Chapter 953: Three Minutes
Elder Yan made a fighting appointment for Su Ping to take place soon after.
Every challenge appointment would cost a billion astral coins, half of which would be transferred to the Star Lord being challenged.
Although it was a huge number, it wasn’t that much for a Star Lord, given that characters of such stature, masters of solar systems, were able to rake in trillions from a prosperous planet every year.
Elder Yan led Su Ping to a hall in the middle of the city.
The place was filled with people who were devoted to the simulation equipment. Su Ping and Elder Yan simply went to a VIP private room with a large equipment set up.
“Put on the helmet. Your opponent has been arranged; he’s Clowe, the hundredth on the Divine Lord Rank!” Elder Yan said.
Su Ping nodded. “Many thanks.”
He put on a helmet—which looked like a biker’s, except that it had glittering spots of light on the surface—which was in front of the equipment. Then, he entered a vivid virtual world.
“Would you like to enter the virtual battlefield?”
“Yes.”
“The current IP has an appointment. Would you like to fight the opponent you’ve made an appointment with?”
“Yes.”
“Hold on. Extracting data…”
A tremendous amount of purple and red rays of light shot from the equipment and scanned Su Ping from head to toe. Then, it displayed a thirty seconds timer.
Once the countdown was over, the earset part of the helmet flashed in red and Su Ping received another notification. “Data extracted. Please log into the battlefield.”
“Logging in.”
Right upon seeing the recent pop-up menu, Su Ping simply chose “Confirm.”
A new world was opened before his eyes after he confirmed; he was pulled into a desolate and boundless battlefield.
It was a place with forests, mountains, lakes and other environments.
The smell of plants was vivid in the air, which was also filled with all kinds of elements. That was the most normal challenge scene; a comprehensive battlefield.
Based on the information, the battlefield was simulating the surface of the White Withered Planet.
Its gravity was on level 9.8, and its astral power density was MP5. Both indexes were quite high.
Su Ping realized that the set gravity was twenty to twenty-five times that of the Blue Planet. A normal Star State cultivator would have felt heavy and sticky, as if negotiation through seawater.
However, his strength was above that of the average Star State warrior, so he easily adapted to the environment. The stats showed that there were seven deep spaces altogether in that environment.
As for the deeper spaces, they were even harder to simulate.
I can only enter the sixth space by trying my best with my current strength. The seventh space is too dangerous; I can only get there by finding an opening in the sixth space.
Su Ping slightly shook his head; he was too weak to explore the truth of the universe yet.
A countdown then appeared on the menu.
His opponent would arrive at the battlefield in thirty seconds.
Su Ping took a soft breath, suddenly realizing that he could move, but only within a small range. That seemed to have the purpose of preventing him from setting up traps.
Thirty seconds passed quickly; a virtual white-haired young man showed up several thousand meters away. He had indifferent yet beautiful silver eyes, which made him look exceptionally graceful.
Su Ping nodded his head. Even the last guy on the Divine Lord Rank looked like the main character of a novel, extraordinary and eye-catching.
While Su Ping observed Clowe, the latter had already launched an attack.
Clowe summoned his battle pets without wasting time with words; they were nine Star Lord beasts. One of them merged with him, and the other eight formed a lineup that began to cast all kinds of enhancement skills. Clowe was a lot stronger; his white hair was fluttering as he prepared to attack.
Su Ping didn’t hold back upon seeing all this; he summoned the Little Skeleton and other pets, then charged to counter the enemy.
The Little Skeleton and the Inferno Dragon merged with Su Ping, while the Dark Dragon Hound simply charged at Clowe’s pet lineup.
They were vivid representations based on Su Ping’s memories. Their abilities were the same as in real life, except that none of them could talk and they somehow looked dumb.
Rampant strength surged in his body after the dual fusion. Su Ping no longer hid his strength. Since he had recently broken through after a long time training, he also wanted to test his own limits!
Path of time!
Sword of Laws!
Heavenly Fall, the fifth move of the Divine Sword Path!
Su Ping dashed forward and performed his most powerful techniques. The sword suffused by countless laws slashed down like a lightning bolt parting the skies. But then it slowed down when it approached Clowe, as if it would have fallen into mud. Its power quickly started to fade too.
Su Ping narrowed his pupils; he immediately detected a special, invisible force field several hundred meters away from Clowe.
To be more precise, it was a special world.
That was the small world Clowe had created.
The pressure and power of a small world were ten times greater than that of a field. It reduced 90% of his attack, while the remaining 10% was easily crumbled inside the small world too.
Just as I expected, the small world’s level strongly affects the battles against Star Lords. Laws aren’t good enough!
Once he saw that, Su Ping unleashed the power of his small world. He threw himself at his opponent like a desolate stone egg. The next moment, he felt an excruciating pain, as if about to be torn apart; his small world was quaking too, as if it were falling. A lot of faith power was knocked away from his small world.
My small world isn’t powerful enough…
Su Ping grimly sensed the gap between them.
He could tell that his small world had yet to fully collapse because the paths of time and destruction were still holding it in one piece. The two supreme laws were much more supportive than laws. Just like two solid pillars, they held the small world together.
Otherwise, he would have been torn to pieces in the previous collision, like an egg hitting a rock.
Is the gap between us that wide?
Su Ping found it hard to accept. His opponent was on the 100th place of the Divine Lord Rank. He would have to first make it to the top ten so he could fulfill his condition to leave the Celestial Court. The room for improvement was still massive!
Right, a God Warrior in the Demigod Burial told me that the small world is the strengthened and ultimate version of a field, which can also be strengthened with mental power!
Su Ping suddenly remembered that conversation from a long time before. He was still very weak back then, but the guy still answered his question about higher levels.
The conversation flashed in his head right then, and Su Ping’s eyes glittered. The next moment, a horrifying aura emerged behind his back; the dark and intimidating Force Field appeared.
The Force Field was the manifestation of one’s mind. Su Ping merged it with his small world.
An unbelievable scene then took place.
The dark Force Field shook violently like boiled water, as if something were trying to break out.
The horrifying shadows that flew at the rear of the Force Field were suddenly gone, leaving the dark Force Field shaking.
Su Ping felt terrified all of a sudden, right when the Force Field was completely fused with the small world. He sensed that a cold air was rising from his chest to his head. He then saw an opening in the desolate small world, and a sharp and scary claw was extending out.
The claw was enormous; its skin was dry and hideous.
It was almost thirty meters wide, which seemed to belong to a gigantic beast.
Su Ping instantly felt that his small world became heavy after the claw appeared. He was stunned for a moment, feeling that the claw belonged to a terrifying creature he had seen in the Chaotic Realm of the Undead.
Did it manifest in my small world?
Su Ping was suddenly eager to try. He wasn’t afraid of failure anyway, being in a virtual world, so he gritted his teeth and pushed his small world into Clowe’s.
The strange law in Su Ping’s small world was extended forward to stab into Clowe’s small world.
The attack created an opening for Su Ping. The next moment, his small world managed to hit the opening and blocked Clowe’s small world. Two small worlds were in balance for a moment.
Su Ping was taken aback by the weird scene; he noted it down and decided to investigate it later. While suppressing his opponent’s small world with the sharp claw, Su Ping charged at Clowe through the channel in his small world.
Clowe silently took action by quickly moving his fingers and pointing them forward. A giant arm stretched forth from deeper spaces; the arm had purple and black spots as if it belonged to a zombie. It then slashed at Su Ping.
Su Ping was astonished by the tactic; he hadn’t really seen such a method earlier.
The training partners he had met in the cultivation sites were mostly Star State warriors; Star Lords would have killed him too fast and easily to serve as an effective training experience that would help him improve.
Su Ping counterattacked with the Fist of Exorcist. His dazzling golden fists were mighty and unstoppable.
The Fist of Exorcist seemed to be suppressing the strange arm in a way. Once they made contact, the arm sizzled as if about to be burnt up. However, the terrifying force it carried was able to shatter the Fist of Exorcist and knock Su Ping back.
Su Ping was determined to fight. He roared and waved his fist again.
This time, he made use of all of his astral power and cells.
Boom!
The power of the two Astral Paintings were concentrated on his arms; they seemed on the verge of tearing the world apart. It had a dozen collisions with the purple and black arm.
The purple and black arm had been beaten back to the deep space.
Su Ping took a deep breath, wondering where Clowe had picked up such a horrifying technique. Star Lord geniuses indeed had something special about them.
The battle continued. Su Ping’s astral power surged like tides as he kept punching and slashing.
Clowe, however, had plenty of methods. He sometimes counterattacked with his sword, and sometimes by flinging his finger.
Hum!
Light was gathered all of a sudden, then condensed into a dazzling sword in Clowe’s hands.
This is so unfair…
Su Ping’s lips began to contort once he saw the intense power of faith inside the sword, as it was a thousand times greater than his own!
The same light was also gathering close to the sword in his hand, but the sword wasn’t nearly as powerful as Clowe’s. Su Ping was still too weak in terms of faith power.
“Huh?”
Su Ping suddenly saw thick streams of light rising from the depths of his small world right then. Pure white power of faith was entering his small world, particularly from the dark and obscure area behind the claw’s wrist.
It’s coming… from my Force Field?
Su Ping was definitely surprised.
What is going on?
The power of faith is coming from my own Force Field?
The light sword in Su Ping’s hand dazzled with brilliance as the power of faith was integrated. Such power made him feel as if he were being worshiped by a billion people, while also being surrounded by a great and sacred power.
Su Ping opened his eyes all of a sudden; he then slashed with the sword again.
Bang!
The two blades made of faith power collided, and mesmerizing light burst out in the process. Su Ping was flung back the next moment, leaving him with excruciating pain.
He tried to open his eyes and look ahead, only to find that Clowe was flying back and vomiting blood too.
Whoosh.
The world flashed before his eyes all of a sudden.
The battlefield was gone. Su Ping opened his eyes, to find that he was back inside the palace.
“What happened?” Su Ping was stunned.
Elder Yan’s voice came from nearby. “When you lose, or when your virtual body is 90% wounded, the battle will be discontinued to prevent you from receiving mental wounds.
“I thought you would endure thirty seconds at most, but you actually persisted for three whole minutes. Good for you; as expected of Lord Supreme’s disciple.” Elder Yan was truly amazed by Su Ping.
He merely was a Star State warrior, yet he endured three minutes against Clowe. It was definitely an unbelievable achievement.
Su Ping put on a bitter smile. He had already managed to hurt the guy; he thought he had a chance of winning if he continued fighting.
However, there were a lot of things about the battle which confused him.
“Elder Yan, can you draw faith power from your mind?” asked Su Ping curiously, remembering how the power of faith had flown out of his Force Field.
