Chapter 685: Chapter 679: Divine Court Live Broadcast
Ma Ran’s mind moved, and the Time Stop Territory enveloping Cangming Star gradually faded away.
The chaotic Power of Time within the space channels, under the influence of the cosmos’ self-repairing power, was restructured, restoring the normal passage of time.
Swoosh!
In the next moment, several gazes from the Divine Court focused on Ma Ran’s side.
"The power of the Upper Rank Gods, I have roughly gauged it now."
Ma Ran remained calm, his gaze steady.
The Upper Rank Gods are exceptionally strong, reaching a realm where they aren’t even on the same level as other Extraordinary Ones.
If you calculate individual combat power, a single Upper Rank God fighting a hundred thousand Middle Rank Gods in a wheel battle could exhaust all those at the Middle Rank God level.
Such a situation almost never occurs in reality, yet it shows how absurdly high the comprehensive combat power of an Upper Rank God can be.
And now, Ma Ran, with the medals of the Prophet and the Sword Master, has some means to single-handedly suppress an Upper Rank God.
Previously, with just the Multiplication Ability "Burning Shadow" granted by the Prophet medal, Ma Ran thought he could face Upper Rank Gods like Lan Xi or Golden Domain without being at a disadvantage.
Now, with Cangming Star materialized and under the influence of the Book of Cangming, Ma Ran’s overall Basic Attributes surged by nearly 80%.
The key aspect is that with every passing second, new life continually emerges on Cangming Star.
Cangming humans, other animals, plants, microorganisms...
Every new life provides a basic attribute boost for Ma Ran.
When life perishes on Cangming Star, there is no backlash.
The attribute boosts already provided are not retracted.
This is the mystery of the Book of Cangming.
With the current state, combining the Secret Technique "Burning Shadow" and using the Skillful Method of Concept Annihilation, Ma Ran can now suppress Lan Xi and Golden Domain in a one-on-one battle.
"What a pity."
Ma Ran shook his head, calming his stirred emotions.
Suppression, ultimately, is just suppression.
Even at this point, he doesn’t have the slightest confidence to kill an Upper Rank God.
Buzz...
In the vacuum, a vortex naturally emerged, containing a trace of the eternal true meaning of Reincarnation.
Instantly, that trace of shapeless and weightless true meaning of Reincarnation condensed into the form of Chi Xiao.
"I’ve set the framework of rules completely, ensuring overall balance; only the venue and your keywords are missing."
He walked to Ma Ran’s side, looking down from space at the newly emerged planet in the Solar System: "Is this Cangming Star?"
Ma Ran nodded slightly: "Assuming there are no duplicates, the Cangming Star you know should be it."
The feedback from the play ability not only materialized Cangming Star, but also made Ma Ran’s strength soar due to the Book of Cangming, elevating his mood.
However...
With the increase in strength, Ma Ran’s understanding of Chi Xiao became clearer than before.
Though it’s challenging to calculate the combat power and attribute advantages between them, the pressure Chi Xiao exerted on Ma Ran was noticeably higher than that of Golden Domain and Lan Xi.
Even so, Ma Ran is confident about suppressing Him in a one-on-one battle.
Nevertheless...
At this stage, maintaining a temporary false peace is the best outcome.
After all, the Divine Court has seven Upper Rank Gods, if you can’t win a single duel, can’t you gang up?
Should it really come to tearing faces, Ma Ran could only hide Cangming Star and Earth’s humans in the Fake Earth Secret Realm, and then choose between the two bound planets to escape, cutting losses to survive.
"Eh? Compared to just now, it seems like your aura has changed somewhat."
Chi Xiao’s gaze at Ma Ran contained a hint of surprise: "More pure, more powerful."
"With such a degree of strength change, that short period shouldn’t be enough, right?"
"Did that Lord of the Red Lotus lend a hand to help you stabilize your Realm?"
"Although I’m not interested in the Time Law or Temporal Principles, this dense aura of time certainly doesn’t lie."
"It seems Ye Fengqing indeed intervened."
"But still..."
"Whether she helped you stabilize your Realm or the two of you cooperated on something, who can say?"
Chi Xiao remarked, not expecting to draw an answer from Ma Ran.
He simply grinned slightly, chuckling twice: "I’ve never been interested in the truth, nor do I intend to waste Energy gathering clues."
"Right now, the most important thing is the competition between you and me."
"Hmm!"
He nodded to himself as he turned his gaze to Cangming Star, speaking with curiosity: "Judging by the Talent of the race, the humans on this planet are definitely among the top in the Cosmos..."
"Even compared to the humans of the No. 3 Demon Nest, they aren’t much different."
"Ah, the No. 3 Demon Nest refers to the Superpower Civilization."
"It’s said that all human civilizations are their sub-species."
"Even without Cultivation, one percent of them can naturally grow to the Demigod level."
"However..."
"What’s the deal with the souls of these humans on Cangming Star?"
Chi Xiao commented with a smile, squinting: "I can sense a natural affinity and harmony between the Cangming humans and Earthlings."
"Even races of the same origin can’t be this close!"
"I just deduced that..."
"The mixed offspring of Earthlings and Cangming humans are naturally endowed with strong Talent, potential in intelligence, combat power, and creativity."
Ma Ran gazed calmly, neither agreeing nor disagreeing: "That’s your choice."
"Need to change the competition venue Ma Ran?"
Chi Xiao immediately shook his head: "There’s no need."
"A venue this interesting is hard to come by again!"
"Besides, I already tailored the competition rules, so I’m quite confident in the balance."
"As long as those Cangming Overlords don’t personally disrupt the fairness of the competition."
Chi Xiao wasn’t afraid of Ma Ran calling for reinforcements.
The Divine Court still had six other Upper Rank Gods.
Even if the Realm is the same, in terms of numbers, He holds a clear advantage.
Nevertheless...
Since it’s a competition, maintaining relative balance would make it more enjoyable.
Thus, He set up the rules for outside assistance when establishing the competition guidelines.
In one match, only one outsider can be summoned to assist once.
One-on-one, a fair duel.
Two-on-two could still be interesting.
Involving more participants could become tedious.
"By the way!"
Chi Xiao clapped his hands: "Using the words of Earth Civilization..."
"It’s better to enjoy together than alone!"
"Next, I’ll entrust Qing Dai and Mo Xing to broadcast the entire competition process simultaneously on the Divine Court and Earth."
"No problem, right?"
Hearing this, Ma Ran scrutinized Chi Xiao with a complex expression.
Polite Golden Domain, Lan Xi whose ideals align with his, Chi Xiao helping to set the stage and gather the audience.
Along with the unseen Qing Dai, Mo Xing, Cang Lian, and Zhu Ding, among the Upper Rank Gods, there must be Ma Ran’s "audience" too.
Though they are in a fierce antagonistic position, on deeper thought, these Upper Rank Gods from the Divine Court indeed provided him with much support...
Ma Ran contemplated for a moment, nodded slightly, and responded with a heavy tone: "Alright."
