At Jiangnan Pavilion, Wei Wen was outfitted in a full set of SS-grade gear provided by the Extreme Martial Hall. Sixteen specially prepared SS-grade flying knives were secured in his hidden weapon pouch, all subtly enhanced by his Black God Suit.
With his planet-level strength, he was now capable of venturing into most regions on Earth.
Lately, Wei Wen had found it difficult to make significant progress on his own, and even the feedback from his connection with Luo Feng seemed insufficient. Feeling restless, he decided it was time to venture out and test his limits.
"Wei Wen, with this three-day break, do you plan to go alone or with a team?" asked Zhao Ruo, her eyes filled with boundless admiration.
Wei Wen gave a slight shake of his head.
His goal was clear: the Australian continent, home to the legendary Misty Island. As a planet-level warrior, he was confident he could use this short holiday to try his luck there.
He might not obtain the Mu Ya Crystal needed for a warrior's breakthrough to the planetary level, but securing some Grass-and-Wood Spirit essence should be possible.
For an opportunity like this, going alone was best. He would only take Luo Feng due to their unique bond; for anyone else, they were on their own.
"Wei Wen obviously intends to go solo," Shi Jiang remarked with a light smile. "While the wilderness is dangerous, for a Spirit Master, as long as you're unlucky enough to run into a King-level monster, you're generally safe. Frankly speaking, with Wei Wen's strength, forming a team would only burden him."
"That's true," Zhao Ruo pouted slightly.
The elite training camp was the world's top institution, and Wei Wen and Luo Feng weren't the only Spirit Masters there. However, none matched Wei Wen's terrifying hunting efficiency.
Through deduction, many had concluded that Wei Wen's current mental power had to be at least at the peak High-Level God of War level—an invincible God of War.
In contrast, even Shi Jiang was, at best, an average God of War-level warrior. The outside world was unaware, but Wei Wen was already a planet-level powerhouse.
He paid no mind to the speculations and rumors; as a planet-level warrior, he possessed enough strength to protect himself. Backed by the formidable Extreme Martial Hall, he generally had little to fear from anyone other than Thunder God.
"If no one else wants you, you can join my team. I'll take you in," Shi Jiang joked.
"Hmph!" Zhao Ruo rolled her eyes.
Wei Wen transformed into a streak of light, soaring toward the Hongning Base City airport. According to his research, there was a flight to the Australian mainland today, and he had booked his ticket in advance.
"When can I be like Wei Wen, flying through the air with my hands behind my back? Tsk, tsk… that scene is just so cool!"
"With our talent, surpassing the God of War level is probably just a dream."
"Look at how those female students are staring at Wei Wen—they all look like they want to throw themselves at him!"
In the training camp, every student watched with envy as Wei Wen flew through the air, standing on a shield propelled by his spiritual power.
"Candace, let's go!" called out three young white men and women.
"Coming." Candace noted the general direction of Wei Wen's flight, then turned and joined her team, heading toward their designated area.
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The climate of the Australian continent was almost the complete opposite of China's. While it was early September in China, not the hottest time but close, in Australia it was late winter, with temperatures very low.
However, for Wei Wen, whose physical fitness was at the Mid-Level God of War limit, walking shirtless in temperatures dozens of degrees below zero was no issue.
On Earth, the Australian continent, the African Sahara, and the South American Amazon were known as the world's three most dangerous regions.
Since the end of the Great Nirvana period, the Australian continent had been completely occupied by monsters, leaving it with nothing but endless hordes.
Around 10 a.m., a passenger plane landed on an airstrip in mainland Australia.
"About the location of Misty Island… the novel mentioned a massive lake with a radius of hundreds of miles," Wei Wen mused. "Such a large landmark should be easy to spot from the air. It probably won't take long."
After roughly determining the direction, Wei Wen set off along one of the several target routes he had pre-planned.
Prior to arriving, he had done extensive homework, gathering geographical information on the Australian continent over the past month.
Through simple analysis, he already had a rough estimate of Misty Island's location. With his warrior's communicator watch, satellite navigation, and his ability to fly as a Spirit Master, getting lost was impossible.
His goal for coming to Australia was very clear: to find Misty Island.
Wei Wen's figure streaked swiftly across the vast wilderness. With his current planet-level spiritual power and a spiritual amplitude power 16 times the norm, once he unleashed his full speed, most King-level monsters couldn't catch up.
His entire body seemed to transform into a stream of light, instantly breaking the sound barrier and covering an immense distance in the blink of an eye. Covering 30 kilometers per minute was no problem at all.
"According to the novel, there's a mountain range near the coordinates where Luo Feng and Li Yao had their confrontation… It should be around here, so Misty Island should be nearby…" Wei Wen thought as he flew, constantly checking his direction.
He followed a straight-line path. For a planet-level Spirit Master, there was no terrain on Earth that could hinder him.
Whoosh!
A stream of light shot across the sky and soon halted above the shore of a lake. In just about half an hour of flying, Wei Wen had found the lake that housed Misty Island.
As for the monsters along his path, they had no time to react. Even if he did encounter a King-level monster, sensing Wei Wen's astonishing speed would deter it from giving chase easily—if it could even catch up.
"If I can gain enough on Misty Island this time, perhaps I won't need to stay in the training camp much longer," Wei Wen thought, gazing at the island ahead. His primary goal now was to obtain treasures that could enhance his strength.
Of course, ordinary Grass-and-Wood Spirit essence had lost its significance for him at the planet level, but it could be used to cultivate Luo Feng, indirectly boosting his own strength. If he could obtain some Wood Crystals, that would be even better.
Before him lay a lake stretching over a hundred miles in radius, but it was shrouded in an endless, strange fog. As Wei Wen ventured deeper toward the lake's center, the fog grew denser. Even with planet-level eyesight, he could barely see a thousand meters ahead.
"Lake + fog + island… This has to be Misty Island," Wei Wen murmured, a smile touching his lips as the island gradually materialized within the mist in the center of the lake.
Taking a deep breath, Wei Wen cautiously descended toward Misty Island.
Though he had a rough understanding of Misty Island from the original plot… the fact remained that there existed a being in that storyline far more formidable than the island itself.
What if a Beast Emperor was currently residing in the lake?
Even if that Beast Emperor was likely specially cultivated by Babata after Hong took away the Cloud-Vine, the Cloud-Vine itself was no easy opponent. Hong's personal guard, 'Ice Mountain', possessed considerable strength, yet he was no match for the Cloud-Vine.
If one hesitated in their escape, they could be killed by the Cloud-Vine in a matter of moves.
With Wei Wen's current planet-level power, his only hope was to avoid encountering these two beings. If he were to truly alert them, the danger would be extreme.
"The Cloud-Vine, being a plant life form, clearly favors stillness over action. At the very least, it lurks deep within," Wei Wen analyzed internally.
"If Ice Mountain's guards hadn't used their special abilities to drain the essence of all the surrounding flora and thus reveal the Cloud-Vine's presence, I doubt it would have taken any action."
After all, before Ice Mountain arrived, Luo Feng, Li Yao, and the others had battled fiercely, even felling many tree spirits, yet the Cloud-Vine remained hidden. Therefore, if he merely collected a few plant spirits, nothing should happen to him.
Clad in his grey, black, and red combat suit, Wei Wen flew cautiously over Misty Island. His wariness of the island kept his objective simple this time: the 'Willow Heart'.
He chose this type of plant spirit for several reasons: it was easy to locate and its existence was well-documented. Secondly, the Willow Heart was the only treasure on Misty Island that could directly and harmlessly enhance physical fitness, and he knew exactly how to utilize it.
An ordinary Thousand-Year Willow Heart, once ingested, could dramatically increase a warrior's cellular activity, simultaneously causing a significant leap in physical fitness—an effect no less potent than Dragon Blood.
As for a Ten-Thousand-Year Willow Heart, it was said to hold the potential to elevate an apprentice-level warrior to the planetary level.
Wei Wen wasn't sure if he could achieve a breakthrough with it, but the effect it had on Luo Feng in the original story was undoubtedly potent, and the feedback he'd receive would likely be even more profound and powerful.
Misty Island wasn't large, and Wei Wen quickly located his target.
Hovering in the air, he looked down at the nine colossal willow trees below.
"One, two, three... nine. The count is correct. They are willow-type spirit flora leaders, so this is the right place." With that thought, his SS-grade flying knives shot out.
The sixteen flying knives flowed swiftly, forming a cohesive unit, transforming into streams of light that shot toward the willow-like plant spirits.
Sensing Wei Wen's attack, countless willow branches suddenly lashed out toward the flying knives.
The attack power of the Ten-Thousand-Year Willow King was formidable; for instance, the pale golden vines on its trunk couldn't be severed even after an hour of hacking by four high-level God of War. Yet, Wei Wen merely willed it, instantly controlling his flying knives to slice through the willow branches one after another.
Clearly, with his formidable planetary-level mental power, the Ten-Thousand-Year Willow King was no match for Wei Wen. Countless branches were instantly shredded, sending fragments flying in all directions.
Swish!
After reducing the willow branches to splinters, the SS-grade flying knives shot toward the willow trees one after another.
With lightning speed, Wei Wen eliminated all nine willow-type plant spirits and extracted their nine Willow Hearts.
The willow tree itself wasn't the true spirit flora; this so-called 'Willow Heart' was the actual spiritual core. Wei Wen could clearly sense it contained terrifying vitality and was one of the most easily absorbable forms of energy for the body.
Storing the Willow Hearts, Wei Wen circled the island once more. After a long moment of hesitation, he finally chose to depart.
The spacecraft containing Babata was buried deep underground on Misty Island, expertly disguised.
If Babata wasn't willing to be found, no one on Earth would be able to locate the Fallen Ink Star vessel—unless Babata deemed Wei Wen unnaturally gifted, a spirit master worthy of inheriting his master's legacy, and thus chose to guide him to it.
"It's a pity the intelligent lifeform Babata, holder of the Immortal's inheritance, isn't guiding me. This just goes to show my brain domain breadth isn't high enough!" Wei Wen shook his head slightly.
He knew these so-called spirit flora actually originated from the work of Babata, the intelligent lifeform within the Fallen Ink Star spacecraft that had lain buried deep beneath Misty Island for 50,000 years.
Babata's master was an Immortal nearing the status of a Immortal King, who had been killed by his enemies, leaving his inheritance on Earth. The Fallen Ink Star spacecraft was also severely damaged, completely unable to launch, forcing it to remain underground.
Fortunately, due to Hu Yanbo, Earth was protected by powerful spatial encryption that obscured its Dark Universe coordinates, preventing its exposure.
Ultimately, Babata's wish was simple: to find a suitable successor for the deceased Hu Yanbo.
The criteria for an inheritor?
First, they must be a spirit master—a box Wei Wen ticked.
Second, they must possess an extremely high brain domain breadth—a box Wei Wen clearly did not tick.
For instance, Luo Feng's brain domain breadth reached 21, the highest among humans on Earth. Yet, wasn't it true that even on his first visit to Misty Island, he wasn't chosen by Babata?
The reason he was selected the second time was because Babata, having no other choice, realized Luo Feng was already the person with the greatest brain domain breadth on the planet.
Speaking of which, Babata, as an intelligent being, had his mechanical body destroyed and essentially existed as a virtual entity. It would be difficult for him to leave the ship on his own without a special container. So, how did he detect everyone's talent?
Deep within the underground Fallen Ink Star spacecraft, Babata stood before a detector. This device's functions were extremely comprehensive, capable of even measuring an individual's brain domain breadth.
As a planetary-level spirit master, Wei Wen was barely qualified, prompting Babata to administer a brain domain breadth test.
"To break through to planetary-level spirit master at such a young age… I thought he must have an impressive brain domain breadth. I never expected it to be this poor!"
Looking at the data displayed by the detector, Babata was dumbfounded. Logically, an 18-year-old planetary-level like Wei Wen might not be considered top-tier even at the meteorite's peak, but he should be the most talented spirit master on Earth. Seeing the brain domain breadth data for Wei Wen, Babata momentarily wondered if Wei Wen was a fake spirit master?
"Could there be an error in the data?" The Fallen Ink Star had been damaged for 50,000 years; Babata wasn't entirely certain about the instrument's condition.
"Holy—! With that brain domain breadth, he can still achieve a mental power amplitude multiplier of 16?"
Soon, through observing Wei Wen's battle with the willow spirits, Babata discovered something astonishing.
The higher the brain domain breadth, the greater the talent of a spirit master. For example, Tristan, after decades of cultivation, only achieved a mental power amplitude of 9x. But Wei Wen?
Although Babata couldn't leave the Fallen Ink Star spacecraft, gathering information about Earth wasn't difficult. According to the data he found, how many months had it taken Wei Wen to become a planetary-level spirit master?
Wei Wen's performance delivered shock after shock to Babata, making him doubt once again that Wei Wen's brain domain breadth had been measured incorrectly.
[Note: Babata in novel is male.]
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"Hm?"
Just as he was about to leave, Wei Wen's nose twitched. A faint, milky aroma drifted into his senses. The appearance of the Rice-Fragrance Kuh-Grass Crystal seemed to indicate that Babata was going to guide him?
But obtaining the inheritance was useless for him; it was better left for Luo Feng, allowing Luo Feng to grant him an even more potent legacy in return.
However, regarding the Wood Yu Crystal—since he had encountered it, there was no reason to let it slip by.
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