Chapter 113 He Did It on Purpose

The four direct descendants exchanged glances and, following Urnos' instructions, raised their hands to release their energy, merging it into his body.

The situation in the arena immediately escalated, like adding fuel to the fire. The intensity of the energy storm surged, becoming even more violent. Urnos, at the center, was no longer visible, only a dazzling light remained.

Urnos' aura rose steadily, leaving the four in awe.

"It seems like it might actually work?!"

"As expected of the once-acknowledged strongest, although Black Star took the lead, he can still keep up."

The four direct descendants communicated mentally, both surprised and delighted.

On the other side, the head of the EsGod and other high-ranking officials, who were paying close attention, had their hearts in their throats. They felt the tension of parents watching their child take an exam, their eyes fixed on the advancement, not wanting to miss a second.

They had all heard Urnos say that this advancement was risky, so many EsGod executives were on edge, filled with anticipation and worry.

Urnos' existence gave the EsGod a lead over the other two civilizations in terms of individual power, which was crucial. If this pillar were to be sacrificed, it would be a heavy loss.

The fleet's sensory radar buzzed incessantly, and the energy detection readings soared.

This process lasted for a long time. Under everyone's watchful eyes, the energy storm finally began to slowly contract, being sucked back into his body. Urnos' aura climbed to its peak, gradually becoming stable.

"Is he going to succeed?!"

Seeing this, the EsGod executives were overjoyed, staring at the scene with hopeful eyes.

"It seems the first Beyond Grade A direct descendant is about to be born..."

The head of the EsGod was overjoyed, breathing a sigh of relief.

However, just as he thought the advancement was about to be completed smoothly, the contracting energy storm suddenly stalled.

In the next moment, centered on Urnos, a violent energy exploded. The energy storm sucked into his body surged out, erupting at an even faster rate.

The blinding light turned everyone's vision into a white expanse. There was a great silence, but it seemed to shake the depths of everyone's hearts with a shocking roar!

Rumble!!

The surrounding guardian fleet activated its shields, but they didn't hold out for long before being cracked by the impact. The four direct descendant Beyond Grade As closest to the center of the explosion were caught off guard and blasted away by the fierce energy shockwave, like shrapnel flying from an exploding bomb, tumbling far away in space.

"What's going on? Why did it suddenly explode?!"

The head of the EsGod was a remote projection and was unaffected, but he was startled and immediately became nervous.

Could it be that Urnos' advancement failed, and he unfortunately sacrificed himself, exploding into dust?!

The head of the EsGod immediately became anxious and quickly ordered the four direct descendants and the surrounding fleet to be ready to rescue him at any time.

Fortunately, the energy eruption was only a single wave and did not cause sustained damage to the surrounding fleet. When the energy was released, the strong light in the center slowly faded, finally revealing Urnos' figure.

He was suspended in mid-air, every pore continuously oozing golden blood droplets, which quickly froze in the cosmic environment, turning into golden crystals, crystal clear, like snowflakes fluttering.

The energy readings on the sensory radar plummeted. Urnos' aura was weak, looking severely injured and on the verge of collapse.

The surrounding spaceships quickly surrounded him to rescue him, but Urnos waved his hand to signal that he didn't need it. He pointed a finger towards the distant Pantheon and remotely seized the divinity of a statue, summoning an avatar of a god wearing a gorgeous dress, separating it from his body.

The prototype of this god avatar was obviously female, but it had his face. Although the facial features were somewhat softened, it still looked like a cross-dressing tough guy, which was quite an eyesore.

As soon as the god avatar appeared, it sprinkled a sky full of light, merging into Urnos' body. His injuries were quickly contained, and his aura, although still weak, slowly stabilized. It was clear that the prototype of this god was a deity of healing from a certain religious school.

At this time, the head of the EsGod reconnected with Urnos and asked worriedly, "Are you alright?"

"I just lost a lot of vitality, I won't die." Urnos spat out a mouthful of golden blood and coughed weakly a few times.

"You... did you fail to advance?" the head of the EsGod asked hesitantly.

"Yeah." Urnos nodded weakly.

"Didn't you say there was a 70% success rate, how could..."

Before the head of the EsGod could finish asking, Urnos interrupted him.

"I did it on purpose. I could have advanced smoothly, but I stopped it temporarily."

"What?!"

This answer was beyond the head of the EsGod's expectations, and he was greatly surprised.

He thought that the advancement had encountered obstacles before failing, but he didn't expect that Urnos had done it on purpose. No wonder he looked so badly injured.

Originally, the cells had already been successfully sublimated, but he forcibly interrupted the transformation and forced the genes after the advancement to return to their original state. It was like a sex change operation that was half done and then regretted. There was definitely no benefit to be gained, and it would extremely damage vitality, and the cells would also suffer great harm.

"What do you mean by this?"

The head of the EsGod was extremely surprised. He knew that Urnos would not do such a loss-making thing for no reason.

"When I was advancing, I found that something was wrong. The level of life did not undergo a major transformation. It was far from the situation when Black Star advanced. There must be something wrong with my operation!" Urnos said in a deep voice.

"...So, you mean that this advancement method is wrong?" The head of the EsGod frowned.

"That's right. The method to advance to Beyond Grade A seems to be not as simple as it seems on the surface. Black Star must have hidden some important conditions."

Although Urnos suffered a backlash and was severely injured, his eyes were still sharp.

At first, he was very happy that the advancement was going smoothly, but the closer he got to the end of the advancement, the more he felt that something was wrong.

Although this advancement could indeed make him stronger, his own strength growth did not reach his expectations for Beyond Grade A at all, which made him suspicious.

He had a faint feeling that this advancement would not allow him to set foot into Beyond Grade A. If the advancement was completed, then the next time he wanted to advance, he would have to reach a new limit, and his potential was almost exhausted. He didn't know how long it would take to get a new advancement opportunity, or even if he would ever have another chance.

In this way, his dream of Beyond Grade A would probably turn into a bubble and he would never be able to set foot there.

After a battle between heaven and man, Urnos finally made a decision. When the advancement was mostly successful, he decided to cut off his wrist like a hero. He would rather risk his life to withstand the backlash than to terminate this advancement and cut his losses decisively.

Generally speaking, the advancement process of Superhumans is irreversible, but at Urnos' level, he can perfectly control everything about himself, and it is feasible to interrupt the advancement and reverse the transformation.

Of course, if a normal person did this, it might lead to the collapse of the genetic level, but the "stability" characteristic of the EsGod's national weapon is one of the reasons why Urnos dared to take the risk. Even if there is damage, it can be greatly reduced.

In this way, although he himself was seriously injured, he could recover as before after a period of recuperation, and this precious advancement opportunity would not be wasted, just like the failure to impact a higher level in the past. This was not the first time he had experienced this situation.

If Han Xiao were here, he would immediately understand what Urnos meant by this operation. If Urnos succeeded in an ordinary advancement, it would undoubtedly be as difficult as climbing to the sky for him to upgrade another 20 levels to reach the next advancement threshold with his level.

And taking the initiative to make the advancement a failure means that the opportunity has not been wasted. According to the advancement rules at this level, to advance, you only need to complete a new advancement mission. However, people without panels should not have the rigid requirements of advancement missions. Perhaps as long as they exercise for a period of time and restore their state to its peak.

It's just that this approach is very dangerous. If you are not careful and encounter a malignant mutation, then you can only benefit future generations.

However, a simple advancement failure is not fatal in itself. A malignant mutation during advancement is fatal. The probabilities of the two are separate and independent. Most Beyond Grade As are people with great luck, and Urnos is even the best among them. With deep accumulation and good luck, he did not encounter a malignant mutation this time and was not killed by his own operation.

At this time, another high-level executive watching couldn't help but angrily said:

"Black Star knew that there was something fishy in it, and deliberately concealed it. Maybe he was just waiting to see you fail in your advancement, so as to trick us once, trying to indirectly kill the important direct descendants of the three civilizations, so that we can't get Beyond Grade A combat power and can't threaten him!"

Urnos shook his head, "It's not his fault, I was too impatient."

This time was quite thrilling. He was still a little scared and had lingering fears. He couldn't help but think of Black Star's short advice after the advancement was completed. It was a pity that he didn't take it to heart and knew that he couldn't blame others.

Urnos can get to where he is today, and he still has this courage, so he won't blame Han Xiao.

On the other side, the head of the EsGod was silent for a while, then sighed and said:

"In this case, we still can't impact the Beyond Grade A level. In a short period of time, only Black Star in the universe has such power. This is not a good thing... Should we ask Black Star again about the method to advance to Beyond Grade A?"

"Forget it, put yourself in his shoes, he will either not say it or lie. If we go to get information from him, not only will he take away some of our benefits, but we will also be tricked by him again." Urnos waved his hand.

"That's true... Forget it, it's good to be alive, we'll figure it out slowly in the future."

The head of the EsGod looked helpless. He had high hopes for Urnos, but now that his hopes were dashed, he naturally felt disappointed, but it was not appropriate to show it in front of Urnos, who had escaped death.

In this way, they and the other two civilizations returned to the same starting line, and the intelligence advantage disappeared.

"Sigh..."

The head of the EsGod sighed. He didn't say much, but just told Urnos to take a good rest, and then he canceled the remote projection.

He originally wanted to celebrate the birth of EsGod's Beyond Grade A direct descendant, but since it ended in failure, he had no interest in staying here, and he had to go back to take care of his harem.

The guardian fleets dispersed one after another, and the four direct descendants also said goodbye. This area was lifted from military control and returned to its former desolation.

Urnos returned to the Pantheon alone to lick his wounds, recalling Han Xiao's advancement process over and over again in his mind, and muttered to himself in a low voice:

"What exactly am I missing..."

...

A few days later, the heads of the three civilizations' offices.

"...The specific situation is like this. I am preparing to invite representatives of major civilizations, including the three civilizations, as well as all the famous and influential forces, to hold a meeting on interstellar social security. Specifically, it is to discuss how to eradicate population trafficking..."

In the room, Han Xiao's remote projection spoke eloquently.

He took the time that day to talk to the leaders of the three civilizations to prepare to complete the \[End of Darkness]. The attitude of the three civilizations is very important.

"This is a good thing. We agree in principle." Louis nodded. "However, the external enemy has not been resolved yet. Is it too early to care about this issue now?"

"It will be too late to deal with it after the war. There is no harm in rectifying social security before the war. Anyway, many troops are on standby now. It is good to pull them out to do something." Han Xiao said casually.

Louis pondered for a few seconds, then turned to look at the other two, "What are your opinions?"

"I have no objection."

"Me neither."

Mabrus and the head of the EsGod both nodded and exchanged glances.

They were quite curious as to why Black Star wanted to do this "unimportant" thing at this time. After analyzing it, they all felt that this was mostly Black Star's behavior to earn public praise. If he succeeded in this matter, his reputation would definitely increase greatly.

The three of them were not unacceptable. At least Black Star had this need, which meant that he was quite confident in this war, and under the influence of many factors, they couldn't stop Black Star from increasing his reputation now.

"In that case, I will issue a unified letter of invitation to all major forces in the name of the Association and the three civilizations in a while."

Han Xiao nodded. This matter required the cooperation of many forces. He was preparing to hold a conference this time, inviting forces from all star fields in the universe to participate.

Having completed the goal of this trip, Han Xiao felt much happier. He turned to look at the head of the EsGod and suddenly thought of something, and asked curiously:

"By the way, did Urnos try to advance?"

The head of the EsGod's eyes twitched, "Why are you concerned about this?"

"Looking at your expression, you should have tried it." Han Xiao raised his eyebrows and said playfully, "He failed, right? Is he still alive?"

The head of the EsGod's mood immediately turned bad, and he only felt that this was mockery, and he didn't want to talk anymore.

"Well, it seems he didn't die, otherwise you wouldn't be so quiet, but I advised Urnos not to rush to advance. It's his business if he didn't listen, not my problem."

Han Xiao didn't care and said jokingly.

"...He is still alive, but he took the initiative to terminate the advancement and suffered some backlash. He will be fine after a period of recovery." The head of the EsGod said with a straight face. There was no point in keeping this a secret. With Han Xiao's intelligence network, he would be able to find out about this matter soon, and maybe Urnos would tell him in person.

Seeing this, Han Xiao's eyes flickered slightly.

If Urnos had undergone an ordinary advancement, then he would not have the qualifications to impact Beyond Grade A for a long time. If it was just an advancement failure and he was not killed, then there was still a chance. In fact, whether it was the former or the latter, he didn't care.

In the former case, Urnos would never be able to threaten him again. In the latter case, it meant that Urnos still had a chance to become a Beyond Grade A legacy. Anyway, he would not lose out either way, monopolizing the advancement method and sitting firmly on the fishing platform.

'But he actually took the initiative to terminate the advancement. This is a bit of courage...'

Han Xiao narrowed his eyes and nodded secretly.

It seemed that this little calculation would not easily allow Urnos to crash. After all, he was a big figure who had stood at the peak of individual power for so many years, so he still had something.

He and Urnos had no grudges, and he had no intention of targeting him, but he also had no obligation to advise him to give up the advancement temporarily, so he didn't care about this result.

However, seeing this guy suffer for imitating him, Han Xiao was somewhat gloating.

Hey, you want to learn from me, you're suffering, right!