607: Ant Mark

“Qilin King…”

Chen Du hadn't expected to see that name here.

Previously, inside the world stabilizing pearl, he had spent quite some time with the Thousand-Faced Tree.

Because of the Black Dragon King, Chen Du had asked him about the other two Overlord-level Civilizations.

As expected, the Black Dragon Civilization had the Black Dragon King, and the other two Civilizations also had their own Kings.

The Qilin Civilization had the Qilin King, and the Sky Phoenix Civilization had the Phoenix King.

According to the Thousand-Faced Tree, both Kings, during their lives, should have been Rank 39.9, just a step away from the legendary Starry Sky Warrior.

Although it was only a 0.1 Rank difference, Chen Du understood very well from his journey so far.

The 0.1 Rank from a Rank 9.9 Quasi-Warrior to a Martial Artist.

The 0.1 Rank from a Rank 19.9 Martial Artist to a Sky Soaring Warrior.

And the 0.1 Rank from a Rank 29.9 Sky Soaring Warrior to a Domain Warrior, which he hadn't encountered yet.

Not a single 0.1 Rank was easy.

Even the first one, from Rank 9.9 to Rank 10, many people in High Martial Civilizations couldn't achieve it.

It's just that most of these people were in the most ordinary Martial Artist universities, and Chen Du simply didn't come into contact with them.

Not to mention, the difficulty of advancing to a Skysoar Warrior and then a Domain Warrior later was immeasurable.

As for Starry Sky Warrior, there's even less to say; just the name and the Rank 40 made him feel terrifyingly strong!

It was imaginable how difficult it would be to take that final 0.1 Rank step.

The Black Dragon King was originally like the other two Kings, both Rank 39.9, but later, at some unknown time, he achieved a Breakthrough.

Chen Du fell into contemplation.

If it was only a comparison at Rank 25, then whether it was the Black Dragon King, the Qilin King, or the Phoenix King, their strength at this Rank should be roughly similar.

Of course, 'roughly similar' here didn't refer to combat power, but to basic attributes, which are body, mind, and skill.

Because even with equivalent power, there would still be strengths and weaknesses due to ability counter-restraints.

There was one sentence on the parchment that Chen Du paid close attention to.

“The previous owner of the eternal heart.”

This meant that this Qilin King would fight him with the eternal heart.

This was a bit tricky; firstly, the Qilin King himself was strong, and secondly, High Martial Civilizations had no specific information about the eternal heart.

Lack of information easily leads to a passive position.

One must know that this thing was an ultimate resource, and the difference with or without intelligence was too great.

Currently, Chen Du knew of six ultimate resources in total.

These six were those recorded by High Martial Civilizations and known personally by Chen Du, namely heavens favor, Genesis Fish, world stabilizing pearl, eternal heart, bodhi tree, and the dawn tree, which Durags had mentioned once.

heavens favor was the only ultimate resource whose power Chen Du had witnessed, but because Yan was still relatively weak, it hadn't displayed much power.

As for the ability of the eternal heart, Chen Du only knew that obtaining it would inevitably lead to becoming a Domain Warrior.

But the value of an ultimate resource was much higher than that of a Domain Warrior, so this ability must only be an incidental, a basic ability.

Chen Du knew nothing about the true ability of the eternal heart.

However, judging by the name, it seemed like a support-type resource.

Furthermore, the phrase “the previous owner of the eternal heart” on the parchment contained another key word.

Previous.

Does that mean there are concepts like the 'previous previous' and 'next' owners?

This implies that the ultimate resource, eternal heart, is not a one-time consumable like the Genesis Fish, but possesses a Legacy attribute!

Chen Du could only pray that the eternal heart's ability wouldn't be too abnormal, but thinking about it, since the Qilin King, who possessed the eternal heart, had died, then this thing shouldn't be so invincible after all.

Chen Du stood still, closing his eyes, and adjusting his state of mind.

Although his body was in optimal condition in all aspects, facing the final assessment, an assessment that no one had passed, he had to be in his best state later.

The parchment stated that no one had passed this stage, but perhaps not many people had even come to this place; even if there were other passages to enter here, there wouldn't be many more.

Moreover, it was still uncertain whether everyone would trigger this assessment; Chen Du absolutely would not engage in internal strife.

Among those of the same Rank, his current strength was very formidable; this was a fact, and there was no need to be suspicious.

An hour passed quickly.

When the countdown on the parchment reached 0.

“Pat… pat…”

Eerie footsteps suddenly came from afar.

Chen Du sharply opened his eyes, only to see a tiny black dot in the distance, in the direction of the red sun, rapidly growing larger.

Soon, a golden behemoth appeared directly overhead.

It was a Golden Qilin!

The Qilin Civilization was divided into five races: Golden Qilin, Wood Qilin, Water Qilin, Fire Qilin, and Earth Qilin.

Unlike the Black Dragon Civilization, where the Black Dragon race held sole dominance, the five races of the Qilin Civilization had no one race stronger than another; each had its Unique strengths, and they were all roughly similar.

It now seemed that this Qilin King was a member of the Golden Qilin race, meaning he was the future Clan Chief of the Golden Qilin race.

Among the five races, the Golden Qilin prioritized killing and conquest the most.

The Qilin King had the highest number of kills among the three Kings.

“Rank 25.”

Chen Du murmured, this Rank represented a binding, meaning that his ability Promotion for the Fifth Secret Treasure was Sealed.

No… In that instant, Chen Du thought of another scenario: if the opponent had means similar to Promotion, he wouldn't be able to be at the same Rank as the opponent!

This wasn't a Seal; this was equivalent to unilaterally deleting one of his abilities.

The Qilin King's entire body was mostly golden, and his fur was as straight as steel needles, making a “clanging” sound like metal colliding as the wind blew through it.

Every strand of his fur was as sharp as a rapier; just looking at it gave one a dazzling sensation.

The body of this Qilin King was even larger than that of the Black Dragon King of the same Rank he had seen in the world stabilizing pearl; the width of one of his paws was roughly 2.5 times Chen Du's size, about 4.5 meters.

At this moment, the Qilin King stood condescendingly above and to the side of Chen Du, and the sky before Chen Du's eyes darkened as if experiencing an eclipse.

The Qilin King looked down with a sidelong glance, letting out a “whoosh” as he exhaled a long breath, like a high and mighty king looking down upon the commoners at his feet.

Then he walked forward as if strolling leisurely.

With each step he took, an imprint similar to his paw print would form and press downwards.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The destructive power of the palm print imprints was astonishing; a mountain approximately 3000 meters high in front of Chen Du was instantly destroyed by the palm print imprints generated as the Qilin King passed overhead.

“This is…”

“Ant Imprint!”

Chen Du had heard some information about the Qilin King from the Thousand-Faced Tree.

Half of the reason for the Qilin King's extensive killing and conquest was due to this Ant Imprint.

This was an ability he developed himself; the palm print imprints generated under his feet were called Ant Imprints, and they would cause destruction to all living and non-living things along the path the Qilin King walked.

According to the Thousand-Faced Tree, this path was called the King's Dao, and no Ant could block it!

At this moment, the area around Chen Du became completely dark, as if entering a night without streetlights.

Unbeknownst to him, the Qilin King had already walked directly above Chen Du and casually stepped down on him.

An Ant Imprint rapidly formed and pressed down towards Chen Du!

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