Swallowing the Starry Sky for Billions of Years

Chapter 771 Negotiation
'It actually worked!'

Even Guen felt his consciousness wavering. Enslaving a high-level Venerable required far more effort than he had imagined. After all, the previous Blood Steed Venerable was only a mid-level Venerable in terms of combat strength, with obvious weaknesses and a completely different level of willpower. Moreover, the Axe Guard Venerable had a clone, which meant that he only had one chance. Once the other consciousness regained consciousness and the clone here dissipated, Guen would be unable to do anything. This was completely different from the other sealed Venerables, whom he could do whatever he wanted with.

Unexpectedly, the Axe Guardian's physical body was injured, and it happened to be his soul.

Axe Guardian Venerable has two clones. One is a metal life form with strong survival ability but low potential, which he chose in the early days for survival. Even Axe Guardian Venerable did not arm this clone much, but only used it to manage the clan. The other clone is the one that Gunn captured. It is a special life form without a soul. This is why he dared to send the clone to the Primal Star for adventure when the main body's soul was injured.

In fact, neither of the two clones is special. The clone of the Axe Guardian Venerable was a cosmic gift from him as the first life of the Percival Clan. During his time as a Domain Lord, he became two clones due to an adventure in a cosmic secret realm, which meant that the upper limit of the targets he could choose was very low.

"Minglian, during the treasure hunt in the Ancestral Mystic Realm, you easily severely injured the Axe Guardian's true form? I've encountered this Zerg Queen before."

“Axe Guard, you should take your important people and leave that place first. The battle on the Primal Star was witnessed by so many lives. Even if your clan is in a remote location, it will still attract the attention of those with ulterior motives.”

"Yes."

The Axe Guardian remained silent for a moment before seemingly fully regaining his senses.

On the other side, Venerable Horned Evil also regained consciousness and silently waited for Guen.

"Palace Master Gu Hui," Venerable Jiao E said politely, "I was hoping to take advantage of you, but I underestimated you."

The relationship between humans and demons is rather ordinary. Before the four major races were established, there were far too many frictions between them. When the Horned Evil Venerable wanted to negotiate, Gu En had a bottom line. If the Horned Evil Venerable was allowed to have his way too easily, there would be negative comments from within the human community.

“Since you’re not going to disband your clones, name your price,” Gunn said without further ado.

The Venerable Horned Evil sighed inwardly, for sometimes one's attitude reveals something: "I want to return the armor and weapons, and I am willing to exchange them for treasures of equal value."

The avatar of the Horned Evil Venerable possesses many treasures, but only his weapons and armor truly reach the level of supreme treasures, along with a supreme weapon he acquired on the Primordial Star. However, that weapon no longer belongs to the Horned Evil Venerable. Strictly speaking, none of these items now belong to the Horned Evil Venerable.

Gunn was even somewhat dissatisfied. How could the grandson of the Lord of the Universe have so little?
Of course, the descendants of the Lord of Annihilation, the Universe Venerable, are not limited to the Horned Evil Venerable alone. The demon race places great importance on bloodlines, and the descendants of powerful beings receive more resources. The Horned Evil Venerable is valued because he has an avatar and has been bestowed with some protective treasures, such as the supreme armor he wears and the soul treasure that only his main body possesses. But that's all. The soul treasure exists in the main body and can ensure that at most one avatar is lost. Carrying it along with him also serves to resist illusions. It should be noted that ordinary illusions do not directly affect the deepest level of the soul like Gu En did, causing the main body to fall as well. Unless one searches for the core of life along the consciousness, the avatar of an ordinary illusion will completely bear the consequences and is independent.

“At least one high-grade treasure weapon.” Gunn replied without hesitation.

"I only want to exchange two treasures, ordinary treasures for ordinary treasures, and I will make up the difference with treasures or heavy treasures from Kongye Unit." The Horned Evil Venerable also refused, "High-grade treasures are also acceptable, just give me back the treasures I have and send me away from the human territory."

"The other treasures and the divine power of the clones are priced separately." "Human, you are too greedy! Negotiation is a matter of mutual consent!" the Horned Evil Venerable roared.

“If you don’t want to, I won’t force you.” In front of the Horned Evil Venerable, Gunn calmly began to enslave his second target, the Purple Radiance Venerable of the Zerg Alliance. He was like a ball of amethyst in the shape of a dragon beast, lying on the ground, and was sixteen kilometers tall. He was one of the top three Venerables in terms of combat power among this group. This person possessed a high-grade treasure weapon, and his body was protected by a set of heavy treasure armor. Being able to capture him alive was a complete surprise.

Those skilled in soul magic should forget about it; without breaking free and waking up from the Rusty Star, they don't deserve the title of "skilled."

'Damn humans! And the Lord of Annihilation wants me to use our clan's research on life genes without leaving a trace to test them. How am I supposed to test them?'

No matter what the Horned Evil Venerable said, Gu En ignored him. In the Golden Origin Realm, the Horned Evil Venerable only had a very weak wisp of consciousness to use for thinking. He relied on his main body to make decisions before executing them. Otherwise, the difference in calculation ability between the two sides would put the Horned Evil Venerable at a disadvantage.

After waiting for an unknown amount of time, Gunn finally sighed, marking the end of this enslavement attempt. The result was a failure, which was expected. This was also one of the benefits of the sealing type, allowing Gunn to try again and again until he succeeded.

"Lord Gu Hui, I can have the high-grade treasures, but you must also return my clone. I don't need anything else," Venerable Jiao E shouted.

Gu En shook his head: "Before the Primordial Star opened, it would be difficult for a Venerable to produce even an ordinary treasure. But now that the Primordial Star has opened, and you are a descendant of the Lord of Annihilation, you can summon the Venerables of the Demon Clan and obtain a high-grade treasure. This price is not expensive."

“That would require owing a lot of favors and depend on luck. I can simply recreate my clone and acquire a new supreme weapon,” Venerable Horned Evil naturally retorted.

After consuming some soul treasures, Guen began to attack Venerable Zihui again.

The Horned Evil Venerable could only wait. Seeing Gu En fail again, he was both happy and worried. He was worried that Gu En would be in a bad mood, so he was even more unwilling to budge: "Palace Master Gu Hui, if you want to talk, I am willing to talk. But if it is still this price, I can only take my leave. I am also taking a great risk to negotiate with you."

If the Lord of the Universe were to make a move during the sealing period, the Horned Evil Venerable would be doomed. Of course, the possibility of the Lord of the Universe doing such a thing is extremely small, otherwise the Lord of Chaos City would not have praised Gu En for doing something that even he rarely did. But such a possibility does exist.

"I have already stated my bottom line."

“That’s non-negotiable,” Venerable Horned Evil immediately retorted. “I’m willing to make up for it in other ways. Some primordial treasures, or some information or inheritances, such as the triggering conditions of the Ancestral God Sect’s treasure land, or whose territory a certain secret realm is, or the inheritance of some unorthodox cultivation paths, I can do any of them.”

"You know that, so why shouldn't we humans know?"

"No one is omniscient or omnipotent. My demon race's knowledge may have biases and blind spots, and so may your human race. I can show you a general outline first. What price do you think it's worth? We can discuss it further. If you still don't agree and insist on exchanging two treasures for one high-grade treasure, then give me a quick death. I've been here long enough." Venerable Horned Evil acted forcefully. "I only want these two treasures, nothing more. One suit of armor for another suit of armor, one weapon for another weapon. I'll compensate you with information, how about that?"