Chapter 2662 - 26: Self-Doubt?
So he should be confident.
But if he’s confident, the Dog King thought, then he shouldn’t worry too much, since this strong young warrior, despite his youth, must have confidence. After all, he’s a genius, and the Dog King admits he’s not as good.
However, having the confidence to beat the Dog King in battle, the Dog King only smiled.
In the past, he was confident too, even thinking he could easily fight across tiers.
But after arriving here, he curbed his ambitions.
Because here, there are just too many geniuses, and the Queen of the Insect Clan is always compassionate, having defeated many Domain Master levels, she openly declared that Star River levels from the outside should come here to learn, and she’ll teach them diligently.
The Dog King, along with a group of Star River levels, came here for an exchange of learning.
What surprised him was the sheer number of geniuses with formidable talents here.
There are several about his strength level, and one or two even stronger in the same tier.
As for the Queen of the Insect Clan herself, she is a true prodigy. He’s never seen such a young Domain Master, let alone one who could easily annihilate other Domain Masters.
Therefore, the Dog King believed that Jia Yan, the young Outsider who thinks he has talent and doesn’t take him seriously, would soon be beaten badly and realize that there are always greater talents beyond oneself.
"Since Mister Jia Yan is confident, then let’s get started."
The Dog King smiled and then moved directly.
In his imagination, now is the perfect time for Jia Yan to face reality, not even exchanging too many blows, lest Jia Yan remains unaware of reality.
He launched an attack directly, and while it wasn’t his trump card, it was exceedingly fierce.
Poof!
In the starry sky, a scene blossomed like splashes of water.
"This is..."
Jia Yan was slightly startled.
Jia Yan already knew before that the Universe’s strong ones come in many types.
In the Orion Arm and the starfields Jia Yan previously fought in, many strong ones are relatively marginalized existences. Although they have a similar understanding, they aren’t structured systematically. Just like Jia Yan, he knows his Subspace Talent is pretty good, but he hasn’t developed a rigorous system and cultivation method.
But in this area near the Central region of the Milky Way, it’s completely different.
Physical Cultivation, of course, is a direction cultivated by many strong biological creatures, but within this there are many factions, such as those using weapons or not using weapons. Even among the factions, there’s detailed division with recognized pros and cons.
As for Brainwave Power, namely spiritual power, it has become a legitimate cultivation method here.
Developing alongside Physical Cultivation, and the creatures cultivating it are no fewer than those in the Physical Cultivation system.
The Dog King in front of him is precisely cultivating spiritual power, which is Brainwave Power.
The moves he uses make the starry sky suddenly appear like an ocean.
"So this is truly the cultivation method for Brainwave Power and the strongest reasonable combat power cultivation method? It’s indeed much more precise than our outer world’s cultivation."
Jia Yan was slightly startled.
In the Orion Arm and those edge starfields he visited, many strong ones cultivate Brainwave Power. At most, they just use domains, creating certain illusions, which is not surprising for spiritual power, as it can affect certain external elements, causing illusions simply.
Yet in this starfield, the Dog King can make the starry sky appear as his own domain. This precision in control surprised Jia Yan.
Despite the shock, without such advances, Jia Yan wouldn’t even want to be here.
So he wasn’t particularly startled and took a step back directly.
A splash of water suddenly revealed a dog’s head from within.
The dog’s head opened its wide bloody mouth and tried to bite toward Jia Yan.
This big dog is the Dog King, and this move is indeed bewildering yet somewhat real, as the dog head hidden within the splash of water can catch many creatures off guard.
But Jia Yan was not among them; he stepped back just enough to retreat beyond where the Dog King was biting.
"Very good."
The Dog King didn’t expect to bite Jia Yan at once, considering Jia Yan defeated that Snake Monster with one hit. If he were that easy to bite, the Dog King would be disappointed.
At this moment, it perfectly matched his thoughts.
The Dog King, being a strong one, progressed for some time and aimed to solidify and validate his strength through combat with another similarly strong warrior.
So he also wished that Jia Yan’s power would be even stronger, making them an equal match, which would be best.
Bang.
Jia Yan’s foot swiftly pierced toward the Dog King’s head.
And the Dog King opened his mouth, biting down on the foot.
Crunch.
Even the Bluish defense was slightly impaired and made a sound under his bite.
The Dog King wanted to exert more force and bite the foot off when, from another side, more feet stabbed fiercely forward.
He quickly gave up exerting more force, the dog head swung, and the massive dog body retreated violently back.
Jia Yan’s piercing move was swatted away by his paw.
Their first clash was unexpectedly earth-shattering, with Subspace exploding in fragments.
The air was filled with the sensation of energy, as both belonged to extremely strong ones, thus the likelihood of demolishing Subspace was still significant.
However, at this moment it’s just the aftermath of their battle, neither intended Subspace to experience issues, yet it still caused disruption to the surrounding layers.
"These two guys, they’re fighting pretty well."
As a Domain Master and a top-level Domain Master at that, the Queen of the Insect Clan observed their battle clearly, instantly seeing that both were somewhat reserved and evenly matched after this strike.
She was quite gratified, not only for the Dog King, whose power has completely transformed under her guidance, but also for Jia Yan, who, though not taught by her, could surprisingly arrive and instantly engage the Dog King in equal battle.
She found comfort in this, but Jia Yan himself was feeling a bit vexed.
He even questioned himself a bit.
Because even though he held back previously, he felt his opponent also held back.
"This... what is happening, a creature with strength akin to mine actually fought to a draw with me. I used to think that there would be no enemies under the same tier, and now there is a creature with similar strength fighting me to a draw..."
Jia Yan was extremely vexed.
Before arriving at the Insect Clan’s Domain, he dreamed that after his strength advanced a bit, the Queen of the Insect Clan would look at him differently.
Though the Insect Clan’s Domain has many geniuses, Jia Yan truly didn’t overly consider anyone’s so-called talent being close to his own strength.
But now, the Dog King’s strength suddenly felt like cold water being poured over him, making him somewhat agitated.
This strength wasn’t suppressible after all.
Furthermore, Jia Yan sensed that in the palace interior or the distant starry sky, there are existences with similar strength, and dealing with them would be even tougher than the Dog King.
Meaning, under the same tier, the Dog King likely isn’t the strongest here.
If Jia Yan fought evenly against him, it means there are others he likely wouldn’t defeat—using all techniques might barely win against those of the same tier...
All along, Jia Yan fought across tiers, and now he has somehow descended to barely winning at the same tier...
Jia Yan began to doubt himself a bit.
"No, these creatures are all hand-picked by the Queen of the Insect Clan, possibly from recent starfields, with extremely strong talents among Star River levels. Moreover, as the queen said before, they are all geniuses, and none among Star River level existence is lacking in talent. Moreover, they are considered the most talented among Star River levels. Now, I’ve just arrived here and fought evenly against an existence at the same tier. What if this Domain Lord level existence teaches me for a while?"