757: A huge star core

Yang Dian wasn’t comforting Dudu; he was speaking the truth.

Just like before the teleportation, the sliver of fate power he commanded didn’t stir, offering no warning of the dangers he might face upon arrival.

“Perhaps it’s because of insufficient information, or because I’ve never encountered such a situation before, so neither the power of fate I wield nor Dudu’s crisis premonition could take effect?”

“Of course, the biggest possibility is simply insufficient strength.”

“If I were strong enough, there wouldn’t be so many problems.”

Clutching the Life Core in his palm, feeling the vast energy within it, Yang Dian’s gaze shifted to the core of the Dimensional Battlefield.

The Human Race and the Mutants were still in a standoff.

Neither side made a move, engaging only in verbal sparring.

He didn’t know if they were trying to lure Yang Dian out, or if they truly had reservations.

Bear Tyrant, that black bear, was still devouring people.

One bite after another, with even traces of crimson blood flowing from the corners of his mouth, staining the white napkin on his chest a deep red.

Although the people being thrown into Bear Tyrant’s mouth were unrelated to Yang Dian.

But… “How dare he provoke me like this!”

Taking a deep breath, Yang Dian’s super intelligence told him that he should use his super strength to deliver a fatal blow to Bear Tyrant.

However, before acting, he planned to use his super strength to cause some super destruction first.

Reaching out with an open palm, a wisp of Bear Tyrant’s aura was drawn into Yang Dian’s hand.

Fate rippled, and a giant living planet, approximately six times the size of Earth before the Qi Revival, with a diameter exceeding 70,000 kilometers, appeared in Yang Dian’s vision.

“3.73 million kilometers from the core point, huh?”

He murmured, and as the Dimension Butterfly spread its wings, Yang Dian vanished into the deep spatial interlayer of the core region.

The moment that wisp of Bear Tyrant’s aura was taken by Yang Dian, the black bear, who had just pulled out a new ‘ingredient’, suddenly shivered.

His hand, which had been raised, froze in mid-air.

At his level of strength, possessing the ability to sense changes before they occur, like a cicada sensing the autumn wind, and various malevolent perception abilities, was fundamental.

Shivering without reason certainly meant someone was plotting against him.

Thus, Bear Tyrant’s eyes, which had just returned to black, instantly turned crimson.

“Who is plotting against me?!”

As he looked around, the Human Race, surrounded by numerous Mutants, came into his sight.

“Is it you damned fellows?”

“Hoo~”

With a gasp, a putrid, foul-smelling, sickly green gas surged from Bear Tyrant’s mouth, transforming into a smoky cloud that enveloped the Human Race.

The Mutants exchanged glances, tacitly stepping aside, preparing to let Bear Tyrant lead the charge.

Just as Lan Fa had said, at the Star-Shattering level, everyone had trump cards.

In a fight to the death, anyone could die.

The first one to go in had the highest mortality rate.

If it were up to them, they certainly wouldn’t go first.

But if there was a willing scapegoat to lead the charge, they wouldn’t mind following behind and fishing in troubled waters.

As for the potential retaliation from the Human Race who took the Life Core?

Should they give up the opportunity to feast on meat right now because of a retaliation that might or might not happen?

Absolutely not.

“If that Human Race truly wants revenge, it won’t be a short-term affair.”

“At worst, we’ll sink the Dimensional Battlefield and let the various worlds detach.”

“I don’t believe that Human Race can run all over the Universe, looking for us one by one to get revenge.”

Just as the Mutants’ eyes gleamed with cold light, Bear Tyrant, who had sensed an inexplicable threat and proactively taken the lead, suddenly felt something and stopped his actions, preparing to look back the way he came.

However, just as his head turned halfway, his body suddenly paused again… Time rewound a short while ago.

Having locked onto Bear Tyrant’s homeworld, Yang Dian directly had the Dimension Butterfly take him to the planet known as God Bear Star by the Black Bear Mutant race.

God Bear Star has a diameter of 73,252 kilometers, and like Emerald Dragon Star, the entire planet has only one continent, with the remaining area being deep, dark oceans.

As soon as he appeared above God Bear Star, Yang Dian’s attention was completely drawn to the towering peak in the center of the continent that pierced directly into the Universe.

On a planet with an average diameter of over 70,000 kilometers, there was a towering peak over 100,000 kilometers tall that reached into the Universe. Was this normal?

Yang Dian had originally planned to spend some time letting Zero analyze where on this planet the Dimension Channel leading to the Star Core Space was most likely located.

Now, that was no longer necessary.

A clear target was right there.

Without needing Zero to filter, Yang Dian guessed that the probability of a Dimension Channel existing in the Heavenly Pillar region was over 50%.

The Dimension Butterfly agreed with Yang Dian’s assessment.

As soon as Yang Dian summoned it, it flew to the middle-lower section of the Heavenly Pillar, about 27,000 kilometers high, and began to circle a seemingly ordinary stone.

“It seems a bit too simple.”

Stepping into the Dimension Channel, Yang Dian’s scalp immediately tingled.

The first thing that met his eyes upon entering the Dimension Channel was a gaping maw.

Even through multiple spatial interlayers, Yang Dian could sense that this was a black bear whose strength was not inferior to his own, and perhaps even stronger.

“I wonder if this black bear is of the same Black Bear Mutant race as Bear Tyrant, or simply a Mutant black bear.”

“However, even if it was originally a Mutant black bear, to grow this large and increase its strength to this extent, it should have become a spirit by now, right?”

After observing the giant black bear, which was over a thousand meters long and over 800 meters wide, completely blocking the Dimension Channel like a wall, Yang Dian then took a few steps forward, his body overlapping with the black bear, and guided by the Dimension Butterfly, arrived at the middle of the channel, in front of a very ordinary-looking relief carving.

After the Dimension Butterfly devoured, or rather, consumed many star core fragments to anchor itself, its abilities also grew stronger and stronger.

For example, although entering the deepest spatial interlayer still required 99 layers, the consumption had decreased by more than tenfold.

For example, it used to only be able to lock onto Dimension Channels at close range, but now its search range has expanded to ten li (5 kilometers), and it can sense a Dimension Channel simply by passing by it.

Another example is that after entering a Dimension Channel, it can forcibly open a door to enter the Star Core Space.

Of course, doing so would create too much commotion.

On other weaker planets, doing this would naturally be fine.

But on God Bear Star, a place where the Star Core Space is guarded by Star-Shattering level powerhouses?

It’s better to find the ‘point’ and act stealthily.

Looking back at the giant black bear still blocking the very front of the channel, leaving no gap, Yang Dian smiled before taking a step forward.

There was no wind or waves.

Nor did any spatial ripples appear.

Yang Dian quietly entered God Bear Star’s Star Core Space, the most important place on the entire planet.

It was as he expected.

There were bears in the Dimension Channel, and there were also bears in the Star Core Space.

And quite a few of them.

Scanning the space, and confirming that there was only one large and three small bears in the space—one Black Bear Mutant with a Star-Shattering level aura, and two small Black Bear Mutants of only Star-Patrolling Realm level, whose un-burst forms were only 3.5 meters tall—Yang Dian took a step forward and came to the edge of the Star Core.

“What a huge Star Core~”