Cosmic Professional Gladiator

Xu Jingming looked down from high-dimensional space and saw the entire auxiliary universe at a glance.

The entire auxiliary universe was like an incomplete piece of flatbread; it was clearly in an incomplete state after being torn apart.

It was estimated to have a maximum diameter of 10.1 light-years. The most eye-catching thing in the entire auxiliary universe was a super-large palace at the core. This palace was so huge that it was unlikely for a building of this magnitude to appear in an ordinary universe.

It had a maximum diameter of more than six light-years and a height of more than three light-years. Such a super-large palace was unimaginable, but it was understandable considering that it was tied to a high-dimensional lifeform.

On both sides of the palace's main entrance were two huge black fruit trees, each growing a fruit.

These two fruit trees? Xu Jingming was a little stunned.

"The flaming fruit trees in the periphery are more than 10,000 kilometers tall, something I find very tall. The two huge black fruit trees in front of the palace are estimated to be 1.8 light-years tall. The difference between the two is ridiculous. Moreover, there's only one fruit on one black fruit tree."

Xu Jingming looked at the black fruit that was larger than an ordinary star. The black fruit seemed to be alive, and the patterns on its surface were slowly shifting.

Xu Jingming couldn't help but have the desire to devour it. He had a feeling that he would undergo a huge transformation after devouring it.

"Master, this fruit can only be used by high-dimensional lifeforms." Nine was also surprised. "Such a treasure will never appear in the credit exchange of the Primordial Research Institute and the other two strongest factions."

"Only high-dimensional lifeforms can use it?" Xu Jingming asked.

"Yeah," Nine answered. "It's on a lower-dimensional plane while we are in a higher-dimensional plane, yet we can sense its aura… This is a little inexplicable. The only reason is that these two fruit trees are high-dimensional fruit trees, which is why they appear so huge at lower dimensions."

"Everything in high-dimensional space will appear huge when projected to lower dimensions," Nine explained.

Xu Jingming came to a realization.

Although the cosmic fruit tree from before could be considered a cosmic wonder, it wasn't a high-dimensional fruit tree. Therefore, it was only 10,000 kilometers tall.

"For the creator to be able to form a high-dimensional fruit tree in an inner universe, I'm even more curious about his identity," Nine said.

Xu Jingming nodded and carefully observed the two huge black fruit trees.

A huge snake wrapped around the trunks of these two fruit trees. Even from a high-dimensional vantage point, Xu Jingming felt fear when he saw the snake.

"There's a huge snake guarding each of these two trees. From the looks of it, these two snakes are probably stronger than the giant ape," Xu Jingming commented.

There were stone pillars at the outermost edge of the palace.

Every stone pillar had patterns on it. However… At this moment, some of the stone pillars had fractured and collapsed.

Nine of the 36 stone pillars have collapsed. That's right. After all, it's an auxiliary universe formed after the death of a high-dimensional lifeform. Xu Jingming understood this. This auxiliary universe was only a small portion of the massive inner universe.

There was a huge palace, two high-dimensional fruit trees, and 36 surrounding stone pillars. Beyond them were three fiery-red worlds. Volcanoes erupted in every corner of the fiery-red world, and lava illuminated the red sky. Every one of them had six cosmic trees, and black-red fruits hung on their branches.

So there are a total of 18 cosmic fruit trees and two high-dimensional fruit trees in the entire auxiliary universe. Xu Jingming came to a realization. He previously hadn't seen the full picture after all.

Without a doubt… everything revolves around that palace.

Xu Jingming stared at the towering palace. What's in the palace? I'm clearly looking at it from high-dimensional space, but I can't see the situation in the palace clearly.

The palace's interior was a gray blur.

Xu Jingming tried his best to pry into it. Even a trace of the Primordial Battle Armor's power descended from high-dimensional space in a bid to pry into the palace at close range.

"Who's sniffing around?"

A pair of eyes deep in the palace opened. When they opened, they looked at high-dimensional space and saw Xu Jingming!

Xu Jingming also saw this pair of eyes from high-dimensional space. It was a pair of old, cold, and golden eyes.

At the same time, the voice of 'who's sniffing around' exploded in Xu Jingming's mind. Even though it had been weakened by Primordial Battle Armor #9 and he was a Lv. 10 Origin lifeform with Lv. 10 mental strength, he still held his head in pain in the face of the weakened voice.

His mental strength became unstable, and he fell from high-dimensional space.

"A punk?"

The eyes in the palace watched Xu Jingming fall from high-dimensional space, one filled with reminiscence. "I was once even weaker than this punk a long time ago. Those were good times…"

"Back then, Master devoured high-dimensional Eternal lifeforms into his inner universe and killed them. Now, a punk who isn't even a high-dimensional lifeform can enter Master's universe?"

"How many of the 3,000 Emissaries remain alive?"

"Master, I've been chanting your name and calling for your return. When will you return?"

"It's been three Abyssal Eras, and I can't wait any longer. Master, Sanam really misses you."

He silently closed his eyes. He continued reciting his master's name over and over again—perhaps until the end of his life.

…

Xu Jingming took a while to recover and stabilize his consciousness after having fallen from higher dimensions to the edge of the fiery world.

What's going on?

Xu Jingming found it unbelievable. I was stunned by the pair of eyes in the palace. I fell from high-dimensional space just because of a word from it?

"What a powerful cosmic spirit." Nine was a little nervous. "Master, the cosmic spirit in that palace is terrifying."

"Nine, didn't you say that the cosmic spirit of the auxiliary universe… is inferior to a cosmic legend?" Xu Jingming asked. "Why do I feel that this cosmic spirit far exceeds Sovereign Moyou and Senior Brother Sang? He shouldn't be inferior to a cosmic legend!"

"Master, cosmic spirits can unleash very powerful high-dimensional powers. These high-dimensional powers usually originate from the owner of the inner universe! Although cosmic spirits can use them, they are still a little different from cosmic legends who have grasped high-dimensional powers," Nine explained. "It's just that some cosmic spirits can unleash terrifying might."

"For example, Sovereign Moyou used Nightmare power, but it only originated from a Firstborn high-dimensional lifeform. As for the most terrifying cosmic spirit in the auxiliary universe, it can borrow a sliver of the power of an Eternal lifeform. Even if it's only a sliver, it's very terrifying," Nine explained.

Xu Jingming came to a realization.

"Borrowing the power of an Eternal high-dimensional lifeform might make it even more terrifying than a cosmic legend, but a cosmic legend can perfectly control their strength. If I spend more time finding the other party's flaws, I still have a chance of defeating him."

"But Master, the cosmic spirits in this palace should be the most terrifying in my records. Before your mind reaches high-dimensional, it's best if you stay away from the palace."

"I don't think anyone is allowed to enter unless they are a cosmic legend." Xu Jingming felt that it was too dangerous.

He felt that the threat posed by those old and cold light-gold eyes was even more terrifying than Deputy Dean Redmond's!

Of course, this might also be an illusion. After all, Deputy Dean Redmond was his friend and had never displayed his terrifying side.

In short, don't go in, Xu Jingming thought to himself.

The pair of eyes glanced at him.

Xu Jingming also understood what the other party meant—it was a warning to him to stay away from the palace.

I should just pluck the cosmic fruits. Xu Jingming didn't enter high-dimensional space again. He looked at the fiery-red world and the six cosmic fruit trees.

Whoosh!

Xu Jingming teleported and arrived close to a cosmic fruit tree. He extended his left hand, and beams of light sliced through the roots, plucking all 19 fruits and putting them into the Primordial Battle Armor's space.

After reaching Lv. 10, he could mobilize more than half of the Primordial Battle Armor's strength. The might of any random move could reach the limit of Lv. 10—it was much better than the Primordial Battle Armor's Thread Cleave.

The Thread Cleave relied on the special material.

It took time to describe, but in fact, all the fruits of a cosmic fruit tree were plucked in an instant. Xu Jingming even teleported to another cosmic fruit tree.

And at this moment—

The ground in the fiery-red world churned as towering figures crawled out one after another. Extremely long arms even extended toward Xu Jingming.

The fur of the six towering flaming apes burned with flames, and their eyes were filled with anger. Their mission was to take care of the fruit trees and protect them. Xu Jingming's plucking naturally attracted their hostility.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Arms waved ferociously.

However, Xu Jingming's teleportation had reached an astonishing level. No matter how chaotic the spacetime environment was, Xu Jingming could teleport as long as there were no high-dimensional powers obstructing him.

Without high-dimensional powers, you can't stop my teleportation. Xu Jingming teleported to a fruit tree and extended his hand. With a whoosh, more than ten beams of light sliced through the fruit before being stored into the Primordial Battle Armor's auxiliary space.

The six towering apes roared angrily.

"Damn it."

"A fruit thief."

"Halt!"

They were furious, but when they brandished their arms to grab Xu Jingming, they had to restrain their strength when they came close to the fruit tree, afraid of injuring it.

The meaning of their existence was to take care of the fruit trees and protect them. To a greater extent, the fruit trees were more important! Therefore, no matter how angry they were, they didn't dare to damage these cosmic fruit trees at all.

"Fruit thief!"

The six apes roared with rumbling voices, but no matter how fast they were, they were powerless against Xu Jingming's teleportation.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Jingming plucked all six fruit trees.

Whoosh.

With another teleport, he completely left the fiery-red world.

"Fruit thief!!!" The six apes angrily searched the land for the fruit thief, but they couldn't find him.

All of them carefully observed the cosmic fruit tree and even guided the flames to fuse into it. Then, they sank into the ground and continued their silent protection.

…

Xu Jingming watched the six apes fall asleep in high-dimensional space and sighed with emotion. Cosmic spirits are really loyal, but their usage of strength is indeed crude. They can't touch me after my teleportation means have improved.

"Like I said, cosmic spirits usually have flaws," Nine said, "but you have to hide from the one in the palace. After all, you can't even withstand a glance."

"Yes, I'll take the fruits from the other two fiery worlds first."

There were a total of three fiery worlds in the auxiliary universe. Every fiery world had six cosmic fruit trees and six guarding fire apes.

Xu Jingming naturally teleported as usual to pluck the fruits, causing the fire apes to chase after the fruit thief angrily.

However, they couldn't catch up, nor did they dare to damage the fruit tree at all.

As the flaming apes roared angrily, the fruits of the 18 cosmic fruit trees in the three fiery worlds were quickly plucked—a total of 291.

"These cosmic fruits are useful to Deputy Dean Redmond. Master, you also cultivate the Primordial Star lineage, so you have to save some for yourself… With the speed at which the cosmic fruits grow, I wonder if the next batch will grow in a million or tens of millions of years," Nine said. "There won't be any left after these fruits are consumed."

Right, frugality is needed.

Xu Jingming also understood.

These fruits had never been discovered by cosmic humans. Clearly, they were some unknown cosmic fruit.

There would be none left after they were eaten.

The next batch in a million or even tens of millions of years? If one didn't become a high-dimensional lifeform, they wouldn't be able to wait for the next batch. Once they became a high-dimensional lifeform… the cosmic fruit would've outlived its usefulness.

With the cosmic fruits done plucking, I can explore the patterned stone pillars. Xu Jingming had noticed the uniqueness of the patterned stone pillars from his high-dimensional viewing.