Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 164 Serial Assassinations
The Shadow Capital Star has always been the economic, cultural, and administrative center of the Shadow Empire, gathering the highest echelons of the Shadow Empire's millions of light-year-long territory.

At this moment, a grand and high-class court banquet is being held in the luxurious palace.

On the high platform in the main banquet hall stood a young man dressed in magnificent robes with some black markings on his face. He was none other than Nightshade, the founding emperor of the Shadow Empire and the patriarch of the Shadow Clan.

Beside the high platform stood seven figures emanating fluctuations of law, all immortals from nearby star regions who had come to attend the banquet.

On the high platform, Nightshade smiled and said, "Today, I am honored to have invited seven immortals to attend this banquet."

I believe that after the Shadow Empire reaches a cooperation agreement with the seven surrounding empires, the overall strength of our eight empires will be further enhanced.

Suddenly, Nightshade's voice stopped abruptly. While secretly pleased, he outwardly frowned and looked up at the banquet hall.

With his gaze piercing through the dome of the banquet hall, Nightshade saw three figures appear in the sky above the distant palace.

The three figures all had long, silver hair, wore battle armor, and exuded a life force that was in no way inferior to his own.

'Silver Moon Clan, three individuals granted the initial rank of Marquis.'

In an instant, Nightshade determined the origins and strength of the three figures.

The experts from the subordinate tribes have arrived; barring any unforeseen circumstances, the first step of the plan has succeeded.

The newly appointed Inspector No. 1 of the Skyfrost Branch took on the mission of eliminating himself and the Shadow Clan.

"Nightshade, you've been caught. Surrender now!"

"Traitors should be exterminated!"

"Demon minions, you deserve to die!"

The voices of the three immortal marquises from the Upper Moon Clan echoed throughout the Shadow Palace.

If they hadn't noticed that the four Realm Lords that Lu Jin needed to kill personally were also in the banquet hall, and had to avoid affecting them, the three of them would definitely have launched a surprise attack.

"Resef, Knok, run!"

Upon hearing this, Nightshade feigned a change in expression, shouted at a Flame Immortal and a Lightning Immortal standing at the edge of the hall, and then transformed into a black light, directly breaking through the dome of the banquet hall, attempting to escape.

But just then——

"call out!"

"Bam—"

A flash of silver light appeared, and a silver arrow shot out at lightning speed, piercing straight through Nightshade's chest and shattering his immortal divine body into dust.

The next second, a large amount of immortal divine power that had not been extinguished gathered together, and Night Shadow's body, which possessed the strength of a low-level Marquis and had already cultivated an immortal body, reassembled.

'A high-ranking title of King?!'

Realizing that the powerful figure who had attacked from the shadows had annihilated more than 10% of his divine body with a single arrow, Nightshade was greatly alarmed and immediately burned his divine power without hesitation.

In an instant, the aura emanating from Night Shadow surged dramatically, reaching a level comparable to the peak of a Marquis in his normal state.

However, Nightshade, having burned his divine power, showed no intention of staying to fight. He immediately increased his speed to the extreme, transforming into a black light that shot straight into the sky. His figure quickly disappeared and entered the dark universe.

"Humph!"

Seeing Nightshade flee, the silver-haired beauty Daphne snorted coldly and transformed into a beam of light to chase after him into the dark universe.

High above the Shadow Capital Star, seven immortal figures were engaged in a fierce battle.

There are five people on one side.

The other side consisted of two people, namely the Flame Immortal Resef and the Lightning Immortal Nok that Nightshade had mentioned earlier.

"Liesif, Nok, you have been reduced to slaves and become henchmen of the demon race. You will surely die, but the race will not hold you accountable for your mistakes."

But if you continue to cause destruction, your families will have to pay for all the losses you've caused.

After besieging the two Flame Immortals, Liesif and Liesif, who were about to cause trouble after being exposed, a Light Immortal with a black horn on his head said in a deep voice.

The two immortal flames, Liesuf and his companion, did not reply. They only attacked and did not defend, relentlessly using secret techniques to attack the five people.

After a long while, and after several attempts to reunite their divine bodies, the two, who had failed to formally cultivate immortality, suffered severe damage to their divine bodies. It seemed that their consciousness would collapse and they would die due to the excessive damage to their divine bodies.

"The great demon race, our great master will avenge us!"

As they spoke, the two immortal flames, Liesuf and his companion, revealed ferocious expressions, their divine power surging as they prepared to self-destruct.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Suddenly, four silver rays appeared. One arrow landed on the Flame Immortal, Resef, while the other three arrows landed on the Lightning Immortal, Nok.

"Bam—"

A deafening roar erupted at the same time, and in an instant, the divine bodies of the Flame Immortal Resef and the Lightning Immortal Nok were annihilated and turned into nothingness.

The ones who made the move were Daphne, the Upper Moon Elder who had pursued and killed Nightshade in the Dark Universe and had already returned, along with three Silver Moon Clan members who were newly appointed Immortals.

"Thank you, seniors."

The five immortals who were about to escape the self-destruction zone stopped in their tracks and bowed to Daphne and her companions.

"You are Welcome."

The silver-haired beauty, Daphne, waved her hand.

On the other side, Lu Jin, observing the battle unfolding through the images displayed on the screen by the Shenzhou spacecraft's probes, secretly raised his eyebrows.

The mission went awry, but so far, it wasn't as he had initially anticipated.

However, among the seven immortals invited by Nightshade, two of them were like him, having been reduced to servants and becoming spies of the demon race.

'I still need to be careful; those four World Lord-level mission targets might give me a big surprise.'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

However, to Lu Jin's relief, this battle between immortals did not cause too much damage to the Shadow Emperor's capital star.

Although the area near the palace was severely damaged, at least 80% of the entire Shadow Imperial Capital Star was unaffected.

There was damage, but it wasn't fatal.

Then, Lu Jin ordered: "Target Nightshade has been eliminated by the Upper String Division action team. Seventh Legion, advance and eliminate the personnel on the mission list."

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

The voices of the 40 immortal commanders of the Seventh Legion rang out in the communication channel, and then 40 interstellar warships, which formed an encirclement and blockade in the starry sky, headed toward the Shadow Imperial Capital.

At the same time, the other 60 armies of the Seventh Legion, distributed throughout the Shadow Empire, also began their annihilation operations.

At this moment, the voice of the silver-haired beauty Daphne rang out in the communication channel: "Your Highness, the four low-level world lords of the Shadow Clan have been arrested and are now inside my world ring."

Lu Jin said, "Bring him to me."

Lu Jin didn't go to the Shadow Capital Star. His task was simply to kill the four low-level Realm Lords of the Shadow Clan on his own. If these four Realm Lords were up to something, and the battle took place on the Shadow Capital Star, then the hundreds of billions of citizens of the capital star who had barely escaped with their lives might really be doomed.

Shortly after, a long, silver, shuttle-shaped spaceship returned and hovered beside the Shenzhou spaceship, from which nine figures flew out.

The four members of the Upper String Division action team, along with five Immortal Lords who had previously assisted in the battle and were preparing to make friends with Lu Jin, the branch's special inspector.

"Wow!"

The Shenzhou spacecraft hatch opened, and Lu Jin carried Chen Yuan out into the air.

"Greetings, Your Highness Lu Jin."

Upon seeing Lu Jin, a glint of light flashed in the eyes of the five immortals, and they bowed respectfully.

"Thank you all for your help earlier."

Although even without these five people, the three newly appointed Immortals of the Upper Moon Clan could have killed the two Immortals who had become slaves of the demon race, Lu Jin still bowed and expressed his gratitude.

"Your Highness is too kind. Demons' lackeys and accomplices deserve to be killed by everyone!"

The light emanating from the black unicorn on its head spoke with righteous indignation.

"Blackhorn is right, it's all as it should be!"

The remaining four immortals echoed this sentiment.

Waving his hand, Lu Jin said, "No matter what, I must thank the five immortals. Please rest assured, my Virtual Universe Company's Tian Shuang branch will definitely make a gesture in return."

The seven immortal military lords fought each other, and even though I had the advantage of five against two, all five of them still lost some of their divine bodies.

If they don't show any response afterward, people might think that Virtual Universe Company is acting like a monster!

Then, Lu Jin said to Fatty, "Fatty, start recording."

"Yes, Master!"

Fatty responded and initiated synchronous transmission across the virtual universe network.

Lu Jin looked at the silver-haired beauty: "Elder Daphne, release the person."

The silver-haired beauty nodded, and with a wave of her hand, four realm lords from the Shadow Clan appeared not far in front of them.

Gai'er, a first-tier Realm Lord; Miles, a second-tier Realm Lord; Santo, a third-tier Realm Lord; and Campbell, a fourth-tier Realm Lord.

As soon as the four appeared, upon seeing Lu Jin standing in the starry sky in the distance, they recalled the task their master had given them and were overjoyed.

However, the extremely strong binding force of the surrounding space made it impossible for them to retrieve items from their inner world. The four had to suppress their idea of ​​taking out the Fire God Source Crystal hidden in their inner world and detonating it.

"Enough with the nonsense. The four of you will fight me. If you can defeat me, you can live; otherwise, you will die."

Lu Jin addressed the four people.

"But seriously?"

Campbell, clad in blue armor, said in a deep voice.

"The reputation of the Universe Nation's branch inspector is far more valuable than your lives."

Lu Jin raised his hand and the Heavenly Frost Divine Weapon materialized beside him. He turned to the silver-haired beauty beside him and said, "Elder Daphne, release the four of them."

"Don't even think about running away. Defeating Prince Lu Jin is your only way to survive."

The silver-haired beauty, Daphne, gave the four a warning before releasing the spatial forces binding them.

Sensing that the binding force of the surrounding space had disappeared, Campbell and the other three exchanged glances, and then a resolute look flashed in their eyes.

The next moment, the four low-level fire god source crystals, which were originally stored in the four people's inner worlds and were now in a state of imminent detonation, appeared in the hands of the four people.

Detonating the Vulcan Source Crystal requires a very short time, similar to how a firecracker fuse needs a certain amount of time to burn.

In order to avoid being interrupted by the powerful figures beside them, the four of them began to use the power of the world to trigger the explosion of the Fire God Source Crystal while it was still inside their inner world.

'not good! '

As a high-level expert who had been granted the title of King, Daphne was the first to react. Having comprehended the three great mysteries of space, she quickly set up a spatial barrier in front of everyone.

To prevent Lu Jin, a peak ninth-level Domain Lord, from being reduced to ashes by the four low-level Fire God Source Crystals that exploded.

Just as the silver-haired beauty set up the spatial barrier, four low-level fire god source crystals exploded.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

As four streaks of fire suddenly appeared, the universe collapsed in an instant, and the four Fire God Source Crystals instantly formed a super fireball as if a supernova had exploded.

The terrifying flame energy surged in all directions, also rushing towards the spatial barrier that the silver-haired beauty had erected in front of everyone, triggered by the fundamental laws of space.

'Thankfully, it's only a low-level Vulcan Source!!!'

Just as she was secretly rejoicing, the silver-haired beauty Daphne's expression suddenly changed.

She sensed that four terrifying auras suddenly rose behind her.

Of the five immortals who had previously assisted in eliminating the two demon minions, only the one with the black horn and the light immortal seemed to have anticipated this, pulling out several large shields to protect himself.

The remaining four Immortals, who had been subtly forming a pincer movement around Lu Jin, immediately self-destructed!
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The immense metal, earth, water, and lightning divine powers contained within the divine bodies of the four immortal gods ignited instantly like explosives, accompanied by a violent roar, and terrifying energy spread out in an instant.

Unexpectedly, it was completely unexpected. Because a large part of her attention was drawn to the four Vulcan Source Crystals that exploded in front of her, even the silver-haired beauty, who was a high-level King-ranking expert, was unable to stop the four from self-destructing.

At this moment, in the magnificent cosmic sky, four overlapping spheres of golden, yellow, blue, and purple energy light, rapidly expanding, once again bloomed.

In this assassination plan, Crocodile Scale King abandoned Night Shadow, a low-level spy, and arranged an assassination package for Lu Jin, who ranked No. 1 on the assassination list. Naturally, it was not just a matter of four low-level Fire God Source Crystals out of a mere nine that were effective.

The seven immortals invited to Nightshade's banquet had all already fallen victim to the Crocodile Scale King's wickedness, and all seven were now soul slaves.

A powerful king-level expert attacked an immortal army lord, and it was a calculated move against him. How could the immortal army lord possibly escape?
In addition, in order to allow the five Blackhorn Immortals to approach Lu Jin under suspicion, they could act as a backup plan after the low-level Vulcan Source Crystal failed to achieve its goal.

Throughout the entire plan, Crocodile King deliberately sacrificed two of the seven people to allay Lu Jin and the others' suspicions.

It must be said that Crocodile King's plan was quite successful.

Having anticipated that this mission was likely a trap, Lu Jin had already prepared himself for the possibility that there might be something fishy about the four World Lord-level mission targets.

But he truly hadn't anticipated the sudden self-destruction of the four immortal gods beside him.

However, just because it was unexpected doesn't mean that Lu Jin couldn't handle this unexpected turn of events.

Back when those four World Lord-level mission targets took out the low-level Fire God Source Crystal that was about to explode from their inner world.

The cloud-patterned blue-gold armor that Lu Jin was wearing instantly transformed into a helmet, neck guard, gauntlets, and other parts, covering Lu Jin's entire body.

With armor formed from the strongest Moyun Vine with ten times the life gene protecting him, let alone the self-destruction of a few Immortal Army Lords who were not at their peak, even the K-786 Vulcan Source Crystal with ten times the self-destruction power of a peak Marquis wouldn't be able to kill him.

Furthermore, possessing the secret technique of creating clones, as long as the opponent doesn't use methods like soul enslavement or soul infiltration to kill, even if an alien universe lord descends, he won't be intimidated in the slightest.

Bonus chapter for May (3)

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