Ten Thousand Moons God King couldn't help but smile at the remark: "The Human Race's higher-ups aren't as foolish as you think. The Prodigy List is just an internal way of speaking within the Human Race."

"All Prodigies' information is hidden, but the rankings still exist; it's just the external races doing it."

Done by external races?

Pfft!

Qin Mu suddenly couldn't hold back: "You mean, the kill-on-sight Genius list created by external races is our Human Race Prodigy List?!"

Ten Thousand Moons God King looked at Qin Mu with a smile in her eyes, not answering directly, but just said.

"To be on the list naturally means gaining the recognition of external races. Many people believe this list has the highest gold content, even more important than the Pinnacle Battle rankings."

Ten Thousand Moons God King's tone carried a hint of melancholy: "But who knows how much blood is behind this list?"

Howling Moon faced Qin Mu and said heavily:

"Once you make it onto this 'Human Race Prodigy List,' the mortality rate before becoming a Divine Venerable is as high as 45%. After becoming a Divine Venerable, due to the need for experience, stepping onto the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield increases the mortality rate to over 92%."

Over 90% mortality rate?

Damn.

Are you kidding me?

Even with known protection for those on the list, the mortality rate is still that high?

Nonsense!

Utter nonsense!

Qin Mu didn't quite believe it in his heart.

Howling Moon, however, had no intention of joking: "You're still young and don't understand anything; it's understandable."

"You can imagine, if an external race needed to kill Ten Thousand Moons God King, what price would they have to pay?"

Uh... that's really hard to imagine. Qin Mu hesitated slightly: "Normally speaking, at least Cultivators one Realm higher would need to form a siege and a kill environment to achieve it, right?"

A God King.

At least fully mastering one Space Law.

Sealing, Void Breaking, accelerating, distorting... regardless of the direction, the terrifying power after fully mastering it is hard to imagine.

Even if a higher Realm expert made a move, enough to suppress, how would you keep a God King who can master space?

Difficult, very difficult, truly damn difficult!

At least Qin Mu currently couldn't think of any way to trap a God King who possessed a complete Void Breaking Law.

Impossible, right?

If all space can be broken, if he can't be sealed, he can leave.

Howling Moon smiled slightly: "Whether it's difficult or not, the cost would certainly be extremely high. If so many resources were used internally, they might even Cultivate several God Kings."

"In business terms, it's simply not cost-effective."

"Therefore, external races generally wouldn't deliberately encircle and suppress an ordinary God King, unless it's a powerful and unmatched Limit God King like Ten Thousand Moons God King. Only if killing her could guarantee the destruction of a future incredibly strong Divine Venerable would they consider it."

"Conversely, the cost of killing a Genius seems insignificant, pitifully small."

Mm.

Qin Mu nodded: "Looking at it this way, the cost-effectiveness of killing a Genius is indeed frighteningly high, impossible to refuse."

No matter how awesome a Genius is, their own Realm is a limitation.

Fragile.

Especially the Human Race, with their slender bodies, even more fragile.

Before becoming a Divine Venerable, they don't have strong vitality. A Divine General's casual sweep might just kill a Genius.

"Yes..."

Howling Moon let out a long sigh: "The cost-effectiveness is too high. Even using a Divine General with no future to trade for a Prodigy is a profit, and a huge profit."

Holy cow!

Directly using a Divine General level expert for a one-for-one trade with a Genius?

Is it really that ruthless?

Hiss... Qin Mu couldn't help but redraw his mental map of the Universe.

This kind of competition probably has no rules or moral bottom line whatsoever.

Even if it's a hard trade, they'll trade to kill you!

"Of course, Divine Generals aren't that cheap either." Seeing Qin Mu's expression, Howling Moon comforted him: "Normally, targeting Prodigies is mainly through assassination."

"After all, external races have many strange methods: Soul control, invasion, subversion, poisoning, sowing discord, and so on, an endless stream of tactics."

"And you, lacking any experience in dealing with them, have no defenses or countermeasures against external enemies."

Zerg, Ming Realm.

"The Human Race's Pinnacle Battle this time actually has another Prodigy?"

"Qin Mu, Galaxy Fifth Tier, eighteen years old?"

"Space Law Fusion, Entry-Level comprehension, but able to wield Divine Weapons..."

"Hmm... Combat power evaluated as S+, not as good as Lan Chu, Lan Zhui, but potential evaluated as a terrifying SSS."

"He's indeed too young, only eighteen. Perhaps only future Emperors among the God Race could surpass this potential evaluation."

"Kill?"

"Kill!"

"Mandatory kill ranking... This Qin Mu should be ranked 14th."

"However, his Realm is low, and he's just started to rise. Killing him is highly cost-effective; it is recommended to prioritize!"

"Agreed!"

...Yao Race, Yaoyuan Realm.

"A newly advanced Prodigy of the Human Race, with such a low Realm, dares to expose himself?"

"Hmph?"

"If you can live past twenty, what face will my Yao Race have?"

"Kill!"

"Before the Human Race's Pinnacle Battle ends, I want him dead!"

...Void Race, Suixing Realm.

"Qin Mu of the Human Race?"

"Has the ranking come out?"

"The Zerg's mandatory kill list ranked him 14th, not high, but there's news that the Zerg will prioritize him."

"Hmm..."

"The cost-effectiveness of killing him truly moves my Soul, so prioritizing him is understandable. However, Lan Chu is our target for this Pinnacle Battle."

"As for this Qin Mu, let the Zerg and Yao Race handle him."

...Arena, 109th Floor.

"What you said is very good, very true, but I don't need it."

Qin Mu still refused Howling Moon's protection.

"You!?"

Howling Moon never expected that after so much persuasion, he still couldn't change Qin Mu's mind.

God King Ten Thousand Moons was silent for a moment, then murmured:

"Since that's the case, this King will not force it."

"The hundred-day agreement, this King will wait for you."

Qin Mu nodded.

Howling Moon had no choice but to see Qin Mu off.

A moment later.

Howling Moon returned to the 109th Floor and bowed, saying, "God King, Qin Mu is so reckless, why..."

Ten Thousand Moons leisurely floated up.

"He is a Genius; some temperament is understandable, but he is not as ignorant and arrogant as you say."

Oh?

Is this not ignorance and arrogance?

Howling Moon thought to himself.

That kid Qin Mu almost wrote 'I am the best in the world' on his face, didn't he?

"Heh..."

Ten Thousand Moons chuckled lightly: "You, you always stay in the Arena to Cultivate and fight, after all, you still lack experience..."

"His challenge to this King is certainly an act of arrogance."

"If he said ten thousand years, or ten million years, or even within this world origin, this King would consider him an ignorant child."

"But him?"

"He only said one hundred days..."

Oh??

Howling Moon was eager to protect his master earlier, only wanting to denounce Qin Mu's arrogance, and hadn't thought of this. Now that he thought about it, this hundred-day challenge really had some meaning.

It was too short.

So short that no one with a brain would believe it.

Why would someone pretend to be strong for something that's impossible?

Intentional!

It could only be intentional.

I understand!

Howling Moon couldn't help but laugh: "Congratulations, God King, for gaining a Prodigy Disciple!!!"

This little fellow Qin Mu seems incredibly stubborn, but when you think about it, he's actually very sensible.

The hundred-day challenge he spoke of, isn't that purely a gift?

Hahahaha.

He is just different from others.

Others, upon encountering a God King taking a Disciple, would immediately prostrate themselves without thinking.

His refusal, followed by a hundred-day challenge, would instead make the God King look at him highly, at least proving that he has the heart to challenge a God King Realm.

From the outside world's perspective, failing the challenge and becoming God King Ten Thousand Moons's Disciple is also reasonable and logical.

Perhaps it could even become a beautiful story.

Beautiful, truly beautiful.

God King Ten Thousand Moons was also happy.

Normally, a Disciple of Prodigy Level wouldn't be her turn to take on.

Divine Venerables, Divine Emperors, might all pay attention.

She was just a tiny bit earlier than others and dared to invest, that's all.

Many world origin ago, she still thought taking Disciples was simple.

Now, after many years, she also understood why those Divine Venerables and Divine Emperors valued talent so much.

Nothing else.

Because only world origin darlings have the possibility to Breakthrough to the Realm above God King.

Ten Thousand Moons, she was also a killing God who dominated the Pinnacle Battle and was invincible in the same Realm in the Arena back then.

But what was the use? Being one step short of a Prodigy resulted in being one step short of a Divine Venerable.

It was this one step that had trapped her for tens of thousands of world origin... Howling Moon was unable to deduce Ten Thousand Moons's inner apprehension, only asking, "God King, didn't you say there were two matters just now, but how come you only mentioned one?"

There were indeed two matters.

Qin Mu's safety needed protection, and the Domain of Five Elements Fusion also needed to be thoroughly investigated.

However.

Ten Thousand Moons was not in a hurry now.

After a hundred days, Qin Mu would be her Disciple; wouldn't it be easier to ask then?

It would also prevent this slippery little fellow from thinking she was trying to trick him.

Hmm.

Although Ten Thousand Moons hadn't paid attention to Qin Mu for long, she clearly saw his character of not wanting to suffer losses.

Thinking of this.

Ten Thousand Moons suddenly said, "Howling Moon, go north and retrieve the heart of eternity for this King."

heart of eternity!?

Howling Moon secretly trembled.

Back then, for this Soul treasure, the God King had personally crippled three Yao Race God Kings in the Secret Realm to snatch it.

The treasure was precious, but the God King hadn't used it, keeping it nurtured in the Secret Realm.

Now that it was being taken out, there was probably only one purpose.

To Cultivate Qin Mu!

...Returning to the spectator seats.

Qin Mu's next battle information also came out.

Floor 31.

Opponent, Cassel, Star River Peak.

"No skipping floors?"

Qin Mu thought he would be skipping floors to battle again.

But that's fine too.

Fighting floor by floor, he could also experiment more with his Five Elements Sword Domain.

Against Nyx, the power unleashed by the Five Elements Sword Domain was truly surprising.

Even without the Five Elements Sword Domain, Qin Mu could still kill him.

But facing Nyx, he might have had to unleash the Thousand Mountains Sword Second Form.

"This is only Five Elements; if it were All-Element, how much stronger would its power be?"

Qin Mu was already a little excited.

Next Fusion.

He could still use the Five Elements Sword Domain and the Six Domains Across Heaven, and of course, he could also use the Heavenly Gate Four Sword Domain.

The problem was.

The Rank of the forcibly Fused Domain was still too low.

If.

If he could Fuse normally, inheriting 70% of the Heavenly Gate Four Sword Domain's Rank, it would only take two days.

Once the All-Element Domain was settled, the Fusion of Laws could be put on the agenda, and the speed would become faster and faster.

One hundred days?

Qin Mu truly felt that the Laws would not take a hundred days to be in place.

But the Realm was indeed a problem.

For a Galaxy Level, Star River Level to fight a God King, the chasm was too great; even with all Space Laws fully comprehended, he might not necessarily have a guaranteed advantage.

"Hmph~!"

"Are you Qin Mu?!"

Just then, a crisp, fiery shout rang in Qin Mu's ear from beside him.

He turned his head.

He saw a young girl, clad in a crimson feather cloak, with skin as white as snow, standing proudly with her head held high.

The girl's delicate face had perfect features, though she lacked the ethereal charm of God King Ten Thousand Moons. Only her pair of crimson Phoenix eyes were exceptionally lively and captivating.

"No, you've got the wrong person."

Qin Mu replied casually.

"Huh~?"

The girl's head suddenly went blank for a moment, and she murmured, "That shouldn't be right, I watched the video..."

Then.

The girl opened the projection at her side, her Phoenix eyes scanning back and forth, comparing the Qin Mu in the video with the young man in front of her.

"They look alike, too alike."

"Are you really, really not Qin Mu?"

Pfft!

Where did this airhead come from?

Qin Mu didn't know what the other party wanted with him, nor did he want to ask.

"I told you, you've got the wrong person. Goodbye."

The girl tilted her head, seeming a little confused, but didn't think much of it.

"You look so much like Qin Mu, you must be his brother, right?"

"Good!"

"Tell Qin Mu that I, Jiang Ni, will definitely defeat him utterly in the Pinnacle Battle!"

"Not just him, but also Lan Chu, Lan Zhui, all the Human Race Prodigies, this girl will defeat them all!!!"