623: Nine Lives

Of the three Wolf-head Beastmen, the one on the far right had his neck cleanly severed by the sword. The other two had their chests cut open, avoiding their hearts, and one was cut in half at a 45-degree angle.

Although their vital points weren't directly hit, they were beyond saving.

This was the terrifying power of a River Severing level Martial Skill: never-healing wounds!

The truth behind 'never-healing' was actually a 'gene modification' that affected the entire body of the target hit.

For example, the initial strike against the Tiger-head Orc appeared to only sever his right leg, but in reality, this strike modified the Tiger-head Orc's biological genes.

If it were merely that the wound couldn't heal, the Tiger-head Orc could simply use his sharp claws to cut off another section above Chen Du's cut, right?

The reason he didn't do so was because his genes had been modified.

The modified genes would make it believe that the right leg should look like that.

It should be damaged, asymmetrical to the left leg, and bleeding.

This was the truth of 'never-healing'!

Even if the Tiger-head Orc cut off his entire right leg, he wouldn't be able to grow a new one.

Because in the cognition of his own genes, his right leg looked like that.

It was like how his regenerative ability wouldn't grow a third arm, because in his genes, this type of life only had two arms.

And the only thing that could counter a River Severing level Martial Skill was another River Severing level Martial Skill.

Either the Tiger-head Orc's Martial Skill level had to be greater than or equal to Chen Du's, or he needed to find someone whose Martial Skill level was at least 1% greater than Chen Du's; otherwise, no method could restore him.

Of course, things like the Crystal Space and the strange world within the Egg God were not included, as these things, in a sense, transcended rules to a certain extent.

But this didn't mean that things like the Crystal Space could be lawless and ignore everything.

Rules, like power, also had varying magnitudes.

For example, the Rank 35 restriction rule of this world definitely superseded the never-healing rule of the River Severing level.

However, Chen Du's Mental Energy still broke through Rank 35. Whether this was because the world's barrier for Rank 35 Mental Energy was too thin, or because the Crystal Space was too powerful, Chen Du had no conclusion yet.

“So strong!”

Wang Chong exclaimed, looking at Chen Du with awe.

The trio, capable of destroying hundreds of people here, couldn't even withstand one sword strike from this person!

Although he possessed a River Severing level Martial Skill, this was too exaggerated; they couldn't even react.

The River Severing level didn't add much power; its strength lay in the 'never-healing' effect. Such a swift and decisive instant kill clearly indicated that this person's base power far exceeded that Tiger-head Orc.

One must know that the Tiger-head Orc was instantly killed while being 0.5 Ranks higher!

How powerful was this person!

“Hello, Big Boss. My name is Wang Chong. Which Ecological Zone are you from?”

Now that the enemy was dead, the atmosphere naturally eased. Although Chen Du looked young, Wang Chong assumed it was due to some ability or a baby face.

Because, strictly speaking, that face hadn't even fully matured yet.

As for asking which Ecological Zone the other party was from, it was because the circle of Advanced Aerial Warriors in the Seventh Ecological Circle was only so big, and he knew all of them; there was no such person.

Big Boss… Chen Du paused. It seemed this was the first time he had been called 'Big Boss'.

And by someone his father's age, no less.

“Hello, my name is Chen Du.”

“I am a local Martial Artist, not from another Ecological Zone.”

“However, I am a newly promoted Advanced Aerial Warrior and haven't registered yet, so it's normal that you don't know me.”

Chen Du replied. He didn't deny the 'Big Boss' title; this world ultimately respected strength above all else, and age didn't matter much.

Actually, Xie Miao had already registered him in the First Ecological Zone, but because his file was confidential, he couldn't be found here.

Afterward, Chen Du didn't linger and entered Border City No. 56.

He would soon leave the Seventh Ecological Circle. This incident today was just an insignificant interlude.

These three Beastman aliens were too weak; for Chen Du, they weren't even qualified for practice.

Immediately upon entering, Chen Du hailed a Didi Flying Car and flew towards Liang City.

Although his own flying speed was much faster than taking such transportation.

However, the High Martial Civilization's rule was that, unless there was an emergency, even a Domain Warrior could not fly.

This rule was not rigid but a form of protection to some extent.

It guarded against aliens lurking within the High Martial Civilization.

If there was no emergency, your sudden flight would inevitably attract attention.

Chen Du sat quietly in the Flying Car, closed his eyes, and enjoyed a rare moment of leisure.

On his way back to the Seventh Ecological Circle, he summoned Vice Chen Du twice.

The first summons was to give him his enhanced attributes.

This way, Vice Chen Du also possessed the effect of the eternal heart. His only difference from Chen Du was that his eternal heart was a replica and did not have the Legacy effect.

If he died, it would be gone.

But as long as Chen Du didn't die, his eternal heart wouldn't disappear, which was a kind of alternative eternity.

The second summons was for harvesting. As Chen Du expected, the 28th and 29th waves of the Crystal Space had passed, but the BOSS stage of the 30th wave couldn't be cleared.

There was no special reason; it was because they were fighting a Domain Warrior, who was Rank 31, and a Rank 31 from the Crystal Space, which was even harder to deal with than those on Blue Star.

Vice Chen Du's pseudo-Domain was directly crushed, and he was quickly defeated.

It was indeed true that an Advanced Aerial Warrior absolutely could not defeat a Domain Warrior.

Moreover, this stage was different from previous situations. Previously, the gap could be compensated by Rank advancement, but not this time.

After Rank 27, Chen Du's limit for Promotion was Rank 29.9. Even if he advanced to Rank 28 or even 29 now, it wouldn't affect clearing the 30th wave much.

But it wasn't necessarily true that he needed to be Rank 30 to have a chance.

Nimble Cats Grace still had three star Ranks to improve, and Martial Skills were the same. If he could raise his Martial Skill to the Heaven-Opening level before Rank 30, he should be able to clear the 30th wave.

At that time, he would claim the second-to-last reward from the Crystal Space!

However, it wasn't a complete lack of harvest. After clearing the 28th and 29th waves this time, his Mental Energy increased by at least 2 Ranks, reaching Rank 39!

Combined with Mental Restart, it was equivalent to having nine lives!

Not only that, but this time's harvest also improved his Martial Skill level by 1%. From the rate of improvement, the Zhan Zhan Fruit should still be exerting its effect.

Chen Du opened his eyes and looked at the red dots on his wristband. These were all messages sent to him by people from the Seventh Ecological Circle a short while ago.

Previously, in the Third Ecological Circle, when he came out of the Tears Dam, five days had already passed, so Chen Du naturally received their messages, but he hadn't replied.

The reason was simple: at his speed, even without accelerating, just normal travel, it wouldn't take him a day to get from the Third Ecological Circle to the First Ecological Zone.

By then, his sent messages wouldn't have even arrived, but he would already be there.

Later, after he left, the messages probably still wouldn't have arrived.

Thus, it was more convenient to communicate in real-time once he reached the Seventh Ecological Circle.

Just as Chen Du was about to call Chen Juncai, a new message suddenly popped up.

【Moreit: Chen Du, do you know any experts in the First Ecological Zone? I've run into some trouble here!】

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