124: Chapter 124 The nation's most treasured possessions were all given to Lin Feng!

Currently, the Great Xia Alliance only has Elder Long as its publicly known Tier 9 True God. Mad Bear and the White Eagle Federation each only have one as well.

As for the Red Sun Empire, while Empress Amaterasu is their only publicly known Tier 9, the Great Xia military intelligence department suspects that a second old monster who successfully broke through to Tier 9 is very likely hiding within the Red Sun Empire! They are simply keeping it hidden, afraid that revealing their trump card would lead to a joint siege by the other three empires.

The four great empires, each possessing one Tier 9 True God, keep each other in check, maintaining an extremely fragile balance. However, if any empire were to gain an additional Tier 9 combatant, it would instantly shatter this balance and completely dominate the battlefield!

A single Tier 9 True God is enough to unilaterally crush countless mid-to-low-tier gods in plane wars. This is the fundamental reason why Elder Long is so indulgent toward Lin Feng, even going so far as to exhaust national resources to cultivate him. Lin Feng is the peerless genius most likely to break through the Tier 9 shackles and ignite his divine fire in hundreds of years.

"Enough small talk. Tell me, which attribute of origin core do you still need?" In the office, Elder Long asked imposingly, "As long as it's in the treasury, take your pick, and I'll have it sent to you immediately." Just as he finished speaking, Elder Long seemed to realize something and quickly added a caveat: "Of course, limit one."

If there were no limit, given the thick skin Lin Feng usually displayed, he might actually bring a cart and empty out the treasury.

"Well, I need an 8th-Order Wood-type Origin Core." Lin Feng stated his requirement decisively. To gather the materials needed to sprint toward becoming an 8th-Order God, he was currently only missing this one Wood-type piece of the puzzle.

"Wood-type..." Elder Long murmured, rubbing his chin. A moment later, he spoke slowly, "You kid have devilishly good luck. Our treasury happens to have the last 8th-Order Wood-type core sitting in storage."

With that, Elder Long flipped his wrist. A law crystal, exuding rich vitality and a vibrant, dripping emerald green, hovered steadily in his palm. As a Tier 9 powerhouse, taking items from across space was as simple as breathing.

"Thank you, Elder Long." Lin Feng didn't stand on ceremony and stood up to take the crystal. Just as Lin Feng's hand was about to touch it, Elder Long flipped his left hand again and actually produced an ice-blue crystal emitting a bone-chilling cold!

"This core is a small personal investment from this old man; it's yours."

Seeing the two 8th-Order treasures before him, Lin Feng's heart skipped a beat. 8th-Order energy cores could be considered priceless treasures; the entire Great Xia treasury didn't have many of them. He hadn't expected Elder Long to be so generous, paying out of his own pocket to gift him an 8th-Order Extreme Cold Core!

Such kindness, like charcoal in the snow, was truly impossible to refuse.

"Thank you for your cultivation, Principal. If you ever need anything, just say the word." Lin Feng scooped both cores into his arms and immediately absorbed them into his system panel.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining: 8th-Order Extreme Cold Origin Core (one)!" "Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining: 8th-Order Wood-type Origin Core (one)!" The system notification sounds rang out in succession.

Now, the hard materials for sprinting toward becoming an 8th-Order God were completely gathered! Once the territory's combat power met the requirements and he ascended to 8th-Order, he could immediately forge exclusive magical artifacts for the divine beasts under his command. Once he broke into the Tier 9 sequence, he could legitimately harvest other gods and arm-wrestle the True Gods of the Main World for faith!

"Now that you have the items, go back to the base and stay on standby. Once friction breaks out on the front lines, the military will summon you immediately." Elder Long patted Lin Feng on the shoulder, his tone turning serious.

Lin Feng was now, at the very least, a peak 7th-Order combatant, possessing monstrous methods to kill 8th-Order Gods above his level. A nuclear weapon of this caliber was already considered core high-level leadership of the Alliance. Not to mention, he held the title of Deputy Commander of the Imperial Capital United Front Zone, shouldering the heavy responsibility of guarding the national gates.

If an enemy country were to truly invade in force, Lin Feng would have to take his place at the very front without hesitation and tear the enemy's defensive lines to shreds!

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The thrilling exam was over. After dealing with the high-level military meeting, by the time Lin Feng returned to his exclusive villa at Starry Sky University, it was already pitch black outside. Because he had been called away by Elder Long for a short meeting at the command center, Tang You and Gu Ze hadn't waited for him, and both had long since returned home to enter seclusion and cultivate.

Pushing open the villa door, Lin Feng slumped comfortably onto the leather sofa in the living room. Flipping his wrist, the two 8th-Order origin cores he had just received from Elder Long floated steadily in mid-air. The two crystals, one cyan and one blue, exuded heart-stopping law fluctuations, causing even the air in the living room to ripple.

There was no need to mention this 8th-Order Wood-type core. It was an absolute necessity for sprinting toward becoming an 8th-Order God and completing the laws of heaven and earth; it had to be kept safe. As for this 8th-Order Extreme Cold Core, its situation was slightly awkward. None of the core main forces under Lin Feng possessed the Frost attribute, so none of them were a perfect match.

However, an 8th-Order supreme divine object, even if the attributes clashed, contained enough majestic energy to force any divine beast to break through its bottleneck!

Divine beasts wanting to advance by devouring cores had two options. Either eat a core of the same tier with a 100% attribute match, or skip a tier and eat a top-grade core that was higher than their own tier, regardless of attribute. For example, if a 7th-Order Phoenix wanted to reach 8th-Order, it could either eat a 7th-Order pure fire crystal or any 8th-Order rock. It was purely brute force logic.

Currently, the core divine beasts in the Chaos Territory were all 7th-Order combatants. This meant that Lin Feng could completely utilize the 8th-Order Extreme Cold Core in his hand, designate any pet, and send it straight to the throne of an 8th-Order overlord!

As for who to choose as this lucky one... Lin Feng put away the crystals, closed his eyes, and his divine sense instantly crossed the void, descending into the Chaos Plane.

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After these few days of crazy sedimentation with three hundred times time acceleration, countless emerging tribes and high-order lords had sprung up across the vast territory like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. These indigenous tribes didn't need the Creator to forcibly brainwash them; they would follow their instinct to admire the strong, spontaneously seeking out the most terrifying creatures in the territory to kneel and worship.

For example, a pack of mutated hyenas happened to settle near the abyss of the Taotie. Over time, these hyenas would automatically revere the Taotie as their totem, with the entire pack turning into fanatical believers. The whole conversion process was fully automated, requiring absolutely no effort from Lin Feng.

Lin Feng first cast his divine sense toward the boundless ocean in the east. "Xiangliu, surface and receive your reward." The sovereign's majestic voice echoed over the sea. Before the words died away, Lin Feng casually tossed the [yasakani no magatama] he had seized at the exam site into the churning giant waves.

Back on the arena, Lin Feng had bullshitted the enemy Empress by saying this thing had turned into manure. It was purely talking out of his ass. Such a divine object, which the Taotie had swallowed and safely stored in its stomach, how could it possibly have been digested as food?