Chapter 1387: Intelligence Baseline

It's time to act.

On the distant large ship, Pheasant Ji was somewhat astonished. "I've been immersed in research in the Bloodline Universe for so long that I haven't paid attention to the development of martial arts here. I can't believe how exaggerated it has become. This martial art is truly astounding!"

It was a perfect way to break the deadlock!

To defeat the New Era, two impossibilities had to be overcome.

First, to defeat galaxy-sized giants as bacteria, the martial art developed must possess world-defying power.

Second, the opponents must be unable to learn this martial art; otherwise, it would be rendered useless if they adopted it.

But how could they not learn it, given that both sides were the same new life forms?

"And this martial art surprisingly meets both these criteria," Pheasant Ji exclaimed. "It is truly a miraculous martial art, without any exaggeration."

"Hahahaha, that's only natural," the great octopus laughed proudly. "Can the opponents learn this martial art? Of course they can, but do they dare to learn it? This martial art is naturally incredibly powerful, but if they learn it, they will create vulnerabilities for themselves."

"This is a martial art of the mind! Its principle is to pull the opponent's brainpower down to the same level as your own, then defeat them with superior experience!"

"Exactly!" Regnar gave a thumbs-up, patted the great octopus, and said admiringly, "Brother, you're very skilled! Bringing their intelligence to the same level and then defeating them!"

"Of course," the great octopus said with a proud expression.

This was an extremely distorted martial art. It didn't lower intelligence to the same level; rather, it elevated intelligence, opening up a domain of the mind. The brain became extremely powerful, yet also extremely fragile. Through martial arts, the brain was transformed, its tissue reordered to become a precise super quantum mechanical computer—a quantum mind. By utilizing absolute zero, it entered the universe's zero-entropy domain of eternal stillness. Consequently, the brain could not withstand even the slightest impact, making it an extremely fragile item that had to be handled with utmost care.

Pheasant Ji also frowned. "But the flaws of this martial art are equally apparent! Its combat power is not strong, and the viruses are difficult to use against powerful individuals. As soon as those insects approach, the Saints detect them instantly, and even the gods can sense them..."

"It's already powerful enough," Berserker chuckled. "This martial art has already given a glimmer of hope to us who were in despair; it's simply incredibly ingenious!"

Everyone on the ship nodded. "There's a lot of hope."

Only Emperor Zun's expression remained perfectly calm, showing neither joy nor sorrow.

Further away, Kumbitros also erupted in rage and made his move. He disregarded his emotions, tore open the head of his most beloved woman, and pulled out the insects inside.

"Do you really think that I haven't researched ways to deal with you since returning from that battle?" Kumbitros said in a deep voice. "Yes, our cultivation speed is lower than yours. You are already Tenth-Tier Saints, and I am still early Ninth-Tier... But what if your realm is one level higher than mine? I can fight across levels; you are too small!"

The next second, Kumbitros abruptly retreated rapidly, saying in a deep voice, "Quantum supercharging, a martial art that transforms the body into neutron star-level density... How about I use compressed energy to strike down your higher-tier energy?"

"High energy, low tier versus low energy, high tier?" Kumbitros burst into laughter. "Even a Tenth-Tier bacterium with higher energy levels cannot kill me, a Ninth-Tier New Human!"

His body, comparable to a galaxy, rapidly shrank!

A single grain of rice, compressed to neutron star density, would weigh hundreds of millions of tons—enough to smash through Earth if it landed there! If Earth were compressed to neutron star density, it would become a sphere only twenty-two meters in diameter, but its mass would remain unchanged, still at a terrifying sixty sextillion tons.

Soon, his body compressed to a size still much larger than Earth. Bending down, he grabbed and said, "Little flea, are you ready to die?"

The Three-Pillar God's body leaped wildly. His terrifying supercomputing ability, combined with incredible speed, made him like a hyper-fast flea evading the slow pace of a mortal. The Three-Pillar God fiercely pierced through the opponent. Even though Kumbitros had compressed his body, increasing his density and mass defense, the one-tier difference in cultivation still left him as fragile as a block of tofu.

The Three-Pillar God was like a thin thread, rapidly moving through Kumbitros's body.

"Our realm is higher, our speed is faster than his, and our destructive power can still easily penetrate his defense," the Three-Pillar God said coldly. "But his body is still too massive. Even if he stood still, a full attack, exhausting all our strength, might not be enough to destroy one of his arms."

It was only upon truly confronting him that he increasingly felt this sense of powerlessness. Humans had limits.

Indeed, as a Tenth-Tier Martial Saint, with a body just over two meters tall, his energy reserves naturally could not match the immense energy contained within an entire Earth. But Earth was an inanimate object. Although a Tenth-Tier Martial Saint's energy was far less than that of Earth, a single punch from him could trigger a chain reaction that ultimately shatters the planet.

But how many times could he swing his fist? How many Earths could he destroy? Ten thousand punches? A hundred thousand punches? Or perhaps, with all his strength, he could unleash a million punches, destroying a million Earths?

Such power would be terrifying enough, wouldn't it?

Yes. It was terrifying enough.

But the size of a single sun was equivalent to 1.3 million Earths, and the entire Solar System was even vaster...

"Even if it were an inanimate object, a pile of rocks just sitting there for me to punch apart, I could only destroy half a solar system," the Three-Pillar God murmured softly. "And that's a dead object, just standing there for me to shatter one by one until my hands ache. What's before me is a living being that resists, with muscle coordination, quantum resistance, and force dissipation... it's not on the same level at all."

Traditional Law Saints, even exhausting all their power to trigger the rules of the universe as a fuse, could only similarly destroy about one solar system. That he could achieve this through pure physical strength was already incredibly powerful. From ancient times to the present, the power of Saints seemed immense, but compared to a galaxy, it was still minuscule... Yet, their destructive power at this moment...

"My lord, times have changed!"

"To measure nature by the world and perspective of fungi is inherently incredibly minuscule!"

"The true face of the universe is not a vast cosmos with countless stars; its true face is merely a single planet, and beneath its surface are countless tiny grains of sand."

"Defend! Defend! Defend!"

Kumbitros burst out laughing. "Poor bacterium, you're tired, and this is the moment I kill you... You, surely, should be easier to kill, right? Even if your realm is higher than mine, your brain is also a fatal weakness. Just a light touch, and it will shatter like a stone, won't it?"