Translator: CinderTL
The gap between peak fifth-tier and sixth-tier was immense.
"Those beings... they were all truly alive," Jiang Ye mused, his curiosity deepening. "What secrets does this civilization ruins conceal?"
Through the relentless combat, he had absorbed a wealth of cultivation insights, a significant boon to his progress.
At that moment...
"Your strength assessment: Dao Bone, Upper A-tier!"
"Trial-taker, you are about to be teleported. Please prepare yourself," the ancient voice echoed once more.
Whoosh!
An invisible force enveloped Jiang Ye. His consciousness plunged into darkness before he vanished from the grand hall.
Swish!
When Jiang Ye opened his eyes again, he found himself in a vast, desolate landscape, plummeting rapidly toward the ground.
Boom!
Within seconds, his feet struck solid ground, and he quickly regained his balance.
"This is the civilization ruins?" Jiang Ye gazed around, finding himself in a sprawling, barren mountain range under a desolate sky.
Buzz!
Suddenly, a radiant white halo materialized before him, its dazzling light radiating an aura of profound mystery.
"What's this?"
"The Civilization Fire?" Jiang Ye had never seen such a thing before.
Yet the moment he laid eyes on it, its name surfaced in his mind as if by some mystical force.
Whoosh! The white halo burrowed into Jiang Ye's body.
In the next instant, a faint, ethereal glow bloomed across his skin, like the soft luminescence of fireflies, casting a hazy, dreamlike aura around him.
"What's this?" Jiang Ye exclaimed in astonishment.
The light hadn't dissipated; instead, it clung to his skin, enveloping him in a faint, ethereal glow.
Just as Jiang Ye was marveling at this phenomenon,
Boom! An indescribable force crashed down upon him, sending a violent tremor through his entire being.
The terrifying energy threatened to tear him apart.
Yet in an instant, Jiang Ye adapted to the sensation.
Stowaway (Terrain Adaptation): When traversing otherworlds, your movements are unimpeded by the alien environment, and you gain resistance to the unfamiliar conditions.
"What's this?"
"Have I reached the seventh breakthrough realm?" Jiang Ye wondered, astonished. "I almost couldn't withstand that force just now."
The terrifying energy of the seventh breakthrough realm had flooded Jiang Ye's body in an instant.
Without the Stowaway ability, even Jiang Ye would have needed considerable time to adapt.
"It's not just my life level that's reached the seventh breakthrough," Jiang Ye realized. "My stellar energy and physical body have also grown accordingly."
"But there hasn't been any fundamental transformation."
Jiang Ye sensed a subtle instability in his realm, a feeling of hollowness.
To put it plainly:
Under the influence of that divine energy, Jiang Ye's realm had been forcibly elevated to the seventh breakthrough realm, with even his five viscera and sea of consciousness reaching the standards of that level.
However, Jiang Ye's foundational strength remained unchanged.
His core elements—such as his genetic sequences, cellular metamorphosis level, and mastery of the True Divine Manual—remained at the fifth breakthrough realm. This fundamental difference set him apart from true seventh breakthrough realm experts.
Once the divine energy dissipated, Jiang Ye's realm would revert to its original state.
"Truly astonishing," Jiang Ye marveled, witnessing such a technique for the first time.
At that moment, a mysterious voice echoed in his mind: "The civilization fire is the foundation of your realm. Lose it, and you will be expelled from the civilization ruins."
"So, the divine energy originates from the civilization fire?" Jiang Ye mused. "Does this mean that by seizing others' civilization fire, I can gain greater power?"
In an instant, Jiang Ye grasped the essence of the Great Stellar War's rules:
Chaos! Plunder!
This was the dominant theme of the Great Stellar War's first-tier stage.
"The more civilization fire I plunder in the first phase, the stronger I'll become," Jiang Ye thought to himself. "By the second phase, I'll have an even greater chance of winning the championship."
This rule favored Jiang Ye.
Because Transcendent Aptitudes wouldn't appear in the first phase.
As long as the transcendent remained hidden, Jiang Ye feared no one on the battlefield.
"Senior Sister isn't in this area."
"I hope I'll encounter her soon." Jiang Ye briefly sensed his surroundings but found no trace of Chen Zilu.
It's worth noting that Jiang Ye's sea of consciousness had reached the seventh breakthrough realm.
With a single thought, he could cover a radius of over a thousand miles.
The fact that he couldn't sense her meant they were extremely far apart.
However, Chen Zilu possessed the invincible dao bone combat power. After her innate avatar was repaired, she could even contend with transcendent beings.
Jiang Ye believed that with her strength, she should have no trouble handling most opponents in the first phase.
Whoosh!
Jiang Ye shot into the sky, randomly chose a direction, and sped forward.
Simultaneously,
Buzz~ A wave of consciousness rippled outward, enveloping a thousand-mile radius.
With Jiang Ye's strength, enhanced by the seventh breakthrough realm, he could traverse a thousand miles in mere seconds. Yet even at this speed, he detected no other participants.
"This civilization ruins is truly massive," Jiang Ye thought to himself, inwardly astonished.
Tens of thousands of participants were engaged in the battle.
Even if they were scattered across Blue Star, you'd expect to encounter someone within a thousand-mile radius.
But here?
Jiang Ye had traversed tens of thousands of miles without spotting a single soul. This alone proved the civilization ruins' unimaginable vastness.
Just then, Jiang Ye's expression shifted, followed by a smile.
"Finally, I've found someone."
Swiftly, with a whoosh, Jiang Ye executed a sharp turn, transforming into a blur as he hurtled in the opposite direction.
Within seconds, Jiang Ye spotted two figures locked in a fierce battle against the backdrop of the sky and earth. Both combatants were immensely powerful, their clashes erupting in a continuous barrage of dazzling light.
Rumble~ Rumble!
The terrifying roars of their battle reverberated clearly even to Jiang Ye, who was still hundreds of miles away.
Whoosh! Jiang Ye accelerated toward the conflict.
Soon, his eyes narrowed slightly.
"Song Xuan?"
One of the combatants was a strikingly beautiful woman with long, slender legs.
It was none other than Song Xuan, the White Dragon University genius Jiang Ye had encountered just recently!
This woman had recently invited Jiang Ye to join her team.
"Jiang Ye?"
Song Xuan, currently locked in fierce combat with a black-clad youth, also showed surprise upon sensing Jiang Ye's presence.
"Jiang Ye, hurry over here!" Song Xuan transmitted urgently. "Help me eliminate this guy!"
"Alright."
Whoosh! Jiang Ye's figure flashed like lightning as he closed in on the battlefield.
Grasping his long spear, he charged into the fray, joining Song Xuan in attacking the black-clad youth.
The youth, merely a dao bone genius, couldn't withstand their combined assault and retreated steadily.
"You're ganging up on me!" the youth roared in fury.
"Hand over the civilization fire, and we'll let you go," Song Xuan snapped.
"Dream on!" the youth snarled, preparing to fight to the death.
But just then...
"Hmm?" The youth's expression suddenly shifted, followed by a sinister grin. "Hahaha! My teammates are here! You're finished!!"
Before his words could fully sink in...
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Several powerful auras erupted in the distance, rapidly approaching their location.
All of them were at the seventh breakthrough realm!
The sky darkened as terrifying pressure swept over the battlefield like a suffocating storm.
"This is bad," Song Xuan's delicate face paled.
(End of the Chapter)
---------------------------
📖 You are reading [710] Chapters behind with [144] Free Chapters available on site.
🔥 Read up to Chapter [1162] now, only on ᴄɪɴᴅᴇʀᴛʟ.ᴄᴏᴍ.
📊 [17] Novels, [14.3K+] Chapters with [11.2K+] Free Chapters!, [22.9M] Words on ℂ𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕋𝕃.𝕔𝕠𝕞
---------------------------