Global Lords: My Species Can Mutate - Chapter 386 - 383: Origin Crystal

It’s not that Lin You didn’t want to grab more things.

But because the size of the War Fortress was too gigantic, each treasure was dozens or even hundreds of meters apart.

Grabbing one more, and you can forget about escaping.

So he could only focus on the treasure that seemed most likely to be valuable and make a direct move to snatch it.

But even so.

When he rushed forward and put the item into his personal space, the Tier Nine Lords nearby had already caught up, faster than the Demon Emperor Dragon.

Each wore a chilling expression, their eyes filled with intense killing intent.

“Put it down, and I’ll spare your life!”

“Chase him! Get the item in his hand!”

“You can’t run away, block him!”

The shouts burst forth from the mouths of the Tier Nine Lords.

They actually gave up on the remaining treasures and all rode on their flying species to chase after Lin You.

Lin You was shocked within, realizing that he had indeed snatched the item most concerning to the Tier Nine Lords.

Without daring to hesitate, he immediately had the Demon Emperor Dragon activate the Rapid Shadow skill, abruptly boosting its speed by 50%.

Seeing this, those Tier Nine Lords similarly used various acceleration skills and relentlessly pursued him.

Their speed did not lose out at all to the Demon Emperor Dragon in its peak state.

In fact, there was even a trend of gradually closing the gap!

The Tier Nine Lords were indeed terrifying.

Casually displaying acceleration methods that other lords rarely possess.

This kind of foundation wasn’t something Tier Eight Lords could compare to.

In just a moment, the fastest of them had already caught up behind Lin You, gathering energy with their species and launching a fierce attack.

“Quick, dodge!”

With a loud shout from Lin You, the Demon Emperor Dragon performed a winged maneuver in the air, narrowly avoiding the attacks before accelerating to flee.

High up in the sky, an intense scene of dire escape unfolded.

In the blink of an eye, all the Tier Nine Lords swept out of the plaza, disappearing into the layers of mechanical high-rises.

Lin You realized.

He had indeed underestimated the allure of that item to the Tier Nine Lords.

Seeing the large silhouettes persistently chasing from behind, and with the Rapid Shadow effect of the Demon Emperor Dragon about to wear off.

Without hesitating, he immediately summoned the Demon Queen Dragon, flipping onto its back.

Rapid Shadow skill, activate!

The speed that had just slowed down was raised once more, leaving those lords behind; at the same time, the Demon Emperor Dragon was retracted back to the Territory.

Clearly, the Tier Nine Lords had not anticipated that Lin You would have such a trick; after the acceleration effect passed, their speed slowed instantly.

When they wanted to activate a second acceleration skill to catch up.

They found the sky suddenly filled with countless blood-colored dandelions, obscuring their vision and attaching to both them and their species.

“Petty tricks, burn them all!”

A Lord of the Flame Type snorted coldly, and the Flaming Wind Serpent beside him spewed out flames, burning all the dandelions away.

And the Wind Serpent he rode suddenly accelerated, charging out of the Flame Zone to pursue Lin You again.

The other lords were not slow either.

They quickly shrugged off the dandelion harassment and followed closely.

Unexpectedly.

Masses of mushrooms suddenly arced through the air in their path.

“BOOM——”

A deafening explosion shook the entire sky violently.

The terrifying power of the explosion transformed into shockwaves, engulfing all the pursuing lords, driving them back.

It was the Explosive Mushroom with double the power enhancement from the Mushroom Demon King!

Even the strong Tier Nine Lords suffered significant injuries under the unguarded attack from the Mushroom Demon King.

Lin You managed to escape pursuit, quickly vanishing into a cluster of buildings.

“Damn it! He got away!”

The numerous Tier Nine Lords wore sullen expressions, looking in the direction where Lin You had disappeared.

For a mere Tier Eight Lord to have so many moves.

Escaping pursuit was one thing, but also causing them to suffer numerous losses was nothing short of an utter humiliation.

But since it was a done deal, there wasn’t much they could do.

After an unsuccessful search, they each turned away, flying towards the locations of other Main Brain Cores, preparing to seize the remaining treasures.

“Lin You, huh?”

In the sky, Zhang Guan, also a Lord of the Primordial Realm, muttered to himself, his eyes deep in thought.

It seemed he was contemplating something.

Earlier in the square, he hadn’t paid much attention, but he had heard quite a bit about Lin You.

After taking a deep look in the direction where Lin You had disappeared, he finally turned away, swiftly heading towards another Main Brain Core’s location.

Thus.

An exhilarating aerial chase finally came to an end.

After all the lords had left, more than ten minutes later.

In a corridor of a hidden building a few kilometers away, the hiding Lin You finally emerged, letting out a long breath.

“They finally left.”

Murmuring, he slumped against the wall, sliding to sit on the ground, his chest heaving violently.

If not for his quick reactions, switching species, and using the species skills to harass, he might have already been caught by those Tier Nine Lords.

By then, no matter how unwilling he was, he would have had to use Random Teleportation to escape, or hand over the treasure to save his life.

But neither option was a choice he wanted to make unless it was the very last resort.

Random teleportation within the Demon Plane is perilously dangerous.

Once teleported to deeper regions, encountering demons above Tier Nine, he would be walking to his death.

And handing over the treasure was even less of an option.

It was something he had painstakingly managed to snatch, how could he easily let it go?

He could only hope this item was worth all his troubles.

Thinking of this, Lin You took a deep breath and retrieved the item he had snatched from his personal space.

“Hmm? This is…”

Looking at the dark blue rhombus crystal in his hand, Lin You was stunned.

His gaze was filled with deep astonishment.

[Artifact: Origin Crystal]

[Grade: Rare]

[Effect: Uses increase the upper limit of the origin space by 100 meters.]

[Introduction: A crystal formed by the Power of Origin, used to enhance the potential of the origin space.]

That’s right.

It is precisely to enhance the range of the origin space!

Lin You was completely shocked.

He never expected that the treasure making the Tier Nine Lords so fervent would turn out to be something like this.

Combining the information he had previously learned about Tier Nine ascending to Tier Ten, he finally had an epiphany.

It turns out.

The reason the Tier Nine Lords are so frantic is to obtain this Origin Crystal and increase the upper limit of the origin space.

An increased upper limit represents an enhancement of territorial sacred artifacts and racial talents.

After reaching a certain level of accumulation, it might just be possible to single-handedly slay the lowest-level Tier Ten demon, rising successfully to Tier Ten!

At this moment.

Many of Lin You’s doubts were finally connected, giving him a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

By comparison.

His origin space being twice that of other lords is indeed a significant advantage.

It’s only because he hasn’t ascended to Tier Nine that it hasn’t fully manifested.

No wonder Tier Nine Lords are rarely seen; they must be going deep into the plane to hunt Lord Demons.

Such a precious item, coveted by Tier Nine Lords, he dared not carry it with him, and selling it was even less possible.

So after a moment’s hesitation, he opted to use it directly.

[Confirm the use of the artifact “Origin Crystal”?]

“Yes.”

With the word, the dark blue crystal in his hand turned into light, merging into his body, then a warm flow spread throughout.

Lin You quickly opened the origin interface to check.

[Origin: World Tree]

[Category: Plant Type]

[Level: Tier Eight (1206/2100)]

[Range: 1206 meters]

[Sacred Artifact Effect: 37%/18%]

[Talent Effect: 9%]

[Abilities: Soul Domain, Racial Talent (Aura), Summoning Space]

[Introduction: Condensed from spirit, when grown to a certain extent, it can evolve a realm, requiring nourishment from the Power of Origin.]

Previously, Lin You’s origin space was only a thousand meters.

The additional two hundred meter range was accumulated from killing leaders and Lord Demons during demon riots.

As he had expected.

Beyond the thousand-meter boundary, the effects of sacred artifacts and racial talents continue to enhance.

Though not much, it’s still a solid advantage compared to lords of the same level.

And the Origin Crystal just now increased his upper limit by a full 100 meters.

“Good stuff.”

Lin You couldn’t help but praise it.

Unfortunately, his current strength is lacking, unable to reach deeper places to hunt Tier Nine Lord Demons, or he would raise the upper limit to 10,000 meters.

By then, the effect boosts would undoubtedly be terrifying.

Thinking thus, he finally understood where those Tier Nine veterans were strong.

Accumulated over decades or hundreds of years, those veterans’ origin spaces must be extremely formidable.

Though not reaching the exaggerated Tier Ten level, they can’t be matched by newly ascended lords.

No wonder the chief examiner of Moonlight Kingdom once said, ascending to Tier Nine is seeking death.

If one’s luck is bad, newly ascending and being randomly teleported to the forefront of the battlefield of Ten Thousand Realms, it truly is a perilous situation.

“Forget it, better return to the control center for now.”

Now, with many Tier Nine Lords converging within the Mechanical Empire, staying outside is too dangerous.

Lin You dared not linger.

After observing the surroundings’ movements for a while, he immediately rode the Demon Emperor Dragon towards the control center, planning to come out after the task concluded.

According to the earlier task description, there were a total of four main brain cores.

Though he only participated in one battle, he succeeded in capturing the main brain core kill, logically having a significant contribution.

It made him quite expectant of what reward he might receive.

Thus, approaching noon, when he reached the control center.

A series of prompts finally sounded in the minds of all the participating lords.

[Lords, please take note: the main brain cores have all been annihilated.]

[Event task “Battle for Order” completed to perfection, Mechanical Empire’s order restored.]

[Contribution statistics ongoing, rewards being randomly distributed…]

With the task’s conclusion, many lords promptly received personal notices, successfully obtaining task rewards.

“Haha, awesome, I only poked around a bit and got 3,000 points of faith.”

“Same for me! This much Power of Faith would take me at least 100 days to accumulate, such a profit.”

“Damn! Came late, if I knew, I wouldn’t have bothered with the Secret Realm.”

“Only poked around and got so much faith? Damn, should have come over swiftly.”

The entire control center was noisy, some joyful, some distressed.

Those fearing danger or who missed it entirely were full of regret, enviously watching others receive task rewards.

After all, who would have thought this task would be so generous?

3,000 points of Power of Faith, enough for many lords to accumulate over several months.

Even though Lin You now had the Dominator’s Certificate to double faith acquisition, it would take about a month to amass it.

This task reward essentially saved him a whole month’s time.

But what most delighted him was the next prompt.