Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 113, World Zone 66, Number One
In a temple within a vast, continuous cluster of palaces under the starry sky.

A bald, burly man with a single horn on his forehead sat at the head of the hall.

Suddenly, footsteps sounded outside the hall, and a voice entered: "Lord Barn, your subordinate requests an audience!"

"Enter!"

"That's what the bald, one-horned giant, Barn, said."

Soon, a realm lord with a flame mark on his forehead entered the hall.

Barn asked the Flame Realm Lord who had entered the hall, "Has a genius of considerable talent appeared?"

The Flame Realm Lord bowed and said, "Lord Barn, Luo Feng, the number one in the 44th World District, can use the second level of the Divine Weapon, 'Piercing the Sky Style'."

Lu Jin, the number one player in the 66th World Region, can unleash the second level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, 'Sky-Piercing Strike,' and can unleash three strikes simultaneously.

Throughout the entire Tianshuang Universe Kingdom, there are quite a few stellar-level geniuses who have crossed the threshold of lower-level primordial laws.

However, for the time being, only Lu Jin and Lu Jin have reached the second level of the Nine Divine Weapons' comprehension of the laws.

"The second level of the Divine Weapon Master? Hmm, not bad."

After offering his comment, Barn asked, "Have these two shown any insight into higher-level laws?"

"We have been keeping an eye on the top 100 players from the 100 world zones. These two have been easily defeating other players without revealing any further tricks."

The Lord of the Flame Realm shook his head.

"Okay, keep an eye on it and let me know as soon as there's any new information."

Barn nodded.

That's true. Right now it's just the preliminary stage, and both of them are ranked first in their respective world regions. Without encountering strong opponents, they naturally won't show much of their strength.

"Lord Barn, there's more news: Luo Feng and Lu Jin come from the same star system."

The Lord of Flames spoke again.

Upon hearing this, Barn immediately became interested and hurriedly asked, "The same star system? Which star system?"

Being able to unleash the second level of the Nine Divine Weapons means that even if the quality of geniuses in this year's Genius Battle is much higher than in previous years, they will most likely be among the top 100.

There are 1008 human universe nations, and on average, only one person from each universe nation can rank in the top 1000.

It's quite rare for a single star system to produce two top-100 players.

"The Guanghan Star Region".

The Lord of the Flame Realm.

"The Guanghan Star Region?"

Barn raised an eyebrow.

In other words, he was in charge of the genius competition for this year in the Tianshuang Universe Kingdom. He had recently sorted out the major empires and private star domains within the Universe Kingdom, otherwise he really wouldn't know which star domain this Guanghan Star Domain was.

After all, the Guanghan Star Region wasn't called the Guanghan Star Region a few years ago; it was called the Tianhe Star Region.

"If I remember correctly, the Guanghan Star Region is just a small star region, right?"

Barn asked the Lord of the Flame Realm.

The Flame Realm Lord said, "Lord Barn, the Guanghan Star Region was originally the Tianhe Star Region, a small star region with only 823 star systems within its territory."

"I have reviewed the records of previous genius battles. Since the founding of our nation, no genius has ever represented our Tianshuang Universe Nation in the final battle of the Peak Genius Battle within the Guanghan Star Region."

Barn: "."

Has the Guanghan Starfield suddenly exploded in power this time?

Barn ordered, "Send someone to investigate these two."

"Yes, Lord Barn!"

The Lord of the Flame Realm bowed and took his leave.

Afterwards, Barn thought for a moment and had his intelligent life form send another email to Star Lord Zi Ni Chang, reiterating the importance of security measures.

Otherwise, if a talented genius within the country were to fall victim to the machinations of a foreign race, wouldn't the ruler, who deeply resents such incidents, skin him alive?

Ten days later, in the 66th World Zone, the preliminary rounds came to an end.

With over 200 million points, it's definitely a sure thing!

Looking down at the screen on his wrist, Lu Jin stood atop a mountain peak and thought to himself.

Participant: Lu Jin (Guanghan Star Region)
Points: 2 1568 2587
Ranking: 1
World Area: 66th World Area

At the very beginning of the qualifiers, each point represents only one player's chance of survival.

But the qualifiers are about to end, and the more than 200 million points represent more than just the lives of more than 200 million contestants.

Lu Jin's own kill count was far lower than that number, but it should be noted that killing a player only earns half of the opponent's points.

His more than 200 million points were accumulated through countless splits.

If we really want to trace the origins, it's not impossible that these 200 million points originally came from players with 2 to 3 billion points.

Time passed slowly, and a majestic, deep voice echoed in the minds of all survivors across 100 world zones: "Countdown to the end of the preliminaries: 60, 59, 58, 57."

This sound made many players in the world region somewhat anxious, especially those ranked close to the thousandth.

"Damn it, I was almost there!"

"Haha, I was ranked 1002nd just now, and now I'm ranked 1001st. There must be some unlucky guy who wasn't far ahead of me who got knocked out!"

"Damn it, it's too late!"

"No! I was ranked 1000th, how did I drop to 1003rd?"

"Die, die, die!"

In the final countdown, chaos reigned in all world zones.

“10、9、8、7、6、5、4、3、2、1，传送！”

‘Shua——’

The countdown ended, and all players in the 100 world zones who had not been killed by others disappeared instantly.

Subsequently, all those virtual preliminary worlds collapsed and vanished, turning into nothingness as if they had never existed.

At the same time, the final preliminary rankings in each world zone were also announced.

……

‘Shua——’

After leaving the pre-selection world, Lu Jin was teleported to the skies above Guanghan Island.

"Drip-drip-"

A series of notification sounds rang out.

The chubby figure materialized on Lu Jin's shoulder and said, "Master, there are over a hundred call requests, and the number is still rising."

"Ignore it and temporarily disable communication."

Lu Jin gave the instructions.

"Good host!"

Fatty responded.

Then, on a whim, Lu Jin exited the virtual universe.

Then, logging back into the virtual universe, his figure appeared inside a temple in the center of Guanghan Island.

When logging into the virtual universe, if you have a fixed place of residence with residency rights, you can set it up in advance.

Each time you log into the virtual universe afterward, you will appear in the pre-set residence.

Congratulations on winning first place!

Zi Nishang greeted them with a smile.

"First place? Isn't that something anyone can achieve?"

Lu Jin said with a smile.

Soon, Luo Feng's figure also appeared in the temple.

Lu Jin asked Luo Feng, "How is it?"

"None of them can fight!"

Luo Feng raised his head and straightened his back.

In the 44th World Zone, the strongest opponents he encountered were only those who had just crossed the threshold of the lower-level primordial laws.

His strength is at most equivalent to when he could only use the first level of the Divine Weapon, the 'Illusion Sword Style'.

"Awesome!"

Lu Jin gave a thumbs up.

"Drip-"

Just then, a beeping sound came out, and the chubby girl appeared on Zi Nishang's shoulder, saying, "Master, General Barn has sent you a letter saying that he wants to meet Master Lu Jin and Luo Feng."

Previously, Barn had sent people to investigate Lu Jin and his companion, and the investigation led them to Zi Nishang.

"Barn is one of the thirty-two divine generals under the Heavenly Frost King, possessing peak Marquis-level strength. He is in charge of all relevant matters within the Heavenly Frost Universe for this year's Peak Genius Battle. Would you like to meet him?"

Zi Nishang asked Lu Jin.

Lu Jin nodded: "Even if we don't care about the monk, we should at least give him face."

Before long, a maid led a burly, bald man with a single horn on his head into the hall.

As soon as they entered the hall, the bald, one-horned giant began to sized up Lu Jin and Luo Feng.

Instantly, the two felt an invisible force pressing down on them, and they gritted their teeth to resist.

Seeing this, Zi Nishang frowned slightly and stepped forward.

"Haha~, not bad little guys, Guanghan, don't mind them."

Barn smiled and said to Zi Nishang.

Upon hearing the words "two little ones," Zi Nishang frowned even more deeply.

It's one thing to talk about Luo Feng, but you've included Lu Jin as well.
This is happening in the virtual universe right now, and Barn is also representing the Lord of the Frost Kingdom.

Otherwise, in reality, Zi Nishang would definitely have released the Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass to teach the other party a lesson.

"This is General Barn."

Pointing at Barn, Zi Nishang turned to Lu Jin and the other person with a calm expression and said.

'Did I upset this woman?'

Upon hearing this tone, Barn couldn't help but think to himself.

If it were any other star lord, Barn wouldn't care whether the other party was happy or not. Even if he was unhappy inside, he would still have to put on a smiling face for him.

But the immortal Guanghan before us is different.

Although he had never met him in real life, Barn could tell that the other party was also at the peak of the Marquis level, and his strength was probably not much worse than his own.

Perhaps the other party has no background, at least not as good as himself, a divine general under the king.

However, when dealing with someone of equal strength, regardless of their background, he will always maintain basic respect.

"I have seen immortality."

Lu Jin and his companion bowed respectfully.

"Ah."

Barn nodded, putting aside his doubts, and said, "Lu Jin, Luo Feng, the King greatly appreciates outstanding young talents."

With your abilities, making it into the top 1,000 in the final showdown shouldn't be a problem.

However, judging from the strength you showed in the preliminaries, it will be quite difficult to rank among the top.

The king sent me here to inquire about the true level of your abilities.

Based on your combined strength, the King will bestow certain rewards upon you to help you achieve even better results in the ultimate showdown.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin raised an eyebrow.

"I'll create a special killing space. You two, each of you, will demonstrate your full strength?"

Barn asked the two of them.

Perhaps out of respect for Zi Nishang, Barn was very friendly. Without hesitation, the two agreed immediately.

Within a killing space, four figures stood amidst the starry sky.

Two paths led the way, one led by Lu Jin and the other by Luo Feng.

Two figures followed behind: Zi Nishang and Barn.

Soon, tens of thousands of figures dressed in various colors flew in from the depths of the starry sky.

Barn directly assigned 10,000 peak ninth-tier stellar warriors who had crossed the threshold of lower-level primordial laws.

"you first."

After glancing at it, Lu Jin said to Luo Feng.

"it is good."

Luo Feng nodded, stepped onto the Dark Cloud Shuttle and flew out at high speed, rushing towards the ten thousand opponents flying from afar.

A long stream of golden light flew out, and 243 thin, golden swords converged, forming 27 hazy golden phantom swords.

Immediately afterwards, strands of golden silk connected, and the 27 hazy golden phantom swords solidified into three real golden swords, each over a foot long.

The second level of the Divine Weapon: Piercing the Heavens!

Moreover, it involves controlling three paths simultaneously.

"Shhhhh-"

The next moment, three golden swords, each over a foot long, shot out and disappeared into the group of martial artists flying through the air.

"Puff-puff-puff-"

Wherever the three golden swords passed, warrior opponents who had just crossed the threshold of the lower-level origin laws died with their heads blown off.

At this moment, the sharp, masculine energy of metal was displayed to its fullest extent.

However, the number of martial arts opponents that emerged was extremely large, and the number that Luo Feng killed was far less than the number of martial arts who joined the battle.

In the blink of an eye, Luo Feng found himself surrounded.

Just as Barn, who was watching from behind, thought that Luo Feng's story was over.

"Whoohoo-"

Luo Feng, riding the Dark Cloud Shuttle, moved with lightning speed, tracing a strange trajectory that twisted and turned more than ten times, breaking through the encirclement formed by a large number of attacking martial artists, leaving eight illusory bodies in mid-air.

Seeing this, Barn, who was watching from behind, raised his eyebrows, and his opinion of Luo Feng improved even more.

Although Luo Feng failed to cross the threshold of the fundamental laws of space, he came very close.

There are still several years until the final showdown, and it's possible that Luo Feng might be able to cross the threshold of the fundamental laws of space.

If we can get in, we might as well try to compete for a spot in the Primal Secret Realm.

However, there were tens of thousands of opponents, and each of them had crossed the threshold of the lower-level origin law, making them strong enough to rank among the top 1,000 in the universe's national genius battle.

Even though Luo Feng had excellent movement skills and was much stronger than his individual opponents, he was still no match for the enemy's overwhelming force and was eventually overwhelmed by a large number of martial artists.

The next second, this special killing space refreshed, the warriors that emerged disappeared, and Luo Feng's figure reappeared.

"Not bad! Luo Feng, with your strength, you should be able to secure a spot in the top ten of the Primordial Secret Realm. If you make further progress, you may even have a chance to reach the Primordial Secret Realm."

Barn nodded in satisfaction.

"Immortal is an overstatement."

Luo Feng bowed slightly.

Soon, the killing space spawned another ten thousand peak ninth-level stellar warriors, who also stepped into the lower-level primordial laws.

Seeing this, Lu Jin immediately steered the Water Cloud Shuttle, transforming into a streak of azure light as he charged forward.

"Shuashuashua——"

A barrage of attacks, imbued with the fundamental laws of nature, including sword rainbows, blade beams, and spear shadows, surged forth.

"Space shatters, solidifies!"

Lu Jin raised his hand and pointed, and a large amount of blue light flew out from the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon he was carrying on his back.

A dazzling blue light shone forth, the aura of laws permeated the air, and strands of blue silk threads connected together, forming a six-foot-long, blue-gold crystal ice cone.

The fifth level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon—Space Shattering!
"boom--"

The crystalline blue-gold ice spikes shot out at lightning speed, shattering the incoming swords and spears with overwhelming force, as easily as popping a soap bubble.

Immediately, the six-foot-long blue-gold ice cone, undiminished in its power, drew a deadly arc through the group of martial artists.

Wherever the blue-gold ice cones passed, the space along the way shattered. Even if some martial artists were not directly hit, they were still pulverized by the turbulent currents created by the shattered space because they were relatively close.

The martial artist faced tens of thousands of opponents, but there was only one blue-gold ice cone. While its power was immense, its killing efficiency was limited.

Before long, Lu Jin, like Luo Feng before him, inevitably found himself surrounded.

With a slight raise of his eyebrows, Lu Jin conjured the Ice Soul Sword in his hand.

In an instant, a dense array of sword-wielding figures in blue appeared within the encirclement, numbering nearly a hundred.

This time, Lu Jin didn't use the 'Wanxian Liu' (万线流) technique.

'Myriad Threads Flow' is a secret technique of mentalists and is not suitable for martial artists.

He was using a movement technique called 'Void Illusion', which involved spatial laws.

It was bought from the Cosmic Galaxy Bank; it's considered a martial arts version of the 'Myriad Lines Flow'.

Compared to the 'Myriad Flows' technique, the 'Void Illusion' technique has a lower limit, and at most, one can only cultivate tens of thousands of spatial illusions.

However, the 'Myriad Flows' that Babata gave him was not the complete version, lacking the teleportation part at the highest level.

If we only consider the first four layers of the Wanxianliu (万线流) system, the two are roughly equal.

Moreover, there is no need to start from scratch when cultivating the 'Void Illusion' secret technique.

After all, insights and experiences can be applied, only the specific forms of application differ.

With the foundation of 'Myriad Flows', it is easy to raise the level of the 'Empty Illusion' secret technique to the same level as 'Myriad Flows'.

rainstorm!

Fall!

Waves!

A raging storm!

Overturn the river!

Overturn the seas!

Lu Jin, who already knew the six forms of the "Overturning the Sea Sword Manual" by heart, performed them with unparalleled skill.

The sword light was chilling, as if it could freeze space itself.

The sword light flashed like lightning, so fast that Luo Feng couldn't see it with his naked eye.

The sword light flashed like rain, like a torrential downpour, covering the sky and the earth.

“Swish, swish, swish, swish——”

"Puff, puff, puff -"

Each sword strike aimed straight for the opponent's head, causing blood to splatter.

With each flash of sword light, a peak ninth-tier stellar warrior who had crossed the threshold of the lower-level primordial laws would perish.

"boom--"

Meanwhile, the blue-gold ice spikes continued their slaughter.

It was just a six-foot-long object, yet it could annihilate large numbers of martial arts opponents.

'The Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon has reached its fifth level, with 99 spatial illusions; the Primal Secret Realm is now secure!'

Watching Lu Jin slaughter his opponents with abandon, Barn felt a secret joy in his heart.

If there aren't any outstanding geniuses in the universe, being in charge of the genius battle would definitely be a tough job.

After all, the achievements of the geniuses in the pinnacle genius battle also represent the face of the universe's ruler.

If the results are too poor, one might be ridiculed when the many cosmic rulers gather.

Being ridiculed may not cause any real loss, but one's reputation is very important in life.

If the king is unhappy, how can he, the subordinate in charge of the genius battle, expect to have a good outcome?

However, if one can achieve outstanding results, the ruler will have the right to mock the rulers of other universes.

If the king is in a good mood and lets a little slip through his fingers, that will be enough to make him, a noble and immortal figure, eat his fill.

'However, on another note, the spatial laws corresponding to the ninety-nine spatial illusions allow him to unleash the fifth level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon. Is it because this little guy has a deep understanding of the water laws, or is he hiding his true abilities in the spatial laws?'

Barn couldn't help but think to himself.

Soon, under Lu Jin's efficient slaughter, ten thousand peak ninth-level stellar warriors who had crossed the threshold of lower-level primordial laws were all killed.

"Very good! Lu Jin, was that your full strength just now?"

Nodding in satisfaction, Barn asked.

"Ah."

Lu Jin nodded.

The fifth level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, with 99 spatial illusions, truly represented his full strength.

However, if it were a water unicorn clone, and it were still in reality, the number of spatial illusions would be far more than that.

This has nothing to do with enlightenment; it's simply that the Water Kirin clone is more compatible with the space, and with the same level of enlightenment and secret techniques, it can exert a stronger effect.

Inside the ice-blue palace, Barn stood to one side.

With his silver hair flowing down his shoulders and a cold, handsome face, the King of Tianshuang sat on his throne, looking at the projected image in front of him.

This projected image is the video of Luo Feng's battle recorded by Barn's AI.

Soon, the video finished playing. The King of Tianshuang Kingdom did not say anything, but directly clicked on Lu Jin's battle video.

From the perspective of the Heavenly Frost King, Luo Feng, who had not even reached the threshold of the Fundamental Laws of Space, could not be considered a true genius and was not worthy of his attention.

Although the second level of the Divine Weapon is not bad, it is still a bit immature.

Of course, if the Heavenly Frost King knew that Luo Feng had only been practicing the Origin Force for less than ten years, he certainly wouldn't think that way.

Looking back at all the previous peak genius battles, which one of those who achieved good results didn't have a cultivation period of over a hundred years?

"what?"

Watching Lu Jin's battle video, the King of Tianshuang couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation.

As a cosmic overlord who created the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, he could see that Lu Jin's psychic power amplitude was abnormal.

Furthermore, even disregarding the effects of the excessively high amplitude of the psychic power, the fifth level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, 'Space Shattering,' that Lu Jin unleashed still exceeded the power that his own understanding of the laws and proficiency in controlling it could unleash.

It's important to understand that, aside from differences in consciousness and will, factors affecting combat power, such as physical talent and genetic multiplier, have been eliminated in the virtual universe.

'Analyzing the profound mysteries of the fundamental laws?'

The King of Tianshuang raised an eyebrow.

Even disregarding conventional factors, the power of Lu Jin's fifth level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, 'Space Shattering,' was still abnormal.

The only explanation is that Lu Jin's understanding of the fundamental laws is deeper than that of other cultivators at the same level who have the same level of understanding of the laws.

To gain a deeper understanding of the fundamental laws, one must first grasp a portion of their mysteries and comprehend their essence.

Directly comprehending a law, even if you master that law, only brings you to the point of 'knowing what it is'.

But having mastered this law, one must also comprehend all the mysteries of the fundamental law and understand its essence, which is to 'know not only what it is, but also why it is so'.

This is precisely why, aside from factors such as secret techniques and life genes, the understanding of laws is the standard for measuring the strength of most geniuses, but it is not the standard for measuring the strength of all geniuses.

Before long, the projected image disappeared, and the King of Tianshuang tapped the armrest of his throne with his fingers, lost in thought.

He could see that Lu Jin had embarked on the path of analyzing the mysteries of the fundamental laws.

Moreover, it's not just about analyzing the fundamental laws of space, but also the fundamental laws of water.

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