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Yes, the remaining two hundred billion Black Dragon Coins have been almost entirely used up, leaving only a little money for living expenses.
All of this is naturally the killing space of the virtual universe, where you can choose any opponent and set their strength, making it an excellent place for fighting and learning.
The only downside is the high cost. A first-tier Stellar Spirit Master costs 500 million Black Dragon Coins a day, while a first-tier Cosmic Spirit Master costs 35 Qianwu Coins.
Actually, all of this is fine; more than 200 billion Black Dragon Coins are enough for him to use at the stellar level.
However, given his current Ultraman clone's complete nine-fold domain of light, mastery of the fundamental laws of light, and proficiency in the fundamental laws of time and space, he would not choose ordinary star-level opponents.
For Ultraman clones to have a sense of combat, their opponents need to be at least at the beginner level of the fundamental laws, which makes the cost incredibly high. Especially when it involves the two fundamental laws of time and space, no amount of money can cover the expenses.
It should be understood that, generally speaking, one only needs to comprehend the basic laws to break through to the realm master level, and only at the peak of the realm master level does one come into contact with the higher-level origin laws.
Because the cost is so staggering, even Ultraman's clones don't dare to spend every day in the killing field. After all, if the opponent's strength is too low, there's no point in training.
In the killing field, in addition to setting up clones of humans or themselves, you can also set up various life forms from the universe, such as the Golden Horned Beast.
Ultraman's clone tried to challenge it, but the Golden Horned Beast, a star-level creature, didn't even have a domain, so how could it possibly be his opponent?
Besides the Golden Horned Beast, Ultraman's clones also tried out various enemies, including plant life, mechanical beings, and insectoids, to get a feel for the complexities of space battles.
Midway through, Ultraman's clone also tried to challenge the Golden Dragon clone, but no such life form could be found in the virtual universe, so the Golden Horned Beast could only be enhanced tenfold to simulate it.
Although the Killing Arena is very expensive, the effect is really good. In reality, Ultraman clones rarely encounter beings of the same level who can fight them, so they can only be set up in the Killing Arena.
After three years of training, Ultraman's clones have greatly improved their application of laws and domains, no longer using them superficially as before. They have also accumulated sufficient practical experience, although they are still lacking in life-or-death combat. After all, the virtual universe is ultimately virtual and cannot replace the original universe.
Just as Ultraman's clone was savoring the battle, a strange movement was also heard from the Divine Tree clone.
"I'm finally about to break through!"
On an unnamed planet!
On what was once a barren planet, now a vast and incredibly lush forest has sprung up. Within this immense forest are numerous unique plants: flowers that release fire and generate lightning, branches with a metallic sheen…
In the center of the forest, a plant with a trunk over 900 kilometers tall stands like a pillar of heaven at the center of the planet.
If you look closely, you'll see white, cocoon-like objects hanging from the towering trunk, which looks quite eerie.
After three years of cultivation, and with the help of numerous White Zetsu and plant resources, the Divine Tree clone has reached the limit of the stellar level, and today is the day of its breakthrough.
On the nameless planet, 100,000 star-level White Zetsu were frantically absorbing and releasing cosmic energy, while the Wood Release forest that occupied part of the planet's surface was also absorbing a small amount of cosmic energy and transmitting it to the main trunk of the Divine Tree.
boom!
Within the core of the divine tree's avatar, nine incredibly hot fireballs were orbiting each other along strange trajectories, forming a peculiar celestial structure.
Just then, one of the stars was suddenly injected with a large amount of cosmic energy, causing it to expand rapidly. The stable structure was shattered, the system of nine stars instantly became chaotic, and the entire space exploded.
boom!
Nine stars exploded in succession, and countless energy fragments turned into star fragments and dust nebulae.
The scattered cosmic space after the explosion, under the influence of some will, re-formed a stable spiral galaxy according to certain laws. At the core of the galaxy is a miniature black hole, which stabilizes the nebula while absorbing and releasing genetic energy.
Cosmic level!
After three years of cultivation, the Divine Tree clone officially entered the cosmic level, and its main trunk, which was over 900 kilometers high, grew again, soon exceeding 1,000 kilometers in size.
If all the divine trees that were created from the divine tree were connected together, the size would be as large as a small asteroid.
After the Divine Tree clone broke through to the stellar level, the eight subordinate spaces also expanded and grew larger. In addition to the four basic domains of light, thunder, wood, and metal, the eight subordinate spaces also entered the first level during their transformation.
At this point, he had comprehended all eight fundamental domains except for the domains of time and space, and had even reached the ninth level of the domain of light.
Moreover, when the consciousness of the divine tree avatar merged into the wood-affiliated space, it could even vaguely sense the fluctuations of the fundamental laws of wood.
Similar to the Golden Horned Beast, the Divine Tree Avatar can only reveal its true talent for laws at the cosmic level. As for the Wood Domain before, it was purely because the avatar's consciousness was higher and it spent time comprehending it on its own.
The Golden Dragon Avatar is a unique, high-level, special life form in the universe, considered an exception to the law. Its main talents lie in the realm of time, so it can directly touch the fundamental laws upon birth.
Ultraman's clones are also special, as they are composed of light, which is why they can comprehend the domain at the planetary level and the fundamental laws at the stellar level.
Compared to the improvement in realm, the improvement of the auxiliary space of the Divine Tree clone is much smaller. The largest wood space is less than a hundred kilometers in diameter, not to mention the other spaces.
In fact, although the secondary space of the Divine Tree clone is not as good as the inner world of the Golden Horned Beast, it can still be strengthened by spending a huge amount of resources in the Devouring Star World.
However, just maintaining the cultivation of the Ultraman clone had already drained all of Lu Yunhe's assets, making it completely impossible for the Divine Tree clone to strengthen the subordinate space.
Most importantly, investing too many resources in the Divine Tree clone is not in line with Lu Yunhe's assessment of him and will also affect subsequent plans.
Therefore, the Divine Tree clone had to make do for now, honestly breaking through at a low level, so as not to add any burden to its subsequent realm breakthroughs.
After the Divine Tree clone broke through to the cosmic level, the bottlenecks that Ultraman clone and Golden Dragon clone had to break through to the cosmic level were also broken. With just a little more accumulation, they could directly break through to the cosmic level.
Especially the Golden Dragon clone, although it was the last clone to be conceived and its genetic level was hundreds of times higher, its cultivation speed was no slower than that of the Ultraman clone, which had consumed a lot of resources.
There's no way around it; the energy level of spacetime energy is extremely high, far surpassing that of ordinary resources.
Chapter 57 Space Mercenaries
"If the Divine Tree's clone breaks through, then I'll be close to it too!"
Sensing the transformation of his consciousness, Ultraman's clone was overjoyed and landed directly in the flower of the Divine Tree clone, taking out and devouring the remaining cultivation resources.
A month later, the golden dragon avatar that had devoured all the planets in a star system was the first to break through to the cosmic level. However, apart from the time boundary, nothing had changed.
Three months later, Ultraman's clone also reached the cosmic level, but unfortunately, apart from the increase in strength, there was no change in his talent.
"Although I had expected it, it's still a pity!"
Finding that he hadn't awakened any new talents, Ultraman's clone shook his head helplessly and began to consolidate his breakthrough.
A year later, both Ultraman's clone and the Divine Tree clone broke through to the third level of the cosmic level. Their resources were almost exhausted, and even with the Divine Tree fruit, their growth rate slowed down instantly. After all, the entire cosmic level requires about 1000 years to grow naturally.
"There's not much point in continuing this arduous training; it's time for a cosmic adventure!"
Lu Yunhe (Ultraman's clone) pondered, "Of course, the most important problem is that we're out of money. We need to find a way to start making money."
"Giant Axe Arena, Cosmic Mercenaries".
Since it's a cosmic adventure, the first choice is naturally the five major human factions. However, the Giant Axe Arena is ruled out first, mainly because fighting to the death in the real world would easily expose his true identity. This leaves only the path of a cosmic mercenary.
At this point, Lu Yunhe had already broken through to the cosmic level, so he naturally didn't need to apply for a cosmic trainee mercenary; he could directly apply for a "one-star mercenary."
Regardless of the method, the initial application for adventurer status must be processed through the real-world "Cosmic Mercenary Alliance," just like in the virtual universe network. Only after obtaining adventurer status can one take the cosmic mercenary assessment.
After making the decision, the divine tree's avatar, whose trunk stretched for thousands of kilometers, began to move, once again unleashing its Jinchūriki talent and merging into Lu Yunhe's body. Having become the divine tree's Jinchūriki, his strength doubled, and his energy became inexhaustible, so he essentially didn't need to worry about energy depletion.
Qiulong Star!
Returning to Dragon Star, this place of origin, Lu Yunhe felt a slight sense of emotion. Last time he came, he was only at the Stellar level, and after buying his things, he had to leave cautiously. This time, he had arrived at the third level of the Universe level.
With his basic strength at the third rank of the cosmic level, coupled with his understanding of the four laws and eight domains, he may not be invincible on Qiulong Star, but he has nothing to fear.
With a more relaxed mindset, Lu Yunhe strolled around Qiulong Star for a while before heading to the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance's base.
As the base of the five major human powers, it is as large as a city, and the number of people who signed up is extremely large, making it a sea of people, although most of them are at the star level.
As a cosmic-level being, Lu Yunhe naturally didn't need to queue with these stellar-level people and directly entered the cosmic-level exclusive passage.
"Hello, my lord!"
A beautiful young woman with pointed ears respectfully greeted Lu Yunhe. He didn't need to lift a finger; everything was handled by someone else. He enjoyed VIP treatment, though of course he still had to pay.
In the universe, stellar-scale and cosmic-scale may seem to differ by only one level, but their status is vastly different.
The most striking example is that competitions held at the stellar level are called "Genius Battles," while those held at the cosmic level are called "Battles of the Strong." At the same time, the minimum standard for going to the extraterritorial battlefield is also at the cosmic level, and the minimum level of the armies established by cosmic nations and the five major powers is also at the cosmic level.
Only by breaking through to the cosmic level can one truly step into the threshold of the cosmic environment.
With the full assistance of the staff, Lu Yunhe quickly obtained an adventure card symbolizing his adventurer status, and was then able to take the mercenary assessment.
"My lord, your cultivation level meets the application requirements for a one-star mercenary. Please pay 1 million Qianwu coins or 1 billion Black Dragon coins as a fee," the pointy-eared girl said with a smile.
"It's so dark!"
Lu Yunhe grumbled. The assessment fee for the Stellar level was only 10 Black Dragon Coins, but for the Cosmic level, it was ten thousand times more. If he hadn't kept some funds, he probably wouldn't have been able to afford the assessment fee.
Although he felt cheated, Lu Yunhe still obediently paid the fee, because the cosmic-level assessment was definitely worth the cost.
To be honest, within the Cosmic Kingdom, the Cosmic Level and Domain Lord Level are actually a rather awkward realm, because there aren't many environments that can provide them with opportunities to hone their skills. At the same time, the transformation of their strength and influence has led these powerful individuals to turn to buying planets and raising their family's offspring.
Isn't being the master of a planet more comfortable than your exhausting adventures?
Due to various factors, cosmic-level assessments cannot be conducted like stellar-level assessments, which directly throw a large number of people into the realm master world for selection. Cosmic-level assessments are more like mercenary trials.
"Sir, your assessment application has been received. The Cosmic Mercenary Alliance will arrange it for you as soon as possible!" the pointy-eared girl said respectfully, and left after asking if there were any other instructions.
"We still have to wait!"
Lu Yunhe connected the Adventure Card to the intelligent system, and then he could log in to the "Cosmic Mercenary Alliance" system to view assessments and mercenary missions. However, because he only had the identity of an adventurer, he hadn't passed any assessments, so many missions were blacked out, and he could only see the names.
As for the basic mercenary missions, Lu Yunhe lost interest instantly after glancing at the prices. Missions that even a stellar-level soldier could handle—it was obvious how low the hiring price must be.
As soon as Lu Yunhe stepped out of the Mercenary Alliance gate, people immediately approached him enthusiastically, inviting him to join the merchant guild, family, adventure group, and so on. Many people offered him a life-bearing planet to join.
However, Lu Yunhe was naturally not interested in these people. Finding them troublesome, he returned directly to the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance to await the arrival of the assessment mission.
Ten days later, an assessment mission finally appeared in Lu Yunhe's mercenary system. However, he had to click to confirm it first. Once accepted, he could not back out, otherwise he would be blacklisted by the mercenary alliance.
Lu Yunhe didn't care about these restrictions and simply clicked "agree".
"Please proceed to the assessment hall!"
Lu Yunhe felt somewhat exhausted. After accepting the assessment, the system still didn't inform him of the assessment content; instead, he had to go to a designated location to assemble.
When Lu Yunhe arrived at the assessment hall, many people had already arrived. Including him and those who arrived later, there were about 100 cosmic-level individuals in total.
After everyone had arrived, a dark-faced man with a "Two-Star Mercenary" medal on his chest walked in with two guards. As soon as he entered, his aura as a Domain Lord suppressed the hundreds of Universe-level powerhouses in the room.
"The task details have been sent to you; you can take a look first!"
"Mission Objective: Personally eliminate one of the Thirteen Bandits of the Shattered Star Belt. (Hint: Please activate the Virtual Universe System for real-time authentication upon elimination.)"
Chapter 58 Assessment Task
"Kill missions, pretty easy."
Lu Yunhe looked at the assessment task, which also included some basic information to prevent those who lacked information from being completely clueless.