Chapter 726: 21: A Century Passes (Subscription Request)

Chapter 726: Chapter 21: A Century Passes (Subscription Request)

Luo River Gathering Place.

It was bustling with noise and excitement.

Compared to over a hundred years ago, the Luo River Gathering Place had prospered many times over.

Lin Yuan sat in front of a tavern, devouring the beast leg meat before him.

In this two-dimensional world, there was no natural force or earth energy.

The only way to replenish what was spent was to eat.

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“The changes in these hundred years are indeed significant.”

After eating for a while and swallowing all the meat, Lin Yuan felt quite emotional.

A hundred or two hundred years ago, the Twelve Ancient Countries ruled vast territories as the absolute dominions.

But ever since the powerhouses from the Myriad Tribes descended, the ruling status of the Twelve Ancient Countries had been continuously shaken,

until ninety-four years ago, when a powerhouse from the Myriad Tribes of the Main Universe breached into the capital of one of the Ancient Countries, managing seven in-and-out strikes, leaving many powerhouses of the Ancient Country helpless.

Since then, the other Ancient Countries had been much lower-key.

And the powerhouses from the Myriad Tribes hadn’t taken any excessive actions; they merely took the national treasures of the Ancient Countries, such as the likes of bronze compasses and blood-red long knives.

The powerhouses of Myriad Tribes had no interest in ruling this two-dimensional world; their goal was clearly to increase their strength,

using various methods to enhance their power in order to reach the end when Heaven’s Gate opens and return to the Main Universe.

“One hundred twenty-three years ago, the powerhouses from the Myriad Tribes who descended to this world exceeded one hundred million.”

“But now… Even though there’s no exact count, the surviving powerhouses from the Myriad Tribes should not exceed one million.”

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.

The descended powerhouses from the Myriad Clans suffered immense losses in the first wave and, faced with such circumstances, as well as the mutual killings among the powerhouses of the Myriad Tribes in recent decades,

had drastically reduced their real numbers.

“A hundred years of cultivation, without attending to external matters, my strength has long since entered the Witch Ancestor level.”

Lin Yuan had already broken through to the Witch Ancestor eighty-seven years ago. As for his current realm…

Following the explorations of the Myriad Clans’ powerhouses of the realms beyond the Witch Ancestor,

they had divided the levels of the Witch Ancestor realm into the First Realm, the Second Realm, and the Third Realm,

corresponding to the early, middle, and peak periods of the Witch Ancestor.

Then Lin Yuan’s true realm would be the Witch Ancestor Eighteenth Realm.

According to the standard of three realms per Great Realm, Lin Yuan has exceeded the Witch Ancestor Realm by five Great Realms.

“My current strength, even if not comparable to the ‘Four Divine Kings’, is not far off. Another hundred years and I could catch up, and there are almost two hundred years left until Heaven’s Gate opens.”

Lin Yuan thought to himself, theoretically, two hundred years later, his strength should surpass that of the Four Divine Kings by a substantial margin.

However, Lin Yuan hadn’t completely let down his guard; to this day, nearly a million powerhouses from the Myriad Tribes had survived—who knew if there were any among them who had surpassed the Four Divine Kings?

The Four Divine Kings were only the strongest known powerhouses among the Myriad Tribes, but in secret, could there be others like Lin Yuan, stealthily increasing their strength, just waiting for the final battle when Heaven’s Gate opens?

And besides this possibility, one must also consider the influence of Rare Treasures.

A single offensive Rare Treasure could elevate a powerhouse from the Myriad Tribes by several levels, like ‘Hou Zhu’ of the Prison Tribe, who was not outstanding among Rank Eleven Lives.

But with a blood-red long knife, he became a supreme powerhouse second only to the Four Divine Kings.

“Take it slow, even if I can’t make it this time, there’s always next time,” Lin Yuan was not in a hurry. His comprehension of the Changqing Cultivation Skill had extended his lifespan to a tremendous extent.

If not this time,

then the next.

Not taking even a slight risk.

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“But in the recent decades, there have often been events in which groups of powerhouses from Myriad Tribes ally and search all around for the Rare Treasures scattered in various corners.”

Lin Yuan’s brows furrowed slightly, “If they encounter other powerhouses from Myriad Tribes, they take the opportunity to eliminate them.”

This was quite normal, a clearing of the field, since every powerhouse from the Myriad Tribes was essentially in competition for a slot in Heaven’s Gate two hundred years later.

Eliminating unrelated competitors early on was only too normal.

Indeed, ten thousand two hundred years later, there would be a second opening of Heaven’s Gate, but most of the powerhouses from the Myriad Tribes likely wouldn’t withstand the millennia.

Not every powerhouse from the Myriad Tribes could easily deduce a method to extend life like Lin Yuan.

And even if one could last until the second opening of Heaven’s Gate, would the competition cease to exist?

Of course, clearing the field was only incidental; the real goal of these powerhouses was still the ‘Rare Treasures.’

In the two-dimensional world, ‘Rare Treasures’ that could only manifest minute powers, when placed in the Main Universe, were Twelve-Star treasure weapons.

Even for someone like the Four Divine Kings, a Rank Eleven Perfect Life, touching such a level of treasure was very rare.

And now, such treasures were within reach even for Sixth Rank and Ninth Rank powerhouses—how could the powerhouses from the Myriad Tribes not be driven mad?

And the ‘Rare Treasures’ obtained not only served great purposes when brought back to the Main Universe but also significantly boosted their capabilities within this two-dimensional world.

Over the past hundred years, it was common to see a powerhouse from the Myriad Tribes, leveraging an offensive ‘Rare Treasure,’ slaying dozens of peers at the same level.

“Even if I can’t make it out in the end, as long as a fellow tribesman makes it, I can hand over all the Rare Treasures to be taken out by them,” Lin Yuan secretly thought.

This way, even if his avatar perished here and his true self suffered fundamental losses, it wouldn’t be too bad, as ultimately, a Twelve-Star level treasure weapon would be taken out.

The supreme beings among his tribe would not mistreat them.

“Rare Treasures?”

Lin Yuan pondered internally; for over a hundred years, he had been deeply immersed in seclusion, the furthest he had been was Dongyuan City, with little progress in collecting Rare Treasures.

The only mystical object he had on hand was still the bronze compass.

“I could also find time to acquire some mystical objects for protection.”

Lin Yuan thought to himself, even with mystical objects, the enhancement to his own strength was limited.

With Lin Yuan’s current strength, even those powerhouses from the Witch Ancestor Thirteenth and Fifteenth Realm wielding mystical objects were no match for him.

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Xia You Evolution Tower.

An avatar of Lin Yuan was sitting here, perceiving the cosmic aurora not far away.

More than a year ago, Lin Yuan Taiyin Primordial Spirit had rushed here, and shortly after he left an avatar behind before departing.

Perceiving the cosmic aurora with an avatar was enough, as there was no danger involved.

As for the Taiyin Primordial Spirit, Lin Yuan immediately had it proceed to other large alien battlefields to maintain the speed of accumulating World-Breaking Origin Force.

[Your perception is extraordinary, by watching the unknown aurora, your understanding of light rules deepened…]

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[Your perception is extraordinary, by watching the unknown aurora, your understanding of causality rules deepened…]

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[Your perception is extraordinary, by watching the unknown aurora, you’ve comprehended and fully grasped the Causality Fluctuation Rules…]

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“Causality Fluctuation Rules?” A smile appeared on Lin Yuan’s face.

This fusion rule encompassed the Space Rules, Light Rules, Causality Rules among four different rules, and though it wasn’t strong in direct combat, it possessed unimaginably powerful supportive effects.

“Causality Fluctuation? Causality Line? As long as I’m willing to pay the price, and erase someone’s ’cause,’ then the ensuing ‘effect’ will also disappear?”

Lin Yuan said in awe, “Does this disappearance mean complete eradication, to the extent that even Supreme Beings can’t resurrect?”

“However, the cost is quite substantial, and it requires enough ‘medium’ too,” Lin Yuan slightly shook his head.

Everything that deals with causality rules starts with paying a price, Causal Curse Killing requires a price, and now the causality fluctuation line does too.

“With my current life level, can I erase the causality of Sixth Rank or lower lives?” Lin Yuan pondered to himself.

“Continue the perception.”

After a moment of contemplation, Lin Yuan continued observing that cosmic aurora in the distance.

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Two-dimensional World.

Lin Yuan was cultivating.

Just at this moment.

Zha Ran Gu rushed over in a hurry.

“Master, I received a message from Xueyu Tavern, there have been frequent traces of brutal killings inside the Xueyu Ancient Country recently,” Zha Ran Gu quickly reported.

“Traces of brutal killings?”

A slight shift occurred in Lin Yuan’s heart.

If it was something that alarmed Xueyu Tavern and was directly relayed to him through Zha Ran Gu, the brutality of the situation was certainly not ordinary.

“Could it be those powerful beings from Myriad Clans have begun to search within the Xueyu Ancient Country, scouring everywhere for treasures, and incidentally killing the common Myriad Clans’ powerhouses hiding within, to clear the ground for the heavenly gates opening two hundred years later?”

Lin Yuan roughly speculated.

Thinking of this, the true body of Lin Yuan in the Main Universe.

Quickly connected to the Virtual World, entering the shared information network world established for those who fell into the two-dimensional world of human civilization evolution.

He began searching for information.

This shared information network world provided timely intelligence about many affairs in the two-dimensional world, and was also a major source of information for human civilization evolvers.

Not long after.

Lin Yuan found some relevant information.

Six months ago in the two-dimensional world, led by Tuoba Ancient God, a group of special beings began to collaborate and enter the territory of Xueyu Ancient Country, searching everywhere for ‘treasures’.

The human civilization evolver who posted this information also specifically warned that Tuoba Ancient God was very powerful, and the special beings cooperating with him were all at least from the Witch Ancestor’s Tenth Realm.

If any human evolvers were hiding inside Xueyu Ancient Country, they must escape early.

Otherwise, once discovered by Tuoba Ancient God and his group of special beings, it would be too late to escape.

So far, Tuoba Ancient God and other special beings have allied with the Star Alliance and won’t stop because of human civilization’s deterrence.

“Tuoba Ancient God?”

Lin Yuan continued to look for the latest information about this ancient god.

Tuoba Ancient God, who was ranked twelfth among the powerhouses of Myriad Tribes a hundred years ago, even if his ranking has slightly fallen, still maintained a position within the top twenty.

His true realm is approximately in the Witch Ancestor Twelfth Realm.

It’s worth mentioning that Tuoba Ancient God possesses a defensive ‘treasure,’ which is also his greatest confidence booster.

“Defensive ‘treasure’?” Lin Yuan was somewhat intrigued.

Not to mention bringing this defensive treasure back to the Main Universe, where it would be a defensive Twelve-Star Rare Weapon.

Just in this two-dimensional world alone, a defensive treasure could significantly enhance Lin Yuan’s survivability, greatly increasing his margin for error.

“Tuoba Ancient God, an excellent opportunity to settle new and old scores together.” Lin Yuan stood up and vanished from the spot.