Tian Shi Palace.
A colossal palace suspended in the Void, specifically established to monitor the Blood River World. In a side hall on the first floor of the Tian Shi Palace, a huge light screen displayed the scene of Ender flying out of the Blood River World.
"What is His Highness Ender doing? One moment he flies out of the Blood River World, the next he flies back in."
"It's not just for a moment; it usually takes a few hours at the shortest, and one or two days at the longest."
"It's not just for a moment, but the frequency is too high. It's been continuous for three months already."
The World Masters responsible for monitoring were all puzzled, somewhat unsure why Ender was doing that.
…
At the edge of the Blood River World's cloud layer.
"128 Blood River Crystals. I can stop now; more won't be of much use."
Inside the E-class spaceship's control room, Ender placed the four newly acquired Blood River Crystals with the ones he had obtained earlier.
Blood River Crystals are controlled resources within the Human Race. Blood River Crystals obtained through Cultivate missions in the Blood River World, besides being for personal use, even require an application to the Virtual Universe Company to be gifted to others. Only when the application is approved can they be gifted; otherwise, it is a violation and will be penalized.
"Blood River Crystals can only be used by flesh-and-blood life forms, and my human main body is a flesh-and-blood life form. The Gu Yu Ancient Tree is a plant life form and cannot use them."
Ender thought to himself, "With the size of my human main body, Fusion with a hundred Blood River Crystals is the limit, but reaching this limit is very difficult!"
The smaller the body, the more difficult it is to Fuse Blood River Crystals. If the body is large enough and is a flesh-and-blood life form, the upper limit for Fusion with Blood River Crystals will also increase accordingly.
"Since I have enough Blood River Crystals, it's time to go to the Ancient God Ruins to temper my will."
Thinking this, Ender set his target coordinates for the most Dangerous Level place on the Blood River World—the Ancient God Ruins!
…
When Ender's E-class spaceship arrived above the Ancient God Ruins, the World Masters monitoring from the side hall of the Tian Shi Palace were all astonished.
"No way! Is His Highness Ender going to the Ancient God Ruins?!"
"The Ancient God Ruins, that's the most Dangerous Level place on the Blood River World. It's said that many Immortal beings from our Virtual Universe Company died there back then. Even if His Highness Ender's Cultivate mission is Dangerous Level, with a 50% chance of death, it didn't tell him to go to such a dangerous place as the Ancient God Ruins."
"The path is chosen by oneself. Since His Highness Ender chose to enter the Ancient God Ruins, he must bear the risks of entering the Ancient God Ruins."
"Don't underestimate His Highness Ender. He is a Disciple of an existence like a Universe Venerable. Since he dares to enter the Ancient God Ruins, he might have some life-saving trump card."
"Alright, everyone pay attention! If His Highness Ender encounters any enemies and leaves the Blood River World's cloud layer in his E-class spaceship, any native who dares to Breakthrough the cloud layer must be killed immediately!"
"Understood!"
"Of course!"
Their duty as World Masters monitoring the Blood River World includes killing any native of the Blood River World who Breaks through the cloud layer and enters the Void!
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Blood River World, in the clouds above the Ancient God Ruins.
Ender stored his E-class spaceship into his world ring, then plummeted towards the Ancient God Ruins below.
"Hmm!"
As he was about to enter the fifteenth cloud layer, a hint of surprise appeared on his face. "The fifteenth cloud layer is actually blood-red. Is it affected by the Ancient God Ruins?"
He saw that the boundless clouds below were all blood-red, as if an endless sea of blood was churning, and the terrifying, invisible Killing Intent made one's heart palpitate.
"Let's go in and try."
Ender continued downwards, entering the blood-red clouds, his body seemingly swallowed by an endless sea of blood.
As soon as he entered the blood-red clouds, he immediately felt a special aura influencing him.
Agitation!
His heart was agitated, as if there was a desire for slaughter.
"Slaughter?" Ender continued flying downwards. "Ultimately, slaughter is just a means, and I don't like it, but I don't reject it either."
"Besides, this level of slaughter erosion cannot affect me!"
He had already passed the fifth island of the Fantasy Ocean at Universe Level First Order, his will reaching the Domain Master limit, extremely close to World Master Level. Naturally, he would not be affected by this level of slaughter.
Breaking through layer after layer of blood-red clouds, Ender finally broke through the last layer of clouds and saw the true face of the Ancient God Ruins!
The Ancient God Ruins, with a diameter of hundreds of billions of kilometers, was an incredibly vast place!
And below, there were endless mountains, barren lands, swamps, and various other environments.
However, these geographical environments were all very strange. For example, Flowing Overlapping Mountains seemed to have a layer shaved off, or a certain part was cut off. On the barren lands, one could still see regular super-large pits, each estimated to be several hundred kilometers in diameter.
One large pit after another.
Just like… the footprints of some super giant Beast.
Most importantly—all areas below were covered in a faint mist, a red mist. Because of this red mist, if the distance was too far, it was impossible to see clearly.
"Here!"
Seeing the pits one after another, Ender thought, "The Gold Beast God must have been active here, and it's even possible that it was killed here by a Universe Master of our Human Race."
"Let's go down and see."
Ender swooped down, and soon he landed on the bare ground.
Scanning his surroundings, he saw many white bones on the surface of the surrounding soil, as well as some broken weapons and armor.
"Hmm!"
Ender frowned slightly, feeling an invisible force constantly tempting his mind, while another strange force drilled into his skin and entered his body.
This strange force could not be blocked by either primal energy or psychic power. They would drill through the body and then drill out again.
Treating a person's body as air, freely passing back and forth.
And during this process, a person's body underwent some changes.
Ender thought, "These are clearly not Killing Intent; they are more like the blood mist emitted when a Beast God was injured in battle, which is why they carry the intent of slaughter."
Like the famous whale fall on Earth, which is said to bring life to myriad things.
And the same is true for existences like Beast Gods. However, as powerful existences who are naturally Universe Masters, naturally born Beast Gods are treasures all over their bodies. Even if they fall, their legacies are rare treasures!
Just by staying in the Ancient God Ruins for a short while, his body was slowly undergoing changes, changes he didn't understand at all.
"This blood mist seems to be transforming my body." Ender carefully sensed, "And the direction of the transformation is to better Fuse Blood River Crystals."
"The fainter the blood mist, the slower the transformation speed."
His figure flickered, and Ender appeared several kilometers away, in a place where the blood mist was slightly denser.
"The denser the blood mist, the faster the transformation speed."
Carefully sensing, he looked at the dense blood mist clusters in the distance and thought, "However, the denser the blood mist, the stronger the slaughter will within it. If one's will is not strong enough, they will become a Puppet that only knows slaughter."
"My will has not yet reached World Master Level, so it's better to be cautious. Just find a place with relatively dense blood mist."
Thinking this, Ender headed towards a nearby area with relatively dense blood mist…