Chapter 713 - 228: Advancement to Stellar Rank! The 999-Story Immortal Tower! Clash of the Strong! Goal: Champion

Chapter 713: Chapter 228: Advancement to Stellar Rank! The 999-Story Immortal Tower! Clash of the Strong! Goal: Champion

In the depths of the cosmos, beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, Qin Feng sat cross-legged, his mind a tranquil void.

His consciousness was completely immersed in a vast, boundless ocean of information.

This ocean was the Extreme Warband’s Supreme Nourishing Technique—the *Ten-Complete Hand*.

Its General Outline alone contained tens of millions of characters of abstruse discourse. Each character seemed to hold an independent cosmos of laws, profound and complex.

In addition, there were accompanying techniques for the precise control of Mental Power, holographic tutorials recorded by generations of powerful experts, and personal cultivation notes handwritten by Squad Leader Zhou Xiong...

The sheer volume of all this combined data was colossal, enough to cause the core of any celestial-grade AI to overload from the calculations.

Qin Feng recalled the first time he encountered the *Ten-Complete Hand*.

Back then, his Mental Power had been feeble, so scant that it couldn’t even condense into a single droplet. The speed and depth of his thoughts were extremely limited.

Faced with a Cultivation Technique as profound as the very Truth of the Cosmos, he couldn’t grasp even a fraction of it. He could only hastily memorize the barest surface-level knowledge.

But things were different now.

Now, Qin Feng’s Mental Power cultivation had long since entered the realm of the Infinite Sea, as vast and boundless as a misty ocean.

More importantly, he had successfully forged the 400-story [Immortal Tower]. It was not just a symbol of power, but a multiplier for his cognitive abilities.

His cognitive abilities were now tens of millions of times greater than before. He was finally capable and qualified to systematically and comprehensively study this Supreme Divine Skill.

’Objective: Entry!’

Qin Feng set his goal.

Bathing in the gentle, mind-enlightening radiance of the Bodhi Ancient Tree, he completely cleared his mind and immersed his entire consciousness in comprehending the *Ten-Complete Hand*.

Time passed slowly.

During this time, the former headquarters of the 99th Galaxy was not left entirely undisturbed.

Martial Artists from the 99th Galaxy began to arrive one after another. Some were returning from missions, while others had rushed over after seeing the news on private forums. They all arrived via Subspace Teleportation.

When they saw the devastated void and the solitary, noble figure seated beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, they were all overcome with horror.

Among them were some powerful experts, their minds clouded by hatred, who attempted to launch a sneak attack on the deeply meditating Qin Feng.

However, their every move was monitored by Qin Feng’s Mental Power domain, which covered a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles.

Qin Feng didn’t even need to open his eyes. By simply Multi-tasking and splitting off a wisp of thought, the majestic ancient tower floating behind him would tremble slightly.

An invisible shockwave of Mental Power would sweep out, and the intruders’ souls would be instantly obliterated, their power armor transforming along with them into new wreckage in this stellar graveyard.

All who came, died.

In this Cosmos, it was quite common for hordes of low-level Martial Artists to overcome and kill Advanced Martial Artists. However, that was only when the low-level Martial Artists were equipped with a large number of high-level "Knowledge Creations," which required an astronomical amount of resources.

The eight hundred thousand Martial Artists Qin Feng had previously killed did not possess standard-issue "Knowledge Creation" weapons, so they were completely incapable of resisting him.

If he had faced eight hundred thousand well-equipped Interstellar Warriors, Qin Feng estimated his only option would have been to flee.

Eventually, no one dared to approach this area shrouded in the shadow of death.

The region of space where Qin Feng resided became a true forbidden zone.

For Qin Feng, immersed in his enlightenment, time had lost all meaning.

「One year later.」

Qin Feng, who had been sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed the entire time, suddenly felt his eyelids twitch.

Within his sea of consciousness, he had finally managed to sort through the vast ocean of information that was the *Ten-Complete Hand* and distill it into a clear, core structure.

Countless complex points of knowledge were linked, categorized, understood, and absorbed, finally coalescing into an exceptionally profound runic seal that was branded deeply onto his Soul Origin.

[*Ten-Complete Hand* (Entry)]

[Proficiency: 1/100]

A clear notification surfaced in his consciousness.

’*Ten-Complete Hand*... I’ve finally reached the entry level.’

Qin Feng slowly opened his eyes, and two brilliant lights flashed deep within them before vanishing.

Merely by reaching the entry level, he could feel that his mind, his senses, and his Control over his own energy had all taken a quantum leap.

He did not immediately enter seclusion. Instead, he deftly opened the private forums, quickly browsing the changes in the greater warzone’s situation over the past year.

As expected, during his period of secluded comprehension, an extremely brutal and wide-ranging, all-out War had erupted between the alliance led by the 99th Galaxy and the survivors from his own, Galaxies 115-119.

The intensity of the fighting between the two sides had escalated to its highest point since the tournament began.

The catalyst, of course, was his own furious slaughter of eight hundred thousand prodigies.

That massacre had utterly torn away the last shred of peaceful pretense between the two sides.

A feud as deep as a Sea of Blood had been forged. There was no longer any possibility of de-escalation. The only thing left was a battle to the death.

Qin Feng’s gaze swept rapidly over countless battle reports. Finally, his finger tapped lightly on the virtual screen, and he typed in a name.

Caesar.

The latest relevant intelligence immediately popped up.

Just a short while ago, Caesar had successfully acquired the final core resource needed to advance to the Stellar-level. He had already left the battlefield and chosen a secret location to begin his seclusion.