Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 131 The Cone of the Frost Realm
Virtual universe, Tongtianqiao plane.

The ninth level of the Nine Heavens Bridge.

A voice came from the small meteorite floating in front: "Choose your opponent: martial artist, controller, illusionist. Defeat him to pass the ninth level."

"The Controller!"

Lu Jin said.

"Click——"

A rock split open from the meteorite and crashed down, transforming in mid-air into a blue-clad masked man riding a Water Cloud Shuttle and carrying the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon.

"A cosmic-level rookie? A miracle! Young man, defeat me and shine even brighter."

After glancing at Lu Jin, the blue-clad masked man said approvingly.

"as you wish."

Lu Jin nodded.

The next moment, Lu Jin's mind shifted, and the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon on his back burst forth with thousands of blue lights, triggering the fundamental laws of water and space in the universe. As the world changed color, an extremely cold world with snowflakes flying everywhere descended.

Immediately afterwards, the newly arrived frigid world shrank abruptly, eventually transforming into a cone tip radiating blue-gold light.

In the 30 years of Chaos City, besides the "Bloodstained Secret Manual" and the "Falling Snow Secret Manual" which analyze the mysteries of space and water, Lu Jin also devoted a lot of energy to the "Heavenly Frost Secret Manual".

Although the Heavenly Frost Secret Manual cannot accelerate cultivation by relying on the Blood God Child Incarnation, since the Blood God Child Incarnation has no soul and no mental power, it is impossible to cultivate at all.

However, the cultivation progress of this Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon's accompanying manual is almost directly linked to the level of understanding of the laws. As long as the understanding of the laws reaches the standard, cultivation is not difficult.

Therefore, following the first layer of 'Extreme Cold Ice Cone' when they first entered Chaos City, and the second layer of 'Ubiquitous' in the 6th year of Chaos.

Five years ago, Lu Jin mastered the third level of the sixth level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, the Extreme Cold World, 'Cold Realm Cone'.

At the same time, the blue-clad masked man on the opposite side also unleashed the 'Frost Realm Cone', praising, "Not bad, your operation is very skillful. Even if you can't win today, this level won't stump you for long."

Perhaps it was because Lu Jin displayed great talent that none of the opponents he encountered when he crossed the Sky Bridge were sarcastic or sharp-tongued.

Except for the very first few floors, his words were full of praise.

"No need for later, today, I will surely win!"

"call out!"

Lu Jin raised his hand and pointed, and the cone tip, radiating blue-gold light, shot out at lightning speed.

Two streaks of blue-gold light flashed past in the starry sky.

However, it is clear that the 'Frost Realm Cone' that Lu Jin fired was much faster than the 'Frost Realm Cone' fired by the blue-clothed masked man.

Having a soul amplitude a hundredfold brings more than just a difference in the strength of psychic attacks.

When using mental power to drive weapon attacks, the weapon's flight speed can also be faster, just not as much as the difference in strength.

Just like on Earth in the past, the throwing knives controlled by a general-level mentalist were not as fast as those controlled by a god-level or even a councilor-level mentalist.

"boom--"

"Kakaka-"

Two streaks of blue-gold light, one fast and one slow, collided, accompanied by a violent roar. Countless spatial rifts appeared, and one of the 'Frost Realm Cones' instantly collapsed.

Subsequently, Lu Jin's 'Cold Realm Cone' continued its momentum, carrying the power to suppress space, and landed directly on the head of the blue-clad masked man, whose surrounding space was like an invisible quagmire, making it impossible for him to dodge in time.

"Bam—"

A sound like a watermelon exploding on the ground rang out. The blue-clad masked man was pierced through the head by the 'Frost Realm Cone'. With a terrifying shockwave, the blue-clad man's entire body was shattered into dust and dissipated into the air.

The next moment, the small meteorite suspended in mid-air collapsed, and the path to the tenth level of the Nine Heavens Bridge was unobstructed.

"Master, Fatty has received another 25.6 reward points."

Fatty's voice echoed in Lu Jin's mind.

The first level of the Skybridge awards 100 points, the second level awards 200 points, and each level awards double the points of the previous level. Passing through the ninth level of the Skybridge will naturally award 25600 points.

In addition to the 30-year 'newbie period' tenfold points reward mechanism in Chaos City, he has now earned 25.6 points by passing through the ninth level of the Nine Heavens Bridge.

Virtual Universe Company's points are still quite valuable.

If measured by the actual value of low-level items in the treasure vault, the value of 1 point is much less than that of 1 Hunyuan unit.

Anyone with a modicum of common sense knows that using points to buy low-level items is simply not worthwhile.

Because if measured by the value of high-level items in the treasure vault in the outside world, the purchasing power of 1 point is higher than that of 1 Hunyuan unit, or even much higher.

'The level of understanding of the laws corresponding to the tenth level is trashy immortality.'

Riding the Water Cloud Shuttle towards the end of the tenth level of the Nine Heavens Bridge, Lu Jin secretly calculated his chances of winning.

Passing the tenth level is quite difficult, and the opponent's understanding of the laws can correspond to the most ordinary immortal.

Fortunately, the Nine-Dimensional Sky Bridge mainly tests one's mastery of spatial laws.

If Lu Jin, the controller who uses the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, were to attempt this, then the controller opponent derived from the tenth level of the Heavenly Bridge would have his understanding of the Law of Water severely diminished by his understanding of the Law of Space.

They are far from fully grasping the fundamental laws of water, and haven't even reached the level of acknowledging the fundamental laws of water.

Otherwise, if it were a cosmic-level controller who had mastered the Law of Water, even if his level of spatial law was terrible, Lu Jin would definitely be doomed.

Even so, one thing is certain.

That is the opponent who controls the tenth floor, and can use the seventh level of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon - Frost Descends.

Compared to his opponents on the tenth floor, his disadvantage lies in the fact that his divine weapon realm is a level lower, and his understanding of the laws is also a level lower.

But he is not without advantages.

By taking the path of analyzing the mysteries of the fundamental laws, his secret attacks will be more powerful due to a deeper understanding of the nature of the laws.

Moreover, his opponent's level was fixed at the peak of the ninth level of the universe, his consciousness strength was a whole realm higher than the opponent's, and he also had a hundred times the soul amplitude.

All things considered, although the chances of winning are not very high, it is not impossible.
Before long, Lu Jin arrived at the end of the tenth level of the Nine Heavens Bridge.

The environment on the 7th to 9th levels of the Skybridge is in the starry sky, but on the 10th level, the wide Skybridge extends directly to the vicinity of the planet's core.

Flames filled the field of vision, and in the distance, a white-incandescent star core vibrated, emanating a voice: "Choose your opponent: Warrior, Controller, Illusionist. Choose one and defeat him to pass the tenth level."

After a moment's thought, Lu Jin said, "A martial artist!"

There's no guarantee of victory on this level, and after missing the last few days of the Chaos City period, there will be no more tenfold points rewards for crossing the Sky Bridge.

51200 points versus 512,000 points, that's a difference of 460,000 points! It's enough for Lu Jin to abandon all martial ethics for this.

"Rumble--"

The incandescent star core trembled, and beams of light shot out from it, converging in mid-air.

In the blink of an eye, the many rays of light transformed into a yellow-clad masked man wielding the Ice Soul Sword.

The man in the yellow mask said in a deep voice, "Having guarded this pass for billions of years, you are the first cosmic-level newcomer I have ever seen."

There are many geniuses among the five major human forces, and there are always a few cosmic-level geniuses who can reach the tenth level of the Bridge to Heaven.

After all, one needs to gain insight through the 12th level of the Tongtian Bridge to even have the resources to venture into the primordial Tongtian Mountain, which is of cosmic scale.

Furthermore, the Nine Universe Chaos Stele is not some obscure Chaos Stele; the yellow-robed warrior had previously encountered cosmic-level geniuses who were able to venture here.

But those were all cosmic-level 'veterans,' not newcomers like Lu Jin who were still in Chaos City.

"Thanks for the compliment."

Lu Jin nodded and said, based on the idea of ​​"striking first is better than striking later", the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon on his back shot out thousands of blue lights.

In an instant, the fundamental laws of water and space were activated, causing the world to change color, and an extremely cold world with snowflakes flying everywhere descended.

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

Immediately afterwards, dense ice cones condensed from the edge of the frigid world, transforming into a dense stream of blue-gold light that shot towards the yellow-clad masked man.

This time, Lu Jin didn't use the 'Cold Realm Cone', but instead chose the second layer's 'Ubiquity'.

Before immortality, aside from those involving the fundamental laws of earth, almost all the opponents and challengers derived from the Bridge to Heaven could be considered glass cannons.

For example, Lu Jin's "Cold Realm Cone" from the third level of the sixth tier of the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon is very powerful.

But in terms of defense, if a foot-long ice spike formed from the second level of 'Sky-Piercing Strike' were to pierce his forehead, the only outcome would be a headshot and death.

This isn't because everyone in the Devouring Stars world is fragile, but rather due to the combat mechanics of the virtual universe.

The geniuses who cross the Heavenly Bridge cannot wear armor exceeding the corresponding level. Apart from the factor of defensive secret techniques, their defense is not much stronger than that of ordinary cultivators of the same level outside.

However, in terms of attack, the offensive power that geniuses can unleash is far beyond what ordinary cultivators of the same level can match.

This resulted in Tongtianqiao's opponents and Lu Jin and others having high attack but low defense, making them like glass cannons.

Since the opponent is a glass cannon, and one solid hit will kill you, compared to single-target attacks like 'Frost Cone' which deal completely excessive damage, 'Omnipresent' is the most suitable area-of-effect attack that appears and disappears unpredictably.

"Young people have no martial ethics!"

The man in the yellow mask grumbled, then unleashed his water domain, infused with his understanding of spatial laws, and transformed into a stream of light as he rushed toward Lu Jin.

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

Dense, extremely cold ice spikes streaked through the air, piercing into the water domain emanating from the yellow-clad masked man.

Instantly, the extremely fast-moving ice spikes seemed to be burdened with heavy pressure, and their speed plummeted.

Moreover, once inside the water domain, the closer one gets to the yellow-clad masked man, the slower the speed of the extreme cold ice spikes becomes.

"Poof!" "Poof!"

The next moment, a dense array of spatial illusions appeared. The yellow-clad man dodged numerous extremely cold ice spikes, wielded his sword to destroy two extremely cold ice spikes that shot straight at him, and continued to charge towards Lu Jin.

Seeing this, Lu Jin's mind raced, and another wave of extremely cold ice spikes burst forth.

"it's useless!"

Faced with the numerous extremely cold ice spikes that shot out again, the yellow-clad masked man used the same trick as before, either dodging or slashing them, perfectly neutralizing Lu Jin's second wave of attacks.

After neutralizing Lu Jin's second wave of attacks, the yellow-clad man who had opened up the water domain rushed into the extreme cold world that Lu Jin had created.

With a stronger understanding of the laws than Lu Jin, and having integrated his own understanding of the spatial laws into the water domain, the man in yellow was not afraid that after entering the extreme cold world, extremely cold ice cones would suddenly appear around him.

With Lu Jin's level of spatial comprehension, he could at most condense extremely cold ice cones outside of his own domain.

With the protection of a water domain that has extremely strong delaying power, he has plenty of time to dodge or attack when the extremely cold ice spikes strike.

'We've been waiting for you to come in!'

Lu Jin thought to himself, and in the blink of an eye, extremely cold ice spikes appeared in all directions outside the yellow-clad masked man's water domain, then shot out towards the yellow-clad man in the center. "I told you, it's useless!"

The man in yellow was rather disdainful of the old tricks.

"It worked this time!"

Lu Jin said with absolute certainty.

"Huh? What?!"

A smile appeared on the man in yellow's lips, but the next moment, the smile turned into surprise.

The extremely cold ice spikes that came from all directions were much faster than the previous two waves.

Compared to the previous two attacks, this time Lu Jin used a hundred times the soul amplitude.

In an instant, dense clusters of extremely cold ice spikes pierced through the water domain, which had a strong slowing effect, and approached the man in yellow.

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

Without the slightest hesitation, the man in yellow turned around, and numerous spatial illusions manifested.

However, due to the sheer number of extremely cold ice cones, the range available for maneuvering was limited, and the man in yellow could not dodge using only spatial illusion.

He turned to his limit, facing two extremely cold ice spikes that were coming from both sides, leaving him no room to dodge.

"cut!"

The man in yellow shouted and slashed at the extremely cold ice spikes shooting towards him with his Ice Soul Sword, intending to destroy them before turning around to meet the extremely cold ice spikes attacking from behind.

"clang!"

The icy ice cone clashed with the icy blue divine sword. In the violent collision, although the icy ice cone was destroyed by the Ice Soul Sword, the man in yellow felt a terrifying force transmitted from the divine sword in his hand, and then through his right arm holding the sword to his whole body.

Instantly, the man in yellow's right hand split open, his whole body trembled, and all the surrounding spatial illusions vanished into nothingness, causing him to stagger backward.

The next moment, the extremely cold ice spike that came from behind pierced straight through the back of the head of the yellow-clad masked man who had failed to steady himself and had no time to make an effective response.

"Bam—"

With a crisp sound, the head of the yellow-clad masked man exploded, and then his body vanished into nothingness.

Under Lu Jin's unethical tactics of "picking on the weak," "striking first," "feigning weakness," and "attacking by surprise," Lu Jin employed flexible strategies.

Pass the tenth level of the Nine Heavens Bridge!

At the same time, Baffin, the guardian of the Tongtian Bridge plane, and a few virtual universe companies with four-star or higher authority who were paying attention to Lu Jin, all knew or received the news that Lu Jin had passed the tenth level of the Nine Universe Tongtian Bridge.

Seven days later.

On the rooftop of their residence in Chaos City, Lu Jin and Luo Feng were enjoying a leisurely drink and some barbecue skewers.

"ready to go!"

Suddenly, a voice echoed in their minds.

"The fish are here."

Luo Feng pointed to the sky behind Lu Jin.

Turning his head, Lu Jin saw a large, dark blue fish that had appeared in the distant sky at some unknown time.

After quickly finishing his skewers and downing his good wine, Lu Jin patted Luo Feng on the shoulder and said, "It's time to leave Chaos City. Let's go."

Don't think I don't know you used my clothes as paper towels!

Luo Feng complained.

"Haha~, we're all good brothers, don't mind it."

Lu Jin waved his hand, put the barbecue grill and some miscellaneous trash into his world ring, and flew towards the giant fish spaceship.

One after another, figures flew up from within Chaos City and entered through the belly hatch of the giant fish spaceship.

Before long, all 765 of the 1000 geniuses from this cohort who were still alive had gathered in the rest area of ​​the Big Fish spaceship.

Compared to the same period in the original work, perhaps the geniuses witnessed a greater gap, and they all became more stubborn, resulting in more geniuses dying at the hands of the Chaos Beasts.

"Brother, can I ask you something?"

Upon seeing Lu Jin, Uka stepped forward and asked in a low voice.

"what's up?"

Lu Jin asked.

"Hehe~, you passed the sixth level of the Bridge to Heaven as soon as you arrived in Chaos City, what level are you on now?"

Uka asked with a curious look.

As soon as he finished speaking, all the geniuses in the spaceship's main hall turned their attention to Lu Jin.

It wasn't just Uka who was curious; they were all extremely curious as well.

Lu Jin glanced at everyone, smiled, patted Uka on the shoulder, and said, "Children shouldn't pry into adult matters, lest you feel inferior."

Uka: "."

Everyone: "."

Damn! Not only is he strong, but he's also such a show-off!

Just then, a chilling aura emanated from the spaceship's main hall, and the Nine Swords Venerable, dressed in a blue battle robe, walked in.

Immediately, everyone's gaze turned to the Nine Swords Venerable.

After scanning the crowd, the Nine Swords Venerable said in a deep voice, "765 people, and in just 30 years in Chaos City, 235 of them have died."

In terms of mortality rate alone, your class is among the worst.

Going back 10,000 sessions, there has never been a session where the number of participants dropped below 800 during this period.

However, in terms of academic performance, you are an exceptionally outstanding class, especially Lu Jin, Luo Feng, and Bo Lan; you are all very good.

As he spoke, the Nine Swords Venerable looked at Lu Jin and the other two with eyes full of approval.

Although the three are destined not to become his subordinates in the future, as a member of the Virtual Universe Company, and a mid-to-high-level member at the Venerable level, Venerable Nine Swords is still happy to see more super geniuses emerge.

Lu Jin's publicly acknowledged achievement was passing the sixth level of the Sky Bridge.

The many geniuses present guessed that Lu Jin had probably passed the seventh or eighth level, but no one told them.

After all, he passed the sixth level when he first arrived in Chaos City, so there's no reason why he wouldn't be able to pass the first level after 30 years.

However, the Nine Swords Venerable, who had viewing privileges, knew that Lu Jin had actually already passed the tenth level of the Bridge to Heaven.

Luo Feng and Bo Lan, although their final scores were only at the sixth level.

However, the Nine Swords Venerable, who had seen the video of the two fighting on the Tongtian Bridge, knew that the two were not far from passing the seventh level of the Tongtian Bridge.

On the contrary, Rong Jun, who was also favored by the Venerable One, was another.

Although Lu was progressing steadily, he was undoubtedly much less impressive compared to the dazzling performance of Lu Jin and his two companions.

Is walking steadily the best approach?

Pshaw, how do you know it's a rapid advancement? Why can't it just go straight to the level of a cosmic master?
Outside, the cosmic passage connecting to the primordial universe opened, and the giant fish spaceship flicked its tail fin, passing through the passage where the flow of time was disordered, and leaving the initial universe.

Inside the spaceship's main hall, the Nine Swords Venerable said, "Now that we have left the initial universe, it means that your safest training phase in Chaos City has officially ended!"
Next, the company will divide you into four teams and send you to the Primordial Secret Realm, the Primordial Secret Realm, the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, and the Doomsday Secret Realm respectively.

The later stages will not be as peaceful as they were in Chaos City. Good luck to you.

I hope that when I see you again, half of you will still be alive.

Half the population is alive? Hope?
Everyone present felt a sudden tightness in their chests, and a sense of urgency arose spontaneously.

‘Boom——’

Soon, the giant fish spaceship began to decelerate, and came to a stop a moment later, with the hatch opening.

Lu Jin and the others filed out and returned to the headquarters hall where they had lived before entering the initial universe.

The following day, at the front desk of a conference hall.

A woman in silver robes pointed to the three spaceships landing outside the transparent glass window and said, "The three members of the Primal Zone, you will head to the Primal Secret Realm. Stay here for now and wait for the Venerable One to depart together."

Members of the Primordial Zone, you are aboard that meteorite-like spaceship.

Members of the Sky Region, please board the second purplish-red spaceship next to you.

Members of the Apocalypse Zone, you are aboard the largest of the three spaceships, a jet-black one.

Now, you may depart.

'Wow--'

Apart from Lu Jin and his two companions, the remaining 762 people got up to say goodbye to each other and then walked out along the exit.

Several hours later, the Nine Swords Venerable arrived and led Lu Jin and the other two onto the giant fish airship, heading towards the Primordial Secret Realm.

Among the four secret realms—Primordial, Beginning, Heaven and Earth, and End Times—Primordial is the closest to the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company, located within the same universe nation, at a distance of approximately 5500 million light-years.

The Nine Swords Venerable's giant fish spaceship was quite fast, and it entered the Primordial Secret Realm in less than a month.

After the giant fish spaceship returned to the original universe, it continued flying for another half a day before finally arriving at the place where the geniuses of the original secret realm lived.

"Lu Jin, Luo Feng, Bo Lan, the place ahead is where the 116 geniuses of the Primal Secret Realm live."

These 136 stars were built by my Virtual Universe Company with immense effort; they form their own spacetime and are extremely secure.

Through the simulated exterior view inside the spaceship, the burly lion-headed man 'Golden Lion King,' who was assigned by the Nine Swords Venerable to act as the guide and whose body was covered in golden fur, pointed to 136 stars in the distant void and spoke to Lu Jin and the other two.

Those 136 enormous stars were constantly revolving in the void, their trajectories incredibly mysterious, faintly radiating fluctuations of the laws of time and space.

"A self-contained spacetime?"

Luo Feng couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice.

The Golden Lion King nodded: "That's right, it is a self-contained space-time. It's no exaggeration to say that even if a group of super strong people at the level of universe rulers came, they would not be able to forcibly break into this space-time."

Before long, the giant fish spaceship flew into this space-time.

Through the outdoor simulation, Lu Jin saw that the 136 planets that he originally saw in the outside world were actually just moving at the edge of this spacetime.

At the heart of this space-time continuum lies an incomparably dazzling continent.

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