Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 163 The Silver Moon Clan, the Crocodile Scale King's Ingenious Plan
Virtual universe, Blue Crystal Island.

Guided by an immortal being, Lu Jin entered a reception hall within the majestic main hall.

The reception hall was very spacious, with a blue metal round table in the center and tall thrones placed around it.

At this moment, four figures were already seated on these divine thrones.

Chen Ye, the military minister of the Tian Shuang branch, and Cui Sina, the commerce minister.

A few years ago, he succeeded as Minister of the Martial Arts Department. He came from the Dragonman race, was tall, had three golden dragon horns on his head, and had some golden dragon scales on his face. He was known as 'Golden Marquis' Keles.

And a burly man who was three meters tall, wearing khaki armor, with a buzz cut and a square head.

Behind the square-faced giant stood numerous immortal figures, numbering as many as a hundred.

After greeting the three ministers, Lu Jin turned to the square-faced giant and said, "Seventh Army Commander."

"Your Highness Lu Jin."

The square-faced man stood up and gave a slight bow, showing no airs whatsoever.

For no other reason than that this young man, though only a ninth-level Domain Lord, is the only personal disciple of the King.

"Your Highness, in accordance with the orders of Virtual Universe Company, the million soldiers of my Seventh Army Group are at your command."

The square-faced man said in a deep voice.

The space army of the Tianshuang Universe Kingdom consists of 100 army groups, each of which comprises 100 corps.

Each army consists of one immortal god, 100 realm lords, 1000 domain lords, and 10000 cosmic-level warriors.

The entire Seventh Army Group, apart from him, a military commander with the initial strength of a marquis, has as many as 100 immortals, 10000 realm lords, 10 domain lords, and 100 million cosmic-level warriors.

Lu Jin waved his hand and said, "It's not a matter of assigning tasks or not. This time, we are all fighting to eliminate spies within our clan."

"Your Highness, is there anything my Seventh Legion needs to do for this mission?"

The Seventh Army Commander looked at Lu Jin.

"I will send you the mission objectives."

As he spoke, Lu Jin began to contact the company's intelligence system through the virtual universe network, sending the detailed information of the 80 million people in the second mission to the Seventh Army Commander.

After instructing the Seventh Army Commander to contact the Virtual Universe Company's intelligence system and formulate a combat plan targeting these 80 million people, Lu Jin withdrew from the Virtual Universe.

Subsequently, Lu Jin, accompanied by Chen Yuan, the commander of the guards, arrived at the 'Night Shadow Starfield' via the Divine Kingdom's teleportation. Then, he released the Shenzhou spaceship, which entered the dark universe and traveled towards the Morning Star in the Night Shadow Starfield.

Morning Star was the rendezvous point designated by the Virtual Universe Company for him and the Silver Moon Clan's Upper String Division action team.

On the other side, on Morning Star, in a luxurious manor, inside a grand hall that resembled crystal, five figures with exceptional looks and气质 sat around a round table.

The five figures, two women and three men, all had long silver hair cascading down their shoulders, silver-white skin, pointed ears, and a crystalline crescent moon mark between their brows, making them look like five silver-haired elves.

"Gentlemen, please take a look at the information first."

A beautiful silver-haired woman in a long dress spoke to the other four.

As she spoke, a projection screen appeared beside the beautiful woman.

On the projection screen, there was a figure, Lu Jin, wearing blue and gold armor with cloud patterns and carrying the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon on his back, with a lot of text information beside him.

The silver-haired beauty pointed to Lu Jin on the projection screen and said, "This is the contact person that Virtual Universe Company has assigned to us this time. In this mission, we need to follow his instructions."

After a pause, the silver-haired beauty turned to a silver-haired girl in the group: "Alice, if possible, you'd better try to get on good terms with him."

"???"

Upon hearing this, a look of bewilderment flashed across the silver-haired girl Alice's eyes.

"Good teacher."

Confused as she was, the silver-haired girl nodded and looked at the projection screen.

"Lu Jin, from the Guanghan Star Region, participated in the Pinnacle Genius Battle held by the Virtual Universe Company more than 120 years ago. He cleared the seventh trial tower, which was said to be insurmountable, and forcefully won first place in the Genius Battle. Wait a minute, more than 120 years ago?"

As she softly read the information displayed on the projection screen, the silver-haired girl's eyes widened in surprise.

It was only at the stellar level more than 120 years ago, why break through to the domain master level so quickly?

She had heard that Virtual Universe Company had a very strong internal training program.

It is said that the resources spent on cultivating each core member are enough to bankrupt most immortals.

"Teacher, I seriously suspect that this Lu Jin is all show and no substance!"

The silver-haired girl said with a confident expression.

"madness!"

The silver-haired beauty rebuked him, saying, "Do you know who Lu Jin's teacher is?"

The silver-haired girl blinked and asked, "Who is it?"

"King of Tianshuang Kingdom!"

"It's a silver-haired beauty," the woman said in a deep voice.

Immediately, the silver-haired girl's beautiful eyes widened: "King Tiantian Shuang?"

The Silver Moon Clan resides in a secret cosmic realm within the territory of the Heavenly Frost Universe Kingdom. The silver-haired girl naturally knew that the Heavenly Frost Kingdom's ruler was a rare powerhouse among the human race.

How could the disciple of such a powerful figure be nothing more than a showy but ineffective spearhead?
"Alice, you are just a realm lord. The main reason I brought you here is to broaden your horizons, but you must behave and obey, understand?"

The silver-haired beauty said with a serious expression.

"is teacher!"

The silver-haired girl answered without hesitation.

"Ah."

The silver-haired beauty nodded slightly, then looked at the other three and said, "Although there is no detailed information about Lu Jin, the fact that he was able to pass the seventh trial tower, which is said to be insurmountable by the human race, during the Genius Battle, and was accepted as a disciple by the Heavenly Frost Kingdom Lord, is enough to prove that he is by no means an ordinary member of the Primal Secret Realm in the Virtual Universe Company."

I dare say that Lu Jin is absolutely the most talented member below the Immortal level in the current generation of Virtual Universe Company.

With such exceptional talent and extraordinary background, our Silver Moon Clan must befriend them.

This mission is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity to get to know Lu Jin.

Therefore, we must complete this mission perfectly; there can be absolutely no mistakes!

"Yes, Elder (Teacher)!"

The four of them, including the silver-haired girl, responded in unison with serious expressions.

The following day, a ripple suddenly appeared in the starry sky outside the Morning Star, and a thousand-foot-long silver dragon appeared.

"Whoosh!"

The next moment, the thousand-foot-long silver dragon, having activated its signal stealth mode, swung its tail and flew rapidly toward the distant Morning Star.

Before long, the Shenzhou spacecraft appeared in the sky above the Virtual Universe Company's manor.

At this moment, within the vast manor, five members of the Silver Moon Clan gazed intently at the thousand-foot-long silver dragon descending not far away.

"Teacher, is this a G-class biological spaceship?"

The silver-haired girl, Alice, said in a low voice to the silver-haired beauty with a shocked expression.

"Ah."

The silver-haired beauty nodded slightly.

"A G-class biological spaceship. Even someone as powerful as the teacher couldn't afford it, right? Humans are indeed rich!"

"It's amazing!" exclaimed Alice, the silver-haired girl.

Silver-haired beauty: "."

Your teacher is poor and can't afford a G-class biological spaceship. He's embarrassed you.
The silver-haired beauty glared at her disciple with annoyance.

As a vassal race, and a weak race with only one Cosmic Venerable in charge, how could the Silver Moon Clan compare with the human race in terms of resource abundance?
Furthermore, even among the wealthy, only cosmic beings typically possess the resources to cultivate a G-class biological spaceship.

"Wow!"

At this moment, a hatch opened in the belly of the thousand-foot-long silver dragon.

Under the watchful eyes of the five members of the Silver Moon Clan, Lu Jin, dressed in cloud-patterned blue and gold armor, and Chen Yuan, with silver hair and silver armor, flew out through the air along the hatch passage.

After Lu Jin put away the Shenzhou spaceship, the silver-haired beauty led four people forward, nodded and said, "Elder Daphne of the Silver Moon Clan's Upper Moon Clan welcomes Special Envoy Prince Lu Jin."

At the same time, the remaining four Silvermoon Clan members bowed in respect.

"Elder Daphne, you're too kind."

Lu Jin waved his hand and said something.

After exchanging greetings, the group entered the main hall of the manor.

Inside the reception room of the Crystal Palace, Lu Jin and his six companions sat in order.

"Elder Daphne, what are your plans for this mission?"

Lu Jin asked the silver-haired beauty.

"Your Highness Lu Jin, according to the information from the Virtual Universe Company regarding the mission we are assigned to deal with this time, Night Shadow is only a Marquis-level Immortal."

"With me and three other clansmen at the Marquis level taking action, as long as Nightshade shows himself, even if he burns his divine power, he absolutely will not be able to escape."

The silver-haired beauty said confidently.

"What about her?"

Lu Jin pointed to the silver-haired girl who was at the realm master level.

Upon hearing this, the silver-haired beauty smiled and suggested, "Your Highness, although Alice is only at the level of a Realm Lord, her strength is not much different from that of an ordinary initial-level Immortal Army Lord. Why don't she temporarily serve as Your Highness's bodyguard?"

Lu Jin: "."

Judging by this pace, are they sending me girls?
Although this girl is pretty, Lu Jin has seen too many beautiful women.

"Elder Daphne, there's no need for guards. Are you all ready? I want to finish the mission as soon as possible."

Lu Jin waved his hand and asked.

"I will follow Your Highness's arrangements!"

"Okay, let's go now."

Subsequently, a thousand-foot-long silver dragon and a long, silver, shuttle-shaped spaceship departed from Dawn Star.

After setting off for the capital star of the Shadow Empire, Lu Jin separated a wisp of his consciousness to log into the virtual universe.

Yuxiangshan Primitive Area, Manor No. 114.

Inside the attic, a virtual screen appeared in front of Lu Jin, where he was having a video call with the intelligence department's liaison.

"Where is the exact location of the target, Nightshade?"

Lu Jin asked a blonde woman on the screen.

"Your Highness, according to information gathered by the intelligence department, in ten days, the target Nightshade will hold a banquet in the Imperial Capital Star, inviting immortals from several nearby star regions to attend."

"If Your Highness and the Silver Moon Clan's Upper Rank Division action team fail to make adequate preparations, the Intelligence Department will have a Marquis-level Immortal affiliated with my Virtual Universe Company host a banquet, inviting many Immortals, including Nightshade, to attend. Nightshade will then make his appearance."

The blonde woman said respectfully, "Very good. If anything changes, please inform me immediately."

Lu Jin nodded in satisfaction.

On that day, 42 spaceships were docked on a desolate planet a thousand light-years away from the capital of the Shadow Empire.

Lu Jin's Shenzhou spaceship, the Silver Shuttle spaceships of the Silver Moon Clan's Upper String Action Team, and 40 large interstellar warships of the Seventh Legion.

The Seventh Legion has 100 corps, each equipped with one starship.

Sixty of these armies have already arrived throughout the Shadow Empire, targeting more than sixty million of the eighty million targets.

The remaining nearly 20 million targets are all located on the capital planet of the Shadow Empire.

At this moment, the Silver Moon Clan's Upper String Action Team, the Seventh Army Commander of the Seventh Legion, and the Immortal Commanders of 40 Armies all gathered in Lu Jin's Shenzhou spaceship control room.

"Gentlemen, in ten days, the target Nightshade will hold a banquet on the Imperial Capital Star. In other words, the target will appear in ten days at the latest."

If the target appears ahead of schedule, our operation will begin earlier. All units must be ready to act at any time, and absolutely no mishaps must be tolerated.

Lu Jin said with a serious expression.

After a pause, Lu Jin continued, "Among all the targets in this mission, only Night Shadow is capable of traversing the Dark Universe and teleporting to the Divine Kingdom on his own."

At the start of the operation, Elder Daphne, you led three Marquis-level officers to kill Nightshade.

"Seventh Army Commander, your 40 armies should refrain from attacking for now. Simply disperse them at a distance to surround the Imperial Capital Star, preventing any spaceships or life from leaving."

"Your Highness, why is this?"

The Seventh Army Commander asked, puzzled.

Lu Jin slowly said, "Ten years ago, when I first took office as the branch's special inspector, a demon clan spy at the rank of Marquis attempted to assassinate me at the welcoming banquet with a Fire God Source Crystal that was powerful enough to kill a peak Marquis."

The fact that I invested so much in my first assassination attempt shows that I'm ranked quite high on the so-called assassination list of the demon race.

Prior to this, I had already inquired with the three ministers of the intelligence department and the branch.

The reason why the Shadow Clan's demon clan spy was exposed was not because we traced it back to the Marquis-level spy who assassinated me.

The Shadow Clan had been lurking for 189 million years, but when I took office, they were suddenly discovered to be a spy of the demon race. I have reason to suspect that this was a trap deliberately set for me by a demon race member who knew the company's training practices.

Within the world rings of the target Nightshade, and the other world lord-level targets that I need to kill personally, there may be dangerous items such as the Fire God Source Crystal, or immortal-level soul servants.

Please remember to be careful during your actions.

Upon hearing this, a hush fell over the area under control.

Now that you mention it, it's not impossible!
After a long silence, an immortal commander forced himself to speak, "Your Highness, are you overthinking this?"

Lu Jin shook his head and said, "If I'm overthinking it, then that's a good thing. But if I'm not overthinking it, then our casualties are hard to predict."

"What does Your Highness intend to do about this?"

After a moment's hesitation, the Seventh Army Commander asked.

Needless to say, if reality unfolds as Lu Jin predicted, then his 7th Regiment, comprising 40 corps, could very well face total annihilation.

"I can't help it, I'm just telling you to be more careful."

After all, this is just my speculation. Without concrete evidence, headquarters wouldn't send more powerful individuals for this mission.

Lu Jin shrugged.

Everyone present: "."

Damn it, it seems like the possibility of something unexpected happening is getting higher and higher.
On the other side, in the void interlayer, within a divine realm.

Inside the majestic temple, an abstract figure, over sixty meters tall and covered in jet-black scales, resembling a humanoid crocodile, sat atop the throne.

In front of this abstract figure, kneeling, was a young man dressed in fine clothes with some black markings on his face.

“Master, as you instructed, my Shadow Clan has deliberately revealed our true colors.”

If nothing unexpected happens, the Virtual Universe Company is already aware that my Shadow Clan has become a part of the great demon race.

In addition, I have already informed them that I will leave the Divine Kingdom in ten days to host a banquet for the immortals from several nearby star regions in the Imperial Capital Star.

The No. 1 inspector of the Tian Shuang branch will most likely be present to carry out the mission.

Nightshade, the ancestor of the Shadow Empire and a newly appointed Marquis-level expert, respectfully reported to Crocodile Scale King, who sat on the throne.

"very good!"

The powerful demon king, Crocodile Scale King, nodded in satisfaction and asked, "Night Shadow, how many members of your Shadow Clan are below the fifth level of Realm Lord?"

As one of the human race's long-time rivals, the demon race is fully aware of how the virtual universe company trains its core members.

Virtual Universe Company assigned No.1 the task of eliminating the Shadow Clan, who had shown signs of wrongdoing.

Therefore, among the lower-level realm lords within the Shadow Clan, there will inevitably be one who becomes the number one mission target that needs to be personally killed.

If we plant some small props on these realm lords, wouldn't the opportunity for assassination arise?

"Reporting to the master, there are nine members whose rank is below the fifth level."

Nightshade replied.

The next moment, Crocodile King raised his hand and waved, and nine black crystals surrounded by a fiery red halo materialized and landed in front of Nightshade, who was kneeling on the ground. He said, "Nightshade, you know the backup plan for this operation. You let Number One enslave them."

After Number One is enslaved, you will hand over these nine Fire God Source Crystals to the nine Realm Lords. Whenever you have the chance to approach Number One, immediately detonate the Fire God Source Crystals to kill Number One.

He couldn't guess who Lu Jin's target was, but that didn't matter. He could just assign Fire God Source Crystals to all nine low-level Realm Lords; someone would eventually encounter No. 1.

Although the power of a low-level Vulcan Source Crystal is limited, equivalent only to the self-destruction of an ordinary fire-type immortal, this power is still sufficient.

"Yes, Master!"

Night Shadow responded.

"Go!"

Crocodile King waved his hand, signaling Nightshade to step back.

'I hope my meticulously planned scheme will succeed; if not, I'll have to do it myself. The task assigned by my master must be completed!'

Crocodile King thought to himself.

Well, in the entire assassination gang, not a single person was free; they were all slaves to their souls.

However, this is a normal phenomenon. Anyone who is free will most likely not go into the territory of an enemy force to do the dirty work of assassinating the genius of the enemy force.

After all, the success rate of assassinating a genius from an opposing force is actually not high, and once it fails, it is difficult to escape unscathed.

Moreover, even if the assassin succeeds and escapes unscathed, the assassin will still be placed on the kill list of the organization to which the assassinated genius belonged.

After all, if they don't retaliate severely against the assassins, the assassinations will become even more frequent.

Only when the assassin is certain to die will the strong who are not enslaved by their souls be hesitant, thereby reducing the probability of their own faction's geniuses being assassinated by strongmen from other races.

Ten days later.

Upon receiving a letter from the intelligence department informing them that Nightshade had appeared on the capital planet of the Shadow Empire, Lu Jin, inside the Shenzhou spaceship's control room, said in a deep voice: "Upper String Squad, 40th Army of the 7th Legion, target: the capital planet of the Shadow Empire, depart!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

A response came from the communication system.

Immediately afterwards, 41 green signal dots appeared on the main screen in the Shenzhou spacecraft control room.

These 41 signal points represent the Silvermoon Clan's Upper String Squadron's silver shuttle-shaped ships, as well as 40 large interstellar warships of the Seventh Legion.

"Rumble--"

The next moment, the Shenzhou spaceship, the Silver Shuttle spaceship of the Upper String Action Team, and 40 large interstellar warships with a length of over 10,000 meters took off, transforming into 42 streaks of light and flying into space. They then accelerated to the speed of light and entered the dark universe to travel to the capital star of the Shadow Empire.

Not long after, outside the capital of the Shadow Empire.

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

Ripples spread across the starry sky, and a thousand-foot-long silver dragon appeared first, followed by the silver, shuttle-shaped Upper String spaceship, and then a total of 40 large interstellar warships.

"Your Highness, that is the capital star of the Shadow Empire."

In the simulated outdoor scene, Chen Yuan pointed to the life-bearing planet in the distance and said.

Gazing at the life-bearing planet shimmering with a purple halo ahead, Lu Jin asked, "How many people live on this Shadow Capital Star?"

Chen Yuan said in a deep voice, "More than 600 billion."

"Over 600 billion!"

Lu Jin couldn't help but shake his head and sigh softly.

To the powerful beings in the universe, life-bearing planets are as fragile as bubbles.

The operation has begun, and unless the target, Nightshade, surrenders, the aftershocks of the battle will inevitably affect the entire Shadow Imperial Capital Star.

'Despicable demon race!'

Lu Jin cursed inwardly.

The Shadow Clan was a spy enslaved by a powerful member of the demon race, and it's absolutely right for him to hold the demon race responsible for this.

Although Lu Dashanren prohibited the buying and selling of human slaves, it did not mean that he could not tolerate the buying and selling of slaves.

The Yanhuang Company, under the Heavenly Court in the future, may very well become the largest demon slave trading company in the universe.

Through the internal communication system channel, Lu Jin ordered: "Elder Daphne, you will lead the team to kill Nightshade. If possible, try to control the aftermath of the battle and reduce the casualties of innocent people."

The Seventh Legion has sealed off outer space of the Shadow Capital Star. During the entire operation, any spaceship attempting to escape will be destroyed.

Also, watch out for the Shadow Clan's Lord-level members: Gae, Miles, Santo, and Campbell. Don't kill them; I'll handle them myself.

Lu Jin was lucky. Perhaps it was because the Night Shadow Clan's ancestor was hosting a banquet, but the four targets of the second kill mission were all on the Shadow Imperial Capital Star.

"understand!"

"understand!"

"understand!"

A series of sounds rang out almost simultaneously.

"Action, begin!"

With Lu Jin's command, the 40 large interstellar warships that had been surrounding the Shenzhou spaceship quickly dispersed and surrounded and sealed off the Youying Imperial Capital Star from different directions in space.

At the same time, the Upper String Action Team's silver shuttle-shaped spaceships transformed into streaks of light and flew rapidly towards the Imperial Capital Star ahead.

Then, Lu Jin said to Yin Wo, the immortal metallic life form that had merged with the Shenzhou spaceship, "Yin Wo, after the battle begins, activate the spaceship's detectors. I want to see the specific battle process."

"Yes, Master!"

A cold, mechanical voice echoed in the spaceship's control room.

(End of this chapter)