Zhutian: Start from Devouring the Stars and Becoming a God

Chapter 387 The Lord of Black Scales Pleads for Help
"The treasure left behind after the fall of the Lord of Destiny?"

At this moment, Lawrence, Venerable Yanxin, and Venerable Chiguang all became extremely excited.

It is important to understand that the Lord of the Universe and the Venerable One of the Universe are two completely different realms.

Although these cosmic overlords are quite powerful, when faced with a true cosmic ruler, they can only struggle a little longer.

The resources possessed by a cosmic ruler are absolutely beyond the comprehension of these cosmic venerables.

Now that they have only explored a secret realm of the universe, they have encountered a fallen cosmic ruler. How could they not be excited?
"Everyone, please be careful!"

Once he calmed down, Venerable Yanxin immediately transmitted his voice to Venerable Lawrence and Venerable Chiguang: "The Lord of Destiny has no aura left, he must have already perished!"

"However, even if such a powerful being perishes, he may still leave behind some special methods, so we must be extremely careful in order to successfully obtain the resources left behind by the Lord of Destiny!"

"understand!"

"Don't worry, Yanxin!"

Lawrence and the Crimson Light Venerable both nodded in agreement.

Next, Lawrence and the other two quickly approached the fallen Lord of Destiny.

……

Just as Lawrence and his companions witnessed the fall of the Lord of Destiny, a towering figure was constantly exploring another secret realm in the universe.

This figure was thousands of kilometers tall, its entire body gleaming with a black metallic sheen, and it carried a long black spear on its back.

If any other powerful individuals were present, they would immediately recognize this person as the Lord of Black Scales, one of the universe masters of the pinnacle race, the Mechanical Race!
The Lord of Black Scales is a rather ancient universe lord among the mechanical race, but his talent and comprehension are not particularly strong, and he has not yet comprehended the strongest secret technique of the universe lord even after cultivating to this day.

"I wonder where Tianming is in seclusion!"

As the Lord of Black Scales explored this cosmic secret realm, he thought to himself, "When Destiny perished, his avatar should have been cultivating in seclusion in this cosmic secret realm!"

"But I have thoroughly explored this secret realm several times, why haven't I found even the slightest trace?"

It turns out that although the Lord of Destiny is a unique and special life form, he developed a deep friendship with the Black Scale Lord of the Mechanical Race while adventuring in the universe.

At that time, the main body of the Lord of Destiny went to explore the Cosmic Sea, while his clone stayed in the Primordial Universe to cultivate for safety.

As a close friend of the Lord of Destiny, the Lord of Black Scales naturally knew that the Lord of Destiny was in seclusion in this cosmic secret realm.

However, the Lord of Destiny encountered a fatal danger in the cosmic sea. Before he could even react, his main body and his clone were instantly annihilated.

When the Lord of Destiny fell, the token he left on the Lord of Black Scales naturally lost its life force. Therefore, the Lord of Black Scales already knew that the Lord of Destiny had fallen.

Over the long years, the Lord of Black Scales has frequently explored this secret realm of the universe, with the aim of finding the fallen avatar of the Lord of Destiny and obtaining the many resources and treasures left behind by the Lord of Destiny after his fall.

However, the Lord of Black Scales had thoroughly explored this cosmic secret realm several times in the past, but had not found a single trace of it.

"Could it be that someone else has already beaten them to it?"

The Lord of Black Scales couldn't help but think to himself, "Even if other powerful individuals discovered the resources and treasures left behind by that guy, Fate, there should have been some activity and traces!"

"Or is it that Fate didn't tell me the truth back then, and that his clone never actually cultivated in this cosmic secret realm?"

For a moment, various thoughts flashed through the mind of the Black Scale Lord.

It should be noted that Destiny's strength is far greater than his; his main battle avatar possesses the strength of a fourth-tier being, otherwise he wouldn't have ventured into that cosmic sea.

Although the treasures and resources carried by his clone were much fewer, they were still significantly more than those of an ordinary universe lord.

If he could obtain some of the treasures left behind after the fall of the Lord of Destiny, he might be able to exchange them for one or two top-tier treasures.

But just as various thoughts flashed through the Black Scale Lord's mind, he suddenly sensed a peculiar fluctuation...

"This breath?"

"Could it be a method left behind by that bastard Tianming?"

Upon sensing the unusual fluctuations, the Lord of Black Scales immediately unleashed his ability to control a region of space and time, while also releasing his vast divine power to probe towards the source of those unusual fluctuations.

After a thorough investigation, the Lord of Black Scales quickly identified the source of this unusual fluctuation: a blue-green rock in an area he had previously explored multiple times.

"That's it!"

Having figured out the source, the Lord of Black Scales flew rapidly toward the source while carefully investigating.

"That guy Tianming's methods are quite impressive!"

At this moment, a smile appeared on the face of the Black Scale Lord: "He actually made the secluded cultivation place so well hidden. No wonder he told me that he was cultivating in seclusion in this secret realm. It turns out he knew that I would be hard to find!"

"However, no matter how ingenious the methods, they still perished, and even reversing time to revive them was impossible!"

At that moment, the Lord of Black Scales also quickly discovered a vast space contained within the blue stone. In the center of the space was the divine body of the Lord of Destiny after his fall, as well as Lawrence and the other two who were already very close to the divine body of the Lord of Destiny.

"So that's what those three little bugs were all about!"

Upon seeing Lawrence and his companions, as well as the vortex passage within the space, the Lord of Black Scales immediately understood the reason for the unusual fluctuations that had just occurred.

It turned out that after Lawrence and the other two appeared in the closed-door cultivation space of the Lord of Destiny's avatar, they disrupted the spatial balance, which caused a special fluctuation to escape from this closed-door cultivation space.

Normally, this special fluctuation would be insignificant, and even a cosmic venerable would not be able to detect it.

However, the Lord of Black Scales happened to be exploring this secret realm, which is how he successfully detected the fluctuation. He then followed the clues and discovered the secluded cultivation space, as well as the remains of the Lord of Destiny and Lawrence and the other two within it.

Although Lawrence and his two companions were already close to the remains of the Lord of Destiny, the Lord of Black Scales was not worried at all. After all, in his eyes, Lawrence and his companions were nothing more than three ants.

"Hmph! Insignificant ants from three human races!"

A cold glint flashed in the Black Scale Lord's eyes: "This time I'm truly lucky. Not only did I discover that guy Fate's remains, but I even got some extra gains!"

Then, with a thought, the Lord of Black Scales unleashed an incredible pressure upon the space where the Lord of Destiny was in seclusion.

……

On the other side, Lawrence, Venerable Yanxin, and Venerable Chiguang were cautiously approaching the divine body of the Lord of Destiny.

But at this moment...

Rumble!
An incredible pressure instantly descended upon the entire space and spread outwards, as if the three of them were bound by an invisible force.

This is a complete control over the entire spacetime!

"Control a space and time?"

Upon sensing this terrifying pressure, Lawrence and his companions all showed expressions of horror, because they knew...

This is the arrival of a cosmic ruler!

Their initial excitement instantly subsided, and they even stopped walking.

Because they knew that even if they obtained the supreme treasure first, they would not be able to leave with it when facing a ruler of the universe.

Although the Lord of the Universe could kill such cosmic overlords simply by relying on his power to control a region of spacetime, he could still greatly restrict their ability to move.

When the balance of power shifts, the Lord of the Universe will soon appear before them and kill them.

While some top cosmic overlords can survive even when facing a cosmic master, Lawrence and his companions clearly do not possess such an ability.

"Should we call the teacher to come over?"

Lawrence felt the omnipresent binding force and couldn't help but think to himself, "I'd better wait and see who this Lord of the Universe really is before deciding whether to inform the teacher!"

Lawrence's idea was not wrong, after all, most universe masters would not attack a universe lord unless they were offended.

Moreover, since the enemy's identity was unknown, he dared not rashly ask Lu Qingshan for help, otherwise the enemy's strength was too great, and Lu Qingshan might suffer a loss.

Just as this thought flashed through Lawrence's mind...

"Three little bugs of the human race!"

The Black Scale Lord's voice rang directly in Lawrence and the other two's ears: "You helped me discover the secluded cultivation place of this guy, Fate. In gratitude, I've decided to let you enjoy the treatment of being resurrected by reversing time!"

"Oh no! It's the Blackscale Lord of the Machine Race!" "Quickly, find a way to call for help!"

Upon hearing the Black Scale Lord's words, Lawrence and the other two's expressions changed drastically.

In fact, even if most universe lords encountered such a situation, they would most likely let the three of them go after giving up the fight for the supreme treasure.

However, the mechanical race and the human race have a deep-seated hatred for each other, and the Black Scale Lord has had several of his personal disciples perish in assassinations by the human race. Therefore, under these circumstances, he would not let Lawrence and his two companions go.

boom!
Suddenly, the spacetime constraints around Lawrence and his two companions intensified, as if they were being squeezed by an invisible giant and about to be crushed.

boom! boom! boom!
In that instant, Lawrence and the other two unleashed their divine power to resist.

……

On the other side, after exchanging the God-Slaying Array Diagram with the Lord of Coffin Light, Lu Qingshan quickly returned to the human race's territory via teleportation and divine kingdom teleportation.

Within Lu Qingshan's divine realm, in a magnificent temple suspended above the endless divine sea.

Wow!

With a wave of his hand, Lu Qingshan brought the God-Slaying Array Diagram he had obtained from the Primordial Star to his hand.

"The God-Slaying Formation Diagram!"

Looking at the God-Slaying Array Diagram in his hand, Lu Qingshan was quite excited.

At this point, the God-Slaying Array Diagram had integrated eight array artifacts, including a battle blade, a bronze bell, a longsword, a spear, a jade flute, a zither, a blade of grass, and a golden fruit...

After fusing these eight array artifacts, the power of the God-Slaying Array Diagram had already reached the limit of a high-level class treasure.

Now, Lu Qingshan has exchanged the ninth array artifact from the Lord of the Coffin Light.

Wow!

With a wave of his hand, Lu Qingshan summoned the ancient bronze lamp he had previously exchanged with the Lord of the Coffin.

"After integrating with this ancient bronze lamp, the God-Slaying Array Diagram should be able to enter the level of a top-tier domain-class treasure!"

Sensing the subtle connection between the God-Slaying Array Diagram and the ancient bronze lamp, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but feel a surge of anticipation: "Among the many universe lords of our human race, there are some who don't possess top-tier domain-level treasures, but I've managed to acquire one first!"

With this in mind, Lu Qingshan quickly took action.

"go with!"

With a wave of his hand, Lu Qingshan sent the ancient bronze lamp flying rapidly toward the God-Slaying Array Diagram, where it began to merge completely with the illusory image of the ancient lamp at the core of the array.

After merging with this ancient bronze lamp, the illusory image of the lamp on the God-Slaying Array Diagram immediately solidified completely, just like the illusory images of other battle blades and longswords.

Then...

Wow!

The vast divine power within Lu Qingshan's body surged directly into the God-Slaying Array Diagram in his hand.

With Lu Qingshan at the core, endless golden light instantly surged within a radius of tens of millions of kilometers.

Amidst this golden light, twelve illusory figures of different shapes could be faintly seen trembling and moving about.

Of these twelve phantoms, nine have become incredibly solid, while the other three appear extremely illusory.

"This power is several times stronger than before!"

After silently experiencing the power of the God-Slaying Array Diagram, Lu Qingshan quickly thought to himself, "After fusing with the ninth array artifact, the God-Slaying Array Diagram has definitely entered the level of a top-tier domain-class treasure!"

"With this top-tier domain-level treasure as my aid in the future, I will definitely have a significant advantage when fighting against other universe lords!"

At this moment, the power displayed by the God-Slaying Formation Diagram was quite satisfactory to Lu Qingshan.

After all, it is rare to find a powerful being in the universe who possesses a supreme treasure of the highest domain level. Even a powerful being like the Lord of Chaos City only has one supreme treasure of the highest domain level used by his main battle avatar.

As for the other clones, they only used top-tier domain-level treasures at the level of the Thousand Treasures River.

Although the power of the God-Slaying Array Diagram is currently somewhat inferior to that of the Thousand Treasures River, it will likely be comparable once all twelve array artifacts are collected.

"Although I am only at the top level of the second tier right now, with the God-Slaying Array Diagram, a top-tier domain-type treasure, and a massive reserve of divine power, even a third-tier universe lord would suffer if he encountered me!" Lu Qingshan couldn't help but think to himself.

In a normal confrontation, Lu Qingshan would definitely be suppressed by a third-tier universe master.

However, with his massive reserves of divine power, even a third-order universe lord would suffer a great loss or even perish if he fought him for a long time.

Moreover, with the assistance of a top-tier domain-level treasure, even a third-tier universe lord would have to decide whether or not to disengage from the battle.

Just as many thoughts were flashing through Lu Qingshan's mind, he suddenly received an urgent communication request from his disciple Lawrence.

"Lawrence's communication request?"

"Looks like they're in a pretty hurry!"

Lu Qingshan didn't think twice and quickly accepted the emergency communication request.

"teacher!"

As soon as the communication request was connected, Lawrence immediately called out respectfully.

"Lawrence!"

Lu Qingshan looked at his strongest disciple and smiled, "You're in such a hurry to see me, is there something important?"

"This disciple has an urgent matter to report to Master!"

Lawrence, who was facing a life-or-death crisis, did not dare to hesitate and quickly said, "This disciple has been adventuring in the cosmic secret realm with Venerable Crimson Light and Venerable Flame Heart recently!"

"Just now, the three of us discovered the secluded cultivation place of the fallen Lord of Destiny!"

"The Chosen One?" Upon hearing Lawrence's words, Lu Qingshan was stunned.

It should be noted that the Lord of Destiny created the strongest secret technique among the Lords of the Universe. In addition, his own life gene level is extremely high, so his combat power can reach the fourth level. However, his protective treasure is not very good, so there is still a gap between him and a fourth-level Lord of the Universe like the Lord of Ice Peak.

However, the Lord of Destiny never showed his face again after that. Many people speculated that he had perished in the cosmic sea, but that was just speculation.

"Lawrence's luck is far better than mine, his teacher's!" Lu Qingshan couldn't help but think to himself.

It should be noted that Lawrence had previously ventured to the Primordial Star and obtained the token of the God-Slaying Temple, which ultimately helped Lu Qingshan successfully obtain the God-Slaying Array Diagram, a top-tier domain-level treasure.

Lawrence has just ventured into the secret realms of the universe and has already discovered the secluded training ground of the Lord of Destiny. This opportunity is truly extraordinary.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly asked, "Are you trapped by the methods left behind by the Lord of Destiny before his fall?"

"no!"

Lawrence quickly shook his head and said, "The three of us disciples were originally planning to explore the secluded cultivation place of the Lord of Destiny, but we suddenly encountered the Black Scale Lord of the Mechanical Race!"

"The three of us disciples had originally planned to give up on competing for the treasure, but the Lord of Black Scales tried to kill us right away, so we came to you, Master, for help!"

"Humph!"

After hearing Lawrence's words, Lu Qingshan quickly said, "Among the many universe lords of the Machine Race, the Black Scale Lord is not very strong, but he is one of the universe lords who is most hostile to our human race!"

"This time they even dared to bully the weak and attack my disciple. It seems they really should be taught a lesson! Lawrence..."

“Teacher!” Lawrence replied quickly.

"You should try to buy some time!"

Lu Qingshan quickly instructed, "The Black Scale Lord isn't that strong. With your strength, you should be able to hold out for a while. If things get really bad, hide inside a palace-type treasure!"

"The Lord of Black Scales is simply incapable of breaking the palace-type treasure that I bestowed upon you; at most, he can only try to suppress you!"

"As long as you hold on until your teacher arrives, you will succeed!"

Upon hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Lawrence quickly nodded and replied, "Yes, teacher."

(End of this chapter)