World’s End: My Keyword is One More Than Others
Chapter 645: The First Saint ran away

"……" Zorn God King, First Saint, Dao Ancestor.

"……" All the viewers on the Star Network.

"……" The God of Wisdom who just arrived at the battlefield's edge.

"……" The headquarters of Pan-Universal Entertainment outside the battlefield.

The Immortal Emperor's kick left everyone dumbfounded.

……

"Holt, what are you doing?" The only chance vanished just like that, and the First Saint's voice trembled, filled with despair and anger.

What am I doing?

I'm done playing with you all!

The Immortal Emperor stood there expressionless, coldly sweeping his gaze over everyone.

The Dao Ancestor's avatar was using them, and so were Zorn God King and others. Seeing Du Ge's twenty-one skills and his ambiguous relationship with Pan-Universal Entertainment, they still wanted to take him down. How stubborn could they be?

Even if they managed to kill Du Ge, Zorn God King and the First Saint wouldn't let any of them claim Du Ge's head. They might even turn on them to eliminate future threats...

No matter how you analyze it, opposing Du Ge doesn't pay off, so why help them?

On the contrary, helping Du Ge could be beneficial, or at least the least risky.

After all, Du Ge is already number one; there's no need for him to kill to enhance his attributes.

Moreover, in all the information about Du Ge, except for the first Alien Star Battlefield, he mostly just used his teammates, rarely going on a killing spree.

Du Ge is with Pan-Universal Entertainment, so helping him could earn some personal favor...

Even if Du Ge isn't with Pan-Universal Entertainment and is truly the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao, following him is far better than following the half-baked Dao Ancestor's avatar.

It's all for one's own strength; no one should talk about deep-seated hatred.

From being the ruler of a world, an exalted Immortal Emperor, to being a controlled Alien Star warrior, the immense identity gap took the Immortal Emperor a long time to adapt to.

The moment he risked it all to kick someone in the crotch, he had completely let go of himself. What better way to increase attributes than to mess with your teammates at the most critical moment?

That kick at least doubled his attributes.

……

The Queen Mother was still rolling.

The enraged First Saint had already used spatial collapse around the Immortal Emperor and the Queen Mother.

Du Ge had anticipated this move, wrapping the rolling Queen Mother into a dark space and instantly flashing to the Immortal Emperor's side, shoving him into the dark space as well, avoiding the spatial collapse.

As he did so, Du Ge branded him with a fish mark, touched him, and tore off a piece of his armor...

Du Ge didn't know if the turncoat was one of his own from Qi Yuan Star, but branding him would surely make him one of his own.

In the First Saint's spatial gap, the Dao Ancestor saw what happened outside, his face particularly grim. He had anticipated surprises but never imagined the traitor would be the Immortal Emperor.

The Immortal Emperor sided with the enemy, and the Queen Mother was branded by Du Ge. With their help, the First Saint and Zorn God King had no chance of winning.

The Dao Ancestor was at a loss, gritting his teeth, "Saint, perhaps we should retreat for now and plan anew..."

There was still time before Pan-Universal Entertainment's deadline. When other Alien Star warriors arrived on the battlefield and found suitable skills to counter Du Ge, there might still be hope. After all, all of Du Ge's skills were known.

Finding a countermeasure should be simple.

Retreat?

Easier said than done.

Seeing Du Ge's fist could interfere with the spatial channel, the First Saint had already abandoned the idea of escaping. If he used spatial techniques to flee and got interfered with by Du Ge, he'd be playing himself to death.

Without using spatial techniques, how could he escape, become a mothership?

The First Saint continued using spatial collapse to interfere with Du Ge while desperately pondering a way to break the stalemate. Alien Star warriors couldn't be relied upon; they had to depend on themselves.

In the dark space.

The Queen Mother had recovered from the intense pain, glaring angrily at the Immortal Emperor, "Immortal Emperor, what is the meaning of this?"

The Immortal Emperor remained indifferent, "Queen Mother, desperate times call for desperate measures. The Dao Ancestor cannot be trusted. Only by helping Du Ge can we find a glimmer of hope."

The Queen Mother retorted angrily, "If you wanted to help Du Ge, you should have told me earlier. Why kick me? How do you know I completely trust the Dao Ancestor?"

The Immortal Emperor silently glanced at the Queen Mother, "Secrecy leads to success, while disclosure leads to failure."

Queen Mother: "……"

Janice watched the two bickering, momentarily at a loss for words.

Fang Xiangcheng and Yu Bin were dumbfounded. They never expected that the one kicking in the battlefield was the big boss Immortal Emperor from the previous Alien Star Battlefield, and the one being kicked was the Queen Mother. This world was utterly absurd.

Du Ge also didn't expect the defector to be the Immortal Emperor. His hidden keyword must be charm!

Du Ge smiled slightly, "Fellow Daoists, come out and lend me a hand. Once this is over, I will ensure your safety."

With that, he released the Immortal Emperor and the Queen Mother from the dark space.

The moment the Immortal Emperor and the Queen Mother were released, Zorn God King and the First Saint felt their scalps tingle, their groins tighten, and they immediately abandoned Du Ge, attacking the Queen Mother and the Immortal Emperor.

The Queen Mother, now Du Ge's private property, though annoyed by the Immortal Emperor's misconduct, still activated her skills immediately.

In an instant, it was Zorn God King and the First Saint who were forced to dodge.

During the evasion, the First Saint, having nothing to lose, released the Dao Ancestor from the space to serve as a distraction.

The Dao Ancestor, once released, had no choice but to join the fleeing group. His skill was alliance, and among his awakened skills, there were no attack techniques. However, he had integrated numerous civilizations and facilitated the alliance between the Zorn God Clan and the Rad God Clan, significantly boosting his attributes.

The First Saint also used a golden apple to enhance his cultivation level, completing his Dao fruit.

But no matter how high his attributes rose, he couldn't match Du Ge. Without the help of other Alien Star warriors, facing Du Ge was a death sentence.

The Dao Ancestor cursed the First Saint inwardly.

At this point, he had no other ideas and hurriedly said, "Du Ge, I surrender."

Du Ge had no time to bother with him, directly pursuing Zorn God King.

Both Zorn God King and the First Saint knew Du Ge had a backstab skill, so neither dared to turn and flee, both using teleportation.

Du Ge's speed was already comparable to Zorn God King's, and in an instant, he caught up to him, shattering his force field shield with a punch and sending the Immortal Emperor flying with a backhand.

Bang!

Ahhh!

Two screams echoed.

The first scream came from Zorn God King, who was kicked in the groin, the skill ignoring defense, pain sweeping through his body, causing him to curl up.

The second scream came from the Immortal Emperor. The force field shield regenerated too quickly, and although the skill was a sure hit, his body wasn't as tough as Zorn God King's, and he kicked the newly formed force field shield.

His entire leg shattered on the spot.

The Alien Star warrior's keywords could heal injuries but couldn't regenerate lost limbs. After the wound healed, the Immortal Emperor was left with only one leg. Fortunately, Du Ge was nearby, promptly shoving him into the dark space, avoiding spatial collapse.

Otherwise, he would have been torn apart by the First Saint's spatial collapse.

Due to the skill, the Immortal Emperor also consumed the Rad God Clan's golden apple, supplementing his Dao fruit cultivation. But even at his cultivation level, he couldn't confront God King-level opponents on the battlefield.

As for the Queen Mother, with the Celestial God King protecting her, she wouldn't be in any danger...

The unfortunate one was the Dao Ancestor. From the moment he declared his surrender, a spatial slash landed beside him, slicing off half his body.

The Dao Ancestor, after all, was the Dao Ancestor, extraordinarily gifted. In this world, he created his own Dao fruit cultivation method, instantly restoring his body, but that was the limit. Using an avatar to counter the First Saint, who had dominated the universe for years, was beyond him. "Du Ge, help me. I am the Dao Ancestor and can help you achieve the Hunyuan Dao fruit..."

Taking advantage of Zorn God King's moment of stiffness, Du Ge had already touched him, making him his private property.

Throwing the Seed of Humanity into Zorn God King's arms to win his favor, Du Ge flashed back to the Dao Ancestor's side and touched him as well.

The Dao Ancestor didn't dodge, allowing Du Ge to make him his private property. With the situation as it was, he had resigned himself to fate, unable to simultaneously combat Du Ge and the First Saint.

Receiving the Seed of Humanity, Zorn God King was overjoyed, becoming Du Ge's private property, no longer thinking of resisting him. Instead, he channeled the energy of the cosmic sword, sealing off all escape routes for the First Saint. "Saint, stop running. You can't win."

"You wretch, unworthy of plotting with." The First Saint shouted in grief and indignation. Suddenly, a spatial rift tore open before him, and he leaped inside.

Du Ge intended to punch and disrupt the spatial channel, but just as he swung his fist, he froze, watching as the First Saint escaped into the accompanying universe.

"Du Ge, why did you let him escape?" The Celestial God King was puzzled. "You could have stopped him. Now that he's escaped into another universe, he might return at any time, putting us at a disadvantage."

"Indeed!" Zorn God King also felt a bit regretful. "The First Saint mentioned that decades ago, he already had the ability to tear open the universe's barriers, but he didn't dare to verify it out of fear of casualties. This time, forced to flee into another universe, as long as he survives, he'll have mastered the ability to traverse universes. It will be hard to guard against him. You should have stopped him."

"No worries, he can't escape. I feel my strength is almost enough to break the universe's barriers too." Du Ge smiled, "Everyone, let's clean up the aftermath. There's nothing in this universe that can stop us now."

Others didn't know the reason, but Du Ge was well aware. The moment the First Saint broke through the universe, he sensed the split soul.

The split soul's memories instantly merged with his, revealing Pan-Universal Entertainment's plans.

Let the split soul compete with him?

Who are they trying to fool?

He already controlled the entire universe, capable of shattering the void at any moment. How could a mere avatar compete with him?

Sending the avatar into the accompanying universe was a move made after his exposure. What exactly was Pan-Universal Entertainment planning?

Were they expanding the Alien Star Battlefield?

Does that mean the current Alien Star Battlefield won't end anytime soon?

Or did Pan-Universal Entertainment already know his plans and deliberately sent the avatar into the Alien Star Battlefield to prevent his soul from being complete, continuing to control him?

Du Ge couldn't figure it out. Each reason seemed plausible, yet none made sense. His understanding of Pan-Universal Entertainment was too limited.

He also didn't know the current situation of Pan-Universal Entertainment's avatar.

If Pan-Universal Entertainment kept splitting his soul infinitely, when would he ever complete his soul?

However.

From the split soul, Du Ge also learned about another accompanying universe.

In that universe, several major civilizations were also vying for supremacy. But unlike his universe, in the accompanying universe, the most powerful civilization was the Rad God Clan.

The Rad God Clan's saint, with overwhelming martial prowess, had forcefully suppressed the Zorn God Clan and the Celestial God Clan. The Seed of Humanity from the Zorn God Clan had been seized by the Rad God Clan's saint long ago. Under the Celestial God Clan's protection, they barely managed to contend with the Rad God Clan...

The split soul still contained the original Du Ge's soul, and after being sent into the Alien Star Battlefield, it still had two keywords.

Its main keyword was chaos, and the second keyword was salvation.

The split soul chose to possess the identity of a ruler from a subsidiary civilization under the Rad God Clan.

At this moment.

The split soul had already awakened two skills of chaos and one skill of salvation.

The chaos skills were Order in Chaos and Confuse and Mislead.

Order in Chaos: In chaotic situations, he remains rational, unaffected by external disturbances or influences;

Confuse and Mislead: He creates illusions, releasing false information that others cannot discern as true or false;

The salvation skill had only awakened one so far.

Universal Amnesty: The villains you save and their relatives will be grateful to you;

……

After receiving the split soul's memories, Du Ge could have instantly recalled the split soul from the accompanying universe, but at the last moment, he dismissed the idea.

Currently, the skills mastered by the split soul had already elevated him to the position of a holy son in the Rad God Clan, and he was plotting a war between the Rad God Clan and the Celestial God Clan to expand his influence.

At this time, recalling him would be equivalent to directly breaking with Pan-Universal Entertainment. If the company ended the Alien Star Battlefield now, it would be a loss.

Moreover, Du Ge felt he was already on the verge of achieving the Hunyuan Dao fruit, and he didn't want to complicate matters at this point.

Breaking the universe's barriers, entering the accompanying universe, and then recalling the split soul would be just as effective...

The split soul also received his memories, knowing that the God-Slaying Cannon could shatter the original Du Ge's soul, restoring all skills. With this trump card, rising in the accompanying universe shouldn't be difficult.

By then, the empire built by the split soul would also be his.

The only question was whether the split soul would choose to release the soul, as the original Du Ge's freedom keyword disappeared when he was shattered.

And the split soul's main keyword was chaos. Once it disappeared, only salvation would remain.

Other keywords combined couldn't increase attributes as quickly as chaos.

However.

Based on Du Ge's understanding of himself, he would likely use chaos to push his power to the extreme before releasing the remaining keywords...

At this time, the greatest challenge for the split soul wasn't the people of the accompanying universe but the First Saint who had just escaped there.

The First Saint, realizing the accompanying universe was also invaded by Pan-Universal Entertainment, would surely exploit the Alien Star warriors, and he might even seek out another Rad God Clan saint...

Thinking of the Rad God Clan saint in the accompanying universe, Du Ge paused again.

No, something's off.

The other universe's Rad Saint had suppressed the Celestial God Clan and the Zorn God Clan and seized the Seed of Humanity, proving he possessed the Hunyuan Dao fruit.

Even the First Saint of this universe could tear open space, so the other universe's saint should also have the ability to break the universe's barriers, meaning he should have long known what was happening in this universe.

Break through space!?

Could it be that the Rad Saint from the other universe helped Kaska steal the Seed of Humanity thirty years ago?