Lawful Tyrant

Chapter 259 Monopoly
As time passed, Lin Qing followed one of the 380 star chains and continued to approach the huge void star.

The various strange phenomena on the Void Star became clearer and clearer. Most areas of this star were filled with chaotic and dangerous void storms, and only a very few areas were safe roads opened up by humans.

It took a full month for Lin Qing to reach the harbor at the end of the Star Chain.

At this point, although the deep-sea whirlpool below still has a certain impact on time and space, the gravity of the deep-sea whirlpool has become negligible, and it is mainly the gravity of the Void Star itself.

The reason why it took a month was mainly because he deliberately suppressed the flying speed of the artifact in order to keep a low profile, otherwise it would only take two or three days.

This speed seems to be several times faster than that of a high-level Void Boat. It is just the speed of an ordinary artifact palace. If it maintains full speed, even a fool can guess that it is a seven-color artifact. And he is not the Lord of the Void, so he can be easily targeted.

Even if he wasn't afraid, it would be trouble.

It would be better to keep a low profile from the beginning.

“There are quite a few people.”

In the void boat transformed from a divine weapon, Lin Qing looked at the distant harbor and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

The interior of the anchorage port was divided into a large number of densely populated areas, most of which were filled with void ships, which looked quite spectacular.

There are also star clergymen wearing uniform work clothes, running around as staff and responsible for guiding people.

"It is indeed a port of call."

Lin Qing smiled slightly, but was not surprised.

Logically speaking, all void creatures have opened up their inner void, and can completely store the void boat into the void within their bodies.

However, on the Void Star, where space is extremely stable, not only is the gravity more exaggerated than that of the Void Secret Realm, ordinary star clergy can only live like ordinary people on the Void Star.

The most that the creatures in the void can do is to fly against gravity. Even the Lord of the Void cannot distort space, open space channels, etc.

Therefore, from the moment you step onto the Star Chain, even if there is Void in your body, you cannot use it.

Even when shopping, if you want to use cash, you must prepare Void Coins in advance, otherwise you can only transfer money through the Second Universe Network.

Moreover, these void stars are occupied by various forces of major civilizations. Void boats are not allowed to fly around and must enter the docking port. Moreover, most areas of the void stars are covered by void storms, so flying around is also seeking death.

of course……

If you are the Lord of the Void, you don't have to follow these rules.

"This gentleman."

Lin Qingcai drove the artifact into the docking port, and a uniformed staff member came quickly on a disc-like skateboard and said respectfully and politely: "Welcome to the Void Star. This is the docking port built by the Apocalypse Lake Group. You can park your Void Boat at No. 7455, Area B. We will take care of your Void Boat for you. The management fee and insurance are thirty Void Coins every hundred years. You can..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw the guest flying out of the void boat. With just a casual wave of his hand, the void boat turned into a stream of light and flew into his body.

"This……"

The staff member swallowed back his words before he could finish them, and was dumbfounded: "Sacred Artifact Palace?"

On the Void Star, although it is impossible to open the void in the body, once the artifact recognizes its master, it can be taken into the body.

However, refining palace-type artifacts requires a large amount of precious materials. The defense and speed of those low-level artifact palaces may not be as good as high-level void boats, but the cost is much more expensive. With this money, you can buy countless high-level void boats.

Therefore, palace-type artifacts often start with at least three colors, and because of the large amount of materials required for refining, the price starts at trillions of void coins.

Even though most of the void creatures that come to the Void Star can be regarded as strong among the void creatures, there are very few who are so rich.

"Give me a sign."

Lin Qing glanced at the staff member and casually threw a 100-denomination Void Coin over, "No need for change."

"Yes!" The staff member's attitude immediately became more respectful. He quickly took out a sign from the box he was carrying and handed it to Lin Qing respectfully.

Lin Qing took the sign and immediately flew out of the harbor.

"As expected of a big boss who can afford the Artifact Palace, he is really generous." The staff member looked at the 100-denomination Void Coins in his hand, and excitedly sent messages to several friends through the Second Universe Network.

A signpost was only worth sixty Void Coins, and he made forty Void Coins in one go, so he was naturally very excited.

For ordinary void creatures, if they don't take risks, they may not be able to earn forty void coins in a hundred years. Although he is a star creature with some background, his income is not much.

"Father, I just met a super boss, a boss who has a palace of artifacts!"

……

After flying out of the docking port, there was a majestic city outside the docking port. A large number of residents could be seen in the city, but most of them came to the Void Star to work.

Lin Qing did not stop, and directly followed the map marked on the signboard and headed straight for the destination of this trip -

Challenge stage.

In the entire Void Star, there are a maximum of 38,000 challenge platforms, which means 38,000 changeable soul imprints.

Each of these challenge platforms has an owner, and some of them have only been recognized by their owners for less than a thousand years. They are currently in the protection period and cannot be challenged or replaced.

Therefore, we can only choose those challenge platforms that have recognized their master for more than a thousand years.

"Challenge platforms that are more than a thousand years old account for about one-third of the total."

While flying in the air, Lin Qing was screening the map information on the signboard, "Most challenge platforms change very frequently..."

Once the soul imprint is planted on this void star, the consciousness can be briefly integrated into the void star. During this period, the soul will become ethereal, and the understanding, sensitivity and other aspects will be greatly improved. The effect is close to enlightenment, which is of great help to cultivation.

The more void stars you plant soul imprints on, the longer the enlightenment will last.

It is said that once the soul imprint is planted on 100,000 void stars, the enlightenment can be maintained for ten years, and it can be experienced once every thousand years.

In the Void Sea, strength is everything, and such a precious land naturally attracts many powerful people.

As soon as a vacancy appears, it will be occupied immediately.

As long as it is discovered that the owner of a challenge platform is weak, someone will come to challenge him as soon as the thousand-year protection period is over.

Even if the void stars in the entire Void Sea were counted in the millions, they would still not be enough for the billions of void creatures.

After planting a soul imprint on a void star, you will want a second, a third... and even more, so that you can experience a longer period of enlightenment.

"Those who can plant soul marks on 100,000 void stars in one go are almost all void masters..."

Lin Qing muttered to himself, "Yes, even if it is the strongest among the void creatures, it would be difficult to plant soul marks on 100,000 void stars if someone deliberately hinders it..."

For example, if an enemy is intent on sabotaging you, and once the thousand years are up, they specifically ask someone to challenge you to remove the soul mark, there is nothing you can do about it.

Once the challenge is made, regardless of success or failure, it will not be possible to challenge again on the same void star within 3800 million years.

Unless you can travel across 100,000 void stars in a thousand years.

But there are only a few million void stars in such a vast void sea, so the density is naturally very low, and each void star is extremely far apart. Even the Lord of the Void cannot travel across 100,000 void stars in a thousand years.

"It is said that there are intelligence dealers near each challenge platform. Just pick one and buy a piece of information." While Lin Qing was thinking secretly, he was also flying at high speed along the 'windless belt' in the Void Star.

Outside the calm belt is the dark and stormy area filled with void storms. Even if the Lord of the Void is trapped in it, he dare not stay there for long, otherwise he will die after his strength is exhausted.

The calm belt serves as a safe passage that allows people to quickly reach each challenge platform.

On a void star with a diameter of hundreds of millions of miles, even if the gravity is greater, Lin Qing can easily reach thousands of kilometers per second with the help of a magic weapon.

Just one hour later, they arrived at the nearest challenge platform.

It was a relic similar to a giant pyramid, thousands of kilometers high. It was made of obsidian material and had a very similar aura to the void star, mixed with a hint of the aura of living beings.

This relic is commonly known as the Challenge Platform.

As long as you climb to the top of the pyramid, your consciousness can be integrated into the virtual space of the ruins and form an avatar in it.

"Oh? Has the protection period expired?"

Lin Qing observed the huge and majestic pyramid and couldn't help but smile. "The Calm Belt Road chosen by Qiyuan is indeed correct."

After he arrived at this void star, he was too lazy to purchase information about each challenge platform. He simply took a look with Qiyuan Xiang, determined the path that was obviously the luckiest, and set off directly.

Anyway, he is strong enough and has the help of a good fortune, so there is naturally no need to waste time studying it slowly.

Sure enough, the first challenge platform ruins found on this road had already passed the protection period. All you have to do is buy a piece of information and you can somewhat confirm the strength of the owner of this challenge platform.

after all……

There is only one chance to challenge, and the next time you have to wait 38 million years, so it is better to be cautious.

"This gentleman should be visiting Void Star for the first time, right?"

At this time, a green-skinned man wearing a black dress flew over and said with a smile: "This challenge platform is temporarily unavailable, would you like to change to another one?"

"Can't use it?" Lin Qing glanced at him, frowned slightly and said, "What do you mean? Hasn't the protection period of this challenge platform expired?"

The green-skinned man immediately laughed and said, "It's like this, this challenge stage has been reserved by a client of my Tianqi Lake Group. No outsiders are allowed to challenge for the time being. If you have a need, you can reserve a spot on another challenge stage."

"Booking?"

Lin Weiqing narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "This challenge platform was naturally created by the Void Sea. How come it was reserved by your client?"

At the same time, his consciousness connected to the second cosmic network and began to investigate the situation of this void star through the authority of the Lord of the Secret Realm.

"This gentleman doesn't know?"

The green-skinned man was stunned at first, then shook his head and smiled, "My Tianqi Lake Group was jointly established by the top forces of the three major civilizations near the Weird Fog Sea. The 371 void stars in this Weird Fog Sea are also monopolized by my Tianqi Lake Group. Didn't you investigate before you came here, sir?"

At the same time, Lin Qing had also found out about the so-called Apocalypse Lake Group.

Tiandun civilization, Wuqihe civilization, and Shouhu civilization.

In these three secret civilizations surrounding the Strange Fog Sea, a total of eleven top forces jointly participated in the plan to monopolize the Void Star and established the so-called Apocalypse Lake Group.

The soul imprint of the Void Star is an excellent aid to cultivation, and the number of places is limited, so there are naturally huge benefits to be gained.

In addition, the geographical advantages of the Strange Fog Sea can prevent irrelevant outsiders from entering the Strange Fog Sea at will.

Therefore, the top forces of these three civilizations joined forces to monopolize these hundreds of void stars.

"I see……"

Lin Qing suddenly understood something: "No wonder the Lord of Weird Mist is so arrogant. He is not afraid of anyone except the Lord of the Void. It seems... he is also cooperating with the Apocalypse Lake Group?"

The strange fog surrounding the strange fog sea is a natural barrier.

With notorious pirates like the Lord of Strange Mist around, most void creatures dare not enter the Strange Mist Sea at will, unless they have a background.

The Lord of the Strange Mist has such a great reputation, which is probably the result of deliberate publicity by the Apocalypse Lake Group.

In this way, Tianqi Lake Group can make more money.

Even powerful void creatures must purchase a spot on the challenge stage from the Apocalypse Lake Group in order to safely enter the Strange Fog Sea, enter the Void Star, and be eligible to step onto the challenge stage.

That is monopoly.

A new group of people is replaced on this challenge stage every thousand years.

And thanks to this business, all parties have made a lot of money.

Perhaps many creatures in the void feel that this is unfair, but what can they do no matter how angry they are?

It was founded by the joint efforts of eleven top forces from the three major civilizations, which is equivalent to something decided by a group of void masters!

Even if other void masters or people with big backgrounds want to come, as long as they notify the Apocalypse Lake Group, they will naturally make room for them, and even help choose the challenge platform with the highest success rate.

Moreover, some of the challenge platforms are occupied by members of the Apocalypse Lake Group.

As long as someone is willing to spend money to buy it, the internal members on the challenge stage can voluntarily admit defeat.

So, this is a totally profiteering industry.

"I understand."

Lin Qing suddenly said in a calm voice: "I am very curious, if a Void Lord comes and doesn't bother to greet your Tianqi Lake Group, what are you going to do?"

The green-skinned man couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly, and immediately smiled and said: "If a strong man like the Lord of the Void came, I would naturally not dare to stop him. If he doesn't like us, we will disappear immediately, but... are you a guest?"

Although he was still smiling, his smile was obviously more teasing and mocking.

After all, he had seen too many people like this.

What a pity... In this Void Sea, the strong are respected and the strong make the rules.

The joining forces of the top forces of the three civilizations was a deal finalized by a group of Void Lords. Who in this vast ocean of billions of miles dared to say no?

Besides, the Apocalypse Lake Group is not afraid of the Lord of the Void, but it will not deliberately offend him.

If there is a super strong person who plants soul imprints on 100,000 void stars in one breath, the soul imprint can be made permanent, and it will not occupy a place on the challenge stage, and will not affect the "business" of the Apocalypse Lake Group at all.

Tianqi Lake Group naturally doesn't care.

"is it?"

Lin chuckled, "Unfortunately, I am not the Lord of the Void, but I can't stand you either."

He was too lazy to say more, and casually waved his sleeves. A huge force swept over, as if to drive away a fly, and immediately the green-skinned man with a fake smile was knocked flying.

(End of this chapter)