Astral Ants

The Tubber completed its final space jump, traveling at sublight speed and approaching the Octagon star system.

"what--"

Longbai woke up in shock.

"Ok?"

In the living room, Xia Li, who was in a semi-dormant state, woke up.

"Nothing, the sun and moon are sensing each other, Molan is here too."

"Oh! Chief Molan's white crystal fruit is about to mature, right? He must be here to get the law fruit."

"It must be."

Long Bai and Xia Li simultaneously opened their StarNet accounts to check: [Time: 78th Epoch - 194th Yuan - 537th Year]

According to the agreement, the white crystal fruit will not arrive for another sixty or seventy years.

"Molan should be playing in the virtual universe, let's go there directly."

...

...

Virtual universe, Black Thorn Tower.

Molan was extremely busy, constantly switching venues and examining each fighter's challenge situation.

The challenge is over, comment on them, analyze them, and give them guidance.

I am very busy.
In front, two rows of characters pop up in the upper left corner:

[Your friend Longbai is online]

[Your friend Longbai has sent you a random scene, unlimited duel challenge. Do you want to accept the challenge?]

"Why are the ants here?"

"Hey!"

“This is outrageous!”

Molan decisively accepted the challenge.

Random space battle scenes,

A dark space without the Force and without matter.

Long Bai and Mo Lan appeared at the same time, with a speechless butterfly shadow floating beside them: the audience Xia Li.

"My Lord? Where have you been? The Chamber of Commerce has many serious matters waiting for you to deal with. How did you get mixed up with Xia Li?"

"I traveled through the world of life, leaving traces behind, feeling the nature, and comprehending my true self. When I passed by the Baiyanshu star system, I unexpectedly sensed a special power..."

Long Bai briefly recounted his experiences over the past eight hundred years, and then asked with a serious expression:

"How is the progress, President Bai Wei?"

"It has successfully cultivated the power of reincarnation and rebirth, reaching a state where it can still be reborn with the help of life seeds even if its body and soul are destroyed. It did not stay for long, but directly evolved, and then drove my Little Longbai to the Lizhu Star System for a trade. The Star Spider travels at 1200 times the speed of light, and can save 1000 years in one round trip."

"it is good--"

Long Bai praised loudly, then changed his tone and asked:
"Mantis, why don't you stay at Xianglan Mountain and come out to play? How long have you been out?"

"Play? I'm busy. I calculated the time and brought the little warrior over for the test! And I'll get my white crystal fruit while I'm at it."

Molan tilted her head and glanced sideways.

"Ant, are you deliberately looking for trouble? Just because you have realized a powerful ability, you are so arrogant that you don't know your own limitations?"

"No! I have always been modest and tolerant. It's just a routine inquiry. Mantis, you are too sensitive."

"Why do you look weird to me? Where's the blue ring on your abdomen?"

"My water talent comes from the Creator Civilization. I frequently adjust my bloodline and eliminate the influence of the power of the external civilization on me."

"Oh--"

"Oh! It was ugly to begin with, and now it's even worse."

"Come on. I'll stand still. I'll see what you can do."

"Come on. I'll stand still too. Try to attack me."

"..."

In the darkness of deep space, the two insects were three kilometers apart and were being polite to each other.

While being polite,
White energy rises from the surface of the dragon cypress...

A beam of bright light flashed by, and with a powerful particle energy impact, Longbai was blown away.

"what!"

Molan was surprised.

I originally planned to take advantage of Longbai's unpreparedness and kill it in one move, turning it back to its original form.

——Without a complete defense, he actually blocked his own powerful attack!
——That so-called "Elemental Force" is really powerful!

Molan put away her disdain, straightened her attitude, and flapped her four wings. The power of the Great Molan was activated, and light burst forth. Then came the ten-colored giant mantis with a body length of forty to fifty kilometers.

Between the four wings, tens of thousands of eye-shaped oval spots in dark blue, orange-red, and bright purple were shining brilliantly, and countless spots of light containing destructive power shot out like raindrops.

Long Bai had no foresight in the battle and just hovered in the same place, with white light surging from his body as he withstood the oncoming attack.

Molan was surprised again.

Under such high-density, high-intensity continuous attacks, even the surface energy defense could not be broken.

Their defensive power exceeds that of Qingyuan and Shixia from the Gui Locust Tribe.

Molan is getting stronger.

The ten-colored giant mantis spread its wings wide, stood up, and its front legs and tentacles spread out in a strange posture.

Suddenly, the original energy surged out.

Two incandescent light beams entwined and rotated as they rushed forward, while six light beams of different colors revolved around the straight light beams and accompanied them as they rushed forward.

at the same time,

Longbai also used his abilities. His six legs, tentacles, and membranous wings, as well as his twelve white tentacles, extended and expanded, quickly transforming into a white translucent ocean with a diameter of more than thirty kilometers.

Molan's full-strength attack hit in a straight line, intertwining and entwining, colorful light shot out, easily piercing through the white infinite sea, the high-speed rotating light column and colorful light beam collapsed instantly, converging into a white dot.

The space then twisted and collapsed, swallowing up the white ocean, followed by a violent white light like a supernova explosion, a jet of matter impacting at superluminal speed, and a gamma-ray burst.

The entire attack was completed in one hundred thousandth of a second.

The newly formed white infinite sea was swallowed by the white hole and torn apart and annihilated by the power of the supernova explosion.

"!!!"

"not dead!"

Molan was shocked and alert.

In a virtual universe battle, if you die, the system will immediately prompt you.

Not dead!

After the Daylight Sea Arena Battle was over, Molan stopped practicing his abilities on the surface, but secretly, he had been using his super brain abilities to assist in continuous deduction and optimization and improvement of his abilities.

The attack just now was the result of more than ten thousand years of hard work. It was a powerful attack that was enough to kill Qing Yuan and Shi Xia.

The expanding space regains stability,
The flow of matter scattered by the explosion seemed to be pulled by some invisible force, rapidly slowing down, converging, and gathering.

In the dark space ahead, there is a dim white light, forming a crescent-shaped light band thousands of kilometers long.

The light bands quickly converged and condensed, turning into a white ocean with a diameter of forty to fifty kilometers. After suffering such a powerful blow, it not only did not weaken, but became even stronger than before.

"Mantis, do you have any other tricks? Use them quickly. I'm going to fight back."

Long Bai's provocative mental power came.

"..."

Can the ants fight back?
Molan was shocked and angry.

The giant mantis's body was filled with surging energy, and its body color changed to a single white. It flapped its wings, and white light rained down from the sky.

The attack hit the white ocean, splashing up a cloud of white smoke.

It was designed with great care to specifically restrain the power of the Sinking Sea, but with little success.

The color of the giant mantis's body changed again, turning into red. It flapped its wings, and countless spherical red lightning shot out, hitting the white ocean and exploding, turning into flowing fire thunder.

Another cloud of white smoke rose up, and the effect was even worse.

Molan recognized the situation.

This move of the ant still uses water as a carrier, but the ability restraining effect is no longer obvious.

"Mantis, you have no more tricks?"

"Suffer to death!"

Long Bai also confirmed that Molan's attack was not enough to kill him.

Then it can only be a draw or a win!

Long Bai was filled with confidence and shouted arrogantly, and the white Wuji Sea he controlled became a giant ant, flapping its wings and approaching.

Molan was shocked.

A powerful force hit the giant mantis that he was controlling, with the ability of "sea beast devouring" that brought with it the power of death.

Feel carefully.

What a sinister ant!

On the surface, he is just shouting there, bluffing, and attracting attention.

In secret, at some point, hundreds of millions of small flying ants, two or three centimeters long, completely transparent, invisible, and undetectable by mental power, were released for a sneak attack.

These flying ants covered the giant mantis's body and were biting it hard.

"Ants!"

Mo Lan was furious. Ten-colored light flowed on the giant mantis's body. A strange energy flowed through it. The transparent flying ants attached to its body instantly disintegrated and were absorbed by the ten-colored giant mantis and became a part of itself.

"..."

The ferocious, threatening white giant ant was stunned and quickly retreated.

Long Bai was shocked and keenly sensed the death threat.

A new ability more powerful than a white hole?

"Second King, what is this ability of yours?"

"A newly developed, pure world. It's a small ability, don't be afraid, just come over here."

"Oh--"

"No need."

Long Bai asked: "The Immaculate World? The Immaculate Country, the Pure Heart? A God-level Creation?"

Molan said calmly: "It's irrelevant. I just borrowed the name."

Mo Lan asked: "Ant, your ability has already transcended the scope of 'Sea of ​​Reincarnation, Endless Sea', right?" Long Bai: "The third level, 'Boundless Sea, Infinite Sea'. The artistic conception is profound, and the Star Realm can only grasp one or two ten-thousandths of its power."

"do not fight."

The white boundless sea shrank rapidly, and Long Bai's figure appeared. "I lack a strong attack ability, so I can't kill you. Similarly, although your attack is strong, it can't break the boundless sea. No one can do anything to the other, so it's a draw."

"Okay. Since there are outsiders watching, I'll take care of your pitiful self-esteem and consider you and me even."

Molan put away his ability, waved his claws, communicated with his mind, and withdrew from the battlefield.

The entrance palace to various scenes in the virtual universe.

"..."

Xia Li was speechless.

Is this the end?
Isn't this too perfunctory? It's obvious that he didn't use his powerful abilities~
Xia Li wanted to say something, but after choosing his words carefully, he still couldn't bring himself to say it.

Molan asked, "Long Bai, President Xia Li, why did you come to the Baqi star system... to find me?"

"You think too much."

Long Bai explained, "I am not far from a breakthrough to the Brilliance Transformation. I will return to Xianglan Mountain and comprehend the last ability, and then I will evolve. I asked President Xia Li for help to exchange a batch of world gems in the Baxiang Star System. We have agreed to borrow 3000 billion original crystals first."

"3000 billion?"

Molan was puzzled and asked, "Does it take so much?"

"The normal evolution and growth of the Brilliance Realm definitely won't require this much..."

Long Bai explained: "The World Gem has another function, which is to be placed in the nest room to attract the energy of all living beings and increase the concentration of their energy. I will need it after I evolve to the Brilliance Realm. 3000 billion is not enough. When I see President Four Numbers later, I will borrow another 3000 billion from it."

Xia Li: “…”

Cymbidium:"……"

Molan couldn't help but complain: "Everyone worked hard to earn some raw crystals, but it's not enough for you to squander."

Longbai stated: "It is placed in the nest room and is not used. If it is urgently needed, it can be taken down at any time..."

"Leader Molan!"

A dragonfly warrior with a black shell and green rings stepped out of the Black Thorn Tower. He was stunned for a moment and greeted warmly, "Hello, Chief Longbai!"

"Hello--"

"What's good about that? Long Bai, President Xia Li, go and do your work. Don't disturb me at work."

Molan waved her claws to drive it away.

...

Xia Li manages a first-level source star system, and his life is not so idle. He has been following Long Bai for more than 600 years. After helping to exchange the world gems, he said goodbye and left.

Long Bai couldn't return to Xianglan Mountain alone and entered the virtual universe again.

After looking at it,
Molan is guiding the young soldiers to improve their combat skills. She seems to be quite busy...

Long Bai is now considered one of the top fighters in the universe, and was about to go up to teach Molan a few moves, but was ruthlessly expelled by Molan.

Nothing else to do, so I entered the Black Thorn Tower again to verify my previous doubts...

The sixth floor,
Random life planet battlefield,

Longbai's figure appeared on the windy grassland and landed on a hill.

On another hill three kilometers away, a slightly thin and ugly flame spider warrior with a bright purple-blue body, eight eyes like eight transparent crystals, was staring at this side quietly.

White energy rises from the surface of the dragon cypress...

The eight eyes of the Flame Spider Warrior opposite flashed purple light, and eight purple lightning bolts appeared in front of him, silently striking towards Longbai.

It's too fast.

It hit at the speed of light, and lightning exploded.

What's even more bizarre is that the defense that even Molan couldn't penetrate was easily pierced and cut, and the indestructible shell was also broken.

The body was torn into pieces and decomposed into fragments on the ground.

It dissolves, turns into water, seeps into the ground, and spreads underground like mycelium.

In the vast grassland, with a diameter of forty to fifty kilometers, countless white "dodders" emerged from the ground, growing rapidly, expanding, and turning into a white ocean.

at the same time,

Eight more powerful and strong purple lightning bolts came from the hills not far away, from the feet of the Flame Spider Warriors, flowing close to the ground, impacting the white ocean, exploding, splitting, exploding, and splitting again...

The white ocean was cut into countless pieces.

——This is not a simple lightning ability!

——It is also accompanied by a strong destructive nature!

——Space ability!
——What a terrifying ability to split space!

——At the Star Realm level, who else can withstand a blow except me?
Long Bai, who had transformed into Wuji Hai, had a guess in his mind: [I have matched with the master of time and space]

I have thought about this a long time ago. If the ability of the star core is improved to the same level as Molan and Bixuelongli, or even beyond their level, how will the Black Thorn Tower matching system handle it?

He actually matched the master of time and space!
"what!"

Long Bai's thoughts turned and he was secretly delighted.

"Force World!"

"The Force and energy cycle in cycles! And there's also material water to replenish it! My power is endless and indestructible!"

"The Lord of Time and Space can't do anything to me, right?"

Being in an invincible position, the results can only be a draw or a win.

The Lord of Time and Space is recognized as the most powerful Lord among the Zerg today.

Whether it's a draw or a win, there will be something to talk about when we get out.

Long Bai put 200% of his concentration into analyzing the opponent's abilities with his mind working at the speed of light.

Worthy of being the number one Zerg!

This kind of attack, which combines the power of space splitting and destructive thunder, would surely kill Mo Lan, Bixue Longli, or any other insect.

But for myself...

The power of thunder and lightning subsided and the cracks in space closed.

The white boundless sea controlled by Long Bai was consumed, but it was restored to fullness almost in an instant.

Fight back! Fight back!
Long Bai was full of fighting spirit. Countless ice cones shot out from the white boundless sea and hit the master of time and space. At the same time, dense swarms of blue and purple umbrella birds rushed out.

As expected, the hill was empty after the ice cone bombing, and there was no trace of the Lord of Time and Space.

The umbrella birds quickly dispersed and were controlled by the leech soul ability, turning into reconnaissance spies.

At the same time, countless invisible "dodders" spread underground, covering an area of ​​100,000 kilometers, above and below the ground, forming a reconnaissance network, and also turning into a mark and power of rebirth.

Soul-fixing ability induction,

The master of time and space teleported and appeared ten kilometers away.

Longbai was distracted by three things. On one hand, he ordered the nearby Umbrella Birds to try to crash into the sky and explode. On the other hand, he tried his best to activate his abilities and frantically created Umbrella Birds.
At the same time, he secretly condensed his true form and hid in the center of the Wuji Sea, ready to strike.

Long Bai predicted that the Lord of Time and Space would choose to launch a more violent attack from the direction above the Wuji Sea next time.

In this kind of peak-level battle, ordinary abilities cannot hit or kill the opponent, so there is still a glimmer of hope in close combat with the main body.

The next second, the master of time and space disappeared...

The dragon cypress turned into a beam of white light that shot vertically upward, and its original energy soared into the sky.

really,

The master of time and space teleported and appeared above the clouds three thousand meters above the ground.

In a flash,

Just as Longbai penetrated the clouds, adjusted its aim, and was about to crash into it, a cold air that seemed to be able to freeze time and space spread from top to bottom at the speed of light.

Longbai's brain went blank and crashed.

The space was really frozen, and Chong Fei's body was fixed in mid-air.

Longbai's true body was also frozen, shattered into countless pieces, corroded by the cold air, and turned into powder, and all traces of his 'self' were erased.

The frozen force sinks,

The infinite sea below was frozen and shattered, time and space were sealed, and all power and traces were wiped out by the extreme cold.

Unrivaled and invincible power!
However, due to the limitations of the evolutionary level of the stellar realm, the maximum attack range of the Lord of Time and Space is only an area of ​​50 kilometers in diameter.

The main bodies of Longbai and Wujihai were killed instantly, but the attacks could not cover the dodder spreading underground and the umbrella birds flying in the sky.

The birds were startled and scattered,

Hundreds of millions of Umbrellabirds spread to every corner of the planet, becoming carriers of resurrection.

The natural force in the air is rapidly decreasing.
Countless transparent threads emerged from the ground and expanded. White mist rose and the air was freezing cold. The Infinite Sea took shape again and turned into a frost-gnawed remnant. Water vapor diffused, the cold air expanded, white frost covered the grass, and it expanded rapidly, freezing the area for thousands of miles.

Young cypress trees made of ice emerged from the ice surface, with wisps of pale flames dancing on the tips of their leaves.

The ice cypress grows rapidly, and the boundless sea of ​​frost and mist spreads through the forest with the wind.

Under the sky dimmed by sunlight, the grassland turned into a dreamy misty forest that stretched as far as the eye could see.

As soon as Long Bai thought of it, countless black flying ants pounced on the master of time and space in the air.

The Lord of Time and Space disappeared from the spot, teleported ten kilometers away, raised his claws, and a beam of red and purple lightning shot out and exploded.

A light move,
All the black flying ants were killed instantly.

The Lord of Time and Space hovered in the air motionless, and the system seemed to be calculating how to kill the dragon cypresses whose life marks were spread all over the planet.

"..."

Long Bai was also thinking about what ability or method could be used to kill a spider that had mastered the superb ability of spatial teleportation.

Spatial ability is not restrained,

There is no ability to effectively target,

You can only seize opportunities in battle.

Longbai cheered himself up and waited to see what would happen.

However, the Lord of Time and Space was also hanging thousands of meters in the air, motionless, with no intention of launching an attack.

After a day of stalemate,
Long Bai understood.

The system will also play rogue and try to waste your time and eventually kill you.

The Black Thorn Tower Challenge has a time limit of three months. If you fail to defeat and kill the challenge target within the time limit, the challenge will fail!

Everyone's abilities have reached this level and they can't do anything to each other.

I'm afraid that I will never be able to pass the sixth floor of the Black Thorn Tower in my lifetime.

It's just a waste of time to continue wasting time.

Long Bai decisively chose to admit defeat and quit. (End of this chapter)