Devouring the Starry Sky: Giants of Light at the beginning

Chapter 935 The Pressure of War

The borders of the cultivators' territory!
“Everyone, Yuan has just left the place of origin, saying that he has a way to become a lord as soon as possible.”

"It probably won't be long before this happens," Yuanhe and the other lords transmitted their voices.

"ASAP?"

"Is it possible to become a lord quickly?" The six lords were somewhat bewildered.

Even someone like Xingmang, who rose to power overnight, had to expend countless efforts and hard work to become a lord before finally seizing that last spark of inspiration.

"As expected of someone destined to become a lord, he has probably already mastered the highest level of power," Starlight said.

Starlight was genuinely curious about Source, the future lord, wondering what force was preventing him from observing the future.

It should be understood that as a lord who is proficient in the Chaotic Origin Spacetime Dao, one does not observe the future as if it were a prophecy, but can send out some spacetime clones to personally experience the future and observe the various possibilities of the future in this way.

It's normal for Starburst to project spacetime clones to observe the future of other cultivators, but for Source, it's as if the future doesn't exist, making it impossible to observe.

"How long has he been in seclusion? Even considering the time acceleration, it probably hasn't even reached a hundred million epochs," the lords exclaimed.

Moreover, after becoming a world-class Hunyuan, he immediately went into seclusion, which means he achieved this step purely through talent.

Compared to the cultivation of countless epochs of Starlight, if we take into account the improvement of World-Class Chaos Origin, Origin's intuitive talent may not be so heaven-defying.

However, if you take his experience into account, it's a completely different story. His cultivation seems to have no bottlenecks, progressing straight forward like a smooth curve.

This is another terrifying talent; as time goes by, it grows naturally to its peak without relying on any external aids.

The resources provided by the original land are nothing more than some inheritances of the primordial Dao.

"Hehe, if Yuan can really prove himself as soon as possible, then this war will still be going to be fought." Lord Jin chuckled, his heart filled with excitement.

Being constantly suppressed by the innate chaotic life force is not the treatment a Lord of Destruction deserves.

In particular, the potential loss of territory in the event of defeat is not something the lords want to see.

While there's a guaranteed minimum return now, it would certainly be a good thing if it could be released earlier.

If one can become a lord before the end of this war, it's no less than getting a gold item in a single ten-pull.

"Is it because of the Origin World?" Lord Minghuang asked.

Devouring the source world in the heart of the cultivators' territory—such a major event naturally couldn't be kept secret from the lords.

However, since it was one of their own people who did it, they could only turn a blind eye.

Not to mention the kind of source world that has entered the cycle of reincarnation, even the Lord of the Dark Phoenix, who cares the most about "mortals", has no feelings about it.

After all, the Gold Lord on the side had done even more outrageous things, yet they still cooperate to fight against foreign enemies.

"To devour the source world and become a lord is practically the same as being born as a primordial being."

After observing the current source with a spare thought, many lords were also amazed.

Its terrifying power was already able to distort the lords' observations; it was a power that surpassed a world-class Chaos Origin by billions of times, and it was not far from reaching the lords themselves.

Faced with this being, even the lords could only see a dark shadow devouring the world.

Even before breaking through, he was already this strong. Many lords were increasingly looking forward to his power after breaking through, and they also believed that he could truly attain enlightenment as soon as possible.

“Since Yuan is confident that he will become a lord soon, we need to change our strategy. We should try to buy Yuan time until he becomes a lord, and then launch a counterattack,” Yuan said.

Originally, they were thinking of how to kill another Hunyuan Ancestor to create a deterrent effect and make some of the Hunyuan Ancestors back down.

After all, the threat from the cultivator faction is still in the future, but his own life is now.

Even if one is not immortal, being able to become the Primordial Ancestor of Chaos still puts one at the pinnacle of the endless Chaos Space. As long as one is careful, there is no great risk of perishing.

However, fighting against cultivators can truly lead to death, and what's worse, the Hunyuan Lords are immortal beings.

Therefore, as the intensity of the war escalated, many of the Hunyuan ancestors were no longer willing to get involved and just wanted to live their own lives.

That is why the Infinite Serpent Ancestor wanted to end the battle in one fell swoop, because it was indeed not good to drag it out.

"it is good!"

Many lords were also somewhat encouraged, seeing the possibility of victory, which helped relieve the pressure on them.

I'm not afraid of losing, but I'm afraid of not seeing any hope of victory.

“You are responsible for holding off these Primordial Chaos Ancestors, and I will delay the army of naturally born Primordial Chaos beings,” said the Star Lord.

The cultivator camp and the innate chaotic life camp divided this war in two.

Part of the battle was between the Hunyuan lords and the Hunyuan progenitors, and part of it was the invasion of the innate Hunyuan life army.

Whichever side achieves a decisive victory will have an impact on the other battlefield.

While the war between lords and progenitors is crucial, if large swathes of territory fall, what's the point of fighting? It's better to go back and defend the homeland, preserving only a portion of the core territory.

Therefore, if the goal is to buy time, both battlefields need to advance simultaneously.

After saying that, the Star Lord quietly reduced the energy reserves of his main battle clone to 80%.

The primordial unity is such that the main body's power is strong, while the power of the secondary body's power is weak, thus jointly occupying the same territory.

To enhance the power of other clones, it is naturally necessary to weaken the energy of the main battle clone.

Although the main combat clone's strength has been reduced, thanks to its mastery of spacetime, the impact is not significant unless it seeks to kill the enemy.

Originally, Xingmang wanted to further reduce the strength of his main battle clones, but with the number of Hunyuan Ancestors increasing to seventy-four, he also had to retain most of his power.

The real disaster would be if the power of the lord and the progenitor were out of balance.

Seven lords and seventy-four progenitors are fighting on the frontier, while the power that the Star Lord's clones within the territory can mobilize is also increasing rapidly.

With the help of the "space-time network" that spans the cultivators' territories, the Star Lord's thought clone was able to climb to the level of instantly killing a world-class Chaos Origin in a short period of time.

Moreover, thanks to the convenience of mind clones, after killing someone, the mind clone can quickly reduce its strength, making the other clones stronger.

Those world-class Chaos Sources that shoot and run, specializing in destruction, are fine; they run fast enough that the Star Lords don't waste time chasing them.

However, those world-class beings who had their eyes on the origin of the world were in dire straits. They had barely begun absorbing the origin of the world when they destroyed the Star Lord's clone.

A naturally occurring, primordial being, resembling a whale, is opening its gaping maw as if to devour the essence of the primordial world before it.

Under the baptism of the Origin World's origin, the whale felt that its innate essence had been replenished, and the realm of the Primordial Ancestor seemed to be beckoning to it. However, this was just an illusion, an illusion when it devoured the origin of the "Primordial Ancestor".

Cultivators who refine the Origin World can obtain power comparable to the Primordial Ancestor of Chaos, and naturally, beings born from Chaos can also experience this illusion when they devour the Origin.

Even if it was just an illusion, it fascinated the whale's life, and the life core within its body did indeed receive a fundamental improvement.

However, the next moment, the Star Lord's clone descended and killed a world-class Chaos Source in an instant.

"Why is this no longer the territory of cultivators? Why can the Star Lord still descend?" the whale thought before it died.

We are already in an occupied zone, and the spacetime network should have been destroyed.

"The current spacetime network has been destroyed, but the old one still exists," the Star Lord said coldly.

As a being of the Chaos Origin, although he cannot obtain power from his past self to superimpose it and thus surpass the Chaos Origin, he can draw power from the past timeline.

With this ability, as long as it is the location of the former 3600 world clusters, Starlight can still mobilize the power of the spacetime network.

"Die, die, die!"

Other lords reduced their efforts to protect their territories, concentrating more of their power on their main combat avatars to resist the pressure from the Primordial Ancestor.

Starlight, on the other hand, devoted 20% more effort to protecting its territory.

Thanks to the spacetime network, Xingmang did indeed do better than all the other lords combined.

The Star Lords descended upon various regions in a frenzy. If it was a world-class Chaos Origin, they would kill it without a second thought. If they encountered a high-level Chaos Origin life form, they would capture it first.

The former is more difficult to capture alive, while the latter requires the same amount of energy and time to kill or capture alive.

Therefore, when encountering a high-level primordial life form, it is better to capture it alive, so that it can be enslaved or used as practice material for cultivators.

The actions of the Star Lord could not be kept secret from the Primordial Ancestors. It was one thing to be distracted, but to dare to allocate so much power at once was another.

"Damn Starburst, how dare he spare so much power to deal with our people? It seems we haven't put enough pressure on him," the Infinite Serpent Ancestor roared in fury.

The number of Hunyuan Ancestors has grown to seventy-four, yet lords like Xingmang not only fail to exert their utmost efforts, but also dare to be distracted by guarding their territories.

"Gentlemen, these lords are tied down by territorial issues and cannot unleash their full power. Now is the time to crush them!" roared the Infinite Serpent Ancestor.

Even when the Hunyuan Ancestors joined forces, they remained extremely cautious in the face of the seven lords, as none of them wanted to be killed in the process.

Therefore, no matter how firm their beliefs were, those Primordial Ancestors who did not possess immortality still retained some strength and were constantly vigilant about their own condition.

This remaining power is also in a dynamic balance. When the lords unleash their full power, the Hunyuan Ancestors will retain more power. When the lords share their power, the Hunyuan Ancestors will contribute more power.

Anyway, since the Hunyuan Ancestor had a large and powerful force, losing even a little bit of his strength wouldn't affect the overall situation, but if he preserved a little more strength, he might avoid being counterattacked.

"kill!"

"Completely crush them."

Upon discovering that the lords had diverted their forces, the offensive of the seventy-four progenitors became even more terrifying.

Meanwhile, the Infinite Serpent Ancestor, while directing the Primordial Ancestors to launch fierce attacks, continued to contact those Primordial Ancestors who were still recuperating or who were not participating in the battle.

Since there are more Hunyuan ancestors, we should make the most of our advantages.

If the progenitors of Hunyuan could have united, they would have crushed the cultivators' camp long ago, and things wouldn't have dragged on to this point.

However, this has also given the Infinite Serpent Ancestor hope for a united front. With its continuous lobbying and the development of the cultivator camp, many neutral Primordial Ancestors have also become inclined to join forces.

"However, something's not right about these lords." The Infinite Serpent Ancestor, who had always been on the front lines, had dealt with all the Zero Lords.

Therefore, they are very familiar with these lords, and their current state is abnormal, not like they want to reduce the number of ancestors in order to force them to retreat.

"A defensive stance, what are they waiting for?" the Infinite Serpent Ancestor pondered.

The progenitors delayed the inevitable, allowing them to conquer world clusters with their massive army of life forms. Therefore, in previous wars, delaying the inevitable was advantageous to them.

For the lords, delaying the inevitable was merely a means to worsen the injuries of the Primordial Ancestor and find an opportunity to kill one or two of them.

However, judging from the current actions of the cultivator lord, it seems to be simply a matter of stalling for time.

That leaves only one other possibility.

"Among the cultivators, some have the opportunity to become lords, which is why Yuan and the others are delaying and waiting for a new lord to appear."

There are only two possibilities, and the Infinite Serpent Ancestor sensed that the latter was more likely.

"A new lord!"

The pressure on the Infinite Serpent Ancestor increased dramatically. If a new Chaos Lord were to emerge, the current situation would be completely reversed.

Even if the naturally formed chaotic life force later reassembles into an even larger army, the price they pay will likely be doubled.

"We must completely crush the cultivators' camp and create a fait accompli before a new lord is born," the Infinite Serpent Ancestor thought anxiously.

In an instant, the attack of the Infinite Serpent Ancestor became even more ferocious, which also affected the progenitor of the entire Infinite Serpent Clan.

As the Hunyuan Ancestor intensified his offensive, the lords on the other side, led by Yuan, adopted a strategic defensive posture using formations, managing to hold back the attack.

“In just a short while, I killed 1,100 world-class Chaos Origin beings, as well as a large number of high-level Chaos Origin beings,” Xingmang said. “The offensive of the Chaos Origin life army has also begun to slow down.”

Faced with the slaughter by the Lord of Hunyuan, the Hunyuan beings would naturally be terrified. Even under the coercion of the Hunyuan Ancestor, they had no choice but to consider their own safety first.

"Now, let's see if we can hold out."

“No problem, I can handle it!” Wu Lan said.

As the lord of the Chaotic Origin Material Dao, Wu Lan is not only enormous in size, but also possesses strong defensive capabilities, withstanding most of the enemy's attacks.

With the help of Shangyuan's formation and the attacks of other lords, they managed to withstand an enemy force ten times their size.

Now, the offensive of the Hunyuan life army has slowed down, while the offensive of the progenitors has begun to intensify.

At the same time, in the heart of the cultivator's territory, a large black serpent silently entered.

"Huh, a Chaos Origin life form I've never seen before?"

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(End of this chapter)