Chapter 677 - 222: Barbaric Beast Graveyard, Betting Agreement, the Possibility of a Direct Path to the Stellar Level! Caesar

Chapter 677: Chapter 222: Barbaric Beast Graveyard, Betting Agreement, the Possibility of a Direct Path to the Stellar Level! Caesar

"Present, Master."

A stream of blue data flashed across the power armor’s HUD, and Hammer’s voice sounded.

"Command received. Searching... Targets Lang Qi and Wolf Ten also chose to enter the Library Planet shortly after you departed from the Sorcery Library. No new location updates at this time."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Qin Feng narrowed his eyes and muttered to himself, "Those guys are pretty smart."

Once inside the Sorcery Library, a special Trial Planet, one entered a unique region protected by the highest laws.

There, no external methods could interfere. Even if someone were to charge in directly, they wouldn’t end up in the same location.

The idea of hunting them down flashed through his mind for a moment before Qin Feng decisively extinguished it.

Wasting a huge amount of time waiting outside the Sorcery Library for the insignificant Lang Qi would be an incredibly foolish act.

His thoughts raced, elevating to the macroscopic strategic level of the entire war zone as he began to re-evaluate the current situational changes.

"The Sorcery Library..."

Qin Feng’s gaze fell upon the planet once more, a grave look in his eyes.

To him, the appearance of this planet was a true double-edged sword.

On one hand, the immense Mental Power pressure and data streams it contained made it the perfect Trial Ground to help River Realm Martial Artists break through to the Infinite Sea.

He himself had benefited from this, allowing him to reach the planetary-level Infinite Sea so smoothly.

But on the other hand, this opportunity was not his alone to enjoy.

"Cang, Flame Crow, Leng Yu, Mobi..."

One by one, names ranked high on the Combat Power charts lit up in his mind like stars.

Every one of them was a top-tier prodigy cultivated by a major Warband, holding the legacy of a Sealing King, their foundations unfathomably deep.

’The rules of the Library Planet are open and transparent. Its internal pressure gradients and data stream intensity are tailor-made for experts at the River Realm, providing a direct path to the Infinite Sea. You could say that the only hard requirement for passing the ninth planet is for one’s Mental Power cultivation to reach the Infinite Sea realm.’

’Cang... As the former number one on the list for Galaxy 117, his cultivation was already above mine before I seized the Hive Mind Core. He was probably not far from the Infinite Sea even then.

After I took the Constant Star-level Resources from him, Cang went on to plunder a massive amount of other resources.

I was able to complete the library’s path in just over a decade thanks to my Nourishing Technique and my own aptitude. His starting cultivation level was similar to mine, and I suspect the Emperor’s Son Battle Group also has a Nourishing Technique. It might not be as good as the Ten-Complete Hand, but it probably isn’t far behind.

Entering the Sorcery Library now is like adding the finishing touch for him. I estimate he’ll successfully emerge from his training and reach the Infinite Sea in five years at most—maybe even just three. He’ll only be three to five years behind me. The Sorcery Library is truly a massive opportunity.’

’Flame Crow, Mobi, and the others are slightly behind Cang in terms of cultivation and aptitude, but they are by no means weak. The gap is minuscule.

They will most likely break through within ten years as well.’

’As for the top experts from other galaxies, they’ll only be faster, not slower.’

Having made his assessment, Qin Feng slowly clenched his fists. The force caused his knuckles to emit a faint CRACKLE, which was clearly audible as it transmitted through the internal structure of his power armor in the silent vacuum of space.

An invisible, heavy pressure, like a slowly collapsing star, weighed down on his heart.

"I need to hurry up..."

He muttered to himself, "The appearance of the Library Planet means the resource advantage I worked so hard to establish with the Hive Mind Core is being rapidly erased."

It was a very delicate situation.

The Sorcery Library was like a "universally accessible" super-opportunity, open to all top-tier geniuses.

It had lowered the barrier to advancing to the Infinite Sea, transforming it from a process requiring long periods of arduous cultivation, the accumulation of massive resources, and ethereal luck into a relatively clear "assembly line" with predictable results.

The Library Planet raised the minimum standard for all top-tier Combat Power.

Qin Feng recalled his breathtaking struggle against Cang.

On the planet Heart of Rot, despite his cultivation being far inferior to his opponent’s, he had relied on calculation and patience far exceeding Cang’s to snatch food from the tiger’s mouth, forcibly seizing the victory-clinching Constant Star-level opportunity, the [Hive Mind Core], right from Cang’s hands.

It was this core resource that allowed him to ascend in a single leap. After fifty years in seclusion, his cultivation soared from the initial stage of the River Realm to match Cang’s, even surpassing him in total Mental Power. This was what gave him the absolute power to later descend upon the Sorcery Library and instantly kill Lang Qi and the others.

His original plan had been to use this advantage to continue seeking the next Constant Star-level opportunity, and the one after that, snowballing his lead until the gap between him and all the other geniuses became an insurmountable chasm that no one could cross.

But the appearance of the Sorcery Library had disrupted his rhythm.

It gave people like Cang a shortcut to bypass the "top-tier resource barrier," allowing them to quickly catch up to him in terms of realm.

’We’re almost back at the same starting line again.’

Qin Feng’s gaze grew deeper.

He clearly understood that once everyone was standing on the same planetary-level finish line of the Infinite Sea, victory would no longer be decided by one’s realm alone. It would come down to other, deeper factors—for instance, who could construct their Indestructible Projection faster and more stably.