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Chapter 1156 How much is the peak of the ninth rank worth?

"I'm just kidding."

Lu Li glanced at the Soul Singer with displeasure, then raised his hand and said, "Sousuke, there is a misunderstanding. Although he is an old enemy, he has indeed helped me a lot."

He could roughly guess why Aizen was hunting down the Soul Singer. Originally, Aizen and the Soul Singer had no enmity, but the Soul Singer was a member of the League of Outlaws.

Ever since the Outlaws caused trouble on the Divine Martial Continent and were inextricably linked to Lu Li's 'death', Aizen has had his eye on the Outlaws.

Back then, Xue Zhiyu killed all the forbidden and powerful members of the Outlaws Alliance in the World Sea, but some of the younger generation survived in the World Sea. Later, when Aizen's strength reached its peak, he began to hunt down these people.

The Soul Singer was implicated due to the faction buff, and since the two had actually clashed openly and covertly several times in the mission world to a draw, Aizen took notice of him.

Later, the Outlaws Alliance proved ineffective, and the Soul Singer was recruited by Paradise. As a result, the Heavenly Dao Space and some top pioneers fought against Paradise's taboos, but the matter ultimately came to nothing.

"You really understand?"

However, the singer looked at Lu Li with suspicion.

“I understand. Although I don’t know the details and I’m too lazy to figure it out now, I’ll remember your help.”

Lu Li nodded and said that he really didn't understand at first, but he felt that if he said he didn't understand, he would seem really stupid and a brainless brute, so he pretended that he already knew it.

However, after successfully transcending the tribulation, Lu Li also had a vague feeling in his heart. After listening to Lu Xueqing talk about the rules of the Great World, he knew that there was a problem with the connection of his causal loop, otherwise the Sea of ​​Worlds would not have let him off so easily.

He suspected that the memories the Soul Singer had shown him back then were flawed, because Lu Li himself did not remember what happened last night in his childhood. He had never thought before that he could be so sure that the scene presented in the Soul Singer's music was real.

In fact, it was precisely because the other scenes in the music were real that he was certain that the Soul Singer's ability was a flashback, thus defining the authenticity of that memory.

In reality, the true memory must be a more perfect closed loop. It is precisely because he saw the false memory that he was able to easily do things different from that false memory when he returned to the past.

This feeling is somewhat like being deceived by his own subjective perception, and thus by the cause and effect of the ocean of the world. He is undergoing tribulation in a false closed loop, and because the connection point is false, he has a chance to survive.

When Lu Li saw that the current Soul Singer was only at the peak of the ninth rank and not the Supreme Forbidden One, he knew that this was not the work of the current Soul Singer, but probably the work of the future Soul Singer.

Thinking about it this way, Lu Li suddenly understood why he couldn't kill the Soul Singer.

Theoretically speaking, once an explorer is killed, the opponent is definitely dead and cannot be resurrected using skills like Reincarnation. The opponent will also not enter the current world's hellish cycle.

In reality, the other party lived in Hell in the world of Death for a long time, which proves that Lu Li did not kill the other party at that time, but only removed the other party from the status of 'living pioneer'.

The reason he couldn't kill his opponent was that the future Soul Singer had become a taboo. Naturally, that taboo wouldn't die at the hands of a nobody in the past. Even if a miraculous coincidence occurred, the Soul Singer would have to live on in another form.

Thinking deeper, Lu Li even suspected that their encounters and clashes were all preordained. However, he was not good at thinking about these things and found them a headache. He figured he would rather spend that time studying martial arts to improve his strength.

Anyway, as long as you're strong enough, you can figure everything out.

"Brother Lu, have you heard the story of the Emperor's New Clothes?"

At that moment, Aizen spoke up from the side.

Lu Li's face was a little tense. "Sousuke, after all these years, don't start by insulting my intelligence."

Aizen smiled. "I just wanted to say that if Brother Lu can't figure something out, I can help you figure it out."

Lu Li was taken aback upon hearing this, then burst into laughter, "Hahaha... I really do need an external brain."

"Have you all had enough?! Soul Singer, what exactly do you mean by this?!"

At this moment, a powerful figure from the amusement park spoke with some impatience.

At first, they felt the situation was a bit chaotic, but after listening to a few people say a few words, they felt that even the soul singer's stance was a bit skewed.
Weren't you here to besiege the Imprisoned Demons after hearing the Paradise's call? How come you're starting to call Lu Li your brother?
"What do I mean?"

The Soul Singer turned around with a smile, "I heard from Paradise that they were going to surround and kill the Imprisoned Demon of the End, so I came here following the call."

"Then why don't you do it?"

Someone frowned and said that the operation to kill them today was like constipation; it was always about to start, only to be interrupted at the last minute.

"I did come, but I only came to find the Demon Prisoner, not to participate in the killing of him."

The Soul Singer stared at the powerful figure from Paradise, "Are you stupid? I already said I went to great lengths to save the Imprisoned Demon, why would I kill him?"

The other powerful figures in the amusement park looked grim, because they hadn't expected that after only a short wait, not only would a powerful pioneer arrive, but two of their amusement park's strongest members would also betray them.

Originally, they were more than twenty against one, but now they have to fight four.

"Captain, when are we going to start clearing the area? I can't wait to sunbathe in the sun."

At this moment, Zaraki also expressed his dissatisfaction, saying that he had always wanted to find a reason to fight with these people from the same paradise, but he had never had a good opportunity.

Now that he's betrayed us, he can just pick and kill whoever he wants. Just thinking about it is incredibly satisfying.

"Singer, after your betrayal, do you have anywhere to go?"

Lu Li raised his hand to tell Geng Mu to calm down. His relationship with the singer was strange. Although they were enemies, they had already decided who would win and who would lose. If there was any grudge, it should be the singer who lost the spiritual seed and hated him.

But to call them friends, they didn't actually have much of a relationship. Yet, the future singer had risked his life to help him survive a near-death experience, thus incurring his gratitude. Ultimately, he did feel a sense of mutual respect for this once formidable rival.

"No, I'm not going to the End Space. At worst, I'll just go back to being a rule-breaker."

The singer smiled and shook his head, declining Lu Li's potential invitation.

"But……"

Lu Li frowned slightly. He wanted to say that there was no future for violators. Now none of them could stand firm. They were marked by various spaces and might be killed by the forbidden in the World Sea one day.

"Brother Lu."

At this moment, Aizen spoke, shaking his head at Lu Li as if with a deeper meaning.

Lu Li didn't quite understand, but he didn't say anything more. He casually pointed in a direction, and his domineering soul intent pierced through like a sword, knocking out the figure of an assassin-type Paradise expert. Moreover, the sword energy from his finger even pierced through the opponent's true spirit.

"Well, it seems some people are just waiting to die."

As Lu Li spoke, he grinned, revealing a set of gleaming white teeth. "Looks like there aren't many more people in the amusement park. Let me check... Hmm, twenty-three people, that's not bad. I just wonder, how much is the life value of a peak ninth-tier cultivator?"

The group of powerful figures in the amusement park were still somewhat confused about what Lu Li meant, but as Lu Li took a step forward and raised his knife, the head of one of the amusement park's powerful figures standing in front of him was thrown off.

There was no grand fanfare, and no time for anyone to react. Everything happened so fast that even a peak ninth-tier cultivator was caught off guard.

Lu Li's figure appeared where the powerful figure had been standing. He raised his hand and grabbed the falling head. His domineering soul intent, accompanied by the power of many laws, completely shattered the true spirit. Blood flowed from the seven orifices of the powerful figure's head, and there was no trace of spirituality left. Lu Li turned his empty eyes towards the other powerful figures in the Paradise.

For a moment, all the powerful figures in the amusement park felt a chill run down their spines, because only a few of them had clearly seen Lu Li's actions just now, and at the same time, they could not imagine that the true spirit of a peak ninth-level expert would be so easily obliterated.

The tattoo artist could see clearly that in that instant, Lu Li did not use simple soul intent. His soul intent contained at least a thousand kinds of offensive laws, all of which were perfectly integrated with his soul intent. It was only when these powers erupted together that the true spirit of that powerful person was shattered in an instant.

As peak ninth-order cultivators, everyone will be more or less proficient in several laws of power as a means of attack or defense. Some people may master many kinds of laws of power, but it is not easy to become proficient in them.

But Lu Li is different. The tattoo artist saw it clearly just now. Each of those powers alone was domineering enough, representing the pinnacle of that law. How much more so when thousands of powers erupted together?
He just didn't understand why someone could cultivate so much power of law to the deepest level in such a short time.

That's outrageous! Absurdly outrageous!

If Lu Li were an old monster who had cultivated for thousands of epochs, they could understand him to some extent, since he would have plenty of time to study various laws and powers. But Lu Li has only cultivated for at most one epoch!

"Tsk tsk, that's terrifying. I still miss the days when I could suppress you."

The Soul Singer was amazed by what he saw. He had expected Lu Li to be very strong after his return, but he didn't expect him to be this strong.

The peak of the True Self Realm, or the peak of the ninth rank, is a very special realm. To go higher, they cannot reach the threshold of the forbidden concept, but in the numerical realm, they have already reached the end of the conventional.

In this field, it's actually quite easy to distinguish between strong and weak. Generally speaking, those who have cultivated for longer are stronger.

For example, the peak True Self Realm cultivators on the Divine Martial Continent are stronger than those in other places. Although there are environmental reasons, the biggest reason is that most of the peak True Self Realm cultivators there are very old.

Even the relatively 'young' Grand Elder of Martial God Mountain is over six hundred epochs old. Their strength comes from their mastery of various techniques over a long period of time.

In the power of offense, each additional law increases the damage; of course, if one specializes in a single law, one can break through the shackles and reach a level that ordinary people cannot achieve, thus gaining a huge damage bonus.

Generally speaking, to break through the shackles of traditional single laws and cultivate a new realm, the requirements for talent are much higher. Those who can do this will often reach the supreme realm in the future, and whether or not they cultivate a certain number of laws will not be of much significance to them.

Looking at it another way, the peak of the ninth rank in space is actually quite similar. The reason why people in the Divine Martial Continent always look down on space explorers is because, in the realm of peaks, the peak of the True Self in the Divine Martial Continent is generally stronger than the peak of the ninth rank in space.

But in reality, there's nothing to be proud of. If you compare people of the same age, most of them would be stronger at the peak of the ninth level of the space realm.

However, the space has only been restarted for a short time. The oldest explorer after the restart is only nine eras old. How can they compare to the old people who have endured the longevity of the Divine Martial Continent?
Therefore, in the realm of the ninth-tier peak, none of the people Lu Li had inspected, including the Soul Singer, Aizen, and Kenpachi Zaraki, had the strength to compete with the Grand Elder. In a real fight, they probably wouldn't last more than a few moves.

The Soul Singer was only amazed by Lu Li's extraordinary abilities, because he knew in his heart that Lu Li must have reached this level after undergoing tribulation, so Lu Li had no accumulation of experience at all.

Outsiders find it absurd that Lu Li is so strong after only one era of cultivation, but he knows that Lu Li has actually only spent a few decades in this realm.

"Oh, I forgot to tell everyone."

At this moment, Lu Li, carrying the head of that powerful figure in one hand, walked into the crowd of powerful figures in the amusement park as if strolling in his own backyard, yet causing the others to warily assume defensive stances.

"Don't be so nervous. I don't like to commit murder. Those who know me know that I'm very easy to talk to."

Lu Li wore a devilish smile. "I have to say this in advance: if you want to live, you can choose to pay protection money. It's not much, ten Great Worlds of late-stage ninth rank or above per person."

The powerful figures in the amusement park turned pale and then purple, all of them furious. But at this moment, none of them immediately took the lead and launched an attack on Lu Li.

The scene just now was too terrifying. Lu Li flashed and swung his sword, severing the head of a powerful figure. Moreover, his swordsmanship was so profound that he sealed the true spirit inside the person's head, giving the opponent no chance to recover and counterattack. The person was then suppressed and killed by Lu Li's laws.

"Tsk... No one answered me. It seems the rumors were true. Amusement parks are tough nuts to crack."

As Lu Li spoke, he flashed again, and the Demon-Slaying Blade, formed from innate Qi, slashed down. He didn't make a big fuss when he attacked, but rather focused on meticulous control, using all his power precisely. This made it seem silent, but in reality, the localized power was unimaginably high.

In the next instant, another powerful figure's head was severed. Lu Li held it in his hand, raised it to his eyes, and said with a smile, "Come, let's have a private talk face to face. Should we ask the world to save our lives?"

(End of this chapter)