The boundless void was like the stomach of a giant beast, devouring Richard’s body.
Facing the path ahead, Richard didn’t hesitate and flew directly toward the direction of the Wizard Alliance.
Since Misfortune was already prepared, he would face it head-on.
The void was silent, and Richard’s body turned into a stream of light, streaking through the dark space like a meteor.
After incorporating the Gravity Rule, Richard’s speed increased once more, now reaching fifteen thousand times the speed of light.
Of course, this was under full flight conditions; combat speed was another matter.
At the same time, Misfortune was also silently operating.
Material World, Civilization Devourers’ Occupied Zone.
Dark fleets shuttled between worlds like ghosts, each fleet fully loaded with cargo.
Some of the cargo on these fleets were Star Realm specialties—materials not within the Four Elements Rules, while others were special products from other dimensions.
Compared to the Civilization Devourers, the Wizard Alliance’s perspective was somewhat narrow.
The Civilization Devourers’ understanding of resources was not limited to the Material World. The endless dimensions were also their source of resources.
These resources from other dimensions in the Illusionary Dimension each had their unique properties. In the hands of the craftsmen of the Furnace Man and Titan, these materials became numerous war machines deployed in the front-line worlds.
This was also the reason for the equipment gap between the two sides.
Materials from the Endless Dimension often had some very special properties. These properties could not be achieved by any combination of materials from the Material World.
However, after the Wizard Alliance communicated, technology also made rapid advancements.
Combined with the legacy of previous civilizations, catching up with the Civilization Devourers was only a matter of time.
Suddenly, a tremor appeared between worlds.
In an instant, hundreds of fleets fully loaded with materials disintegrated within the Star Realm, turning into a viscous black liquid. The materials carried by the fleet also floated into the Star Realm, rapidly deteriorating under the erosion of Ether.
Such tremors have occurred several times recently.
Every time they caused huge material losses.
In the Galaxy Great World, the viscous, tar-like black ocean churned continuously.
From the sky, the waves of the black ocean unexpectedly and artfully formed a human face.
"Heh heh heh, you can’t shake me off."
The human face let out a laugh akin to a devil.
"Your destiny is already set. Richard will defeat you, and I will replace you..."
Before the face could finish its taunt, a vast consciousness filled the entire world, and the violently churning black ocean suddenly became calm.
No curses, no retaliation, not even mockery or response.
The massive consciousness of the Civilization Devourer seemed devoid of those mortal negative emotions.
Its entire consciousness was as cold as the dead void, always able to make the most beneficial judgment for its survival.
Suddenly, the black ocean churned once more, and an eye, larger than an ordinary small world, appeared on the sea surface. The source of this content ɪs novᴇlfire.net
The eye gazed at the sky, but it was not looking at the sky. Its gaze pierced through the veil, through dimensions, directly reaching into the Endless Dimension.
eye, every world swallowed by the Civilization Devourer had one.
The duty of these eyes was to monitor the Endless Dimension.
Although compared to the vastness of the Endless Dimension, the range these eyes could monitor was negligible.
But monitoring itself was the purpose.
For the Civilization Devourer, monitoring the Endless Dimension was no difficult task, and monitoring was certainly better than not monitoring.
The gaze of the black giant eye swept across the Endless Dimension, and suddenly, a stream of light flashed through its vision.
In the next moment, this figure, staying in the giant eye’s sight for only a few nanoseconds, was magnified and analyzed by the Civilization Devourer behind the giant eye.
Soon, a figure in a black robe, flying, appeared before the Civilization Devourer.
A dull war drum sound suddenly resonated in the Galaxy Great World.
The Civilization Devourer recognized Richard, recognized this creature destined to defeat it.
In an instant, the entire black sea in the Galaxy Great World began to flow ceaselessly. Countless information flowed in the black sea, the Civilization Devourer quickly analyzing whether to make a move on Richard or not.
It knows Richard’s destiny, now striking can’t kill Richard.
However, being unable to kill Richard doesn’t mean it can’t severely injure him. As long as it can make Richard seriously injured and sleep for hundreds of years, Richard’s destiny would become irrelevant to it.
By then, it would certainly have restored enough power to break free from this destiny.
Yet, it also understands.
Chasing Richard might very well become the fodder for Richard’s evolution.
If it can’t severely injure Richard, then its pursuit would be akin to advancing the course of destiny.
To kill, or not to kill.
The black sea churned continuously, various information about Richard, the Wizard Alliance, and even the Spirit Desert Civilization was comprehensively analyzed by the Civilization Devourer.
In just a moment, the Civilization Devourer simulated hundreds of thousands of battles.
In these battles, although Richard could escape, he would always be severely injured. And the probability of escaping with minor injuries was almost negligible.
However, these conclusions were based on known information.
If numerous hypothetical unknown factors are included, then Richard’s probability of escaping with minor injuries significantly rises. From being negligible, it almost increases to one in a thousand.
This probability is already enough to make the Civilization Devourer ponder.
Misfortune silently circulates.
And when it affects the Civilization Devourer, this ancient monster almost instantly perceives it.
Although it doesn’t know where this misfortune comes from, it can sense that this misfortune is directed at Richard. And after including this factor of misfortune, Richard’s probability of escaping with minor injuries again dropped to a negligible level.
With this data, there’s no reason it wouldn’t pursue.
The black ocean starts to churn, and a colossal body over a hundred thousand meters begins to slowly surface from the ocean. Then, a fragmented soul is embedded into the body as its core.
In just a moment, a Breaking Limit Titan emerges on the sea surface.
Meanwhile, the Titan Dominator fighting Samuel on the front line suddenly collapses.
After Richard managed to deal with one Breaking Limit Dominator and three ordinary Dominators, even the puppet dominators of the Civilization Devourer were somewhat stretched thin.
Although it has the capability to create dominator minions without dominator souls, it cannot yet split off an avatar of Breaking Limit Dominator level.
The Civilization Devourer issues an order, and this Titan Dominator immediately enters the Endless Dimension, preparing to intercept Richard.
At the same time, the black ocean begins to churn once again.
After the Breaking Limit Titan appears, three more Titan bodies, each reaching the limit of ordinary Dominators, float to the surface.
Although one Breaking Limit Dominator is already sufficient to intercept Richard, for the sake of assurance, adding three ordinary Dominators as support is obviously more prudent.
In its calculations, this ambush lineup would cause severe injury to Richard, even if he managed to break through to Breaking Limit Dominator on the spot.
Adding more Dominators would be pointless and could lead to misconceptions in the soul cognition of the Breaking Limit Dominator.
After all, using a Breaking Limit Dominator along with three ordinary Dominators to ambush an ordinary Dominator is already an excessive scale. Adding more would surely alert the soul of the Breaking Limit Dominator to something amiss.
Once the three Dominators are ready, the black ocean goes silent once again.
However, the grand consciousness of the Civilization Devourer does not remain silent.
Under its will, countless fleets traverse between worlds like a swarm of insects.
Within these worlds, many are filled with mechanisms that resemble propellers inside.
The Civilization Devourer seems to be... manipulating the worlds.
Richard’s sense of foreboding grows stronger.
His intuition tells him that the wave of misfortune is about to descend.
Suddenly, Richard sharply shifts his flying direction, creating an abrupt angle in his previously straight flight path.
Simultaneously, a pitch-black long spear brushes past Richard’s body.
On that spear, Richard senses an icy, murderous intent.
If he had shifted his direction a nanosecond later, the spear would have pierced through his chest instantly, and his soul would have been tainted by the killing will carried by the spear.
"As expected, the greatest misfortune I could encounter is you all."
Richard halts his movement, and just a flicker away, a Titan over two hundred thousand meters tall holding a pitch-black spear silently stares at him from the void.
In those eyes, Richard can see nothing but cold, murderous intent.
"Traitor, today is the day of your demise."
The Titan raises its spear, and an icy killing intent instantly envelops Richard.
This killing intent is not just a feeling, but a tangible spiritual attack. Even a World Master, having reached proto-dominator form, would become panicked, and weaker souls might even collapse under it.
Even a dominator with a fragile mind could easily be thrown into disarray by this killing intent.
In past civilizations, there was only ever one Titan Dominator with this level of ability.
Richard uttered the Titan Dominator’s name.
"Very well. Since you know my name..."
Korong Peak’s figure suddenly disappeared, reappearing with the spear’s point less than ten meters from Richard’s head.
"Then you may begin to pray!"
The pitch-black spear, embodying rolling killing intent, thrusts at Richard’s head like a soul-harvesting chain from Hell.
In a flash, the spear’s tip collides with Richard’s hooded head, making a sound like the sky and earth collapsing.
An invisible ripple emanates from Richard’s location, undulating into the void.
The aftermath alone is enough to annihilate the bodies of some newly ascended Dominators.
However, Korong Peak’s expression did not become more pleasant because of this.
"A very pretty thrust," Richard’s voice is exceedingly calm.
"But unfortunately, it’s still lacking."
Richard removes his hood, revealing his True Body inside.
On Richard’s massive True Body, over a hundred thousand meters in size, the pitch-black Shan Hai wraps around him like armor, covering his entire being.
And the tip of that pitch-black spear now rests within the lock hole of Shan Hai...
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