Chapter 2101: Star Abyss Gate Mutation

Wind Rises in the Nine Provinces

According to Lu Ye's current attempts, as long as he has sufficient Dao power, both his main body and his avatar can become six-path cultivators. At that point, their ability to protect themselves and eliminate enemies will significantly increase!

He checked his Dao power; it was not far from four hundred. As long as his Dao power exceeds four hundred, after being evenly distributed, he alone would be equivalent to two six-path cultivators!

This was undoubtedly a goal he could strive for.

Calculating the time, Jiu Yan should have already entered the Enlightenment Pool. He wondered how she was doing. If all went well, she could forge her own Dao foundation and enter the Dao realm. Then he could find time to go back and bring her out, hunting Star Abyss outsiders to obtain Dao bones, which would allow her to quickly accumulate her Dao power.

Thinking of Jiu Yan, Lu Ye couldn't help but recall the other eight individuals.

The Ghost Sedan had brought ten people in total, but they had dispersed after arriving in this One-Yuan Star Realm. Lu Ye truly didn't know what state the others were in now, but the remaining eight were all at the peak of the Sun-illuminated realm. If they had the opportunity, they might even advance further.

Two days later, Du Qingsha emerged from her seclusion.

Noticing the movement, Xu Rong and Snake Girl immediately rushed over to check, and Lu Ye also leisurely walked over.

He saw Du Qingsha standing there, looking a bit disappointed and tired.

Her appearance clearly indicated that she hadn't succeeded in refining her second Dao bone as she had wished.

Snake Girl was about to offer comfort, but Du Qingsha suddenly laughed heartily, clenching her fist. "This old woman finally... succeeded!"

Snake Girl was stunned, then overjoyed: "Captain has advanced to Six Paths?"

Xu Rong also genuinely felt happy for Du Qingsha. They had followed Du Qingsha for much longer than Lu Ye, having spent almost a century together. They had witnessed her previous failures, but fortunately, hard work pays off. Several failures exchanging for this success was not too late.

Lu Ye stepped forward to congratulate her.

Du Qingsha's advancement to Six Paths meant that Thunder Fortress had gained another formidable asset. However, refining the Dao bone had almost exhausted her previously accumulated Dao power, so her current task was to quickly accumulate Dao power. Otherwise, having Six-Path strength without enough Dao power would be awkward when facing enemies.

After another period of hunting.

Lu Ye's accumulated Dao power had already surpassed four hundred and was now approaching the five-hundred mark.

As he had expected, after his Dao power exceeded four hundred and was evenly distributed between his main body and the Talent Tree avatar, he alone could transform into two Six-Path experts.

In fact, if not for the limitations of his own foundation, he could now wield seven threads of Dao power and transform into a Seven-Path expert.

But his foundation was ultimately insufficient; controlling six threads of Dao power already caused immense pressure, making it impossible to control more.

During another period of rest, Du Qingsha found Lu Ye and went straight to the point: "I'm going to hand over Squad A-3 to you, and you'll take on the role of captain."

Lu Ye frowned: "Why are you saying this all of a sudden?"

Of course, he knew that with his current strength, he was fully qualified to be a captain, but he had never thought of it that way. After all, he wasn't a cultivator from this star realm.

Du Qingsha said: "Now that I'm in the Six Paths, I'm not suitable for leading a team in expeditions anymore. According to the fortress rules, I need to delve deeper into killing enemies, and those deeper areas are not places you can enter. So, in a few days, I'll take you all back to the fortress to relinquish my captain's duties. After I leave, the team will be short one member; you can recruit someone yourself."

Lu Ye truly didn't know that Thunder Fortress had such a rule, but he knew that stronger experts were killing enemies in deeper areas. That's why the team had only encountered one Six-Path enemy in so many days—because more Six-Path enemies had been killed by the experts of this star realm.

If Du Qingsha hadn't just advanced to Six Paths and needed to accumulate Dao power, she wouldn't have delayed until today.

"I understand." Lu Ye nodded. Since it was a rule, it had to be followed. It was also a good opportunity to go back and see how Jiu Yan was doing. If Jiu Yan had entered the Dao realm, she could fill the missing spot in the squad.

He believed that with Jiu Yan's foundation, once she entered the Dao realm, she would be at least a three-path cultivator and absolutely qualified to join the team.

"Xu Rong and Snake Girl have followed me for many years, repeatedly facing life-or-death situations. It hasn't been easy for them. From now on, I'll trouble you with..." Du Qingsha didn't finish her sentence when she suddenly turned her head to look in a certain direction.

At the same time, Lu Ye also felt something and looked in the same direction.

That was the direction of the Star Abyss Gate.

Although this was considered the central region, it was still some distance from the Star Abyss Gate. But at this moment, both Lu Ye and Du Qingsha clearly felt a strange disturbance emanating from that direction.

A terrifying aura vaguely emerged from there, making the space of the entire frontline battlefield tremble.

Lu Ye, confused, quickly turned to look at Du Qingsha, only to find her looking equally bewildered, clearly never having encountered such a thing before.

Just then, another peculiar aura emerged from a certain direction, approaching at an unimaginable speed. The aura was grand and vast, giving Lu Ye a vague sense of inexplicable familiarity, as if he had felt it somewhere before.

Immediately after, he saw a mystical light streak across the distant starry sky, directly colliding with the location of the Star Abyss Gate.

"The Sand Flask's power!" Du Qingsha suddenly stood up, her face changing drastically, as if she had witnessed something utterly unbelievable.

Xu Rong and Snake Girl had already rushed over, their expressions extremely solemn.

"What is the Sand Flask?" Lu Ye couldn't help but ask.

Before Du Qingsha could respond, a violent collision sound came from the Star Abyss Gate, followed by terrifying Dao power sweeping out in all directions like a tidal wave. In front of such surging, ocean-like Dao power, Lu Ye felt as small as an ant. Despite the unknown distance, the aftermath exerted immense pressure on him, almost causing his blood circulation to stagnate.

There was no need for Du Qingsha to respond anymore. Just from the sensation at this moment, Lu Ye had already grasped the truth.

"A supreme treasure!"

Such terrifying aftermath could never be achieved by human power; this was the might of a supreme treasure.

Du Qingsha's voice also reached his ears at this moment: "The Sand Flask is the supreme treasure guarding this battlefield. There are hundreds of strongholds in this battlefield, and each stronghold holds a portion of the supreme treasure's power. Now, the Sand Flask's power has manifested..."

As she spoke, her expression was bewildered and helpless, not at all like a powerful Six-Path expert, but rather like an ordinary woman who hadn't experienced any hardships.

Because she knew that the supreme treasure's power would not easily unleash, and once it did, it meant that the situation had become unmanageable for the cultivators of this star realm.

How could this happen?

Lu Ye clearly realized this as well, and at the same time, he finally understood why the Thunder Fortress Master had seen through his and Jiu Yan's origins at a glance. At the time, he had asked about it, and the Fortress Master said someone had told him.

Lu Ye had been curious then about who had such sharp discernment. Now, it seemed, what if it wasn't a person who had seen through him and Jiu Yan, but the supreme treasure of this star realm?

Now, with the supreme treasure's power erupting, it was clearly fighting against something. What change had occurred at the Star Abyss Gate to trigger such an anomaly from the supreme treasure?

Logically speaking, only another supreme treasure could contend with a supreme treasure.

At this thought, Lu Ye's heart was suddenly seized with alarm!

The aftermath of the confrontation became more and more violent. The four members of the squad dared not stay put and were forced to retreat. Not only were they retreating, but countless auras from all directions were moving away from the Star Abyss Gate.

Lu Ye extended his divine sense to perceive, secretly shocked. Although the suppression of the Star Abyss aura prevented his divine sense from spreading too far in this location, he still detected many terrifyingly powerful auras moving nearby.

In just a quarter of an hour, the confrontation between the supreme treasures suddenly vanished without a trace.

The four squad members hastily halted, turning back to look, but they couldn't see much.

Vaguely, an invisible strong wind swept from the front, making their clothes flap.

"How can there be wind?" Snake Girl looked puzzled.

"It's not wind..." Du Qingsha's face was pale, her lips dry: "It's Star Abyss aura!"

An incredibly dense Star Abyss aura swept from the direction of the Star Abyss Gate, creating a sudden, wild torrent.

For many years, the Star Abyss aura had been eroding this star realm, which led to the constant expansion of this battlefield. But this erosion had always been stable, never with such a sudden eruption.

If the previous Star Abyss aura invasion was like a trickling stream, this time it was like a bursting dam.

Coupled with the previous eruption of the supreme treasure's power, even Lu Ye realized one thing—something had gone wrong with the Star Abyss Gate!

It was highly likely that the Star Abyss Gate had expanded.

Suddenly, a wicked and grand voice came from the direction of the Star Abyss Gate: "The Star Abyss has invaded! To gain more attention from the Star Abyss Will, kill all living beings in this star realm! Go, the more you kill, the stronger you will become!"

Upon hearing this voice, Lu Ye felt a surge of irritation, and an inexplicable killing intent welled up within him.

Xu Rong and Snake Girl beside him fared even worse; their eyes were bloodshot.

He couldn't help but exchange a glance with Du Qingsha, his heart filled with dread. Just a voice could cause such widespread effects. How powerful was the owner of this voice?

Such an expert was certainly beyond the capabilities of Six-Path cultivators like them. Could the strongest Seven-Path cultivators in this star realm withstand them?

"Hahaha, prey!" A sinister voice rang out as a powerful aura rapidly approached from nearby.

"Mech-armor!" Du Qingsha roared, and the three squad members immediately donned their mech-armor. She took the lead and charged towards the approaching enemy, instantly clashing with them.

"It's a Six-Path expert!" Du Qingsha exclaimed in alarm, quickly warning them.

Previously, Six-Path experts were rarely seen, but now one had suddenly appeared, obviously due to the recent changes that caused many experts to move away from the Star Abyss Gate.

And if the Star Abyss Gate had expanded, even more and stronger Star Abyss outsiders would surely invade this star realm.

Almost simultaneously with her warning, Xu Rong had already rushed beside the enemy, only to have his mech-armor shattered by a single punch, half his body turning into dust along with the broken armor.