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Sensing the infinite mass of revolting maggots, Ye Lan's Void Thought instantly locked onto this abyssal plane. With the Golden Dragon Pupils' Ultimate Transformation, countless slender strands of Blue Silver Grass sprouted directly from within the worms.
The entire abyssal plane was suddenly illuminated by glowing, delicate blades of grass, turning the "white" abyss into a sea of blue. A second later, the grass transformed into Ultimate Fire.
The entire plane was instantly blanketed in flames. Billions of maggots didn't even have time to shriek before they were reduced to ash by the Ultimate Fire.
Seeing the writhing white abyss finally go still and turn into a desolate grey wasteland, Ye Lan let out a breath of relief. He had avoided using Blue Silver Sublimation simply because he didn't want to witness the disgusting sight of countless worms exploding—the mere thought was nauseating.
After the massacre of the Abyssal Maggots, the Polarization effect of his Ninth Spirit Ring did not increase the age of his first ring. Compared to true living beings, these maggots didn't even meet the basic requirements of "life."
Ye Lan didn't dwell on it. After destroying this layer, a black spatial fluctuation pulsed at the center of the plane—the entrance to the next level. In the next heartbeat, Ye Lan appeared in a world of rolling mountains and green fields.
This level didn't look like the Abyss at all; it looked more like the Douluo Star. Upon activating Void Thought, he discovered the plane was populated by low-level monsters like Goblins and Slimes.
Seeing that these were not the usual repulsive abyssal abominations, Ye Lan unleashed his Spirit Rings.
Deep Yellow, Purple, Black-Purple, Blood Red, Blue Gold, Blood Red, Gold-Red, Gold, Gold—the rings manifested in a dazzling display. His Ninth Spirit Ring glowed with a piercing golden light as the Polarization passive activated.
He decided to upgrade all his rings to the million-year level in order from lowest to highest, rather than polarizing his skills just yet. After all, polarizing a skill required killing a billion lives, but upgrading a single ring to million-year status only required a hundred million.
Just as a group of Goblins discovered Ye Lan and began pelting him with stones and wooden arrows, an emerald domain flashed. Blue Silver Sublimation swept through, slaughtering the abyssal monsters in droves.
In an instant, his first ring—the 600-year Sun-Chasing Incineration Tree—turned Orange-Gold.
His second ring—the 2,000-year Ancient Beast's Touch—turned Black-Gold.
His third ring—the 9,999-year Eris Symbiote—turned Purple-Gold.
His fourth ring—the 100,000-year Titan Giant Ape—turned Black-Gold.
Looking at the four rings now radiating golden brilliance, Ye Lan felt his inner perfectionist satisfied. Now, he only needed to push his sixth and seventh rings to million-year status to prepare for the skill polarization.
Looking at the green blood splattered across the ground, Ye Lan frowned slightly. "Next time, I'll use mental skills. The scenes caused by Blue Silver Sublimation are just too messy."
Subsequently, after annihilating a third plane, his sixth and seventh rings successfully reached the million-year rank, turning Jade-Gold and Blue-Gold, respectively. After destroying three monster-dense planes, the subsequent levels were relatively sparsely populated.
By the time Ye Lan reached the tenth level, he encountered an old acquaintance: the Heavenly Beetle Emperor.
The moment Ye Lan descended, the Emperor's face twisted in horror. He never imagined that even the Abyss wouldn't be safe. This blue-silver-haired human had slaughtered his way here in just a few minutes. How many monsters had he killed? Hundreds of millions?!
Before the Heavenly Beetle Emperor could even beg for mercy, blood sprayed from his seven orifices, and he dropped dead.
With Ye Lan's current vitality stacked with the mental strength gained from Skydream's Divine Sense, his mental power was five times that of a God-King. He obliterated the Emperor along with his entire clan of hundreds of millions of beetles using nothing but a simple Mental Shock.
This was the sheer beauty of overwhelming stats!
By now, Ye Lan had reached the milestone of one billion kills. The requirements for polarizing his skill "I Want to Grow Up" were finally met!
"Polarize!! Let me see your true potential!" Ye Lan roared.
His Ninth Spirit Ring flared with golden light, followed by the first Orange-Gold ring. On his Skill Selection panel, the description of "I Want to Grow Up" began to shift.
Skill Name: Polarized I Want to Grow Up
Passive Effect: The Blue Silver Grass absorbs the growth obsession of the Sun-Chasing Incineration Tree, evolving into the Radiant Life Grass. For every minute of full sunlight exposure daily, the Blue Silver Grass's vitality bonus increases by 1%.
Active Skill: None.
Note: The daily vitality bonus is capped at 1%. Currently, the Blue Silver Grass's total vitality bonus is 5,931%.
Sensing the change, Ye Lan was stunned by the sheer absurdity of the Polarization. The skill now granted a 1% vitality bonus every day, and it calculated retroactively from the day he first acquired the ring. His bonus had already reached 59 times its original value!
This single skill now provided a combat power boost comparable to when he first obtained the Heart of Life.
Thrilled by this power, he continued. Using Mental Shock to clear several more planes, Blue Silver Prophet also reached Polarization. The change was significant: Blue Silver Priests no longer required three Blue Silver Grass units to synthesize; instead, Combat Blue Silver Grass could evolve directly into a Blue Silver Priest, retaining three times the vitality!
While numerical changes might seem minor to Ye Lan now that he possessed Heartsteel, the difference was that he could choose when to use skills. The strength from Heartsteel was permanent and absolute; if his base vitality expanded too much, he might literally shatter the Douluo Star just by existing. Therefore, the numerical boosts from skills were his most reliable source of controlled power.
After polarizing Blue Silver Prophet, Ye Lan noticed that the portal to the next level hadn't opened. The black spatial fluctuation remained unresponsive.
Ye Lan chuckled. "Abyssal Sage King, do you really think you can lock me in a single plane using your abyssal authority?"
"Titan Divine Body!! BREAK!!!"
Ye Lan's form swelled until he was thousands of meters tall. He clenched his right hand into a massive fist and punched the dark firmament. Space itself began to shatter.
As the atmosphere of the level rushed toward the crack in the sky, Ye Lan flew straight through the breach he had punched. In the next instant, he landed on the next level.
Void Thought and Skydream's Divine Sense activated. A mental shockwave wiped out every monster in sight. Then, another punch shattered the sky, and he ascended again.
"Impossible!! This is impossible!!!" The Abyssal Sage King watched Ye Lan's movements, his black eyes wide with shock.
The human was doing something terrifying. One punch, one thought. One punch, one thought. Level after level was being punctured. Billions of monsters were being erased in an instant.
"How?! Even a God-King shouldn't be able to kill every monster instantly! Each layer of the Abyss is as large as the entire Douluo Star! Even if it were a hundred thousand pigs, a God-King would tire of slaughtering them so quickly!"
Level 80! Level 70! Level 30! Level 10! Level 5! Level 2!
Sweat poured down the Sage King's forehead. In just one minute, one hundred and eight levels of the Abyss had been cleared. Nearly a hundred billion monsters were dead! Even he, the most murderous ruler of the Abyss, had only ever killed tens of millions. But this man? A hundred billion in sixty seconds?
Who is the real Demon Emperor here?!
A second later, Ye Lan killed an anonymous level-lord with the power of a Third-Class God and smashed through the final barrier to enter the First Level of the Abyss.
"My Lord!! My Lord!! Is there something you need?! We can talk further about the invasion of Douluo Star... we can negotiate!" the Abyssal Sage King stammered, bowing low.
Orange-Gold, Black-Gold, Purple-Gold, Black-Gold, Blue-Gold, Jade-Gold, Blue-Gold, Blue-Gold, Blue-Gold—nine rings flared. The Sage King swallowed hard. Was the being before him even human? He sensed no Godhood, nor any Divine Power—only a hint of the Abyss.
Ye Lan ignored the groveling King. He focused on his rings, using the Ninth Ring to polarize his remaining skills:
Polarized Life Sharing: Added a mental check. If Ye Lan's mental power is higher than the target's, the link is forced regardless of consent.
Polarized Titan Divine Body: The 2% max HP per second penalty is removed. Total size bonus increased by 100%.
Titanization: Size bonus increased from 100% to 500%.
Polarized Grow Quickly: Size bonus increased from 100% to 500%.
Polarized Blue Silver Sublimation: Growth bonus for Blue Silver Grass increased tenfold. HP regeneration increased to 4% per second, and damage remains effective even at full health.
Polarized Spirit of Xuanwu: Snake Spirit transformation is now permanent. Xuanwu Value no longer needs to be stacked; it is fixed at 100%.
Sensing the Xuanwu change, Ye Lan muttered, "Talk to my Infinite Haymaker!"
Polarized Xuanwu Divine Body: Damage reduction increased from 70% to 90%.
Polarized Blue Silver Avatar: All Blue Silver Grass vitality increased by an additional 300% and size by 500% during activation.
Polarized Skydream's Divine Sense: 300% total mental power bonus.
Polarized Butterfly Dream Body: 300% agility bonus.
Polarized Heavenly Soul Divine Body: 300% total Spirit Power bonus.
Polarized Void Thought: Perception range multiplied by ten.
Polarized God Unworthy of Gaze: Added Divine Sense communication.
Polarized Heartsteel: Life gained from damage dealt increased from 10% to 50%.
Polarized Kunpeng Divine Body: Size increased by another fivefold during activation.
The cumulative effect of these polarizations was monstrous. Ye Lan opened his orange-gold dragon pupils. As he looked at the purple-haired middle-aged man before him, the Silver Dragon's Sorrow hanging from his ear emitted an endless wave of grief.
Before the Sage King could react, agonizing pain flooded his mind. He looked down to see Ye Lan holding his black heart in his palm.
"You..." The Sage King was aghast. He hadn't even seen him move.
Ye Lan calmly crushed the heart. "Where is Gu Yuena?"
"Who is Gu Yuena?!" the Sage King stammered. In the next second, his left shoulder and arm were twisted into a bloody rag.
"AAAAAHHHHHH!!!" The pain was beyond endurance. The Sage King rolled on the grey earth, clutching his ruin of an arm. "My Lord!! I don't know who Gu Yuena is!!"
"Wrong answer."
With a flick of Formless Form, Ye Lan twisted the King's right arm into a rag as well. Pale and drenched in cold sweat, the Sage King screamed, his mind racing to find a way out. This human was a lunatic. He had destroyed the entire Abyss alone. How can I survive this?
(End of Chapter)