easily." Fifth Liege slowed down his steps and walked toward Bai.
"I'm quite surprised too." Bai smiled and asked, "How long have you been here?" "Over an hour I think," Fifth Liege replied. "Did you find anything?" Bai asked further. "No." Fifth Liege shook his head immediately. "This place looks like a regular underground cave. I didn't see any signs of life as I ran over. The key issue is that Divine Telekinesis doesn't work here, and my vision is hindered by the walls. So I can't see very far."
"I thought I'd crush the walls instead. Then I found out that the walls, ground and the stalactites above our heads were as powerful as chaotic supreme treasures. I couldn't break them at all."
"Also, the rocks here look the same. No matter how or where I walk, it feels like I'm walking in the same area. I suspect that this has the same effect as trap formations and illusory formations."
Naturally, Bai had noticed everything Fifth Liege said.
"What about you, Mr. Bai? Did you find anything?" Fifth Liege asked Bai after telling what he found out.
"Me too. I didn't see any living creatures as I walked here. I've no idea what or where this place is at the moment." Bai gave a short response.
"What should we do then?" Fifth Liege asked again.
"Let's continue to walk around." Bai was calm. "What else can we do?"
Bai walked over to the wall where Fifth Liege had just appeared from, while speaking, "You came from the direction…"
Before he was done speaking, he saw Fifth Liege appear behind him secretly. He was enveloped by the golden Buddha and slapped toward Bai.
Almost at the same time, a blood-colored python came out of Bai's back. Before the Buddha's slap landed, the blood-colored python had penetrated Fifth Liege's heart.
Fifth Liege's aura plummeted instantly, and the golden Buddha collapsed directly.
"H-How did you find out?" 'Fifth Liege' asked, feeling unwilling.
Bai turned his head slowly. He had a faint smile on his face. "That's a secret."
In the next second, his body dried up instantly.
Its body regained its original form quickly.
It was an octopus monster that was curled up inside a snail shell. It had eight tentacle legs and six tentacle arms. There were sharp pricks at the end of the long arms.
Within ten seconds, the octopus monster had turned into a shrunken mummy entirely.
Its head had finally emerged from the huge snail shell.
A moment later, including its tentacles, its entire body was crushed into dust together with the shell.
"The aura… It seems to be Cthulhu's descendant as well." Bai finally sensed its aura when it regained its true form. Its aura was similar to the two monsters that created the illusion earlier, but was also different.
"It had dominator-level rank-6 combat strength but it copied a dominator-level rank-7 powerhouse's ability perfectly. He even copied Fifth Liege's technique exactly…" Bai smirked. "What an interesting ability."