Swallowed Star: Copy God

During this period, Ye Yun gained a deeper understanding of the entire territory of the Ganwu Universe Kingdom. As a member of the Ganwu Secret Realm, this knowledge was essential.

Although the Fufeng Starfield is within the Ganwu Universe Kingdom, it is quite unique. It is neither directly governed by the Ganwu Universe Kingdom, nor does it have a unified cosmic intermediate civilization empire like the Black Dragon Mountain Starfield. It can be described as a relatively autonomous and chaotic area.

The reasons for this situation are complex. The biggest factor is that an ancient war between immortal gods erupted here many years ago, destroying a large number of star systems within the Fufeng Starfield. Coupled with subsequent changes, the number of life-bearing planets within the entire Fufeng Starfield drastically decreased, making those suitable for human survival and reproduction even scarcer. Over time, there were fewer and fewer inhabitants.

Precisely because of this, the Fufeng Starfield, due to its unique characteristics, became one of the few gathering areas for criminals and space pirates in the Ganwu Universe Kingdom. After committing crimes, these individuals would hide in the Fufeng Starfield. The scarcity of people and the extremely harsh environment became their natural hiding place.

The Ganwu Universe Kingdom could easily suppress the chaos in the Fufeng Starfield, but for many years, it has allowed the situation to persist without much intervention. The main reason is that the Ganwu Universe Kingdom also needs such a place to exist, not only to train elite geniuses but also to play a different role at certain times.

Where there is light, there is darkness; there is always a time when it will be needed.

The task assigned to Ye Yun this time was actually very simple: he was required to independently hunt down a small space pirate organization. The condition for completion was to single-handedly kill all members of this pirate organization.

According to the task information, this small space pirate organization had plundered several surface civilizations similar to Earth, wreaking havoc in several starfields and slaughtering over a million innocent civilians.

Having committed such heinous crimes, they were wanted by several low-level cosmic civilizations. However, decades had passed, and not a single member of this pirate organization had been captured or killed. The main reason was that among their top combatants were two universe-level captains.

The two universe-level captains led an elite squad of fewer than twenty people, making their target very small and well-suited for guerrilla warfare in the universe. Moreover, according to the analysis of their modus operandi, it could be deduced that their intelligence sources were very advanced and accurate. Once there was any sign of an intermediate civilization mobilizing to suppress them, they would immediately plunge into the depths of the Fufeng Starfield, hide for a few years, and then reappear. They were extremely cautious, never giving others a chance to confront them head-on.

Now, less than a year had passed since this pirate organization had burrowed into the Fufeng Starfield, so the intelligence was very certain that this pirate squad was inside the Fufeng Starfield, and there was no need to search for their tracks elsewhere.

After careful analysis, Ye Yun also took it seriously. For him, the biggest difficulty of this task lay in the complex environment of the Fufeng Starfield. The overall environment was harsh, with very few suitable places to settle down. The vast cosmic starry sky was filled with countless large and small meteorites, and the progress of spaceships would be greatly affected.

It was even possible to encounter unknown dangers during ordinary travel, let alone finding a team of fewer than twenty people in such a complex environment. It was easy to imagine how difficult it would be.

As for the strength of this pirate organization itself, Ye Yun was not particularly worried. Although their two leaders were confirmed to be universe-level experts, Ye Yun was not without the qualifications to contend with them.

During this year, although Ye Yun had not deliberately cultivated his body's genetic origin energy and mental power, with the support of the Ganwu Secret Realm's resources, he had already effortlessly reached the peak of the Star level. Whether it was the level of a martial artist or a spiritual master, both were at the peak of the ninth rank of the Star level.

The elite geniuses like Ye Yun who came out of the Ganwu Secret Realm were completely different from ordinary ninth-rank Star levels in the outside world. Their strong comprehension of laws, considerable physical exertion and mental power amplitude, coupled with the various secret techniques and methods they had learned, made it easy to defeat hundreds of ordinary ninth-rank Star levels.

'This task seems simple, but it is actually very tedious to complete. I don't know how long I will have to stay in the Fufeng Starfield this time... However, there happens to be a suitable target in this Fufeng Starfield. I just don't know how my luck will be and whether I will be able to encounter it.'

After staying in the Ganwu Secret Realm for three days, Ye Yun was fully prepared. He bid farewell to his teachers and boarded his Black Dragon Mountain—X81 spaceship, heading towards the depths of the starry sky.

Not long after Ye Yun set off, Haiman also drove an E-class spaceship, concealing his aura and tracks, silently sailing behind Ye Yun's spaceship.

It would take about three months to travel from the location of the Ganwu Secret Realm to the outskirts of the Fufeng Starfield. Ye Yun asked Momo Yu to travel at the highest speed, while he operated the newly acquired weapon in the spaceship's training cabin.

Speaking of the newly acquired weapon, Ye Yun was actually very familiar with it. Looking at the thick, long spear floating in mid-air, Ye Yun was very satisfied. This Cold Light Nine-Section Spear was handed to him by Qingli when he visited her before leaving. It was a weapon specially equipped for him by the Ganwu Secret Realm.

Although Ye Yun now showed a 'versatile talent' in many aspects, as Ye Yun's teacher, Qingli understood that Ye Yun's greatest strength was still the Law of Water. At the same time, she knew that Ye Yun had been practicing the Cold Light Nine-Section Spear, so she applied for one for Ye Yun as a reward for his more than a year of cultivation. From Qingli's point of view, it may not have been without the intention of making Ye Yun firm in his path.

The Cold Light Nine-Section Spear, as one of the nine great weapons controlled by spiritual masters, is generally difficult to buy. It usually appears at higher-level auctions, with prices fluctuating between 1 trillion and 3 trillion universe coins. Ye Yun had not yet accumulated so much funds, and he had not planned to buy one so early. The original plan was to consider it after the end of the Universe Peak Genius Battle and entering the Virtual Universe Company.

However, for the Ganwu Secret Realm, a Cold Light Nine-Section Spear was naturally nothing. Rewarding it to a genius student like Ye Yun was done almost without any hesitation. And in Ye Yun's heart, being able to get a Cold Light Nine-Section Spear now was naturally a pleasant surprise, and he had a considerable gratitude for the Ganwu Secret Realm.

Putting away his thoughts, Ye Yun stared at the Cold Light Nine-Section Spear in front of him. His mental power surged out, and countless blue-silver fine needles flew out of the thick spear. The needles flashed with blue and silver patterned light. These needles quickly combined together under Ye Yun's powerful mental power control, instantly forming a slightly illusory blue swordfish, about one meter long, gently swimming in mid-air, as if it had its own spirituality, flashing with a faint silver light.

The first form of the Cold Light Nine-Section Spear—Illusion Swordfish—was not difficult for Ye Yun at this time. He could directly combine it with a thought and master it extremely skillfully, using it as easily as his own arms. The blue-silver swordfish contained powerful power as it swam.

Being able to perform the first form of the Cold Light Nine-Section Spear—Illusion Swordfish—at the Star level basically meant that he was invincible among the Star levels. As long as he didn't encounter an equally perverted existence, a single blow would be enough to easily kill a ninth-rank Star-level opponent.

However, Ye Yun's cultivation process was not smooth sailing. After working hard on research for several months on Earth, Ye Yun still did not find the trick to get started. Even if he could barely combine it into a swordfish, it was only in form, and he could not control it to fight. The reason was that Ye Yun lacked the talent and understanding of the Law of Space, and he could not mobilize the patterns belonging to the Law of Space on those fine needles. The overall integration was improper, so naturally, it could not be perfectly formed.

It was not until he came to the Ganwu Secret Realm and saw Qingli and the twelve top-level world master experts that Ye Yun finally made up for his shortcomings in the Law of Space. Coupled with the experience and hard work of the previous months, he instantly had an explosive result. Not only was the first form of the Cold Light Nine-Section Spear mastered skillfully, but even the second form, which was more difficult, had been touched by Ye Yun, and he could perform it in a few months at most.

It was just a pity for Ye Yun that the spiritual master controller world master who was good at the Law of Water, and Qingli herself, had never practiced this Cold Light Nine-Section Spear, which made Ye Yun lack some reference for cultivation experience. Otherwise, Ye Yun felt that his mastery progress could be much faster.

This also made Ye Yun realize that the nine great weapons of the spiritual master controller were not just talk. Each of them could be said to be the strongest, and also the weakest. The entry conditions were too high, so that most spiritual master controllers would not choose to cultivate them. After all, if they could not cultivate to a high stage, they would not be as powerful as ordinary mental power weapons, and the price was so high. In another sense, it was actually similar in meaning to 'chicken ribs'.

After a while, Ye Yun also became familiar with this Cold Light Nine-Section Spear, and he fully exerted the experience he had trained in the virtual universe. In just a short time, Ye Yun felt as if he had owned the Cold Light Nine-Section Spear for many years. The unfamiliar feeling completely disappeared, which made Ye Yun sigh at the perversion of the virtual universe. Cultivating in the virtual universe was almost no different from real life.

Putting away the Cold Light Nine-Section Spear, Ye Yun's consciousness entered the virtual universe and began his daily routine of cultivation and comprehension. During these three months of travel, his cultivation plan remained unchanged, step by step solidifying his foundation.