Planet Pulverizer: A Mortal's Ascent-Chapter 592: Famous

Baili Qingfeng!

The Li Pin standing before us... could he truly rival Baili Qingfeng, the Void Emperor's human form!? freeweɓnøvel~com

The thought struck everyone like a thunderclap, leaving them utterly shaken.

For the first time, they realized the magnitude of their mistake!

No! Attacking Li Pin was far more despairing than besieging Baili Qingfeng!

At least... Baili Qingfeng had moments where he was struck hard enough to cough up blood.

Though he ultimately defeated them one by one through tactical retreats and evasive maneuvers, it never felt like their efforts were entirely in vain.

It always seemed as if they were just one step away from delivering a fatal blow—only to be thwarted by the mysterious rules of this world.

If not for those unfathomable rules, perhaps, with a little more effort and endurance, they could have succeeded against Baili Qingfeng.

But the Li Pin before them... was crushing over a hundred Gold Pioneers head-on.

His overwhelming power, his invincible might, his absolute domination of the battlefield... left no room for hope.

The sheer force and impact he displayed were even more terrifying than Baili Qingfeng!

"Retreat! Fall back!"

One of the pioneers finally gave in, urging familiar comrades to flee.

Gold Pioneers prided themselves on their unshakable confidence, never faltering in the face of adversity. But this battle was no longer about perseverance. Staying any longer was nothing short of suicide.

Just as when they finally understood the rules governing Baili Qingfeng and looked back on their futile attempts to kill him. Now, Li Pin had likewise become synonymous with death itself.

"So this is the strength of the elite squad personally assembled by the Void Divine Treasury Hall?!"

Fear gripped the remaining pioneers as they scattered in all directions.

"Run! Hurry! This is an opponent we cannot defeat with our current strength!"

"Captain Li, have mercy! We surrender!"

Some even tried to pledge their allegiance to Li Pin on the spot.

But whether they surrendered, resisted, or fled, as long as they were within his attack range, he showed no mercy. He cut them down like weeds, sending them into reincarnation.

In an instant, the tables turned. What had started as a hundred pioneers hunting Li Pin had become Li Pin hunting a hundred pioneers.

***

This sight left Fang Chunyang, Xu Anping, Fang Zhiqian, Lie Qingqing, and the others, who had been deeply worried, in complete shock.

They exchanged glances, each seeing the same overwhelming disbelief in the other's eyes.

They shared the same question as Wu Tian, Huang Ze, and Xuan Zhi.

How... how is he this strong!?

All of them had walked the path of Absolute Control, wielding their former Divine and Tier Six Legendary powers to command the strength of mere tier eleven martial artists. Their combat prowess should have been on par with the Astral Gods in their Perfect State. It made no sense how Li Pin could be this much stronger.

After a long pause, they let out a deep breath. Understanding wasn't important. What mattered was that they had made the right bet.

Placing their hopes on Li Pin had been the wisest decision they had ever made as pioneers. If anyone in future cycles had a chance to break free from the Void Divine Treasure World, it would be their captain, Li Pin.

***

Corpses littered the ground. Li Pin had not slaughtered indiscriminately. Those who fled or surrendered were spared, as long as they didn't block his path.

Even so, when he finally ceased his pursuit and the battle ended, over fifty bodies lay scattered across the courtyard.

Each body had been torn apart with overwhelming force, their deaths gruesome beyond words. Blood pooled everywhere, staining the ground crimson,

Hidden observers from various factions, be it pioneers or native forces of the Void World, watched the scene from afar. They all drew in a sharp breath.

The pioneers, in particular, understood the true terror of what had happened. Among the hundred attackers who had surrounded Li Pin, hardly any were mere Silver Pioneers.

Most were Gold Pioneers, many of whom were top elites in their respective Divine Treasury Halls. They had only left their ongoing conquests in other divine treasure worlds to enter the Void Divine Treasure World because of its significance and the hall's summoning decree.

But now... Li Pin had single-handedly sent them all into reincarnation in the early stages of the first phase.

Such terrifying strength would send chills down the spine of any faction that held ill intentions toward him.

***

Li Pin returned to the courtyard. "At least it wasn't a complete waste of time/ I got a good warm-up."

Fang Chunyang, Fang Zhiqian, Xu Anping, even Lie Qingqing, usually carefree, seemed a little restrained. "C-Captain..."

Li Pin had surpassed the Perfect Realm in his control over power. Despite so, his clothes were still stained red. The dozens of corpses behind him only made the sight more jarring.

What truly unsettled them was the fact that more than half of those dead pioneers had been on par with them in strength. Under such circumstances, it was impossible not to feel a deep sense of awe.

"Find someone to clean up the courtyard. We don't want to scare anyone," said Li Pin before heading inside to change his clothes and take a bath.

The lower-tier supernatural worlds had their inconveniences. A battle, even one that wasn't particularly intense, was enough to leave a mess.

It forced people to develop the habit of frequent baths and wardrobe changes.

Unlike the outside world...

Natal Astral Armor, especially at the Quasi-Divine level, was a material that existed between astral energy and physical matter. No matter how dirty it got, a simple flush of astral energy would wipe it clean.

At the Legendary level, unless done deliberately, few still retained a physical form. When struck down, their bodies would simply dissipate into energy, scattering in all directions.

Fang Zhiqian, Fang Chunyang, and the others assured.

"We'll handle it..."

"In three hours, the courtyard will be as good as new."

Li Pin nodded and stepped inside.

After Li Pin left, Fang Chunyang, Fang Zhiqian, Xu Anping, and Lie Qingqing exchange glances.

After a long silence, Fang Zhiqian finally spoke. "I think I'm starting to understand why Captain dares to challenge the human form of the Void Emperor... Anyone else would be walking to their death. But him..."

Fang Chunyang, Xu Anping, and Lie Qingqing all nodded in agreement.

Lie Qingqing hesitated before adding, "Do you think... the reason Baili Qingfeng keeps refusing Captain's challenge is because the rules warned him that he wouldn't win?"

Xu Anping was a bit doubtful. "That's not possible, is it? A divine treasure world is shaped by the will of its creator, and only a Cosmic Radiance-level existence could leave one behind.

"Even a lingering will at that level can craft rules strong enough to suppress Astral Gods. If even Eternal Solar Flare might have to abide by those rules... are you saying Captain Li is stronger than that?"

Lie Qingqing quickly explained, "That's not what I meant. It would be difficult for Captain Li to forcibly break the Void Divine Treasure World's rules, but what if he forced the Void Emperor's human form to break them instead?"

She continued, "Breaking and rebuilding is part of how rules restore themselves. Once or twice might be manageable, but three or four times? Anyone would see something is off. But without breaking through three or four times, he won't be able to defeat Captain Li. Two seemingly valid yet conflicting logics colliding—this could trigger a breakdown in the lower-level logic, potentially tearing the Void Divine Treasure World apart."

She paused briefly. "That might have been the captain's plan from the start."

Fang Chunyang, Xu Anping, and Fang Zhiqian drew sharp breaths.

It was entirely possible.

Maybe that was the reason he had been so determined to fight Baili Qingfeng from the very beginning.

"But lately, he seems to have abandoned that plan, choosing instead to observe Baili Qingfeng closely. One reason... he may have realized Baili Qingfeng's potential. If he really forced him to break through three or four times, even the captain might not be able to withstand it. The other reason..."

Lie Qingqing's expression darkened. "Disrupting lower-level logic could break open the Void Divine Treasure World, but it could also... bring about its complete collapse."

Their eyes widened in shock. "Collapse!? The entire divine treasure world!?"

In the past, if too many pioneers were trapped inside a divine treasure world, Cosmic Radiance would descend, shattering it with sheer force. That, too, would lead to its collapse.

But if Lie Qingqing was right, then Captain Li Pin... might actually be capable of doing the same thing!?

"That's enough. Today's battle proved that everything is within the captain's control. Our only task is to follow his lead and complete what he asks of us," Lie Qingqing said firmly.

Fang Chunyang, Xu Anping, and Fang Zhiqian nodded, swiftly clearing the courtyard of bodies and bloodstains.

Meanwhile, word spread quickly about how nearly a hundred pioneers had tried to pressure Li Pin into revealing the secret to approaching Baili Qingfeng, only to suffer devastating losses.

News also spread about how over a hundred tier nine and tier ten martial artists, led by three Quasi-Legends, had besieged him only to be wiped out.

In a short span of time, Li Pin's name shook both the intelligence networks of native forces and the circles of pioneers alike.

His name had become known to all.

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