Chapter 224: Savage Beast Graveyard, Gambling Agreement, Direct Path to Stellar Level

Chapter 224: The Beast Graveyard, a Betting Agreement, the Possibility of Reaching the Stellar Level! Caesar!

"Here, Master."

On the HUD interface of the power armor, a blue stream of data flashed, and Hammer's voice sounded.

"Command received. Searching... Targets Wolf Seven and Wolf Ten, shortly after you left the 'Jianqi Library,' also chose to enter the library planet. No latest location updates at present."

"..."

Qin Feng, upon hearing this, narrowed his eyes slightly and muttered to himself, "This guy, he's quite clever."

Once inside the special trial planet known as the 'Jianqi Library,' one entered a special area protected by supreme rules.

There, no external means could interfere; even if one barged in directly, they could not be in the same location.

The thought of pursuit flashed through his mind, and Qin Feng decisively extinguished it.

To waste a great deal of time waiting outside the library for an insignificant Wolf Seven was an extremely foolish act.

His thoughts raced, elevating to the macro-strategic level of the entire war zone, and he began to reassess the current situation.

"The Jianqi Library..."

Qin Feng's gaze once again fell upon that planet, a hint of gravity in his eyes.

The appearance of this planet was, for him, an undeniable double-edged sword.

On one hand, the immense psychic pressure and data streams it contained were an excellent training ground for 'River and Lake Realm' martial artists to break through to the 'Boundless Sea.'

His own smooth advancement to the planetary-level Boundless Sea was precisely thanks to this.

But on the other hand, this opportunity was not his alone.

"Cang, Yanwu, Lengyu, Mobi..."

One by one, the names hanging high on the combat power list lit up in his mind like stars.

These individuals were all top geniuses cultivated by various war groups, holding king-level inheritances, with unfathomable foundations.

"The rules of the Library Planet are open and transparent. Its internal pressure gradients and data stream intensity are tailor-made for 'River and Lake Realm' experts to directly reach the 'Boundless Sea.' It can be said that the only hard indicator of passing the ninth planet is achieving the 'Boundless Sea' realm in psychic power."

"Cang... as the former number one of the 117th galaxy, before I seized the 'Hive Mind Core,' his cultivation was already above mine, and he was probably not far from the 'Boundless Sea.'

Later, after I took the stellar-level resources, Cang plundered a massive amount of other resources.

I relied on my nurturing method and my own comprehension to walk the path of the library in over a decade. His starting cultivation was similar to mine. I suspect the Emperor's Children war group also has nurturing methods, though not as good as the Ten Complete Hands, they probably aren't far off.

Now that he's entered the library, it's like adding the finishing touch for him... I estimate that in at most five years, maybe even three, he will smoothly emerge and reach the 'Boundless Sea,' only three to five years slower than me. The library is indeed a great opportunity."

"Yanwu, Mobi, and the others are slightly inferior to Cang in cultivation and comprehension, but they are by no means weak; the gap is negligible.

Their breakthrough time will likely be within ten years."

"As for the top experts from other galaxies, they will only be faster, not slower."

After making this specific judgment, Qin Feng slowly clenched his fist. The knuckles emitted a faint 'crack' sound due to the force, transmitted clearly through the internal structure of the power armor in the silent vacuum.

An intangible, heavy pressure, like a slowly collapsing star, weighed heavily on his heart.

"I need to hurry..."

He murmured to himself, "The appearance of the Library Planet is causing the resource advantage I painstakingly built through the 'Hive Mind Core' to be rapidly leveled."

This was a very delicate situation.

The 'Jianqi Library' was like a 'universal' super opportunity open to all top geniuses.

It transformed the threshold for advancing to the 'Boundless Sea' from a process requiring long periods of arduous training, massive resource accumulation, and elusive luck, into a relatively clear, predictable 'assembly line.'

The Library Planet raised the lower limit of the entire top-tier combat power.

Qin Feng recalled the thrilling battle with Cang.

On the 'Rotting Heart' planet, relying on his far superior calculation and patience, despite his own cultivation being far inferior to his opponent's, he snatched the stellar-level opportunity [Hive Mind Core] from Cang's grasp, an opportunity sufficient to secure victory.

It was this core resource that allowed him to rise to prominence overnight, secluding himself for fifty years, leaping from the early 'River and Lake Realm' to match Cang's level, and even surpassing him in total psychic power. This gave him the absolute strength to later descend into the library and instantly kill Wolf Seven and the others.

His original plan was to leverage this advantage to continue seeking the next, and the next, stellar-level opportunities, like a snowball, completely widening the gap between himself and all other geniuses, forming an insurmountable chasm.

But the appearance of the 'Jianqi Library' disrupted his rhythm.

It gave Cang and the others a shortcut to bypass the 'top resource barrier,' allowing them to quickly catch up to him in realm.

"The gap between us has been pulled back to almost the same starting line."

Qin Feng's gaze grew deeper.

He clearly realized that when everyone stood on the same finish line of the planetary-level 'Boundless Sea,' what would determine victory would no longer be mere realm, but other deeper factors—for example, who could construct their 'Indestructible Projection' faster and more stably;

Who mastered a stronger seventh-level killing method;

And... who could seize the next decisive stellar-level opportunity!

"I can no longer waste time on trivial matters like hunting down Wolf Seven."

Qin Feng's thoughts completely detached from past grudges, his heart now without ripples.

He adeptly mobilized his psychic power and opened the official core function module of the 'Universal Genius War' on his tactical visor—the Warp Forum.

Searching for new, top-tier resource points that would allow him to once again widen the gap with others became his current top and only priority.

However, the moment the familiar forum interface unfolded, Qin Feng's pupils slightly contracted.

He immediately noticed a startling, revolutionary change—

The '117th Galaxy Private Domain' section, originally at the top of his interface, automatically pinned, with a strong regional flavor, had conspicuously disappeared.

In its place was a new, broader section—'115-119 Galaxy Private Domain.'

He immediately clicked into it.

Within the section, a golden, pinned announcement released by the 'Universal Genius War Organizing Committee' explained the reason for all this:

[Announcement: Due to the emergence of super-large opportunity points such as the 'Jianqi Library' and the 'Khorne Graveyard' in the 115th, 116th, 117th, 118th, and 119th war zones, the activity ranges of contestants from various galaxies have experienced large-scale, normalized overlap.

Effective immediately, the private domain barriers between the five galaxies are abolished, officially initiating the 'Five Galaxy Joint Private Domain' mode.]

Below the announcement, a torrent of posts erupted like a volcanic explosion.

The entire forum, as if a pot of boiling water had been thrown with explosives, was in complete uproar.

"Damn! What's going on? Where did my 117th galaxy hometown forum go?"

"Bloody hell, brothers from 118, can you see my message? I'm from 116!"

"Hahaha, a new era has arrived! The era of the great melee of millions of geniuses from five galaxies has officially begun!"

"It's about time! Before, everyone was guarding their own little patch, information exchange was too isolated!"

"In fact, this is probably part of the competition format."

"Yeah, it should be part of the format, just like how the jade tokens detect more and more resources as time passes."

"Indeed. At least we can still see the previous historical posts. We need to quickly catch up on the list of experts from these five galaxies to avoid encountering them without knowing their strength levels."

All previous posts were now completely exposed to the martial artists of the other four galaxies.

Qin Feng's gaze swept rapidly over this noisy information, understanding in his heart.

"I see. This is a new mechanism that inevitably emerges once the competition progresses to a certain stage."

He immediately understood the organizers' intent.

When low-level resources are exhausted and all contestants' attention converges on a handful of top-tier opportunity points, cross-galaxy activities become inevitable.

Breaking down galactic barriers and intensifying the competition to its utmost is the core logic of the "Cosmic Genius Battle" in selecting the "Gu King."

Qin Feng was not averse to this.

"This is fine too. No longer confined to a single galaxy, there will be more resources and more choices."

His mental power was highly concentrated, directly filtering out meaningless chat posts and activating the keyword search function.

[Keyword: Stellar-Level Resources]

[Sort by: Highest Popularity, Most Recent]

In an instant, the forum interface refreshed, filtering out tens of thousands of posts, leaving only a few hundred.

Qin Feng's gaze was as sharp as an eagle's falcon, scanning from top to bottom.

"Galaxy 115: Stellar-level psychic plant 'Void Sunflower' discovered, already sealed off by three King-Sealed Inherited Prodigies of the 'Sanctuary' war group."

"Galaxy 119: Stellar-level relic 'Pioneer Furnace' unearthed; multiple River-Ocean Realm cultivators have fallen."

"Galaxy 116..."

He skimmed rapidly, just as he had anticipated. As the competition time progressed, the "Detection Jade Token" permissions held by contestants were gradually unlocked, allowing them to scan more and more high-level resource points.

Now, in the joint private domain, discussions about stellar-level resources had increased in number and frequency by dozens of times compared to before in the Galaxy 117 private domain.

"Each galaxy now has dozens of discovered stellar-level resource points..."

Just then, at the top of his filtered list, a post published less than three months ago but already explosively climbing to the top in popularity, highlighted by the system in blood-red font, instantly captured his full attention.

[Hot/Blood-Red] [Top-Tier Stellar-Level Opportunity] [Discovery Location: Galaxy 118]

[Opportunity Name: Star Beast—Fallen Ground of the Primordial Beast!]

Qin Feng's heart skipped a beat.

The words "Star Beast" held extraordinary significance for him.

His own physical potential had once been rated at the "Star Beast" level, which was one of the main reasons he could quickly traverse the nine levels of martial artist before the planetary stage.

Without hesitation, Qin Feng clicked on the post.

The content was written by an anonymous discoverer in an extremely excited and awe-struck tone.

"Location: Galaxy 118, Central Arm."

"Environmental Description: The target is a giant star nearing the end of its life.

Inside this star, based on my preliminary scans, it is filled with an incalculable number of fallen Star Beast corpse fragments!

These fragments range from the size of a fist to as large as a small asteroid!

Under the influence of the star's deep, special high-intensity psychic and psychic energy fields, they have undergone at least tens of millions of years of refinement, transforming into an extremely precious cosmic treasure containing vast life essence and spiritual imprints—[Primordial Beast Fragments]!"

"Value Assessment:

This opportunity is absolutely top-tier among all known stellar-level opportunities! The top of the top!

According to detection and analysis, these [Primordial Beast Fragments] can be directly absorbed by martial artists to enhance physical strength and psychic power!

Their conversion efficiency is astonishingly high!

I estimate that collecting one-tenth of these fragments would allow a strong practitioner who has just entered the 'Boundless Sea' to directly construct one-tenth of a top-tier 'Indestructible Projection'!

If all fragments are collected, it could almost allow a martial artist to advance smoothly from the 'Boundless Sea' realm all the way to the stellar level!"

"Most importantly! For brothers who have not yet reached the 'Boundless Sea,' this is a divine medicine!

A 'River-Ocean Realm' martial artist absorbing a dozen fist-sized fragments can easily step into the 'Boundless Sea'!"

"Discovery Time: Three months ago."

"Current Status: Fully sealed off by native strong practitioners of Galaxy 118; all outsiders die!"

At the end of the post, a very brief but visually stunning video was attached.

In the video, a dark red, colossal star pulsed like a rotten heart in the universe, and within its surging, viscous flames, countless crystal-like beast bones and flesh fragments emitting dazzling treasures were faintly visible.

Qin Feng's eyes blazed with unprecedented brilliance.

"Indestructible Projection..."

He had only just begun constructing his own "Indestructible Tower," currently at a mere three bricks.

He knew better than anyone the immense resources and time required to fully complete the "Indestructible Projection."

And before him, this "Primordial Beast Graveyard" was a broad road leading straight to the stellar level!

"This is it."

Qin Feng closed the forum interface, his psychic power instantly locking onto the star map in the Detection Jade Token, finding the target coordinates of Galaxy 118.

The next second, he activated the subspace teleportation function.

—

When Qin Feng's consciousness recovered from the spatial jump, his figure had already appeared in a vacuum so blazing white it was almost void.

Extreme light and heat rushed toward him from one direction.

Before his eyes was a giant star so enormous it defied imagination, nearing the end of its life.

Its light was no longer the dazzling gold of life and vitality, but a dark red of destruction and finality.

Viscous, magma-like flames churned and bubbled on its surface, each surge like the heavy, painful breath of this cosmic beast.

Gigantic solar prominences, like the tentacles of a mythological apocalyptic demon, stretched millions of kilometers into the dark void without restraint.

Yet what shook Qin Feng's spirit was not the star itself.

It was the silent, suffocating group of martial artists within the star's gravitational range.

Millions of figures floated silently in the void.

They wore various power armors adorned with different war group shields and insignias, like millions of miniature artificial stars, forming a vast, silent nebula of steel.

The metallic shells of these power armors reflected the light of the dark red star, creating a dense, flickering sea of points.

Further away, spatial ripples continued to emerge and spread, as more martial artists, like sharks drawn to blood, poured in from Galaxies 115, 116, 117, and even 119, crossing vast star seas.

Every person here was a true genius.

And now, these millions of geniuses maintained an eerie absolute silence.

No conversation, no conflict, not even a trace of excess energy fluctuation.

Qin Feng's gaze calmly swept across this bizarre "battlefield."

In the void floated numerous fragments of shattered power armor.

Some armor pieces still bore mottled bloodstains and traces of high-temperature scorching.

Broken weapons, psychic guns reduced to core skeletons after melting, and various oddly shaped fragments drifted slowly through this space like cosmic debris.

What heightened his vigilance even more was that within this seemingly tranquil vacuum, he keenly perceived the fierce and chaotic remnants of spiritual force and psionic energy, which had not yet fully dissipated.

These invisible energetic residues carved subtle, imperceptible warps and fissures across the expanse of space.

Evidently, not long before, a bloody conflict of astonishing scale and terrifying intensity had erupted right here.

His gaze finally settled upon the epicenter of the battlefield, which was also the crux of all problems.

At the entrance closest to that dark-red star, nearly a million martial artists from the "118" star system formed an impregnable line of steel defense.

In an extremely tight formation, they packed all the pathways into the star so densely that not even a drop of water could trickle through.

And at the very forefront of this military array, leading the vanguard, were three terrifying powerhouses whose deep auras resembled profound abysses and vast oceans.

The fluctuations of their spiritual force were unleashed outward without reservation, forming three domains that existed independently yet resonated and interconnected flawlessly with one another.

Shrouded under these three domains, space itself underwent a slight viscosity and distortion.

Any martial artist below the "Boundless Sea" realm who dared approach would likely have even their thoughts frozen by their horrific spiritual fields.

These were precisely the three strongest individuals of the 118th star system, three genuine, peerless geniuses of the "Boundless Sea" rank—Zhou Li, Li Yinghong, and Chu Yunxiao.

Qin Feng had already learned the names of these three prior to his arrival through forum posts.

With absolute strength, they locked down the entire entrance to the "Beast Graveyard."

Any martial artist not belonging to the 118th star system who attempted to draw near would instantly draw the thunderous, concentrated fire and fury of these three, as well as the million-strong army behind them.

Yet, this was not the entirety of the stalemate.

Within the mere dozens of seconds that Qin Feng spent calmly observing, he witnessed firsthand the true nature of this bizarre deadlock.

A powerhouse from the 119th star system, clad in a power armor of exceedingly magnificent design, exuded spiritual force fluctuations that shockingly reached the "Boundless Sea" realm as well.

He was obviously supremely confident in his own strength, perhaps believing that the trio from the 118th star system would not dare offend all the outsiders simultaneously, so he chose an incredibly sharp angle and transformed into a streak of light, attempting to force his way into the star.

The very instant his figure erupted forward, just as he was about to cross that invisible boundary—

A sudden, violent mutation occurred!

The ones who struck were not just the three powerhouses from the 118th star system!

"Buzz—!"

From within the camp of the 115th star system, a martial artist who also reached the "Boundless Sea" rank wielded a giant hammer and smashed it furiously toward the advancing intruder.

From the direction of the 116th star system, a female powerhouse let out a cold snort as an ice-blue sword qi pierced through the void. Furthermore, even within the interior of the 119th star system's own camp, two auras no weaker than the intruder's erupted at the same time, launching an attack against their own "fellow countryman" without a shred of mercy!

Several terrifying attacks, each sufficient to easily tear apart stars and annihilate fleets, converged upon a single point from all directions at the exact same moment.

The "Boundless Sea" powerhouse from the 119th star system who attempted to break the equilibrium found the confidence and arrogance frozen on his face, instantly replaced by endless horror and despair.

Under the joint strangulation of several powerhouses of the same rank, he was instantly smashed to pieces and vaporized, like foam under the blazing sun.

An instantaneous downfall!

With the death of that powerhouse, the scene plunged into an absolute extreme of silence.

It was a palpably heart-palpitating, dead silence.

Qin Feng's eyes remained calm, but in his heart, he gained an incomparably clear understanding of the current situation.

This was a bizarre yet incredibly stable equilibrium.

The people of the 118th star system wanted to monopolize this immense, heaven-sent opportunity, but they lacked the strength to oppose the alliance of all the powerhouses from the other four star systems.

Meanwhile, the outsiders from

The proposer this time was a lone powerhouse from Galaxy 116.

His aura was formidable, his mental cultivation at the peak of "Infinite Sea," clearly radiating absolute self-confidence.

"Since we cannot reach a consensus, let us set down rules,"

his voice calm and brimming with power. "Let all of us 'Infinite Sea' strong join forces to clear a safe passage.

Then we enter together, resist the star's mental and psychic fields, and collect all the [Beast Shards] before distributing them. In this process, whoever contributes most earns the right to choose a region first and claim the largest share of [Beast Shards].

As for the rest, it decreases in order. Fair and just!"

This proposal instantly lit up the eyes of countless powerhouses present.

It sidestepped the dispute over galaxy ownership, pulling the core issue back to the most fundamental level—"strength"—and greatly catered to the pride of most geniuses and strongmen there.

Yet Qin Feng merely shook his head slightly, unmoved.

This plan seemed fair but concealed deeper traps.

How to quantify "contribution"?

Who would oversee "distribution"?

On a battlefield deep inside a star, with extremely complex mental and psychic fields, who could guarantee they wouldn't be stabbed in the back by an "ally"?

Who could ensure distribution would truly follow contribution?

The seed of suspicion is more terrifying than anything else.

Sure enough, after brief discussion, the plan's flaws were magnified infinitely.

"Why should I trust you not to strike me from behind?"

"What if someone secretly hides shards—how is that accounted for?"

"If everything is handed to you, what if you just warp-jump away?"

One sharp question after another left the proposer's face ashen.

Finally, in a dead silence of mutual distrust, this seemingly perfect plan also collapsed.

Third, fourth...

"Form a temporary alliance for joint development," "Rank by combat power for priority"...

Each proposal brought brief hope, only to be torn apart in endless greed and suspicion.

Humanity's complexity and selfishness were laid bare before this ultimate opportunity that could elevate anyone to the heavens.

The deadlock continued.

During this time, discussions on the subspace forum about the "Beast Graveyard" had completely replaced all other topics, becoming the sole focus in the joint private domain of the five galaxies.

The number of posts exploded geometrically.

[Live Thread: Day 183 of the Standoff at the Beast Graveyard—tension still high; three 'River Realm' try to fish in troubled waters, vaporized on the spot!]

[Analysis Thread: Deep Dive into the Root Cause of Failed Plans—Human Greed!]

[Intel Thread: Confirmed! The Three Titans of Galaxy 118—Zhou Li, Li Yinghong, Chu Yunxiao—all have comprehended King-level inheritances and reached Infinite Sea!]

[Bounty Thread: High price for a safe star map inside the 'Beast Graveyard' star—price negotiable!]

A torrent of information spread news of this place to every corner of the five galaxies, attracting a flood of participants.

Qin Feng spent a little time each day browsing the forum, not to join discussions, but to analyze the current situation from this vast data.

If the deadlock dragged on for years, he might choose to leave and return only when progress was made.

...

Time passed in this eerie, dynamic stalemate for an entire year.

Finally, at the one-year-two-month mark of the standoff, another terrifying aura at the Infinite Sea level descended.

"Hum—!"

An indescribable, deep-as-an-abyss, dreadful presence appeared without warning at the center of the battlefield.

Space itself seemed to freeze for an instant under its will.

The once chaotic, clamorous mental communication field was instantly swept clean by a cold, domineering will, plunging into dead silence.

Millions of gazes snapped to the source of that aura.

A figure in dark purple power armor hovered there, still.

His armor's lines were sleek yet ferocious, exuding an aggressive beauty.

On his left pauldron, a lifelike golden eagle emblem, wings spread as if to take flight, reflected a chilling gleam under the dark red star's light.

The eyes behind his tactical visor were cold, indifferent, utterly devoid of emotion.

As if, in his view, the millions of geniuses before him were no different from cosmic dust.

Cang!

The former top-ranked of Galaxy 117, the supreme prodigy of the "Emperor's Children" war band!

Qin Feng's pupils contracted slightly.

Cang's mental fluctuations now firmly stood at the "Infinite Sea" realm.

"He's emerged from seclusion..."

Qin Feng realized. "Faster than I estimated. It seems the 'Emperor's Children' war band's foundations are unfathomably deep—their nurturing method may rival the Tenfold Hand, though Cang's mastery of it is slightly inferior to my grasp of the Tenfold Hand."

Cang's arrival was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, stirring violent ripples.

Then, as if by prearrangement—

"Boom!"

A blazing aura, hot as a star's core, erupted nearby.

Yan Wu, clad in crimson armor and wielding a savage war lance, stood in the void, eyes like fire, staring straight at Cang, battle intent surging.

On another side, a bone-chilling sword intent shot skyward.

Leng Yu, pure white and slender, cradled an ancient longsword, appearing silently.

Her aura was like a ten-thousand-year iceberg, keeping all at a distance.

Mobi, and several other monstrous prodigies who had once ranked in the top ten of Galaxy 117's combat power list, also appeared one after another.

Each had successfully broken through to "Infinite Sea."

They exchanged no words, each occupying a separate zone, confronting each other from afar, forming several new, powerful pressure centers.

The battlefield's situation, with the arrival of all these top prodigies, instantly became infinitely more complex.

Yet this was only the beginning.

In an inconspicuous corner of the crowd, two figures silently arrived via subspace teleportation.

They concealed their auras, moving cautiously, like two wolves in the night.

They were Wolf Seven and Wolf Ten.

Their gazes, at the very first moment, did not fall upon that alluring star, nor upon those top-tier powerhouses, but instead swept rapidly through the crowd, with a barely concealed tremor of fear, searching back and forth.

It seemed they were looking for a figure that haunted their sleep and robbed them of peace.

When their eyes met Qin Feng’s from afar, where he had merged into the crowd, both of their bodies stiffened for an instant.

Qin Feng’s gaze showed not the slightest ripple; he merely glanced at them calmly, then withdrew his eyes.

In his view, these two had already been demoted from “archrivals” to “insignificant nobodies.”

The priority of hunting them down had long been postponed indefinitely by the supreme opportunity of the “Beast Graveyard.”

Wolf Seven and Wolf Ten felt that disdain; amidst their fear, a surge of humiliation rose within them.

Yet they dared not make any move, only hiding more cautiously in the shadows of the crowd, their eyes a tangled mix of greed and wariness, appearing especially complex.

In Qin Feng’s perception, the aura fluctuations of these two had not reached the Boundless Sea level; they must have seen news of greater resources here and, unwilling to waste more time on the Library Planet, had come straight over.

A few more days passed, and even more powerhouses descended.

The trio from the “Sanctuary” war band of Galaxy 115, the alliance of the “Pioneer War Band” from Galaxy 119…

One by one, figures already renowned in their own galaxies, holding king-sealed inheritances and reaching the Boundless Sea level, arrived as if attending a grand banquet.

The last group was the largest in number.

Dozens of newly minted Boundless Sea elites, who had just broken through in the “Tzeentch Library,” surged into this battlefield like a school of fish crossing a river, brimming with towering confidence and ambition.

Thus, within the five galaxies, all top prodigies and powerhouses—whether newly risen or long known, whether famous or obscure—had nearly all gathered here.

Among them, the number of Boundless Sea realm powerhouses had skyrocketed from a mere few dozen to a terrifying scale of nearly a hundred!

And the martial artists who had reached the River and Sea realm numbered a full ten million!

Three hundred years into the competition, the cream of the crop among five billion participants from five galaxies had almost all converged here!

This giant star, approaching the twilight of its life, this supreme opportunity known as the “Beast Graveyard,” had become an unprecedented ultimate arena, gathering the strongest geniuses of the entire era.

Ten million formidable wills intersected and clashed here.

Ten million greedy eyes stared fixedly at that dark red star.

The stalemate that had lasted over a year reached its peak at this moment.

In the air, there seemed to be a string called “balance.”

And that string had been stretched to its limit, emitting a strained, buzzing sound on the verge of snapping.

Everyone held their breath.

Deep down, they all knew that the fragile peace of mutual restraint had come to an end.

When all the chess players were in place, when the power on the board was saturated to the point where not a single iota more could be added, the next step was the moment to flip the table.

An unprecedented storm, involving tens of millions of geniuses, enough to determine the future landscape of star-level powerhouses, was brewing and taking shape under everyone’s watch.

The martial artists formed default positions based on their home galaxies; many harbored new grudges and old grievances, but none erupted now.

For instance, on the side of Galaxy 117, powerhouses like Cang, Yanwu, Lengyu, and Mobi stood far from those of other galaxies, while the River and Sea realm martial artists of Galaxy 117 autonomously gathered behind these strong figures.

Of course, this included Qin Feng.

Though Qin Feng hid behind the crowd, he was also behind the people of Galaxy 117.

This was a spontaneous act of clustering.

The situation grew even more tense with the emergence of Boundless Sea level martial artists who had broken through from the Library Planet.

Without exaggeration, the Beast Graveyard region was now a veritable powder keg; the slightest bloody conflict could ignite it, transforming it into a terrifying battlefield where millions of martial artists would slaughter each other.

And so the standoff continued.

Hundreds of Boundless Sea level martial artists stirred restlessly, wanting to speak.

Just then, one martial artist exclaimed in shock.

“Look quickly at the private domain, and the message prompts in the jade tokens!”

At these words, everyone diverted a sliver of their mental energy to check the prompts in their jade tokens.

There, on the jade token, a faint blood-red light flickered, and a line of blood-red text emerged.

[Martial artist “Caesar” of Galaxy 99 activates the competition item “Betting Order,” forcing a bet between Galaxies 115, 116, 117, 118, and 119]

[The Betting Order has no time limit]

[The side that first produces a star-level martial artist wins]

[Penalty for defeat: The losing side’s martial artists incur a debt of 1B contribution value in resources (future resources obtained will be preferentially collected by the Empire Trading Post)]

[Reward for victory: Access to a powerful resource production site exclusive to the winning side’s martial artists (this resource site far surpasses all currently discovered resource sites)]

(End of chapter)