Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 129 A Carefully Prepared Fatal Blow

As the guardian of the Skybridge, and also an intelligent life form, Baffin keeps abreast of the progress of every genius who comes to cross it.

After Lu Jin successfully crossed three levels of the Heavenly Bridge, remembering the instructions from above to promote competition among these geniuses, Baffin sent the news of Lu Jin passing the third level of the Heavenly Bridge to thousands of geniuses in this year's cohort.

Then, very quickly, Lu Jin passed the fourth level, and Baffin continued to send out group messages.

Fifth layer, continue sending mass messages.

The sixth layer sends the message to the group again.

At the same time, apart from a few geniuses who were still studying the Chaos Stele, Bolan, Luo Feng, Jiang Mo, Ai Chen, Qian Shui, Gu Siluo, Long Yun, Jia Laixi, Tao and others all received this news.

Everyone who received the news was shocked.

It should be noted that before this, more than 700 people of this group of geniuses had already tried it.

Without exception, none of them could even get past the first level of the Heavenly Bridge, including Long Yun, Gu Siluo, Ai Chen, Qian Shui, and Jiang Mo, who were among the top ten in the Genius Battle.

As for Luo Feng, Bo Lan, Rong Jun, and Wu Ka, the first two haven't had a chance to break through yet, while the latter two are still studying the Chaos Stele.

However, this is enough to prove that even the first level of the Sky Bridge is not easy to cross.

But right now, Lu Jin, this great demon king, has actually cleared the sixth level of the Heavenly Bridge. They are both human, both geniuses in the eyes of others, so why is there such a big difference?

After the initial shock, the group of geniuses reacted in different ways.

Some were envious, some were jealous, some were desperate, some admired, and some were ready to catch up.

Like Luo Feng
"As expected of my Brother Jin!"

Luo Feng sighed to himself.

In Luo Feng's view, his good brother Lu Jin has always been the direction and goal he strives for.

Luo Feng was not surprised that Lu Jin was able to pass through the sixth level of the Sky Bridge.

It wasn't that Luo Feng knew how difficult the sixth level of the Heavenly Bridge was, but rather that he had a blind faith in Lu Jin.

Moreover, Luo Feng felt that no matter what achievements he might make in the future, as long as Lu Jin remained stronger than him, he could not afford to become arrogant.

I examine myself three times a day: Am I better than Lu Jin? (X3)
Not as good as?
Then why aren't you cultivating yet?!

Interestingly, Lu Jin also had a similar mentality.

I examine myself three times a day: Can you always be stronger than Luo Feng (X3)?
uncertain?
Then why aren't you working harder to cheat the system?!

The Seventh Floor of the Nine-Yu Sky Bridge.

Upon reaching the seventh level, the Tongtian Bridge battlefield was no longer shrouded in mist and clouds, but rather situated in the boundless starry sky.

The wide bridge extends directly into the starry sky, and at the end of this seventh-level sky bridge, a small meteorite several kilometers in diameter floats.

"Choose your opponent: Warrior, Controller, Illusionist. Defeat him to pass the seventh level."

A sound came from the meteorite.

"The Controller!"

"Click——"

The next moment, a piece of rock broke off from the edge of the meteorite and crashed down onto the bridge below.

Soon, the falling stone transformed into a masked man in blue, who was also riding the Water Cloud Shuttle and carrying the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon.

"A newcomer? Interesting. It's been a long time since a newcomer has been able to come here."

The man in blue did not launch an attack immediately, but instead sighed.

Lu Jin said, "That's why I came."

What Lu Jin didn't know was that the newcomer the man in blue was talking about was not the same as him, a complete newbie who had come to the initial universe. Rather, he was referring to the kind of 'newcomer' who was nearing the end of the 30-year deadline for Chaos City.

The man in blue was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Young people are so energetic! Come on!"

"The extreme cold world is coming!"

Lu Jin let out a low shout, and the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon on his back shot out a large amount of blue light.

Countless tiny blue cones shot out in all directions, and in an instant, the surrounding world began to change.

At the same time, the blue-clad masked man standing in the distance opposite also emitted a large amount of blue light from the Frost God Weapon behind him.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

The world changed color as two frigid worlds, filled with swirling snowflakes, descended and collided directly with each other.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Two worlds collided, countless snowflakes flew, and a violent roar erupted.

"Young man, you've done a great job making it to this level, but this is where you end it!"

The man in blue said with a smile.

The man in blue could tell that although Lu Jin could use the sixth level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, 'Extreme Cold World,' he was only capable of using it; his control over 'Extreme Cold World' was far inferior to his.

If it weren't for Lu Jin's strong will and high psychic amplitude, which to some extent compensated for his lack of control skills...

Otherwise, the battle would have been decided when the two extremely cold worlds first collided.

Even so, after several collisions, Lu Jin's extreme cold world showed signs of becoming unsustainable.

"It remains to be seen who will emerge victorious!"

With a thought, Lu Jin conjured a five-inch-long, pale blue-gold ice cone, which shot directly toward the blue-clad man in the distance.

After testing his skills for a few rounds and getting a general idea of ​​his level, Lu Jin used his biggest trump card for this trip to the Sky Bridge—a hundredfold soul amplitude.

"call out!"

The man in blue was quick to act as well, a confident smile on his face beneath the mask, as an extremely cold ice cone materialized and shot out in front of him.

Due to their respective realms, the farther away they are from each other, the weaker and more difficult it becomes for both sides to control the power of the extreme cold world. In order to maximize the power of the condensed extreme cold ice cone, it must be condensed and formed in front of them.

Unless one can reach the second level of the sixth level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, the realm of 'omnipresence'.

"Bam—"

Two streaks of light flashed, and two extremely cold ice cones, formed from the power of an extremely cold world, collided directly.

However, to the blue-clad man's utter surprise, the extremely cold ice cone that Lu Jin had condensed and fired actually shattered his own extremely cold ice cone with overwhelming force, and then continued to shoot towards him with undiminished momentum.

"Soul Vibration"

"Pfft-"

The blue-clad man, barely realizing what was happening, was pierced through the head by an extremely cold ice spike that transformed into a streak of light, and then vanished into a handful of ice crystal powder.

Seventh level of the Nine Heavens Bridge, pass!

In the Skybridge dimension, at the central plaza of the island.

"What? It passed again?"

Upon realizing that Lu Jin had reached the seventh level of the Nine Heavens Bridge, the guardian Baffin's eyes widened in disbelief.

'Hmm~, it's been a while since my Virtual Universe Company has produced a freak, so having one like this isn't unreasonable.'

After the initial shock, Baffin muttered to himself, and following the rules, edited the message about Lu Jin passing through the seventh level of the Heavenly Bridge, preparing to send it to the newlyweds again.

"Ok?"

Just as Baffin was about to send a mass message, he suddenly discovered that the message could not be sent.

The next moment, Baffin received an email.

—[Regarding the news about Lu Jin, a member of the Primal Realm, breaking through the Sky Bridge, this is to be kept secret. Those with access levels below four stars are prohibited from viewing the battle video.]

After reading the brief email, Baffin was secretly surprised.

It's important to know that obtaining a four-star virtual universe privilege is no easy feat. Only truly invincible beings among the immortals, or universe venerables, can acquire it, and even then, they must be internal members of their own virtual universe company.

Undoubtedly, this means a powerful figure is trying to suppress the news.

However, blocking the news is understandable.

After all, this was the first time a newcomer to the initial universe had come here, and he had only comprehended the Chaos Stele once, yet he was able to pass through the seventh level of the Heavenly Bridge.

Such talent is extremely rare in the vast history of humankind.

For ordinary geniuses, or rather, not geniuses who are too extraordinary, the news being leaked is just that—leaked. Virtual Universe Company is not without various measures to prevent assassination by alien races.

But Lu Jin's case is far beyond the norm.

It's good that we've passed the seventh level so far, but if we try to pass a few more levels in the next 30 years, it will attract too much attention from the alien races who can't stand to see humans doing well.

There's no such thing as a thousand days of guarding against thieves, only a thousand days of thievery. The good news of the birth of a genius among humans can be released, but overly shocking news must not be released.

In any case, the information released is enough to create a huge "catfish effect".

The eighth floor of the Jiuyu Tongtian Bridge.

A voice came from the meteorite floating in the distance in front of Lu Jin: "Choose your opponent: martial artist, controller, illusionist. Choose one and defeat him to pass the eighth level."

"The Controller!"

Lu Jin's choice remained the same as before.

Soon, a masked man in blue robes appeared, riding a Water Cloud Shuttle and carrying the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon.

"Newcomer, could you please tell me your name?"

The man in blue mask asked Lu Jin.

The man in blue had a premonition that as long as Lu Jin didn't die, he would definitely become a super strong person in the future.

Lu Jin said, "Lu Jin."

"Young friend Lu, prepare to be challenged!"

The blue-clad man's eyes, hidden beneath his mask, held a smile, while the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon he carried on his back emitted countless beams of blue light.

At the same time, Lu Jin also activated the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, and countless tiny blue spikes shot out in all directions.

In an instant, the divine weapon activated the fundamental laws of water and space, causing the world to change color and two extremely cold worlds with countless snowflakes flying everywhere to descend.

Subsequently, under the blue-clad man's control, his frigid world crashed down on Lu Jin.

Lu Jin also chose to confront the issue head-on, and this time he didn't hold back, going all out.

"Boom!"

With a deafening roar, the two frigid worlds collided violently.

"what?"

The man in blue let out a soft exclamation.

what's the situation?
My second-level extreme cold world couldn't even destroy your first-level extreme cold world, which looks pretty bad?

However, the man in blue quickly realized the problem.

Despite being significantly inferior to me in terms of understanding of laws and mastery of divine weapons, they were able to fight to a standstill. This situation could not be explained by anything other than a strong consciousness.

They must have cultivated the secret technique of soul amplification, and incredibly, they have cultivated it to an extremely high level.

Otherwise, this barely manageable 'Extreme Cold World' would be completely destroyed if it were hit by his second-level 'Extreme Cold World'.

"Continue!" The man in blue hardened his heart and continued to control the extreme cold world to crash into Lu Jin.

At the same time, the man in blue had a thought, and nine extremely cold ice cones appeared in front of him, transforming into nine blue-gold streams of light that shot out towards Lu Jin.

In other words, he failed to destroy Lu Jin's 'Extreme Cold World'. Otherwise, if he had used his own second-level 'Extreme Cold World' to envelop Lu Jin and directly condensed an extreme cold ice cone behind Lu Jin's head, the battle would have ended immediately.

The second level of the 'Extreme Cold World', 'Do As You Please', allows you to condense extremely cold ice spikes beside your opponent for a surprise attack.

However, there is a prerequisite: the opponent must be within the range of one's own extremely cold world.

If the opponent is outside of one's own extreme cold world, then at most one can only condense extreme cold ice cones at the edge of the extreme cold world to attack the enemy.

'Depend on!'

The blue-clad man's frigid world crashed in again, and he even fired nine ice spikes. Lu Jin couldn't help but curse under his breath.

"call out!"

A single, extremely cold ice cone rapidly materialized and shot towards one of the nine incoming ice cones.

As for the remaining eight?

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

Hundreds of spatial illusions manifested, and Lu Jin dodged the eight extremely cold ice spikes that were attacking him.

The extreme cold world he created did not collapse, so the man in blue was unable to restrict his movements by affecting the surrounding space.

However, the extreme cold ice spikes fly at extremely high speeds, and if the number of spatial illusions is insufficient, it is truly impossible to dodge them.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The aura of the laws reverberated as the two 'extremely cold worlds' collided time and time again.

Each collision sent a jolt through Lu Jin's consciousness, as if he had been punched on the head.

Most importantly, he not only had to withstand the impact on his consciousness from the collision of the two extremely cold worlds, but also had to manifest numerous spatial illusions to dodge the nine extremely cold ice cones shot by the blue-clad man.

Even with a body at the peak of the ninth level of the universe, he was only wearing a third-level Force suit, which was standard equipment for universe-level challengers. If he were to be grazed or touched by an extremely cold ice spike, he would definitely be instantly killed.

It's no exaggeration to say that at this moment, Lu Jin was both enduring the blows aimed at his head and dancing on the edge of a knife.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

As the battle continued, under the constant mental shocks, Lu Jin's face turned pale.

However, Lu Jin was in grave danger, and the blue-clad man opposite him was also in bad shape, his face beneath the mask also pale.

In terms of sheer mental strength, he was far inferior to Lu Jin. When the two extremely cold worlds collided, he also had to withstand the impact on his consciousness.

If it weren't for the fact that his mastery of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon was a level higher than Lu Jin's, making his Extreme Cold World incredibly stable in comparison, he would have long since given up in this constant head-on clash.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

"boom!"

After manifesting numerous spatial illusions and dodging the nine extremely cold ice spikes that attacked, another violent collision occurred. Accompanied by cracking sounds, Lu Jin, whose face was now pale and bloodless, saw cracks appearing in his extremely cold world.

Seeing this, the blue-clad masked man, who was also nearing his limit, was overjoyed.

It wasn't easy! The fruits of victory are finally within our grasp!
But at that moment, Lu Jin, whose face was pale, narrowed his eyes and a cone of extreme cold condensed in front of him and shot out.

"call out!"

'Buzz~'

At the same time, the illusory bell within his sea of ​​consciousness trembled, and an invisible and intangible soul force instantly swept out, enveloping the blue-clad masked man.

In an instant, the blue-clad masked man's consciousness went haywire.

A faint blue-gold streak of light shot out at lightning speed, striking precisely the head of the blue-clad masked man whose consciousness was in a daze.

"Bam—"

The blue-masked man's head shattered, and then his entire body turned into ice crystal powder and dissipated.

Eighth level of the Nine Heavens Bridge, pass!

Lu Jin had been preparing for this final blow since the very beginning of the battle; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a meticulously planned fatal strike.

This leaves the blue-clad man with the impression that he only takes hits and never fights back. When the opponent's consciousness is nearing its limit, a surprise illusion is used. How could the blue-clad man not be affected at all?

The extreme cold ice spikes were incredibly fast; even if they only affected the man in blue for a fleeting moment, it was enough to be the final straw that broke the camel's back.

It can be said that in this battle, Lu Jin, with his hundredfold soul amplification, greatly made up for the gap between himself and the blue-clothed man in terms of law comprehension and the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon realm, and managed not to be easily defeated by his opponent.

But what ultimately secured the victory was the consciousness of a ninth-level Domain Lord at its peak, and the illusionary magic of the Soul-Suppressing Bell, a secret soul technique.

'I'm the one who laughs last!'

As the small meteorite floating above the Tongtian Bridge began to collapse and dissipate, Lu Jin, whose consciousness was somewhat hazy, directly exited the virtual universe.

The Sky Bridge plane, the central square of the island.

'Did you pass the eighth floor?'

The guard, Baffin, thought in shock.

Baffin witnessed Lu Jin's battle with the man in blue on the eighth floor of the Jiuyu Tongtian Bridge.

But Baffin never expected that someone could actually defeat their opponent despite a huge gap between their understanding of the laws and their mastery of secret techniques.

An incredibly high soul amplitude, compared to the superior consciousness of others at the same level. Today's young people are truly remarkable!
"There's no one at Jiuyu Tongtian Bridge now, who wants to go first?"

After the initial shock, Baffin turned to look at Luo Feng, Bolan, and the other 13 people beside him.

"Lord Guardian, may I ask which level Lu Jin has reached?"

Luo Feng asked Baffin.

It had been quite a while since he received the news that Lu Jin had crossed the sixth level of the Nine-Yu Sky Bridge.

They only left the Nine Heavens Bridge now. Could it be that Lu Jin has already passed the seventh level?

"Haha~"

Baffin smiled but didn't say anything.

Since a powerful figure has issued a blockade order, he naturally won't leak any information.

Raising an eyebrow, Luo Feng didn't ask any more questions and flew towards the Nine Heavens Bridge.

The next day, Lu Jin opened his eyes in his bedroom at his cultivation residence in Chaos City.

The battle on the eighth floor of the Nine Heavens Bridge was like an ordinary person working themselves to the bone for days on end; I was exhausted.

After exiting the virtual universe, Lu Jin immediately fell asleep and only woke up now.

"Fatty, how long have I been asleep?"

Lu Jin asked the fat man.

Fatty replied, "Master, you've been sleeping for over nine hours."

In addition, while you were resting, Luo Feng and Bo Lan both passed the third level, and Rong Jun also passed the first level.

The news of Lu Jin breaking through the overpass was blocked; the others were not included.

When Baffin sent the group message, he didn't forget to send a copy to Lu Jin as well.

'The third floor?'

Lu Jin raised an eyebrow and nodded to himself.

On the fourth level of the Nine Heavens Bridge, if the controller is chosen as the opponent, one can unleash the fourth level of the Nine Great Psychic Divine Weapons.

It's normal that Luo Feng and Bo Lan can't beat opponents at this level nowadays.

Leaving that aside, the Netherworld Blood Sea clone in the Great Luo Heaven shifted its focus, using the Kunlun Token scattered at the bottom of the lake outside Chaos City as a coordinate, continuously extending its perspective to remotely probe the Nine Universe Chaos Stele within the City Lord's Mansion, thus beginning its free-to-use journey.

This being obtained eight opportunities for enlightenment by passing through the eighth level of the Nine Heavens Bridge.

But Lu Jin wouldn't use it casually; he'd only go every few years to avoid being mistaken for a spendthrift.

Of course, the freebie journey that has begun right now only includes the Water Kirin clone, the Netherworld Blood Sea clone, and the 380 Blood God Child incarnations, not the main body.

Chaos City has three treasures: the manifested fundamental laws of the universe, the 52 Chaos Steles, and the Chaos True Spirit.

In the primordial universe, there were Chaos Beasts. Hunting Chaos Beasts could yield their life core: the Chaos True Spirit.

After absorbing the Chaos True Spirit, the soul will undergo some changes, increasing its affinity with the fundamental laws to a certain extent.

Although the increase in affinity with the fundamental laws is relatively limited, Lu Jin still has no intention of missing out.

"call--"

Outside Chaos City, a figure riding a Water Cloud Shuttle and wearing blue armor with cloud patterns swept across the vast wilderness.

“Master, you have already traveled 2000 kilometers away from Chaos City. Beyond this range, the Chaos Beasts that appear are at least at the level of a Domain Lord.”

Fatty reminded Lu Jin.

"Ok, I know."

Lu Jin nodded.

The Chaos Beasts in the initial universe were divided into three activity areas—inner, middle, and outer—by the super-strong beings of Chaos City, based on their different levels.

The inner region is within 2000 kilometers of the Chaos City walls, and only cosmic-level Chaos Beasts can appear in this area.

The middle layer, ranging from 2000 to 1 kilometers, is inhabited by domain lord-level Chaos Beasts.

The outer region, 1 kilometers away from Chaos City, is home to Chaos Beasts that are all at the Realm Lord level.

The human being possesses a hundred times the life genes and a hundred times the soul amplitude, which is ten thousand times that of a peak ninth-level spiritual master in the same universe.

With such strength, it would be somewhat inappropriate to kill a cosmic-level Chaos Beast in the inner region.

Moreover, absorbing the Chaos True Spirit at the Domain Lord level allows one to reach the maximum effectiveness of the Chaos True Spirit more quickly.

Suddenly, Lu Jin, who was searching for traces of the Chaos Beasts nearby, radiated out his mental energy and turned to look at the dense undergrowth in the distance to his side.

In the dense thicket of weeds, crouched a creature of extremely ugly appearance.

This ugly creature is over six meters long, has four eyes, is gray in color, and has large and small bumps all over its back. At first glance, it looks like an enlarged version of a toad on Earth.

When Lu Jin's mental energy swept over it, the Chaos Beast also sensed the arrival of this uninvited guest.

"Goo!"

With a screech, the Chaos Beast unleashed a powerful leap from its hind legs, hurtling towards Lu Jin in mid-air.

"Space shatters, solidifies!"

Lu Jin raised his hand and pointed, and a long burst of blue light shot out from the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon behind him.

A brilliant blue light burst forth, and countless blue threads burst forth and connected, instantly converging and solidifying into a six-foot-long, blue-gold, crystal-clear ice cone.

"call out!"

Blue-gold crystal ice spikes shot out, heading towards the leaping toad-like Chaos Beast.

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