Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 147 The Fallen Space Venerable

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Within the desolate Demon Abyss, beside a blood-red lake, two colossal plant beings are locked in fierce combat.

However, even though both were burning divine power, the Brahma Flower, with its 300,000-kilometer-long divine body, was far inferior to the Blood Thorn, with its 100,000-kilometer-long divine body.

The difference between a beginner-level King and a senior-level King with ten times the genetic advantage cannot be compensated for by such a small physical advantage.

However, the enormous divine body is also very useful. Even though its overall strength is hundreds of times stronger than that of the Shaluo Flower, it is not easy for Blood Thorn to kill it.

'Plant life is indeed the most disgusting opponent.'

Under the layers of protection of the Bloodthorns, Lu Jin looked at the struggling Snail Flower and muttered to himself.

In Lu Jin's view, although both were at the initial stage of the King-level, this Immortal-level Slug Flower was far more disgusting than the previous Ram-headed Demon.

For no other reason than that the effort put in far outweighed the reward.

The Shaluo Flower has no soul; to kill it, one must forcibly annihilate its massive divine body, which spans 300,000 kilometers.

To obliterate such a massive divine body, Bloodthorn would have consumed a considerable amount of divine power.

Even if the opponent were to self-destruct before dying, Lu Jin would not gain a single benefit after Bloodthorn had expended a large amount of divine power.

Moreover, even if the opponent doesn't ultimately self-destruct but is simply knocked into a deep sleep by the Bloodthorns, his gains will be pitifully small.

Plant life forms in a broad sense, such as the Cloud Vine, Bloodthorn, Star-Eating Grass, and Snail Flower, cannot comprehend the laws; they are all endowed with the power of their origin when they break through levels.

Even if he stuffed the dormant Shaluo Flower into the Demon Refining Pot, he could only extract a lower-level Law Godhead and an Immortal-grade Life Source Crystal equivalent to less than 10% of the Shaluo Flower's total divine power.

Even if it's not a loss-making business, the profit is pitifully small.

Unlike the previous ram-headed demon god, whose corpse yielded enough resources to cultivate a loyal subordinate at the initial level of a king.

Meanwhile, outside the Silent Abyss.

Due to the special connection between plant life and the person who has recognized its master, the Black Flame Demon's expression changed drastically after receiving the message from the Shocking Snail Flower.

A crystal-red plant life form covered in sharp thorns, with numerous branches, capable of secreting corrosive venom, and possessing strength reaching the high level of a king.
The strongest bloodthorn with 108 main branches?

The big thing is bad!

He did have powerful warriors under his command capable of killing the strongest Bloodthorn, but if we consider the prerequisite of not having a soul, then he truly didn't.

Gazing at the desolate abyss before him, the Black Flame Demon Shadow was caught in a dilemma.

The Blood Lake treasure, which was not yet fully formed, was a top-grade ordinary domain treasure, with a value exceeding that of ordinary high-grade treasures.

Such a treasure would make even a high-level universe venerable, who doesn't yet possess a domain-type supreme treasure, envious, let alone a universe overlord or even an ordinary universe lord.

It's impossible to make him give up this supreme treasure of the realm.

After all, all the treasures he already possessed combined were not as valuable as this supreme treasure of the realm.

But he dared not personally enter the Dead Abyss to deal with his opponent.

The deathly winds within the Deadly Abyss can only be fearless of the universe's master who controls time and space.

The palace-type and soul-type treasures he possessed that could withstand soul attacks were all only top-tier treasures. It was fortunate that he was slightly grazed by the deathly wind; he still had a chance to survive.

But if it is completely swallowed up by the deathly wind, it will inevitably perish.

After frowning and pondering for a long time, the Black Flame Demon Shadow gritted its teeth and, through that special connection, conveyed the order to temporarily retreat to the Brahma Flower.

Then, the Black Flame Demon Shadow took out a transparent bead covered with silver patterns and handed it to the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow beside him, instructing, "Crimson Flame, take the spatial bead and go there. There is a Blood Thorn with the strongest power of a high-level King in the Blood Lake Treasure Site. You must finish this quickly."

While the strongest Bloodthorn is quite powerful, it is only at the King-level.

This servant of the Venerable One possessed ordinary treasure weapons and armor of the highest quality.

Although the divine body is not large, and the life genes and the amplitude of the divine body are relatively low, its strength is far beyond that of an immortal below the level of a king.

Killing the Bloodthorn, the strongest among immortal-level plant life forms whose divine body isn't particularly large, wouldn't be a problem.

As long as the battle is fought quickly, the probability of perishing in the deadly wind is not high.

Moreover, it concerns a treasure of the realm, making it worthwhile for him to send out a Venerable-level servant on a risky mission.

"Yes, Master!"

Without hesitation, the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow accepted the offer, took the spatial bead that could suppress space and also act as a locator, and transformed into a crimson demonic light to enter the Silent Demon Abyss.

Although the Dead Abyss is dangerous, as a soul servant, he always puts his master first and is not afraid of death.

Moreover, even if he were to perish while serving his master, the master would later ask a great being to reverse time and resurrect him.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Within the desolate abyss, beside the crimson lake, the great battle between two plant life forms continues.

It's true that Shaluohua was being overwhelmed by the Bloodthorns, but thanks to its massive divine body, it was able to hold on.

The time required for two tanky characters with extremely long health bars to fight and determine a winner is naturally much longer than the time required for a battle between squishy characters.

However, at this moment, the counterattack of the Shaluo Flower paused, and then its divine body rapidly shrank, turning into a blood-red plant several meters tall, blooming with a large number of enchanting small flowers. Then it transformed into a blood-red stream of light and quickly retreated.

"Master, should we give chase?"

Bloodthorn asked Lu Jin.

Lu Jin shook his head and said, "No need."

He was fishing for big fish, and the two star-eating plants that were the main targets should not be exposed.

The cost of killing this Brahma Flower would be considerable if it were just Blood Thorns. Since the other party chose to run away, Lu Jin was too lazy to chase after it.

Upon hearing this, Bloodthorn stopped burning its divine power, and its terrifying aura subsided.

"Bloodthorn, how much divine power do you have left?"

Lu Jin asked.

"Over 99%."

Bloodthorn answered.

Lu Jin: "."

Having a large divine body is great; even though Bloodthorn was fighting desperately, his health bar was still almost full.

For immortal gods of small size, the Divine Power Burning technique, which can increase their strength a thousandfold, is the ultimate move and cannot be used lightly.

But for an immortal with a massive divine body, burning divine power consumes a great deal of divine power?

It's just a drizzle. Burn it, burn it as much as you want, burn it for three days and three nights and it won't be a problem.

Having driven away the Brahma Flower, Lu Jin raised his vigilance to the highest level. He entered the World Ring and constantly used the Kunlun Realm to probe the area where the Blood Lake Treasure was located, preparing for the arrival of the Universe Venerable.

Most of the day later.

Suddenly, Lu Jin, who was constantly using the Kunlun Mirror to survey his surroundings, perked up.

From God's perspective, within a survey area with a diameter of one million kilometers, a dark golden pillar of light covered with silver patterns rose from the north.

As instructed by Lu Jin beforehand, the Kunlun Mirror's spirit, Kun Kun, manifested the pillars of light from the life aura of powerful beings. Pure gold represented immortality, dark gold represented cosmic venerables, and the silver patterns on the pillars represented the laws of space.

The appearance of this dark gold pillar of light, covered with silver patterns, signifies the arrival of a spatial venerable.

'I wonder what level of Venerable One they are.'

Thinking to himself, Lu Jin switched perspectives.

The next moment, a demon figure, three meters and two meters tall, wearing crimson gold armor, with three crimson gold horns on its head, and crimson hair and scales, came into view.

Upon seeing the other person's physique, Lu Jin was secretly delighted.

Lu Jin couldn't tell what level of cosmic venerable the other party was.

After all, there are too many factors that affect the strength of a Universe Venerable, such as the multiplier of life genes, the multiplier of divine body amplification, the level of secret techniques, the strength of treasures, and so on.

However, the fact that this venerable being of this space has a small divine body is undoubtedly great news.

Unless the opponent deliberately suppresses their size, with a divine body of only 3.2 meters, the opponent is destined not to dare to burn their divine power without restraint.

In contrast, the two Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grasses with ten times the gene strength, each with a divine body spanning millions of kilometers, could burn their divine power without any restraint.

The Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass with ten times the gene power is comparable to the limit of the King-Sealing Realm. After burning divine power, its strength will increase by a thousand times again, which should be enough to rival the ordinary invincible King-Sealing Realm under normal conditions. It is not without threat to the trashy Venerable.

Moreover, what he wanted was not for the two Star-Eating Grasses to kill the opponent, but to restrain it and hold on until the Dead Wind came several times a day recently.

"be prepared!"

Lu Jin gave instructions to the two Star-Eating Grass plants.

As for Bloodthorn, considering that Bloodthorn's strength was far inferior to that of the Universe Venerable, and its divine body was also far inferior to that of Star-Eating Grass, Lu Jin put it into the World Ring to avoid future battle damage.

"understand!"

Two star-eating grasses responded.

"Whoosh!"

Under the shroud of the abyss's mist, a crimson-scaled demonic figure exuding terrifying power landed on the edge of the blood-red lake.

After glancing at the crimson lake that had not been taken and was still absorbing large amounts of cosmic energy, the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow nodded slightly and then began to carefully sense it.

The next moment, the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow's expression hardened, and its gaze fell upon a world ring on the distant lake shore.

Suddenly, two golden vines, each about a meter tall, appeared beside the world ring.

Subsequently, the two golden vines rapidly expanded in size, growing from a meter tall to a size with a radius of millions of kilometers in the blink of an eye, enveloping his entire figure.

"Two of the strongest Star-Eating Herbs?!"

Gazing at the endless golden vines filling his field of vision, the Crimson Scale Demon couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Wasn't it supposed to be the strongest Bloodthorn? How did it become the strongest Star-Eating Grass? And there are two of them? In the outside world, two strongest Star-Eating Grasses wouldn't be a big deal. Even if he couldn't cripple two strongest Star-Eating Grasses in a short time, he wouldn't need to be afraid at all.

With complete mastery of the laws of the higher space, and given enough time, even the largest immortal divine body can be worn down and killed.

But it's different inside the Dead Abyss.

The unique environment within the Dead Silence Abyss not only restricts the speed of powerful individuals but also limits the application of the profound mysteries of the laws of space and time.

More importantly, the Deadly Abyss will produce a deadly wind powerful enough to annihilate his soul, so there is no time to delay.

If time drags on, and the deathly winds arrive, he will only perish.

Boom! Boom!

Just as the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow was shocked, the two Star-Eating Grasses, which manifested divine bodies spanning millions of kilometers, unhesitatingly burned their divine power, and their terrifying aura spread outwards.

At the same time, the main vines of the two Star-Eating Grasses and a large number of branch vines spread rapidly, and countless serrated, tough golden grass leaves strangled the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow.

Furthermore, a large number of golden vines were used to create layers of encirclement around the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow to prevent it from escaping.

The Space Master's teleportation?

Lu Jin had already tested this point by sending his Water Kirin clone over when he decided to kill the Universe Venerable.

Innate Secret Technique: Mastery of the three great spatial mysteries, which is completely unusable within the Dead Silence Abyss.

Moreover, after that immortal-level Brahma Flower ran away, it took this Space Venerable more than half a day to arrive here.

Lu Jin was certain that the reason why the Water Kirin clone could not use the three profound mysteries of space in the Dead Silence Abyss was not because its innate secret techniques were not powerful, but because there were special restrictions in the Dead Silence Abyss.

"Damn it!"

With a curse, the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow conjured a black greatsword over two meters long in its hand.

The black greatsword has a wide blade covered in red magic patterns, and the hilt is shaped like a demon's head with horns, making it look extremely ferocious.

"Shh!"

As the surging divine power flowed, the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow unleashed a terrifying, dark red sword light.

"Puff puff--"

Even though the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow did not burn its divine power, wherever the dark red sword light passed, the many golden vines of the two Star-Eating Grasses that were burning with divine power were all cut off as if they were rotten wood.

However, for the Star-Eating Grass, which possesses an immortal body, having its vines severed is no big deal.

Even if it is smashed to pieces, as long as its divine power is not extinguished, its divine body can be infinitely reassembled.

A large amount of golden vine fragments scattered everywhere, and a narrow gap appeared in the encirclement. The Crimson Scale Demon Shadow transformed into demonic light and rushed forward at high speed, trying to break through the endless encirclement of golden vines.

But before the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow could break through the encirclement, the two Star-Eating Grass vines that had been severed by the dark red sword light reconnected, and at the same time, a large number of golden vines gathered, forming a new multi-layered encirclement centered on the location of the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow.

The key to this battle is not how much damage the two Star-Eating Grasses can inflict on the opponent, but rather to entangle the opponent tightly and prevent it from escaping.

With the immense health bar granted by his massive divine body, he withstood the opponent's onslaught and held out until the deathly winds arrived. At that time, this abyss demon lord, who possessed a soul, would surely be defeated.

What a beautiful picture!

Looking at the blooming star-eating grass from God's perspective, Lu Jin sighed inwardly.

Two plant life forms with the ultimate strength of a king besieged and killed a cosmic venerable being. This is an absolute feat rarely seen in the primordial universe.

"Roar!"

On the battlefield, the Crimson Scale Demon roared repeatedly, its demonic sword constantly unleashing dark red sword light, cutting large amounts of golden vines into golden fragments.

However, for the two Star-Eating Grasses, whose massive divine bodies spanned millions of kilometers, although a considerable amount of their divine power was annihilated by the dense sword light attack, the loss was only a very small portion of their own divine power.

Sword light flashed, and demonic shadows attacked. Golden vines were constantly being shattered, but they also kept gathering back, seemingly covering the sky and endlessly.

No matter how many golden vines the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow shattered with its demonic sword, it couldn't turn the tide of the battle.

Even the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow sadly discovered that, in this head-on clash between two people, the proportion of damage to his divine body, as a Universe Venerable, was actually higher than that of the two Immortal-level Star-Eating Grasses that were constantly being beaten!
"Damn it, ten times the life gene!"

After realizing that the two Star-Eating Grasses were much stronger than he had ever known before, the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow, having deduced the reason, cursed loudly.

Ten times the life gene means ten times the combat power.

If one's life level reaches the Immortal realm, it also represents ten times the total amount of divine power.

The divine body of the Immortal-level Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass was already enormous, spanning a million kilometers. To add ten times that in total divine power, and there were two of them... Oh my god!
They couldn't hurt him. This 3.2-meter-tall, novice universe venerable with extremely limited divine power was simply too much for them to handle!

The next moment, having exhausted all other options, the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow pulled out its biggest trump card.

'boom! ’

The moment the divine power ignited, the aura of the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow surged, and the terrifying demonic power emanating from its body reached an even higher level.

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

Dark red sword light flashed one after another, and a large number of golden vines of the two Star-Eating Grasses were swiftly cut off.

Taking advantage of the brief moment when the two Star-Eating Grasses reunited this part of the divine body, the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow charged forward at top speed.

Unfortunately, the two Star-Eating Grasses spread their influence over a radius of millions of kilometers and cooperated perfectly.

Every time the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow was about to break through all the encirclements, countless golden vines would block its way, forming layer upon layer of encirclement, giving the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow no chance to escape.

After burning his divine power and fighting for a long time, Crimson Scale Demon Shadow realized that the special environment restricted his speed and the use of spatial mysteries. Unable to break through the encirclement of the two Star-Eating Grasses, he had no choice but to stop burning his divine power.

His divine body was not large, in fact, it could be said to be quite small. If his divine power continued to burn, he would probably burn out all his divine power before the deathly wind even arrived.

Of course, the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow did not forget to inform its master outside the Dead Silence Abyss of its predicament through a soul-level connection.

But the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow knew that even with its master's extraordinary strength, it could not change the situation it was currently facing.

'hateful! ’

Gazing at the endless golden vines in his field of vision, the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow felt a sense of despair rise in his heart.

In a battle of attrition, within the heavily restricted and desolate Demon Abyss, he could not outlast the two enormous Star-Eating Grasses.

He self-destructed his divine body, perishing together with two Star-Eating Grasses?
That won't work either, since the battlefield is right next to the Crimson Lake.

The self-destruction of the Cosmic Venerable was so powerful it could be described as devastating.

Once he self-destructs, the Blood Lake Treasure will definitely have its gestation interrupted, resulting in a certain degree of grade reduction.

With its master stationed outside the Silent Demon Abyss, Crimson Scale Demon Shadow believed that the owner of these two Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grasses with ten times the genetic potential would not be able to escape with the Blood Lake Treasure, and that the Blood Lake Treasure would eventually fall into the hands of its own master.

Therefore, he may perish, but he must never affect the Blood Lake Treasure, which is still in its nascent stage.

After all, this is an extremely precious domain-level treasure. If its gestation is interrupted prematurely, even if the grade is not reduced by much, the value reduction will definitely be more than the cost of its resurrection.

As time passed, Lu Jin's mood began to become uneasy.

Since the start of the battle, the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow, surrounded by endless golden vines, has remained lively and its terrifying aura has not shown any signs of weakening.

In other words, the damage to the opponent's spiritual body is still within 10%.

As for the two Star-Eating Grasses, through the special connection between the person who recognized them as masters and the plant's life, the one that Lu Jin himself recognized as a master had already lost 3% to 4% of its divine power.

Although Lu Jin didn't ask the Star-Eating Grass that Zi Nishang had recognized as her master, the loss of her divine power was probably similar.

'Oh, wind, oh wind, hurry up and come here!'

Lu Jin kept praying that the wind of death would come quickly.

Although, barring any unforeseen circumstances, this Abyss Demon Lord is doomed, the timing of the arrival of the Deathly Wind makes a significant difference to Lu Jin.

He had no primordial treasures, and if the divine bodies of the two Star-Eating Grasses suffered significant damage, they simply could not be repaired in a short time.

Perhaps it was the favor of the primordial will of the universe, for amidst Lu Jin's repeated calls, the East Wind—no, the Wind of Death—came!

From God's perspective, Lu Jin saw a red arc appear in the east, spreading rapidly from east to west at a speed far exceeding the speed of light.

Wherever the red arc passed, the area explored from God's perspective turned blood red.

'So fast? '

Seeing that the speed at which the deadly wind spread far exceeded that of the past, instantly covering half of the exploration range with a diameter of one million kilometers, Lu Jin couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

"Whoohoo-"

Amidst the churning mists of the abyss, a massive gray tide rapidly spread from the east.

Just as the gray tide was less than 100,000 kilometers from the center of the battlefield, the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow trapped among the endless golden vines suddenly changed its expression, revealing a look of terror.

"No!"

A desperate roar resounded, and the next moment, a gray tide swept across at lightning speed, engulfing the location of the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow.

After struggling for only a few seconds, the Crimson Scale Demon's soul was annihilated by the deathly wind, turning into a Venerable-level corpse.

"Shh!"

The next second, the Blood God Child, whose face was filled with undisguised joy, arrived by traversing space with the help of the Kunlun Mirror.

Before long, Lu Jin collected the corpse of the Crimson Scale Demon Shadow, along with the black demon sword, the crimson gold armor, and a world ring into his cheat space.

Immediately afterwards, the Blood God Child avatar within the Great Luo Heaven World Ring retrieved the Crimson Scale Demon Corpse from the external storage space and stuffed it into the Demon Refining Pot.

Before long, the Crimson Scale Demon Corpse inside the Demon Refining Pot dissipated, transforming into a lower-level Fire Law Godhead, an entry-level Time Law Bead, and a minor-level Light Law Bead.

39 dark gold Venerable-level Life Source Crystals, one Bloodline Source Crystal with ten times the level of life genes, and the most important item—a High-level Space Law Godhead!
"Ha~, I knew you trash couldn't be in two places at once!"

Taking out the divine spark of the superior spatial law, Lu Jin gazed at the egg-sized, silver rhomboid crystal in his hand, which had 10081 facets and was permeated with the fluctuations of the spatial origin law. His face was full of the joy of a bountiful harvest.

'Unfortunately, there aren't enough Life Source Crystals.'

Lu Jin glanced at the 38 Venerable-level Life Source Crystals inside the Demon Refining Pot, which were pure dark gold and one was a faint dark gold, and thought to himself with regret.

The drop rate of Venerable-level Life Source Crystals is the same as that of Immortal-level Life Source Crystals. Both are produced by decomposing a two-meter-tall ordinary genetic humanoid divine body, which yields one Life Source Crystal when it is complete.

However, aside from the difference in the number of life genes, regardless of whether they are novice cosmic venerables or top cosmic overlords, the strength of the divine body of all cosmic venerables is the same.

The shipment volume of Venerable-level Life Source Crystals depends solely on the life gene multiplier, the size of the divine body, and the integrity of the divine body.

With only 39 Venerable-level Life Source Crystals, and one of them being incomplete, such a small number of Venerable-level Life Source Crystals is clearly far from enough to allow an immortal-level plant life form to enter the ranks of cosmic Venerables.

After all, when the peak ninth-order Moyun Vine, a common life gene, broke through to immortality, it consumed 100 immortal-grade life source crystals.

So far, looking at the entire primordial universe, there shouldn't be any cosmic venerable-level plant life forms like the Star-Eating Grass that don't comprehend the laws and rely entirely on external objects.
(End of this chapter)