Swallowed Star: Inward Cultivation, Crying Luo Feng

Chapter 381 Negotiation
Seeing the Lord of Catfish Charcoal voluntarily step out of the palace treasure, the Giant Axe was not surprised.

After all, the Lord of Catfish is now like a fish on a chopping board, completely at the mercy of others.

However, the giant axe did not attack the Lord of Catfish, but simply said something.

"Hand over everything you have on you."

"I won't kill you."

"Inform the Dream Demon Ancestor that I need to have a negotiation with him."

After saying that, the giant axe read out a virtual universe number.

Upon hearing this, the Lord of Catfish did not speak, but simply nodded.

Then he handed over all his belongings.

At the same time, all the treasures were released from their owner-recognition.

After collecting all of the Catfish Lord's belongings, the giant axe disappeared.

"Ugh……"

Lord Catfish sighed as he looked at the spot where the giant axe had disappeared.

Then, without attempting to leave, he simply closed his eyes, sat down, and quietly waited, hovering over the origin of the giant axe's miniature universe.

……

Monster clan.

The divine avatar of the Lord of Catfish opened its eyes and sighed again.

"Ugh……"

Upon hearing this, the other cosmic lords of the surrounding demon races also showed a hint of sadness on their faces.

The Lord of Catfish looked at the Dream Demon Ancestor, who was watching him nervously from not far away.

“Dream Demon Ancestor, I have been taken back to his mini-universe by the giant axe.”

"I am now at the origin of his miniature universe."

"All my treasures have been taken away by the giant axe."

Upon hearing this, the expressions on the faces of the surrounding demon race universe lords worsened.

The Dream Demon Ancestor also showed a hint of worry on his face.

These cosmic lords have lived together for so many years, and their feelings for each other are still very deep.

At this moment, the Dream Demon Ancestor was very worried about the situation of the Catfish Lord.

They were afraid that the divine incarnation of the Catfish Lord would dissipate in an instant.

That's all the divine power I have.

These divine incarnations will dissipate immediately upon the death of the original being.

Moreover, they move so fast that sometimes they can't even leave behind their last words.

Just then, the Lord of Catfish continued speaking.

"However, he had no intention of killing me."

Upon hearing the words of the Lord of Catfish, a glimmer of hope reappeared in the eyes of these powerful demons.

The Dream Demon Ancestor looked at the Lord of Catfish with anticipation and said somewhat anxiously.

Did the humans put forward any conditions?

"What price will it take to release you?"

"Don't worry, we will do everything we can to bring you back."

Upon hearing this, the Lord of Catfish shook his head and said...

"The giant axe didn't say how I could be released."

"However, he said he wanted to negotiate with you."

Next, the Lord of Catfish told the Dream Demon Ancestor the virtual universe number that the giant axe had given him.

The virtual universe restricts login to all races other than humans.

Of course, this refers to the soul.

Therefore, alien races are almost unable to use the virtual universe.

Basically, once logged in, it's very easy to detect any abnormalities in one's soul.

Then, the account will be directly destroyed and cancelled.

As for the races in the Hongmeng, they are on a whitelist specially created by the Virtual Universe Company.

Furthermore, there are certain restrictions on the races of the Hongmeng when logging into the virtual universe.

In addition, races that join the human faction on the extraterritorial battlefield can also obtain temporary access to log into the virtual universe.

Besides these methods, one could either enslave powerful human beings and have them log into the virtual universe in one's place.

Alternatively, you could ask some employees of a virtual universe company with high-level privileges to help grant you temporary access.

Alternatively, use an anonymous account.

However, even if an anonymous account is used, it will be discovered very quickly.

However, the Dream Demon Ancestor or other strongest beings from other universes are different.

Humanity won't offend these strongest beings in the universe too much.

Therefore, it shouldn't be a problem for the strongest beings in the universe to log into the virtual universe.

For the strongest beings in the universe, face is still very important.

Although they have this permission, they won't do anything in the virtual universe.

After all, even though it's in a virtual universe.

However, if these powerful beings were to simply unleash their pressure and willpower, they could easily kill some of the weaker humans.

Although there were no secret arts of will in the primordial universe.

However, it is still possible to exert some impact on will simply through the pressure of consciousness.

However, such power would be difficult to use against even stronger opponents of the same level, let alone those one or two levels below.

It's like the same basin of water.

The arcane art of willpower will condense it into ice spikes, which will then pierce the enemy.

A simple impact of willpower would be to directly splash the water at the other party.

The two are quite different.

……

After noting down the virtual universe communication number given by the Lord of Catfish, the Dream Demon Ancestor logged directly into the virtual universe.

After entering the number, he was transported to a space.

Upon arriving here, he immediately noticed the giant axe not far away.

At this moment, the giant axe was sitting in front of a round table, quietly watching him.

"coming?"

"sit."

Without hesitation, the Dream Demon Ancestor walked directly to the round table and sat down. A drink appeared in front of him.

"This is a new beverage that has appeared in our tribe, and it is called tea."

"Try?"

Because of Luo Fan's rise, Earth's influence has also begun to increase.

Moreover, the powerful humans discovered that drinking tea can calm the mind and soothe the spirit.

Therefore, many powerful people have come to like tea as a beverage.

Even powerful figures like Giant Axe have come to enjoy the taste of tea.

Because some of the teas were specially cultivated by Luo Fan within his original universe clone, and they tasted exceptionally good.

These tea leaves even contain a trace of the primordial power of the original universe's avatar.

Therefore, the output is not very high.

Only the strongest humans, and a few people around Luo Fan, can enjoy this privilege.

The Dream Demon Ancestor did not immediately inquire about the Lord of Catfish.

Having reached their level, they are actually quite familiar with each other.

Although they are old rivals, they have sat down and talked before.

With a thought, the cup in front of the Dream Demon Ancestor automatically floated up.

The teacup slowly approached him.

After taking a sip, he looked at the cup of tea with some surprise.

This cup of tea is a replica of the tea that Luo Fan cultivated using the power of his primordial universe clone.

Even in a virtual universe, simulating this tea leaf would require a huge amount of energy.

Although somewhat surprised, that was all.

He could sense a trace of primal power within this drink.

He thought it was a drink that the giant axe had cultivated in its own miniature universe.

However, he also realized that such a beverage could not be produced in large quantities.

Even the Lord of the Universe would have some effect on this tea.

But that's about it.

At most, it would only allow the Lord of the Universe to experience the power of the origin of a small universe.

As for relying on this trace of primordial power to break through to become the strongest in the universe, it is completely impossible.

"This tea is quite good."

After taking another sip, the Dream Demon Ancestor spoke slowly.

The two did not immediately discuss the Lord of Catfish or the matter of the demon race suppressing the human race, but instead chatted casually.

And so, after an unknown amount of time, the tea in front of the two of them was finished.

The giant axe picked up the teacups in front of the two men and said calmly.

"Let me explain the conditions for the human race."

Upon hearing this, the Dream Demon Ancestor remained silent, simply gazing at the giant axe.

The giant axe met the gaze of the Dream Demon Ancestor and spoke slowly.

"First of all, as a fifth-order universe lord, is it alright for the Catfish Lord to exchange for three top-tier treasures?"

Upon hearing this, the Dream Demon Ancestor thought for a moment and then spoke.

"Weapons and armor."

Although the Lord of Catfish is very important, the demon race is determined to rescue him.

However, it's impossible for the demon race to agree to everything the humans say.

Upon hearing this, the giant axe nodded.

"can."

In reality, the human race's goal was not the ultimate treasure.

Or rather, the ultimate treasure is not the most important thing.

The next conditions are the most important.

"Secondly, the demon race must cease its suppression of the human race within one hundred million epochs."

"Of course, encountering treasures in secret realms or extraterrestrial battlefields and engaging in normal competition does not count."

As for the Cosmic Sea, the giant axe didn't say anything.

After all, while the three races are currently targeting the human race, they are primarily targeting the immortals and venerables.

As for the Cosmic Sea, if it were truly targeted at the human race, it would come at a tremendous cost.

Once one rises to the level of a cosmic master, it truly begins an endless racial war.

Upon hearing this, the Dream Demon Ancestor hesitated.

Because the human race is now too arrogant.

Countless geniuses have emerged simply because of the World Lord-level Bloodline Evolution Agent.

If you stop suppressing the human race, give them 100 million epochs.

At that time, countless powerful figures will emerge from the human race.

Therefore, the Dream Demon Ancestor was very hesitant.

Suppressing the human race like this now can at least slow down their growth rate, allowing the powerful individuals infiltrated among humans to see if they can obtain the formula for a World Lord-level bloodline evolution agent.

If the human race is allowed to grow unchecked, given enough time, the number of powerful human warriors will surge.

Those at the level of the Lord of the Universe dare not speak.

However, the number of experts at the Immortal and Venerable levels will at least double!
In fact, it could be several times higher!
This is an extremely alarming number.

It's important to understand that the more Immortals and Venerables there are, the greater the likelihood of a powerful individual emerging.

Perhaps, a new ruler of the universe will appear in the future.

This is why the three races have been suppressing them.

However, it is still very difficult to create the strongest being in the universe by relying solely on World Lord-level bloodline evolution agents.

The strongest beings in the universe cannot be created simply by having a large number of geniuses.

This is because there was no complete inheritance in the original universe.

The path that each of the strongest beings in the universe takes to break through is unique.

The path that predecessors walked is blocked after it has been walked.

Later generations will not be able to follow this path to become the strongest in the universe.

This is why the three races only suppressed the immortals and venerables of the human race, and did not break out into a racial war.

That is precisely because, even with a World Lord-level bloodline evolution agent, it is difficult for a new strongest being in the universe to emerge.

At most, there will be a few more cosmic lords.

(End of this chapter)