520: The ancestor of life, the flash of the spirit of all worlds (64k words)

The next instant, Tea Banquet shouted to Lin Yang.

He followed the tactics previously used by Old Ancestor Yuan Chen and the others, preparing to concentrate his strongest forces to kill the weakest of the three remaining Alien Race Old Ancestors, excluding Old Ancestor Yuan Chen.

With him and Zi Yun joining forces, as long as it wasn't against Old Ancestor Yuan Chen, they could quickly kill any of the remaining three.

However, it would be difficult for Autumn Eaves alone to hold off Old Ancestor Yuan Chen.

Now that Kong Shan Yu was not here, he had no choice but to ask Lin Yang for help.

When saying this, Tea Banquet still felt a bit ashamed.

Lin Yang had just endured such great pain to finish off those seven Alien Race Old Ancestors who had sacrificed their Forbidden Power.

It would be right to let Lin Yang rest now, but such a great opportunity was fleeting.

Tea Banquet had no choice but to apologetically request that Lin Yang strike again.

No problem, I'm fine.

Lin Yang nodded slightly and, together with Autumn Eaves, surrounded Old Ancestor Yuan Chen.

Get lost!

Old Ancestor Yuan Chen was furious, his violent power surging as he attempted to break free from Lin Yang and Autumn Eaves to escape.

Yes, escape.

At this moment, what Old Ancestor Yuan Chen was thinking about wasn't withdrawing to help the others, but escaping.

He knew very clearly that their Alien Race side could be said to have lost the overall situation.

Although he was one of the only two existences at the third level of the Old Ancestor Realm in this era of the Ten Thousand Realms Universe.

But if Tea Banquet, Zi Yun, and the others killed the others and then concentrated their fire to besiege him, he would only face death.

As the only existence at the third level of the Breaking Universe Realm on the Alien Race side, Old Ancestor Yuan Chen did not want to die, and he could not die.

Old Devil Yuan Chen, you didn't expect to have a day like this, did you? Autumn Eaves sneered.

Although he was the weakest among them, holding off Old Ancestor Yuan Chen with Lin Yang's cooperation was not a problem at all.

Damn it, Autumn Eaves, if it weren't for that little thing beside you killing seven people, you would already be a corpse. How dare you come to mock this ancestor?

Old Ancestor Yuan Chen was furious.

If it weren't for Lin Yang's strange methods.

Given that seven Old Ancestors on their side had sacrificed their Forbidden Power, Autumn Eaves and even Tea Banquet and the others would already be corpses by now.

How could they still be here talking to him!

Haha, Old Devil Yuan Chen, we have Your Excellency Lin Yang's help; that is our luck and blessing. If you're not happy, you'll just have to suck it up! Autumn Eaves laughed loudly.

Old Ancestor Yuan Chen's eyes widened in anger: Old man Autumn Eaves, do you really think this ancestor cannot kill you?

It doesn't matter. It will take you some effort to kill me. Anyway, as long as I can hold you off, we win. It doesn't matter if I die!

Autumn Eaves smiled indifferently.

You...

Old Ancestor Yuan Chen was absolutely furious, then looked back at Lin Yang, his eyes filled with cold murderous intent:

Damn little thing, one day, this ancestor will definitely kill you!

Their crushing defeat today was primarily because of Lin Yang!

At this moment, Old Ancestor Yuan Chen's intent to kill Lin Yang had reached its peak.

However, he did not choose to risk his life to kill Lin Yang now. Instead, a brilliant red light suddenly erupted from his body, and an indescribable aura emerged from him.

The red light instantly illuminated half the sky, casting everything into a nauseating blood-red color.

Then, surrounded by the red light, Old Ancestor Yuan Chen's body instantly tore through the void and escaped.

This is... that strange red light power?

Lin Yang's heart skipped a beat instantly.

Under the illumination of this red light, a strange itch emerged on his skin, which then uncontrollably dissolved, becoming smooth, and began to evolve into the same skin state as Feng Zhuyi's injury from before.

Did this red light come from Old Ancestor Yuan Chen?

Watching the direction in which Old Ancestor Yuan Chen escaped, Lin Yang also teleported to follow him.

The red light currently emitting from Old Ancestor Yuan Chen was similar to the red light inside the ruins, but its power was much weaker.

By circulating his life spiritual power, he could neutralize the anomaly caused by the red light.

However, it seemed that Old Ancestor Yuan Chen's strength had also increased slightly under the enhancement of this strange red light power.

The space he had blocked and suppressed could be instantly torn apart by Old Ancestor Yuan Chen.

If I had the strength of the Old Ancestor Realm, even if it were only the first level, Old Ancestor Yuan Chen should not be able to instantly tear through the space I blocked.

Lin Yang thought to himself.

Of course, he was more inclined to believe that it was due to the inherent characteristics of the red light that allowed Old Ancestor Yuan Chen to easily tear through space and escape.

Little thing, you dare to follow me alone?!

Old Ancestor Yuan Chen saw Lin Yang chasing closely behind and immediately sneered.

Didn't you want to kill me just now? Isn't that why I'm here to give you a chance? Lin Yang said.

Hmph, this ancestor will indeed kill you, but not today!

A dark light flickered in Old Ancestor Yuan Chen's eyes. Although he desperately wanted to kill Lin Yang, he ultimately gave up the idea of acting now and turned into red light again to tear through space and leave.

Years ago, when Lin Yang had just broken through to the Ling Tong Realm, he was able to go head-to-head with Old Ancestor Bi Chi for a long time.

Now, after so many years, he must have become even more difficult to deal with. If he were entangled by Lin Yang for even a moment, Tea Banquet and the others would catch up.

Therefore, Old Ancestor Yuan Chen forcibly suppressed his urge to kill Lin Yang at this moment and continued to tear through space to escape.

This Old Ancestor Yuan Chen is a bit too cautious.

Relying on teleportation, although Lin Yang could keep chasing Old Ancestor Yuan Chen, he could not delay him for even a moment.

Under the enhancement of that red light power, his current strength could hardly affect Old Ancestor Yuan Chen.

The red light power inside the ruins is estimated to be at least an existence beyond the Old Ancestor level. Although the similar power on Old Ancestor Yuan Chen is weaker, it is still far beyond my current power level. There is simply no way to keep him here.

Lin Yang chased a few times but had to give up helplessly.

With the red light power, Old Ancestor Yuan Chen's method of escape made it difficult for him to catch up, even with teleportation.

He was now only one step away from the Old Ancestor Realm, but it was precisely this one-step difference that made his power level lag significantly behind the red light power on Old Ancestor Yuan Chen.

If Kong Shan Yu were here after breaking through, perhaps he could have blocked him for a moment.

Lin Yang returned to the battlefield and spread his hands to Tea Banquet and the others, indicating he could not hold off Old Ancestor Yuan Chen.

Haha, Your Excellency Lin Yang, it doesn't matter if you can't catch him. That old thing is, after all, a third-level existence. You are not even in the Old Ancestor Realm yet, and being able to chase him for a while is already very impressive!

Autumn Eaves said with a smile.

Tea Banquet, Zi Yun, and the others nodded one after another.

The three remaining Alien Race Old Ancestors had already been killed by them during the time Lin Yang was chasing Old Ancestor Yuan Chen.

Of the eleven Alien Race Old Ancestors, only Yuan Chen was still alive now.

Your Excellency Lin Yang, thanks to you today. If it weren't for you, we old guys would probably have already gone to report to the King of Hell.

Tea Banquet and the others cleaned up the battlefield and thanked Lin Yang very gratefully.

That was a full seven Alien Race Old Ancestors who had sacrificed their Forbidden Power.

If Lin Yang hadn't used mysterious means to kill those seven, they would be the ones dead now.

Lin Yang waved his hand and said, To be honest, killing those seven was purely luck. Now that Old Ancestor Yuan Chen has escaped and has that strange red light power enhancement, I'm afraid he will become a major threat.

He also felt a bit emotional.

If it hadn't been for the Boundary that happened to restrain the Forbidden Power sacrificed by those seven Alien Race Old Ancestors, today would have been unimaginably tragic.

Tea Banquet and the others nodded and fell silent for a moment.

Because it was conceivable that Old Ancestor Yuan Chen would definitely not resign himself to his fate just like that.

However, soon, Tea Banquet looked up and smiled, saying, Now that he is the only Alien Race Old Ancestor left, he can't make any big waves. We just need to be more vigilant in the future. Now, we should celebrate this hard-won victory.

Yes, let's go all out to hunt him down later and make sure to kill him. For now, let's tell everyone the good news, especially to let people know the effort Your Excellency Lin Yang has contributed to this, Zi Yun also said.

Although Old Ancestor Yuan Chen escaped, this battle could be called a rare, great victory in the human history of the Ten Thousand Realms Universe!

Naturally, it should be celebrated properly.

Uh... do we really need to mention me separately? Lin Yang couldn't help but say.

That won't do, it must be mentioned!

Zi Yun and Tea Banquet said in unison, Your Excellency Lin Yang, to speak without exaggeration, if not for you providing us with those level 8 and 9 civilization technologies, and the effort you put in today, let alone us, the entire human race of the Ten Thousand Realms Universe would have been wiped out after today!

Such achievements must naturally be made known to all humanity, so that people will never forget your great kindness!

Lin Yang was stunned: This... is really unnecessary!

To inform all of humanity and have them remember his achievements?

This was too high-profile!

Haha, Your Excellency Lin Yang, you don't need to say anything more. We will arrange this ourselves.

Tea Banquet laughed and changed the subject: By the way, during the comprehensive counter-invasion earlier, you said to let us leave the Mingye Clan and Lingyou Clan alone, and that you wanted to kill them yourself. Now you can act. We will also go to separately hunt down the Alien Race Ling Realm people who escaped earlier.

Hearing this, Lin Yang nodded: Okay, then let's split up. I will go kill the people of the Mingye Clan and Lingyou Clan. You go kill the escaped Ling Realm people. Remember to capture the Ling Realm people of the Mingye Clan and Lingyou Clan and leave them for me to kill.

He still had a mission to wipe out these two clans, so he had specifically instructed earlier to concentrate the people of these two clans and leave them for him to kill personally.

Good!

Although Tea Banquet and the others were a bit curious about why Lin Yang treated the Lingyou Clan and Mingye Clan differently, they didn't ask any more questions and instantly scattered to hunt down the Alien Race Ling Realm power-level experts.

Lin Yang went to the home planet of the Mingye Clan's universe first.

This place had already been fully blockaded and surrounded by a large number of level 8 and 9 warships.

Except for a very few Ling Realm level experts who used various means to escape, more than 60% of the Mingye Clan people were gathered on this home planet.

Whoosh.

Lin Yang's figure appeared.

Immediately following, an excited voice rang out: Your Excellency Lin Yang, you are here!

Zhang Bu, long time no see. Your strength has improved quite well now. Lin Yang looked over and greeted him with a smile.

The one speaking was none other than Zhang Bu.

Now, Zhang Bu had also become an Extraordinary level expert.

When this guy knew that he wanted to kill the Mingye Clan and Lingyou Clan people himself, he voluntarily gave up the opportunity to kill other Alien Races to earn battle merits and personally led people to blockade the place.

Your Excellency Lin Yang, thanks to your care, Zhang Bu has what he has today.

Zhang Bu bowed deeply, then patted his chest and said: The people of the Mingye Clan's home planet are all under blockade; I guarantee not one will slip through. Your Excellency Lin Yang, you can act at any time!

Good.

Lin Yang nodded slightly and didn't say anything more. A large amount of space power instantly spread out, strangling every Mingye Clan person.

He didn't have any softheartedness or hesitation.

The Mingye Clan and Lingyou Clan here were also the number one active participants in dealing with the Human War Alliance.

In racial conflicts, there is no room for mercy!

Very quickly, all the Mingye Clan members on the entire home planet died at the hands of Lin Yang.

Afterward, Lin Yang did not stop and went to other planets to execute the Mingye Clan members who had been rounded up.

Following that, he went to the Lingyou Clan universe.

Half a day later.

Members of both clans had all died at the hands of Lin Yang.

This included the Ling Realm experts from both clans who had previously escaped, who were prioritized, hunted down, and delivered by Tea Banquet and the others.

Thus, half a day later, there was not a single member of the Mingye Clan or the Lingyou Clan left in the entire Ten Thousand Realms Universe.

The System's voice followed immediately:

"Congratulations, Host. You have killed a massive number of Mingye Clan and Lingyou Clan members, including the Breaking Universe Realm experts and a large number of Ling Realm experts from both clans. You have obtained a total of 52.6 billion national treasure value."

"Congratulations, Host. Because you provided higher-level technology to your human compatriots in this Universe Zone of the Ten Thousand Realms Universe and assisted the human experts of this Universe Zone in killing alien experts, your fame has spread throughout this Universe Zone. You have obtained 10 million reputation points."

"Congratulations, Host. You displayed mysterious and miraculous means on the battlefield, killing seven Breaking Universe Realm existences of the alien races. This act shocked the hearts of all experts in the Ten Thousand Realms Universe. Your fame has been further elevated, and you have obtained 50 million reputation points."

"Due to your 'Ten Thousand People Admiration' title, the reputation points you obtained this time have received a corresponding bonus. After the bonus, your current cumulative reputation points are: 109,460,250 points."

"Congratulations, Host. Because your reputation points have reached 100 million for the first time, your reputation title has been changed to: Looking Down on the Universe (Medium)."

"Because this is not your first time obtaining the Looking Down on the Universe title, you will not receive additional blind boxes or achievement points this time."

"At the same time, please note, Host, that your cumulative reputation points have exceeded 100 million. Your name has spread throughout the universe in both of the symmetrical Universe Zones. You may have attracted the attention of certain existences, so please remain vigilant."

"Congratulations, Host. Due to your existence and the help you provided, the human race of the Ten Thousand Universes has achieved an unprecedentedly great victory in their confrontation with the alien races, creating an unprecedentedly good living environment for your human compatriots in this Universe Zone. You are remembered and appreciated by all human members of this Universe Zone, and you have been revered by the human race of this Universe Zone as: Ancestor of Life."

"Ancestor of Life (Special Permanent Title): The members of the human race in the Ten Thousand Realms Universe are grateful for your efforts and contributions. Because of your existence, they have obtained a kind of rebirth of life to a certain extent. They revere and worship you from the bottom of their hearts. This title will provide you with generous national treasure value from time to time; this is the gratitude from the human race members of the Ten Thousand Realms Universe towards you."

"Congratulations, Host. Because the human race of the Ten Thousand Realms Universe has become the strongest race in this Universe Zone with your help, you have received a special gift: Ten Thousand Realms Spirit Flash."

"Ten Thousand Realms Spirit Flash (Pending Unlock): You have obtained a special kind of recognition. After unlocking this item, you can gain the qualification to enter the Spirit Flash Land. Please note, do not use this Spirit Flash lightly to avoid waste."

"Please note, Host, that because of your existence, the alien races in the Ten Thousand Realms Universe Zone have been suppressed and annihilated. You have received: Alien Race Hostility."

"Alien Race Hostility (Special Mark): You may attract certain special and terrifying retaliation. Please remain vigilant at all times."

"..."

The System's reward distribution notification sound played for about half a minute.

Lin Yang's brows knit tighter and tighter as the System's voice continued.

After the System finished speaking, he couldn't help but ask: "Wait a second, System, is there something wrong with these rewards?"

"Please point out the specific problem, Host."

Lin Yang immediately said: "First, isn't the amount of national treasure value a bit off?"

"If I remember correctly, I previously killed important members of their royal clans, and at that time, each person was worth 100 million on average, and the Ling Realm level was also quite valuable. This time, I even killed Breaking Universe Realm existences, and as for the important members of their two clans, I killed tens of thousands of them. How can the total for both clans combined only be 50-something billion?"

"Secondly, isn't the reputation points given a bit low? Last time, I just resisted Old Ancestor Bi Chi and gained the recognition of Tea Banquet and the others, and I was given 30 million. This time, I killed seven Old Ancestors, so why is it only 50 million?"

Although obtaining over 50 billion national treasure value and tens of millions of reputation points all at once was truly unexpected.

But thinking about it carefully, Lin Yang felt it seemed a bit low.

The System explained directly: "Host, you previously killed important members for the first time, so you received the corresponding first-kill bonus. Now, there is no first-kill bonus, and because the Lingyou Clan and Mingye Clan members in the Ten Thousand Realms Universe Zone are generally one level weaker in overall strength compared to those in the Ten Thousand Universes, the corresponding rewards you receive will be less."

"The reputation point reward is the same. Last time, it was because you obtained the shock and recognition of the top experts of that Universe Zone for the first time, so the reputation points received were higher."

"...That's a thing?"

Lin Yang was speechless. Killing people of the same strength from the Mingye Clan and Lingyou Clan, the price wasn't fixed like it was over in the Ten Thousand Universes?!

And that first-kill bonus... Without the bonus, the price had shrunk drastically!

After a pause, he added: "Even so, I killed seven Old Ancestor level existences, that counts as a first kill, right? Why wasn't there any extra given?"

"Answering the Host, strictly speaking, those seven alien Old Ancestors were not killed by you, so you cannot receive the additional bonus."

"6!"

Lin Yang was speechless.

This damn System calculated things too precisely!

After a moment of silence, Lin Yang sighed and didn't dwell on it anymore.

After all, suddenly having over 50 billion more national treasure value was truly too exciting for him!

After paying off the remaining nearly 2 billion debt to the System, he would still have over 51 billion left.

In an instant, he went from being in debt to being a wealthy man.

A wealthy man with tens of billions; this made Lin Yang quite excited.

He had never been this rich before!

Afterward, he calmed his emotions and asked again: "What's the deal with that Ten Thousand Realms Spirit Flash? It still needs to be unlocked; what do I use to unlock it? And what kind of place is the Spirit Flash Land?"

He could understand the other rewards and titles from their literal meanings.

But this thing truly left him a bit confused.

This was also the first time he had received something that couldn't be used directly and required unlocking before it could be used.

"Answering the Host, this is a special item that can be unlocked and used three times in total. The first unlock requires 50 billion national treasure value. After unlocking, you will be able to enter the Spirit Flash Land once directly."

"...Huh? Wait, what did you say? How much national treasure value does it take to unlock this thing?"

Lin Yang's eyes widened instantly: "50 billion?"

"Are you sure you didn't say that wrong??"

Did he hear wrong, or did the System say it wrong?

Is this definitely not a joke?

He had killed everyone from the Mingye Clan and Lingyou Clan in the Ten Thousand Realms Universe Zone, and he had only just barely obtained 50 billion.

But, to unlock this damn thing, it actually costs 50 billion?

Doesn't that mean his remaining national treasure value is just exactly enough to unlock this Spirit Flash?

"Wait, damn System, wait a second, did you calculate this all along?"

The more Lin Yang thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

He had finally become a multi-billionaire, yet it was just enough to be perfectly spent.

This made him unable to hold back: "Tell me the truth, have you been eyeing my national treasure value all along? Can't I be rich for once?"

"Apologies, Host. This System understands your mood, but this was not calculated by this System in advance. You can choose not to unlock this Spirit Flash for now."

"...Not unlock it? That's easy for you to say!"

Lin Yang sneered: "Based on what I know about you, if I don't unlock it now, I reckon when the time comes to use it, it will be hard to scrape together so much national treasure value all at once, and by then, there will surely be more trouble!"

The System was silent.

"Defaulting, are you?"

Lin Yang hummed: "Let's put the unlocking issue aside for now. What is the Spirit Flash Land?"

He had asked two questions just now, but the System only answered the cost question and hadn't answered what the Spirit Flash Land was.

"Host, information about the Spirit Flash Land also needs to be unlocked for a fee. Based on your current strength, unlocking the information about the Spirit Flash Land requires 100 billion national treasure value. This System does not suggest you unlock it now. This information module will also have its unlocking cost significantly reduced as your strength increases."

"..."

This is ridiculous.

Lin Yang simply didn't want to say anything more.

Unlocking the usage permission once costs 50 billion.

But unlocking the information actually costs 100 billion?

This is too absurd.

Also, what did this damn System say? It doesn't suggest he unlock the information module now?

Please, even if he wanted to unlock it, he would need to have that much national treasure value!

This damn System is simply absurd!

"May I ask, Host, whether you wish to unlock the first usage permission for the Ten Thousand Realms Spirit Flash."

The System asked again.

"...Not unlocking it for now!"

Lin Yang refused directly!

Even if he knew this 50 billion would sooner or later be used for unlocking, he had to hold onto it for a while for now!

Let this damn System be anxious.

Swish, swish, swish.

The figures of Tea Banquet and the others appeared one after another beside Lin Yang.

"Your Excellency Lin Yang, under our pursuit, those Ling Realm experts who escaped have all been killed. Now, only Yuan Chen remains."

Tea Banquet spoke: "We discussed it just now. Next, I will be responsible for tracking Yuan Chen. If his location is found, Zi Yun and the others will assist me in killing Yuan Chen. Before that, we can join forces to enter the Mysterious Space once to help you find the way back to the Ten Thousand Universes."

"What do you think? When do you want to go in?"

Hearing this, Lin Yang immediately put away his other thoughts.

Finally, he could embark on the road back to the Ten Thousand Universes.

Although, he still needed to find that road first!

"I can go anytime!"

Lin Yang said, taking a deep breath.

He felt he was also close to breaking through to the Old Ancestor Realm.

In the process of searching for the direction back to the Ten Thousand Universes, it should be enough for him to break through.

He had already left that side for nearly a hundred years.

He wondered what the situation was like over there now...

Tea Banquet nodded upon hearing this: "Good, then we will prepare a bit more and also wait for Old Kong. If he comes out of seclusion in the near future, our chances of success by joining forces will be even greater."

"Furthermore, if we successfully find the road back to the Ten Thousand Universes, but Old Devil Yuan Chen still keeps hiding and doesn't come out, then I will stay behind to guard against his retaliation and slaughter, and let Zi Yun and the others accompany you back to the Ten Thousand Universes. Does that work?"

There was a hint of apology in his words.