Chapter 66: Xu Ran: Your Divine Skill is Great? Good! It's Mine Now!

The Grand Commander looked surprised. "You're actually eyeing the alien treasures?"

Xu Ran's eyes shone brightly. "There should be quite a few in stock, right? Maybe even divine-tier treasures?"

The [Nightmare Resentful Mother] had torn a slight breach in the spatial barrier, summoning an inky-gold treasure. There was no doubt it was a supreme, heavyweight treasure!

If the fog could be dispersed and the "true teachings" within obtained, it would serve as an ultimate trump card.

Therefore, Xu Ran had been searching for ways to achieve this!!

However, his current strength was far too insignificant; it was only through a string of sheer coincidences that he managed to cross paths with a mechanism-based monster like the [Large-Scale Illusion].

If it came down to a close-quarters melee, or if he were forced to personally traverse the first-tier, second-tier, and natural-disaster-tier pollution zones to venture deep into alien worlds in search of treasure, he would likely perish within half a day.

Why did Xu Ran consider himself a mechanism-based monster as well?

Because his true strength lay precisely in mechanics...

His baseline cultivation was not yet solid enough! He had only achieved victory by seeing through the opponent's mechanics!

It was not at all the kind of hearty, face-to-face combat where one crushed the enemy with a single punch!

Just like the mechanism monsters in the enemy camp, he needed to hide in the background and quietly develop.

Before possessing sufficient self-preservation capabilities, he would absolutely never risk deep-diving into pollution zones or venturing into alien worlds...

Even for an inky-gold divine heavyweight treasure! He would never throw his life away!

Xu Ran was not that foolish.

Therefore... the most promising path to dispersing the fog right now was to take a stroll through the safe zone's treasury and see if Lady Luck would smile upon him.

If humanity's two-hundred-year accumulation could help him dispel the fog,

that would truly be like Cao Cao tumbling into a harem of married women—doubly exhilarating.

He had originally been worried he wouldn't be able to "get his hands on" the safe zone's treasury, but then he coincidentally broke through the [Large-Scale Illusion]...

Wasn't this simply wonderful?

Seeing Xu Ran's expression full of anticipation,

the Grand Commander's face turned peculiar. "Well... such things certainly exist. Over the years, various ferocious beasts have carried back strange items. There are also treasures dropped by gods, all of which have been sealed away."

"These treasures are severely contaminated... Generally, they are only used for research, and cultivators find them of very little practical use. Why would you want those?"

Xu Ran raised an eyebrow, his anticipation growing even stronger. "There are actually treasures dropped by gods?"

Lin Feng replied, "Of course there are. Over the years, our China God-Slaying Squad has physically destroyed quite a few gods. Some left behind bones, some weird chunks of flesh, and others ores. All in all, they are bizarre and grotesque."

Xu Ran said, "I want to take a look at these treasures."

His desire to try was stronger than ever before!

What if?

What if he actually stumbled upon the right thing?

Having the fog around the inky-gold heavyweight treasure lifted, leaving an eight-year-old child with 30,000 points of vital blood equipped with a divine-tier trump card—how wonderful did that sound?

The Grand Commander wiped his sweat. "Uh... generally speaking, treasures of this nature are not open to cultivators below the Cliff Realm."

Xu Ran asked, "Can I apply for a special exception?"

Seeing Xu Ran's absolute persistence,

Ye Ping panicked immensely. "...Hold on, when you came out for actual combat, the director and Aunt Lu gave me strict warnings... They put a lot of pressure on me. Do you really have to mess with treasures that are contaminated to this extreme?"

Regarding the talisman resentment god from last time, he had already been severely reprimanded by Aunt Lu.

Fortunately, he hadn't told the director.

Xu Ran spread his hands and made up an excuse. "...Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles."

"If we want to suppress the alien races, we simply must touch these things."

"Besides, if I get contaminated, a good night's sleep will fix it."

Xu Ran's firmness left Ye Ping speechless, and just as he was about to speak,

Lin Feng acutely perceived something amiss. "A good night's sleep will fix it? What is the reason for that? Contamination can't possibly disappear just by sleeping, can it? If it isn't purified promptly, it will only get worse and worse."

Xu Ran smiled faintly. Did they think the golden achievement [Pure Spiritual Body] was a joke?

What it purified was precisely contamination!

"All in all, most contamination goes away after a nap. Let me study them. If I hadn't studied seriously, I might not have broken through the [Large-Scale Illusion] today."

Ye Ping: "..."

Lin Feng: "It's fine, just let him study. Ah Hao's Chains of Light can purify contamination; it'll just cause a bit of suffering."

Ye Ping thought for a moment. "...I can't very well stand in the way of your progress. But if you feel any discomfort, you must stop immediately."

Xu Ran: "No problem."

The Grand Commander: "Alright. If the God-Slaying Squad is there to supervise, I can submit a special application."

"However, I need to submit the intelligence report on the [Large-Scale Illusion Monster] first, so I'll have to trouble you to wait another day or two."

Xu Ran waved his hand. "That's not a problem. I have time to wait."

After all, while waiting, there was still one more thing he could do—find that mysterious little girl radiating blue light and figure out her true origins!

The Grand Commander: "Right, please give the [Large-Scale Illusion Monster] a name so it's easier to refer to in the future."

Xu Ran: "...A name? What kind of name should I give it?"

"Its ability relies on mental shocks and creating illusions to manipulate emotions. The more one loses their sanity, the less hope there is of defeating it. Let's call it [Never Despair]. As long as one does not despair, the illusion can be broken."

Everyone: "...This kind of name where the premise has nothing to do with the conclusion... words simply fail me."

Ye Ping: "This was definitely caused by our director contaminating him."

Xu Ran: "...Any other name wouldn't be as good; the key is to bluntly point out its weakness."

Ye Ping scrambled to patch it up: "Let's call it the [Never Despair Natural Disaster], adding 'Natural Disaster' to indicate its status."

Xiao Xue: "...You're also a naming genius."

Liu炎: "Oh how novel, a whole kindergarten of crouching dragons and fledgling phoenixes. Even the Time Bone has been dragged down by you lot. Come to think of it, even the King of Condemned Beings had his aura ruined by you guys."

Ye Ping looked embarrassed. "Don't falsely accuse the innocent; these names have nothing to do with me."

At this moment, the Grand Commander spoke with exceptionally high emotional intelligence. "Uh... actually, the name 'Never Despair Natural Disaster' is quite good."

"After all, we don't know what species it actually is, nor do we even know its appearance, so naming it after its weakness is by no means a bad strategy. Mechanism monsters should all be named this way."

Ye Ping was deeply convinced and instantly puffed out his chest. "Right! Great name!"

Everyone: "..."

This Grand Commander was far too eager to advance.

Noticing everyone's gazes, the Grand Commander smiled slightly. "Haha, officers, the situation is urgent, I'll go write the report first! Once I finish handling everything, I'll treat you all to a meal to show my gratitude."

Everyone: "Go do your work; we'll find food ourselves. Just remember to apply for Xu Ran's reward when you're done."

The Grand Commander: "I'll definitely remember!"

With that, he hurried away from the front lines and returned to the administrative division's office area, clearly rushing to draft the intelligence on the [Never Despair Natural Disaster] so that all safe zones could be put on alert...

Watching the Grand Commander leave,

everyone wore faint smiles on their faces.

Ye Ping couldn't help but sigh inwardly. He had to admit that Xu Ran was simply the nemesis of mechanism monsters.

The Nightmare Resentful Mother, the Flying-Head Ghost, and the Never Despair Natural Disaster—there were as many as three god-tier creatures that had met with terrible misfortune at Xu Ran's hands. Two of them had their souls scattered into oblivion, and even the bizarre divine eye had been shattered into pieces.

Could it be that he was the chosen son of heaven?

Ye Ping patted Xu Ran on the shoulder.

"What are you going to do next?"

Xu Ran pointed at the warriors in the plaza. "Clear the fear out of them, and then try out a comprehension."

Yes, when he was destroying the [Large-Scale Illusion] earlier, he had sensed the opponent condensing its faith into faith seeds and placing them on the crystal beasts.

It was these faith seeds on the crystal beasts acting together that had generated the instantly erupting [Large-Scale Illusion].

Although he didn't yet know the exact utility of faith seeds, if he could learn to make them... perhaps it would provide some entirely new combat ideas.

After all, Xu Ran possessed mental power too—his mental power was not low, but because it required a mental power bone to cultivate and self-create mental power cultivation techniques, his daily mental power increase remained at +5 per day.

Even so, his mental power was rapidly approaching three thousand points.

Mental power + faith could be condensed into a faith seed.

Xu Ran was fully qualified to give it a try.

Hearing Xu Ran's words, Ye Ping looked startled. "Huh? Try a comprehension? What kind of comprehension? The comprehension you just got... you wouldn't have learned it from the [Never Despair Natural Disaster], would you?"

准"Don't tell me your comprehension bone allowed you to learn a divine-bestowed divine power from the [Never Despair Natural Disaster]!!"

Ye Ping's words caused the fourteen members of the God-Slaying Squad to collectively stare at Xu Ran with looks of absolute horror.

"No way? Is that even something you can learn?"

Xu Ran said helplessly, "Uncle Ye, you're making things sound way too sensational. How could I possibly learn that kind of bizarre technique?"

"I just had a tiny little thought. Perhaps I can draw inspiration from some minor techniques. Of course, whether I can successfully draw inspiration or not, I'll only know after trying. Who knows, I might fail."

Liu Yan let out a long sigh of relief. "You scared me. If even that could be learned..."

Xu Ran spread his hands. "You overestimate me."

With that, Xu Ran walked over to the cultivators still struggling in fear.

A warrior whose vital blood value was around 60,000 looked at Xu Ran with considerable excitement. "Big Boss 'One-Man Army'! You're the one who broke that [Large-Scale Illusion] just now, right?"

Xu Ran nodded. "Yes. Sit still and don't move; I'll help you clear out the fear in your heart."

The warrior looked like a fan seeing his idol: "Big Boss, what kind of divine-bestowed power do you actually have? Why do you have a paper doll legion, and why can you also clear away fear?"

Xu Ran did not answer.

Instead, he pressed his palm against the warrior's shoulder.

Then, he recalled the composition of the [Never Despair Natural Disaster]'s faith seeds.

With his [Advanced Comprehension] progress reaching as high as 60,800 points... dismantling the construction method of the faith seeds was actually still somewhat difficult.

Fortunately, when Xu Ran had chopped apart the faith seeds earlier, his state had been out-of-this-world good. Even if he couldn't fully comprehend and digest all of it, the power radiated by the faith seeds and the operational process when they took effect were imprinted clearly in his mind, frame by frame.

As long as he tried, he would definitely find a method to condense a faith seed!

Full of confidence, Xu Ran tried over a dozen times inside the warrior's body. He had many thoughts and hypotheses, but all of them failed.

Xu Ran shook his head internally.

"Alright, the fear inside your body has been cleared. Next!"

The warrior patted his forehead, his face full of pleasant surprise and amazement. "I'm really not afraid at all anymore! Thank you, Big Boss 'One-Man Army'!"

"It's my turn, it's my turn, please help me, One-Man Army."

The next warrior impatiently walked up to Xu Ran and sat down.

Xu Ran nodded, casting fear-clearing while attempting to condense a faith seed inside the person's body. After more than ten attempts yielded no results,

Xu Ran smiled faintly.

"Next."

Behind him.

Ye Ping, Lin Feng, Liu Yan, and the others watched silently. Seeing Xu Ran treat over fifty warriors, taking a full hour, they couldn't help but sigh.

Xiao Xue said, "The purification-type powerhouses over there are already releasing purification spells. Should I go tell her to leave a batch of people for little Xu Ran to try on? How many people should we leave?"

Ye Ping pondered slightly. "Leave a thousand. A thousand should be enough for him to figure it out."

A group of people whispered among themselves, quietly waiting for news of Xu Ran's success.

However,

after treating two hundred people, Xu Ran still hadn't shown any expression of pleasant surprise.

He probably hadn't succeeded yet...

Because at this moment, not only was Xu Ran not showing the joy of success, but he was actually covered in sweat.

Members of the two God-Slaying Squads looked at each other in dismay.

Liu Yan squeezed out a bead of sweat. "Looks like he's failed two hundred times. Keep it up..."

Ye Ping also held his breath.

To be honest, no matter what Xu Ran was trying to do, not a single one of them wanted to see him fail.

Xu Ran: "..."

Failing two hundred times? Ha, far from it. He had tried at least fifteen times on each individual person, meaning he had already failed 3,000 times.

That didn't matter, though.

Every failure was a summary of experience, making the next attempt more correct.

Although he had failed three thousand times, the experience Xu Ran gained was similarly threefold. He had figured out how mental power and faith intertwined; he understood that the [Never Despair Natural Disaster]'s faith seed actually relied on three forces—mental power, pollution, and faith—which fused together to condense the faith seed.

Xu Ran could not control and wield the power of pollution, so he simply stripped away the pollution power during his repeated attempts, replacing it with psychic-type energy.

Furthermore, he re-balanced the equilibrium between mental power, faith, and psychic-type energy.

"I'm just a tiny step away from success... A little more effort! I'll definitely find the crucial point that allows these three forces to condense into a faith seed..."

Xu Ran wiped the sweat from his brow.

Utterly focused, highly concentrated, his facial features stern to the absolute limit.

After a full 4,396 failures.

Xu Ran's eyes suddenly lit up with a brilliant radiance.

At this moment—inside the tester's body, a golden, sprout-like faith seed was finally successfully condensed!!

Xu Ran smiled brightly. "Success! It's you... the faith seed! It's a hundred times purer than the [Never Despair Natural Disaster]'s!"

"And my faith seed actually has multiple effects?"

"Planted inside an ally's body, it can bestow faith upon them. As long as my confidence is sufficient, my teammates won't experience feelings of fear!"

"This is simply the ultimate auxiliary means for facing the [Never Despair Natural Disaster] and other resentment gods! Cultivators free from fear can unleash 100% of their combat power, or even more."

"And if planted inside an enemy's body, the faith seed can weaken the enemy's confidence, causing them to feel terror. The more terrified the enemy is, the harder it is to withstand the lethality of the [Super Explosive Slash]."

"On the other hand, the faith seed can also locate the enemy. Once a faith seed is planted, even if I can't see the target, I can aim at them from several hundred meters away."

"As long as I can perceive the faith seed inside the enemy's body, I can use the [Super Explosive Slash] to slice them to pieces with a single blade!"

"This... is simply a perfect match for the [Super Explosive Slash]!"

Xu Ran fell into a puzzling silence.

Good grief, the faith seed was practically an auxiliary divine skill for the [Super Explosive Slash].

Not only could it weaken opponents, but it also came with a locking-on aim assist.

In future battles, as long as Xu Ran planted a faith seed inside someone, that person would be hacked to pieces by a [Super Explosive Slash] even if they ran five hundred meters away.

"As expected of a faith seed. Excellent, this thing is mine from now on. I just don't know what the limit distance is; I feel like I could hack and kill an enemy from a thousand meters away?"

His previous [Super Explosive Slash] had a maximum range of a hundred meters.

With the locking mechanism of the faith seed, could it reach a thousand meters?

Xu Ran thought deeply. The actual distance needed to be verified in actual combat, but he guessed it wouldn't be less than 500 meters. Moreover, the distance would increase as his vital blood value grew and the faith seed became more formidable, allowing him to strike from even further away.

In the future, he might be able to instantly wipe out enemies from a distance of ten thousand meters.

"Not bad, not bad. A perfect harvest. Thank you, [Never Despair Natural Disaster]!! It's just a pity I didn't manage to kill it directly!"

Thinking along these lines,

Xu Ran smiled brightly, stood up, and stretched lazily.

Ye Ping looked at him with full concern. "How is it? Did you succeed?"

Xu Ran: "Succeeded, a thoroughly perfect little technique!"

Lin Feng was curious: "What little technique? Can we learn it?"

Xu Ran shook his head: "Probably not. As for what kind of technique it actually is, it's hard for me to describe. I'll need to find a crystal beast to show you a demonstration."

Liu Yan: "Then... let's go demonstrate it?"

Xu Ran: "I happen to want to test it out myself, but isn't it too dangerous to go outside the safe zone? The god-tier creature hasn't gone far yet. Are there any coliseums inside the safe zone? I need a living crystal beast."

Lin Feng shook his head: "The safe zone doesn't have any spare space to set up a massive coliseum. However, on the other side of the super gate, there are coliseums. Human cultivators cultivate over there, and if they need to defend the safe zone against attacks, they can rush to the battlefield in fifteen minutes."

Xu Ran: "Then let's return to Blue Star! I need to test this."

Liu Yan: "We want to witness the little technique you just comprehended too. It's truly curiosity-inducing."

Ye Ping: "Then let's go!"

It took thirty minutes to rush from the battlefield in the seventh district to the super gate.

Passing through the super gate, a peculiar energy wrapped around Xu Ran, carrying him through space and time for a full five minutes.

His feet landed on solid ground!

Although he had already ridden through the super gate a few times, this kind of spatial shuttle and transformation still made Xu Ran exceptionally curious.

Moreover, he always felt that the energy wrapping around him possessed a consciousness of its own...

"Who knows what the reason is? Could it have something to do with that little blue-glowing girl?"

Relying on just a shred of a clue, it was utterly impossible to figure out.

Xu Ran simply stopped thinking about it and instead curiously looked at the buildings in the distance beyond the super gate: "Is that the capital?"

Lin Feng: "It's still far away. To get to the capital, it takes an hour and a half. This is just the suburbs. But even as a suburb, it's prosperous enough. Under normal circumstances, thirty thousand cultivators and over thirty God-Slaying Squads are stationed here, always ready for action."

Xu Ran was surprised: "So many?"

Lin Feng looked solemn: "No choice. The safe zone is frequently attacked, and we can't let it be breached. Every time it's breached, the safe zone's durability decreases. It's said the safe zone can only hold out for another three to five years."

"Three to five years from now, humanity will likely face the super disaster that destroyed Blue Star two hundred years ago."

Xu Ran was greatly shocked: "Three to five years?!"

Lin Feng nodded: "Yes, this is highly classified information; don't spread it. Our cultivators in China are all racking their brains to find ways to extend the safe zone's lifespan... Unfortunately, we currently have no leads."

Xu Ran: "So... there's a little blue-glowing girl in the safe zone. Do you guys know about her?"

Lin Feng frowned slightly: "What little blue-glowing girl?"

Xu Ran: "Fine... I saw a little blue-glowing girl in the safe zone who can walk through walls at will."

Everyone was dumbfounded: "Huh? How could such a thing happen? Are you sure?"

Xu Ran spread his hands: "I'm pretty much sure."

Xiao Xue: "Little brother, don't scare us. We've never heard of any such little girl... Sounds super creepy."

Xu Ran smiled helplessly: "I shouldn't have seen wrong. Let's wander around the safe zone these next couple of nights; maybe we'll run into her. I want to find out what her identity is."

Liu Yan: "When you put it like that, we want to know her identity too. We'll accompany you to look for her!"

Xu Ran: "Alright."

Chatting along the way, the group descended upon the coliseum.

Standing on the high stands, the coliseum below looked almost identical to a giant bowl.

Seeing the brilliant, iridescent windbreakers of the Fire Prison and Soul Cleansing squads, a Peak Qiu Realm administrator trotted over.

"Excuse me, what do you need? By regulation, God-Slaying Squads enjoy the highest tier of special treatment."

Lin Feng looked at Xu Ran: "What level of crystal beast do you want? 150,000 points of vital blood?"

Xu Ran pondered for a moment: "20,000 points, let's challenge that."

Everyone looked at each other in dismay: "..." Good grief, he was getting more and more fierce! He had only turned eight years old a few days ago, and now he wanted to challenge a crystal beast with 200,000 points of vital blood. He was a freak among freaks!

Was this really an eight-year-old?

Of course.

Compared to the divine-bestowed mechanics where he dismantled the [Flying-Head Ghost] and the [Never Despair Natural Disaster]... or even directly shattered the [Bizarre Eyeball]...

An eight-year-old challenging a 200,000-vital-blood crystal beast suddenly seemed rather "reasonable."

The administrator glanced at Xu Ran: "A crystal beast with 200,000 vital blood? How large of a coliseum do you need?"

Xu Ran: "The coliseum with the largest diameter."

Since he wanted to test his limits, he naturally needed the biggest coliseum.

The administrator: "We still have one vacancy for a coliseum with the maximum diameter, about two kilometers across."

Xu Ran nodded: "Just right. Please lead the way."

The administrator: "Please follow me, officers."

After walking for a few minutes,

Xu Ran followed behind the administrator and arrived at the large coliseum.

The administrator: "What breed of crystal beast do you want? Highly aggressive, high defense, fast speed, or..."

Xu Ran: "High defense and fast speed."

The administrator nodded: "Understood."

As he spoke, he took out a walkie-talkie and shouted into it: "One galloping wolf beast with 200,000 vital blood."

"O-f*cking-K."

An unrefined response came from the other end.

Eight minutes later.

The iron gates of the coliseum clanked open, and a wolf-shaped crystal beast three meters tall rushed out in a panic. It was covered in crystal-like armor, its head a patch of blue, and the single horn atop its head was sharp and shone with a metallic luster.

It ran wildly around the circular coliseum, occasionally slamming its head horn against the high walls.

Unfortunately, the tall and indestructible walls were completely impervious to its attacks.

Lin Feng looked at Xu Ran: "The crystal beast is here. Do you want me to send you down? Can you handle it alone?"

Xu Ran waved his hand confidently: "No problem at all."

With that,

he leaped lightly, jumping down into the coliseum. Then, an invisible wall of air formed beneath his feet, and he walked down leisurely out of thin air.

Ye Ping: "..."

Lin Feng: "..."

The rest of the God-Slaying Squad members remained frozen in place.

Liu Yan: "Is this another one of his abilities? Walking on air? Good grief, when I was in the Mountain Realm, I didn't act this flashy!"

Ah Hao: "Only someone in the Cliff Realm could be this steady, right?"

Cliff Realm cultivators could hover in mid-air and walk across the void, yet Xu Ran...

Ye Ping sighed: "I have to admit, it's really cool!"

After being stunned for a moment, everyone stared fixedly at Xu Ran. Ye Ping even jumped down to the lowest stand to ensure he could protect Xu Ran at the first possible moment.

Down in the coliseum,

Xu Ran's arrival caused the galloping wolf beast to snap its head around, baring its fangs with a ferocious expression.

It let out an Awooo howl, the sound carrying a soul-shaking effect. Of course, Xu Ran certainly wasn't going to fall for that trick.

Xu Ran flicked his fingers: "Come on. Attack me."

Provoked, the galloping wolf beast parted its jagged jaws and lunged fiercely at Xu Ran. The single horn on its head bloomed with a faint blue light, as if it intended to punch a hole right through Xu Ran's chest.

Xu Ran smiled coldly.

Mental power, faith, and psychic energy rapidly intertwined to condense a faith seed.

4,396 failures had made Xu Ran extremely proficient. He didn't even need physical contact with the opponent; he could construct a faith seed out of thin air—a milestone innovation capable of altering the usage of faith seeds.

A stream of brilliant golden energy seeds appeared at Xu Ran's fingertips.

The ferocious smile on the galloping wolf beast's face grew increasingly intense.

It never expected this stupid human in front of it to be so terrified that he didn't even dare dodge.

However... what was that thing he condensed in his hand?

It didn't look threatening or lethal at all. Whatever.

Bash the human to death!

Tear the human to pieces!

The galloping wolf beast bared its full ferocity!

Xu Ran flicked his finger lightly, and the faith seed struck the center of the galloping wolf beast's brow. Mental and faith-based energies rapidly burrowed into its wolf brain.

The galloping wolf beast, which a second before had been ferocious and boiling with murderous intent, subconsciously felt its scalp tingle in sheer terror.

Its expression instantly transitioned from a bloodthirsty wolf king to a husky. It didn't know why it was terrified, but in that split second, only a single thought remained in its mind.

The enemy in front of it held supreme terror! Unbeatable!

This terrifying and horrifying thought spread through its brain like fungal hyphae, quickly reducing its bestiality and fighting spirit into a puddle of mush.

The galloping wolf beast slammed on the emergency brakes, its sharp claws grinding fiercely against the ground. Although it had been charging forward a moment ago, its body now pitched backward as it spun around and fled, even letting out a few yips like a puppy whose tail had been stepped on.

Running at top speed, it dashed toward the far end of the coliseum.

Xu Ran raised an eyebrow. "The effect is this good? It immediately decided I was unbeatable? This faith seed is truly a divine skill. Clearly, it's stronger than me; if it had just charged head-on, I would've been hurt. But instead, it got scared and terrified."

"Good, very good! At a critical moment, this divine skill is enough to turn the tide. It amounts to a hard crowd control skill!!!"

"Next, let's test the limit distance. If the slashing range exceeds 500 meters, that's a fivefold range amplification for my [Super Explosive Slash]. If it reaches 1,000 meters, that's simply a god-tier amplification."

Muttering to himself with a smile, Xu Ran watched the galloping wolf beast flee into the corner.

He stood at the midpoint of the coliseum.

The distance between here and the galloping wolf beast was exactly 1,000 meters.

"At a distance of 1,000 meters, I can still clearly perceive the faith seed I planted! As long as I swing my blade, it will die. The [Super Explosive Slash], which originally could only hack targets within 100 meters, has received a tenfold range amplification!"

Xu Ran drew a deep breath.

He realized this was getting a bit absurd.

"What if I take a few steps back to see?"

"Ah... stepping back even a single meter causes the perception to drop... So the limit distance is indeed 1,000 meters. Simply terrifying!"

Xu Ran had roughly figured it out.

To plant a faith seed, he had to visually see the opponent. The limit distance was also 1,000 meters. If he couldn't see the target, planting a faith seed inside the enemy's body was currently impossible—well, only for the present stage, of course.

Meanwhile, using the [Super Explosive Slash] didn't require sight; as long as the target was within a diameter of 1,000 meters, they could be slain with a single strike!

Xu Ran unsheathed his blade and swung downward.

The galloping wolf beast cowering in the corner suddenly had its brain scrambled by an invisible force!

Bleeding from its seven orifices, it collapsed to the ground, twitching.

Up in the stands,

Ye Ping's pupils trembled slightly, his mouth opening. "The golden light spot he comprehended just now went into the crystal beast's head, turning his [Super Explosive Slash] range from... wait, his previous strikes were all within 100 meters, but now it's nearly a thousand meters."

"So he learned this from the [Never Despair Natural Disaster]? The [Never Despair Natural Disaster] that created the large-scale illusion was also peeping from far outside the battlefield."

"What a terrifying learning capability. As expected of the comprehension bone!! A god-tier bone—if he hadn't failed to generate a high-core energy cluster, wouldn't he suffer heavenly condemnation even more terrifying than little Liuli's?"

"Fortunately, he doesn't have a high-core energy cluster."

Ye Ping let out a deep breath. The surprises and shocks brought by the comprehension bone came in continuous waves; he could hardly process them all.

Now, he could be 100% certain—Xu Ran was the human camp's mechanism monster!!

On the battlefield, he could rely on his comprehension bone to quickly find the enemy's flaws and directly shatter the mechanism monster's mechanics.

After the combat concluded, he could even steal the enemy's techniques.

God among gods! Invincible!

Ye Ping's heart hammered wildly. Humanity had been beaten to a pulp for 200 years, but perhaps they had truly waited for a super genius capable of altering history.

Ye Ping gazed at Xu Ran's figure.

A surge of emotion washed over him.

Beside him, the members of the two God-Slaying Squads were completely numb.

Liu Yan: "...Holy crap! This isn't any different from a mechanism monster, is it?"

Lin Feng exhaled a turbid breath. "Incomprehensible. This kid is too terrifying. He can actually learn techniques from the enemy camp's mechanism monsters."

Ye Ping puffed out his chest and smiled. "Everyone, it's necessary for me to translate for you what a comprehension bone is. A comprehension bone... is a god-like comprehension ability, god-like learning capability, god-like creation capability... and of course, various other things..."

Everyone: "...Got it, got it, you don't need to flex over and over again."

Ye Ping's face beamed with radiance. He finally understood why the director had loved showing off in recent years. You simply couldn't imagine the joy it brought.

Those were the eleventh and thirteenth ranked God-Slaying Squads, existences he used to only look up to, yet right now?

He could jump right in their faces and flex.

So satisfying! So satisfying!

Ye Ping let out a long sigh. "Ah... ah... This is our Jing Province kindergarten's comprehension bone... Do you guys have a comprehension bone like this?"

Liu Yan: "That's quite enough, Pingzi. Keep talking and we'll snatch the kid back to our Capital kindergarten."

At this moment,

down in the coliseum, Xu Ran sheathed his blade and clapped his hands.

"Can I go into the beast cage and test out the little technique I just learned?"

Everyone dropped down beside him.

Lin Feng: "How do you want to test it? Just state your request; it's best to be completely familiar with your own moves."

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