Swallow the starry sky, grind to become the strongest in the universe

Chapter 30 The Strongest Support Metal Life

"Hahaha, good time!"

Poon Nolé laughed heartily and strode several kilometers away.

"Buzz!"

Space hummed softly, and a certain distortion occurred. In an instant, five figures of Peng Nuolai appeared simultaneously, each wielding a ground-splitting blade, and slashed at Yu Duan at the same time.

This was the first time Yu Duan had ever seen a spatial illusion. In his previous battle with Aarons, the opponent hadn't used any movement techniques at all.

Simply put, the principle of illusion is to use the power of the fundamental laws of space to make the caster's body appear simultaneously in two or more spatial coordinates.

"boom!"

The enormous earth-shattering blade slashed out, producing a roar that sounded like an explosion.

With the two fundamental laws of earth and space combined, Peng Nuolai's offensive was incredibly fierce!
call out!
Suddenly, Yu Duan's figure seemed to transform into a raging storm, his speed increasing many times over in an instant!
The two superior principles, when applied to body techniques, produce completely different effects.

The effect of the fundamental law of time is speed—extreme speed!
In just a moment, Yu Duan escaped the attack range of Peng Nuolai's two figures, his speed being more than ten times faster than Peng Nuolai's.

"call!"

An endless stream of dark air spread out from where Yu Duan passed.

Almost instantly, this circular arena, hundreds of kilometers in diameter, was completely transformed into a realm of darkness.

"Pfft!"

The sound of a sword piercing flesh rang out, and Peng Nuolai's face stiffened as he stared in disbelief at the sudden, empty wound that had appeared on his chest.

The killing intent erupted silently in an instant, and a single sword strike sliced ​​through everything within a radius of tens of kilometers.

A complete crushing defeat. In terms of mastery of the laws, Yu Duan completely outclassed Peng Nuolai, placing them on entirely different levels.

Theoretically speaking, the second level of the Time Sword can be unleashed once one crosses the threshold of the laws of light and time, but there are differences between the thresholds.

Similar to the second level of the Divine Weapon's Heaven-Piercing Technique.

Not only does it require a profound understanding of the Law of Metal, but also an understanding of space, and the ability to unleash the Nine Illusions Body.

However, Penorai's skill level only allows him to create five illusions.

"The battle is over, the victor is Duan!"

……

Inside the assessment hall, many trainees who were taking a break between matches were watching this battle closely.

From the moment darkness enveloped the entire battlefield to the almost simultaneous defeat of Penolai, the group of people were caught off guard.

"Senior Brother Peng Nuolai, you lost?"

"The fundamental law of time is the power of the law of time!"

Those present were all genius students, so they naturally reacted immediately, and the entire hall erupted in an uproar.

Swish!
Two streaks of light flashed, and Yu Duan and Peng Nuolai were teleported out.

Everyone immediately looked over, but no one dared to come up and disturb them.

Peng Nuolai also came to her senses at this moment, and looked at Yu Duan with a very hot expression: "That was just now... the second level of the Sword of Time, right?"

He had been studying the fundamental laws of space for two thousand years, yet he still hadn't mastered the second level of the Earth-Splitting Blade technique.

Whether it's the Nine Divine Weapons in the hands of the wielders or the martial arts divine weapons in the hands of Yu Duan and others, the difficulty of performing the second level of the secret technique is a hundred or a thousand times greater than that of the first level!
Even for the Demon Slayer Clan, who are at the cosmic level, it would take several years to accumulate experience and reach this point from the threshold of entering the laws.

The clarity of the fundamental laws of cosmic perception is more than ten times that of stellar perception. Coupled with the terrifying talent of the Demon Slayer Clan's innate spatial darling law, it would take several years for this to develop.

Even a human genius at the stellar level, without a treasure to enhance their talent in laws, would find it difficult to master even with just a domain lord-level bloodline, even after thousands of years.

"I had a sudden realization by chance."

Yu Duan has become a lucky guy.

Don't ask. If you do, it's just a lucky epiphany. I don't know why I had this epiphany either.

Basically, no one will continue to ask further questions.

"It's true that each generation is stronger than the last. Even if someone of my caliber were to enter the core of a top power, the treatment wouldn't be very good."

Poon Nolé was deeply moved and clearly understood his own position.

His mastery of the laws seems very high, but he is too old. Even if he enters the core layer of a top power, he will still receive the lowest treatment.

"I'm curious, senior brother, why don't you break through to the cosmic level?"

Yu Duan couldn't help but ask. Aarons had spent thousands of years mastering the third level of the Divine Weapon, aiming for the title of the strongest in the entire universe.

But Peng Nuolai is only a genius at the Dark Radiance level. Wouldn't it be better for him to advance to the Cosmic level and compete for a place in the Strongest Battle?
However, Peng Nuolai did not answer Yu Duan's question, but simply shook his head.

Clearly, he didn't want to talk about this topic, and Yu Duan didn't say anything more.

……

In the blink of an eye, another three days have passed.

After playing all 35 days of ranking matches, Yu Duan ultimately finished in 67th place.

The main reason is that there were more losses than wins in the first ten days, and it was only from the 10th to the 20th day that the situation changed to more wins than losses.

After mastering the second level of the Time Sword, he only lost to Aarons in this one match. According to the Holy Land's reward rules, Yu Duan received a reward of one Mixed Yuan Unit.

One trillion cosmic coins is an absolute fortune for Yu Duan right now.

Inside the holy land, Yu Duan basically had nowhere to spend money, except for purchasing various recovery potions.

Even the most premium and rarest stellar-level recovery potions could not cost more than 1 million cosmic coins per year.

……

"What!?"

Yu Duan's shocked voice echoed within his own palace.

"Teacher, you said that it would take one Primal Chaos Unit to cultivate this little guy to the ninth level of the Universe level?"

Inside the palace, Yu Duan stared at his teacher in disbelief.

At this moment, to Yu Duan's right, a 'creature' that seemed to flow like mercury was happily leaping about.

A feeling of joy and closeness emanated from this creature, which seemed to flow like mercury.

King Qinghuan nodded calmly, smiling as he looked at Yu Duan: "Hmm, more or less."

"I can prepare a spaceship for you, but the top-tier spaceships all require the fusion of auxiliary metal life forms; otherwise, they cannot be considered top-tier."

King Qinghuan pointed to the little guy in Yu Duan's hand and explained.

"Don't look down on this little guy. It's called 'Flowing Crystal,' and it's the top-tier auxiliary metal life form. There's a limit to the number of people you can buy it. Even at the peak of the King level, there's only one purchase slot available."

The auxiliary metal lifeforms can form battle suits and armor, weapons, and even fuse with spaceships, and have a variety of wonderful uses.

'Fluorescent Crystal' is a top-tier auxiliary metal-type life form, similar to 'Star-Eating Grass' among auxiliary plant-type life forms.

However, the probability of 'Flowing Crystal' advancing to immortality is much higher than that of 'Star-Eating Grass'. Even if it fails, it will not die directly. As long as you are willing to spend money, you can make up for it and try to break through again.

This is also the main reason why there is a limit to the number of people who can purchase 'Flowing Crystal'.

In addition, the upper limit of auxiliary metal life is far higher than that of auxiliary plant life at the same level.

The reason is that the auxiliary metal life form can fuse with various metals, greatly enhancing its own defense.

The Flowing Crystal, which has advanced to the 'Peak of Kinghood' level, is a terrifying metallic life form capable of fusing with G-grade metal.

The value of this gold is self-evident, and of course, the amount of gold it consumes is also self-evident.

"But... I only received one unit of the reward, and I haven't even had a chance to enjoy it yet," Yu Duan said with a pained expression.

King Qinghuan smiled and said, "Of course I know. I gave you this little guy because you are rich now, and it just so happens that you need the training funds of one Hunyuan unit."

"Teacher, you're being disrespectful to your elders, deliberately digging a pit for your own students!" Yu Duan said with a pained expression.

"Hahahaha... Don't mistreat this little guy."

The unscrupulous laughter of the King of Illusion echoed within the palace. As the laughter subsided, his figure disappeared from Yu Duan's palace.

Looking at the 'mercury' bouncing happily in his hand, Yu Duan felt both happy and sad.

"You'll eat me out of house and home sooner or later!"

According to the optimal cultivation plan, to evolve 'Liujing' to the peak of the ninth rank of the cosmic level, it would take a little more than one Mixed Yuan unit, which Yu Duan doesn't have enough money for.

Advancing to the Domain Lord level requires hundreds of Mixed Yuan Units, comparable to the wealth of tens of thousands of Domain Lord level experts.

Cultivating someone to the level of a Realm Lord would require hundreds of thousands of Chaos Units, a cost that most immortal gods cannot afford.

Of course, every effort brings a reward. The best-cultivated 'Flowing Crystal', a peak Realm Lord, can fuse with F-grade metal.

Its defensive capabilities are so strong that most immortals are helpless against it. Moreover, it is a soulless creature that is not afraid of soul attacks, making it terrifyingly powerful.

(End of this chapter)