Planet Pulverizer: A Mortal's Ascent
Chapter 530: Avatar

Chapter 530: Avatar

The Yin Luo Council would always welcome someone like Li Pin, who wouldn't vie for power and profits with them but could enhance the council's prestige.

Of course, Li Pin might not lift a finger if the Yin Luo Council ever found itself in real trouble, if it were ever investigated. However... his presence alone, as well as many other experts, was in and of itself a deterrent. Anyone looking to cause them trouble would go, "Woah! To think the Yin Luo Council has so many experts hidden within!"

Naturally, this realization would extinguish any original thoughts of stirring trouble.

That was why Lin Yu was very enthusiastic as he extended an invitation to Li Pin.

Lin Yu beamed and said, "Your presence is truly an honor to the Ying Luo Council, Councillor Li. We will quickly process your paperwork, arrange your office, and assign assistant staff without causing you any delays."

Li Pin nodded.

Su Yunguang watched from the side without intervening.

He had a friendship of over ten thousand stellar years with the Lin Clan's patriarch, so he naturally extended some assistance when possible. Unfortunately, the Lin Clan's patriarch carried the burden of Eternal Oblivion Force to an unbearable degree and didn't dare to casually descend with an avatar.

Astral Gods could almost absolutely control their power, but the more Eternal Oblivion Force they carried, the harder it was to maintain that control, creating a vicious cycle in the later stages.

It was like how a regular person could be precise when thrusting a wooden sword. But when they switched to an iron sword, they wouldn't be able to maintain the same level of precision without further practice. Now, swap the iron sword for a tungsten sword, and they'd probably struggle to keep their hands steady.

If that sword were a ten-meter-long giant sword instead, they'd barely be able to hold it upright, let alone thrust it while maintaining precision.

This explained why, in the Astral World, the older the Astral God, the less likely they were to engage in combat, and the more approachable they seemed in demeanor. The Eternal Oblivion Force they carried might have already reached the tipping point of a vicious cycle.

Of course, once they passed that critical point, ancient Astral Gods might abandon all restraint. They could plunge into madness and start settling grudges and feuds before being crushed by the Eternal Oblivion Force, stopping only in death.

Lin Yu shared, "The council has corresponding support programs for civilizations represented by its members. Although the funding might mean little to you, it can save you significant manpower costs, Councillor Li. If needed, I can arrange this immediately."

Li Pin replied, "There's no hurry, let the Gaian civilization develop for a while first."

So far, Gaia had not fully assimilated the resources it had obtained from the Divine Dragon Empire. Taking too big a step might not be a good thing. They needed time to familiarize themselves with the changes the new technologies they had plundered brought.

"Then we'll follow your suggestion. Just let me know when you need it," said Lin Yu.

After exchanging contact numbers with Li Pin and chatting for a while, Lin Yu still had to make way for Xia Yan.

He had been able to meet up with Li Pin all thanks to Su Yunguang. Otherwise, even as the speaker of the Yin Luo Council, the lofty Astral Gods might not have paid him any attention.

Xia Yan nodded at Su Yunguang before heading to another sightseeing pavilion with Li Pin.

As they walked, Xia Yan said, "The main task is to understand the characteristics of that Astral God so we can track him down quickly. Just describe it truthfully. If possible, a direct mental spirit transmission would be most suitable."

Mental spirit transmission would involve certain secrets such as combat techniques, forbidden arts, and Divine Weapon effects. However, Li Pin never minded exposing his combat methods. At times, he even actively shared his techniques.

The Celestial Martial God Manual was the best example of this. Only when others practiced and studied his techniques and battle skills could he identify their shortcomings and make improvements. Thus, when Xia Yan said so, Li Pin directly recorded and transmitted all the combat information related to the Astral God codenamed White Mirror.

Xia Yan carefully perceived the data and soon showed a trace of astonishment on his face. He even glanced at Li Pin.

Then, he frowned slightly and composed himself.

It took him a while to finish reviewing the information.

After some contemplation, he turned to Li Pin and said with admiration, "A brilliant secret art for explosive power. It's remarkable that it can nearly double one's strength."

Li Pin replied with a smile. "It's merely leveraging an understanding of inner spirit power and precise control of one's condition to squeeze potential. Your Excellency Xia Yan, I imagine you can easily achieve this."

"Easily achieve this? You're mistaken." Xia Yan shook his head. "You've sparred with this Astral God and think his mastery of power is at its peak, right? But do you know how they achieve this level?"

Before Li Pin could answer, he continued, "Practice! Constant practice! Daily, accumulated practice! Only when these combat styles and power flows are forged into instincts, beyond instincts, even surpassing the response of the mind, can true mastery be achieved. Ultimately, it boils down to one phrase—practice makes perfect."

Li Pin was stunned. "Practice makes perfect?"

Xia Yan spoke sincerely. "Exactly. Perhaps those with high talent and comprehension spend less time, but to achieve the rank of Astral God, which one of them isn't a peerless genius in the universe? How short could their time be?

"The structure of the human body itself is incredibly complex, especially when the concepts of energy and mental spirit are introduced. The level of complexity is far more than adding the three up. It's them multiplying each other.

"For instance, there are tens of trillions of cells in the body structure alone, let alone the number of atoms that form it. If we multiply that by the even greater systems of energy and mental spirit, the final data would be immeasurable."

He glanced at Li Pin. "As expected of a cultivator aiming for the Supreme Path when you're only at the Divine Realm. Your talent is extraordinary."

"You flatter me," Li Pin responded.

He felt a bit surprised. From Xia Yan's reaction, it was evident that his Clairvoyance seemed even more outstanding than he had imagined.

Of course, this could be related to his growing strength and mental spirit enhancement. He, his strength, and his Clairvoyance had always been in a mutually reinforcing relationship. Without any of these aspects, he would never have achieved his current success.

For example, if the Clairvoyance were given to Li Yunyao, she probably wouldn't bother delving deeply into her own mysteries and utilizing them. She would likely just coast through life, continuing to remain idle, and her life would pass without much significance.

"This Astral God truly matches your description. He hides too deeply. His true avatar's strength is likely far beyond this. To deal with you, he specifically condensed an avatar lacking any distinct characteristics in a short time, making it difficult even for me to discern his exact condition."

"His true strength is beyond this?" Li Pin was quite astonished. "His avatar can be even stronger?"

Xia Yan nodded slightly. "That's right. Generally speaking, Astral Gods can manifest between five to ten avatars simultaneously. However, to maintain their avatars in a relatively manageable state without expending extra effort to control their operations, Astral Gods usually manifest two to three avatars.

"One would be a combat-specialized avatar that carries Divine Weapon. The second would be an ordinary one for socializing. The third specializes in concealment and agility, serving as a coordinate."

Xia Yan added, "Be it an ordinary or a coordinate avatar, they all possess complete Astral God characteristics. This one clearly doesn't. In layman's terms, it's a blank state avatar."

Li Pin nodded. "Blank slate..."

Due to the existence of the Eternal Oblivion Force, the avatars manifested by the Astral Gods only had Tier Seven combat power. In fact, in terms of energy-level reactions, an Astral God's avatar was equivalent to a Tier Six Legend and was not even on par with Divine Beings.

However, an Astral God was the one piloting their avatar. Those were existences who had mastered their power to the absolute pinnacle. To them, challenging someone of a higher tier was as easy as eating and drinking, which was why their avatars were categorized under Tier Seven combat power.

And it was the strongest tier of Tier Seven combat power.

In the current fragmented environment of the Astral World, it wasn't that Astral Gods couldn't manifest stronger avatars. However, just as breaking the sound barrier would create a sonic boom, sending higher-energy avatars into the material world would face similar obstacles.

Breaking such barriers would release disturbances akin to a sonic boom, causing tremors in the surroundings that could not be concealed. Consequently, this would undoubtedly attract a massive amount of Eternal Oblivion power. Under such circumstances, the energy level of their avatars could only be maintained at a relatively low level.

They could only rely on external items such as Divine Weapons to enhance the avatars' combat power. Thus, the phenomenon of combat-specialized avatars, ordinary avatars, and coordinate avatars fulfilling different roles came to be.

Theoretically, when an avatar encountered danger, an Astral God could manifest additional avatars to provide support and outnumber their enemies. However, such avatars would inevitably carry the inherent characteristics of the Astral God and be ordinary avatars.

Transforming an ordinary avatar into a blank state avatar was no simple task. It was akin to a wealthy person trying to pretend to be poor. They might not necessarily succeed in a short time.

Li Pin was a little surprised. "A blank state avatar, and it's this strong?"

If this were only a blank state avatar, Li Pin reckoned the Astral God's ordinary avatar would have at least a 170,000 to 180,000 Power Level. As for the combat-specialized avatar that was equipped with Divine Weapons, it would undoubtedly start with a Power Level of 300,000.

Li Pin thought, If he were to acquire two Solar Flare Divine Weapons, wouldn't his combat power exceed 500,000?

"Can you find him?" Li Pin asked.

After battling this Astral God's blank state avatar, he had completed a thorough understanding and familiarization of his entire system. He estimated that in a few stellar years, his strength should truly step into the Divine Realm.

If he used divine equipment... A blank slate avatar clearly wouldn't be his match anymore. However, wasn't there still the frontline combatant avatar with 300,000 combat power?

If he could fight it, his strength would undoubtedly improve significantly.

Taking one step to reach the pinnacle of the Divine Being Domain and standing at the threshold of merging with the Astral World to achieve Astral God status would no longer be a mere dream

Xia Yan smiled and responded, "If we really want to find him, there's no way we can't. There will always be traces left behind for everything that happens in this world. Forget the Cosmic Radiances who walk the Transcendent Path—even a Solar Flare Astral God would be more than enough to uncover clues.

"All they’d need to do is mobilize manpower and resources to search the Astral World Fragments that happened to pass by during that time, then investigate the movement of people through those fragments.

"After all, that Astral God must’ve set his sights on you only after you broke into the Mara Divine Treasure World. Which means—we only need to look at the data from the past two stellar years.”

He paused slightly, then added. "However, this will take a bit of time."

"There's no hurry." Li Pin nodded. "I can wait."

"Alright then, I'll contact you once there's news."

"Alright."

"I'll also push them to strive to get results within ten stellar years," Xia Yan said as he planned to report this investigation to the main hall.

Li Pin had been about to nod when he heard that, causing him to freeze. He quickly called out to Xia Yan, stopping him. "Wait! Ten stellar years?!"

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