Creating Heavenly Laws

Chapter 388

The "special artifacts" in the box came in various shapes, including hammers, swords, armors, and more. Despite the suppressive nature of this two-dimensional world, the gathered artifacts still exuded a rich, extraordinary aura.

Among them, one particular "tower-shaped" artifact caught Lin Yuan's attention. The aura it emitted bore some resemblance to that of the silver mirror.

"This 'tower-shaped' artifact should also contain an independent space within, though its size is likely smaller than that of my mirror," Lin Yuan thought to himself. The aura from the tower-shaped artifact was slightly inferior to that of the silver mirror.

"But they haven't realized the use of this artifact?" Lin Yuan glanced at Xuan Yuan Duo in front of him.

If they had fully utilized the tower-shaped artifact, they wouldn't have needed to use this box to store the dozen artifacts. They could have placed them all in the tower's independent space, which would have been both safer and more discreet.

Lin Yuan quickly understood why this was the case.

When he first developed the ability of the silver mirror, it took him nearly half a day of focusing his mental energy on it.

It almost affected his overall strength.

At that time, Lin Yuan was already at the 19th rank of the Witch Ancestor.

Lin Yuan's 19th rank was achieved by perfecting each of the earlier stages before finally stepping into the 19th. It was likely equivalent to around the 25th rank of a typical strong one from the myriad races.

In other words, the minimum requirement for unlocking the power of the tower-shaped artifact was at least the 25th rank of the Witch Ancestor.

Currently, the strongest evolver from human civilization, Xuan Yuan Duo, was barely at the 20th rank of the Witch Ancestor.

Unless she risked exhausting all her mental energy, she had no chance of activating the independent space within the tower-shaped artifact.

But Xuan Yuan Duo would never attempt such a thing, as the risk was too great.

If she were ambushed by other powerful ones during this process, human civilization could suffer the same fate as the Tianyu Tribe, getting eliminated early.

Most human evolvers were not like Lin Yuan, hiding in some inconspicuous corner.

They had established bases in the capitals of ancient nations and needed powerful warriors on standby at all times to prevent accidents.

"As long as I can take these artifacts out, I can keep half," Lin Yuan thought quickly as he looked at the artifacts.

This was the promise made by the strongest one, Xia Qin: whatever artifacts Lin Yuan could take out, he could keep fifty percent of them.

Of course, Lin Yuan could also opt not to take the artifacts and instead exchange them for merit points, which could be used to acquire other valuable resources from human civilization's collection.

Currently, handing over twelve-star rare treasures and weapons was one of the few ways to earn a large number of merit points within human civilization.

Each twelve-star rare treasure or weapon had the potential to greatly benefit all of human civilization, so their value was measured in merit points.

"There's also an armor artifact?" Lin Yuan glanced at the greenish-gray armor in the box.

Compared to the inner armor he was currently wearing, this armor was significantly larger and would undoubtedly offer better defense than simple inner armor.

"Forget it."

"The inner armor I have is already sufficient."

Lin Yuan decided against wearing the armor, as it was too large and would hinder his mobility.

Of course, this drawback only existed in this two-dimensional world.

Outside of this realm, the size of these artifacts could be freely adjusted according to one's preferences, as long as they were fully refined.

"Then I'll take them."

Lin Yuan activated the silver mirror, transferring the box into the mirror's space.

He had already mentioned the abilities of the silver mirror to Xia Qin, the strongest one, which was why the strongest one had decided to entrust all the artifacts to Lin Yuan for safekeeping.

First, due to Lin Yuan's strength.

Second, for convenience.

"Spatial fluctuations?"

Xuan Yuan Duo was startled by this scene.

In the two-dimensional world, even the strongest eleventh-rank legendary life forms couldn't stir up spatial fluctuations.

"It seems this Lord Blood Rain possesses an artifact with a complete spatial domain?" Xuan Yuan Duo thought, her expression becoming more respectful.

She also wondered which legendary evolver from human civilization this Lord Blood Rain could be.

It was clear that the name 'Blood Rain' was merely a codename used by Lin Yuan to conceal his true identity.

Xuan Yuan Duo came from the Xuan Yuan family, one of the most powerful evolving families within human civilization, founded by the offspring of a strongest one.

Xuan Yuan Duo knew nearly all the eleventh-rank evolvers in human civilization, yet she couldn't recall any legendary evolver resembling Lin Yuan.

"Could he be from that place?" Xuan Yuan Duo's expression changed slightly.

When Lin Yuan reunited with the human evolvers, there was still a month and a half left until the opening of Heavenly Gate.

But to be cautious, that same afternoon, Lin Yuan led the human evolvers toward the summit of Tianshan.

In the past, Heavenly Gate had always appeared above the summit of Tianshan, the place closest to the gate.

"The strong ones from human civilization have arrived."

"This time, none of the strong ones from human civilization seem particularly outstanding."

"Who's leading them? I've never seen him before."

"Is that the mysterious strong one from the Blood Rain Ancient Nation?"

"Why is this mysterious strong one gathering with the human civilization?"

"Could this mysterious strong one be from human civilization?"

As they traveled toward the summit of Tianshan, the strong ones from the myriad races also noticed the human evolvers. Being a peak race, they always attracted attention wherever they went.

And when these myriad race strong ones saw that Lin Yuan was leading the human evolvers, they were utterly astonished.

The mysterious strong one from the Blood Rain Ancient Nation had only acted once, two hundred years ago, but that one act had shaken the world, and he still ranked among the Nine Strongest.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Many strong ones had speculated about the identity of this mysterious figure.

The most likely assumption was that he was a unique special lifeform, similar to the 'Mother of the Tree Realm' or the 'Divine Kings.'

But now, seeing him among the human civilization?

"After three hundred years of training, I've finally reached the 10th rank of the Witch Ancestor. I never expected I wouldn't even have the qualifications to stand at the summit and witness the opening of Heavenly Gate."

One of the myriad race strong ones looked despondent. He was a tenth-rank strong one in the outside world, and had thought that falling into the two-dimensional world would be his opportunity.

After all, even the eleventh-rank lifeforms were now starting from the same point as him. But the gap was still unfathomably wide.

"This pressure is terrifying. How many ranks has the Divine King reached?"

An eleventh-rank strong one looked solemn. He was confident he could withstand the pressure for the time it takes for one incense stick to burn, but this was just the Divine King releasing his aura.

If he had to face the Divine King's full killing intent, what chance did he have of competing for a slot in Heavenly Gate?

"The Divine King must be at least at the 30th rank of the Witch Ancestor..." A cold-faced strong one from the myriad races stood firm. He was an eleventh-rank strong one at the fifth level and could easily withstand the pressure of the Divine King.

But from the combined pressure of the Divine King and the other perfected eleventh-rank legendary lifeforms, he could roughly estimate the Divine King's true strength.

On the side of human civilization.

Lin Yuan stood quietly, his expression calm and unaffected.

The Divine King and the other perfected eleventh-rank legendary lifeforms clearing the area hadn't crossed Lin Yuan's bottom line.

In fact, he was happy to see this happen, as it gave him a chance to observe the true strength of the Divine King and the others.

"Although they're releasing their auras, they haven't activated that strongest weapon."

Lin Yuan watched the Divine King from a distance and thought to himself.

"Let's wait a bit longer."

Lin Yuan wasn't in a hurry. He wanted to see the Divine King use that strongest weapon before deciding whether or not to compete for the Heavenly Gate slot this time.

"What about you?" Lin Yuan glanced at the human evolvers around him. Aside from Xuan Yuan Duo and a few others, the rest were clearly struggling.

They likely wouldn't be able to last for the time it takes for one incense stick to burn.

Under the combined pressure of the Divine King and the other perfected eleventh-rank legendary lifeforms, most of the myriad race strong ones below the 18th rank of the Witch Ancestor couldn't endure.

Especially Nalan, the vice tower master, whose face had turned bright red. As a newly ascended eleventh-rank evolver, he probably wouldn't last even half the time.

"Don't lose focus."

With a thought, Lin Yuan began helping them share the burden.

Instantly.

Xuan Yuan Duo and the other evolvers looked much more relaxed.

"Thank you, Lord Blood Rain." Xuan Yuan Duo and the others immediately expressed their gratitude.

"Hm?"

In the center of the summit, the Divine King was slightly surprised and looked toward the human civilization.

"Interesting."

The Divine King vaguely sensed that his pressure was being subtly dispersed when it reached the human evolvers.

This feat was much harder to accomplish than simply resisting the pressure.

"The strength of this human evolver must not be underestimated." The Divine King glanced at Lin Yuan with renewed respect, but quickly lost interest.

To him, Lin Yuan was at most on par with the small, flame-like old man—an eleventh-rank perfected legendary lifeform, and thus not a threat to him.

Soon.

The time for one incense stick to burn was nearly up.

By this point, the number of myriad race strong ones on the summit had dropped from over a hundred thousand to less than three hundred.

Most of the myriad race strong ones had been forced down to the mountainside, where they could only watch the summit from a distance.

"The Divine King is too domineering."

"We weren't even planning to approach Heavenly Gate, and now we're being cleared out?"

"If you think the Divine King is being domineering, go ahead and challenge him."

The myriad race strong ones who had been forced down the mountainside were clearly unhappy, but none dared to take any drastic action.

If they had banded together when they first arrived in the two-dimensional world, they might have had a chance of threatening someone like the Divine King.

But after three hundred years had passed, someone like the Divine King had already grown far beyond what they could challenge with sheer numbers.

So the myriad race strong ones at the mountainside were merely resentful, but didn't dare to take a single step back up the mountain.

Soon.

The time for one incense stick to burn had passed.

There were just over one hundred strong ones left on the summit.

They were all elites of the eleventh rank.

"Much quieter now."

The Divine King glanced around, satisfied, and resumed his meditative posture.

The four or five other perfected eleventh-rank legendary lifeforms also nodded slightly in agreement.

Even though they had plans to team up against the Divine King, they still shared his view that "the weak do not have the right to stand on the summit of Tianshan and wait for the opening of Heavenly Gate."

Lin Yuan and Xuan Yuan Duo, along with the other human evolvers, remained in place, waiting.

Time slowly passed.

Before they knew it, a month and a half had gone by.

Then one day.

Under the gaze of all the myriad race strong ones on the summit, a vast spatial fluctuation began to gather in the sky above.

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