Even with a single drop of blood, I will still be invincible!

[Note: You have spent 50 billion points to exchange for 50000 "Soul Crystals," a resource-type treasure.]

[Current remaining points: 28.36 billion.]

After his privileges were upgraded, Su Mubai successfully exchanged 50,000 Soul Crystals.

Just as he put the soul crystal into his spatial ring, he felt a blur before his eyes and found himself in the valley he had visited before.

This time, Feng Yiyuan did not sit on the stone platform, but stood in front of Su Mubai.

The expression on his face was not the excitement Su Mubai had imagined; instead, it was quite solemn.

"Young friend Bai Ye, these... these Soul Crystals of yours, they must have all been enhanced using your talent, right?"

Although he had been staying here, he was fully aware of the conquest of the Kingdom of Coria.

With the borders shattered and the Divine Dragon Palace gone, not a single member of the high-ranking members of the Hundred Luo Cult survived, and the treasury of the Kingdom of Koria had been emptied.

It is obvious that Bai Ye was the one who did this.

The Divine Dragon Palace wouldn't say much about it, after all, it was something that someone had seized through their own abilities.

Feng Yiyuan knew very well that a small country like Coria wouldn't have much to offer in its treasure trove.

Bai Ye's ability to produce over 20,000 [Life Soul Crystals] at once undoubtedly stems from his extraordinary talent.

Feng Yiyuan already had the answer to this question in his heart, but he still asked it again, unwilling to give up.

"Yes, it was enhanced by talent, otherwise where would you find so many life soul crystals?"

Su Mubai nodded, puzzled. He didn't understand why Old Man Feng was asking a question he already knew the answer to.

"Hey……"

Upon hearing this, Feng Yiyuan suddenly sighed heavily, opened his mouth, but for a moment did not know what to say.

After a long silence, he sighed again and then said to Su Mubai in a deep and earnest tone:

"Young friend Baiye, could you grant this old man a request?"

“Old Feng, that’s not right of you.” Su Mubai frowned. “We agreed to be friends despite our age difference, why are you being so polite? Just say what you need. As long as I can do it, it’s no problem.”

Upon hearing this, Feng Yiyuan's solemn expression remained unchanged; instead, he shook his head and said:

“This matter will harm your interests, so it is really just a request. If you do not agree, I will not say anything more.”

Su Mubai paused for a moment, then slowly asked, "What exactly is it?"

As he spoke, Feng Yiyuan looked up at the sky and said, "The universe and all things are a constant total value. If something improves, something else will inevitably suffer a loss."

Su Mubai's face remained expressionless upon hearing this, but he inwardly disagreed.

who said it?

My promotion was completely free; I didn't have to pay anything!

Moreover, the catastrophic nature of the [Curse of Annihilation] means that it can continuously release death energy even in the event of the destruction of all worlds.

This clearly contradicts Feng Yiyuan's claim of a constant total value.

Either Feng Yiyuan's understanding of the universe and all things is incorrect.

Alternatively, one's [Cataclysm] talent may have transcended the Three Realms and is no longer within the Five Elements.

A thought flashed through Su Mubai's mind, but he did not interrupt Feng Yiyuan. He simply waited quietly for what was to come.

Feng Yiyuan slowly raised his hand, and a small multi-layered magic array instantly appeared in his palm.

hum~

Immediately afterwards, the magic circle suddenly expanded, and the illusory projection slowly enveloped the two of them. A macroscopic projection of all worlds appeared in the valley.

Of course, this is just a projection.

Su Mubai had seen such a scene before in the Void Seamless Space, but compared to that, the scene created by Old Man Feng was obviously very blurry.

Feng Yiyuan's gaze swept over the virtual images around him, and with a wave of his hand, the Multiverse Projection began to rapidly enlarge.

Soon, a shimmering, round orb of light appeared before the two of them.

He then continued, "This sphere of light represents the total value of all things in the Forbidden Land of Gods."

"Compared to the worlds inhabited by those powerful races, we were originally very weak."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed at the ball of light.

The next moment, a ray of light escaped from the edge of the sphere and floated quietly to the side.

If Su Mubai's basic attributes hadn't been strong enough, he wouldn't have even been able to see that ray of light.

"This is?"

Su Mubai raised a question at the opportune moment, and Feng Yiyuan pointed to the ray of light and said:

"This is the energy you consume to advance things."

???

Su Mubai was slightly taken aback. He had advanced for free, so where did the cost come from? Old Man Feng must have misunderstood.

"You just mentioned a batch of Soul Crystals, so I, the old man, went to investigate them."

At this point, Feng Yiyuan paused, gave Su Mubai a deep look, and then continued:

"The total value of all things in the Forbidden Land of Gods has decreased! Although the decrease is negligible, it has indeed happened!"

"Early on, when I learned of your talent, I told Xing Jun that there would always be a price to pay. If it wasn't you who paid the price, then it would be someone else, or even the entire myriad realms..."

Upon hearing this, Su Mubai's gaze sharpened.

Hearing what Old Man Feng said, was the entire Forbidden Land of Gods bearing the cost of his freebies?

But how do we explain the catastrophic nature of the [Curse of Annihilation]?

Or is it that only free advancement is like this? After all, whether it's the second stage of Ascension or the third stage of Cataclysm, I have indeed paid a price.

Thinking about this, Su Mubai suddenly realized something was wrong.

“Old man Feng, this isn’t right. Even if there’s a price to pay, the items I upgraded are still in the Forbidden Land of Gods. Logically, their total value should still be the same.”

"it's not true."

Feng Yiyuan shook his head: "No matter what kind of improvement it is, the energy cannot be converted 100%. The energy lost will return to the entire myriad worlds."

"In other words, if I spend 100 energy points from the Forbidden Land of Gods to upgrade an item, it can only absorb 80 points, and the other 20 points are the processing fee extracted from the myriad realms?"

Su Mubai roughly understood what Feng Yiyuan meant.

The forbidden lands paid the price, but the excess energy belonged to the entire universe.

In this way, the more he takes advantage of others for free, the weaker the Forbidden Land of Gods will become.

Of course, you won't see anything in the short term, but over time it will become more and more obvious.

"I don't know the exact percentage either, but the term 'handling fee' is quite apt."

Feng Yiyuan waved his hand to dispel the projection and looked at Su Mubai with a solemn expression.

"Therefore, the request from the Divine Dragon Palace is that you should try not to use your talent on such a large scale in the future."

"Of course, I'm referring to the forbidden land. As for outside, it doesn't matter."

"For example, the Netherworld is countless times more powerful than the Forbidden Land of Gods. Let alone raising more than 20,000 [Life Soul Crystals], even if it raised 200,000 or 2 million, the impact on the Netherworld would be almost zero."

As he spoke, he looked at Su Mubai somewhat embarrassed and asked:

"Young friend Baiye, can you grant this request?"

Finally, he added, "The Divine Dragon Palace can exchange all your Life Soul Crystals for high-grade Life Soul Stones at a ratio of 120 to 1! The premise is that you can only upgrade them after leaving the Forbidden Land of Gods."

Upon hearing this, Su Mubai nodded without hesitation and said, "Deal!"

This deal wouldn't hurt him at all, since he was going to the Netherworld soon anyway and wouldn't need to upgrade anything in a large way in the short term.

Because everything that could be upgraded has already been obtained for free.