Chapter 746 - 716: Tacit Understanding (Part 1)

"Is it finally coming to an end?" Lin Xinghai murmured, sighing in relief.

In truth, humanity was largely powerless in this war.

They could only defend passively. The initiative had always been in the hands of the Abyssal Plane. The enemy could attack relentlessly, day and night, until humanity collapsed or was forced to seal the Abyssal Passage with conventional weaponry.

After all, humanity’s strongest fighters were at the Divine Demon Realm, but to the Abyssal Plane, even Mutated Zombies were just a slightly more powerful type of soldier.

Humanity had no idea how many of these soldiers the Abyssal Plane possessed. But considering the number of the Optimized among humans, one could probably guess at the sheer number of Mutated Zombies on their side.

The core of the Abyssal Plane was the 108 Royal Families, and those races were terrifying. Even a handful of them crossing over would be enough to put all of humanity on high alert.

If they deployed a fully-formed army, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Lin Xinghai shook his head, pushing the thoughts aside. At least the powerhouses from the Abyssal Plane were currently restricted by the Heaven and Earth Rule and couldn’t cross over. Worrying about it was just asking for trouble.

What he needed to do now was get stronger as quickly as possible. With that in mind, he opened his system panel and examined it closely.

Host: Lin Xinghai

Physique: 1430 points

Power: 1430 points

Speed: 1430 points

Perception Range: 10,000 meters

Blood Qi Power (Self): 25,583 points

Realm: Peak of Marrow Tempering Realm

Blood Qi Power (System): 500,000 points

Thunder Divine Body (Marrow Tempering Realm): Progress 100%

Superpower: Time Acceleration (Can accelerate time by 10x)

Special Physique: Thunder Control Physique (Thunder Energy Attack increased by 100%, Thunder Energy Control Level increased by 100%)

Thunder God Spear (Minor Success): Proficiency 100%

Thunderbolt Step (Great Success): Proficiency 100%

Wind and Thunder Spear Technique (Great Success): Proficiency 100%

Phantom Body Technique (Perfection): Proficiency 100%

High Level Shooting Skill: Proficiency 100%

The biggest changes on the system panel were undoubtedly his Blood Qi Power and Perception Power.

The increase in his Blood Qi Power was self-explanatory.

As for his Perception Power, when Lin Xinghai broke through to the Peak of the Marrow Tempering Realm, his Perception Range had only been 6,000 meters.

However, as he began to break his limits and continuously raise his Blood Qi Power cap, a bonus came along with it, just as it had in the Blood Qi Realm.

For every 1,000-point threshold of Blood Qi Power he broke through, his Perception Range increased by 100 meters. And when he crossed a 10,000-point milestone, it increased by a full 1,000 meters.

His initial Blood Qi Power was only 3,833 points, and now it was 25,583. Counting by thousand-point milestones, he had triggered the increase a total of 22 times.

Among these, 20 were standard "thousand-point" increases, adding 100 meters to his Perception Range each time, while two were "ten-thousand-point" milestones, adding 1,000 meters each.

Adding it all up, this resulted in a total increase of exactly 4,000 meters to his Perception Range, bringing it to a perfect 10,000 meters.

This level of Perception Power was already comparable to that of a typical expert at the Early Stage of the Divine Demon Realm.

The leap in power was so dramatic that it was even more astounding than the growth in his Blood Qi Power.

After all, someone at the Early Stage of the Divine Demon Realm possessed 50,000 points of Blood Qi Power; he only had about half that amount.

Yet his Perception Power had already reached the level of the Divine Demon Realm.

Furthermore, his Blood Qi Power was the result of steady, hard work, breaking his limits step-by-step ever since he was one of the Optimized.

But his Perception Power...

Aside from this latest 4,000-meter increase, which he had gained by raising his Blood Qi Power, all his previous boosts in Perception had been completely inexplicable.

The sheer scale of the improvements was so great that it even made him a little uneasy.

"Alright, let’s head back and rest," Zuo Wenyao said with a satisfied tone, rolling his shoulders.

Lin Xinghai wasn’t the only one who had made huge gains that night; he and Chen Yushi had as well.

They were likely the fastest among the Divine Demon Realm experts to have re-cultivated their Marrow Tempering Realm.

They had completely finished re-cultivating the Marrow Tempering Realm. All that was left was to infuse their internal organs with Blood Qi Power to increase their total reserves.

Of course, since they were at the Divine Demon Realm, their internal organs were far more powerful than those of Lin Xinghai, who was still in the Marrow Tempering Realm. Therefore, the cap on the Blood Qi Power they could contain would also be much higher.

They wouldn’t be able to raise their Blood Qi Power to its limit in a short time; it was destined to be a slow, gradual process.

Of course, with the powerful physiques of the Divine Demon Realm, even without Blood Bags, they could take more potent Elixirs to rapidly increase their total Blood Qi Power. It would probably take one or two months at most to completely fill their internal organs.

And frankly, one or two months wasn’t a long time at all—unless you were comparing them to Lin Xinghai. It was a short period not just for Divine Demon Realm experts, but even for Martial Artists at the Blood Qi Realm.

After Zuo Wenyao spoke, the trio quickly headed back toward the forward operating base.

...

「Ten minutes earlier.」

At the Abyssal Passage, a group of Divine Demon Realm experts had just finished off another wave of Mutated Zombies that poured out of the gateway.

Every Divine Demon Realm expert standing there was wounded to some degree, and their auras had weakened, but their eyes were all shining with vigor.

An hour ago, they had worked together to repel the enemy’s most ferocious assault yet. They soon discovered that afterward, the frequency of Mutated Zombies emerging from the Abyssal Plane began to drop.

That attack had been incredibly perilous. In addition to four Armored Corpses, three Shadow Demons and three Succubi had been teleported through.

The power of the Shadow Demons was self-evident. As soon as they appeared, one was immediately restrained by Huo Feiteng’s Superpower, but the other two swiftly began their hunt, using their Shifting Form and Shadow and Vaporization abilities.

This immediately resulted in the death of one Divine Demon Realm expert and the severe injury of another.

Furthermore, the three Succubi were also terrifying. The Succubus Race was somewhat akin to the fox spirits of legend; they looked almost identical to humans, appearing as delicate and alluring women.

Of course, compared to other Abyssal Creatures, the bodies of the Charm Race were indeed frail. However, they possessed a Talent Ability that distorted perception. If one’s own Perception Power wasn’t high enough, it was impossible to even see their true location, making it similar to Invisibility.

They also possessed active abilities like charm and Spiritual Shock. Just three Succubi were able to instantly stun or charm more than a dozen Divine Demon Realm experts.

That battle fully revealed the terrifying power of the 108 Royal Families. But in the end, humanity still won, achieving victory at the cost of two deaths and eighteen severe injuries.