Gumo slowly opened his mouth, the sorrowful emotions blowing along with the gusts of wind, permeating the entire world.
No one knew how much time had passed, after the planet completed rotation again and again, Gumo slowly stood up, looking at Wang Xiangyun’s grave, with a smile on his face.
"Teacher, your disciple is leaving!"
Gumo waved his sleeve, and his figure began to slowly dissipate on this planet.
He... was finally heading to the front line.
Only there... is the true destination for Tier Eight Martial Artists!
"However, before leaving, I should still leave some benefits for the Life Factions!"
The murmured whisper echoed gradually on this planet.
With Gumo’s departure, Liu Yao succeeded the position of mentor at the Life Factions, causing quite a stir at Star River University.
The waves Lu Sheng once stirred at Star River University were all replaced by Liu Yao.
Many students and even mentors were drawn to Liu Yao, their gazes fell on her.
Moreover, Liu Yao’s previous achievement of slaying a composite of two Tier Seven Space Ghosts to advance to Tier Seven was accounted for in the school rankings at Star River University.
The rankings of Star River University are based on the strength of the faction mentors as well as the strength and foundation of faction students.
Liu Yao slayed two Tier Seven cosmic alien races, and Gumo’s breakthrough to Tier Eight to head to the front line, filled the long-vacant Tier Eight seat in the Life Factions.
Instantly, the ranking of Life Factions rose at Star River University.
However, it wasn’t over yet.
On the frontline battlefield, news arrived quickly.
At the moment Gumo took up his post at the frontline battlefield, he stormed into a planet of the Blood Bone Race, wreaked havoc and exterminated the souls of the Blood Bone Race on the entire planet.
Including the three Tier Seven strong figures of the Blood Bone Race on the planet, all of them were killed by Gumo.
This achievement invigorated Star River University since Tier Seven cosmic life forms are regarded as the backbone for both the Human Federation and these cosmic alien races like the Blood Bone Race.
Gumo’s action made the Blood Bone Race ache.
With this achievement, the ranking of the Life Factions soared again in Star River University’s overall rankings, directly reaching the seventeenth place!
Although the Life Factions had always been in the top five among all the research factions, its overall ranking had remained outside the top twenty.
Now... it directly shot into the top twenty!
This is the significance of having frontline Tier Eight and Tier Seven mentors!
The entire Life Factions thrived under Liu Yao’s mentorship following Gumo’s departure.
But Lu Sheng was ignorant of all this, immersed in his confrontation with the Seal of Brilliance’s Tier Eight Origin.
In the Heaven-Reaching Mini World.
Lu Sheng sat cross-legged at his place.
At this moment, Lu Sheng’s will had already entered his Spiritual Domain.
In the Spiritual Domain, an illusory figure of a Death Moon Priest, with a ferocious expression, approached Lu Sheng with a powerful aura.
Lu Sheng fought and clashed constantly with the shadow of the Death Moon Priest, and after a series of tremendous efforts, he finally succeeded in slaying the shadow.
After slaying the shadow of the Death Moon Priest, Lu Sheng distinctly felt a pure energy settle into his body, enhancing his life force.
Lu Sheng knew that this energy was the dispersed slivers of the damaged Tier Eight Origin.
Through engagement with these Death Moon Priest shadows, Lu Sheng gradually figured out the effects of the modified Seal of Brilliance.
"Besides the energy itself exerting pressure on my physical body, there’s the oppression within the Spiritual Domain, these remaining Tier Eight energies transform into the shadows of Death Moon Priest, constantly invading my Spiritual Domain."
"But... as long as I can slay these shadows of the Death Moon Priest, I can fully refine and harness the dispersed Tier Eight energy, thereby enhancing my overall capabilities!"
While battling the newly formed shadow of the Death Moon Priest, thoughts filled Lu Sheng’s mind.
"If that’s the case, wouldn’t I have an ever-present opponent to constantly hone myself?"
Lu Sheng’s eyes suddenly lit up.
"I can even utilize the shadows of the Death Moon Priest to perfect my Life and Death Emperor Seal and the Five Elements Return to Ruins Technique, then rely on the True Intent of Martial Arts from Senior Sister and Mentor... to elevate my mastery of martial arts."
"Ultimately... merge the two stellar techniques to create a unique stellar technique of my own!"
A sharp light shot from Lu Sheng’s eyes, bringing a joyful expression to his face.
Staring at the shadow of the Death Moon Priest emerging in the Spiritual Domain, Lu Sheng licked his lips, and a Life and Death Emperor Seal instantly surfaced.
In an instant, the two started battling fiercely.
Time passed by as Lu Sheng trained arduously, and the Life Factions began to flourish during this period.
Soon, twenty years passed.
In the Heaven-Reaching Mini World, Lu Sheng remained cross-legged at his spot, not moving for twenty years, similarly to a statue.
Today, Lu Sheng’s body suddenly twitched, he took out the Tier Eight Martial Arts True Intent Token left by Gumo and pressed it to his forehead.
An inexplicable aura surged from Lu Sheng’s body.
Gradually, Lu Sheng’s aura started to rise.
Time flew by, and finally, Lu Sheng who had never opened his eyes, finally opened them at this moment.
"I... am enlightened!"