Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 165 The Star-Eating Grass Blooms Again, Mountain and Sea Sky
A very strange sight appeared in the starry sky.

A sphere of light, radiating outwards over tens of thousands of kilometers in radius and surging with immortal divine power, was split into two parts by an invisible force.

The first half of the energy sphere was fiery red, while the second half was a mixture of gold, yellow, blue, and purple.

However, regardless of whether it is the fiery red half of the energy sphere or the half of the energy sphere interwoven with four colors, they have one thing in common: their power is extremely terrifying.

Ordinary world lord-level beings would be doomed to be reduced to ashes if they were to be caught in it.

Soon, the strange, enormous energy sphere dissipated, and the surrounding space gradually returned to normal, revealing six figures and a corpse.

The explosive power of the four low-level Vulcan Source Crystals was blocked by the spatial barrier, and the explosive power failed to affect the people.

The silver-haired beauty Daphne was a high-level powerhouse at the King level. The self-destruction of four mere Immortal Army Lords was essentially no different from a gentle breeze blowing in one's face.

Lu Jin was protected by the strongest Moyun Vine Armor with ten times the genetic power, and the self-destruct damage from the four Immortal Army Lords was all absorbed by the Moyun Vine.

Chen Yuan and the three members of the Silver Moon Clan were all at the initial level of the Marquis title.

An immortal god's self-destruction can severely injure an immortal of the same level. These four immortals who self-destructed were not only very close to them, but two of them were also at the peak of the Immortal Army Lord level.

The power generated by the quadruple self-destruction was enough to cause some damage to the divine bodies of the four of them.

There will be an impact, but it shouldn't be significant.

As for that black unicorn-shaped immortal god corpse, it was only at the peak of the Immortal Army Lord level. It had not yet achieved immortality. Once its divine body lost more than 50%, it would basically die from a breakdown of consciousness. It would be strange if it hadn't died.

The reason he was able to leave behind the bodies was thanks to the fact that he had taken out several F-class immortal divine weapons, such as shields, before the four people self-destructed, which to some extent resisted the power of the self-destruction.

"Your Highness, are you alright?"

Looking at Lu Jin, who was completely encased in blue and gold armor, the silver-haired beauty asked.

Only then did she realize that the armor Lu Jin was wearing was formed from an immortal plant life form.

Moreover, the life force of this plant is estimated to have reached the level of a king.

Similarly, the silver-haired beauty was secretly rejoicing.

Fortunately, at the start of the operation, considering the potential unforeseen circumstances that Lu Jin had mentioned, he took his apprentice into his world ring.

Otherwise, if she hadn't been able to react in time during this series of unexpected events, she probably wouldn't have been able to save her precious apprentice.

"No problem~"

Lu Jin waved his hand, and the helmet part of the Moyun Armor disappeared, looking at Chen Yuan and the three members of the Silver Moon Clan.

Chen Yuan said, "It won't affect my performance."

The three newly appointed marquises from the Silver Moon Clan also nodded.

Meanwhile, on the immortal corpse of the Blackhorn Ray, inside a silver world ring that shimmered with golden light.

On the boundless grassland, an immortal crystal shone with dazzling light, and then an immortal figure of an ape-man covered in black fur appeared.

Almost without interruption, the black-haired ape-man unleashed his immortal divine power to survey the outside world.

Upon realizing that assassination target No. 1 was still alive, the Black-haired Ape Immortal immediately notified his master through a soul-level connection.

The next moment, the divine kingdom teleportation was activated again, and a hazy light bloomed. A humanoid crocodile figure, over sixty meters tall, covered in jet-black scales, and exuding a terrifying aura of consciousness, appeared.

"Hmph~, ants are ants after all, I still have to do it myself."

The Crocodile Scale King, who had been transported from the Immortal Kingdom of the Ape-Men, said with a displeased expression.

Outside, sensing the unfamiliar divine power sweeping past, the silver-haired beauty's expression changed. As her divine power surged, she suddenly struck out with a palm towards the immortal corpse of the Black Horned Light.

"Bam—"

A deafening roar erupted as a divine hand descended, completely obliterating the immortal corpse of the Black Horned Ray, leaving only a silver ring shimmering with golden light fluttering in the starry sky.

'G-grade meteorite copper crystal!'

Recognizing the material of the World Ring, the silver-haired beauty hurriedly said to Lu Jin, "Your Highness, there is a powerful being inside that World Ring!"

"No matter how many come today, I will kill them all!"

Lu Jin said coldly.

The silver-haired beauty Daphne is a high-level immortal who has been granted the title of King, and she has also comprehended the spatial sealing technique, one of the three great mysteries of space.

The strongest Star-Eating Grass with ten times the gene strength, combined with spatial sealing, would be a formidable force, even if it came from the time side, unless it was a spatial-side invincible king or even a cosmic lord descending.

While being invincible as a king is powerful, without the ability to teleport away, how large would your divine body be to withstand the Star-Eating Grass that spans a million kilometers?
Moreover, with the Kunlun Mirror in hand, he can 'summon' Zi Ni Chang at any time.

Although Zi Nishang, this top cosmic overlord, has not yet been able to shake off the label of 'fake'.

In terms of treasures, all he had were the ordinary heavy treasure sword and armor he obtained when he defeated the Abyss Demon Lord in the Dead Silence Abyss. It was almost like he was empty-handed.

In terms of secret techniques, he only learned the top-tier secret techniques that he bought.

But dealing with ordinary cosmic masters is definitely not a problem.

Soon, a black-scaled figure over sixty meters tall emerged from the silver world ring that had been sent flying tens of thousands of kilometers by the divine palm.

"The Crocodile Demon Clan? They deserve to be exterminated!"

Upon recognizing the race of the black-scaled figure, Lu Jin's golden vine mark on his right wrist twisted, and a small golden grass appeared beside him.

The next moment, the Star-Eating Grass began to expand rapidly.

In an instant, the Star-Eating Grass's million-kilometer divine body spread out across the cosmic starry sky, directly enveloping Lu Jin and the others, as well as the black-scaled figure that had just emerged from the silver world ring tens of thousands of kilometers away.

"The strongest star-eating herb?!"

The Crocodile King was dumbfounded as he stared at the endless golden vines that stretched out before him like celestial bodies.

What a joke! He's just a high-level King-level cultivator. How could he possibly fight against the strongest Star-Eating Grass, which has an extremely long health bar and possesses peak King-level strength?

Not only was Crocodile King dumbfounded, but Daphne and the three Silver Moon Clan Marquises were also dumbfounded.

Even Chen Yuan, the commander of Lu Jin's guards, was no exception, since Chen Yuan had never actually seen Lu Jin use the Star-Eating Grass.

What the five of them didn't know was that Lu Jin's Star-Eating Grass was not just any ordinary strongest Star-Eating Grass, but the strongest Star-Eating Grass with ten times the genetic power.

"Elder Daphne, seal off the space! Don't let them escape!"

Lu Jin said to the silver-haired beauty.

Upon hearing this, the silver-haired beauty Daphne snapped out of her daze, and spatial laws began to fluctuate, immediately sealing off the surrounding area to prevent the other party from teleporting away.

"Star Eater, unleash your divine power and blast it!"

Lu Jin issued the attack order.

In an instant, the Star-Eating Grass's divine power ignited, and its already terrifying aura surged a thousandfold once more.

The next second, the Star-Eating Grass resembled a celestial man-eating flower, with countless serrated golden leaves rushing towards the black-scaled figure.

"No! Get out of here!"

Crocodile King roared and burned his divine power as well. His aura surged, and his body, covered in black scales, and his four thick and powerful crocodile claws were all covered with G-grade immortal divine weapon armor and divine claws.

With the activation of the secret technique, the four claws swung, and terrifying claw-like rays materialized, giving it the appearance of a powerful demon.

However, the Star-Eating Grass is known as the 'most resilient aggressive plant life.' The toughness and sharpness of the divine body of the strongest ordinary Star-Eating Grass can reach the limit level of the human race's king-level, let alone the strongest Star-Eating Grass with ten times the genes.

The crocodile king's four claws danced all sorts of fancy moves, but it was all for naught.

All the attacks landed on the Star-Eating Grass's extremely tough golden leaves, leaving only small, almost painless wounds that would heal instantly.

Compared to the Abyss Demon Lord who wielded a powerful sword and chopped down Star-Eating Grass with ease in the Dead Silence Abyss, this Crocodile Demon King is utterly pathetic.

"Chi chi chi——"

Ignoring the Crocodile King's attack, the Star-Eating Grass's numerous golden leaves with serrated edges bound its opponent tightly and began to intertwine and entwine together, frantically compressing, cutting, and devouring.

Star-eating plants naturally love to devour plants, rocks, metals, and so on, and can also devour flesh and energy.

Lu Jin used the Kunlun Mirror to remotely probe and glance at the area. From God's perspective, judging from the color of the dazzling light pillar displayed in the strong search mode, this demon and crocodile demon expert was a high-level king-level expert on the spatial side.

"Roar!"

"Damn it, you despicable humans!"

As the Star-Eating Grass relentlessly squeezed, cut, and devoured, the Crocodile Scale King's roars and curses echoed continuously.

Lu Jin didn't care about the Crocodile King's angry curses; they were just the wailing of a defeated dog.

The next second, within Lu Jin's world ring, a Kunlun Token emitted a radiant light, transforming into a humanoid Water Qilin clone clad in full blue-gold armor, which then teleported over.

"Shh!"

After leaving the World Ring, the Water Kirin clone quickly flew away.

Soon, the water unicorn clone landed next to a golden clump of grass that was a hundred meters tall and struggling to stay afloat.

'Exorcise the spirits!'

As the divine body circulated and the soul power was consumed, a radiant exorcism talisman shot out from the fingertip of the water unicorn clone and then disappeared into the golden grass ball.

The power of exorcising spirits has no limit on the number of people it can enslave, and it will not have any effect on itself. In addition, this demon crocodile demon is a high-ranking king, so it is worth taking it as a soul servant.

Moreover, the Water Kirin clone is already at the peak of the ninth level of the Realm Lord, possessing a million times the soul power of a peak ninth-level Realm Lord thanks to its perfect genes and a hundredfold soul amplification.

On the other hand, although the opponent was a high-ranking king, apart from the factors of life genes and soul amplitude, his soul power was only 30,000 times that of a peak ninth-level world lord.

With such a significant difference in fundamentals, and given that the exorcism technique isn't exactly a weak secret art, enslaving the opponent is really not a difficult task.

The radiant exorcism talisman entered the powerful Crocodile Demon's body and began to corrupt his soul.

The soul-corrupting efficiency of the exorcism talisman is very high, but it was just about to succeed.

Suddenly, an unexpected turn of events occurred: the soul of this Crocodile Demon Clan's high-level King-ranking expert collapsed and perished.

A perfectly healthy high-level King-rank expert was instantly transformed into a high-level King-rank immortal divine corpse.

'unlucky! '

Lu Jin cursed under his breath.

Subsequently, the Water Kirin clone stepped forward, collected the corpse of the Crocodile Demon Clan expert, returned to its main body's world ring, and then teleported back to the Great Luo Heaven.

When attempting to enslave other beings using a soul-enslaving arcane technique, three scenarios can occur if the attempt fails.

First, the other party has no soul, so the enslavement technique is completely ineffective.

Secondly, the target's soul is powerful, or their soul is protected by a soul-related treasure, making enslavement unsuccessful. Thirdly, the target is already a soul servant and cannot be enslaved a second time.

A soul servant who enslaves others, and whose soul servant cannot resist, will die from soul collapse, just as if annihilated by a soul.

Although the enslavement attempt failed, with the Demon Refining Pot in hand, the Water Qilin clone's trip wasn't entirely in vain.

The various resources extracted from the decomposition of a high-level King-ranked corpse are enough for him to cultivate a blank-level high-level King-ranked cultivator.

"As expected of the strongest star-eating herb!"

Watching the rapidly shrinking divine body transform into a small golden blade of grass and disappear back into the Star-Eating Grass on Lu Jin's wrist, the silver-haired beauty couldn't help but sigh.

A demon king, a high-ranking figure, fell helplessly to the Star-Eating Grass.

She had assumed that the prince was incredibly wealthy when she saw that Lu Jin had a G-class biological spaceship, but she never expected that he would also have an immortal-grade Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass.

It's no exaggeration to say that with this Star-Eating Grass in hand, unless you can teleport away, if you're surrounded by its countless leaves, even the most powerful and invincible warrior would have to kneel down.

As for the figure in blue and gold armor that appeared earlier?

The five people present didn't ask any questions and pretended not to see anything.

Before long, a wisp of Lu Jin's consciousness logged into the virtual universe.

In the primitive area of ​​Yuxiang Mountain, inside the manor pavilion, a projection screen appeared in front of Lu Jin.

"What are the four mission objectives?"

After uploading the video of the four realm lords who pulled out low-level fire god source crystals and launched a suicide attack, Lu Jin asked the blue-haired woman who appeared on the screen.

The blue-haired woman opposite me is a staff member from headquarters.

The four low-level realm lords who were the targets of the mission were killed by the detonated low-level fire god source crystal. Lu Jin did not receive a mission completion notification, so he came to demand an explanation.

The blue-haired woman explained, "Your Highness Lu Jin, the intelligent system's review will strictly follow the task requirements."

This is a special case. Whether anything has been completed needs to be reviewed by a superior. The review process will not take more than one day. Please wait a moment.

"Alright, then hurry up."

Lu Jin nodded and hung up the video call.

An hour later, inside the Shenzhou spacecraft control room.

"Seventh Army Commander, what are the casualties of the legion?"

Lu Jin asked the Seventh Army Commander.

The Seventh Army Commander said in a deep voice, "Thanks to Your Highness's foresight, the Seventh Army suffered few casualties, with only a few Domain Lords and Universe-level warriors killed in action."

However, with a total of 80 million targets, a few managed to escape in the chaos and are still being pursued.

After a pause, the Seventh Army Commander continued, "In addition, during the process of capturing and killing numerous targets, five World Lord-level targets below the fifth rank suddenly died simultaneously."

These five individuals should be soul servants, and within their inner worlds, we found a low-grade Fire God Source Crystal.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin raised an eyebrow.

He was wondering why all his mission targets were carrying Vulcan Source Crystals.

It wasn't just luck that he was lucky; rather, all the members of the Shadow Clan, who were of low rank and could potentially become World Lord-level targets that he needed to kill personally, each carried a low-level Fire God Source Crystal.

The reason these five people died suddenly at the same time must be because their master was one of the immortals who failed in the assassination attempt.

After all, when the master dies, all the soul servants under his command will die at the same time.

Take Lu Jin for example. Once he's completely finished, then Zi Nishang, Hong'er, and Zi Zhenfeng and the others will all be caught in the crossfire.

Lu Jin said, "Seventh Commander, those escaped mission targets should be killed within a year if possible."

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, the Seventh Legion will pursue and capture them with all its might."

"The Seventh Army Commander said in a deep voice."

"Elder Daphne, I am grateful for the Silvermoon Clan's assistance in this mission."

Lu Jin bowed to the silver-haired beauty beside him and expressed his gratitude.

"Your Highness is too kind. This is what our Silver Moon Clan should do."

The silver-haired beauty said with a smile.

After a pause, the silver-haired beauty added, "If Your Highness has any requests in the future, please feel free to give them."

The person in front of us is not only a genius of the Virtual Universe Company, but also a personal disciple of the King of Tianshuang Kingdom. In Tianshuang Universe Kingdom, it would not be an exaggeration to call him the Crown Prince.

As a weak race located within the territory of the Heavenly Frost Universe Kingdom, it is necessary for the Silver Moon Clan to seek help from a powerful force in advance.

Otherwise, once Lu Jin has grown up, they won't even have the right to add to her glory.

As for Lu Jin's failure to grow and his premature death?

That's alright. When it comes to investing, failures are inevitable. As long as you don't go all in, it's fine.

"sure."

Lu Jin smiled and nodded.

Lu Jin will not refuse anyone who wants to invest in him or curry favor with him.

As for what rewards one can expect in the future, that depends on the nature of the relationship at that time and the extent of the other party's contribution.

The cleanup work was handed over to the Seventh Legion. After a victory banquet, Lu Jin, along with Chen Yuan, returned to Guanghan Star via the Divine Kingdom teleportation.

During this period, given the special circumstances and the fact that no one else participated in the killing, the four low-level realm masters of the Shadow Clan who took out low-level Fire God Source Crystals and launched a suicide attack were also considered to have been killed by Lu Jin himself, and the four killing missions were completed.

To date, five of the six tasks have been completed, achieving an 80% completion rate.

Only the 80 million targets of Mission Two remain, and six people are still on the run.

The universe is vast. If you just find a place to hide and don't log into the virtual universe, no one will be able to find you.

Lu Jin didn't have high hopes for this; at worst, he could just not complete the task.

After returning to Guanghan Star, Lu Jin consulted some information in the virtual universe and entered Zi Ni Chang's divine kingdom to continue his dedicated cultivation.

Meanwhile, in the Great Luo Heaven, in front of the Lingxiao Palace, the Water Qilin clone made a move.

With a flick of his wrist, a small glass ball materialized in his hand.

With a thought from Lu Jin, the glass sphere emitted a dazzling light and then disappeared into the origin of the universe.

Immediately afterwards, on the spacious white jade plaza in front of the Lingxiao Palace, another celestial passage appeared beside the celestial passage leading to the Xuanhuang Heaven.

Following the Great Luo Heaven and the Xuanhuang Heaven, Lu Jin activated another Heavenly Realm.

Upon entering the new celestial realm, with the authority of the celestial ruler, Lu Jin cultivated countless flowers, plants, and trees on the boundless wasteland within the new celestial realm.

"Let's call it 'Shan Hai Tian' (山海天)."

After roughly modifying the new celestial realm, Lu Jin gave it a name.

Afterwards, he returned to the white jade square in front of the Lingxiao Palace of the Great Luo Heaven. Through a soul-level connection, Lu Jin summoned 100 peak Immortal Army Masters from the Security Department of Yanhuang Company.

The demon race is inhuman; in just ten years, they've tried to undermine him twice, treating him like a pushover.

Unable to retaliate, Lu Jin naturally had to endure it, waiting until he became more powerful before seeking revenge.

But since there are ways to retaliate, he absolutely cannot tolerate it, otherwise his mind will be clouded and it may very well affect his cultivation.

He didn't know which powerful member of the demon race was behind the two assassination attempts, but it was certainly right to pin the blame on the demon race.

Before long, 100 immortal figures gathered in the square in front of the Lingxiao Palace.

"Besides your F-grade weapons and armor, you don't have anything else on you, do you?"

Lu Jin asked.

"no!"

"very good!"

Lu Jin nodded, waved his hand, and 100 Kunlun Tokens and 100 World Rings materialized and landed in front of everyone, with each person receiving one Kunlun Token and one World Ring.

Lu Jin instructed, "Keep the token safe. The world rings I gave you all contain a large-scale detector and ten world rings with an internal diameter of ten million kilometers."

I will teleport you to the demon territory shortly. Your only task is to capture demons.

Each time a world ring with a diameter of tens of millions of kilometers is filled, divine power will be injected into the token. At that time, I will teleport the world ring filled with demons back, and you will continue to capture demons within the demon territory.

If you encounter powerful demons while capturing them, kill them if you can defeat them, and self-destruct if you can't. Do you understand?

The Kunlun Token is derived from the Kunlun Mirror, and Lu Jin can reclaim it at any time.

The Immortal Transformation Palace can revive immortal gods, cosmic venerables, and cosmic masters. Even if they are caught by the demon race's powerful figures and self-destruct, the only loss would be the F-grade immortal divine weapons they carry.

"understand!"

Everyone responded in unison.

If demons are not human, then so can the great benefactor Lu.

As one of the six most powerful races in the primordial universe, the territory of the demon race is in no way smaller than that of the human race.

Within the human realm, most star fields are governed by only one or two immortals, and the same is true for the demon realm.

Given the demon race's pathetic communication system, if they didn't capture demons in the royal or imperial territory, they could probably capture demons from most of the star field without being discovered by the demon race's powerful members.

Moreover, unless they encounter an immortal demon or a genius realm master of the demon race, an immortal god could easily collect all the demons on an entire life-bearing planet into a world ring and imprison them in the Mountain and Sea Heaven.

Once this demon-catching operation escalates and incurs severe retaliation from the demon race, the number of demons in the Mountain and Sea Heaven is believed to be astronomical.

The common demon race reproduces quickly, and the cosmic energy within the celestial realm is extremely rich. It is believed that after a few eras, the Yanhuang Company will have an endless supply of demon slaves to sell.

I'm not after money, I just want to vent my anger.

If your demon race sends powerful assassins to kill me, then I'll sell my demon cubs.

Later, when their power grows, they can even go to the outer battlefields and use soul illusion techniques to capture and sell demon race immortals at the military lord and marquis levels.

As for those who are granted the title of king or higher?
This is not for sale. After the soul is destroyed, the corpse is stuffed into the Demon Refining Pot to train the Heavenly Army's soldiers and generals.

(End of this chapter)