Chapter 1418: Chapter 1418

1418: Chapter 1414: First Test 1418: Chapter 1414: First Test On the battlefield of the Deity, no one was absolutely safe.

“…but beyond Rule-level, it’s really hard to die completely, the stronger they are, the harder they are to kill….”

Undying-nature seemed to have become the standard for the strongmen beyond Rule-level.

There were many reasons, but their strength was not the most important; the fundamental reason was that they had often abandoned their pure flesh bodies…

Completely “Polluted” and “Regulated,” they became massive amalgamations of contamination mixed with “World Rules” into an Extraordinary Pollution.

Pollution could be covered up or expelled, but it could not be eradicated….

This was the source of their undying nature, no vital weaknesses, not even so-called important biological organs, they could hardly be considered “alive.”

They were, in fact, a “Quantum,” a “Container” holding countless contaminations, and their advancement was essentially about expanding the “Container’s” limit.

Such existences, unless one directly shattered the “Container (Rules)” that confined the pollution, were not likely to die easily.

“…..When I fought the Snake King before, I dragged it below Rule-level…”

“The two from Firebird Star Domain that were at Rule-level wore themselves down to the limit, and in the end, they killed themselves…..”

“Even with Bane…heh, after fighting for so long, exhausting all his ‘Life’…”

Battles beyond Rule-level were strictly regulated on Earth, because both sides duking it out might at most severely injure each other, meanwhile completely destroying the surrounding city and region.

But in this Exotic Realm, there were no rules…..

to be precise, even if there were any so-called battlefield rules, no one was foolish enough to really believe them.

“…It’s a bit troublesome.”

Lu Ping’an sighed, lying in his tent while catching his breath deeply.

On his arm, there was still the corrosion from faint blue poison liquid…

Even he found it a bit tough facing a combination of powerful opponents three against one.

Were they eighth-tier?

The Tenth-order was the Professional’s hierarchical ladder; other Extraordinary Systems might not follow this sequence.

But there were basic rules, stages like Curse, Decree, and Rules which were transformative…

with seventh-tier corresponding to just stepping into Rule-level, and eighth-tier being the qualitative change achieved at Rule-level, and in the system of the Octopus, this was known as…

“One Overlord, three King Level, tsk, truly an eighth-tier standard, gives me too much credit…”

While washing the “poison liquid” off his hand and trying to regenerate using the Parasitic Tree trait, Lu Ping’an’s face turned pale with pain.

The opponents were of the Octopus race, and the concept of a fragile Fishman Legion was probably a myth, at least the Fishmen Lu saw were bigger than people.

“…Lu Ping’an, why don’t you let me use Misfortune Halo?” A nearby panda, who was binding his own bandages, looked somewhat frustrated.

“Uh, I don’t really want to escalate this to a life-or-death battle.”

“…” The Panda remained silent, and to be honest, there was indeed such a possibility.

Today’s initial clash, both sides were genuinely ruthless, duking it out till the end, but even at the most perilous moment, Lu Ping’an still didn’t allow his assistant, Xue En, to use his full strength.

Real combat had no “rules,” under the premise of the tacit understanding “I can’t kill you, you can’t kill me.”

Since duking it out would just be a meaningless waste, there was no need to exhaust oneself too severely.

Apart from specific, targeted, tempering level attacks, killing a high-end Professional was a continuous and slow process…..

he would definitely run away halfway through the battle, and would likely call for reinforcements; truly killing was too difficult.

Since they definitely couldn’t achieve a result by fighting, why waste resources and each other’s lives…

of course, the prerequisite is “cannot be killed.”

Today, at their first meeting, both sides fought earnestly, merely probing…

Since Lu Ping’an could safely return, he naturally passed this test.

“How strong is that octopus?” Lu Ping’an, a bit frustrated, had passed off that guy who was said to always fight to the death to Xue En.

“It’s okay, but really kind of stupid.”

Lu Ping’an’s opponent, the Overlord Level Three-Headed Dragon with a bird and a humanoid creature, that red octopus deemed “very stupid” by Shi Xiaoyou, was handed over to Xue En.

Overlord Level or maybe eighth-tier existence usually have multiple rules.

Today, the Three-headed Snake Dragon that Lu Ping’an contended with had one golden head that would bask in Holy Light now and then, while another green head was ridiculously venomous…

The that one red head in the middle seemed to be napping, but Lu Ping’an felt it posed the greatest threat.

That creature was naturally powerful, originally possessing both strong offense and defense, coupled with exceptional healing abilities; it was basically unkillable, and fighting it along with its venom was extremely disgusting.

But since Lu Ping’an had accepted this mission, he naturally was confident.

In terms of self-healing, he was among the most outrageous in the high-tier life series, though his “attack power” was not considered high, his defensive capabilities were also extremely remarkable.

Don’t be fooled by the potent poison, but looking at the results, its lethality to the high-tier life series was subtle.

At least from today’s battle results, neither side was able to kill the other, nor did they use their trump cards.

But Xue En, on that side, was really enraged…

“That guy’s rule must be of the ‘explosive’ type, every part of that octopus can split and then crazily throw bombs.”

What Lu Ping’an occasionally saw was the entire battlefield blasted with water splashing all over, continuous whirlpools, and tsunamis appearing.

Xue En was a bit vexed; his abilities were mostly physical, and dealing with this soft-bodied creature today was truly disgusting…

These water system creatures, they were really annoying.

Now, he had already turned into a “Black Bear” and if it weren’t for Lu Ping’an holding him back, he would have unleashed his calamity ability and just stopped playing altogether.

Lu Ping’an smiled but said nothing.

After confirming that the Misfortune Halo was effective against Rule-level as well, Lu Ping’an became even more reluctant to let Xue En use it indiscriminately…

The calamities capable of killing Rule-level beings would first disastrously affect the unfortunate Mortals below.

“Tomorrow is probably going to be the toughest.”

Didn’t we just probe today?

We held on,” said Xue En, still a bit green as a Rule-level.

“It’s because they think you’d have that kind of thought; they’ll suddenly increase the pressure tomorrow…

The techniques we displayed today, they will likely have corresponding counter-methods tomorrow.”

Lu Ping’an didn’t actually have this knowledge, after all, he had no mentor…

but he trusted the experience imparted by Big Cat.

The probing will only end after one side is gravely injured…”

This is reality, the so-called tacit understanding is established only after testing your mettle…

Who doesn’t want to achieve a feat, who doesn’t want to stand atop their opponent’s corpse, only when it’s confirmed that you cannot be killed or that killing you would come at a great cost, can both sides truly restrain themselves.

And Lu Ping’an actually had some ideas…

“Work overtime tonight, prepare the dragon-slaying weapons and potions, tomorrow we’ll see if we can have a feast of dragon meat.”