Strongest Lord by Opening Blind Boxes

Chapter 455: Chapter 317: Descent Mission, Fourth Ark (Part 2)

”Ding! Reminder: Life is precious. Please proceed with caution, avoid falling into Star Vortexes, and beware of Star Realm Giant Beasts!”

As the system notification sounded, Wang Yi’s vision cleared. He looked around, a surprised expression gradually forming on his face.

Here, Wang Yi witnessed an incredibly spectacular scene.

He saw countless stars linked closely together, floating in a brilliant radiance.

That radiance was a Starlight Ocean, immeasurably vaster than any Starlight River. Within it were countless Star Vortexes, along with innumerable Starlight Rivers that connected the stars and vortexes.

Between the planets and Star Vortexes stood enormous palaces, so vast they rivaled the stars themselves, all while emitting a brilliant glow.

’So this is the Fourth Ark! Is it a natural cosmic wonder, or is it someone’s masterpiece? This is just too astonishing!’

Wang Yi suddenly understood. The so-called Fourth Ark was actually composed of innumerable planets, and the boundless Starlight Ocean, the countless Star Vortexes, and the enormous palaces within were all clearly part of it.

His own location was merely the sixth planet in the stern section of this vast, planet-filled Ark.

’This Fourth Ark must be hiding countless secrets. I wonder if I can get into those huge palaces!’

Filled with curiosity, Wang Yi had a thought. Starlight appeared beneath his feet as he activated the Starlight Rush Divine Techniques and began his exploration.

Inside the Fourth Ark, Starlight Rivers were everywhere. Possessing the Starlight Rush Divine Techniques, Wang Yi could use these rivers to travel, moving like a fish in water.

Soon, Wang Yi discovered a Star Realm Worm.

It resembled a horned silkworm pupa and was as large as a water buffalo. Its entire body was crystalline and semi-transparent, with a multitude of fine, thread-like tendrils growing from it. The creature was writhing madly inside a Star Vortex hundreds of meters in diameter, seemingly devouring it.

And its level was exactly 101!

’A level this high... This worm must be something special!’

Wang Yi drew the Cyan Blade Sword from his back, but after a moment of thought, he sheathed it again.

He could kill the Star Realm Worm, but doing so would get him teleported back to the High-Dimensional Divine Hall. Wang Yi didn’t want to leave just yet; he wanted to keep exploring this strange world.

However, while Wang Yi decided to spare the Star Realm Worm, the worm had no intention of doing the same for him.

It was extremely alert and had sensed Wang Yi’s presence. Its body flared with light as it left the Star Vortex, squirming as it charged toward Wang Yi at an incredible speed.

The Star Realm Worm was like a raging bull, reaching Wang Yi in the blink of an eye.

”You’re courting death!”

Wang Yi attacked instinctively, surprisingly using his Infinite Swordsmanship.

He was proficient with this Swordsmanship, its techniques flowing from him as if by muscle memory.

Furthermore, because he wielded the Cyan Blade Sword—forged from 121,500 jin of Eternal Immortal Gold—his Swordsmanship was immensely powerful.

SLICE, SLICE, SLICE...

Like cutting through gelatin, the Cyan Blade Sword tore through the Star Realm Worm’s skin, and the final strike sliced it in two.

A shimmering liquid oozed from the wounds of the bisected Star Realm Worm, and its body rapidly deflated as if it had been drained empty.

At that moment, before Wang Yi could observe any further, the System Power descended and abruptly teleported him away.

”Ding! You have killed one Star Realm Worm and received 5 Descent Points. Congratulations on completing the descent mission!”

”Ding! You have received one thousand Descent Points and one Ark Blind Box!”

”Ding! Congratulations! Your Descender status has been promoted to C-Rank!”

By the time the system notifications ended, Wang Yi was already back in the High-Dimensional Divine Hall. He frowned slightly, feeling unsatisfied.

’The mission is over already?’

Wang Yi pursed his lips. He hadn’t even begun to explore, hadn’t entered the enormous palaces, and his curiosity about the Fourth Ark was far from satisfied.

So, Wang Yi immediately switched accounts.

He had three Descender accounts. His [Zhen Yuan] account could no longer accept the mission to descend to the Fourth Ark from the High-Dimensional Divine Hall, but his [Yang Jian] account still could!

Switching accounts was a simple matter for Wang Yi; he just used the Forged Information Divine Techniques to change his name.

Soon, Wang Yi, now under the name [Yang Jian], descended once again to the sixth planet in the Fourth Ark’s stern, arriving at the exact same location as before.

’The Star Realm Worms have a huge detection range. I’ll have to be careful to keep my distance!’

Wang Yi silently reflected on his mistake, then once again set off at high speed, riding the starlight.

He was most interested in the planet-sized palaces within the Starlight Ocean, so he chose what appeared to be the closest one and prepared to explore it.

His intuition told him that the palace must hold top-level secrets and that he might make a major discovery inside.

Riding the starlight, Wang Yi’s speed was comparable to that of light itself. He quickly left the sixth planet of the stern, entered the Starlight Ocean, and flew toward the massive palace.

But the palace was much farther than it looked. Wang Yi now understood this feeling well. After flying for nearly half an hour, he found that the massive palace was still far in the distance, as if he hadn’t closed the gap at all.

’Damn it, just how far away is it? And just how big is this Fourth Ark?’

Just as Wang Yi was pondering this, he suddenly came to a halt, stopping his Starlight Rush.

Ahead of him was a massive Star Vortex, over a thousand zhang in diameter. The vortex possessed a powerful suction force that tugged at Wang Yi’s body.

What surprised Wang Yi even more was the massive Star Realm Worm within the Star Vortex. This worm was different from the one he had seen before. It remained motionless in the vortex, its tendrils plunged deep within as light constantly streamed through them and into its body.

A fissure had split open on its back, from which a brilliant golden light shone.

The fissure widened and lengthened at a rate visible to the naked eye, making Wang Yi wonder. Once its transformation was complete, it would probably molt. He had no idea what would crawl out of its body afterward.

[Star Realm Worm: Level 400. Has devoured sufficient Starlight Energy. Currently transforming. Estimated time to completion: three minutes...]

Wang Yi read the brief information about the Star Realm Worm and was inwardly astonished.

’A mere worm is Level 400! If it finishes transforming, won’t its level be even higher? That’s comparable to a Cultivator at the Mahayana Realm!’

Wang Yi rubbed his chin. What should he do, having encountered a Star Realm Worm like this?

’The System’s level assessments must be accurate. This worm’s level is lower than mine, so its strength can’t match mine. I only fight opponents with a lower level than me. In three minutes, its transformation will be complete, and who knows how high its level will become then. In that case...’

Wang Yi immediately made his decision and shouted, ”I won’t let this opportunity pass me by! Don’t blame me for taking advantage of you while you’re vulnerable! Die!”

With that, Wang Yi reached into the void and pulled out a great battle-axe made of light.

Since he was about to slay a Level 400 monster, Wang Yi naturally had to use an immensely powerful technique, hoping for a one-hit kill.

Among his many abilities, when it came to sheer power, nothing could surpass the Heaven-Opening Axe from his Panwu’s Great Power Divine Techniques.

”Die!”

Wang Yi roared. As he swung down, a colossal phantom axe a hundred zhang tall appeared and struck the Star Realm Worm’s body like a bolt of lightning.

The immense force had a piercing effect, tearing straight through the thousand-zhang Star Vortex. The transforming, Level 400 Interstellar Worm instantly deflated.

The next moment, a light enveloped Wang Yi as the system’s Teleportation Power descended.

”Ding! You have killed one Star Realm Worm and received 1,600 Descent Points. Congratulations on completing the descent mission!”

”Ding! You have received one thousand Descent Points and one Ark Blind Box!”

”Ding! Congratulations! Your Descender status has been promoted to C-Rank!”

Hearing the system notifications, Wang Yi thought to himself, ’So that’s the end of the mission for my [Yang Jian] account.’

’Sixteen hundred Descent Points just for the kill. This run was totally worth it!’

Wang Yi forged his identity again, this time switching to his [Sun Wukong] account. Soon, he was back on the sixth planet in the stern of the Fourth Ark.

Exploring again, he moved with practiced familiarity.

A moment later, Wang Yi returned to the spot where he had killed the transforming Star Realm Worm. He found that the Star Vortex there had collapsed and was dissolving, continuously radiating starlight.

This starlight, however, was converging to form a new Starlight River that flowed toward a nearby planet.

And at the very center of the collapsed Star Vortex, a blue, Gemstone-like object had been revealed.

Wang Yi moved closer to inspect it. It was a Chaos Egg! But this was no ordinary Chaos Egg—its quality was described as ”Deep Blue”!