High-Level Martial Era - Chapter 546

Chapter 546: Chapter 316: Target! Encounter with the Beast Emperor
 

“Alien God area?”

Li Yuan listened with increasing confusion, “Elder Qiu Bingzun, what exactly is the relationship between this Alien God and the Heavenly Serpent Divine?”

“The Heavenly Serpent Divine is incomparably powerful. After all, ordinary divines cannot create such a vast Civilization Mothership. Many divines ruling over numerous planets don’t possess such a mothership… Therefore, there are quite a few divines who follow under the command of the Heavenly Serpent Divine,” the hulking figure with a single horn said to Li Yuan, “Since these divines are not of the same race as the descendants of the Heavenly Serpent, they are referred to by those descendants as ‘Alien Gods’.”

Li Yuan immediately understood.

These so-called Alien Gods bear a relationship to the Heavenly Serpent Divine reminiscent of that between the True Phoenix Divine and the Ancient Torch Divine.

“Back then, when the Heavenly Serpent Divine joined the battle, many Alien Gods naturally followed into war,” Elder Qiu continued, “But that battle was fated to be disastrous. Both the Heavenly Serpent Divine and the other Alien Gods knew that their chances of survival were slim… hence the Mothership.”

“The Alien Gods, too, left their legacies in the ‘Alien God area’ on the Mothership’s outer layer.”

“The treasures left by the Heavenly Serpent Divine are in the most central area of the inner layer,” Elder Qiu said.

Listening, Li Yuan felt the situation was quite similar to that of the Ancient Torch Divine.

However, the Ancient Torch Divine, in the midst of the great battle, realizing defeat was imminent, hastily ordered the True Phoenix Divine to flee.

Whereas the Heavenly Serpent Divine seemed to have prepared more adequately, even leaving behind the Civilization Mothership.

Of course, Li Yuan knew clearly that it was difficult to determine whether the Civilization Mothership or the Ancient Divine Palace held more value.

“What happened afterward?” Li Yuan couldn’t help asking, “Why did the Civilization Mothership crash into the Mingxu Star Realm?”

“Not sure,” Elder Qiu shook his head, “Not sure?” Li Yuan was astonished.

“It might have been attacked, or it might have encountered a cosmic storm while roaming the starry sea. Both are possible,” Elder Qiu said slowly, “I was always in the Alien God area and did not know what befell the Civilization Mothership.”

“In any case, the Heavenly Serpent Divine and those Alien Gods never returned.”

“Ultimately, the Civilization Mothership crashed… Its engine room was destroyed, and most of the lifeforms inside perished, including all the powerful demigods and those at Flying Heaven Level… by the time I met the training officer,” Elder Qiu stated, “it had already been five thousand years.”

“Five thousand years?” Li Yuan sighed inwardly.

“Later on, I found out that after the crash, many compartments of the Mothership were destroyed, unable to maintain a complete cycle of life, so almost all the remaining lifeforms were exiled to the Mingxu Star Realm,” Elder Qiu said, “At the time, the few lifeforms that had just been born in the Mingxu Star Realm… were nearly wiped out.”

“This is the origin of the Mingxu Beast Clan, lasting till today.”

Li Yuan suddenly understood, so to speak, many of the powerful clans within the Mingxu Beast Clan have the same source… they aren’t exactly natives.

At the same time, it also explained why the Mingxu Beast Clan had become so powerful despite being so isolated and fiercely internally competitive.

“Over thousands of years.”

“The Mingxu Beast Clan slowly proliferated. Under our guidance, each generation of Flying Heaven Level would enter the Mothership,” Elder Qiu said, “It’s just that, most of them are very weak.”

“Until the past thousand years.”

“We sensed that within the Mingxu Star Realm, the Origin Power grew denser and life proliferated greatly… We saw hope for beings to enter the inner layer,” Elder Qiu stated.

A thousand years?

Li Yuan’s mind stirred; the Seven Star Civilization also rose in the last thousand years, especially in the last few centuries, with the emergence of Star Realms and the concentration of Origin Power between heaven and earth increasing continuously… only then did Martial Path prosper.

Could it be just coincidence?

“Elder Qiu, do you really hope someone enters the inner layer?” Li Yuan asked, puzzled.

“The training officer really hopes so. There should be secrets in the things left by the Heavenly Serpent Divine in the inner layer, but I don’t know and am not interested,” Elder Qiu spoke slowly, “My responsibility is simple: to select sufficiently strong successors for the Six Great Alien Gods.”

Successors of Divine Beings? Li Yuan’s eyes lit up slightly.

So, does that mean the ‘Alien God area’ holds the legacies of six divines?

“With such strength, and even practicing a Supreme Star Technique, your ‘Seven Star Civilization’ must be strong,” Elder Qiu said with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile as if seeing through Li Yuan’s thoughts, “Perhaps you are aware of the power of divines… but don’t hold too high expectations.”

“The Six Great Alien Gods were not about to die when they went to war. They carried most of their treasures and weapons with them, so the legacies they left behind… are not as great as you imagine,” Elder Qiu stated.

“Any civilization would welcome more Divine Being Inheritance,” Li Yuan said with a smile.

“Hmm,” Elder Qiu said no more, raising his hand and slightly pointing to the void.

Whoooosh~ A vast array of light converged, instantly forming a complex holographic projection over twenty meters in height and more than eighty meters in length, resembling a warship.

“Is this… a map?” Li Yuan immediately recognized it.

On this complex and enormous holographic map, aside from the normal multitude of passages, there was a purple area, a vastly extensive black area… and a red dot.

“This is the map of the entire Mothership.”

“The black area is the inner layer, which you currently don’t have the authority to know about,” Elder Qiu stated slowly, “The purple area is the Alien God area… and the red dot is your current location.”

“Memorize this map for now.”

“After committing it all to memory, let me know.”

Li Yuan immediately focused on the map, with his spiritual power surpassing level 37… Even trying to memorize such a complex map of passages in a short time was quite a challenge.

It should be noted that, according to this map, the entire Mothership was over three thousand kilometers in length.

How massive was this warship?

The myriad of internal passages, chambers, and so on, were extremely intricate… the entire Mothership was designed to support the basic operation of a civilization.

Fortunately!

Because the descendants of the Heavenly Serpent were huge in size, all the passages of the Mothership were especially large, making the actual space inside not as complicated as one might think.

A quarter of an hour later.

Li Yuan first closed his eyes and went through the map once in his mind to ensure there were no errors before opening his eyes again, “Elder, I’ve memorized it all.”

“Good,” Elder Qiu nodded, his face revealing a mysterious smile, “Actually, there are map guides within each passage… If you forget, you can check them again yourself.”

Li Yuan was taken aback.

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Playing with me? So, the map was for nothing?

“Just remember it for now, there will be benefits.”

“If you follow the map, you will be able to rush to the Alien God’s area to receive the heritage of the Six Great Alien Gods,” said Qiu Bingzun. “I will wait for you in the Alien God’s area. When the time comes, how far you can go will be up to you.”

“Understood,” Li Yuan nodded continuously.

Seeing Qiu Bingzun ready to leave, Li Yuan hurriedly asked, “May I ask Elder, previously a member of my race came here, I wonder if you have seen him? How is he?”

“Your authority is not sufficient; I can’t tell you,” Qiu Bingzun shook his head. “If not for your great potential, I wouldn’t even provide these directions… Reach the Alien God’s area first.”

“Once your authority is high enough, you may, perhaps, control the entire mothership,” said Qiu Bingzun.

“Oh, and one more thing.”

“There are no ‘enforcement teams’ within the mothership now, so none of you ordinary soldiers will be punished for killing each other… Take care of yourself.”

Whoosh~

This towering solitary figure also vanished explosively, leaving only Li Yuan alone in this small space.

“Killing each other? Take care of myself?” Li Yuan immediately realized, “Elder Qiu knows about our war with the Mingxu Beast Clan… Is he warning me? Could it be that a Beast Emperor is planning to ambush me?”

Li Yuan couldn’t be completely sure and first suppressed this thought.

“If it were a normal soldier.”

“I guess they would head to the Star Technique Treasury or the Weapon Room first,” Li Yuan pondered. “But I don’t need to at all.”

Having crossed hands with other Flying Heaven Beast Kings, most star techniques were mediocre… right, how could ordinary soldiers obtain powerful star techniques? Probably at most Fifth Layer, Sixth Layer Star Techniques.

As for weapons? Top-quality Third Rank weapons at best.

“Regardless, none of that matters much to me,” Li Yuan mused. “Better to hurry and reach the Alien God’s area as soon as possible.”

Li Yuan’s goals were firstly to strive for the Heritage of the Alien God and secondly to gain access to the Inner Layer.

According to the training officer and Elder Qiu, the benefits of the Inner Layer far surpassed those of the outer layer.

Li Yuan had already roughly guessed this.

The Three Great Beast Emperors, if they wanted to enter the Inner Layer, should have another place of trial… but that’s a privilege of those with the Heavenly Serpent Bloodline.

Alien races like himself can only go to the Alien God’s area and accept the heritage of the Alien God.

“So, Big Brother Yu and the many talents of the Myriad Demons Civilization must be heading for the Alien God’s area,” Li Yuan followed the map and chose one from the dozen passages in the distance, his designated path.

The other passages? They all led to different areas.

Zoom!

With a movement, Li Yuan turned into a streak of light and passed through a light screen, entering a passage.

The passage around, still a metallic corridor.

Li Yuan sped along on his way.

“These passages are really wide, each one’s diameter exceeds a kilometer,” Li Yuan thought to himself.

He could understand this; if there were too many passageways, it wouldn’t be convenient for descendants of the Heavenly Serpent.

“Cultivation Room?”

“Rest Room!”

“Lecture Room.”

“Hundred Battles Arena.”

“Star Technique Room.”

“Energy Room.” Li Yuan passed many super-large spaces along the way, trying them out… He could enter some spaces, while others required higher authority.

And each passage was well-lit.

Clearly, even after tens of thousands of years, this Divine Class Mothership, though fallen, still retained most of its functions… It wasn’t something a single Prime Warrior like Li Yuan could handle.

What Li Yuan could do was only to abide by its established rules.

Zoom!

Li Yuan, using the Star Technique ‘Wind Feather’ to move at high speed, swiftly approached the Alien God’s area.

…

In a hall space with a diameter of more than five kilometers, all four sides were cast from metal.

Two colossal beings were waiting there.

“Thousand Eyes, do you think we might have bet on the wrong horse?” The Heavenly Serpent Beast Emperor seemed a little impatient, speaking in a deep voice, “It’s been several days, and that Spirit Gun hasn’t shown up. Could he have taken another passage?”

“Don’t rush.”

“There are only two passages to the Alien God’s area. As long as he came in through Heavenly Serpent Lake’s passage, no matter how he detours, this space where we are is mandatory for him to pass through,” said the Thousand Eyes Beast Emperor calmly.

Suddenly, in a far-off passage, the air vibrated faintly, and with the keen senses of the two great Beast Emperors, they both turned to look.

“Boom!” A stream of earth-yellow light burst out from a distance through one of the passages, and upon sensing the presence of the two great Beast Emperors, it abruptly halted.

“Hmm?” The two great Beast Emperors also suddenly looked up, their eyes turning cold.

“It’s the Spirit Gun!”

“It’s him! No doubt!” The Heavenly Serpent Beast Emperor’s immense body burst out with a powerful aura, and a heaven-shaking roar echoed: “Meet your demise!”

Boom! The Heavenly Serpent Beast Emperor howled as he soared upwards, charging towards Li Yuan.

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