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Chapter 1056 The Difficulty of the Ninth Rank
The violent energy deep within the universe surged, and the first thing to gather was still the general concept of lightning tribulation, which was a lightning pillar so thick that its size was immeasurable.

A pale white pillar of lightning pierced through countless galaxies and descended upon the Earth. This truly apocalyptic scene terrified those on Earth who had just recovered from Baby's control, turning their faces ashen.

But in the next instant, the thunder in the sky dissipated, all of it swallowed up by the man in the sky.

"The flavor is a bit bland..."

Lu Li smacked his lips, a trace of lightning still emanating from the corner of his mouth. To be honest, the initial lightning tribulation of this world was not weak. After all, it was a strike that condensed the natural power of the twelve universes and was driven by the will of the Heavenly Dao. It was enough to kill an existence like the peak Black Gold Frieza.

But compared to him, they were no match. Not only was his physical strength far superior to other experts of the same attribute, but he also had the ability to absorb lightning and had a profound understanding of the laws of lightning. Ordinary lightning could not possibly harm him.

This so-called "ordinary" also includes the world's will, which is not good at using lightning as a form of heavenly tribulation. The Dragon Ball world is obviously not the kind of world that frequently sends down lightning tribulations on cultivators, so there aren't many fancy and special lightning tribulations.

The lightning that struck Lu Li just now, apart from having extremely high energy, did not have any particularly special lightning laws, so it was not difficult for Lu Li to absorb it completely.

boom--

Lu Li's words seemed to have angered the world's will, and another thick bolt of lightning struck down.

This time, Lu Li did not devour the lightning, but instead punched the heavenly tribulation, shattering all the lightning.

"Stop with all this boring foreplay, let's get to the main course."

As Lu Li spoke, amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, he strode towards the unknown thirteenth universe. With just one step, he traversed countless spaces and arrived at the desolate edge of the seventh universe.

With his second step, he traversed several universes and arrived at the thirteenth universe he had asked Remus to create.

Lu Li felt that the world's will was not so anthropomorphic. Although this calamity was entirely aimed at him alone, if other beings blocked his way during the calamity, their deaths would just be bad luck. The world's will would not care about the life or death of ordinary beings within him.

Therefore, Lu Li does not need to worry that in an uninhabited universe, the world's will will deliberately kill life in other universes.

Soon, after he arrived in the universe that Remus had created specifically for him, the violent energy surged once more.

First, the endless sea of ​​lightning was shattered by Lu Li's foot, followed by the strangulation of the power of spacetime.

This is the true killing move that the World Will, by mobilizing the source of the world, has taken against Lu Li.

In the depths of the uninhabited universe, a large amount of chaotic matter was condensing and then pressing towards Lu Li from all directions.

Remus, who had just completed the creation of this universe, immediately sensed the change. He came out of the demon realm and saw this scene.

Upon seeing these chaotic substances enveloping and compressing Lu Li, Remus was shocked. "These substances are actually driven by the world's source power! What on earth did Lu Li do?!"

Within this world, only He, who had lived since the ancient times and possessed such insight, could perceive the terrifying power of this deadly move.

Remus only had a slight understanding of the origin of the world, knowing that when the Omni-King broke through a certain barrier, the source of the world dispersed and lost its cohesion, so parallel worlds could be born without limit.

However, he has never seen any so-called 'heavenly tribulation' in this world, which is the manifestation of the world's will.

Remus could hardly believe it. He had always thought that the Dragon God, the Great Demon King, and himself were the creator gods, but he never expected that there was something truly invisible and supreme looking down on them.

boom--

Just as Remus was shocked to find himself facing such a terrifying tribulation, a deafening roar resounded, shaking the twelve universes.

The chaotic matter exploded, revealing that Lu Li had begun to unleash his fist. Strange phenomena of immortals and gods falling and all living beings weeping appeared inexplicably in this universe. When the fist's intent reached its peak, even the cause and effect of spacetime were thrown into chaos.

After Lu Li's terrifying fist force shattered these chaotic substances, they exploded a second time after flying into the boundless void, forming a small universe.

It was a case of one punch leading to death and another to life. The collision between Lu Li's power and the chaotic matter driven by the world's will actually created a new space in the explosion.

The battle here was so intense that it alerted powerful figures from various universes. Even the recovered powerhouses on Earth couldn't resist coming to see what was happening.

Thus, thanks to Goku's teleportation, the strongest people on Earth also arrived at the new universe outside the boundary of the sixth universe. They were shocked to see Lu Li in the thirteenth universe fighting against the power of chaos, creating and destroying the world with each move.

"This is... too exaggerated. Just how strong is Lu Li?"

Wukong opened his mouth wide, and at the same time he was very excited, looking forward to sparring with Lu Li in the future.

"I'm afraid even the former High Priest is no match for him anymore. This Lu Li guy is really growing at a speed that's hard to understand."

Beerus, who arrived along with Lu Li, was deeply moved by the scene. When he first met Lu Li, Lu Li was a powerful human on the planet he was about to destroy.

In the face of Beerus's long lifespan, it was truly a blink of an eye; Lu Li had become an extremely powerful figure whom he could only look up to.

"Why can't the world tolerate Lu Li? We've been cultivating for so long, and we haven't seen any lightning strikes down yet!"

Vegeta's thinking was more active. He didn't know what Lu Li had done to offend this world. It was Zeno and the Grand Priest who wanted to destroy the universe before, but they weren't struck by lightning.

"I don't know, maybe Lu Li is just asking for a beating."

Beerus chuckled, not believing that a simple energy siege could eliminate Lu Li. At least from their current perspective, Lu Li seemed to be handling this calamity, which was being targeted by the Heavenly Dao, with complete ease.

brush brush --

Several more figures descended upon the edge of the thirteenth universe. Some were Gods of Destruction from nearby universes, wanting to know what had happened to the source of the tremor, while others were the strongest beings in their own universes.

Jiren, who had survived the Tournament of Power, also came over. Years had passed, and he had become stronger, but when he saw Lu Li again, he found that he couldn't muster any desire to challenge him.

Goku, on the other hand, was very excited to see Jiren and kept saying that he would spar with him again when he had time.

In addition, some powerful beings from other universes, such as the strongest beings from the Fifth Universe, arrived. During the great war back then, the losses in their universe were relatively small, mainly because Tianhuang, as the God of Destruction of the Fifth Universe, also intentionally stopped the High Priest's slaughter.

"This is outrageous... This guy, Prisoner Demon, is actually going to force his way into the highest realm without going through the trials?"

Tenko, the God of Destruction of Universe 5, has also arrived. He had actually completed his mission a few years ago and was free to return, but he did not leave the Dragon Ball world because he was thinking about whether he could get revenge on the Grand Priest again.

Years have passed, and although he has found a place similar to the Spiritual Time Chamber to cultivate, he has not improved much. Now he has only managed to reach 280 points in his normal state.

This is the normal cultivation speed of a pioneer. It is already incredibly powerful to be able to improve two attribute points through cultivation in seven thousand years.

The reason Tianhuang felt so emotional at this moment was that, throughout the entire history of space, there were very few explorers who directly advanced to the ninth-tier realm without undergoing a ninth-tier trial mission.

In most cases, after an explorer reaches the peak of the eighth tier, the space will assign a trial mission to advance to the ninth tier in the next mission world. Once the explorer passes the trial, the space will empower the explorer, making it relatively easy for them to cross this crucial threshold.

They already knew quite well how thick the ninth-tier barrier was when they fought the High Priest. Even if you use the fusion to enhance the comprehensive attributes of the eighth-tier theory by 10 points, you still can't beat someone who has just entered the ninth tier. There is a qualitative change in the level of life involved, a comprehensive sublimation.

Lu Li was able to win because he desperately burned his true spirit, briefly getting closer to the High Priest in terms of numerical value, and then used the power of many mechanisms to slowly kill the High Priest.

"Tsk, even the basics have been surpassed..."

Even Dao Yan, who was usually calm and composed, couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement, because he saw Lu Li strolling leisurely under the strangulation of the world's power, and without even drawing his sword, he shattered the infinite chaotic power.

Like Tianhuang, his base attribute is currently 280 points. However, it should be noted that during the Power Tournament, Lu Li's base attribute was only 265 points. They originally had a combined attribute of 278 points. In comparison, Lu Li's rate of improvement is nothing short of freakish.

They were stuck at the ninth level, feeling that if they didn't go through the space's trial missions, they would need to spend many more years to break through that barrier. But Lu Li had already begun to forcefully break through to the ninth level.

In fact, there are very few ninth-tier experts in each of the major spaces, and their numbers generally do not exceed four digits. As far as Dao Yan knows, there are only a little over nine hundred ninth-tier experts in their Hongmeng Space, which is considered a large number among the nine major spaces.

The number of eighth-tier explorers is quite large, and the numbers are roughly the same across all spaces. It's not that there are significantly fewer eighth-tier explorers than seventh-tier explorers; it's normal to have tens of thousands on standby.

In fact, apart from special places like the Paradise, the mortality rate of high-level explorers in various spaces is not very high. If eighth-level explorers are cautious and willing to persevere, about 20% of them can slowly reach the peak of the eighth level.

Don't think that 20% is a small number, because in the mechanism of space operation, every natural world will give birth to many new eighth-tier people. Of these, 80% will be slowly consumed in the world adventure. The remaining 20% ​​reaching the peak is already considered a lot.

Even if only 20% can reach the peak, theoretically, within a certain period, several thousand people could reach the peak of the eighth rank. However, in reality, in the eighth-rank arena, there are often only a little over a hundred opponents at the peak of the eighth rank, which puzzles many explorers.

However, Dao Yan knew that it wasn't true that explorers could slowly grind to the peak of the eighth rank and stay in that position for a long time. Once you reached the peak of the eighth rank, the space would give you assessment tasks. If you failed repeatedly in the advancement tasks, you would be demoted to a supporter.

Moreover, this is considered good. The advancement missions in the space are not as gentle as child's play. More than 90% of the peak eighth-tier explorers will die directly in the advancement missions. So those who can survive several advancement missions without dying and step down to become supporters are actually quite strong.

At the very least, those people's ability to save their lives is unquestionable.

Therefore, the people you should not underestimate in this space are the old supporters of the commercial street. Some of them are people who failed to advance and retired. Don't underestimate them just because they are supporters. They were once big shots at the peak of the eighth rank.

Furthermore, some people, after becoming supporters, may even break through their strength further through long-term economic accumulation and self-cultivation, and possess the strength of the ninth rank as supporters.

Some supporters are particularly ambitious. They are not convinced when they are demoted. When they feel that they are strong enough, they can apply to the space to request a new trial. If they pass, they can return to the ranks of explorers.

However, there are very few such people, and very few succeed. After all, in the online world, many people feel that they are forced to step down and become supporters.

In conclusion, reaching the peak of the eighth rank is not difficult, but breaking through to the ninth rank is extremely difficult by following the conventional route. Even pioneers cannot say with 100% certainty that they can pass the trial on their first try.

Therefore, there have always been very few ninth-tier powerhouses in the space, and it doesn't mean that you don't need to go on missions once you reach the ninth tier; it's also possible to die in a mission world.

Dao Yan and his group are now witnessing the birth of a new ninth-tier pioneer, who is not advancing through the spatial trial but is forcibly breaking through the barrier on his own.

The difficulty involved is simply unbelievable. Dao Yan has good connections, so he knows a lot of the secrets of the space. As far as he knows, in the known history of the Hongmeng Space, there are no more than one hundred explorers who have directly broken through to the ninth level through their own power.

Don't think there are too many people, because the known history that Dao Yan knows is measured in hundreds of millions of years in the spatial calendar. From the earliest traceable history of the Hongmeng space that they know, from 1.7 billion years ago to the present, only a little over 90 people have succeeded.

Some of those people reached the peak of the ninth rank, while others have been lost to history.

Dao Yan wasn't very clear about other things. For those legendary records, the names and nicknames on them were mostly just history, but he had seen living history that still existed in the space on the list.

That is the 'Trapped Immortal' of the Primordial Chaos Space, currently ranked first in the ninth-order void arena of the nine spaces, and is undoubtedly the strongest of the ninth order!
That's why Dao Yan looked at Lu Li's breakthrough with a serious expression, because he felt that he was witnessing history.

(End of this chapter)