Zhutian: Start from Devouring the Stars and Becoming a God

Chapter 393 Improving Strength
the other side……

In the primordial universe, in Chaos City, within the treasure trove of the human race.

Treasure Points: 2031;

Heavy treasure point: 3109.

Lu Qingshan looked at the wealth he had gained from contributing his many treasures to the human race's treasury, and felt quite happy.

"Since we're going to venture into the cosmic sea next, let's convert this wealth into our own strength as soon as possible!"

With this in mind, Lu Qingshan quickly began browsing through the many treasures in the human race's treasury.

After viewing the many precious treasures in the human race's treasury, Lu Qingshan fell silent once again.

He originally thought that getting two thousand treasure points in one go was already quite good, but after seeing the exchange prices of those precious treasures in the human race's treasury, he realized that his gains were simply insignificant.

"Two thousand treasure points may seem like a lot, but it's still too little for me!"

Lu Qingshan's gaze first fell on the top palace-type treasures in the human race's treasury, since palace-type treasures were extremely adept at saving lives.

However, treasures of the top palace level are already extremely precious in the universe, so even in the treasure troves of the human race, there are not many of them.

All the top-tier palace-type treasures in the human race's treasury, if combined, amount to only 57 items.

The cheapest of these top-tier flying palace-type treasures costs 2300 treasure points to exchange.

"With my current wealth, if I were to contribute the Chaos Tower of Return to Nothingness that my teacher bestowed upon me to the human race's treasury, I could exchange it for a top-tier palace-type treasure that suits me!"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself, "With a top-tier palace-type treasure protecting me, I'll be much safer venturing into the cosmic sea!"

but……

The biggest drawback of palace-type treasures is that they can only enhance survival abilities, but cannot improve one's own strength at all.

Hiding in a top-tier flying palace-type treasure means you can only run away. Not only will you be unable to compete with other powerful individuals for the treasure, but you may also be directly suppressed.

Especially in the cosmic sea, there are definitely not a few powerful individuals who possess precious palace-type treasures, so the role of flying palace-type treasures is not as great as imagined.

If Lu Qingshan had more resources, he could naturally exchange them for palace-type treasures. However, he only has two thousand treasure points. If he uses them all to exchange for palace-type treasures, his strength will not improve at all.

"Moreover, the weakening effect of ordinary palace-type treasures on soul attacks is negligible!"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself, "There aren't many experts in the Primordial Universe who are skilled in soul attacks, but there are quite a few in the Cosmic Sea. A single top-tier palace-type treasure is not enough to elevate my life-saving ability to an extremely high level!"

With this in mind, Lu Qingshan quickly abandoned the idea of ​​exchanging for a top-tier palace-type treasure.

"In addition to physical defense, soul defense is also very important for this expedition into the cosmic sea!"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself, "If I'm killed by those strongest beings in the universe who are skilled in soul attacks, I'll be at a huge loss!"

It should be noted that the attack power of the strongest beings in the universe was greatly limited in the original universe; they could only unleash attacks at the sixth level at most.

Therefore, even the Zerg Queen can only unleash a sixth-level soul attack at most.

Lu Qingshan was already quite skilled in willpower, and with a soul-type treasure guarding his soul, even if he encountered the Zerg Queen, he was able to self-destruct before her soul could penetrate and destroy all his clones.

But things are different in the cosmic ocean!

Although the strongest beings in the universe are also subject to the restrictions of the rules governing the universe, they are already able to unleash even greater power.

Although Lu Qingshan has a strong will, he has not yet reached the level of the strongest in the universe. If he were to encounter those strongest in the universe who are skilled in soul attacks, even with ordinary soul-type treasures protecting him, he might still be infiltrated by their souls and have all his clones destroyed.

Although he had already sent a weak divine body from his Endless Divine Sea clone to another world through the interdimensional teleportation channel in the chat group, and even if it was destroyed by soul infiltration, it would have a chance to make a comeback, the massive divine bodies of his Endless Divine Sea clone would need to be rebuilt!

"With my current willpower, if I had a high-level soul-type treasure to protect my soul, I would have a chance to self-destruct even if I encountered the strongest beings in the universe who are extremely skilled in soul attacks!"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself, "Then I'll exchange for protective soul-type treasures first, and then see how many treasure points I have left!"

With this in mind, Lu Qingshan quickly turned his attention to the high-level soul treasures in the human race's treasury.

The human race's treasure trove doesn't contain many high-level soul-type treasures; there are only a little over a hundred in total, with exchange prices ranging from 260 treasure points to 1180 treasure points.

It must be said that the price of Soul-type treasures is slightly higher than that of Domain-type and Flying Palace-type treasures.

After carefully browsing through them, Lu Qingshan quickly focused his attention on a high-grade soul-type treasure called the 'Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Bell'.

This Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Bell can not only help its owner guard their soul, but also assist their owner in unleashing soul attacks. It is considered one of the more precious high-level soul treasures, and its exchange price is as high as 500 treasure points.

"I am currently creating a method for soul attacks. Although high-level treasures do not provide a significant boost to soul attacks at the level of universe lords, they still have some effect!"

Looking at the illusory image of the Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Bell in front of him, Lu Qingshan thought to himself, "Moreover, comprehending the secret runes of the soul attack technique on this Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Bell might allow me to create a soul attack technique even faster!"

With this in mind, Lu Qingshan quickly began applying to exchange for the Nine Nether Soul Devouring Bell.

"The Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Bell is a high-grade treasure of the soul category. It can guard the soul and assist in soul attacks!"

Just after Lu Qingshan made his choice, a gentle voice rang in his ears again: "Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Bell, requires 500 Treasure Points to exchange. Lord of Myriad Realms, do you wish to exchange it?"

“Let’s trade!” Lu Qingshan immediately nodded in agreement.

Rumble!
As soon as Lu Qingshan finished speaking, the cyan stone disc in front of him slowly cracked open, and then a black light quickly flew out from the crack.

When the black light stopped in front of Lu Qingshan, it quickly revealed a strange bell that was entirely black and emitted a hazy, eerie light.

At this moment, the bell swayed slightly, and it was still emitting strange fluctuations.

"Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Bell!"

Looking at the black bell in front of him, Lu Qingshan quickly separated a wisp of divine power to penetrate it and complete the recognition of ownership: "After I venture into the Cosmic Sea, I will have to rely on you to guard my soul!"

After briefly experiencing the power of the Nine Nether Soul-Devouring Bell, Lu Qingshan quickly turned his attention to other resources in the human race's treasure trove.

"I want to improve my strength immediately, and there are only two directions!"

While searching for various resources, Lu Qingshan secretly planned: "First, I will exchange for a top-tier treasure longsword that suits me; second, I will exchange for the treasures needed to upgrade my life gene level!"

With this in mind, Lu Qingshan quickly began searching for the ultimate treasure sword and the treasures needed to improve his life gene level.

The number of supreme treasure weapons in the human race's treasury is more than that of top-tier palace treasures, totaling about two hundred pieces. However, the number of supreme treasure longswords is relatively small, totaling only about twenty pieces.

The cheapest of the top-tier treasure swords still costs 1100 treasure points, while the most expensive one costs a whopping 10800 treasure points. "This most expensive one, the 'Purple Thunder Demon-Slaying Sword,' should already be considered a top-tier treasure weapon!"

Lu Qingshan looked at the most expensive purple-gold longsword and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Generally speaking, the price of a top-tier treasure weapon is definitely the lowest among treasures of the same level, but even among top-tier treasure weapons, there are differences in quality.

Some of the weaker weapons can be exchanged for a little over a thousand Treasure Points, but the best of the top-tier Treasure Weapons are in no way inferior to the Flame God Halberd in the hands of the Flame Emperor, and their exchange prices are naturally ridiculously high.

"If I were to replace the Lone Goose Reflecting Shadow Sword in my hand with a top-tier treasure longsword, my strength would probably increase by a lot immediately, and I could probably even enter the third level!"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself, "Moreover, with the resources I currently possess, I am capable of exchanging for a top-tier supreme weapon!"

After various thoughts flashed through his mind, Lu Qingshan finally gave up the idea of ​​exchanging for the ultimate treasure longsword.

"The Primal Star has only been closed for a short time, and for the Lord of the Universe, there are no longer any good resources left in the Primal Universe!"

Lu Qingshan secretly planned in his heart: "So the best way for me to continue accumulating wealth is to venture into the Cosmic Sea. This way, I can spar with the strong people of the first and second reincarnation eras and speed up the process of creating the strongest secret technique of the Cosmic Lord!"

"Most of the powerful figures who venture into that cosmic sea are the best of their respective forces. When fighting these powerful figures, whether I have a supreme treasure sword or not is irrelevant. The most important thing is to have the ability to save my life from their clutches!"

It should be noted that most of the powerful figures who ventured into the cosmic sea had created the strongest secret techniques of the universe's ruler.

If his opponent trades blows with him, using his ultimate treasure to attack will only enhance his offensive power, but it will not improve his ability to survive.

"It seems that it's better to improve one's life gene level first!"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself, "Although improving my life gene level is not as effective as exchanging for a top-tier treasure weapon, it can still increase the size of my divine body. Combined with the divine power reserves carried by my endless divine sea clone, my ability to survive will definitely be stronger!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly looked at those treasures that could enhance the level of life genes.

His current life gene level is only two thousand times that of ordinary life in the universe. If he wants to continue to improve, the resources required are relatively low.

To exchange for resources that can increase the level of life genes from two thousand times to four thousand times, you would need approximately 545 Treasure Points.
However, to increase the level of life genes from four thousand times to eight thousand times, a full 1866 Treasure Points are required.

As for levels above eight thousand times the genetic level of life, the required resources are even greater, and even the human race's treasure trove doesn't have many such precious resources.

Moreover, relying on resources to improve the level of life genes can at most increase the level of life genes by nearly ten thousand times.

Even for the Lord of the Universe, raising the level of life's genes to 10081 times the perfection is an extremely difficult task. It requires not only a large amount of resources but also a certain amount of good fortune!

In the entire primordial universe, there were only a dozen or so universe masters whose life genes had reached a perfect level.

"With the resources I currently possess, raising the genetic level of life to four thousand times that of ordinary life in the universe is still quite simple!"

Looking at the numerous precious materials displayed on the virtual screen in front of him, Lu Qingshan thought to himself, "However, simply improving my life gene level is not enough. I still need to possess an even more precious treasure armor, preferably a peak treasure armor!"

In fact, for most universe lords, a top-tier treasure armor is sufficient.

The Dragon Bone Heaven-Shaking Armor that Lu Qingshan wore cost 218 Treasure Points to obtain, which is considered quite good among top-tier treasure armors.

However, his future opponents will most likely include fourth-order universe masters, or even fifth-order universe masters.

In the face of such a powerful being, even the top-tier treasure armor is somewhat inadequate.

Just like when Lu Qingshan fought against the God of Ten Thousand Gods of the Mechanical Race, his Dragon Bone Heaven-Shaking Armor was already somewhat unable to withstand the power of the opponent's attack, let alone the more powerful fifth-order universe lords, or even sixth-order universe lords, or the strongest beings in the universe!
"Simply raising my own life gene level will only slightly improve my survival ability!"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself, "If I could exchange for a top-tier treasure armor, then combined with the divine power reserves I carry with me, my ability to protect myself would be greatly increased!"

Just like when the Lord of All Gods annihilated 40% of his divine body with one blow, it was not only because the Lord of All Gods himself had high attack power, but also because the power of his attack reached the limit of the Dragon Bone Sky-Shaking Armor. This caused the Dragon Bone Sky-Shaking Armor, which could originally reduce the power of the attack to one ten-thousandth, to only reduce the power of the attack to one thousandth of its original value.

If Lu Qingshan had been wearing a top-tier treasure armor at the time, he could have completely reduced the attack power to one ten-thousandth or even one hundred-thousandth of the original (the best among top-tier treasure armors). At most, he would have lost four percent or even four-thousandths of his divine body.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly looked at the supreme treasure armor in the human race's treasury.

Compared to the ultimate treasure weapons, the number of ultimate treasure armors in the human race's treasury is much smaller, totaling only a little over a hundred pieces.

As for the exchange price, it ranges from 1200 Arcana Points to 16000 Arcana Points.

After carefully examining the items, Lu Qingshan quickly turned his attention to a purple-gold battle armor covered with strange and mysterious patterns.

Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Armor: A supreme treasure armor, requiring 1210 Treasure Points to obtain!
Among the pinnacle treasure armors, there are twenty-three suitable for Lu Qingshan to use, and the exchange price of the Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Armor is the lowest among them, only ten treasure points higher than the cheapest armor.

It wasn't that Lu Qingshan didn't want to exchange for the more precious peak treasure armor, but rather that he only had so many resources at the moment, and he still needed to exchange for the treasures required to upgrade his life gene level.

With this in mind, Lu Qingshan quickly submitted another application to exchange for the Nine Heavens Thunder Armor.

soon……

"The Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Armor is a top-tier treasure armor. When activated to its highest level, it is powerful enough to withstand all attacks from beings below the strongest in the universe!"

That gentle voice rang in Lu Qingshan's ears again: "Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Armor, requires 1210 Treasure Points to exchange, Lord of Myriad Realms, do you wish to exchange?"

"exchange!"

There was no hesitation in Lu Qingshan's voice.

"Boom!!"

The cyan stone disc in front of them slowly cracked open again, and a treasure flew directly up from the passage leading to the abyss. It was a purple-gold armor about five meters tall, covered with countless strange patterns.

As soon as the purple-gold armor appeared, it flew towards Lu Qingshan, who had already paid the relevant treasure points, and then hovered in front of Lu Qingshan.

"Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Armor!"

Lu Qingshan immediately released a wisp of divine power to permeate it, and after the recognition of the Nine Heavens Thunder Armor was completed, he fully understood all the information about the Nine Heavens Thunder Armor.

The Nine Heavens Thunder Armor has three forms. The first form can reduce the power of a physical attack to one percent of its original value. The second form can reduce the power of a physical attack to one-thousandth of its original value. The third form can reduce the power of a physical attack to one ten-thousandth of its original value.

These three forms look the same as the previous Dragon Bone Sky-Shaking Armor, but in reality they are fundamentally different.

Because the Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Armor is a supreme treasure, its upper limit of endurance far exceeds that of the previous Dragon Bone Heaven-Shaking Armor!
As for armor that can weaken an attack to one ten-thousandth of its original power, only the finest of those top-tier treasure armors can achieve this.

The human race possesses only seven such supreme treasure armors in its treasury, and each one is worth more than 10,000 treasure points.

"With the Nine Heavens Thunder Armor protecting me, plus the massive divine power reserves of my Endless Divine Sea Avatar, even a fifth-order Universe Lord would have a hard time dealing with me!"

Lu Qingshan sighed inwardly, then quickly turned his gaze to the treasures that could enhance the level of life genes.

(End of this chapter)