Rumble—!
As if the world was being created, the world roared.
When the secret realm was leveled up, the space expanded visibly. The entire secret realm began to shake, but the world's advancement was not so crude.
Or rather, under Fang You's deliberate control, the sublimation process of Blue Star appeared exceptionally peaceful.
The earth did not shake, nor did the sky roll open, but…
An indescribable power had integrated and spread out from the depths of Blue Star. In just a moment, the visible cracks covering the world's barrier repaired themselves, and the entire crystal wall was sublimating and upgrading!
Hundreds of billions of golden particles clustered and arranged themselves, undergoing indescribable changes internally.
Fang You witnessed this scene entirely. He observed a picture that even great existences might not be able to observe, but he could not understand it, and his eyes even began to sting.
He still stared intently. If he couldn't understand, he would force himself to remember.
At the same time, as 'World Agent' and with the power of the world he wielded, he influenced the world's sublimation, prioritizing its effect on the crystal wall!
The changes in the crystal wall were invisible and intangible.
It felt as if millennia had passed, but in reality, only a dozen seconds had elapsed. When Fang You came back to his senses, the endless gray mist outside Blue Star surged again, transforming into a world-enveloping giant hand, which was slammed down fiercely towards the crystal wall of Blue Star.
Such erosion and impact had occurred several times before.
However, this time,
Boom—
Blue Star was stable in the pitch-black space, barely trembling. A ripple merely appeared on the world barrier. The gray hand, larger than the entire Blue Star world, was shattered by this impact, leaving behind only streams of gray mist that quickly dissipated in the golden radiance, or were absorbed.
The impact force even propagated outwards along the dissipating giant hand.
Like a viscous gray mist, as dark as the abyss, it exploded piece by piece. In the shallow layer where Blue Star and the Strange Realm intersected, it finally trembled violently at this moment.
As if a magnitude twelve super earthquake had erupted, dilapidated buildings, which looked as if they had been dried for a thousand years, collapsed one after another in the violent tremors. The roaring sounds continued incessantly. Mountains cracked open, earth and rocks rolled down, and a strong wind blew, howling as if it wanted to tear the heavens and earth apart.
It indeed tore apart.
When the wind, or some kind of impact, swept past, the dense gray mist that enveloped the entire world, impossible to dissipate, which even six-sense powerhouses could not dispel, was suddenly blown open by the wind.
White streaks, thousands of meters wide and stretching for hundreds of kilometers, were blown open one after another.
The gray mist receded, revealing a bright blue sky.
The invisible impact continued to spread, along a certain conceptual medium.
Deep within the Strange Realm, above the Blood Lake.
The Blood Emperor personally witnessed the dense, mud-like gray mist enveloping Blue Star, and then personally saw wisps of golden light piercing through the darkness.
Another unexpected event had occurred.
Huh, why did he say 'another'?
The Blood Emperor was surprised, yet seemingly not so surprised. It was as if he would feel surprised if something unexpected didn't happen now.
Blue Star was struggling.
The great Lord of the Blood Lake increased his strength. He borrowed a trace of authority through some special means and manipulated the gray mist of the Strange Realm, turning it into an endless hand larger than the world.
What tremendous power was this!
Someday, he too wished to possess such power, the power to manipulate worlds and erase an entire world with ease!
The Blood Emperor believed he had the ability.
However, upon thinking that he had just lost two strands of divinity to Blue Star and would need a long time to recover, his expression darkened, and his eyes were fixed on the scene reflected in the Blood Lake.
He wanted to see Blue Star turned into a river of blood!
Soon!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Blood Lake surged with waves, and the barrier of the entire Blue Star world also trembled, visibly cracking open more and more.
Blue Star's downfall was imminent.
The Blood Emperor quickly transmitted information to beings like the Black Wing Myth and the Flesh and Blood Myth, instructing them to keep a close watch on the few entry and exit points of Blue Star. He wanted that white-robed Blue Star person… to have nowhere to escape!
After doing this, he continued to watch.
The Lord of the Blood Lake also seemed to be angered. After such a long time, he had not managed to erode and break through Blue Star's barrier, and his face was losing its prestige.
He silently chanted the honored name of 'Scarlet Moon' and, in an indescribable manner, leveraged a trace of power from the Strange Realm. The endlessly large, gray-black palm descended once more.
Boom—
Above the Blood Lake, blood waves surged dozens of meters high.
The impact force this time was exceptionally great, this time it was sure to…
“Huh?”
The Lord of the Blood Lake, Philijus, let out a cry of surprise.
This made the Blood Emperor's eyes widen. Could it be that again…?
After the endlessly large, gray-black giant hand descended, it quickly rebounded. In less than a blink of an eye, the giant hand was covered in spiderweb-like cracks, exploded, and the gray streams left behind after its dissipation were quickly annihilated.
As if an invisible wave rippled outwards, the rolling, viscous gray mist was dissipating inch by inch.
What happened?
Before the Blood Emperor's thoughts could continue, the entire Blood Lake shook violently. The reflected image flickered and disappeared. A crack several kilometers long opened in the middle of the lake. After a long while, this narrow, abyss-like crack slowly closed, and the observation image of the Blue Star world reappeared.
The world slowly rotated, emitting wisps of golden light.
Around the world, there were also some gray mists drifting. However, compared to before, it could not be said to be very thin, it could only be said to be almost non-existent.
After hesitating for a while, the Blood Emperor asked,
"Lord of the Blood Lake, what exactly… happened?"
The Lord of the Blood Lake was silent for a while.
His figure was still infinitely tall, his cloak made of Blood Lake, his face blurred.
After a long silence, he said calmly, "Blue Star is not an ordinary world, it is a high-energy world."
"High, high-energy world?"
Worlds had strengths and weaknesses. Most worlds were ordinary worlds, like fireflies compared to the Strange Realm. However, occasionally, one would encounter some special worlds.
Compared to the Strange Realm, such worlds were still insignificant, but the difficulty of conquering them had increased significantly.
Of course, the difficulty of conquering Blue Star had long since soared to the heavens. Yet, he, the Blood Emperor, a dignified veteran high-level existence, who had descended to Blue Star twice, had not even noticed that Blue Star was a high-energy world.
He could only have misjudged.
The noble Lord of the Blood Lake's judgment of Blue Star's observation was bound to be more accurate than his own.
"My Lord, since Blue Star is a high-energy world, it will surely bring greater joy to Mother God if we offer it to her. Should we… next…?"
The Lord of the Blood Lake shook his head.
"Eternal Night is stirring, and that evil god intends to covet Mother God's authority, unaware that Scarlet is eternal…"
"It is time. We, who are bathed in the glorious radiance of the great Mother God, will tear open that monotonous night, seize the authority of the Eternal Night evil god, and spread the glory of the great Scarlet Moon throughout the universe."
"Praise, the great Scarlet Moon~"
"Praise, the great Mother God~"
As for the trivial matter of Blue Star, it was not worth mentioning compared to the evil god 'Lord of the Netherworld of Eternal Night'.
The Blood Emperor understood this very well.
He was somewhat unwilling but did not resist.
"Praise the great Mother God~"
"May the glory of Mother God spread throughout the universe, and may all living beings be bathed in the glorious radiance of the noble and great Scarlet Moon."
As for Blue Star?
They could only mark it and observe it for now.
He could not enter the world of Blue Star, but as long as any Blue Star person dared to appear and enter the Strange Realm, he would let those Blue Star people know what cruelty was.
The war was not over.
Blue Star had a long future ahead.
…
Inside Blue Star, the sublimation was proceeding peacefully and silently.
Even high-level existences could not discern the changes in the world barrier, and the changes within the world were not immediately obvious.
Only,
"The inverted shadow… is shattered?"
"The gray mist seems to have thinned a bit?"
"No, it's not 'seems'!"
Outside the Water Marsh Base City, among the envoy team of the Fallen Star City, several great nobles, who were frowning and contemplating how to persuade the fearless First Prince, suddenly widened their eyes.
The descending inverted shadow suddenly stopped and, after a few seconds, shattered and disappeared.
The dense gray mist, which had almost shrouded the entire mountain forest and city in the distance, also visibly receded, gradually becoming sparse.
It had returned to its original appearance.
No, it seemed even sparser. Was it an illusion?
"It's not an illusion!"
"Sunlight, sunlight is spreading towards us!"
The bearded leader looked up.
Above their heads, it had been covered by dark clouds. Now, they saw the dark clouds retreating inch by inch, and more and more land was bathed in sunlight.
What had happened?
Hadn't Blue Star entered the fourth stage of erosion just now?
Could this thing be reversed?
One perplexing question after another, enough to make one's brain explode, arose in his mind. He was surprised and bewildered.
The great nobles breathed a sigh of relief.
"Regardless of the reason, at least, the crisis seems to have passed."
"Indeed. Your Highness the First Prince, I suggest we return to Water Marsh City to find out what happened."
"Seconded."
"Sec…ond."
Before he could finish speaking, the great noble's expression changed drastically. His entire face turned pale, and his back involuntarily bent, as if he were carrying a mountain on his shoulders.
"This Earl… is a bit… struggling to breathe."
"Who isn't!"
"Could it be that a mythical being has descended? No, it doesn't seem like it?"
The bearded leader frowned. He felt a suppressed, terrifying pressure enveloping him, but it seemed to lack the soul-shattering tremor.
"It's repulsion!"
The First Prince spoke, "The Blue Star world is repelling us, and at the same time, it has suppressed the power of us outsiders. The power I can exert now can only barely reach the non-human level."
"What kind of change has this world undergone?!"
The surprise was not limited to the group from Fallen Star City.
In the Water Marsh Base City, many awakened individuals from the Oases, who could not detect the changes in the world, could sense changes in themselves.
The repulsive force had suddenly increased.
"I…"
"My power!"
An experienced elite from the Oasis, who had entered and exited multiple worlds, discovered with horror that his power was declining. The flow of life energy became sluggish, his hands and feet felt as if they were shackled with heavy weights, and his entire body felt like it was submerged in viscous, high-pressure water.
Every movement required several times, even ten times, the effort.
Not only had his power declined to the second level, or even less than the second level, but he was also so oppressed that he couldn't breathe.
He felt uncomfortable all over.
The White Tower envoy was very uncomfortable, wishing he could escape Blue Star. "Lord Tower Master, what on earth has Blue Star…"
Before he could finish speaking, he noticed that the 'Wealth Tower Master's Avatar,' constructed from light and shadow, was distorting.
Gradually becoming blurry.
The Tower Master's voice also became intermittent.
"Blue Star… is repelling… repelling us."
"It seems to have… resisted the inva…sion again…"
Beep—
This light and shadow avatar distorted to its extreme, then shattered like a bubble with a bang, disappearing completely.
The White Tower envoy tried calling out several times,
"Lord Tower Master…"
"Lord Tower Master…"
He received no response.
He sat down and pondered.
"Lord Tower Master has probably been repelled back. Or, I could pretend to be repelled back? Then I could pass the Blue Star mission to someone else. After all, it's really too difficult to carry out work on Blue Star."
Thinking of this, the White Tower envoy suddenly slumped backward, curled up, twitching, his face turning extremely pale, gasping for breath.
The next moment, gray mist appeared, and his figure gradually faded, disappearing into the mist.
…
Sword Flower City Garrison.
After Blue Star achieved victory, the envoys who had strategically withdrawn previously were dispatched here again, preparing to familiarize themselves with their new duties.
Not long after their arrival, the sky of Blue Star dimmed again.
Dean Rose was startled.
But before long, the sky brightened again. Apart from the inexplicable roar just now, it seemed as if nothing had happened.
There must have been something, Dean Rose was speculating, when her expression changed slightly.
"This is…"
"The world's repulsive force? Blue Star has once again resisted erosion through some means, and this time… it's so strong!"
Her puppet body trembled, her face turning pale then red, her chest heaving unevenly, as if the entire puppet were about to break.
It was not the puppet breaking, but her consciousness was unable to bear it and was about to be expelled.
This feeling…
Dean Rose was no stranger to it. There had been a period some time ago when Blue Star's repulsive force had abruptly increased. However, that increase was not significant, and after arranging some rituals, they had adapted to the increased repulsion.
This time, there was no opportunity for them to adapt.
"Medisa… I'll leave it to you here."
As soon as she finished speaking, the puppet, with a face and figure nine-tenths similar to Dean Rose, fell down straight. The puppet was still warm and breathing, but it would never wake up again.
Dean War Song was in a similar situation. He held on for two seconds longer than Rose, leaving behind a sentence before falling with a thud.
Medisa and the other envoys looked at each other.
No, only Medisa was stunned. The other envoys looked pale, appearing weak and uncomfortable.
Listening to the Dean's words, it seemed to be the world's repulsion and suppression.
But,
Why wasn't she uncomfortable at all?
…
At this moment,
Fallen Star City, Divine Rest Residence.
"Blue Star has undergone another extraordinary change?"
The Protector of Fallen Star, His Excellency the Great Blezmon, stroked his chin, lost in thought.
Since the news of Blue Star repelling the evil god faction had arrived, he had begun to pay attention to this newly formed world – he had no choice but to pay attention. Such a major event, the younger generation dared not make decisions, so he had to pay constant attention.
Its importance had far surpassed the 'strange mythical being' that had suddenly appeared a few days ago, ranking it as the top priority for Fallen Star City's attention.
And at this moment,
The news of the sudden surge in Blue Star's repulsive force also reached his ears at lightning speed.
However, the First Prince and the others could not figure out the reason for the surge in Blue Star's repulsive force. Previously, there had been a phenomenon of greatly increased erosion, but it was now uncertain whether it was the work of the evil god faction.
Perhaps it was a prelude to the surge in repulsive force.
Otherwise, why would the erosion level suddenly skyrocket from 'Stage Three' to 'Stage Four' and then inexplicably retreat back to 'Stage Three'? It was inexplicable.
"Ancestor, what do you think?"
Seeing Blezmon lost in thought for a long time as if asleep, Starler XIII could not help but speak.
"I can't tell."
Blezmon said, "The changes in Blue Star, with the current clues, cannot be sorted out at all."
He paused, appearing somewhat hesitant, then made up his mind, "Once I investigate, I will be able to understand what happened."
After speaking, Blezmon waved his sleeve, sat down, and closed his eyes. After a while, he suddenly opened them.
Wisps of golden light flashed in his pupils.
He was not looking at what was in front of him, but at Blue Star, far beyond the Strange Realm.
He cast his gaze!
A mythical being was observing!
Starler XIII also held his breath, clenching his fists, his heart stirred with excitement every time he saw his ancestor use his mythical power.
This was the greatness of myth!
With a thought, a gaze could observe everything one desired.
Unfortunately, he would never have the chance to become a god in this lifetime…
The great ancestor, His Excellency Blezmon, suddenly trembled as if struck by a heavy blow. The golden-flashing eyes were forced to close, and wisps of golden-red tears flowed down, dripping.
Starler XIII was terrified.
Blezmon sighed, "Blue Star cannot be observed."
… *Big Wind Novel*
…
Within the unobservable Blue Star, Fang You stood at an altitude of ten thousand meters, his white robe fluttering in the wind.
He opened his eyes and observed the outside world.
"The gray mist torrent has retreated. Does this mean that terrifying existence has finally given up?"
"Indeed, after Blue Star's sublimation, the hardness of the world barrier has exceeded imagination. When that giant palm was slammed down, the entire Blue Star did not even shake."
The credit was not solely due to the 'World Strange Stone'; the construction of the large defensive circle also played a significant role.
The two achieved a synergistic effect far greater than the sum of their parts.
But even so, the truly terrifying entity was the one behind the scenes. Even though the opponent had failed, even though Blue Star's barrier was as solid as gold, that infinitely tall crimson silhouette, that power that seemed to be able to toy with the world, deeply shocked him.
"The Strange Realm is indeed vast, and my 'Kindling' is still weak."
"An existence like that might exert force again at any time. The evil god faction is like an arrow hanging over our Blue Star's head. We must develop and grow as quickly as possible to avoid being overtaken by great terror and great crisis!"
Instructor Fang's heart was filled with a sense of urgency. There was not much time left for him.
Fortunately,
With the large defensive circle constructed and the world sublimated, the rear of Blue Star was temporarily stable.
He scanned the world with his gaze, like a mythical being, no, even stronger than a mythical gaze, easily surveying the entire Blue Star. Mountains, plains, and desolate cities all fell within his sight.
Including the people in the base cities, the cultists hidden in the wilderness, and so on, he saw them and found them.
And many cultists were being repelled.
Everything was hidden from Fang You's 'eyes'.
This was the 'Favor of the World', no, this was the 'Authority of the World'. After this, his permissions on Blue Star had greatly increased, almost from administrator to group owner.
He could truly wield the power of the world.
Influencing the climate was a mere thought, and changing the terrain was not difficult.
With Blue Star's current scale, if he were to borrow the 'World Power' and 'Secret Realm Power', he could exert unimaginable formidable strength.
He was almost hesitant to try.
Such power brought a strong sense of security, although it was limited to Blue Star and could at most extend slightly into the shallow layer of the Strange Realm. Venturing into the true Strange Realm was completely impossible.
It was not a pity; one could not be too greedy.
"This strongest trump card has been elevated by at least two or three tiers. I hope that one day… no, I hope it will never be used."
"In addition, with the construction of Blue Star's defensive circle and the increase in its scale, the Kindling Secret Realm, rooted on Blue Star, has also benefited greatly. The entire secret realm is rapidly expanding and is expected to break through to Lv5."
Of course, with such a significant increase, this process would take at least a few days, and there was still time to wait.
Blue Star's sublimation was also ongoing. The world barrier was still slowly improving, and the changes within the world had to be slow and peaceful, a process that might take tens or hundreds of days, although it would be faster at the beginning and slower later.
"There are still some minor cracks on Blue Star's barrier, and the erosion level is still in the 'Gray Mist Tide' period of the third stage. After all, no matter how Blue Star sublimates, its scale is still far inferior to the Strange Realm, and erosion had already occurred previously. The large defensive circle could block erosion but could not reverse it."
"This may not be a bad thing; to resist mystery, one can only use mystery."
"Blue Star's development is now inseparable from mystery, even from the strange and evil."
He could see that strange and evil creatures were still being born in the gray mist area at a speed not much slower than before.
What was different was,
Previously, there were only sixteen Dawn Zones on the map, and they covered a small area, equivalent to a large city. Now, he could see the Dawn Zones pushing forward inch by inch.
The area expanded, and the base cities could also be expanded, no longer so crowded.
And,
"Outside the Dawn Zones, some areas have become thinner in gray mist, and the dark clouds no longer constantly shroud them. Occasionally, sunlight can appear. These areas range from small ones of about tens of thousands of square kilometers to large ones of two to three hundred thousand square kilometers!"
Fang You surveyed the world and found a total of 36 such areas.
After further observation and testing,
He concluded that these areas had strange and evil creatures breeding, and they were not safe enough, but the frequency and level of strange and evil creatures appearing were far lower than in the areas shrouded in dark clouds.
Fang You named these areas 'Low-Risk Zones'!
'Dawn Zones' could be inhabited by residents and were the safest havens.
'Low-Risk Zones' could be utilized to solve the current land shortage and create sufficient value.
'Gray Mist Zones' could be used to hunt strange and evil creatures, train warriors, and obtain fate points.
"The affairs on Blue Star will be handled by others."
"The next strategic focus will be on the stars and the Strange Realm."
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(End of Volume 3)