Chapter 217: The Last World - 217
Within just days of each other, the beast world and the heavenborns began to explore the next set of ten worlds. Each force was now many times stronger than before.
Ignoring the amount of time spent on cultivation between Tian Ren and the mysterious man, just the number and strength of their subordinates had greatly increased.
If one ignored the mysterious man, the supreme beasts were much stronger than the beast race. Therefore, their addition was very much welcomed.
There were also supreme beasts on the heaven world, and they too had formed an alliance. Their alliances formation with Tian Ren had been a lot less violent than the formation of the beast worlds alliance, but that was mostly due to the fact that they already knew Tian Ren's status and power.
As the sole person who directly spoke to heaven, how could the supreme beasts dare to even attempt and fight him.
The exploration and setting up of arrays of the ten new worlds was much quicker for both sides.
Perhaps it was due to increased personal strength or manpower.
After another quick two thousand year time period, the next set of ten worlds was explored and teleportation arrays were added.
Instead of staying behind and consolidating their strength on the new planets, two beings decided to see just how far the worlds went and what was on the other ones.
After all, ignoring a few wild beasts with very little intelligence every now and then, there were very little new things on the planets they had teleported to.
There were no more living beings coming from other worlds, nor previously unknown materials.
As those two beings wandered around searching for more arrays, they also hoped to discover something new or at least interesting.
Within three days, the mysterious man found an array that led him to another world. He didn't go back and try to find the other teleportation arrays, but continued to explore the new and seemingly uninteresting world in search of more arrays.
Tian Ren too found another array just a day later.
While the two strongest beings on each of their planets neared each other, heaven was standing above the biggest world he had created. It was the planet that would be the final destination.
As he had never expected the exploration of new worlds to take so long, he found himself bored. Instead of just sitting there and rotting, he pondered some issues and changed some things about the later planets.
Now, there were only 99 planets. 40 of them had been colonized by the two worlds, and some of the others were currently being scrutinized by Tian Ren and the mysterious man in order to find more teleportation arrays.
As for why there were only 99 planets now, heaven had decided to move one far away and take the teleportation array off of it.
He had realized that with one hundred planets, one of the two sides would have an extra world before reaching the final planet. It wouldn't slow them down much, but in the event that they had a war, one side would have more resources than the other.
It would have had a minor effect, but it might have changed the scales of the battle unfairly.
Although there wasn't a one hundred percent chance of a battle happening, heaven had long been paying attention to the mysterious man. With his strength, finding out all of his information was easy as could be. Heaven had completely seen through him. He knew that the likelihood of a battle breaking out was at least 99%.
He watched solemnly as the two beings came closer to each other.
Much farther away, Zhou Fan had just finished up the round of studying. Now, his progress was noticeable. Still, he would need much more time and effort to achieve everything he wanted.
As he looked outside the shack and inside the galaxy, he noticed that Tian Ren and the mysterious man were nearing each other.
Like heaven, he had also started paying attention to the mysterious man a while ago. However, he noticed some things that heaven had not. It wasn't that heaven was too weak, but that he had not been given enough information.
Zhou Fan could see that the mysterious man had a divine physique. The discovery had thoroughly shocked him when he had first seen it. This was one of the first encounters he had made with a divine physique holder. They were simply far too rare.
If one knew what the mysterious man was and knew what a divine physique was, it wouldn't be too hard to put the pieces together even if they didn't have the ability to sense divine physiques.
Sadly, heaven was simply disadvantaged. Zhou Fan decided to temporarily leave the shack so that he could watch the upcoming battle. He too was confident that a fight would happen.
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After a few more days, two people appeared on a humongus planet that's size was matched by no other within the galaxy.
The moment they entered it, they were shocked. Not only was Qi more dense on the planet, albeit just slightly, but with a single glance they could see many new plants and even some new ores.
The two people didn't teleport to the same area. There were two teleportation arrays on the planet, one on each side. As they had no clue about the other, they began to explore the planet.
After a while, they realized that the planet could only be described as a paradise. There were many beasts and even supreme beasts on it, but they were clearly just entering their initial stage of development.
The best thing about the planet was its nature. The planet seemed so green and natural that it instinctively made both the people who had reached the planet feel relaxed.
After a couple of days of enjoying the scenery, both people decided to find a good place to make a base. One was looking for a new area to place the heaven sect, while the other was looking for a new place to build a city.
Coincidentally, they both traveled towards each other around the equator of the planet. It took many years, but eventually, a giant mountain like no other came into view.
Chapter 218: Battle - 218
The mountain was not in the shape of a typical mountain. Instead of starting with a big base and becoming smaller until there was a peak, this mountain resembled a cut down tree trunk.
It went up around 3,000 miles before it became a flat, stony land that was millions of miles large. Despite its ground which was obviously unsuitable for farming in any way, Tian Ren and the mysterious man felt that it was the best place to settle down.
After all, dirt could always be added later, but such a significant and striking mountain was likely the only one on the entire planet.
At the same exact time, both men flew up to the flat top of the mountain. They reached past the mountain's walls at the exact same time as well.
The first thing each of them noticed was how truly flat the mountain was. The next was each other.
Both Tian Ren and the mysterious man paused when they saw each other. Neither person expected another being to be on the mountain. A wild beast wouldn't have been hard to believe, but a fellow sentient being wasn't even considered.
The mountain seemed to have a slight wind as it blew past both of the men staring at each other.
Eventually, Tian Ren raised his hand and waved it. The mysterious man did the same.
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Tian Ren had never been so wary as he had in this moment. The appearance of another sentient being was out of all his considerations.
It would have been easier to accept if it had been another humanoid being with skin and eyes, but the man in front of him, while seemingly humanoid, appeared to have cloth for skin.
There was no indication of eyes or ears, and the man's arms gave off a weird feeling. In fact, his entire body gave off a weird feeling. Despite his wariness, Tian Ren decided to be friendly until aggression was shown.
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The mysterious man was in a situation similar to Tian Ren. The closest thing he had ever seen to him was a monkey.
Even then, the man on the other side of the mountain was clearly different. He gave off a cleaner and purer feeling than any beast the mysterious man had come across. He didn't like it.
Yet he also decided to be friendly. At the very least, he would make his decision after talking to the thing in front of him.
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After waving at each other, Tian Ren and the mysterious man began to move closer to each other. It wasn't anywhere near their top speeds as they didn't want to come off as aggressive, but they were nowhere near slow.
The mountain was far too big for any sort of slow movement.
Once Tian Ren and the mysterious man were within a hundred feet of each other, they stopped moving and touched the ground with their feet.
They were now in the very center of the mountain.
"Hello. Do you speak english?" Tian Ren asked.
"English? I suppose." The mysterious man said. He simply assumed that they called their languages different names.
"Are you a native of this world?" Tian Ren decided to ask after a moment of silence.
"No. And I assume you aren't either." The mysterious man responded.
Another pause ensued. Both began to realize that they were likely going to be enemies if they were on the planet for resources.
After a while Tian Ren spoke.
"Have you heard about our lord and savior Heaven?" He asked.
"I do not know of any heaven." The man responded seriously.
"Oh..."
Silence ensued.
"My name is Tian Ren. I am a heavenborn, the race of the children of heaven, and I have come to occupy this world, this mountain, and all the resources on them in the name of Heaven." Tian Ren said.
He knew that his words were equivalent to declaring war on the man, but he decided to not back down.
"My name has been long forgotten by all. I have decided that this world, this mountain, and all the resources on them are mine." The mysterious man responded.
"Then so be it." Tian Ren responded.
A final moment of silence ensued as clouds gathered above the mountain.
In an instant, Tian Ren raised his hand and a lightning bolt struck it. From the lightning, a sword formed. It was made out of the pure power of lightning Qi.
At the same exact time as Tian Ren, the mysterious man put his palm to his side and it seemed as if all the darkness in the surroundings gathered on his palm, forming a whirlpool of darkness Qi.
The two men moved at the same time, reaching each other in a moment. Tian Ren struck down with his lightning sword, another strike of lightning from the clouds above following its downward motion.
The mysterious man raised his palm to meet with Tian Ren's sword and collided with it. An extremely powerful force shot out in an instant, putting a large crater in the huge mountain. The two men used all their strength to push against the other, forming a gravitational force that harmed the surroundings even more.
After a moment, the two men's hands were knocked back from each other. That seemed to start the high pace battle that followed.
Tian Ren moved to the mysterious man's side and sliced the lightning sword horizontally.
The mysterious man read his move and sent a large blast of darkness Qi towards Tian Ren and his sword.
The blast of darkness Qi was big enough to hit Tian Ren's entire body, but he did not falter and continued the swinging motion of his lightning sword.
The mysterious man, lacking in experience of battling with an individual of equal strength, did not expect Tian Ren to take the blast head on.
Due to the large surface of his attack and the small focus of Tian Rens, The mysterious man's darkness blast was cut through, allowing the sword to make contact with his hand.
A small cut formed and he backed away a bit. As the attack of darkness Qi faded away, he saw Tian Rens disheveled clothes from taking an area attack without any defense.
'He can't afford to do that too many times. Regardless, I won't make the same mistake again.' The mysterious man thought to himself as the cloth healed nearly instantly without spilling any blood.
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