Chapter 15 Accumulation

Xu Jingming observed his opponent. This alien powerhouse was shrouded in purple mist, making it difficult to see his features, except for a slender tail that swayed slowly.

"You're asking how many runes I've accumulated, planning to rob me?" Xu Jingming said.

"If you obediently hand over all your runes, I might spare this clone of yours," the alien powerhouse scrutinized Xu Jingming. "If you resist, I don't mind killing you, seizing your third-realm weapon, and then taking your runes. Make your choice. Hand them over, or resist?"

As he spoke, he had already secretly activated one of his third-realm weapons, a phantom scroll that instantly merged into the fabric of the world.

Buzz!

Purple light emerged over a vast area, completely engulfing the region, including Xu Jingming and the alien powerhouse.

"If you had run away immediately, you might have escaped," the alien powerhouse said with a bright smile. "But now that my domain is established, you can't get out."

Xu Jingming observed the domain and praised, "The rules here suppress power tremendously. You must have relied on a third-realm weapon to set up this domain. Very well, this third-realm weapon… is mine now."

"Big talk!" the alien powerhouse said, his body suddenly transforming into endless purple mist.

The purple mist that his body transformed into instantly merged with the endless purple light of the entire domain.

At that moment, the entire domain was the body of this alien powerhouse.

"Hmm?" Xu Jingming immediately felt the terrifying corrosive power within the domain, corroding his body and his mind. Although his mind could resist, his body was already a third eroded in the blink of an eye.

His entire body seemed to be melting, rapidly corroded and disappearing.

"So you're from the heart-realm lineage. It's useless. No matter how many clones you have, they will all be corroded." In the vast domain, endless purple faintly formed a huge face, which looked down at Xu Jingming.

"Indeed, very powerful," Xu Jingming's face was twisted by the corrosion, yet he still smiled brightly.

"Die!" The huge face's eyes were filled with killing intent.

After all, he had entered the inner area of this mysterious continent, although he had been frightened into immediately retreating. But he was confident that as long as he didn't encounter opponents at the level of a half-step third-realm invincible or a Abyss Master, he couldn't lose!

Buzz!!!

Four beams of light suddenly shot out from Xu Jingming's dissolving body, flying in different directions!

Three of the black beams of light were Xu Jingming's clones, each wielding a heart-realm weapon, each executing the fourth style of *Jin Ge* (Golden Halberd) - Black Night! After integrating the insights from the three types of runes, the power of Xu Jingming's heart-realm spear technique was obviously even stronger.

Of these three clones, two held ordinary heart-realm spears, while the other held the third-realm heart-realm spear.

At the same time, the fourth beam of light released by Xu Jingming's dissolving body didn't carry any weapons, but instead unleashed Illusory Abyss (Huanjing Xuyuan) with all its strength! The vast Illusory Abyss enveloped the entire domain.

"This is—" the alien powerhouse was instantly dragged into the Illusory Abyss, and then three terrifying heart-realm weapons pierced through his body.

Because his body was integrated with the domain and spread everywhere, he had no time to dodge and had to endure three strikes from the heart-realm spears.

"Ah!!!"

As his consciousness fell into the illusion, with no resistance at all, when the three black beams of light pierced through the purple mist, darkness immediately spread out, covering most of the purple mist in the blink of an eye.

It was then that the alien powerhouse broke free from the illusion and regained consciousness.

"Are you a half-step third-realm invincible?" The alien powerhouse cried out in fear and resentment. Before he could say anything else, darkness completely engulfed all the purple mist, utterly destroying the heart-realm consciousness of his body.

This clone of his was dead!

Xu Jingming's dissolving body had disappeared, and four intact clones hovered in the air, one standing with his hands clasped behind his back, the other three holding spears, all looking at the corpse of the alien powerhouse.

"Just one clone?" Xu Jingming thought to himself.

He had hundreds of clones!

"Even if you cultivate in the physical body lineage, where clones are more precious, you should dispatch one or two more clones when exploring the treasure land of the ultimate existence," Xu Jingming mused.

What he didn't know was that this alien powerhouse originally had one clone in the open and one in secret. But when they were in the inner area, one clone held off the opponent while the other clone escaped with the treasure, narrowly avoiding death.

…

In an infinitely distant territory.

"It was actually a half-step third-realm invincible?" the alien powerhouse said with anger and resentment, "With such strength, he didn't enter the inner area of that continent, but stayed in the outer area? The treasures in the inner area are much more plentiful than in the outer area."

"Are half-step third-realm invincibles all so cautious, so insidious? Preferring to stay in the outer area?" the alien powerhouse thought to himself.

"All the runes I worked so hard to accumulate are gone!" The alien powerhouse was very unwilling. "Although I haven't studied these runes for long, these three types of runes… must have been left behind by the ultimate existence! They are far more powerful than any inheritance I've learned."

At this level, they all had good judgment.

Even if it was difficult to comprehend, they could still discern the levels and easily recognize that these characters were more powerful than third-realm inheritances.

"I can't miss this opportunity," the alien powerhouse gritted his teeth. "I'll dispatch another clone over there."

There was no choice. He had a total of four clones.

Two had been killed this time, and dispatching another one was already his short-term limit.

"This time, I'll be careful and only collect some runes on the outermost periphery. I won't fight any more high-dimensional lifeforms," the alien powerhouse couldn't afford to lose any more.

…

"So many characters?" Xu Jingming examined the alien powerhouse's corpse and all the spoils of war.

"Two third-realm weapons are nothing special, but there are more than 900 characters?" Xu Jingming was pleasantly surprised. The two third-realm weapons left behind by the alien powerhouse, one a purple ring and the other a scroll, were both weapons from the Mother River lineage, which Xu Jingming didn't care much about. The only thing he valued were those mysterious characters.

Xu Jingming put away the characters, quite excited.

"I worked so hard to accumulate only 396 characters, which is already quite efficient, but he managed to accumulate more than 900 characters? Could he have been robbing others before?" Xu Jingming speculated.

No matter how the other party accumulated them, they ultimately benefited him.

"Robbing others, sometimes you kick a steel plate and get 'counter-robbed'," Xu Jingming smiled.

"By the way, he said I was a half-step third-realm invincible?" Xu Jingming suddenly thought of the words the other party said before his clone died, "I've come into contact with some half-step third-realm invincible powerhouses, and I'm still quite different from them."

"He mistakenly thought I was a half-step third-realm invincible, it must be because of the heart-realm weapon!" Xu Jingming quickly made a guess.

"The heart-realm weapon lineage is known for its strong offense among the many lineages of the heart-realm! And I also obtained a third-realm heart-realm spear, making my offense even stronger. And this time I've made some progress in comprehending those characters… So, my offensive ability can be comparable to a 'half-step third-realm invincible'?" Xu Jingming speculated.

As for Illusory Abyss, Xu Jingming was very self-aware.

Because he had been cultivating according to the *Illusory Abyss* inheritance, Illusory Abyss was still quite a bit away from the 'half-step third-realm invincible' level.

On the other hand, the *Jin Ge* spear technique, which was originally based on comprehending the ultimate existence's spear technique, had always been his trump card.

"My offense is strong enough, but other aspects are still very lacking," Xu Jingming remained humble.

He knew very well that a true half-step third-realm invincible powerhouse had reached the limit in all aspects.

"Continue to accumulate more mysterious characters. If I miss this opportunity, it will be difficult to find such characters again," Xu Jingming thought to himself, "Even once I leave this treasure land, the third-realm experts will probably buy these characters under the guise of 'purchasing'."

The characters left behind by the ultimate existence were very likely to be forcibly bought by the third-realm experts.

"Seize the time."

One of Xu Jingming's clones continued on his way, while the other clones began to comprehend the newly acquired characters in his small universe.

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Xu Jingming's experience entering this ancient continent was very ordinary. He just killed some native creatures and obtained some mysterious characters. This was the experience of most half-step third-realm experts who entered.

But among the companions who acted with Xu Jingming in the beginning, the weakest 'North River Boat Owner' had the most unique experience. He obtained an opportunity as soon as he entered the continent, and now he has obtained a second opportunity.

"Huff."

The North River Boat Owner was currently integrated into a wide, gray river, escaping at super high speed.

"North River! Obey and hand over the Primordial Divine Stone, and I can let you go." A black figure was flying above the river at super high speed, also roaring angrily, "If you push me too hard, I will not only destroy this clone of yours, but also kill all your clones in the outside world."

The North River Boat Owner turned a deaf ear, integrating into the river and single-mindedly escaping.

"Who gave you the courage to steal the Primordial Divine Stone from me!" The black figure was extremely angry, "If you don't obediently hand it over, I will definitely hunt down every single one of your clones after this is over! I mean what I say!"

He was indeed extremely angry.

Because he had been chasing for three days!

This mediocre North River Boat Owner should not have dared to provoke him at all, but this time the North River Boat Owner had gone crazy.

"A Primordial Divine Stone the size of a palm is worth 10 drops of Abyss Mother Blood. This one is much larger than my body, enough to be worth thousands of drops of Abyss Mother Blood! Hand it over to you? What are you dreaming about?" The North River Boat Owner sneered via voice transmission.

He had painstakingly accumulated wealth for a long time, but his wealth was only over a hundred drops of Abyss Mother Blood.

That huge Primordial Divine Stone was worth dozens of times all his accumulations over his long years! The North River Boat Owner had completely gone crazy. If he didn't risk it now, when would he?

"Very well! Then I will now begin hunting down all your clones in the outside world!" the black figure threatened.

The North River Boat Owner's eyes turned red.

He had endured for endless years, and finally had a big opportunity! He would not back down!

"I can't catch you in the river, but you will be attacked by native creatures again and again. You will eventually encounter extremely strong native creatures… When that time comes, that will be the time of your death," the black figure threatened.

"North River, you're being chased quite miserably," a voice rang out.

"Brother Wu Ming?"

The North River Boat Owner, who was fleeing in a sorry state in the river, couldn't help but be overjoyed. With the help of the vast river, he sensed a familiar figure had already flown nearby. It was Xu Jingming.