722: The second generation Qilin King

Chen Du's brow furrowed slightly.

Honestly, he hadn't expected Yao Wangjing to be this strong.

He had made the most thorough preparations, and even his Clone Chen Du, against low odds, had completed the final three Star Marks on Star Island.

What surprised Chen Du most here was the speed at which the opponent's Life Strength had increased.

The Eternal Tree had a fatal flaw: it was slow.

It was probably a characteristic of being a tree; while it possessed infinite lifespan, its growth was very slow.

It mainly relied on time, like water eroding stone.

He hadn't expected the speed to be this fast after being completely fused with Yao Wangjing.

This speed was somewhat abnormal; Chen Du's Life Strength talent had already been pushed to an extremely exaggerated level, and he also had the eternal increase from the eternal heart, plus the life source he obtained Underground.

Under these circumstances, the opponent actually reached Rank 30 before him. Although Yao Wangjing's original Rank was higher than Chen Du's, it still shouldn't have happened, and he had been waiting here for an unknown amount of time.

Chen Du speculated that the progress of the opponent's strength increase was probably related to his Fusion with the power of two other Overlord-level Civilizations.

Although he didn't know how he did it, these components definitely helped him take many shortcuts.

Whoosh!

Yao Wangjing made his move, a black Domain instantly enveloped him, moving so fast that only a faint afterimage could be seen.

Chen Du's hairs stood on end instantly, and Promotion and Bloom were simultaneously activated.

While neutralizing the Rank suppression, he also maximized his strength.

He also threw the Judgment Holy Sword into the sky. This item was an offensive ability, and the Heavenly Prison could not restrain it.

Yao Wangjing merely glanced at it and did nothing.

Although Chen Du was now using all his abilities, there was still a gap of more than double the power between the two of them.

While this gap wasn't enough for an instant kill, it was overwhelming, and Chen Du immediately fell into a disadvantage the moment they clashed.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

Puff!

A splash of crimson, Chen Du, with no way to avoid it, had his left arm directly severed by Yao Wangjing's blade-like wing!

The opponent's eyes could reflect reality, which rendered Chen Du's etherealization useless.

But fortunately, with Mental Restart, he refreshed instantly, and his left arm recovered immediately.

Currently, Chen Du was Rank 41, possessing 11 false lives and one true life.

"Such an astonishing recovery speed. It seems your improvement during this period hasn't been small either."

"Unfortunately, any ability is useless in the face of an absolute disparity in strength."

Yao Wangjing licked his lips after speaking, a hint of gloom in his eyes:

"Good, struggle a bit more, let me enjoy the kill, it won't be in vain that I've waited for you for so long."

Chen Du's expression was solemn; he was currently in Bloom state.

In this state, he could still barely resist, but unfortunately, this state could only last for three minutes.

After three minutes, he would be almost instantly killed by Yao Wangjing.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

One minute of Bloom time passed, and at the very top of the Heavenly Prison, a figure appeared.

That was Clone Chen Du.

After completing the condensation of the Star Mark, he rushed back immediately.

But…

Clone Chen Du couldn't enter.

This Heavenly Prison, by some unknown mechanism, isolated interference from external forces.

Upon seeing this, Clone Chen Du also immediately used Bloom, but unfortunately, this Heavenly Prison did not suppress him; it was merely a barrier.

"Hahahahaha."

"Don't waste your efforts, your Clone can't get in, although it wouldn't be useful even if he did."

"I'll tell you now, today, only you and I will be in here, and you will surely die!"

"As a thorn in my side, you should feel honored."

"For me, Yao Wangjing, to go to such lengths to kill an alien, for you to die by my hand as a Small Civilization, is already the greatest blessing of your life!"

Chen Du's expression changed slightly.

The power of this Heavenly Prison was a bit beyond his expectations; currently, it seemed to have no offensive capabilities, but its defensive capabilities were too outstanding.

It even had a one-for-one exchange ability.

As Yao Wangjing said, even if Clone Chen Du came in, 2V1 wouldn't win.

But Chen Du's goal was to have Clone Chen Du come in so both could share the damage.

If Clone Chen Du also used the Judgment Holy Sword, then there would be two of them.

And because of the connection between Clone Chen Du and the main body.

As long as both were injured, each Judgment Holy Sword would absorb their combined damage energy.

In terms of judgment, the Judgment Holy Sword would treat both Chen Dus as one person.

And because of Mental Restart, Chen Du could use 10 lives, while Clone Chen Du could use all 12 lives.

Without considering Yao Wangjing's damage, each Judgment Holy Sword would possess 21 lives' worth of damage energy, and there would be two of them.

This was equivalent to 42 lives' worth of destructive energy!

This was more than four times stronger than when Chen Du used it alone.

Due to the 24x cooldown time, Chen Du couldn't cancel Clone Chen Du and then summon him back from within the Heavenly Prison.

The reason Chen Du could only use 10 lives was because he needed to save one false life to resist Yao Wangjing's so-called Heavenly Prison attack.

But now, none of that mattered.

1 plus 1 between the two could indeed equal 4-something, but now, Clone Chen Du, outside the Heavenly Prison, couldn't lock onto Yao Wangjing, which meant the Judgment Holy Sword couldn't be activated.

And Chen Du could at most accumulate 10 lives' worth of destructive power, but this level of damage energy probably couldn't kill Yao Wangjing.

Psh!

Yao Wangjing seized the opportunity, one of his sharp claws suddenly extended, directly piercing Chen Du's left chest.

This ability... Chen Du muttered in his heart.

Yao Wangjing's sharp claws, it seemed, were not purely the Golden Qilin's claws, because having fought the Qilin King, Chen Du knew that the Golden Qilin didn't have this ability.

It seemed this guy's level of Fusion was even better than he had imagined.

Clack.

Like a mechanism, that sharp claw quickly retracted after piercing Chen Du's left chest, leaving a bloody hole.

"Hmph, recovery, is it? I'd like to see, without a heart, you still..."

"Hmm?"

"This..."

Yao Wangjing's originally smug face froze abruptly upon seeing the wound on Chen Du's chest that he had just pierced:

"No mistake, this is the eternal heart! You actually possess the ultimate resource, the eternal heart?!"

"This item completely disappeared after the second generation Qilin King participated in that encirclement team's operation."

"How did it end up in your hands? Could it be that you found the second generation Qilin King?!"

"No wonder... no wonder a lower life form like you could condense the fifth Star Mark!"

"The eternal heart indeed possesses this ability, but even in the Eternal Tree's memory bank, there's no trace of this thing. I never expected you to obtain it!"

Chen Du hadn't expected that this not-so-long-planned attack by the opponent would lead him to such explosive information.

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