Chapter 311: Chapter 172: War Escalation, Great Dao Relics
"When the time comes, I’m afraid we Tier Nine Life forms will also have to join the battle."
"However, you don’t need to worry. The Mutant Beasts only have nine Tier Nine Mutant Beasts, and they aren’t united. Among us humans, however, are twelve Tier Nine Life forms, enough to hold them back at Earth, or even outside the Solar System. We won’t let them interfere with Earth’s operations."
"In the end, you will be the one to decide Earth’s ultimate fate. At that time, we will likely be too preoccupied to help you!"
"Of course, you will only need to face Tier Six Mutant Beasts. As for those above Tier Six, others will naturally deal with them!"
Wang Xiao nodded slightly. "Alright."
He was aware that ever since that Tier Six Life form’s failed sneak attack on him, humanity had launched retaliatory strikes against the Mutant Beasts.
Several Sixth Level Hazard Zones were directly wiped out, and countless Tier Five Mutant Beasts were killed.
The Supreme Federation’s power was much stronger than Wang Xiao had imagined.
After centuries of development, humanity was no longer in the same state as before, capable only of passive defense.
This assassination attempt also served as a catalyst.
It caused the intensity of the war between humans and Mutant Beasts to escalate by several levels.
In the combat zones, Mutant Beast rampages and city invasions were happening almost daily.
More and more people across the globe were also being thrown into the battlefield.
Of course.
All the current battles were just a warm-up and preparation for the final, decisive war!
Wang Xiao’s thoughts grew heavy.
He had previously learned from Pei Shiqi’s future trajectory that the final battle for Earth was still ten years away.
Now, it seemed that because of him, the timeline had been drastically moved up!
’The future isn’t set in stone. The future I analyzed was merely the most likely outcome without my interference, not the actual future.’
Wang Xiao understood.
Seeing Wang Xiao’s calm and composed expression, neither servile nor overbearing, Gu Tiandu nodded in satisfaction.
"It seems you’re quite confident in your own strength."
"But don’t get careless. Although you can easily deal with ordinary Tier Six Life forms now, the Mutant Beasts have a few with special bloodlines who are comparable to you!"
"For example, the Golden Roc King, the Nine-headed Serpent, the Celestial Kun... Individually, they might not be your match, but I worry they will team up against you."
"Let me tell you about the abilities of these few Mutant Beasts..."
Following that, Gu Tiandu carefully analyzed the abilities and weaknesses of the Mutant Beasts that could pose a threat to Wang Xiao.
Wang Xiao nodded slightly, not letting his guard down.
With his current strength, he could casually kill ordinary Tier Six Life forms. However, Tier Six Mutant Beasts, relying on their special bloodlines, were often much stronger than the average Tier Six Life form. This was especially true for the most outstanding ones among them.
If they teamed up, they could indeed pose a threat to Wang Xiao!
After Gu Tiandu finished explaining the abilities and weaknesses of these Mutant Beasts, he continued,
"I didn’t come looking for you just to talk about this. I’m preparing to take you somewhere that should help you comprehend the remaining Origin Great Daos more quickly!"
"Once you comprehend the Nine Origin Great Dao, those Mutant Beasts won’t be your match, even if they join forces."
Wang Xiao’s eyes flickered slightly.
"The place Elder Gu is taking me... it’s not on Earth, is it?!"
If it were on Earth, it probably wouldn’t have been worth Gu Tiandu’s true self making a personal trip.
Gu Tiandu said,
"Mm, it’s another Cosmic Relic. Speaking of which, you could say I have a fateful connection with this Cosmic Relic, because it’s on the first planet I ever refined."
Wang Xiao: "Pluto..."
The reason Gu Tiandu was known as the Chaos Nether King was precisely because the planet he had refined was Pluto!
Pluto wasn’t considered too far from Earth, at most only 7.5 billion kilometers away.
Tier Nine Life forms could already roam the starry sky, tear open spatial black holes, and travel faster than the speed of light.
For them, this distance could be covered in an instant!
Even if Wang Xiao were to travel to Pluto now, it would take him about ten days at most.
A hint of regret was in Gu Tiandu’s tone.
"Refining Pluto is an extremely distant memory for me. It’s a pity that back then I hadn’t cultivated your *Celestial Human Temple* technique, so I could only refine a Death Star like this. There’s no way to go back now..."
Wang Xiao said,
"The Cosmos is vast and full of wonders. You don’t need to lose heart, Elder Gu. In the future, there might be a special item that can help you refine a Living Star without affecting your current Realm!"
Gu Tiandu said with a smile,
"That’s true. People like us could cripple our Cultivation and start over, but we reached this point mostly through fortuitous encounters. If we were to do it all again, we might not reach the same heights."
As he spoke, he shook his head.
"Anyway, let’s not talk about that. Time is of the essence. I’ll take you to my home planet now to have a look."
BUZZ!
He waved his hand.
In that instant, a Chaos Sect constructed of bronze appeared before Wang Xiao’s eyes.
Inside the Chaos Sect, a swirling vortex formed the shape of a passage.
Without further delay, Gu Tiandu led Wang Xiao into the Chaos Passage.
In an instant, Wang Xiao felt a violent fluctuation of Space and Time wash over him.
The sensation was somewhat similar to when the Book of Space-Time transported him.
’So this is the power of Gu Tiandu’s Chaos Sect. It’s also a Curiosity. Its function is to mark locations and then travel back and forth between the two marked points!’
’However, the travel distance seems to be limited to within a star system. It can’t go beyond that.’
Wang Xiao had already analyzed Gu Tiandu’s Chaos Sect, so he knew of its power.
It had to be said, the star system where Earth was located was indeed extremely rich in resources.
It was worth noting that the Celestial Universe Star Domain, where Zhao Yin resided, was a prosperous Cultivation Sacred Land, and it had no shortage of Divine Kings and Domain Lords who surpassed Tier Nine Life.
Even a Divine King might not possess a single Curiosity.
But the Curiosities that the Chaos Nether King controlled were surely not limited to just the Chaos Sect and the World in the Sand.
While he was lost in thought, Wang Xiao arrived high above a planet.
This planet was much smaller than Earth, its surface wreathed in a layer of water ice and a hazy mist.
It was layered with an aura of death, utterly desolate, with almost no spiritual energy to be found.
There were only rolling mountain ranges and plains, along with meteorite craters of all sizes.
This was Pluto.
"Let’s go down. The passage to the Cosmic Relic is inside Pluto. This particular Cosmic Relic is extremely special and carries a certain degree of danger. You must be very careful!"
After this reminder, Gu Tiandu’s figure flickered and he plunged directly toward Pluto.
Wang Xiao quickly followed him down.
He knew that refining a Death Star like this was more than a hundred times easier than Refining a Living Star.
This was because a Death Star had no planetary consciousness. One only needed to merge their Grotto Heaven with Heaven and Earth, and then have the Grotto Heaven give birth to Star Power.
There was no need to endure the danger of refining a planetary consciousness at all!
Of course, the Star Power born this way would be extremely weak.
This was also the reason why these Tier Nine Life forms had stagnated.
Before long, Wang Xiao followed Gu Tiandu through the atmosphere composed of ammonia gas and landed on the ground.
The environment here was extremely harsh, with frozen gases like methane and nitrogen everywhere.
After following Gu Tiandu several thousand meters underground, Wang Xiao finally sensed a faint spatial fluctuation.
It was identical to the spatial fluctuation from the Cosmic Relic he had entered before.
Gu Tiandu waved his hand, and another Chaos Passage appeared before them.
He said,
"Go on in."
After speaking, he took the lead and stepped into the Chaos Passage.
Wang Xiao’s eyes flickered slightly as he followed close behind.
In an instant, light and shadow flowed around him.
Wang Xiao felt the hazy sensation before his eyes disappear, replaced by a view of rolling mountain ranges.
From within these mountains, waves of an aura of the Great Dao, so dense it was almost tangible, emanated.
Gu Tiandu looked at Wang Xiao and said,
"I call this place the Great Dao Relics. Hidden within these mountains are special creatures of all sizes."
"As long as you hunt them, you can obtain a certain degree of Great Dao Insights."
Upon hearing this, Wang Xiao’s eyes narrowed slightly.
A place like this exists?!
