CHAPTER 982: CHAPTER 980: COMPETE WITH ME AT CHEATING?

"What is that thing?" Zhang Menglong squinted his eyes at Qi Ya, his skin visibly drying and his hair losing its luster.

"Why do I feel like he looks like he’s on drugs?"

"Is he blackening? As they say, blackening makes you stronger by three degrees."

"Nonsense, even if he gets three times stronger, he can’t beat the dean, what is there to be afraid of!"

"Dean, slap him to death!"

The massive five fingers were getting closer to the city, resembling the scene of dark clouds pressing down on a city about to collapse.

"They’re doomed!"

"The over ten thousand people of the Hexi Civilization and the Noah Civilization are definitely going to die, no one can stop this!"

But at this moment, all energy detectors detected a force emerging from the void.

"Beep beep beep beep! Warning, warning!"

"Unidentified strong life form energy detected, evacuate immediately!"

"Energy intensity exceeds observable range, unable to determine life form level!"

The warning sounds were going off on the intelligent systems carried by the treasure hunters.

Their artificial intelligence’s highest detection limit was Level Eight life forms because, so far, no beast over Level Eight had appeared in this Treasure Hunting Space.

Even in the entire cosmic civilization, life forms over Level Eight are rare, with a total of only 27 recognized Level Nine life forms among humans and various beasts.

Exceeding Level Eight life form energy, isn’t that a Level Nine life form? There is actually a Level Nine life form in this Treasure Hunting Space!

"Obey my summon, come out, Phantom Star Beast!"

"Roar!" With a roar, a dark rift suddenly tore open above the city, and a massive black arm reached out from the rift.

Zhang Menglong’s giant hand was over two hundred meters long, while that giant black arm was almost as large as the Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Hand!

How tall is it? 800 meters? 1000 meters?

"Crack!" The giant crystalline hand formed entirely of energy was shattered to pieces in the palm of that black hand.

A moment later, a gigantic head emerged from the black rift, followed by its chest, legs, and entire body...

This was a huge creature over 1200 meters long, standing straight on two legs, but with some beastly features: horns, a tail, scales, fangs, resembling a demon from hell.

"What the hell is this thing?"

"Seems like that guy named Qi Ya summoned it, look, it seems to be consuming his life force!"

Within just five seconds of the appearance of this creature, Qi Ya’s body visibly aged significantly.

"I know, that’s the Phantom Star Beast! The strongest weapon created by the Zuda Cosmic Empire!" a treasure hunter suddenly shouted in the crowd, "I saw information about it in a city ruins database!"

"Bro, can you expand on that?"

"The strongest weapon? Sounds formidable."

"Do you know why there are so many beasts in this place?" the treasure hunter asked.

"Isn’t it to test us treasure hunters?"

"No, that’s just a secondary reason, it’s because the scientists of the Zuda Cosmic Empire were not content with creating the strongest armies and weapons; they wanted to create the strongest individual life form, and beasts, with their naturally strong bodies and some with high energy affinity, were the best experiment specimens!"

"So they captured many powerful cosmic beasts for experiments, piecing together powerful gene fragments and synthesizing this thing called the Phantom Star Beast using advanced biotechnology, although I always thought it was just a legend, I never imagined they actually succeeded in creating it."

"How strong is this thing?" Others eagerly asked.

"In their plan, they hoped to make it as perfect as possible, even basing it on a Level Nine beast."

"My God, then at the very least it’s on par with a Level Nine medium life form?"

"More than that, with the beast’s gifts, even a Level Nine peak human life form would be easy prey, wouldn’t it?"

"The Ritian Sect people are in for trouble this time, how can they fight a Level Nine life form monster?"

"They really brought this on themselves; if they had just taken their win and left after saving the people, they wouldn’t have driven them to this extent."

"How did he manage to summon such a thing? The cost must be significant."

"Indeed, why did this Phantom Star Beast emerge from this strange black rift?"

...

As for this question, only Qi Ya himself knew the answer.

When they took control of this city, besides a rich supply of resources, there was also this Phantom Beast Crystal.

When this Phantom Star Beast was created, its life level had already surpassed the peak of Level Nine!

But due to its overly powerful and violent strength, it was sealed by the owner of the Zuda Cosmic Empire into a very special space, requiring that Phantom Beast Crystal to summon it out temporarily for battle.

The stronger the summoner’s power, the stronger the Phantom Star Beast’s power; with Qi Ya’s current ability, the Phantom Star Beast he summoned was at the Level Nine elementary life form level!

As for the cost of summoning, it was the burning of life force!

If it were only a Level Five life form, it would likely be drained dry in a second!

Even though Qi Ya was already a Level Six life form with boundless life, if he summoned it for too long, his body would fall into slumber due to massive life force loss, possibly needing a long time to wake up again.

But now, under Zhang Menglong’s pressure, he had no other choice; if he resolved the fight quickly, he could banish the Phantom Star Beast back before falling asleep.

"Dean, did you hear what those people said? This thing is called the Phantom Star Beast, and it seems quite powerful."

"Young people don’t play fair, he’s cheating!"

"How do we fight this, Dean? Do we run away?"

"Run where? They’ve already said it’s a Level Nine life form, how can we run?"

"Dean, do you have any cheats? Hurry up and use them! You’re an old cheater, you can’t lose to others in cheating!"

"Yes!" Zhang Menglong said, "He’s flaunting his skills in my field, trying to out-cheat me? What a joke!"

"Holy crap, is it that much?" Zhang Menglong checked his Cred Points, which had surged to over a million!

It seems the students of the Super God Academy have done exceptionally well this time!

"In that case, today I’ll be a spendthrift, Gou Dan, how many Cred Points do I need to borrow a Level Ten life form teacher?"

"100,000 points per minute!"

"Cheap! Give me Kakarot’s powers!"

"Alright!"

Deducting 100,000 Cred Points, Zhang Menglong immediately felt his body renewed, even gaining an indescribable power.

"Zhang Menglong, today you and your Ritian Sect people will remain here, and all your Fire of Fate will belong to our Noah Cosmic Empire!" Qi Ya sneered, and the massive fist of the Phantom Star Beast was aimed directly at them.

"It’s over! Can’t move!" The Super God Academy students suddenly found themselves immobilized by a powerful aura, like chicks before a Level Nine life form.

The massive fist enlarged in their desperate pupils, causing space to collapse wherever it passed.

"Slam!" To everyone’s shock, the supposedly unstoppable fist suddenly froze mid-air.

Zhang Menglong merely extended one finger and astonishingly blocked the punch of the Phantom Star Beast!

"That’s all the strength you’ve got? Are you hungry?"