Devouring the Stars: Blood Sea Demon Lord

Chapter 210 Everyone’s Attention
call!
A cloud of black liquid immediately flew out from the mist, condensing in mid-air to form a mysterious figure wearing a black mask and holding a silver 'Ice Void Sword'. Its cold, eerie eyes stared at the Nether Sea, and it spoke in human language:

"Let the battle begin!"

'brush'

With a flash of sword light, the mysterious man in the black mask fell to the ground, dead, and vanished into a wisp of mist.

The fog blocking the road dissipated, revealing a long stone bridge stretching towards the horizon.

Fourteenth floor!

'whoosh'

Without even blinking, Minghai sped forward along the ancient bridge.

Outside the Tongtian Bridge, on a beautiful little island.

"hiss"

"hiss"

……

Watching Minghai cleanly and decisively kill the black-robed masked gatekeeper with a single sword strike on the giant screen, tens of thousands of King-level Immortals gasped in unison.

"So decisive and efficient? This is the thirteenth level, representing a senior immortal-level understanding of the laws!"

"Minghai has only been a domain lord for about four years, right? And his understanding of the laws has already reached this level?"

"I understand now, Minghai must have already crossed the cosmic-level Primordial Tongtian Mountain!"

……

The numerous immortal kings were discussing it animatedly.

Above the beautiful island, a dozen enormous figures, blending seamlessly with the void, calmly watched this scene unfold.

"Nine Swords, Minghai is your disciple. Tell me, how many levels can he reach this time?"

The burly Qianwu first looked around at everyone, then turned to the Nine Swords Venerable in the green robe, his eyes smiling, but he asked with a curious expression.

Standing beside him, Venerable Longyue glanced at Qianwu, smiled without saying a word, and turned to look at the figure of Minghai on the huge screen.

Having witnessed Minghai's breakthrough in battle and his understanding of the laws reaching the level of a King-level Immortal, he was very clear about Minghai's strength.

In fact, he had told Qian Wu about this earlier when they were drinking together, and Qian Wu also knew the details of Ming Hai.

Asking this now is just a way of pretending not to know, wanting to see my old friends make fools of themselves.

The same was true of the Qianwu, and the same was true of the Longyue Venerable; neither of them had any intention of revealing their intentions beforehand.

"Nine Swords, I heard that you gave the treasure we obtained during our adventure in the 'Kuiqu' secret realm to Minghai. In the past few years, his understanding of the laws has probably progressed at an astonishing pace. Tell me, can he pass the sixteenth level this time?"

A tall, bull-headed cosmic venerable with two bull horns on his head asked with a smile.

"What treasure?"

The Heavenly Wind Venerable, who later regretted handing over the hosting role for this genius battle to the Nine Swords Venerable, asked curiously.

"A treasure that perfectly allows one to comprehend the laws of nature!"

The Minotaur Universe Master did not mention the 'Ring of Space', but simply replied with a single sentence.

Although we are all human, privacy still needs to be protected.

"Even you consider the 'Nine Streams Venerable' a treasure for comprehending the laws, this treasure must be extraordinary!"

Venerable Tianfeng did not pursue the matter further, but turned to look at Venerable Jiujian and asked...
"Nine Swords, give us a hint: how many levels of the Bridge to Heaven will that little guy Minghai reach this time?"

"hehe!"

Faced with the crowd's questioning, the Nine Swords Venerable in green robes chuckled and calmly said:
"Minghai is breaking through the Heavenly Bridge. You'll find out as you watch."

"Tch, still keeping me in suspense?"

"Exactly, why are you acting so mysterious?"

……

Upon hearing this, the group of Venerable Ones all began to complain.

The Nine Swords Master smiled without saying a word.

But he felt a little nervous. "Last time, Minghai said he was confident he could pass the eighteenth level of the Bridge to Heaven within thirty years. Only eight or nine years have passed now, less than ten. I don't know if he can do it!"

Nine Swords Venerable muttered to himself.

Although once you have thoroughly understood the principles of the law, your comprehension of the law will be unobstructed, leading directly to the realm of immortality.

That only means there are no major bottlenecks and one can steadily advance to the Immortal King realm, but it doesn't mean that one can achieve it in one fell swoop or in ten years.

Under normal circumstances, even the most gifted genius needs hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years of arduous cultivation to elevate their understanding of the laws to the level of the King-level Immortal.

Even if Minghai has exceptional comprehension and cultivation talent, possesses a unique life form with a thousand times the genetic potential, has a perfect compatibility with the laws, and is aided by the spatial origin treasure 'Ring of Space', it's unlikely that he could accomplish in a mere ten years what other peerless geniuses would take hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years to achieve.

Taking these factors into account, even though the Nine Swords Venerable was full of confidence in the Underworld Sea, he couldn't help but worry at this moment.

"It's okay if we can't get through; just consider it a trial run!"

Nine Swords Venerable thought to himself.

The great human being who entrusted him with the special secret technique had set a condition that he pass through the eighteenth level of the Bridge to Heaven within a hundred years in the Underworld Sea. It has only been less than ten years now, so there is still plenty of time.

"With a swift stroke of the sword, he killed the enemy in one strike. The fourteenth level was a piece of cake. This little guy might really be able to get past the sixteenth level!"

Just as the Nine Swords Venerable was pondering, a Universe Venerable dressed in black robes with a scaled tail trailing behind him clicked his tongue in admiration.

On the giant screen in the center of the beautiful island, the figure of the black-robed, masked gatekeeper turned into mist, the blocking clouds disappeared, revealing the fifteenth long, ancient stone bridge stretching towards the horizon.

Later.

At the end of the fifteenth floor, the "Ice Peak Sky Bridge".

brush!
With a flash of sword light, the black-robed, masked gatekeeper who had just appeared was instantly killed and vanished into mist.

The tens of thousands of immortal kings below were all shocked.

If passing through the fifteenth level of the Heavenly Bridge is so easy, the next level, the sixteenth, will most likely be no challenge for Minghai either.

But Minghai has only been a Domain Lord for four years!
Many members of the Primordial Secret Realm who have remained at the Realm Lord level for hundreds of thousands of years have only this level of understanding of the laws.

The sixteenth floor, at the end of the "Ice Peak Sky Bridge".

Ahead lay a massive cloud of mist.

call!
A cloud of black liquid flew out from the clouds and transformed in mid-air into a mysterious figure wearing a black mask and holding a silver 'Ice Sky Sword'.

"You're quite impressive to have reached this point at the Domain Lord level!"

The black-robed, masked gatekeeper, his cold gaze fixed on the Nether Sea, said in a chilling tone:
"But that's all. This level is not one you can get past in your current state!"

Minghai glanced at him indifferently, without replying, and slashed down with the 'Ice Void Sword' in his hand.

The gatekeeper's understanding of the laws at this level is at the level of a Marquis-level Immortal, but now he can even contend with a true Marquis-level Immortal. The gatekeeper is at the same level as him and cannot possibly be his opponent.

brush!
The sword light was fierce and incredibly fast. Even though the gatekeeper's understanding of the laws was at the level of a Marquis and Immortal, he couldn't defend against it and was killed in an instant.

The clouds blocking the road disappeared, revealing a long stone bridge stretching towards the horizon.

The seventeenth level of the Ice Peak Sky Bridge.

swoosh~
Holding the 'Ice Sky Sword', Minghai flew towards the end of the seventeenth level.

Soon after, they encountered another cloud formation blocking the road.

"Choose your opponent: martial artist, psychic...!"

"Musha!"

After a brief exchange, a black-robed, masked gatekeeper exuding a strong aura of law appeared before them.

The battle began swiftly.

Brush, brush, brush!!!
Sword light flashed, enveloping the surrounding void. Amidst the layers of sword light, black and silver figures intertwined.

During the battle, Minghai unleashed all the top-tier secret techniques he had mastered over the years.

The Seven Killing Sword Technique, the Netherworld Sword Art, the Sea Floating Sword Technique...

Having comprehended the essence of 108 spatial laws, his mastery of spatial laws was extremely profound. These top-level secret techniques were unleashed in full power, quickly suppressing the black-robed, masked gatekeeper.

Even though the black-robed, masked gatekeeper represented the pinnacle of immortal-level law comprehension, he still struggled to withstand the Nether Sea Sword.

(End of this chapter)