Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 162 Special Mission, Setting a Trap?
Of course, not all material attacks can be reduced to one-thousandth.

Depending on its level, the Time Body Arcane has a limit to the amount of material attacks it can withstand.

Once the opponent's attack strength exceeds the limit, the physical attack weakening effect of the Time Body Arcane will be reduced to varying degrees.

The more the attack strength exceeds the limit, the worse the weakening effect will be, or even completely ineffective.

Moreover, when facing the Time Master, even if the opponent's attack intensity does not exceed the limit, the reduction of this secret technique's effect on physical attacks will be reduced to one percent.

When facing the 'Space-Time Path', the weakening effect of material attacks is reduced to one-tenth.

When facing the cosmic master of the 'Light and Time Beast God Path' and true god powerhouses, the Time Body innate secret technique will be completely ineffective.

However, despite some flaws, the Time Body Technique remains extremely powerful.

This attack weakening effect can be stacked with defensive treasures.

Just as a powerful armor can reduce physical attacks to one percent, the Time Body Technique can also reduce an opponent's physical attacks to one percent.

After being weakened by both the powerful armor and the secret technique, he only needs to withstand one ten-thousandth of the physical attack.

Subsequently, a large number of immortal-level life source crystals were scattered into the inner world and were quickly decomposed into world power.

The Time Dragon clone, now in human form, began cultivating the 'Innate Dao Body Chapter' of the 'Innate Dao Body' using the power of the world.

As for the 'Innate Dao Soul Chapter', because the clone and the original share the same soul, the Time Dragon already had a hundredfold soul amplitude at the time of its birth.

However, the matters of raising one's life level and achieving perfect genes can only be carried out after cultivating a hundredfold divine body amplitude.

After all, the lower the life level and genetic level, the fewer resources are needed to cultivate the "Innate Dao Body".

However, whether one reaches the peak of the ninth level of the Realm Lord or achieves perfect genes, it doesn't matter which one comes first.

The Time Dragon clone possesses 1200 times the life gene. Even if it reaches the peak of the ninth level of the Realm Lord and obtains the ultimate level of Blood Luo power, it can still achieve perfect genes.

In terms of resource consumption, it's the same whether you level up first and then achieve the perfect gene, or achieve the perfect gene first and then level up.

Achieving perfect genes at the first level of Domain Lord reduces the energy required to fill a body spanning over 90,000 kilometers, but increases the resource consumption needed for subsequent level upgrades.

While achieving perfect genes at the peak of the ninth level of the Realm Lord reduces the resource consumption required for leveling up, it increases the energy needed to replenish the massive body.

Ten months later, the Time Dragon clone mastered the 'Innate Dao Body Chapter', achieving a hundredfold increase in divine body amplification.

The number of Blood Crystals fused by the Time Dragon was the same as that of the Water Kirin clone, both being ten times that of an ordinary person.

After fusing 1000 Beast God Crystals and obtaining the ultimate level of Bloodlust Power, it transformed into a perfect gene.

Three days later, the Time Dragon avatar, whose body spanned over 90,000 kilometers, reached the peak of the ninth rank of Realm Lord.

Subsequently, Lu Jin himself logged into the virtual universe and purchased two secret manuals from the virtual universe company's treasury.

"The Aurora Codex" is a sword technique manual that analyzes and studies 108 kinds of fundamental laws of light. Price: 100 points.

"The Heavenly Moon Secret Manual" analyzes and studies 108 kinds of mysterious sword techniques based on the fundamental laws of time. Price: 800 points.

The two manuals cost a total of 900 points. Members of the Primal Realm get a 30% discount, so the cost is only 630 points, which is a drop in the bucket.

The Time Dragon is a special life form that combines the laws of light and time. Like the Water Kirin clone, it is also suitable to follow the path of the Beast God. Naturally, it is necessary to arrange for it to analyze the mysterious secrets of the laws of light and the fundamental laws of time.

In the time that followed, Lu Jin focused all his energy on cultivation.

With the addition of the Time Dragon clone, the range of Kunlun Mirror's ability to attack from a distance has been further increased.

Based on the Frozen Chaos Stele and the Nine Universes Chaos Stele, the Dark Chaos Stele and the Extreme Universe Chaos Stele were added.

The Dark Chaos Monument begins with the Law of Light, gradually adding the Law of Time, and later incorporating the Law of Space.

As for the Extreme Universe Chaos Stele, it is similar to the Nine Universes Chaos Stele, directly starting with the laws of time.

Despite his wide range of expertise, Lu Jin's progress has been remarkably rapid.

With the perfect genetic life form's physical talent for cultivation, they comprehend the laws. Furthermore, the primordial laws manifest within the Great Luo Heaven, and tens of thousands of Blood God Child incarnations accelerate their cultivation.

As long as he doesn't slack off, his progress will not be slow.

This being comprehends the laws of water, and whenever the laws of space make progress, he cultivates a "Time and Space Notes".

The Water Kirin clone also comprehended the laws of water and cultivated the "Sixteen Forms of Heavenly Frost".

While increasing the size of the Blood Sea, the Netherworld Blood Sea clone, along with ten thousand Blood God Child avatars, comprehended the laws of space.

The Time Dragon's avatar cultivated the "Aurora Codex," which analyzed the profound mysteries of the fundamental laws of light, while the remaining eighty Blood God Child avatars cultivated the "Heavenly Moon Codex," which analyzed the profound mysteries of the fundamental laws of time.

The "Sixteen Forms of Heavenly Frost," a fundamental secret technique for beginners in the Water and Void Beast God Path, should rightfully be taught by the Blood God Child's avatar, rather than by the Water Qilin clone, who has a stronger talent for cultivating laws.

Unfortunately, this is a secret technique of spiritual mastery, and the Blood God Child's avatar, which has no soul, cannot cultivate it at all, so the Water Qilin clone had to be used instead.

From this arrangement of understanding the law, it can be seen that Lu Jin did not make the law of time his current focus.

This is easy to understand. Although both time and space need to be repaired, it is necessary to distinguish between primary and secondary aspects.

First, focus on the laws of space to raise the upper limit of your own strength.

The most reasonable approach is to wait until the main spatial laws reach a bottleneck or the progress slows down significantly before shifting the focus to the time laws.

Cultivating both space and time simultaneously sounds good, but one's upper limit of strength is only linked to the one with the deeper understanding of the laws.

Those with shallower understanding, regardless of the specific level of understanding, cannot achieve a qualitative improvement in their potential strength if they haven't fully mastered it.

Three years later, the Time Dragon clone, who had already mastered the "Aurora Codex" and comprehended the mysteries of 108 fundamental laws of light, gained the recognition of the fundamental laws of light.

Along with Lu Jin himself, all his clones and incarnations were recognized by the fundamental laws of light.

Subsequently, the Time Dragon's clone turned its attention to comprehending the fundamental laws of time.

In the sixth year, with the efforts of the Time Dragon's clone and the eighty Blood God Child incarnations, Lu Jin completed the "Tian Yue Secret Manual" and comprehended the profound mysteries of 108 fundamental laws of time.

Compared to comprehending the mysteries of the 108 fundamental laws of space, comprehending the mysteries of the 108 fundamental laws of time is much faster.

There's no other reason than the cultivation advantages of the Realm Lord stage compared to the past, and the far superior talent in law cultivation.

Like the Time Dragon's clone, it was already at the ninth level of perfection in the realm of light at the very beginning of its birth, crossing the threshold of the fundamental laws of light.

Even without comprehending the laws of time, after the Time Dragon clone achieved perfect genes, it directly crossed the threshold of the fundamental laws of time.

Moreover, although both are incarnations of the Blood God, the incarnation differentiated from the Perfect Gene Netherworld Blood Sea clone possesses cultivation talent that surpasses that of previous Blood God incarnations.

Time flew by, and soon it was the tenth year since Lu Jin took office as the Special Inspector of the Tian Shuang Branch.

Virtual Universe, Yuxiang Mountain Primitive Area, Manor No. 114 Training Ground.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" Lu Jin stood in mid-air on the Water Cloud Shuttle. A seven-foot-long blue-gold ice cone appeared, flashing and teleporting within the extremely spacious training ground as faint spatial fluctuations arose.

Sometimes it appears beside Lu Jin, and sometimes it appears tens of thousands of kilometers away.

"Tsk~, still a bit lacking, it doesn't qualify as the third level of the ninth level."

Feeling the faint spatial fluctuations caused by the Heavenly Frost Divine Cone's teleportation, Lu Jin shook his head inwardly.

The sign that the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon has been perfected, which means that the third level of the ninth level of the 'Heavenly Frost Divine Cone' has been achieved, is very clear.

There must be no spatial fluctuations during the teleportation of the Heavenly Frost Divine Cone.

The essence of teleportation is its unpredictability. If the Heavenly Frost Divine Cone's teleportation is accompanied by spatial fluctuations, powerful individuals with a certain understanding of spatial laws can sense it and dodge in time.

Only when teleportation occurs without any spatial fluctuations, making it undetectable, can it be considered truly impossible to defend against.

As for the teleportation distance, it doesn't matter, since he logged into the virtual universe with his true self, and his true self's life level is only at the peak of the ninth level of the Domain Lord.

Even considering a hundredfold increase in soul amplitude, the intensity of mental power is only equivalent to the initial stage of a Realm Lord. Naturally, the distance that the Heavenly Frost Divine Cone can teleport each time is not comparable to that of a peak ninth-level Realm Lord.

Just then, Fatty's voice rang out: "Master, there's email!"

Who sent it?

"Master, this is a work assignment given to you by the Virtual Universe Company."

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin had an idea and left the training ground.

Back when he was at the cosmic level, he could freely choose his cultivation missions.

However, after being transferred to a domain lord-level position as a special envoy for the Tian Shuang branch, the Virtual Universe Company will assign him some special tasks.

Now, ten years into his tenure as Special Envoy for Inspectorate, his first task has arrived.

Inside the attic, Lu Jin carefully reviewed the emails sent by Virtual Universe Company.

—【After a detailed investigation by the Virtual Universe Company, it has been confirmed that the royal family of the Shadow Empire of the Heavenly Frost Universe Kingdom, and the ancestor of the Shadow Clan, 'Night Shadow', has been enslaved by the soul of a powerful demon. Night Shadow has become a henchman of the demon race.】

The entire Shadow Clan has been exploited by the Demon Clan for 189 million years, providing them with various benefits.

Mission Overview: Eliminate and eliminate all suspected members of the Shadow Clan, elite members of the twelve organizations secretly controlled by them (a total of 80 million people), and the immortal god 'Nightshade'!

Target strength: ①. On the surface, 'Night Shadow' is the peak of the Immortal Army Lord of the Heavenly Frost Universe Kingdom, but in reality, he has secretly been promoted to the initial level of Marquis.

②. There are 80 million ordinary members, including 28 realm lords, 623 domain lords, 51813 cosmic-level members, and the rest are planetary-level or star-level members.

Task Requirements: ①. Kill Nightshade (a low-level Immortal God of the Rank of Marquis). This will increase the task completion rate by 30%. Failure to complete the task will deduct 30% of the completion rate.

②. Killing all 80 million people will increase the mission completion rate by 20%. If even one person is not killed, the mission will be considered a failure. There is no penalty for mission failure.

③. Personally killing the target Gae (Level 1 Realm Lord) will increase the mission completion rate by 5%, and there will be no penalty for mission failure.

④. Personally killing the target Milas (Second-tier Realm Lord) will increase the mission completion rate by 10%, and there will be no penalty for mission failure.

⑤. Personally killing the target Santo (Level 3 Realm Lord) will increase the mission completion rate by 15%, and there will be no penalty for mission failure.

⑥. Personally killing the target Campbell (Level 4 Realm Lord) will increase the mission completion rate by 20%, and there will be no penalty for mission failure.

Available resources: ①. Seventh Legion (Army Group) of the Skyfrost Universe Nation, ②. Silver Moon Clan's 'Upper String Division' Action Team, ③. Virtual Universe Company Intelligence System.

Task deadline: 1 year (any sub-task not completed by the deadline will be considered a failure).

Task reward: The final reward score is calculated by multiplying the total completion rate by 20.

Task recipient: Lu Jin
Please click on the attached page for more details!

Aside from the second task, the others weren't difficult.

After flipping through the emails, Lu Jin thought to himself.

There are four tasks to test his strength, but the target level is at most the fourth level of the Realm Lord, so there is no difficulty at all.

The first mission, which yields the highest completion reward upon killing the target 'Nightshade,' requires no action from Nightshade himself, as the target's strength is only at the initial stage of the Marquis level. This task can be handled by the Silver Moon Clan's Upper Rank Action Team.

Whether it can be accomplished depends on whether the target 'Nightshade' has already escaped.

The second task, on the other hand, is almost impossible to complete.

It's not that we lack the ability, but there are too many people, and the mission requires that we can't let a single one escape.

Unless one is incredibly lucky, with a base of 80 million, there will inevitably be some who slip through the net.

Task 2 is almost impossible to complete. In other words, even after completing the other tasks, he can only get 80% of the 200,000 points, which is 160,000 points.

Tsk~, useless!
"A second wave of assassinations?"

Suddenly, Lu Jin narrowed his eyes, realizing a possibility.

Having been a black glove for 189 million years, why was he exposed so soon after taking office as the Special Inspector of the Tian Shuang Branch? It's too much of a coincidence.

In Lu Jin's view, this was very likely a trap set by the demon race to carry out a second wave of assassinations.

It's not that Lu Jin has paranoia, but rather that the demon race is truly capable of doing such things.

As long as we can successfully eliminate a human super genius, he's just a pawn. We can discard him without a second thought; we can always reinstate him later.

For example, at the last welcoming banquet, Feng Yuhou pulled out the K-786 Vulcan Source Crystal, which could kill a peak-level Marquis, without saying a word, intending to perish together with him.

This Marquis Fengyu is also a low-level immortal soul servant who has been granted the title of Marquis, and he is also a member of the Virtual Universe Company. Can't the demon race just abandon him as they please?

The question is, if the speculation is true, how much will the demon race invest this time?

King?

Or perhaps the Supreme Being of the Universe?
Hmm, I doubt it will come to the point where a cosmic sage will appear.

After all, within the demon race, the Universe Venerable is already considered a high-ranking member.

To deal with someone who isn't even at the level of a World Lord on the surface, it wouldn't be necessary to send out such a powerful expert.

For the demon race to send a cosmic venerable as an assassin, it would have to wait until he killed the immortal king.

After opening the email attachment and reviewing the introductions to the Seventh Legion and the Upper Moon Clan of the Silver Moon Clan, Lu Jin disappeared from the attic.

Bonus chapter for May (2)

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