Chapter 242: 241 Arriving at the Abyss! (Mass updates, seeking subscription!)

Chapter 242: 241 Arriving at the Abyss! (Mass updates, seeking subscription!)

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A week later, in the last dormitory of the dormitory area.

There was a sign hanging at the door of the dormitory, “Meditation in Progress, No Visitors Allowed!”

This is Du Gang’s dormitory. In the past few days, he had been overwhelmed by people bothering him.

Either people were constantly knocking on his door, wanting to meet him, or it was Long Aotian and others knocking incessantly.

In the end, he was forced to put up a sign like this to inform the world that he, Du Gang, was in meditation!

“Ah, this is the pain of being famous!”

Although Du Gang was frustrated, he felt a bit pleased because after all, he was greatly sought after without even leaving the door.

Even during the gaps in his cultivation, he deliberately read the newspaper within the academy.

As he wished, it was all filled with news about him, full of praise.

“Well, today is the ninth Divine Fire, as long as I light this one, I can officially begin cultivating Divine Thought!”

For ordinary people, even if it is Divine Fire, it is incredibly difficult to light, let alone lighting all nine.

However, for Du Gang and those top level celebrities, lighting nine is just the beginning of the cultivation!

Not only that, the same goes for the Divine Acupoints. It’s only when you’ve opened the one hundred and eighth Divine Acupoint that the real cultivation starts.

After all, the efficiency is different. Even if you start cultivating early, it is still a waste of time.

For example, if you now open an Acupoint and devote a full day’s time to cultivate it, and someone else opens one hundred and eight Acupoints, this means that you need to cultivate for one hundred-eight days to match their one day’s cultivation.

This is only one day. The efficiency is one hundred and eight times different, which means the speed of your cultivation and the realm of your cultivation will only diverge more and more.

And what Xiang Xinjian meant by one year was also this, hoping they could calm down, cultive slowly, light all these Acupoints and Divine Fires first, before starting cultivation.

With his cultivation up until now, Du Gang has gained a lot of understanding. The ninth Divine Fire sparks more and more as Mental Power continues to flood in.

“Ssst!”

Finally, before the eighth Rune Stone was exhausted, he successfully lit the ninth Divine Fire.

“To open these nine Divine Fires, I used up eight Rune Stones in total. However, the Mental Power in these Rune Stones has not been completely consumed. Each piece still contains some. I’d better not waste it and absorb it all at once!”

In order to successfully light the Divine Fire, even when there was still some Mental Power left in the Rune Stone he was using at the beginning, Du Gang dared not use it until he lit all of them. Only then did he start using it.

“Boom!”

Igniting the Divine Fire and using the Divine Fire to temper the Mental Power were two entirely different experiences.

When lighting the Divine Fire previously, the speed was basically very stable, able to ignite one a day.

But now, he felt a completely different sensation.

The nine Divine Fires were blazing furiously and the leftover Mental Power, at this moment, was being grilled on the fire at nine times the speed as before.

“Ssst!”

Not long after, the Mental Power in the first Rune Stone was burned out.

“Is that it?”

Looking at the Divine Thought obtained after the Mental Power was refined by the Divine Fire, Du Gang was a bit exasperated.

The quantity of Mental Power in this Rune Stone might not be much, but from his perspective, it was equivalent to the total Mental Power of a Stellar Level powerhouse.

But at this moment, it took not much time for the nine Divine Fires to refine all of the Mental Power, and the Divine Thought that was gained was frighteningly small.

If we say that his previous Divine Thought was one pa, then the Divine Thought he gained just now would be one ten-thousandth of a pa, or even one hundred-thousandth of a pa.

“If we look at it this way...”

While Du Gang was silently speculating, he calculated and figured out after a while, “For one pa of Divine Thought, the required Mental Power is close to that of one Rune Stone...”

“This means, to increase one pa of Divine Thought, it takes the consumption of a whole Rune Stone?”

He was a bit startled, shocked by the horror of the consumption.

“The God Spirit Level really is the realm that crazily consumes resources!”

Before his promotion, he thought that as an Ancient God, the energy he consumed was comparable to that of a God Spirit. Now he realized that the energy he used back then was just insignificant.

A Sector Lord defeating a God Spirit?

He shook his head, “I was too naive back then. Any experienced God Spirit, even one with only two units of Divine Power, could not be defeated by any Sector Lord!”

“However, based on my situation at the Sector Lord level back then, I should have been able to put up a match with someone who just entered the God Spirit Level, right?!”

Du Gang felt a bit regretful that he never fought with a God Spirit when he was at the peak of the Sector Lord level.

“When I reach the peak of the God Spirit Level, I will try challenging a True God!”

Such a thought occurred to him, but the peak of the God Spirit Level was still too far away!

“Let me try to absorb Mental Power from the void...”

From his understanding, he knew that one could increase their Mental Power by absorbing from the void, but he had heard that the efficiency was still not high.

Soon, Du Gang closed his eyes, his divine body slowly rose, and his Divine Thought extended into the void.

The space of the Primordial Continent was too dense. From his careful understanding, not even the True Gods could enter the void, let alone God Spirits.

Therefore, he didn’t just attempt to enter the void to train but used his Divine Thought for traction in reality.

“Whooa!”

Suddenly, a chaotic Mental Power was drawn out from the void.

“Chaotic Mental Power? It doesn’t matter; I have Divine Fire for tempering!”

Without hesitation, Du Gang quickly absorbed this Mental Power into the sea of consciousness in his divine body and started tempering it with Divine Fire.

“Hiss hiss!”

This absorption and tempering process lasted for a whole hour.

Du Gang, feeling the Divine Thought in his sea of consciousness, sighed.

“It’s still too little. An hour of this, and it’s not even one in a million, let alone one in a hundred thousand!”

It’s too hard!

To improve the Divine Thought by normal training is simply difficult!

“So, most people are stuck because they don’t have money to buy Rune Stones?!”

A Rune Stone worth ten thousand Divine Crystals is indeed valuable, and not something ordinary people can afford.

“However, Rune Stones should be man-made, right?”

Du Gang was somewhat puzzled. He learned that the price of Rune Stones has been the same for billions of years, and it has never fallen.

“After one hundred billion years, has there been no improvement in the method of making Rune Stones?!”

“And, if it can supply the whole continent for one hundred billion years, it should not be difficult to manufacture, right?!”

Du Gang fell into thought. After thinking for a while, he finally gave up.

He didn’t study economics. He only learned a little bit about finance in a high school political science class.

“Perhaps, it’s like when the total number of houses in the Hua Nation exceeded the population, but there were still five hundred million vacant houses. No one would rather demolish than sell cheaply. This was to stimulate society’s operation...”

He felt that the situation was probably like this. Otherwise, with all the God Spirits having an eternal lifespan, no one would want to work. If there were Rune Stones, which could enhance strength, and everyone had to perform compulsory service, naturally, the stronger was better.

“These things have nothing to do with me. Thinking about so many irrelevant things is useless. I’d better open a Hidden God Acupoint!”

Du Gang quickly stopped. After igniting the nine Divine Flames, he didn’t know if it was an illusion, but he felt that the thoughts in his mind began to form faster, as if his thinking speed had also increased.

“I might as well burn these thoughts. They’re not useful anyway!”

He laughed, quickly put the thoughts he had before on the Divine Flame. In a while, they were transformed into a pure force of Divine Thought.

Divine Thought has two meanings. One refers to the thoughts in his mind that can be perceived by powerful beings.

The other is the pure force that arises when his Mental Power is sublimated and tempered by the Divine Fire.

The first type of Divine Thought is obviously useless. The only use might be to put it on the Divine Fire to increase life’s volume.

“Now I only have one pa of divine thought, at most one ten-thousandth more of a pa...”

Du Gang sighed, “It seems that in the future, the main way to practice divine thought will still be relying on rune stones. If I solely rely on my own practice, it would probably take centuries...”

This was just the accumulation from one pa of divine thought to two pa, which escalated the magnitude from one to two, and yet, the process was so difficult!

“No matter, I’ll worry about practicing divine thought when I have money to buy more rune stones. For now, I need to open up the divine aperture!”

All eight rune stones were completely depleted, leaving only empty shells.

Suddenly, he remembered the way Duan Youde had forged rune stones on the Pangu Continent.

“Can I forge rune stones?”

He looked at the used rune stone and tried to draw some mental power from the void.

“Boom!”

A powerful repulsion came from within, preventing the mental power from the void from entering.

Du Gang scratched his head and gave a sheepish smile, “If it was that simple, everyone could make their own rune stones!”

He shook his head and threw this distracting thought into the divine fire, finally calming himself down to open the divine aperture.

“Buzz!”

The sensation of the divine apertures was much simpler. He just quieted his mind, and quickly sensed the location of the second divine aperture.

However, like with the divine fire, his divine apertures were hidden ones and couldn’t be fully opened.

Seeing this, Du Gang had prepared for it, gingerly brought out a source, and sent the energy contained in it towards the location of the divine aperture.

The energy within a source was terrifying. As soon as it came into contact with the divine aperture, it made a loud rumble.

In the past, Du Gang tried using divine crystals to open the divine apertures, but there was not even a hint of reaction, even though divine crystals are produced after the death of a god spirit level being.

Compared to the source, the divine crystals were lacking. Not only was the source smaller, but its energy level was of a higher level.

The tiny source, the size of a grain of rice, contained energy equal to the sum of ten thousand divine crystals.

“Buzz!”

At this moment, as the energy from the source kept pouring in, the divine aperture, hovering between illusion and reality, seemed to be tugged by a nameless force, and began to appear.

At this moment, the synergy between his divine spirit and physical body was like a soul affixed on the body, very harmonious. As the divine aperture gradually emerged, a seemingly endless starry sky appeared at the location that linked his body and divine spirit.

“This...”

Du Gang was lost in awe as his mind submerged into the divine aperture.

“Is this the Buddhist saying of ‘a flower one world, a tree one bodhi’?”

He never thought that a tiny divine aperture could contain infinite space.

Although he couldn’t access this space, or project his divine thought too far into it, based on its depth and breadth, it was boundless!

“Boom!”

As the source kept pouring in, divine power gradually appeared in the divine aperture, as though filling a void.

“Drip!”

In the second divine aperture, a new divine power began to form.

“Does every divine aperture provide an additional pa of divine power?”

Du Gang carefully sensed it and said, “No, it’s because of the source. Its presence merely drew out the divine aperture from the darkness, without consuming too much of its energy...”

“That led to the absorption of the energy from the source, automatically forming new divine power...”

He had been too optimistic. If every opened divine aperture added a divine power, it would be far too simple and easy.

“But that’s okay, at least my source wasn’t wasted!”

Du Gang was slightly pleased. This was equivalent to him cultivating divine power while opening up the divine apertures.

It was much easier for him than others, of course, because he used a source.

As far as he knew, Long Aotian had already cultivated seven or eight acupoints before, but his Divine Power was still one unit.

“Keep cultivating, seventeen Origin stones can open seventeen acupoints...”

Opening acupoints was not as difficult as igniting the Divine Fire, Du Gang could efficiently open one acupoint every three to four hours.

This time, he only spent two and a half days using up all 17 Origin stones.

He successfully opened the eighteenth acupoint in his body.

Not only that, he now had 18 units of Divine Power.

18 units of Divine Power was no simple feat, that meant he could add more Divine Power to any technique he executed.

For example, with the same level of techniques, the same proficiency, the same level of power exerted, but the more Divine Power one has, the stronger the power emitted would be.

“I can now kill my former self with a single thrust, right?!”

Du Gang believed that this statement was not an exaggeration, it was a reflection of his strength at this moment.

“Now that the cultivation is over, what’s next...”

Du Gang thought for a while and smiled: “It’s time to see the cultivation methods for those shapes Li Rushi gave me!”

Soon, he took out the scroll Li Rushi had given him earlier.

Just as Li Rushi had said, it contained several different methods for using the Divine Pen on the gold foil.

There were several styles of predictions on it.

These were distinct and catered to different opponents for restraint.

“You are very slow!” This was for physically strong opponents to restrict their speed.

“Your strength is weak!” This was also for physically strong opponents, to restrict their power.

“Your Divine Power is weak!” This was to limit the opponent’s Divine Power. Although it could not seal, it could weaken the intensity of the opponent’s Divine Power.

The reason why no one used these during the last conflict was that they all had only one unit of Divine Power, and even if they used them, it would be ineffective, so no one wasted time on them.

The fourth was “Your Divine Power is weak!” This was to restrict the power of the Divine Power.

The fifth was “Your Divine Thought is weak!” This was to limit the Divine Thought.

Basically, these were the techniques. The rest produced similar effects.

Among them were explanations about “Suppression” and “Sealing”, both of which required the practitioner to have reached 2% proficiency in the Confucian techniques.

Therefore, only Yang Jun could perform them at the time.

“Long Aotian was really unlucky to choose the strongest one!”

Du Gang gleefully began to learn.

It was best to acquire this skill as soon as possible!

Thankfully, when Li Rushi gave him this scroll, he also gave him a Divine Pen and a stack of gold foil.

He had asked at that time, the Divine Pen was not valuable and only cost a hundred Divine Crystals, the gold foil was not too expensive, one piece for one Divine Crystal, Li Rushi gave him one hundred.

“This gold foil is only sold by their Holy Confucian Academy, so they are forcing me to buy from them in the future...”

Du Gang shrugged, “It doesn’t matter, I will definitely travel around in the future, I can go there once and buy more gold foils!”

Without the gold foil, one could still use the Divine Pen to cast spells, but the power would not be that strong, just like last time, those Confucian students created shields with their Divine Pens alone, but their power was very weak.

“Let’s start cultivating!”

Having grasped the idea of the Confucian techniques, Du Gang found it extremely easy to cultivate these shapes now.

In just one day, he mastered a method of casting prophecies.

“Hum!”

A piece of gold foil fluttered in front of Du Gang without any wind.

Du Gang, transformed into a calligraphy master, held the Divine Pen in his hand, and began to write beautifully and passionately.

“Your deity is pretty weak!”

“Buzz!”

The gold foil instantly flew up and headed towards the sky.

At this moment, the deity of Xiang Xinjian, which was floating in mid-air, was protecting Du Gang.

He casually tapped the gold foil, flicking it off, and said nonchalantly, “This thing is of no use to me...”

Du Gang laughed, caught the gold foil and said, “It’s pretty good. If I go out traveling, I can disguise myself as a Confucian scholar from the Holy Confucian Academy!”

Following this, he stayed in the dormitory, maintaining the momentum of studying one prophecy a day.

He managed to learn all the prophecies that could be learned in nearly ten days.

“Is there any prophecy that can strengthen my allies and myself, not just weaken the enemy?”

“Yes!”

Xiang Xinjian in mid-air smiled faintly, “These Confucian students are thoughtful. They didn’t use prophecies that could amplify their allies’ abilities during the previous battles. Otherwise, you might have lost more miserably...”

“However, the fact that Li Rushi didn’t give you a prophecy to amplify your power indicates that he wants you to go to the Holy Confucian Academy in the future...”

Du Gang nodded, “I only have a hundred sheets of gold foil. I’ll run out eventually, so I’ll have to go!”

Xiang Xinjian laughed, “When you go, you should be able to learn it if you pay some cost!”

Du Gang nodded and immediately put away the divine brush and the gold foil.

“It’s been so long since I’ve secluded myself. Should go out and take a look!”

Though he said it had been a long time, in reality, he had only used less than twenty days.

While he was already done practising, Yao Zijie and Yang Jun, who were engrossed in Enlightenment in Dreams, hadn’t yet emerged from their isolation.

They were still incessantly entering the Dreamcatcher Net. It seemed like they had both had a revelation, but they were unable to completely master it.

“Du Gang, we’re leaving now. If you come to our Holy Confucian Academy next time, you can look for me!”

Li Rubo bid farewell to Du Gang with a smile.

These Confucian students were going back to the Holy Confucian Academy early with Li Rushi.

“Sure, if I have the time, I’ll certainly pay a visit to the Holy Confucian Academy!”

Du Gang responded with a laugh, then curiously asked, “Are you not waiting for Yang Jun?”

“Our teacher plans to send us back first, then come back to check on Yang Jun...”

Li Rubo laughed, “Besides, we’ve been here for too long. If we don’t leave now, we’ll probably fall behind the others...”

Their generation of disciples did not want to end up like Penglai Academy with only around a hundred students. Their academy had many disciples, and in order to obtain better resources, they needed to stand out from the crowd.

“Alright!”

Then, Du Gang as the class leader, accompanied Deputy Dean Ji Hetong and Xiang Xinjian, to send these Confucian students to the academy entrance.

“Mr. Dean, please stay...”

“Haha, you all are welcome to visit again...”

Li Rubo nodded with a smile, “Sure, sure. By the way, Dean, your signboard is quite elegant. Where did you get it made?”

Upon hearing this, Ji Hetong laughed heartily, “This signboard is not simple, I spent hundreds of thousands of divine crystals to get it made. You can see from its craftsmanship, it’s extraordinary...”

“Boom!”

At this moment, the golden sign overhead suddenly exploded, turning into fragments in an instant.

The air suddenly fell silent.

Ji Hetong’s mouth twitched a bit.

Perhaps out of concern for his embarrassment, Li Rushi laughed, “The dean means to wish us safety throughout the years? Bless us with smooth journeys? It’s so thoughtful of you to explode a signboard worth hundreds of thousands of divine crystals...”

Ji Hetong forced a smile, “Safe travels!”

Then, Li Rushi, with a smirk, along with a group of snickering Confucian students, left the academy.

As he watched their retreating figures, Ji Hetong looked down at the fragments on the ground, grinding his teeth, “Liu Laoer, you’re dead...”

Liu Laoer?

Du Gang assumed that this could be the name of Old Liu.

That would be too rustic...

But, judging by the furious look of the dean, he might...

At this point, as if terrified by his voice, the banners that were already on the verge of shattering started to “boom boom boom” and break apart.

Du Gang quietly walked over to Xiang Xinjian and asked, “Where did Teacher Liu go today?”

Xiang Xinjian glanced at him with the hint of a smile and said, “Old Liu went shopping, he should be back in a while...”

Ji Hetong glanced at them, knowing that Old Liu was not around, he suppressed his anger and left.

After he left, Xiang Xinjian chuckled and said, “Du Gang, after Old Liu gets a beating from the dean, you’re likely to be in trouble too...”

Du Gang said impatiently, “You and your lack of knowledge. It’s the issue of the map scale. We are five hundred kilometers away from the abyss from the ancient city...”

“Hey, friends, you dropped something!”

Just then, they heard a voice from behind them.

Hearing this, Little Hawk King hesitated a bit, “Du Gang, did we misunderstand him? Did we really drop something?”

Du Gang was speechless.

But he could understand. Little Hawk King had been protected and followed around by others since his birth. He had never encountered any real danger or deceit.

He immediately said, “It’s a multiple-choice question. You have two options. First, you can choose to stop and gamble on whether he will eat you or not. The second choice, you keep running with us to the abyss, to where the army is stationed, and then see if what he said is true or false...”

Having heard this, Little Hawk King finally let go of the idea of stopping.

Du Gang sneered, “Who the hell chases people around like this in the wilderness?”

“Even if we dropped something, couldn’t he have just secretly picked it up? Why would he want to return it to us?”

“If it’s not a valuable thing, there’s no need, but if it is valuable...”

Du Gang laughed lightly, “Long Aotian, if you found a rune stone on the ground, would you run after the owner to return it, or keep it for yourself?”

Without a second thought, Long Aotian immediately replied, “No-brainer. If I find it, it’s mine. Why the hell would I return it? Do I look like a fool?!”

Hearing this, he finally felt certain.

“So that’s it, that guy behind us really has malicious intentions!”

Little Hawk King also became aware of the trick, and instantly broke out in a cold sweat, “Du Gang, thank goodness you warned me, otherwise I might have been eaten in a hotpot!”

“Holy fuck, he’s catching up!”

Du Gang was about to respond when he suddenly noticed a figure within his divine sense detection range, about a kilometer away.

“This guy’s realm is definitely higher than ours!”

“Even after our two months of strength training that makes us much stronger than any of our peers, he’s still able to catch up to us...”

Their expressions changed as they saw the man’s figure appearing in their divine senses as well.

“Du Gang, how far are we from the abyss?!”

“A little over a hundred kilometers...”

Du Gang quickly calculated and frowned, “No way, I did the math, he will catch up to us before we reach the abyss!”

“What should we do?!”

Neither of them had any ideas at the moment and were waiting for Du Gang’s plan.

Du Gang was silent for a moment, all the while keeping an eye on the man behind them.

“No good, he’s too fast. He’s at least two rounds better than us. This guy might be at the Third Tribulation God Spirit level...”

“Little Hawk King, make us fly and let’s get away from here...”

“Okay!”

Upon hearing that the man was at Third Tribulation God Spirit level, Little Hawk King no longer had the thought of trying to act tough and fight. He quickly transformed into a giant eagle, spreading his wings.

Du Gang and Long Aotian promptly jumped on his back.

“Screech!”

Eagle Shaking the Sky!

With a flap of his wings, Little Hawk King was about to soar into the sky.

From behind them, the man finally could no longer stand idly by when he saw what was happening.

“Stop!”

With a furious roar, a giant attack composed of divine power blasted toward them.

“Dodge!”

Du Gang quickly shouted.

Little Hawk King laughed, “Don’t worry. In the sky, it’s our Ying family’s territory...”

Du Gang couldn’t help but mock him, “Don’t get cocky. When we were in the cosmos, it wasn’t like I never chased you down...”

Little Hawk King was momentarily speechless.

Indeed, unlike Long Aotian who was caught by Du Gang because of a plot, he was truly captured during a chase by Du Gang...

“Whoosh!”

In an instant, his wings flashed, deftly dodging the powerful energy wave from behind and flying upwards.

Just like that, the three escaped the pursuit and flew into the sky.

“Damn!”

The man on the ground was clearly angry, but helpless.

You can’t fly with the physical body until reaching the True God level!

But he obviously didn’t want to give up on them, he saw that all three of them were individuals of extraordinary identity, possessing strong bloodline. He planned not to make a move until he was ready to make a devastating one.

“God!”

“Boom!”

Suddenly, three god-shaped images burst out from that man’s body, rushing toward the three at an incredible speed.

“Gods!”

On seeing this, all three of them immediately summoned their own gods without any hesitation.

Three against three, it looked evenly matched.

But in reality, the enemy’s gods were stronger.

“Puh!”

The first one to spit out blood was Long Aotian’s god. His god was the weakest among the three of them and it was already wounded after just the first clash.

“Dammit!”

On the eagle’s back, Long Aotian’s face instantly turned pale.

Upon seeing this, Du Gang quickly pulled out his Divine Pen and gold foil, his face solemn as he said, “Your god is very weak!”

“Boom!”

A piece of gold foil flew up, and a force of clouds immediately fell down.

The powers of the three gods on the other side were suddenly reduced by one-third instantly.

Consequently, Long Aotian’s god, which was on the verge of collapse, finally got a reprieve.

But he was still not strong enough to fight against the enemy’s gods, who remained powerful even after being weakened.

“Little Hawk King, gain height, don’t drop below a thousand meters, this guy’s divine thought won’t reach up there, we’re safe!”

Upon hearing this, Little Hawk King quickly did as instructed and flew toward the sky, creating distance from the gods behind him.

On the ground, the middle-aged man was still persisting, with relentless pursuit.

“Du Gang, two more rounds, two more rounds of flying paper, his gods will not hold...” Long Aotian cried out incessantly.

Du Gang shook his head, “These things are unique. The same kind of prophecy can only work once!”

If it could keep stacking up, then what’s the point of playing?

Whoever’s prophecy keeps being released, wouldn’t it be possible to reduce a Nine-Tribute god to the First Tribulation level?

That’s way too naive!

“No good, we still can’t beat him.”

On Du Gang’s side, there were signs of downfall, his god also seemed to be at a disadvantage, showing signs of being defeated.

“What should we do?!” Little Hawk King asked quickly.

Without hesitation, Du Gang immediately said, “Keep flying in this direction, you’re faster, once we reach the abyss, we’ll be safe!”

“Okay!”

“Caw~!”

With a screech of an eagle, its wings flapped and it instantly covered a great distance.

Soon, they left the man who was pursuing them on the ground far behind.

“Keep flying, that jerk’s gods are still on our tail...”

As Du Gang continued to direct, he silently began to wonder, pondering what method he could use to escape the predicament.

“Puh!”

In the midst of this, Long Aotian, the weakest of all, spat out blood once again.

“Du Gang, quick, think of something, my god can’t hold on much longer!”

After all, the enemy was a Three-Tribution god, whose powers were formidable. Even after being weakened by the gold foil, they were still not something they could compete against.

In less than ten seconds, Long Aotian spat out blood twice.

Seeing the pool of glittering golden blood, Du Gang paused for a moment, unnoticeably collecting it.

First collect it, in case it could fetch a good price...

“Puh!”

As a result, just as Long Aotian’s blood was collected, Du Gang also spat out some blood.

Clearly, his god at the back also couldn’t hold on any longer.

Damn it!

Du Gang silently cursed, quickly looking around before casting the Jie-Character Secret when he saw no one was paying attention.

The Jie-Character Secret could enhance combat power tenfold in every aspect, whether it was the physical body, divine power, divine thought, or the gods..

“Boom!”

Behind them, the god that had been beaten and bleeding became luminous with gold light, emitting a captivating power.

“Attack!”

Du Gang immediately focused most of his mental power on his god, personally controlling the battle.

He seemed to transform into a tank, crazily crushing the enemy.

“Bang Bang Bang!”

The enemy’s god could only hold on for three rounds, before being torn apart by Du Gang.

“Boom!”

Another strike was thrown out, the god confronting Du Gang exploded and dissipated immediately.

“Puh!”

Far away on the ground, the middle-aged man who was pursuing Du Gang and the others was now seated on the ground, fully controlling his gods. Upon receiving Du Gang’s attack, he couldn’t help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

“Damn it, what kind of method is this? Why did his god suddenly become stronger?!”

“Come back!”

He didn’t dare to leave his two other gods there and quickly summoned them back.

They were too far apart, only the gods were fighting, it was too much of a disadvantage.

However, he did not give up and continued to pursue Du Gang and the others.

Just because a god was powerful, didn’t mean their actual strength was. If their gods dared to enter his divine thought attack range, he would let these kids know the power of a Three-Tribution god spirit.

“They ran away!”

Long Aotian and Little Hawk King naturally had a connection with their gods and could clearly see everything that had happened. They were overjoyed.

“Du Gang is amazing!”

Long Ao Tian couldn’t help but praise, and laughed loudly, “Had I known your power was so strong, we should have given them a tough fight...”

As he said this, he questioned, “Hey, shouldn’t we go back? Give that guy a hard time?!”

Little Hawk King also seemed intrigued, his fluttering wings suddenly halted.

After all, being chased for so long, almost roasted alive, made him feel a bit uncomfortable.

However, Du Gang shook his head, “No way, in close combat, we’re still softtargets. Even if my god is enhanced, we still can’t defeat them if we meet up again. The enemy’s divine thought is not weak... ”

Divine thought can attack gods. Given the level of a Three-Tributation god, the divine thought must be much stronger than theirs.

His divine thought was only one pa. Even if it increased tenfold, it was just ten pa.

Though his divine power was a bit stronger, a good 18 er, even if it increased tenfold to reach 180 er, he estimated that it would still not be able to defeat the opponent.

“For a Three-Tribution god spirit, no matter how cautious, it’s never too much. Retreat, retreat to the abyss in proper order. A gentleman takes his revenge ten years later when the time comes. When we have increased our powers, we’ll settle the account with him!”

After hearing these words, Little Hawk King and Long Aotian immediately suppressed their previous thoughts.

“Alright, let’s head to the abyss first, and then we can plan our revenge later!”

With that, the two men and the eagle flew nonstop towards the abyss.

Seated on the eagle’s back, Du Gang flipped through a newspaper, looking for information.

“What are you looking at?”

Long Aotian was somewhat curious.

After a brief moment of contemplation, Du Gang said, “This guy dared to plot against us at the entrance of the Ancient City. He’s either a deadly thug passing by, or someone from a hostile faction intentionally making trouble for the people of our Ancient City...”

“Hostile?!”

Long Aotian was startled, “Who is the Ancient City’s enemy?”

“I don’t know!”

Shaking his head, Du Gang said, “But, this possibility seems slim. It’s unlikely that a hostile force would send a Third Tribulation God Spirit to plot against us. Hence, I suspect this guy might be some sort of deadly criminal... I’ll check the wanted list...”

“Found it!”

Just like that, Du Gang quickly found a face on a wanted poster from South Yue that resembled the man from earlier.

“Mi Wu, a Third Tribulation God Spirit. Originally hired by the Tuo Family of South Yue as a protector responsible for safeguarding talented youths...”

“However, during one protection mission, he brutally killed a group of young talents from the Tuo Family, robbed countless resources, and defected!”

Du Gang nodded, “This guy is indeed a fugitive, the bounty came from the Tuo Family...”

Long Aotian found this quite intriguing and curiously asked, “What kind of family is the Tuo Family that they can issue a bounty?”

Du Gang laughed, “The Tuo Family doesn’t even rank among the top thousand royal families. They’re just an ordinary family, but they seem to have some influence in their territory...”

“Besides, as for this bounty, technically anyone can post one...”

“The catch is, the amount of the bounty matters. Take this Mi Wu, for example, his bounty is only five thousand Divine Crystals...”

“That’s low?”

Shrugging his shoulders, Du Gang said, “I’m not sure, maybe the Tuo Family is just poor...”

“Either way, anyone who kills him or captures him can claim the reward from the Tuo Family...”

Du Gang laughed, “Based on the newspapers, I found the most common profession throughout the entire continent is being a bounty hunter!”

“Anyone can become a bounty hunter to make money!”

“Is that so?”

Feeling excited, Long Aotian said, “Then let’s become bounty hunters and go after those wanted criminals!”

Du Gang laughed, “Let’s head to the abyss first, we can think about being bounty hunters later...”

It would be more efficient to fiercely conquer the Demon Clan in the abyss rather than chase after an elusive God Spirit Level powerhouse.

Moreover, one can make money off the Demon Clan corpses too.

“Boom!”

Finally, after quite the journey, the three of them arrived at the abyss.

They had an overview of the abyss from a considerable distance away.

“It’s huge!”

In the distance, a massive hole in the ground, gaping like a monstrous jaw, stretched before them.

Glancing into the center of the abyss, it was so deep that nothing was visible, a dark and frightening sight.

Soon, the trio drew nearer to the abyss.

Upon reaching the edge of the abyss, Du Gang saw numerous armies encamped.

Among these, many different flags, each representing a different clan or family, fluttered in all directions.

Not only was there a flag from Penglai Island, but Du Gang also recognized some unfamiliar ones.

“Those people, they must be the army belonging to our local family in the proximity of this abyss, right!?”

Upon thinking, Du Gang quickly understood the situation.

The abyss — a desolate place that required troops to maintain control over, yet it also served as an ideal location for relentless military training.

Thus, some families, even those unwilling, would still deploy their army to guard it. This is out of the fear, that if their own troops were inadequate and lost in battle, they’d thereafter be unable to protect their family.

After all, the Primordial Continent had never been a peaceful land. Any powerful families could absorb the weaker ones, and no one else could say anything about it.

Besides condemnation, what else could they do?

Would they actually muster the full strength of their kin to uphold justice?

Hardly! Only those like the Jiuli Dynasty in Central State, who harbored the desire to rule the world, would proceed to do so.

Alternatively, in this region, if there was only one ruling clan, it would mean that this was their political center. Only then ‘justice’ may emerge, perhaps solely to maintain their authority, or to exhibit their military might!

Just like the Heretic Eight Pathways, ever since the Demon Realm and other forces were categorized under the Heretics, there was no sign of the rest of the continent uniting to vanquish the evil.

“Land now!”

In reality, even if Du Gang hadn’t given the command, Little Hawk King had already started to descend slowly. The airspace ban had now started to show its effects, compelling him to touch down.

In no time, Little Hawk King descended, landing on the ground. Coincidentally, they landed right next to a troop from the Ying family.

Not everyone in the Ying family possessed the ability to transform into a Hawk.

Most of the members of the Ying family didn’t have the Sky Hawk Holy Body, they essentially couldn’t fully turn into a Hawk even though they had wings on their back, they still looked more like birdmen.

Thus, even though the troops didn’t recognize Little Hawk King, they still gave him a courteous nod.

Then, a man that seemed to be the commander came forward.

“Did you come from the Ancient City?!”

Little Hawk King stepped up, “Cousin, we came from the Ancient City. It’s our first time on the outside, we encountered a wanted fugitive who wanted to consume me, then the three of us escaped all the way here...”

“A wanted fugitive?”

The army chief of the Demon Suppression Army immediately grimaced, “What’s his cultivation level?”

“A God Spirit of the Third Tribulation. Luckily we escaped quickly, otherwise we would have died there...”

A god spirit of the Third Tribulation?!

The commander was taken aback because he saw that the three in front of him were only at the stage of the First Tribulation, their powers were still within the introductory level.

How could they have possibly escaped from a God Spirit of the Third Tribulation?!

Being a member of the Ying family his wings were indeed fast but were still not as rapid as the God Spirits’ flying speeds.

Hence, he was slightly bewildered. However, the moment he noticed a horn on Long Aotian’s forehead, he finally understood.

These were the three top level prodigies, perhaps among the current best. Therefore, they managed to stick together, along with some protective divine artifacts from the family, escaping seemed plausible!

The commander gave a hearty laugh, “It’s a lucky thing you’re safe. You can leave the information of that wanted fugitive here. If we encounter him, we’ll help you catch him!”

“Sure!”

Du Gang quickly stepped forward, unfolded the newspaper, and transmitted information about Mi Wu to them.

This newspaper was indeed extremely handy, quite similar to mobile phones or Light Computers in the universe, although lacking many features. Regardless, during occasions like these, they were rather useful.

The commander nodded, jotting down the information about the wanted fugitive and smilingly said, “I’ve noted this person. Are you here to go through the abyss?”

Little Hawk King nodded and smiled, “Yes, we plan to go see the first layer of the abyss!”

The commander chuckled, “You three wait here a moment, I’m going to hand over my shift, and when I come back, I’ll enlighten you about the conditions of the abyss. After understanding the situation, you can proceed!”

The trio exchanged glances. Little Hawk King nodded his head, “Alright, thank you, cousin!”

After the commander left, Little Hawk King laughed and explained, “Our family rules state that when you encounter unfamiliar family members of the same level, we address each other as cousins...”

“Understood!”

“We should wait for a while. Once we understand the conditions of the abyss, we can go in!”