Chapter 359 - 3: Phase Three: Strong vs. Weak Confrontation

Chapter 359: Chapter 3: Phase Three: Strong vs. Weak Confrontation

On this day, the entire continent experienced a distinct yet slight tremor that lasted for several minutes.

When the tremor stopped, the void at the northern edge of the World Tree Territory vanished, replaced by vast expanses of mountains and land.

At that moment, inside the Lord’s Mansion, Lin Yu appeared once more.

Within the Core, Lin Yu’s doppelganger opened its eyes, breaking free from its fused state with the World Tree. It stepped out from the Core and merged into Lin Yu’s body.

"I..."

A fierce, expanding pain erupted in Lin Yu’s mind, momentarily blanking his thoughts. He felt like a balloon filled past its capacity, ready to explode at any moment.

After a while, Lin Yu’s mind finally recovered. With a little thought, he understood his situation.

His doppelganger had grown immensely over the past few days through its deep fusion with the World Tree.

Now that it had been recalled, even though the main body’s soul had also been strengthened during this time, it was nowhere near as powerful as the doppelganger’s. Shoving the doppelganger’s soul into the main body’s soul had instantly stretched the latter to its limits.

Fortunately, the two were fundamentally one and the same. The doppelganger’s soul continuously merged with the main body, mending the soul fissures caused by the overstretching while simultaneously strengthening the main body’s soul.

Lin Yu felt that he just needed to wait quietly for a few days for the doppelganger’s soul to fully integrate with his own. After that, there would be no more issues.

However, this stage was all about war. In a matter of days, who could say what might happen?

He couldn’t afford to wait that long.

So, Lin Yu struggled to walk over to the Core and merged with it.

The moment Lin Yu once again entered a state of deep fusion with the World Tree, the expanding pain vanished instantly. With the World Tree’s help, the fusion speed between the doppelganger and the main body increased dramatically.

A few minutes later, Lin Yu broke free from the fusion state again and reappeared in the Lord’s Mansion.

He looked at his surroundings, sensing everything around him.

Everything seemed to have changed. The hidden truth of the world had suddenly revealed its true face to him.

"Whoa—this feeling, this texture..."

At this moment, Lin Yu felt like someone with ten-thousand-degree myopia who had suddenly regained perfect vision. The entire world transformed from a black-and-white pixelated landscape into a vibrant, 32K ultra-high-definition world.

The world was so clear, the colors so brilliant, and the various types of Spiritual Energy in the air so lovely.

He reached out and made a grasping motion with his hand. A mote of pure Spiritual Energy appeared in his palm. It then transformed into the Water Element, wind element, fire element... and finally reverted back to Spiritual Energy. When he opened his hand, the point of light quietly vanished into the air.

In that moment, he hadn’t used any manipulation techniques. With just a thought, the Spiritual Energy manifested in his hand. Afterward, it changed according to his will. In other words, as long as he wished it, he could freely transform that Spiritual Energy into any element he desired.

Then, Lin Yu’s perception easily passed through the Lord’s Mansion, spreading throughout the entire territory without relying on the World Tree.

Without focusing on details, he could easily perceive the general situation of the entire territory.

If he wanted to perceive things in detail, Lin Yu could cover half of the entire territory’s area.

Moreover, he knew that if he sent out his doppelganger, his main body would only be able to perceive a quarter of the territory. However, if the doppelganger fused deeply with the World Tree and provided assistance, their combined perception could cover three-quarters of the territory.

All of this was thanks to his doppelganger’s continuous state of deep fusion with the World Tree during this period. Together, they had been absorbing Chaos Energy from the outside world and converting it into new land for the territory.

Converting this new land fed power back, continuously strengthening the World Tree’s Soul Power. And as it was deeply fused with the World Tree, the doppelganger’s soul was strengthened alongside it.

Before merging with the main body, the doppelganger’s soul was already nearly on par with the World Tree in terms of strength.

Furthermore, in the process of growing stronger with the World Tree, the very essence of Lin Yu’s doppelganger’s soul was gradually assimilated by the World Tree, slowly reaching its level.

Although it wasn’t a perfect match yet, it was close enough. It was like a miniature World Tree soul, comparable to the World Tree when it had just entered its second stage.

In other words, Lin Yu’s soul had now reached the Mythic tier. Unfortunately, his body had only reached the Excellent-tier Hero Template. Otherwise, he would have ascended on the spot. Why even bother with some Lord’s Contest? He’d just take the World Tree and go solo.

After scanning the entire territory, Lin Yu withdrew his perception.

Suddenly, he felt a tremor in his soul. A soul communication was repeatedly knocking on the outside of it.

After his soul had reached the Mythic grade, it had spontaneously formed a protective barrier, and this kind of unannounced communication couldn’t enter directly.

However, Lin Yu felt a strange sense of familiarity from that soul communication.

Considering he was in the middle of the Lord’s Contest, Lin Yu thought for a moment before opening a small gap in the barrier.

The soul communication entered his soul and immediately began to broadcast its message.

[Welcome back to the Lord’s Contest!]

[The 40,410,086th Cosmos-wide Lord’s Hegemony Contest for Intelligent Civilizations, Third Stage, has officially begun!]

[By a vote of the Contest Organizing Committee, Sector 123456 will adopt a special rule: Strong vs. Weak Confrontation.]

[Type-789 Human Race territories will be located in the center of the continent formed by the merger. You will face the attacks of three other races.]