Chapter 744 - 232: Insta-killing Seven Constant Star Martial Artists! Seizing the Top Spot on the Combat Power Ranking! Eternal Singularity
Chapter 744: Chapter 232: Insta-killing Seven Constant Star Martial Artists! Seizing the Top Spot on the Combat Power Ranking! Eternal Singularity
After a moment of thought, Qin Feng no longer hesitated.
He opened the Subspace Network and sent a message directly to his teacher, the Heaven-Devouring King.
[Qin Feng]: Master, I have a question for you.
The instant he sent the message, a reply immediately appeared on the virtual light screen.
[Heaven-Devouring King]: I’m here. Don’t ask about the specific progress or opportunities of the tournament. According to the rules, I cannot disclose that. You may only ask questions related to cultivation.
Qin Feng quickly put his confusion into words and sent his message.
[Qin Feng]: Teacher, I’d like to ask about the Constant Star-level Indestructible Projection. To what scale do I need to expand it? Is reaching the minimum standard of 100,000 light-years enough to advance, or should I try to build it to one million, or even ten million, light-years?
This question concerned the very foundation of his future path.
This time, the Heaven-Devouring King was silent for about three seconds, seemingly choosing his words carefully.
Afterward, a long stream of information flooded Qin Feng’s panel.
[Heaven-Devouring King]: The expansion and refinement of the Indestructible Projection, and its final condensation into a singularity—you can roughly compare these three steps to the opening and merging of your acupoints before you reached the Planet-level.
The more solid your foundation, the stronger you will be after reaching the Black Hole level.
After advancing to the Black Hole level, progressing further requires endless ages of exploration and accumulation.
Therefore, the best choice is to ensure that the moment you advance to the Black Hole level, you are already one of the more powerful beings of that rank.
[Heaven-Devouring King]: A singularity formed from a compressed Indestructible Projection is divided into three grades based on the scale of its foundation.
[Heaven-Devouring King]: The first and most basic grade is the Basic Singularity. It requires compressing a 100,000 light-year Indestructible Projection. The vast majority of geniuses take this path.
The second grade is the Extraordinary Singularity. It requires compressing an Indestructible Projection with a scale of one million light-years. Prodigies participating in the Cosmic Genius Battle generally choose the Extraordinary Singularity.
[Heaven-Devouring King]: As for the third grade, it is known as the Eternal Singularity.
This requires a massive, ten-million-light-year Indestructible Projection to be ultimately compressed into a single point.
[Heaven-Devouring King]: The difficulty of these three paths increases exponentially, as do the required resources and time. My recommendation is to choose the Eternal Singularity.
Eternal Singularity!
Seeing those two words, Qin Feng’s heart pounded in his chest.
An Indestructible Projection ten million light-years across! What an outrageous concept. He could barely imagine the sheer volume of resources needed to amass something like that.
He immediately sent his concerns.
[Qin Feng]: Teacher, if I choose the Eternal Singularity, I’m afraid I won’t even be able to advance to the Star System level by the time the major battle phase is over.
[Heaven-Devouring King]: You can.
The Heaven-Devouring King’s reply was simple and certain.
[Heaven-Devouring King]: You underestimate the Cosmic Genius Battle. Remember, this is the highest-level tournament for selecting prodigies in the Human Race.
The competition is far from its most exciting point.
I’ve said all I can. Saying any more would be a violation of the rules.
[Qin Feng]: I understand. Thank you for your guidance, Teacher.
Qin Feng replied respectfully.
The communication ended, the light screen vanished, and silence returned to the ice cave.
Qin Feng sat motionless for a long time, but his mind was in turmoil; the conversation with his master had stirred up colossal waves within him.
First, his future path had become incredibly clear.
’If I’m going to choose, I’ll choose the strongest path!’
Basic, Extraordinary, Eternal.
With these three choices laid out before him, there was no second option for him to consider.
Qin Feng had personally experienced the advantages of his Top-grade Primordial Acupoints. They provided a massive edge. Although the initial investment was greater, he had traversed the path from Level Six to the Planet-level in just a short hundred years, all while maintaining a level of Combat Power that made him invincible among his peers.
This time would be no exception.
"Eternal Singularity..."
He murmured the two words. "When I use this path to break through to the Black Hole level, I will instantly become one of the Strongest, second only to the Domain Masters!
"Then, after endless ages of tempering, I will accumulate vast knowledge and forge my own path."
Qin Feng had determined his cultivation path.
Secondly, his perception of this "Cosmic Genius Battle" had also changed somewhat.
’I was too short-sighted.’
Qin Feng smiled self-deprecatingly.
From the Heaven-Devouring King’s words, it was clear he had greatly underestimated the Cosmic Genius Battle.
After all, the Cosmic Genius Battle was the ultimate selection tournament of the Human Race, a Cosmic Peak Race. There were bound to be more unimaginable developments ahead.
This was already a clear hint from his teacher.
Of course, this didn’t count as a violation, as his teacher had only urged him to take it more seriously without specifying what the changes would be.
’Eternal Singularity...
...that means the resources I need will have to increase by nearly a hundredfold!’
Qin Feng calculated quickly in his mind.
’And that’s just what’s required for the first stage, "expanding the scale."
’After that, there are two more steps: "refining Mental Power" and "compressing the singularity." Each step will likely demand even more resources and time!’
An unprecedented pressure weighed heavily on his mind.
’Resources! Resources!’
Qin Feng immersed his consciousness in the Battle Zone forums on the Subspace Network, using his immense Mental Power to read post after post. He sorted through the events that had transpired during his years in seclusion to get a better grasp of the current situation.
’There are more and more Constant Star Martial Artists.’
’The Star System Alliances’ conquests are growing more intense, and even Star System Level Resources are starting to appear.’
’Hm? Wait, some Star System Alliances have actually stopped their conquests and begun to fortify their positions.’
’That makes sense. Take my own alliance, for example. It only has Martial Artists from six star systems, yet we now occupy fifty-one. We can process the resources, but our territory is too vast. Any larger, and we’ll be short on manpower.’
’At that point, we’d be bogged down in wars of attrition and guerrilla tactics—an endless nuisance.’
’Another factor is that the resource demand for Constant Star Martial Artists is just too great.’
Qin Feng then switched his focus to his own alliance, checking the power levels recorded on the members’ Jade Tokens.
What he saw surprised him.
Over a hundred Constant Star Martial Artists had now appeared in his alliance!
These hundred-odd Constant Star Martial Artists had mostly advanced during his seclusion. They were more or less the same group that had been the first to break through to the Infinite Sea level.
’Over a hundred Constant Star Martial Artists... if we calculate based on the minimum standard for a singularity, that’s the resources of one hundred star systems per person. For them alone, just the expansion phase would require all the Constant Star-level Resource Points from ten thousand star systems.’
’That’s completely unrealistic.’
A glint appeared in Qin Feng’s eyes.
He was gradually beginning to understand.
If things continued like this, with more and more Constant Star Martial Artists emerging and the Star System Alliances beginning to fortify their territories, the competition would revert to how it was at the very beginning: a scramble for Resource Points!
Except this time, the competition would be for Star System Level Resources! It would be a war waged by large teams of Constant Star Martial Artists, leaving no opportunity for Planet-level Martial Artists to even participate.
The Planet-level Martial Artists who hadn’t been eliminated would simply have to hide obediently within their alliance’s territory and absorb resources.