Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 143 Why should I follow the rules?

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

The next moment, the minotaur warrior, the ape-man controller, and the snake-woman illusionist were resurrected.

"Congratulations, Your Highness Lu Jin, on conquering the Primal Tongtian Mountain, a cosmic-level obstacle."

After being resurrected, the three gatekeepers congratulated Lu Jin in unison.

'The so-called mountain view is really no different.'

Standing atop the primordial, universe-level Tongtian Mountain, overlooking the endless, desolate land below, Lu Jin thought to himself.

Well, we can't be arrogant. 'Cricket' is just a small step on the path of cultivation, nothing special.

It must be said that Luo Feng had a great influence on Lu Jin.

It's not that Luo Feng can help him much, but with Luo Feng around, no matter how much he achieves, Lu Jin's ego won't swell.

Compared to the supreme being of the entire worldview—the Lord of Hunyuan—all other achievements seem insignificant.

Just as Lu Jin stood atop the mountain, once again using the future Luo Feng to remind himself of his own shortcomings, many high-ranking executives within the Virtual Universe Company who were keeping a close eye on him received news that he had successfully navigated the cosmic-level Primal Tongtian Mountain.

Inside the Heavenly Frost Temple in the Heavenly Frost Universe Kingdom.

"Oh? You've passed through the cosmic-level Primordial Tongtian Mountain?"

Upon receiving the notification from the intelligent life form, the Heavenly Frost King on his throne opened his eyes, a hint of surprise flashing in them.

Although he knew that his disciple was very talented, it was indeed beyond his expectations that he could clear the Primal Tongtian Mountain, a universe-level mountain, after only a few years away from Chaos City.

'I wonder how many Blood Crystals this kid fused with?'

Recalling Lu Jin's two years in the Blood Luo World, the Heavenly Frost King thought to himself.

The sudden and drastic increase in his cultivation speed, which seemed completely erratic, could only be attributed to the 'Blood Luo Power' formed after fusing with the Blood Luo Crystal.

After all, Lu Jin's movements after leaving Chaos City are certain, so he shouldn't have had any other special opportunities.

In the virtual universe, on Thunder Island, inside a magnificent temple nestled on the mountainside.

"Sigh, what a pity. Of all things to use, they had to choose the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, and it even came from the Heavenly Frost Universe Kingdom."

Upon receiving the message, the Nine Swords Venerable shook his head with a regretful sigh.

If Lu Jin hadn't used the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon, nor had it come from the Heavenly Frost Universe Kingdom, the Nine Swords Venerable believed that this young man would likely become his disciple.

After all, having passed the seventh trial tower and not been reserved by other universe venerables, he would definitely take on disciples as soon as possible.

With a sense of regret, he thought of Luo Feng, who was in the same year as Lu Jin, and the Nine Swords Venerable's expression darkened again.

Damn it! Even though I've lived for hundreds of thousands of epochs, I'm still young!
It's all the fault of those predecessors who hosted the Genius Battle in the past, who set a bad example for him. They were all too 'reserved'.

As a newly promoted Venerable, he learned from and followed the methods of his seniors when he hosted the Genius Battle for the first time.

However, to the Nine Swords Venerable's utter surprise, the old man's composure was merely feigned. The reason he appeared so aloof was simply because he had never encountered an outstanding genius.

Unfortunately, he realized it a little too late.

Although there were several geniuses in this cohort who had the potential to become Cosmic Masters, none of them ended up in his hands.

If time could be turned back, at the beginning of the finals, besides Lu Jin who was already pre-selected, he would definitely have taken on Luo Feng, Bo Lan, and Rong Jun as his disciples.

As a venerable master, if he were to ask to take on disciples, these three little ones would certainly not refuse.

Once the master-disciple relationship is established, apart from the great figures within the company, who can steal their own disciple away?

'Ten thousand years from now, I absolutely cannot hold back anymore!'

He had already made up his mind to apply to continue presiding over the next Genius Battle of Nine Swords Venerable, he thought to himself.

The Genius Battle, hosted by the Virtual Universe Company, is held every ten thousand years, and each session is presided over by a Universe Venerable.

The entire human race has only about six thousand Universe Venerables, and less than two thousand of them belong to the Virtual Universe Company.

If a respected figure within the company were to volunteer to host the Genius Battle, Virtual Universe Company would not refuse.

Moreover, as a newly promoted Venerable with insufficient resources, he has the advantage of priority in applying.

Even if other Venerable Ones were willing to preside over the Genius Battle, they would be too embarrassed to compete with him.

three days later.

The world of Purgatory Abyss, the central area of ​​the second layer of Purgatory Abyss.

Tens of millions of kilometers away from the Abyss Battlefield, an evil dragon wreathed in blackish-purple flames slowly slowed down and finally hovered in mid-air.

The hatch opened, and Lu Jin, dressed in a blue-gold battle armor with cloud patterns formed from the Moyun Vine, carrying the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon on his back and riding the Water Cloud Shuttle, flew out of the spaceship. He then put away the Shenzhou spaceship, which was disguised as an evil dragon.

"Whoosh!"

The next moment, Lu Jin transformed into a streak of light and flew towards the abyss battlefield ahead.

More than an hour later, the Abyss Battlefield came into view.

A black curtain of light, stretching straight to the sky and seemingly endless, rose from the abyss-like land ahead.

Lu Jin learned from the soul servant Odok that the entire Abyss Battlefield was shrouded in a huge black light curtain.

At the edge of the black light curtain, numerous abyssal war cities are scattered.

Each Abyss War City has three spatial passages leading to the Abyss Battlefield, corresponding to the Great Demon-level Abyss Battlefield, the Demon Viscount-level Abyss Battlefield, and the Demon Earl-level Abyss Battlefield, respectively.

Perhaps due to the involvement of a Space Venerable in its construction, after entering the Abyss Battlefield passage, you will appear at a random location within the Abyss Battlefield of that level.

It might appear in front of the enemy, in a harsh environment, or in a safe place.

Leaving the Abyss Battlefield is even simpler; just pass through the black light curtain located at the edge of the Abyss Battlefield.

The black light curtain that covers the entire abyss battlefield has one-way passage; those outside cannot enter, but those inside can exit.

However, certain prerequisites are required to exit the Abyss Battlefield.

That is to obtain the Abyss Blessing Mark, even the lowest level Black Iron Abyss Blessing Mark will do.

Generally speaking, to obtain a Black Iron-level Abyss Blessing Mark, one would need to kill a thousand Abyss Demons of the same level as oneself, such as a peak ninth-level universe demon killing a peak ninth-level demon viscount.

This results in an extremely high casualty rate for demons entering the Abyss battlefield.

It's no exaggeration to say that the Abyss Battlefield is the biggest demon meat grinder in the purgatory abyss world.

Moreover, each level of the Abyss Gift Mark requires accumulating ten times the killing intent of the previous level of mark.

In other words, if you only kill Abyss Demons of the same level, you would need to kill a million of them to obtain a Gold-level Abyss Grace Mark.

If you kill an Abyss Demon that is a whole major level higher than yourself, you can accumulate a special killing aura equivalent to killing a thousand Abyss Demons of the same level.

For example, if Lu Jin's true life level is at the peak of the ninth level of the universe, he only needs to kill a thousand abyssal demons at the peak of the ninth level of the domain lord to obtain a gold-level abyssal blessing mark.

Fortunately, there's a bonus for challenging opponents of higher levels, and the bonus multiplier is quite considerable; otherwise, this cultivation task simply wouldn't be completed in a short time.

Lu Jin thought to himself, "This is what I'm complaining about."

With my own strength, there's not much difference between a peak ninth-level Domain Lord and a peak ninth-level Universe Lord, but the difference becomes significant when the number of kills is reduced by a thousandfold.

However, for other cosmic-level geniuses, the cultivation missions in the Purgatory Abyss World are indeed extremely difficult, which is why it is ranked as the most difficult mission in the list of extreme missions.

Possessing perfect genes and a hundredfold amplification, aside from the factor of understanding the laws, his foundation is at the first or second level of a Realm Lord, easily crushing ordinary Domain Lords at the peak of the ninth level.

But other geniuses wouldn't have such abundant resources.

Moreover, as peak ninth-order beings in the universe, they cannot accumulate special killing aura by killing abyssal demons whose level has not reached the peak of the ninth-order of the universe. They can only accumulate it by killing those who have reached the peak of the ninth-order.

In other words, the Abyss Battlefield for Viscounts is not actually very suitable for them.

After all, there are only a few monsters that can reach the dungeon level cap.

If it were replaced with an Earl-level Abyss Battlefield, it would truly become 'Desperate Level'.

Even if one has only just entered the first level of the Domain Lord realm, due to the life leap, their overall strength is still dozens of times that of a peak ninth-level Universe Realm ...

Even if it were Luo Feng or Bo Lan, who were at the peak of the ninth level of the universe, they still wouldn't be able to defeat a demon count who was at the ninth level of the domain lord.

After flying along the black curtain of light that blotted out the sky for a long time, an abyssal war city built of an unknown black metal appeared in Lu Jin's sight.

This abyss war city is not large, covering an area of ​​only a few dozen kilometers in circumference. It is shaped like an inverted half-bowl, with a closed top and only a city gate entrance at the front.

The city gate entrance is quite large, about 600 meters high and more than 500 meters wide.

In front of the city gate stands a giant stone tablet a thousand meters high, with a line of blood-red characters inscribed on it in the language of the abyss demons.

—Abyss War City: Killing is forbidden; violators will be executed!

After scanning the surroundings, Lu Jin landed on the Abyss War City ahead.

At this moment, at the city gate, there were quite a few demons like Lu Jin, preparing to enter the Abyss Battlefield, and Abyss demons of various races continued to arrive.

They have sheep's heads, cow's heads, tiger's heads, and are covered in scales, each with a different posture.

As an outsider, Lu Jin's arrival immediately sparked discussion among the demons.

"Outsiders?"

"Have more outsiders arrived?"

"The law-based runes on this outsider's weapon are incredibly complex; it looks like it's worth a lot of magic crystals (cosmic crystals)."

"Tired of demon flesh? It should taste pretty good to eat outsiders, right?"

"Hehehe~, this outsider has such delicate skin, I wonder how it compares to the succubus?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin frowned and turned to look at the abyss demon who was comparing him to a succubus.

This is a Black Scale Triangle Demon, a seventh-level Domain Lord, wearing black armor, with three jet-black horns on its forehead, four protruding fangs, and its face covered with black scales.

Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Jin's mind raced, and a crystalline vine, as thick as a thumb, shot out from his cloud-patterned blue-gold armor.

If a demon said it wanted to eat him, Lu Jin wouldn't pay any attention, because he knew the other party didn't have the power to do so.

But when a demon compared him to a succubus and tried to force him to do something against his will, Lu Jin found it disgusting and absolutely could not tolerate it.

In an instant, the crystalline vines shot out and struck the chest of the seventh-level domain lord black-scaled triangular demon not far away.

"puff--"

Like popping a soap bubble, the black-scaled triangular demon vanished into nothingness under the terrifying power of the Moyun Vine. Then, the crystalline vines contracted, making it seem as if nothing had happened.

Killing is forbidden; violators will be executed.

Lu Jin, whose original core had already been transferred to his Netherworld Blood Sea clone, showed no fear whatsoever. "Come and get me if you dare!"

Let's see if you can defeat the strongest Cloud Vine with ten times the gene count, and the strongest Star-Eating Grass with ten times the gene count.

Lu Jin refused to believe that a small Abyss War City could have a Universe Venerable in charge.

"hiss--"

The next moment, the abyssal demons who witnessed everything gasped in shock.

He quickly moved away from Lu Jin to avoid getting splattered with blood later.

Is this outsider simply ignorant and fearless, or is he overconfident and emboldened? How dare he kill a demon in the Abyss War City?
“Outsider, you have violated the rules of War City.”

Just then, a Demon Duke of the Realm Lord level appeared and spoke to Lu Jin in a deep voice.

In other words, Lu Jin's methods in killing the Black Scale Triangle Demon were extraordinary; even he himself probably couldn't withstand it. This Demon Duke was somewhat unsure of what to do, otherwise he would have directly suppressed Lu Jin.

The Abyss War City naturally has its own defense forces.

These guard forces were composed of eleven demon dukes, one hundred ninth-tier abyss counts, and ten thousand ninth-tier demon viscounts drawn from the demon kingdom where the war city was located.

Lu Jin glanced at the demon duke, pointed to the war city ahead, and asked, "Excuse me, is there a demon god presiding over this war city?"

"No."

The Demon Duke shook his head.

Just kidding, the Abyss Demon God is someone who created a demon kingdom, how could he possibly come to sit in the Abyss War City, which at most only demon counts can enter?

The strongest being in charge of this abyssal battlefield is merely a demon duke commander who has gained the recognition of the fundamental laws.

"Without a demon god in charge, why should I follow the rules?"

Lu Jin said it as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

It was only to keep a low profile; otherwise, Lu Jin would have changed 'Demon God' to 'Demon Lord'.

Demon Duke: "."

Did we run into a rich kid?

After a moment's thought, the demon duke said, "Outsider, given that you committed the killings outside the city, I'm warning you this time, and this is not to be repeated."

Unable to determine whether the outsider before him was bluffing or truly confident, the Demon Duke chose to follow his instincts.

After all, he can't afford to gamble, and there's no benefit to winning.

If he loses the bet, he'll lose his life.

Moreover, Lu Jin is an outsider, and an outsider who can appear in the Abyss of Purgatory is very likely to have an extraordinary identity.

He had only lived a quarter of his life, but he didn't want to die yet.

"I see."

Lu Jin nodded.

Seeing that Lu Jin had accepted the offer he had made, the Demon Duke secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Turning around, they saw a large group of onlookers gathered at the entrance of the Battle City, seriously obstructing passage through the Battle City.

The demon duke's face darkened, and he roared at the demons, "What are you ants still looking at? Either line up and enter the War City immediately, or get out of here! Those who obstruct the passage of the War City will die!"

In other words, he must abide by the rule that no killing is allowed in the War City; otherwise, he will definitely kill the demons to silence them if they see him lose face.

It can only be said that being a gossipmonger is in the nature of all intelligent life, even the demons of the abyss are no exception.

Instantly, the onlookers scattered, and order was restored at the entrance of the battle city.

Lu Jin didn't cause any more trouble and entered the battle city in a queue.

Passing through the spacious city gate passage, what appeared before Lu Jin was a semi-circular hall with a diameter of tens of kilometers, paved with black bricks.

Along the curved edge of the semicircular hall are numerous shops run by abyssal demons.

The shops are diverse, selling weapons and equipment, metal ores, various potions, and even demon corpses.

The entire Battle City Hall could easily be described as a logistics department supply station.

Of course, Lu Jin felt that the Battle City Hall was more of a place to sell stolen goods than a supply station.

There is no order in the Abyss Battlefield; all demons are enemies.

After defeating enemies, you'll always get some loot, which makes it easy to deal with.

In the straight area in front of the main hall of the battle city, there are three elliptical spatial passages with a diameter of over a thousand meters, shimmering with black light, distributed at equal intervals.

On the walls above the three oval-shaped spatial passages, three large, blood-red characters are carved respectively: Great Demon, Viscount, and Earl.

These three spatial passages are the gateways to the three levels of the Abyss Battlefield.

After scanning the area, Lu Jin strode towards the Earl-level Abyss Battlefield passage.

The passage to the Abyss Battlefield does not require a special demon guard.

The Abyss Battlefield passage can automatically identify the health level of those entering, allowing only those of the same or higher health level to enter.

Their life level exceeds the stellar level, making it impossible to enter the Great Demon level abyss battlefield passage.

If one's life level surpasses the cosmic level, one cannot enter the abyss battlefield passages of the Great Demon level and Viscount level.

Similarly, if one's life level surpasses that of a domain lord, one cannot enter any level of the abyss battlefield passage.

There are outsiders.

"Hiss~, this outsider seems to be only a viscount level, right? He's actually going to the earl-level abyss battlefield?"

"Rumor has it that all the outsiders seem to possess powerful demonic weapons, and some even have demon god weapons (immortal divine weapons)!"

"Tsk tsk~, I wonder if the demon counts on the battlefield are a blessing or a curse."

"That's definitely a blessing! Even the most powerful viscount can't possibly be stronger than a ninth-rank earl, can he?"

"Exactly! If this outsider enters the Viscount's Battlefield, I have no doubt that he can obtain a high-level Abyss Blessing Mark."

But on the battlefield of the Earl, they're practically walking high-level demonic soldiers, even demon god soldiers!

Under the watchful eyes of the abyss demons, Lu Jin walked straight toward the passage that shimmered with black light.

"Ok?"

Upon first contact with the black light, Lu Jin felt a repulsive force emanating from the spatial passage, preventing him from entering.

"what's the situation?"

Lu Jin was stunned.

They won't let me in?

The next moment, a voice entered Lu Jin's ears: 'Outsider, life forms exceeding the Earl level are prohibited from entering the Earl-level Abyss Battlefield. First, confirm whether there are any life forms exceeding the Earl level within your World Ring.'

Lu Jin: "."

Indeed, if plant life forms exceeding the required level could be brought into the Abyss Battlefield, then the cultivation tasks in the Purgatory Abyss World wouldn't be so difficult to complete.

After all, for the core geniuses of the Virtual Universe Company, it wouldn't be difficult to cultivate ordinary world-lord level plant life forms.

"Thank you for letting me know!"

Realizing the sound was coming from the top of the hall, Lu Jin bowed upwards in thanks.

Then, the armor formed from the Moyun Vine on his body twisted and turned into a three-foot-tall crystal vine, which Lu Jin, who had changed back into the Water Cloud Armor, put into his world ring.

The next moment, the Blood Sea Split in the Great Luo Heaven shifted its mind and consciousness, communicating with the Kunlun Mirror to send the Moyun Vine, Star-Eating Grass, and Shenzhou spaceship from the World Ring back to the Great Luo Heaven.

This time, the spatial passage of the Earl-level Abyss Battlefield no longer restricted Lu Jin's entry, and Lu Jin's figure disappeared directly in the Battle City Hall.

"A demon god is protecting them?!"

On the upper floor of the Abyss War City's main hall, a scaly demon duke with a flame mark between his eyebrows couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

When Lu Jin removed the Moyun Armor and the Moyun Vine revealed its true form, which was suppressed in size, the demon duke, who had gained the recognition of the Fire Origin Law, noticed something amiss.

Great Demon Lord, how can a mere viscount-level outsider be protected by a powerful demon god?
Thank goodness there was no conflict beforehand, otherwise I would have been in deep trouble today!

However, to be honest, there are demon gods that grow into small grasses outside the Abyss of Purgatory?
Eye-opening!

As for why this outsider, who was carrying a world ring containing the power of a demon god, was able to enter the Abyss Battlefield, why?
It must have been that little grass demon that returned to the divine kingdom through the divine kingdom teleportation within the world ring.

Upon entering the Abyss Battlefield passage, Lu Jin felt a spatial force empower him, and then his vision spun around as the space shifted.

When Lu Jin regained consciousness, he found himself on a dimly lit ground.

"Hmm? The perception suppression is that severe?"

Suddenly, Lu Jin frowned.

Due to the unique environment of the Abyss Battlefield, even with his own strength, his perception range was only about 100,000 kilometers in radius.

It should be noted that the burst speed of an ordinary human Domain Lord at the peak of the ninth rank can reach tens of thousands of kilometers per second.

Moreover, his limited perception range severely impacts his hunting speed.

After a moment's thought, Lu Jin had an idea.

With a thought, Lu Jin saw an E9-class spaceship, about 600 meters long and shaped like a sword, appear above his head.

This E9-class spaceship was one he had bought before, and he had only used it once when he went to the Frost God Temple to become an apprentice. He named it the 'Broken Army' spaceship.

"Shh!"

Lu Jin flashed and appeared above the sword-shaped spaceship.

"Fatty, take over the Po Jun spaceship and check how much of the spaceship's detector range is left."

Lu Jin asked the fat man.

Since the Abyss Battlefield suppresses the perception range of living beings, the perception range of the detectors must also be suppressed.

However, the spaceship's detectors have a far greater range of perception than living beings. Even under the suppression of special environments, the E9-class spaceship's detectors must still have a much larger range of perception than his own.

In April, the total monthly votes across the two platforms exceeded 1700, and the current average subscription is over 1000. 13 extra chapters were added for the April monthly votes, and 7 extra chapters were added for the average subscriptions. There are still 4 + 3 = 7 chapters owed.

Normal updates will continue until the 9th. Starting from the 9th, extra updates will be added to cover the backlog from last month and this month.

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