Chapter 15 The Hunt

Those who could become Abyss Lords were already extremely high in terms of realm. Receiving the Abyss Will's favor and a comprehensive increase in strength, they naturally utilized the resources granted by the 'Abyss Will' to improve themselves in every way.

Among them were those who also cultivated the Heart Realm lineage and possessed numerous incarnations.

"How is this Wu Ming so strong? I chose the wrong path this time!" An Abyss Lord, who also cultivated the Heart Realm lineage, possessed over a thousand incarnations, all of which were quickly annihilated by Xu Jingming, who crossed space and time to follow the threads of causality.

There were also Abyss Lords who simultaneously cultivated the Mother River lineage, currently drilling deep into the Mother River, thinking, "Escape, escape far away! As long as the distance is great enough, the power transmission will be greatly diminished, and I will have a chance to survive. This Wu Ming is not skilled in the Mother River lineage and cannot enter the true depths of the Mother River."

Whoosh.

The Mother River was vast and boundless, and the deeper one went, the more difficult it was to submerge. This Abyss Lord was clearly very skilled in the Mother River lineage, constantly diving into the depths of the Mother River. Each slight increase in depth meant traversing layers upon layers of space-time.

"Escape, escape, escape, further away!" This Abyss Lord felt it was already very difficult, but still strove to dive deeper. He even vaguely saw a glimmer of light in the deeper depths. "Almost at the riverbed of the Mother River?"

"Poof!"

An invisible force followed the thread of causality, completely breaking through the obstacles of space-time, piercing through this incarnation of his and completely annihilating him.

The power Xu Jingming used was already at the third-realm level, transcending time and space. No matter how far away, there was no escape. The obstacles of the Mother River had no effect at all.

...

"Great Master of Kegrave Night, I have been serving you in the Nightmare Legion. Please give me a chance to live." An invincible half-step third-realm cultivator drifted in the endless territory and even came to the place of the Master of Kegrave Night, staying in the Nightmare Legion for a long time. But today, he was expelled from the Nightmare Legion.

He knelt before the towering building, begging the Master of Kegrave Night.

At the gate of the towering building, a burly black metal figure appeared, looking at the kneeling and begging half-step third-realm cultivator, and said coldly, "The Master of Kegrave Night is only expelling you. If you continue to pester, you will be completely obliterated."

"General Yun Jiu, we've known each other for so long, give me a chance to live." The invincible half-step third-realm cultivator begged.

"I can't help you. Leave quickly, or the Master of Kegrave Night will be furious, and you will die!" The black metal figure glanced at him and turned back into the towering building. General Yun Jiu was in a bad mood; he was able to enter the palace complex in the Ultimate Land, but he couldn't even condense a divine talisman.

The half-step third-realm cultivator looked at the building in front of him, not daring to pester any longer, and got up to leave.

"Master of Kegrave Night doesn't want to protect me? Is it because of the Ultimate Existence?" The half-step third-realm cultivator muttered, "The opportunity bestowed by the Ultimate Existence allows competition. But once it has been determined to bestow the opportunity, competing again...is courting death?"

Whoosh!

An invisible force crossed the distant space-time, swept over his body, and the half-step third-realm cultivator fell, lifeless.

Inside the towering building, a pair of eyes watched this scene, and even followed the power to see Xu Jingming's multiple incarnations in the area of Featherfire City: "This Wu Ming should know that this is a member of my Nightmare Legion, yet he is still merciless. Hmph, he doesn't care about me at all. Wu Ming ah Wu Ming...who gave you such courage? The Ultimate Existence?"

The Master of Kegrave Night was implicitly the strongest in this space-time, and his heart was naturally extremely proud. Wu Ming's behavior made him unhappy.

However, the Master of Kegrave Night also sensed the crisis.

"We can't even see the Ultimate Existence. But the Ultimate Existence deliberately left an opportunity, what is the reason?" The Master of Kegrave Night speculated silently.

Although he didn't understand the true intentions of the Ultimate Existence, he was clear about one thing: do not disrupt the plan of the Ultimate Existence! Once he angered the Ultimate Existence, he, the Master of Kegrave Night, would also completely 'disappear,' even from the memories of all living beings.

"Wu Ming ah Wu Ming, getting involved in the plan of the Ultimate Existence is an opportunity, but it's also very dangerous," thought the Master of Kegrave Night.

...

"I am willing to sacrifice this 'Mother River Egg.'" Within the Abyss space, an Abyss Lord took out a treasured object, a huge egg, with a world vaguely evolving inside. "I have only one request...I hope the great Abyss will protect me and help me escape Wu Ming's pursuit."

The Abyss Lord looked at the huge Abyss phantom above, his eyes full of pleading.

The Mother River Egg was extremely precious. By sacrificing it, even an Abyss Overlord could break through to become an Abyss Lord! It was the type of sacrifice most loved by the Abyss Will.

"Whoosh!" The already descending Abyss phantom suddenly shrank and retreated in an instant, disappearing.

The Abyss Lord stared blankly at this scene.

"Doesn't even want the Mother River Egg? I only want to live, and you can't stop a half-step third-realm cultivator?" The Abyss Lord couldn't believe it.

But the Abyss Will had already retreated, no longer paying attention to him.

"The Abyss Will refuses, generally for two reasons. One is that it can't do it, and the other is that the sacrifice is not valuable enough." The Abyss Lord mocked himself. Although the power the Abyss Will could use was terrifying, it was not omnipotent.

"No matter the reason, clearly, I can't live." The Abyss Lord watched silently. "I have been trapped at the limit for too long. The opportunity on Wu Ming's body was too attractive to me. I gambled, and then I lost."

The Abyss Lord looked up, and in the distance, a figure broke through the air, it was Xu Jingming: "It's your turn."

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In three days, these Abyss Lords and invincible half-step third-realm cultivators tried every possible way to escape Wu Ming's pursuit. In the end, out of 825, Xu Jingming killed 823! Only two survived.

"There are still two alive, I can't kill them." Xu Jingming walked on an ice field in the Abyss, remotely locking onto the remaining two targets. "My power is enough to break through the obstacles of space-time to pursue and kill, but I can't kill those two."

"One is Lord You Yue, and the other is Walker Ji Mo."

Xu Jingming could sense them remotely.

Lord You Yue had an incarnation hiding in an unknown place in the Abyss, which seemed ordinary, with a wooden house. Lord You Yue was hiding in this wooden house.

"I can see through causality that he is in that wooden house. But when my power is transmitted there, it is completely blocked by the wooden house! I can't touch Lord You Yue at all." Xu Jingming frowned slightly.

The third realm, if deliberately acting, could naturally intercept him.

This wooden house could also block his power?

"I once tried to reach that wooden house through Heart Realm teleportation. But when I arrived, I couldn't find the wooden house." Xu Jingming shook his head slightly. "And Walker Ji Mo, he is hiding in a palace at the bottom of the Mother River. My power can't break through the palace's obstruction, and my incarnations can't find the palace at the bottom of the Mother River."

"I previously thought I could resolve all 825 of them, but the result tells me...the future is unknown, and there will always be some variables." Xu Jingming could only temporarily accept this result.

"We must still hold a sense of reverence for the future." Xu Jingming looked at the rushing river in front of him.

The river was mighty and vast, with ice floes rising and falling. It was as if countless beings were floating in the river of fate. They could hardly resist the general trend, and could only rise and fall, struggling to survive.

Xu Jingming sat down cross-legged. The killing had come to an end. During this time, he had repeatedly used the Heart Realm Spear Technique to kill, and had many insights. He just hadn't calmed down to reflect on them.

At this moment, Xu Jingming was on the Abyss ice field, sitting in quiet meditation by the river, sorting out his insights.

As he sorted out his insights, he completely immersed himself in it!

He already had a large number of flashes of inspiration, but the arrival of 825 powerhouses interrupted his seclusion. Now, with the insights from the killing experiments, he naturally continued his comprehension.

This time, no one dared to disturb him!

...

Featherfire City was very lively. In a gathering of half-step third-realm cultivators, everyone was talking about the recent catastrophe.

"825 Abyss Lords and invincible half-step third-realm cultivators, a full 823 were completely killed! The other two are hiding in special dangerous places and dare not come out at all."

"In the past, it was said that reaching the limit of the half-step third realm was the invincible half-step third realm. In my opinion...the so-called invincibility of the past was a joke. Wu Ming's strength is the true invincible half-step third realm."

"Yes, he is the real invincible."

Everyone was talking about it.

In the corner of the gathering, Gu Mo listened without participating in the discussion.

"This Wu Ming has grown to this point." Gu Mo could only sigh with emotion.

...

On Myriad Star Island.

World Boundary Gu Shu and Boat Master Bei He had also come as guests, but Xu Jingming was in seclusion, so they didn't want to disturb him.

"Killed them all?" Dean, Island Master, Tower Master, Chi Meng, and Meng Tian looked at the three half-step third-realm cultivators in front of them.

"Almost," said Island Master Di Long. "825, 823 were killed! They were completely killed, all incarnations were removed, and all life imprints were erased. Only two hid in special places and managed to survive."

"Too strong," sighed World Boundary Gu Shu from the side. "Unimaginably powerful."

"It is my, Bei He's, good fortune to have Brother Wu Ming as a friend in this life," said Boat Master Bei He with emotion and pride. He felt that it was worth it to have given the treasure 'Eight Thousand Star Rivers' as a gift, even if it cost him most of his fortune.

Island Master Di Long asked, "Brother Wu Ming has stopped pursuing them, but he hasn't appeared. Is he in seclusion?"

"Yes," nodded Dean. "He is in secluded meditation and doesn't want to be disturbed."

"Some powerhouses have remotely detected that Brother Wu Ming has an incarnation in the Abyss in quiet meditation," said World Boundary Gu Shu. "Although many Abyss Lords have detected it, they have all blocked it in advance, prohibiting any living beings from approaching, not daring to disturb Brother Wu Ming."

"It seems that Brother Wu Ming is about to directly become the third realm this time," said Boat Master Bei He excitedly.

"He said it himself before," said Island Master Di Long excitedly in a low voice. "He is very close to the third realm."

...

Time passed.

After Xu Jingming's large-scale pursuit and killing, he calmly comprehended, and the powerhouses from all sides continued to pay attention. In the blink of an eye, five years had passed.

"Buzz~~~"

On this day.

In this space-time, Monarch Yu Huo, Monarch Lou Ye, Master of Kegrave Night, Drunken Old Man, and others, 35 third-realm existences, simultaneously felt a powerful heart realm will appear in this space-time.

And this heart realm will was rapidly transforming and constantly becoming stronger! Becoming more and more terrifying, it had already begun to affect the entire space-time.

"Another third-realm cultivator is about to appear in this space-time, and it's still a heart realm lineage third-realm cultivator." Monarch Yu Huo smiled and looked remotely at Xu Jingming, who was sitting cross-legged by the river on the Abyss ice field.

The Drunken Old Man felt this rising heart realm will and also smiled: "He has finally become the third realm."