From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 985 - 567: Divine Rank Battlefield

The final moment of the summoning countdown arrived, and the Transmission Law descended.

Lu Heng raised his hand to wield Divine Power, blocking the Transmission Law from taking effect.

The Transmission Law enveloped the four members of the team, yet failed to activate.

This was Lu Heng's first time using Divine Power to resist a summoning, and it felt somewhat peculiar.

The three team members also observed their surroundings cautiously, since they had never before encountered a situation where they could refuse a summoning teleportation, and necessary vigilance was still required.

Lin Zeyu looked around, but he couldn't actually see anything.

Laws are not visible to the naked eye, only those who have reached the Divine Rank can perceive them.

He pointed upwards and asked, "Is the Transmission Law above us?"

Lu Heng nodded but did not immediately neutralize the Transmission Law.

"We've decided to refuse the summoning, right?" Lin Zeyu was a bit curious about this Abyss Battlefield.

After all, it's the summoning of the God's Abyss Battlefield, and just thinking about it, you know how thrilling it must be.

Of course, thrilling as it may be, as a Fifth Transformation Superpower User, he wouldn't even qualify as cannon fodder there, so he was just a little curious, not intending to go and risk his life.

"I'll try to see if I can observe the situation at the Abyss Battlefield." Lu Heng raised his hand, concentrated his Divine Power, and released a clone into the Transmission Law.

The clone teleported away, disappearing from the spot.

In the next instant, the clone entered a vast Chaotic Ocean.

The boundless Chaos Sea echoed with dense rumbling sounds, as if void thunders were raging.

In that moment, the clone sensed a dozen powerful Divine Rank auras resonating in the chaotic space.

Lu Heng's expression froze for a moment and then turned serious.

Su Muyu inquired, "What's the matter?"

Lu Heng replied solemnly, "The situation is not as we anticipated, the teleportation destination is not a standard Abyss Battlefield, but Outer Space."

The location where the clone was teleported was indeed the chaotic sea of outer space.

This was quite different from past experiences with the Abyss Battlefield.

Normally, Abyss Battlefields appear within a particular world.

But now, it appears in the Chaotic Ocean, suggesting some previous rules have changed.

The teleportation destination being the Chaos Sea means the range of the Abyss Battlefield can expand from within the world to outer space.

Therefore, a previously established rule no longer holds.

Previously, it was inferred that the strongest combat power in the Abyss Battlefield was a demigod because the battlefield appeared within a world, constrained by the World Law, and a divine entity wouldn't descend, making a demigod the strongest combat power.

However, now that the Abyss Battlefield has expanded into the Chaos Sea, with Chaos Law imposing no restrictions on a Demon God, a demigod entering such a battlefield not only isn't the strongest, they barely qualify as cannon fodder.

"Doesn't that imply great danger?" Su Muyu immediately grasped the implication of the Abyss Battlefield being located in Outer Space.

Lu Heng shook his head and said, "The key reason for the danger isn't Outer Space, but the fact that I sensed a dozen Divine Rank auras."

The Sword Holder members present showed expressions of astonishment.

"This is..."

After careful consideration, Lu Heng made a bold decision: "I'll go and see what's going on; you stay here."

"But that could be very dangerous." Su Muyu immediately frowned, nervously clinging to Lu Heng's sleeve.

"With so many Demon Gods appearing at once, there must be a reason. To uncover the Abyss's secrets, this is the best opportunity. If we don't take some risks, we'll just have to wait for the Abyss to consume everything. Don't worry, I'll be careful." Lu Heng reassured her, then dissolved the Transmission Laws around the three of them, accepting the power of the final Transmission Law.

...

A moment later, Lu Heng appeared in chaos.

Though termed a sea, the Chaos Sea isn't an ordinary sea; it lacks water, comprised solely of endless chaos.

The Chaotic Ocean has no light, nor the material structure of a normal world.

Ordinary creatures, in chaotic space, cannot even distinguish where they are, let alone survive.

Save for something called a Star Realm Ship, only demigods can linger in chaotic space for prolonged periods.

Lu Heng opened his Divine Rank vision and began observing the chaos.

At the same time, he sensed three Divine Rank visions focusing on him, clearly with divine presences observing him.

Lu Heng turned and grasped, attempting to locate the gazes watching him, but initially found nothing.

While scanning the environment, Lu Heng had already extended his Divine Power, preparing to counter a potential attack.

The survival law of the divine entity world is to seize Divine Power.

This means that any divine being might make a move, regardless of alignment.

After a moment.

A voice rang out mentally: "Looks like a newcomer has arrived."

This voice used no known language, translated through spiritual transmission, allowing intelligent life to understand the words' meaning.

This method of spiritual communication is a simple ability for Demon Gods.

The absence of immediate attackers indicated, at least, a lack of overt hostility.

And communication is the quickest way to gather information.

Lu Heng responded, "May we meet and talk?"

Bang! Bang! Bang...

At this point, a series of tremors emerged from the chaos, as if a fierce battle raged afar.

The voice in the chaos seemed oblivious to the tremors, asking, "When did you reach the Divine Rank?"

Lu Heng held up two fingers and replied, "Two months ago."

The entity in the chaos let out a hearty laugh: "So young, it's remarkable."

Pausing, the voice asked again: "Daring to teleport here just after reaching the Divine Rank, aren't you afraid of dying?"

"I am, but since I received the summoning, it indicates this event is within my capability."

In truth, Lu Heng had already been very cautious, having first used a clone to explore before teleporting his true form over.

However, a voice from the chaos retorted, "Who told you that the summoning would definitely be based on ability?"

Lu Heng was choked by this remark.

The summoning rules of the Abyss Battlefield were actually conclusions reached through analysis and inference.

In essence, there is no evidence to prove these conclusions.

Of course, all the Abyss Battlefields encountered before were analyzed to derive the rules.

Lu Heng wanted to obtain useful information, so he did not continue to argue over this issue but instead asked, "What happened here? There seems to be quite a few Demon God auras appearing."

The voice in the chaos countered, "Since you know many Demon Gods have appeared, why don't you hurry and flee? Aren't you afraid of being devoured?"

In fact, Lu Heng had been maintaining the highest state of alertness all along.

Just now, there were at least three Divine Rank gazes upon him, but none had appeared yet.

If these three Divine Rank beings were allies and aimed to hunt gods and seize divine power, they would have acted long ago without wasting so much time.

Since they had not acted, it suggested that these three Divine Rank beings were not together.

In such a situation, a state of mutual balance and restraint was formed.

Whoever acted first would expose their position and strength first.

If severely injured in the struggle, they would become prey for other Demon Gods.

Moreover, in the Chaotic Space, Lu Heng had an advantage.

Without altering the law to establish the Main World, the divine power currently grasped still belonged to the Chaos Law, which could exert greater might in the Chaotic Space.

Lu Heng might not be able to defeat other Demon Gods, but he still had the ability to protect himself.

Moreover, if necessary, he could summon the Dark Scale to assist in battle.

It's akin to a dual-divine combination, not to mention dominating this Chaos Sea, but at least survival was achievable.

This was also the biggest reason why Lu Heng dared to teleport over.

Lu Heng glanced at the task on his task panel; this time, the summoning only had one task: to expel the Abyss Demon God from the Chaos Sea.

A very direct task, just to expel the Abyss Demon God.

From the task content, it could be seen that there must be Abyss Demon Gods existing in this Chaos Sea.

Combined with the dozen or so Divine Rank auras that appeared, it could be confirmed that there was more than one Abyss Demon God appearing in the Chaos Sea.

If the summoning rules hadn't broken down, it could be considered that, among the dozen or so Divine Rank auras, about half were Abyss Demon Gods, and the other half were summoned here to expel the Abyss Demon Gods.

With a slight sense, the number of Divine Ranks on both sides should be around seven or eight.

In other words, this was a seven-on-seven Divine Rank battlefield.

However, there was no foundation of trust among the summoned Divine Rank beings, and they even needed to guard against each other.

What the final battlefield would evolve into, no one knew.

Most of the summoned Divine Ranks were only observing, and in the end, they might not even join the battle.

After analyzing all the information, Lu Heng spoke loudly:

"Our task is all to expel the Abyss Demon God; there's no point in guarding against each other. Joining forces to suppress the Abyss Demon God first is the best strategy.

"Of course, what I say might be useless; in the end, it's all about personal safety and interests as the only goals.

"In my world, this situation is called the 'Prisoner's Dilemma.' The key point is that the best choice for the individual is not the best choice for the group.

"It sounds quite laughable; even ascending to Divine Rank level, one ends up as a prisoner."

At this moment, another voice came from the chaos:

"Your words have moved me. Come with me, I extend the first trust."

Along with this voice, a law guided a direction for Lu Heng.

Lu Heng observed the direction pointed by the law for a moment and then chose to proceed in that direction, to go and see the situation.

In fact, this choice was somewhat risky.

Because the identity of the one offering the first "trust" was completely unknown.

It might even be a Demon God from the Abyss Camp.

However, Lu Heng still chose to take this risk; it was the best way to break the stalemate and the best choice to gain information.

During the process of advancing, Lu Heng had already taken out the Totem Stone Pillar, stood on it, and drove it forward.

A moment later, he entered a patch of Chaotic Mist.

Upon entering the Chaotic Mist, it was obvious that the surrounding law had changed.

The Chaos Law is the primal state of law, and it's the easiest to evolve.

Thus, a Divine Rank being who mastered law power could transform the Chaos Law into the law they wielded.

Then, by altering the law, they could create a temporary law domain within the Chaos Sea.

This patch of Chaotic Mist was a law domain created by the other party.

The law of this Chaotic Mist wasn't entirely changed; only a portion of it was altered because changing the law required consuming divine power.

It was unnecessary to modify every Chaos Law; just forming a law domain capable of defending against attacks was sufficient.

Therefore, in this Chaotic Mist, many Chaos Laws still existed.

In fact, the total amount of Mist Law was about one-tenth, and in areas near the center of the Chaotic Mist, the proportion of Mist Law was higher.

This was also why Lu Heng dared to continue deeper because what he mastered was the Chaos Law.

Even in this mist, Chaos Law still predominated.

As he ventured deeper into the Chaotic Mist, Lu Heng gradually felt a powerful aura lurking in the depths of the mist ahead.

Upon nearing the center of the mist, Lu Heng saw a massive shadow looming indistinctly within the mist and stopped.

Such close proximity was enough for a conversation; there was no need to bump right into the other's face.

Both sides didn't speak immediately; instead, they observed each other, gathering more information while maintaining vigilance.