Chapter 998: Battle Power Calculation Method (Two-in-One)

Chapter 1006: Calculating Combat Power

Meanwhile,In the Abyssal Blue Divine Domain, the world was a vast expanse of deep blue, covered in ice and snow. Sculptures were frozen within mysterious dark blue ice, seemingly preserved for eternity.

In the deepest part, the three Heavenly Venerates, beings who had lived for over 500,000 years, were the oldest existences. Theoretically, they could live indefinitely, perhaps even until the end of the universe.

But was this truly the case? While bloodlines granting eternal life were indeed extraordinary talents, they also brought immense disaster, coveted by countless powerful individuals.

“Natural aging and death? Most powerful beings fall along the way, and perhaps we will too in the future…” In the unseen, an ancient Heavenly Venerate, encased in clear, mystical ice, spoke softly, “Have you investigated it?”

“Yes, we’ve studied it. This Magical Girl civilization doesn’t directly enhance offensive combat power; it directly boosts recovery capabilities. Their recovery speed from injuries is incredibly fast. This is because they don't rely on their own body's regeneration but on external supply, as if an elite army of countless strong individuals is supporting them from behind.”

“This bloodline can convert all the stored combat power of our Abyssal Blue Divine Domain, increasing it by at least five to six times.”

Indeed, it could boost it five to six times. Their civilization had existed for an incredibly long time, so long that they had accumulated unimaginable amounts of resources. Yet, their powerful individuals couldn't convert these resources into combat power, effectively guarding a treasure mountain they couldn't use. This new civilization, however, seemed like a key, opening a door that could transform their accumulated Abyssal Blue civilization's treasures into combat power. All their resources could be funneled into cultivating strong individuals and nurturing believers—no matter how many resources, they could be poured in endlessly!

“They also possess a means of rebirth; even if they die, they can return to the world through the hopes and aspirations of all beings. However, the more they die, the more completely they lose themselves.”

A powerful, weak-Tenth-Tier Heavenly Venerate, his body dark blue and black, spoke calmly, “This is an extremely dangerous and wicked system. Even without dying, one must constantly resist the erosion of mortal incense offerings to avoid losing oneself.”

“But this way, they won’t fear death, and we will be able to explore some extremely dangerous ancient ruins,” a Heavenly Venerate smiled.

“Are we going to start exploring those ancient ruins, which are suspected to belong to ultimate Tenth-Tier beings?” Another Heavenly Venerate chuckled.

The Abyssal Blue Divine Domain, as a nomadic civilization, naturally gathered resources through its wanderings. They weren't primarily seeking various energy resources; their energy resources were already in surplus. The core of their nomadic civilization was wandering and exploring ancient ruins!

After all, the universe was vast beyond measure. Fifty-seven hundred thousand years for the Abyssal Blue civilization? That period was ridiculously short. To put it in perspective, the Jurassic period on Earth alone lasted over four million years. Over these immense stretches of time, too many civilizational ruins had accumulated; they lived atop wreckage. In hundreds of thousands of years, they had traversed less than one ten-thousandth of a supercluster, and the area they had explored already surpassed the entire Milky Way. Mapping these areas provided the most invaluable civilizational data, and the entrances to various extremely concealed super-civilization ruins represented unimaginable wealth!

Yet, they held the keys to these super-treasure mountains but dared not explore them! Those could be the remnants of Tenth-Tier beings! Even these weak-Tenth-Tier Heavenly Venerates had fervent gazes, recognizing their true opportunities lay there.

“Before, we cherished those Ninth-Tier beings with perfect foundational paths, as they were our precious combat strength. Losing even one in resisting those invaders caused us immense pain. But now, they are no longer afraid of death…”

“Indeed, what does it matter if they lose themselves? How does that concern us? As long as they remain powerful combat forces under our command, that is sufficient,” an Abyssal Blue Heavenly Venerate smiled.

“However, we cannot coerce them, as that would lose us popular support. We must hint at it, entice them… to explore those extremely dangerous zones.”

The three Heavenly Venerates made their civilization's crucial decision. Undoubtedly, the emergence of this civilization system would significantly help them resist the fallen Enlightened Ones' civilizations and greatly enhance their power. In fact, the wicked civilizations of their adversaries would no longer be a threat!

“Has it truly been thoroughly investigated? Are there no hidden contingencies?” a Heavenly Venerate asked.

“It has been thoroughly investigated; there are no hidden contingencies or secret doors!” Another Heavenly Venerate spoke with an extremely solemn and cold expression: “The emotional beings they cultivate follow a transcendent system that is pure to the extreme, with no secret doors or control methods. Furthermore, there’s no need to fear the Incubator race completely controlling these Incense Gods, because once they break through to godhood, an Eighth-Tier Incense God can absorb emotions independently, without needing those smaller entities. Although the self-absorption rate is less than one-tenth of the original, it's still enough for them to be self-sufficient.”

Indeed. Upon reaching the Eighth Tier, Incense Gods were no longer forcibly bound to the Incense Dragon Veins. Even if they detached, they could develop their own believers and absorb their emotions and faith independently. This was because they had become complete “Incense Beings” and could sustain themselves by consuming mortal incense offerings! This was why, during the Seven Realms Heavenly Court's invasion of the Lava Domain and attack on the Three Pillar Gods, the various Incense Gods deployed, even without Dragon Veins, could still wreak havoc there. However, without the Dragon Veins' assistance for absorption and recovery, the efficiency was extremely low, like the difference between a bicycle and a car, rendering them almost useless.

But this meant they wouldn't fear detaching from the Incubators.

“Then, there are indeed no problems. There are no means to restrict us. This race relies on ‘hosts’ for survival, but the hosts can leave them. For their survival, they won't go for a scorched-earth strategy with us; we can rest assured. Nor do they have any reason to utterly destroy us, because we will do our utmost to protect and shelter them. They are empowering themselves with combat strength, which is mutually beneficial and win-win.”

A Heavenly Venerate stated, “Then, we can proceed with large-scale experimentation.”

Meanwhile, Viola walked through a luxurious palace. Beside her, Biqiu, Qiu Mingshan Cheshu's girlfriend, whispered, “It seems the three Heavenly Venerates have figured out our true nature, right? We truly have no means to restrict them through the Incense Dragon Veins.”

After all, they must have realized: once powerful enough, they could even detach from the 'little televisions' and absorb incense independently, albeit at a very slow rate, moving from one place to another to absorb it one by one.

“In reality, we truly have no means to restrict them. Before beings of this caliber, any tricks we tried would be seen through,” Biqiu shook her head, saying, “We genuinely just want a mutually beneficial, win-win situation. After all, even getting a little wool from beings of this level means we’ve gained immensely.”

Why was Mengmei able to popularize the Incense system and become its foundation? Because, as the Earth Mother Goddess, she exemplified mutual benefit and win-win! The Incense system has always been a mutually beneficial transcendent system. Mengmei herself had no means to control the Incense Gods! Incense Gods could even detach from her Dragon Veins, become self-sufficient, develop believers, and absorb faith one by one, albeit very slowly. Therefore, knowing there were no hidden traps, some powerful beings willingly became Incense Gods to achieve a win-win with Mengmei, and join the Incense lineage. Mengmei simply acted as a landlady, collecting rent, and never intended to eliminate the tenants who rented her Incense houses! Treating other powerful individuals as fools would truly make one the fool. Mengmei herself was even heavily protected.

“It’s the same for us; we’re just collecting rent and opportunistically earning a fee by selling ‘Incense televisions’,” Biqiu shook her head and said, “Then, we aim to subtly become an indispensable foundation of this world.” Like Mengmei, binding the entire world to their chariot, sharing glory and shame, life and death, was very worthwhile.

“Although it’s true that the little televisions share life and death with them, only the quantum avatars of the little televisions die,” Biqiu sighed. “At the same time, if we become the Incense foundation of this world and subtly gain enough influence, perhaps we can get them to form an alliance to resist the Moon God Season and the legendary Mother River civilization!”

In Xu Zhi’s eyes, this was a super powerful cosmic civilization. In the players’ eyes, this civilization was commonplace, just like the other myriad worlds. Like the Lava Domain, Seven Realms Heavenly Court, Small Universe World, and the Renimansga Garden, this civilization was simply very powerful. They thought bringing this civilization into the fold to help the ancient God of Creation resist the Moon God Season was an excellent choice.

At this moment, Yuan Yuan approached, accompanied by several powerful Ninth-Tier beings with perfect foundational paths.

“The three Heavenly Venerates aren’t rushing to sign the Magical Girl contract. I’ve already conducted an auction, and each powerful entity bid 2.8 units of perfect Ninth-Tier energy… including myself, for a total of eight Incubator individuals, right?” Biqiu looked bewildered.

“Most carbon-based life forms in the universe, due to planetary gravity, oxygen, and evolutionary conditions, generally range from 1 to 3 meters in height. So, we designate a perfect Ninth-Tier being of normal two-meter height as having an energy level of 1.” Yuan Yuan patiently explained, “This is how we Enlightened Ones calculate energy-level combat power: a standardized Ninth-Tier unit with a typical body size is designated as 1. After all, the larger the body, the higher the energy level, and theoretically, the stronger the combat power. I rank thirty-seventh, not because my other bloodlines and cultivation methods are inferior to theirs, but because the top ten generally have body energy levels of 10 to 30. Their single attack can be thirty times more powerful than mine, and I can’t withstand that…” Yuan Yuan chuckled in response.

As soon as he finished speaking, and everyone understood the translated meaning, everyone in front of their televisions was stunned.

“They calculate energy like that?”

“Indeed, it’s impossible to calculate the combat power of different genetic systems or cultivation methods; you only know after fighting, which is too difficult to quantify. If you don’t consider cultivation methods and bloodlines, and simply use the energy level contained within one’s body to roughly measure combat power, it is indeed very suitable.”

“That ruthless? Nearly three perfect Enlightened One’s worth of energy for one little television?”

“Holy crap!”“Holy crap!”“Holy crap!”“They’re freaking rich!”

They had thought these powerful beings wouldn't cheat them, as it was a long-term transaction and they wouldn’t want to discourage them. They themselves didn't know how much to ask for; they just let them offer what they deemed appropriate. Who knew they were so wealthy? What did this mean? The energy they had previously plundered from the Teal Civilization was only equivalent to two perfect Enlightened Ones. This meant that one of their pirated 'little televisions' could be exchanged for an entire Teal Civilization, with plenty left over!

Qiu Mingshan Cheshu: “Hahahahaha, we’re rich! I really am the alchemy factory, the richest in the world. (Excited)”

Mengmei herself was feeling a bit down, as it was Qiu Mingshan Cheshu’s turn to make money this time, and she hadn't been included: “What exactly did we sell before? Giving it to those bumpkins from the Teal Civilization was a massive loss! Look at this place, a pirated Divine Spirit 'little television'! 2.8 normal-sized perfect Ninth-Tier foundational paths!”

Mengmei felt she was too kind. This wasn't even on the same order of magnitude! A single pirated 'little television' for an entire Teal Civilization, could you believe it? This was more than just exorbitant profit! Damn, one pirated 'little television' could fetch a Teal Civilization the size of a solar system…

“So many rich fools, so many rich fools…” Seeing this, she stood up and paced back and forth in the palace, her face completely dark! The difference was too vast. If she could sell one 'little television', she would truly be as rich as a nation…

The Tower World players in front of their screens were also overjoyed.

“Right, a normal two-meter Ninth-Tier body. That energy, if converted to Caroline, wouldn't it be tens of thousands of ant-sized perfect Ninth-Tiers?”

“Not quite, commenter above! Don’t let the small size fool you; Caroline’s actual energy level is at least 3, given she cultivates the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art and the Mental Universe. She uses this internal space method to substitute for body size, store energy, and form a world power furnace to bridge the gap!”

“But even if Caroline is a 3, three times the energy level of a normal Ninth-Tier, she still can’t beat stronger opponents…”

As for Caroline continuing to increase the area of her Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art, or strengthening the energy level of her world power furnace, the internal space of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art doesn't expand infinitely; it grows with one's cultivation realm. Forcing its expansion would lead to internal instability and collapse. This meant that within the same realm, the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art would definitely have a combat power limit; one couldn't infinitely expand it to breed life and provide oneself with energy. However, while living space was limited, the average quality of the living beings within could be improved. If the beings inside her body were, on average, Celestial Emperors, that would certainly be terrifyingly powerful… But this was merely an ideal. Who didn’t know to pursue quality? Emperor Qi frantically developed the Seventh-Tier Heavenly Court, but the average level of beings was still stuck around the Fourth or Fifth Tier; it was simply too difficult.

At this time, countless people were analyzing. This civilization was clearly a very powerful, mature one. Their combat power calculation system was very novel and, to some extent, a very intuitive way to measure combat data.

“But if calculated this way, ignoring the three mysterious weak-Tenth-Tiers, their strongest Ninth-Tier council members are at 30? Wouldn’t Caroline and the others rank outside the top 10 among Ninth-Tier powerhouses?”

The power of this civilization was more terrifying than they had imagined. Caroline and the others couldn't even make it into the top ten in terms of combat power ranking! After all, those beings had lived for two or three hundred thousand years; even though Caroline and the others had constantly accelerated their time in high-dimensional space, they were, at most, only about ten thousand years old.

“Guys, it's not calculated that way. After all, Caroline and the others are still in the mid-tier realm. Upon reaching the high-tier, there will definitely be another surge in combat power, the internal space will expand again, more people can be accommodated, and the energy level will increase.”

“At the same time, this is just a rough way to calculate energy levels. In actual combat, it’s not about who has more energy or stronger output wins. Our cultivation methods aren't calculable purely by energy levels.” A group of players were passionately discussing, as this point was extremely important.

Caroline, too, slightly frowned, sitting in front of the television, “If I break through to the high-tier Ninth Tier, my internal space will expand, and after a period of rapid life proliferation, my energy level should reach 8. But their strongest are over thirty. Still infinitely more powerful than me. I can rely on my cultivation methods to compensate, but I don’t know what their methods are like…”

She had no confidence at all. This civilization was incredibly powerful; at the same equivalent realm, her combat power was surprisingly not invincible, only comparable in a fight, with the outcome uncertain.

“Ultimately, my foundation is still too shallow. If I had as much time as they do, just a few tens of thousands of years, the world inside me would have at least Celestial Emperors on average, and my energy level could reach over 100,” Caroline sighed. After all, she had only just broken through, and the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art and Mental Universe were accumulation-type cultivation methods that required a lot of time.

(End of Chapter)