Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 159 Uprooting the Ghost Insect Clan

Trisna sent out more than a thousand invitations.

Except for a few guests who were unable to attend due to special reasons, such as having already gone to the extraterrestrial battlefield or being adventuring in the secret realm of the universe, all the guests who received the invitations came to the banquet.

On the high platform in the main banquet hall, Chen Ye took the lead in welcoming the newly appointed Special Envoy Lu Jin and expressing his firm support for Lu Jin's work as Special Envoy.

Trisna's flattery skills were even better; she showered people with compliments without restraint.

They were practically praising Lu Jin as the 'strongest being' and 'the greatest genius in human history'.

When Lu Jin took the stage and began speaking in official jargon, the many immortals in the banquet hall had already started whispering amongst themselves.

'Trisna, the Minister of Commerce, is usually so arrogant, why is she practically a simp today?'

"That's His Highness Lu Jin! Do you even understand the significance of being the King's only personally taught disciple?"

'Where did that bastard Adeba go? The Minister of War hasn't even shown his face?'

'That's bad news. Adeba has already been dismissed by the newly appointed Prince Lu Jin.'

'What? He dismissed a minister after only a month in office? No wonder Trisna's practically a simp.'

'Adeba wasn't just dismissed; he's also rumored to have fled to avoid punishment. Whether he escaped or was eliminated is unclear, but he's simply disappeared.'

'Goodness, this prince is quite ruthless!'

"If you're not ruthless, you can't stand firm. Just look at his nonchalant reaction after the assassination attempt on His Highness; I'd be sure Adeba is dead."

'Tsk tsk~, this isn't a special envoy from the Frostfall branch, it's clearly a little tyrant!'

The immortals in the audience were almost all talking about it privately, but to say that they looked down on Lu Jin was really not true.

While the domain lords of ordinary primitive secret realms outwardly treat each other with courtesy, they inwardly harbor nothing but contempt.

So what if it's a pristine, hidden realm?
Let's talk about it when you live to the day you achieve immortality!

But Lu Jin is truly different; he is the only personal disciple of the King.

In the Heavenly Frost Universe Kingdom, the King is the absolute ruler!

As the only personal disciple of the King, no one dared to underestimate Lu Jin, even though Lu Jin was just a 'Domain Lord' level kid.

Before long, Lu Jin and his two companions descended from the high platform, and the numerous immortal gods began to enjoy this extremely grand banquet.

The castle's many servants kept bringing out delicious food and wine, making the banquet hall very lively.

Three days later, in a side hall on Blue Crystal Island in the virtual universe.

"Your Highness, we have found clues about the assassination attempt."

Chen Ye said to Lu Jin.

Which faction is it?

Lu Jin hurriedly asked.

Chen Ye said in a deep voice, "Judging from the chain of interests secretly transferred by Feng Yu Hou, the mastermind is pointing to the demon race."

"Demon race? I understand."

Lu Jin narrowed his eyes slightly and nodded.

Without a doubt, from now on, the Blood God Child will turn his attention to the demon race.

With the Demon Refining Pot in hand, and being a soulless incarnation of the Blood God, who is unafraid of enslavement and soul infiltration and annihilation, he is destined to embark on the path of a super demon.

However, it's best not to do anything that would make you an enemy of the entire universe.

It wasn't that Lu Jin was afraid, but if the attack was only directed at the alien races and not at the human race, anyone with eyes could see that the Blood God Child's incarnation was related to the human race.

Lu Jin would not show mercy to any human powerhouse who opposed him.

But since no one had provoked him or hindered any of the human faction's powerful members, Lu Jin couldn't bring himself to make a move.

Moreover, in the primordial universe, the main enemies of the human race were the three peak races: the demon race, the insect race, and the machine race, as well as the super power alliance centered around these three peak races.

The number of Zerg members is small. From the perspective of resources such as the superior law beads, it is better to hunt other races of the same level than to hunt the Zerg Queen.

For example, even though both are at the limit of the King level, hunting the Zerg Queen is much more difficult than hunting an ordinary King level expert, and the number of Zerg Queens is far less than that of other races' strong individuals.

Since members of the mechanical race have no souls, killing them by obliterating their divine bodies makes it difficult to leave behind corpses, thus preventing the Demon Refining Pot from fulfilling its purpose.

Considering all factors, even if the demon race doesn't provoke him, the Blood God's incarnation will still primarily target the demon race in the future.

At this moment, Trisna said, "Your Highness, the Ministry of Commerce has gathered information on slave organizations and individuals who are not complying with the ban."

The ban on the buying and selling of human slaves within the Tianshuang Universe Kingdom has been in effect for over a month.

Those slave organizations and individuals who were planning to switch professions would have already taken action by now.

Those who haven't taken action yet are clearly hoping for the best.

Lu Jin nodded and said, "Send me all the intelligence."

"It has already been sent to His Highness, including information on slave organizations that are planning to exploit loopholes."

"Exploit a loophole? What loophole?"

Lu Jin was taken aback and asked.

Trisna explained, "Your Highness, there are many slave-inhabited planets located on the outskirts of the Universe Kingdom."

Before being implanted with a slave chip, they cannot be called slaves.

If a slave organization transports people out of the universe, implants slave chips in them, and sells them to other universe nations, then it cannot be considered a violation of the ban.

The profit margin in the slave trade is not low. Even using large transport ships to transport these potential slaves across the void between two cosmic nations to be sold in a neighboring cosmic nation, there is still a considerable profit margin.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin raised an eyebrow.

There are policies from above, and countermeasures from below?
Although I, Lu the Great Philanthropist, am kind-hearted, I am not a law-abiding person. Just wait and see if I get my hands on you!

After including these loophole-exploiting slave organizations as targets, Lu Jin asked, "Among these intelligence reports, are there any cases where individuals own numerous territories, and although they do not sell human slaves, they use their territories as breeding grounds for 'gu' (a type of venomous insect), risking the deaths of millions, all to select a genius and enslave him?"

Lu Jinke hadn't forgotten that he wasn't a truly great philanthropist.

Liberating the human slaves within the Tianshuang Universe Kingdom is merely a process, not the ultimate goal.

His ultimate goal was to have countless people pray for him.

Humans who are forced to act as Gu worms, or those who are preparing to act as Gu worms, are also within his scope of rescue, just like human slaves.

"This"

Trisna hesitated for a moment.

"There's no need to worry."

Lu Jin waved his hand.

After a moment of contemplation, Trisna said, "Within the territory of the Frost Universe Kingdom, every force that wants to grow and expand inevitably has to deal with my Virtual Universe Company."

The situation Your Highness described certainly exists. Our Ministry of Commerce also possesses such intelligence, and in considerable numbers.

The most famous of them is the 'Flame Demon Starfield'.

The Flame Demon Starfield is a small starfield with thousands of star systems. Its starfield lord is called the 'Flame Demon King'.

On all inhabited planets within the Flame Demon Starfield, all humans who have reached the planetary level must participate in the 'Flame Demon Trial,' where the survival probability is as high as one in ten thousand.

Furthermore, the time interval between participating in the Flame Demon Trials varies depending on the life level, continuing until one dies in the Flame Demon Trials or is selected to become a Flame Demon Guard.

All members of the Flame Demon Guard are servants of the Flame Demon King's soul servants. If any exceptionally talented individual emerges, the Flame Demon King himself will personally enslave them.

After a pause, Trisna continued, "Your Highness, this Flame Demon King possesses the strength to be a King and belongs to the Giant Axe Arena."

"What specific level of kingship is it?"

"I don't know, but three million epochs ago, the Flame Demon King was at the peak of the Marquis level."

Lu Jin said to Trisna, "Give me a copy of the information on planets, star systems, and even star fields of this type of Blood Arena."

Upon hearing this, Trisna forced herself to say, "Your Highness, I can give you the intelligence, but please consider it carefully."

Putting aside the question of whether Your Highness has the ability to kill this Flame Demon King, even if you could, you still can't kill him!
After all, the Flame Demon King is not a wild, unaffiliated immortal king without any background; he is a powerful figure belonging to the Giant Axe Arena.

If they really want to kill him, how can the Giant Axe Arena remain indifferent?

"Lord Biyu, you misunderstand. I was just taking a look. How could someone as law-abiding as me possibly take someone's life so easily?"

Lu Jin waved his hand in denial.

Upon hearing this, Chen Ye and Trisna felt their hearts sink again.

You won't take someone's life unnecessarily?

If we don't act recklessly, will it cost people their lives?
Well, this little darling's talent is terrifyingly strong, and his backing is incredibly powerful.

But when it comes to taking action, they are absolutely ruthless, even to the point of being completely unscrupulous.

Well, it's better to pretend we don't know, lest when things come to light, His Highness, the mastermind, gets away scot-free, while those of us who know the truth end up in trouble.

Inside the divine palace of the Purple Rainbow.

After exiting the virtual universe, Lu Jin had Fatty summon Zi Zhenfeng, the head of the security department of Yanhuang Company.

"Owner."

Zi Zhenfeng bowed respectfully.

"Fatty, send Zi Zhenfeng a copy of all the information on slave organizations and individuals who disobey the ban or are planning to exploit loopholes in it."

Lu Jin gave the instructions to Fatty.

"Yes, Master."

Fatty responded and sent the relevant information to Zi Zhenfeng's AI assistant.

"Zi Zhenfeng, you take two hundred members of the security department, in pairs, and uproot every organization or individual on the intelligence list."

Then contact the acquisition department and have them find the local authorities to buy ownership of the slave planet.

This world ring contains an immortal-grade Star-Eating Grass. If the opponent possesses an immortal deity, the Star-Eating Grass can be used to eliminate them.

As he spoke, Lu Jin handed a world ring to Zi Zhenfeng.

This star-eating grass is the one that Zi Nishang recognized as her master.

After achieving the supreme cosmic overlord divine body, the three immortal plant life forms that Zi Nishang recognized as her masters were no longer of any use to her.

After returning to Guanghan Star, Lu Jin himself carried these three plant lives with him.

"Yes, Master!" Zi Zhenfeng replied as he accepted the World Ring.

Lu Jin waved his hand and said, "Do a good job. There'll be a reward if you do well. Go on!"

He had accumulated quite a few high-level law beads, and with the addition of the immortals like Zi Zhenfeng who voluntarily became his soul servants, he had made up for his shortcomings in secret arts. It was time to arrange for high-level law beads to enhance his strength.

Although most of the high-level law beads in his possession are at the entry level, most of them can only reach the advanced or peak level of the Immortal Army Lord.

However, the increase in strength brought about by a three to eight or nine-fold improvement in divine physique and an improvement in the level of understanding of laws should not be underestimated.

Moreover, with the understanding of higher-level laws, one can also cultivate some top-grade but low-level secret techniques involving higher-level laws, or even ordinary secret techniques.

"Subordinates retire."

Zi Zhenfeng bowed and left the temple.

Subsequently, Lu Jin made a paper copy of the information that Trisna had given him about the Flame Demon King and other 'Gu breeders', and then entered the Great Luo Heaven to find Zi Ni Chang.

Lu Jin handed the paper intelligence report to Zi Ni Chang and said, "Ni Chang, disguise your appearance. I'll send you to the Flame Demon Star Region to enslave this Flame Demon King. Then give him this intelligence report and have him kill all the other scum in the report."

Given that this Flame Demon King came from the Giant Axe Arena, Lu Jin did not intend to kill him directly.

As a powerful figure who came from one of the five major powers and was granted the title of King, he was bound to be on the clan's resurrection list.

For powerful beings like these, who will one day be the ruler of the universe and reverse time and space, and whose cause of death is related to their original form, Lu Jin tries his best not to stuff their corpses into the Demon Refining Pot.

It's not a big deal if one or two people can't be resurrected occasionally, but if all of them can't be resurrected, then that's going to be a big problem.

Since it's inconvenient to utilize the corpse, let's just enslave them.

A master at the King level is good enough to do dirty work in secret.

Moreover, it doesn't matter if the Giant Axe Arena discovers in the future that the Flame Demon King has been enslaved.

Zi Ni Chang transformed into a divine form and even traveled through space using the Kunlun Mirror.

However, when we go back in time, we only see images and cannot see anything deeper.

As long as there are no powerful witnesses at the scene when the action takes place, Zi Ni Chang's disguise will not be seen through, and the Giant Axe Arena will never know that Zi Ni Chang was the one who did it.

As for why there are statues of me, Lu Jin, on these 'breeding grounds' life-bearing planets?

When these life-bearing planets become ownerless, ownership is automatically reclaimed by the empire or cosmic nation. After I buy these territories, why can't I erect statues for my people to admire?

"it is good!"

Zi Ni Chang nodded.

“Ni Chang, why don’t you become a member of the Sirius Clan? It’s normal for powerful demons to come to human territory to capture servants and cause destruction.”

Lu Jin suggested.

Zi Ni Chang: "."

Having the star map coordinates of the Flame Demon Starfield, there's no need to use the Kunlun Token for location.

Soon, in a desolate part of the starry sky in the Flame Demon Starfield, a Sky Wolf Clan Universe Venerable covered in white fur appeared.

The next moment, the white-haired celestial wolf venerable began to teleport towards the core of the Flame Demon Starfield—Flame Demon Star.

On the other side, Yanhuang Company.

Zi Zhenfeng also led two hundred members of the Security Department, divided into hundreds of groups of two, and took E9-class spaceships to various star regions of the Tianshuang Universe Kingdom via the Divine Kingdom teleportation system to crack down on slave organizations or individuals that violated the ban or exploited loopholes in the ban.

Time flies, and two years later...

Earth, above the Pacific Ocean, a corner of the plaza in a floating city.

'This time it should work, right?'

Looking at the new version of the Zerg warriors that he had created once again with his divine power of creation, the Blood God Child's incarnation thought to himself.

Not far in front of Lu Jin, a few meters above the ground, floated a strange-looking, peak-level ninth-tier World Lord insectoid warrior.

This strangely shaped Zerg warrior is shaped like an inverted triangular cone and is about eighteen meters tall.

Its entire body is covered by a translucent, dark blue shell, through which dark energy tubes can be vaguely seen flowing. Wisps of dark blue mist emanate from its body, giving it an ethereal feel.

At first glance, there is no clear division of body parts; the upper part is more than 60% brain, and the lower part is less than 40% chest and abdomen.

On the front of its head, apart from a dark purple mouthpart that is one and a half feet in diameter, the most eye-catching feature is the eight large compound eyes that glow with a purple halo.

At the junction of its brain and torso, there are two pairs of symmetrical, dark purple, narrow exoskeleton wings that are divided vertically.

In front of the leader's exoskeleton wing, four dark purple, claw-like, multi-segmented limbs, each over thirteen meters long when straightened, grew out. They were ferocious, thick, and covered with barbs.

The reason this Zerg warrior looks so strange, appearing somewhat top-heavy, is mainly because when Lu Jin created it using his Divine Power of Creation, he cut off or shrunk the 'unnecessary' parts.

The larger the Zerg warrior, the more resources are required for its upbringing.

As long as it doesn't affect the strength of the soul attack, it doesn't matter if the physical strength, energy attack, and speed are weaker.

Instead of creating hexagonal warriors, it would be better to focus on cost-effectiveness and use the same resources to produce more Zerg warriors with the same attack limit.

To put it bluntly, in Lu Jin's view, the Zerg army only needs to serve as a turret.

As for the turret's defense and relocation speed, these are not taken into consideration.

After all, they are just a Zerg army at the level of a World Lord. If the enemy were to get close, even if these mass-produced cannon fodder had their defenses deliberately strengthened, they would still be easily killed by an immortal god.

"Hong'er, come here."

Lu Jin called out to Hong'er and the other six who were practicing a secret technique not far away.

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

The next moment, seven stunningly beautiful figures, each 1.7 meters tall, with snow-white skin, exquisite features, and a seven-tenths resemblance to each other, all dressed in off-the-shoulder dance dresses with flowing skirts and adorned with star and moon ornaments, descended from the sky in front of Lu Jin.

While the Zerg Queen is undeniably beautiful, her physical appearance is indeed somewhat unusual.

Therefore, the seven people, including Hong'er, who had cultivated the "Thousand Transformations" secret technique, usually transformed into human form, which matched Lu Jin's impression of the seven fairy maidens in mythology.

"Owner!"

Hong'er and the other seven bowed in greeting.

Although the seven people looked about 70% alike, they were actually quite easy to tell apart.

There's no need to identify them by their life force; just look at the color of their off-the-shoulder dance dresses and the ribbons on their skirts.

Hong'er is wearing a red dress, Cheng'er is wearing an orange dress, and Zi'er is wearing a purple dress.

"The latest version of the Ghost Zerg Warrior, Hong'er, try cultivating some samples after analyzing the genes."

Lu Jin pointed to the strange insectoid warriors floating in front of him.

When Lu Jin first created the Soul-type Zerg warriors, he named them the 'Ghost Zerg'.

Once the soul attack strength of a Ghost Zerg warrior reaches the average level of energy attack strength of a Zerg warrior of the same level, it will be considered fully finalized.

It's not impossible to continue strengthening it, but once a certain limit is reached, the cost will increase significantly, and the cost-effectiveness will plummet.

If it's just a small number of people being trained, then the cost isn't a big deal.

However, these are Zerg warriors that rely on sheer numbers to win; if their cost-effectiveness is too low, they are essentially useless.

"Yes, Master."

Hong'er stepped forward, waved her hand lightly, and took the unresisting ghostly insectoid warrior into her inner world, then sent it into the mother nest to analyze its genes.

"How is your cultivation of the secret technique going?"

Lu Jin asked the seven people.

“Master, we seven sisters have already perfected the ‘Innate Dao Body’ and ‘Thousand Transformations’. The ‘Ten Thousand Hearts Control Soul’ is more complicated, and we have just entered the third level.”

"Not bad!"

Lu Jin nodded and instructed, "Follow me."

After saying that, Lu Jin flew towards the East Heavenly Gate, which was located outside the original Kyoto base city, with Hong'er and the other six following closely behind.

The perfect gene's enormous size of over 90,000 kilometers, coupled with the terrifying fluctuations and aura it emits when replenishing the energy it needs, makes it unsuitable for achieving a perfect gene on Earth. It's better to place it in the Great Luo Heaven.

After passing through the Eastern Heavenly Gate, one enters the Xuanhuang Heaven, and then through the Heavenly Passage, enters the Daluo Heaven.

"Huh? The fundamental law?"

As soon as they arrived at the white jade square in front of the Lingxiao Palace through the celestial passage, Hong'er and her seven companions, who had never been to the Great Luo Heaven before, immediately discovered the ten fundamental laws manifested in the sky.

"This place is called Da Luo Tian. Ten primordial laws are manifested in the sky. The efficiency of comprehending the laws here is unmatched by the outside world. However, don't rush to comprehend the laws now."

As he spoke, Lu Jin flew towards the endless golden sea of ​​clouds outside the Lingxiao Palace, then passed through the sea of ​​clouds and descended towards the endless earth below.

Before long, the endless land of the Great Luo Heaven was covered with small flowers and grasses.

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

The figures of Lu Jin and Hong'er and the other six fell one after another.

Then, Lu Jin waved his hand, and seven hundred Beast God Crystals materialized and landed in front of Hong'er and the other six.

"Master, what is this?"

Gazing at the dazzling golden crystal with numerous facets that appeared before her, Zi'er blinked her beautiful eyes and asked curiously.

Lu Jin waved his hand and said, "Don't ask what it is. Just make a small wound and let these crystals integrate into your body through the wound."

Upon hearing this, the seven people didn't ask any more questions. They each cut a wound on their wrists and then controlled a radiant golden crystal to fall onto the wound.

In an instant, the crystal emitted a dazzling golden light, which then transformed into dense golden threads that seeped into the body along the wound.

As the golden threads entered their bodies, the seven people were enveloped in a dazzling golden glow, feeling warm and comfortable all over.

Before long, the golden light faded, and calm returned.

"How do you feel?"

Lu Jin asked with a smile.

"Aside from feeling warm, I don't really feel anything else."

The seven people exchanged glances, and then Hong'er shook her head and said.

"Huh? That can't be right? The affinity for the law didn't increase? Even if it's only one, it shouldn't be zero."

Lu Jin was stunned for a moment, and said in disbelief.

(End of this chapter)