Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 170 The Underworld and the Battlefield Beyond

The first volume of "Seven Transformations of Water and Sky" contains many martial arts secrets.

The core attack technique, "Frost Beast God," is not limited to mental power. Aside from equipment, his martial arts strength is not much less than that of the controller.

Lu Jin continued, "The two soul-type treasures that the main body and the Time Dragon clone want should ideally have a self-destruct function."

The so-called self-destruct function means that when the treasure encounters an irresistible soul enslavement technique or soul infiltration and annihilation, it will self-destruct.

The self-destruction of a treasure of the highest grade is so powerful that it can be described as earth-shattering, enough to kill the original body or the Time Dragon's clone.

As for the treasures carried by the main body and the Time Dragon's clone?

In any case, Lu Jin would not take treasures such as the Demon Refining Pot and the Kunlun Mirror out of the Heavenly Realm.

As long as I can save my life, these are just precious treasures; if I lose them, so be it.

"That's no problem. I've already figured out the self-destruct function. But don't the Time Dragon and the Blood God Child need flying wings?"

Zi Nishang asked, somewhat puzzled.

She could understand why there was no need to refine soul-type treasures for the Blood God's incarnation, since the Blood God's incarnation had no soul.

Although the Netherworld Blood Sea clone has a soul, it will not go to the battlefield, so it naturally does not need soul-related treasures.

But she couldn't quite understand why neither the Blood God's incarnation nor the Time Dragon's clone wanted the winged treasure.

Lu Jin shook his head and said, "Winged treasures are rare to begin with, and it's a bit conspicuous if they all have the same configuration."

"It doesn't matter if the Water Kirin clone is exposed, but I don't want others to associate this Time Dragon clone and the Blood God Child incarnation with the main body."

Why can't it be associated with the real person?
The Blood God Child's incarnation is very pure; any enemy he dislikes becomes a target for the Blood God Child's incarnation to eliminate.

Furthermore, the Blood God Child incarnation is also his best weapon for striking back at hostile forces.

As for the Time Dragon's clone, the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals of the Heavenly Court in the future will have to be 'cultivated' by the Time Dragon.

They might use exorcism talismans to "turn enemies into friends," or use demon-refining pots for "recycling and reuse."

Those with large divine bodies and strong abilities will be chosen to become friends, while the rest will be recycled and utilized.

In terms of pure strength, even with all his treasures, Lu Jin is not yet considered a strongman among the Immortal Kings.

But when it comes to soul enslavement, he's definitely at the invincible level of a king.

Before reaching a certain level, the level of enemies that the exorcism talisman condensed by the exorcism supernatural power can enslave is unrelated to the level of his understanding of the laws, but is only related to the strength of his soul power.

If we go to extraterrestrial battlefields or secret realms in the future, we must capture soul slaves on a large scale.

How could the Blood God Child, who is bloodthirsty and ruthless, and the Time Dragon, who enslaves the powerful of all races, be related to Lu Dashan, the great benefactor of my human race?
Then, Lu Jin pointed to the seven people, including Hong'er, who were comprehending the laws, and said, "Hong'er and the others also need treasures: a heavy armor set, a soul-type heavy treasure, a palace-type heavy treasure, and a domain-type heavy treasure that focuses on binding."

"No problem! But there are quite a few treasures to be refined. Which ones should we refine first?"

"First, refine the Azure Heaven and Yellow Springs for me."

Zi Ni Chang nodded and began the work of refining the treasure.

Lu Jin didn't wait any longer. He entered the second level of the Water-Air Fusion Law, and he could also cultivate the second level of the three core secret techniques: "Frost Beast God", "Frost Roar", and "Frost Wings".

Several decades passed inside the Time Palace.

"The telekinetic weapons, armor, wing sets, and soul treasures have been completed."

With a wave of her hand, Zi Ni Chang sent 36 three-inch-diameter dark blue beads, a full-body dark blue armor, three pairs of dark blue wings, and a dark blue rhombus-shaped crystal to Lu Jin.

"What are the specific results?"

"Put these items into your world ring and infuse them with your mental power to make them yours," Lu Jin asked.

"The 36 Azure Heaven and Yellow Spring Pearls are all top-grade treasures. When combined, they are comparable to top-grade treasure weapons. Their power is second only to ordinary supreme treasure weapons."

The Azure Netherworld Armor consists of 15 armor pieces, each of which is a top-tier ordinary treasure. When combined, they are comparable to a top-tier treasure armor.

By gaining the recognition of the fundamental laws of water and air, one can activate the law runes inscribed on the treasure, which can reduce physical attacks to one percent and soul attacks to one-tenth.

However, the armor itself has its limits. This attack reduction ratio is only effective against those below the High Venerable level. The attack reduction ratio will be reduced or even rendered ineffective against High Venerables. The Cosmic Overlord can destroy the armor.

The Azure Heaven Wings are composed of three ordinary treasure components of the highest quality level, barely reaching the level of top-tier treasures.

Similarly, gaining the recognition of the fundamental laws of water and space allows one to activate the secret runes.

After activating the secret runes, the first pair of wings can greatly increase flight speed.

The second pair of wings grants the ability to seal space. Even without fully understanding the mysteries of sealing, it can still be used, but the actual effect will be weakened.

If one can comprehend the profound mysteries of sealing, then the sealing ability will be strengthened.

The third pair of wings granted the ability to teleport, but without comprehending the profound mystery of teleportation, the wings alone could only teleport a maximum of 0.1 light-years.

If one can fully comprehend the mysteries of teleportation, the maximum teleportation range can be increased to 10 light-years, and the spatial fluctuations that occur during teleportation can be greatly reduced.

The Heart of the Azure Heaven and the Yellow Springs is a top-grade ordinary soul treasure, sufficient to withstand soul attacks and enslavement from ordinary high-level cosmic venerables.

As she spoke, Zi Ni Chang paused, then continued, "If it were a soul attack or enslavement at the level of a cosmic overlord, with your current strength, even with the soul attack weakened by the Azure Heaven Armor, you probably wouldn't be able to withstand it."

And when it senses that you are unable to resist, the Heart of the Netherworld will immediately 'sublimate'.

The so-called 'sublimation' refers to self-destruction.

"very good!"

Lu Jin nodded in satisfaction, licked his lips, and said, "Ni Chang, look, I'm about to go out to gain experience. Shall we..."

"Isn't this bad?"

Zi Ni Chang glanced at the seven people, including Hong'er, who were still cultivating in the distance, and then hesitated before speaking.

"I think it's possible."

As Lu Jin spoke, the power of the world within his body manifested, and a bed, bedding, and other items appeared in the Time Palace.

Several years later, all four treasures had recognized their owners, and the second level of the three core secret techniques of "Seven Transformations of Water and Space" had been successfully mastered.

Afterwards, Lu Jin left the original core in the Time Palace and entrusted it to the Water Qilin clone to carry. His main body and a Blood God Child avatar stepped out of the Time Palace.

The main body will go first for this trial, while the clones and avatars will go later after the equipment is completed.

In addition, the original body that left the Time Palace only carried the four Azure Heaven and Yellow Springs treasures and a Kunlun Token, along with the Cloud-Piercing Vine, the Star-Eating Grass, and the Shenzhou spaceship.

"Fatty, activate virtual universe email reception."

Lu Jin said to Fatty.

Before entering the Time Palace, Lu Jin turned off email reception to avoid being disturbed.

"Yes, Master!"

Fatty responded.

The next second, a series of beeping sounds rang out.

Fatty said, "Master, Luo Feng sent a call request three years ago."

The headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company sent an email saying that they detected your breakthrough to the Realm Lord level and suggested that you could use the nutrient capsule to raise your level to the peak of the ninth Realm Lord level.

In addition, you have also received 3.101 billion points, 100,000 points as a reward for completing the Domain Lord level external release, 100 million points as a reward for passing the Cosmic level Primal Tongtian Mountain, and 3 billion points as a reward for passing the Domain Lord level Primal Tongtian Mountain.

Finally, your teacher, the Lord of the Frost Kingdom, requests that you make a trip to the Frost Temple in the real world before venturing to the outer battlefields or the secret realms of the universe for training.

Lu Jin nodded: "Send Luo Feng an email and tell him I've gone on a training trip. If I don't reply in time, tell him to leave a message if he needs anything."

The next moment, the Netherworld Blood Sea clone in the Time Palace shifted its thoughts, communicating with the Kunlun Mirror, and teleported its true self, carrying the Kunlun Token, through space to a desolate starry sky within the territory of the Heavenly Frost Universe Kingdom.

After realizing just how powerful his teacher's background was, Lu Jin became less secretive when using the Kunlun Mirror to travel through space.

As long as the higher-ups of the human race are unaware that the Kunlun Mirror is a supreme treasure or higher, then things like "You're still young, let your uncle keep it safe for you" won't happen.

After being teleported, Lu Jin took out the Shenzhou spaceship and headed towards the Tianshuang Temple, tens of thousands of light-years away.

At the same time, the Blood God Child, using his illusory form, transformed into his true form and left Zi Ni Chang's divine kingdom. He then had Chen Yuan take him and teleport him to the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company through the divine kingdom's teleportation system.

As the most brilliant genius of the human race in this era, he cannot afford to disappear for an extended period.

Sending a Blood God Child in disguise to the original body to the Chaos City of the Initial Universe to show the outside world that Lu Jin is still cultivating in the Chaos City is also very necessary.

For the demon, insect, and mechanical races, the rise of a few extremely powerful King-level Immortals in the outer battlefield is nothing special, and even becoming an invincible King-level expert is not a big deal.

As long as it's not a realm lord possessing invincible power to be crowned king, then it's all within their acceptable range.

As for Chen Yuan and the guards, their guard duties have ended.

In fact, aside from cases where the protected targets died unexpectedly, Chen Yuan and his guards have had the shortest service time.

Even including the newcomer period in Chaos City, it has only been a little over 130 years.

A palace complex stretching for tens of millions of kilometers stands amidst the vast starry sky, inside the Heavenly Frost Temple.

"Are you preparing to go on a training expedition so soon?"

The King of Tianshuang asked Lu Jin.

“Teacher, after ten thousand years of quiet cultivation in the Time Palace, I have already entered the second level of the Beast God Path. It is time for me to go out and gain experience.”

"That's true. Every strong person in the universe grows up through life and death. You can't rely on meditation alone."

Where are you headed? To an extraterrestrial battlefield or a secret cosmic realm?

The battlefields outside the region are characterized by fierce fighting and frequent battles.

In the cosmic secret realm, there are relatively fewer battles, and you can also find treasures along the way.

"You seem to be having pretty good luck, kid. You might even stumble upon some great treasure or even a priceless gem."

Recalling how Lu Jin had intercepted the treasure that his fellow disciple, Venerable Evil Flame, had reserved in the Deadly Abyss of the Purgatory Abyss World, the Heavenly Frost King teased.

"Extraterritorial battlefields".

Lu Jin answered without hesitation. What he needed to do next wasn't treasure hunting, but rather a lot of battles.

"Since you're going to the battlefield outside the realm, I'll arrange a false identity for you. How's your strength?"

Lu Jin said, "The initial level of being granted the title of King."

Upon hearing this, a look of surprise flashed in the eyes of the King of Tianshuang.

Having just entered the second level of the Water-Void Beast God Path, judging by the comprehension of the laws corresponding to the Tongtian Bridge, you are only at the level of the 17th level. Compared to the peak comprehension of a Marquis, where did you get the strength of a beginner King?
Unless you have the power foundation of a 100,000-fold Realm Lord at the peak of the ninth level.

Suddenly, the King of Tianshuang realized something important and asked, "Can Venerable Guanghan refine powerful treasures?"

With a hundredfold increase in gene density and a hundredfold increase in amplitude, one can have the power foundation of a ninth-level World Lord with ten thousand times the strength.

With the power foundation and understanding of laws at the peak of the Marquis level, if he has a powerful treasure, aside from the factor of not being able to burn divine power, his combat strength can be steadily entered the King level.

"Yes, all the equipment on this disciple is of great value."

Lu Jin nodded.

"Excellent! Our human race has gained another treasure-level alchemist, further strengthening our foundation!"

A broad smile spread across the face of the King of Tianshuang Kingdom.

As one of the top thirty strongest individuals among the human race, the King of Tianshuang Kingdom always considers things from the perspective of the entire race.

He may not be able to use the treasure, but many of the cosmic venerables in his race can.

With the addition of a treasure refiner capable of crafting powerful artifacts within the race, regardless of who that refiner crafts the artifacts for, the number of powerful artifacts possessed by human race experts will inevitably be greater than before, and the overall strength of the entire race will also be stronger than before.

Moreover, this is a precious treasure. If we can refine a supreme treasure in the future, it will greatly enhance the overall strength of the clan.

With a sense of relief, the King of Tianshuang asked again, "You are a realm lord, do you have the means to disguise yourself as an immortal?"

"Have."

Lu Jin nodded.

With the ability to disguise oneself, one can not only impersonate an immortal, but also a top-tier cosmic overlord.

At most, he's just a paper tiger who can be easily punctured after pretending to be a top-tier cosmic overlord.

"Alright, I'll arrange a fake identity for you, someone who has been in seclusion for a long time and whose strength is at the peak of the Marquis level. You can choose a name yourself."

There are many top-ranking marquises among the human race. It doesn't matter if no one recognizes them when they go to the outer battlefield, as long as their general information can be found through the army system in the virtual universe.

Moreover, this false identity is not entirely unknown to anyone; he will also fabricate a process of growing up alongside many trusted subordinates for this false identity.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Jin said, "Teacher, could you help me get two fake identities? One is Ling Xiao, a human, and the other is You Ming, who joined the human faction in the outer battlefield."

As he spoke, Lu Jin's primal force surged, and he used it to draw the image of the Water Kirin clone in front of him.

The main body and the water unicorn avatar will later join the human race as powerful figures during their training in the outer battlefield.

"It does bear some resemblance to the innate water beast god."

After examining the appearance of the Water Kirin clone, the Heavenly Frost King said something.

Although he had never seen it before, the King of Tianshuang knew that this was Lu Jin's special life form clone based on the Water-Void Fusion Law.

After a series of actions, the Heavenly Frost King granted Lu Jin the permission to log in with two fake identities and said, "On this trip to the outer battlefield, I hope that the names of King Lingxiao and King Youming will strike fear into the hearts of the alien immortals. Can you do that?"

"I will certainly live up to my teacher's expectations!"

Lu Jin bowed and said.

The Heavenly Frost King flipped his right hand, and an ice-blue token appeared in his hand. An iceberg mark was faintly engraved on the token. He said solemnly, "This is my token. If you encounter a situation that is truly life-threatening, crush this token made of C9 grade metal, Extreme Ice Gold."

This token bears my spiritual imprint. Except for some special areas, if you crush it, I can sense it immediately and rush over in a very short time.

Remember this: when faced with the soul enslavement of a powerful being, don't hesitate, immediately self-destruct.

Losing the treasure is nothing, but becoming a soul slave is truly the end.

This time, in order to better achieve the desired training effect, the King of Tianshuang lied.

This token is not his own, but rather the token of his father, the Lord of the Ice Peaks.

The King of Tianshuang knew that Lu Jin possessed the secret technique of creating clones and was not afraid of death.

As long as the original core is intact and the soul is protected by a soul-type treasure, there is no situation that could truly endanger Lu Jin's life in the extraterrestrial battlefield where cosmic venerables are prohibited from entering.

In the future, if Lu Jin were to encounter a life-threatening situation, it would only be in a particularly dangerous place, or by a being of high rank or above, who would take action against him.

Given his power as a cosmic overlord, he will most likely be unable to arrive in time.

Let's have our father, who controls time and space and hasn't left the original universe yet, handle this.

This little guy is his grand-disciple, so it's only right that his grandmaster helps him when he's in a life-or-death situation.

"Disciple, please remember this!"

Lu Jin nodded repeatedly as he accepted the token.

"Go and explore the world."

The King of Tianshuang waved his hand.

On the other side, in the primordial universe, in the city of chaos.

After finding an uninhabited empty house to use as his residence, the Blood God Child logged into the virtual universe in his avatar.

"Fatty, search the treasure vault for detectors."

Lu Jin gave the instructions to Fatty.

Although the Shenzhou spacecraft is a G-class biological spacecraft of the initial level of the King, the detectors on the spacecraft are relatively ordinary and their effectiveness is far inferior to the higher-level detectors in the treasure trove of the Virtual Universe Company.

"Shh!"

A virtual screen appeared in front of Lu Jin, displaying data from various detectors.

Detectors are mainly divided into two categories.

One type has a very large detection range, generally in three sizes: 3 million kilometers, 10 million kilometers, and 1 billion kilometers in radius.

Furthermore, the higher-end detectors of this type are only available in two specifications: a radius of 3 million kilometers and a radius of 10 billion kilometers.

另一种探测范围很小，一般是半径10公里、20公里、100公里三种规格，高档次的则只有半径20公里和100公里两种规格。

Large-scale detectors are generally used to detect spacecraft, discover enemies at long distances, and gain the upper hand.

Small-range detectors are used for precise detection to avoid being ambushed by the enemy, and can also shield the enemy's low-level detectors, thus enabling the enemy to launch surprise attacks.

After carefully examining the items, Lu Jin said, "Fatty, purchase SDU01-000001 and AJN01-000001 detectors. Fill in the address as your temporary residence in Chaos City."

【SDU01——000001型探测器：探测半径10亿公里，价格：500亿积分（折扣最低5折）】

【AJN01——000001型探测器：探测半径100公里，价格：100亿积分（折扣最低5折）】

These two models of detectors are also the most expensive and most powerful types of detectors in Virtual Universe's treasure trove.

Soon, Fatty said, "Master, the order has been successfully placed. You can enjoy a 40% discount, which will cost a total of 36 billion points. The items will be delivered within 24 hours."

Half a day later, the two detectors that had been purchased were delivered and were immediately stored in Lu Jin's external storage space.

The extraterritorial battlefield was jointly established by the human race, the demon race, the insect race, and the mechanical race, which are among the six most powerful races in the original universe. It is located at the intersection of the four races' territories.

The human race comprises 1008 cosmic kingdoms with an immeasurable population, and there are even more humans in secret realms and divine kingdoms.

Because of the sheer number of life forms, countless human warriors from the cosmos and beyond come to the extraterrestrial battlefields every year to seek increased strength or to break through bottlenecks in the crucible of life and death.

Countless warriors have come to the extraterritorial battlefield to hone their skills, so the extraterritorial battlefield is naturally not small.

There are as many as eleven extraterrestrial battlefields, the largest of which has a diameter of nearly two million light-years, and the smallest of which has a diameter of at least several hundred thousand light-years.

The Seventh Battlefield.

"Shh!"

In a starry sky filled with countless dust fragments of all sizes, a figure emanating the aura of the Law of Water and shrouded in a dark blue armor appeared out of thin air.

It was Lu Jin who had donned the Azure Heaven and Yellow Springs Armor and used his supernatural powers to disguise himself as an immortal god.

After scanning the surrounding starry sky, Lu Jin took out the Shenzhou spaceship, which had transformed into a thousand-foot-long dark blue dragon, and entered the spaceship's control room.

The seventh battlefield has a Star Tower, and occasionally a treasure-level sealed star will appear in the Star Tower, which makes the Star Tower area a gathering place for a large number of King-level powerhouses.

This makes the Seventh Battlefield the one with the largest number of powerful individuals among the eleven extraterrestrial battlefields.

In addition, Chen Yuan had also honed his skills in the Seventh Battlefield and knew its spatial coordinates, so Lu Jinlai was naturally also from the Seventh Battlefield.

"Fatty, connect to the military system."

Inside the spaceship's control room, Lu Jin gave instructions to Fatty.

Fatty said, "Master, you can now use three identities."

The first level is the Primal Secret Realm member at the Realm Lord level of the Virtual Universe Company; the second level is the Immortal 'Lingxiao Marquis' at the peak of the Virtual Universe Company; and the third level is the Immortal 'Youming Marquis' at the peak of the Human Alliance.

The third identity is exclusive to your Water Kirin body. There are no restrictions on using the second identity, and every 10 military merits can be exchanged for 1 Hunyuan Unit or 1 Virtual Universe Company Point.

If we use the first identity, according to an email sent by the Virtual Universe Company when we applied to come to the extraterritorial battlefield,...

Before accumulating 10 billion military merits, you must join the organization and obey orders. Only after accumulating 10 billion military merits can you act freely.

Furthermore, the Virtual Universe Company requires you to accumulate 10 trillion military merits before retiring and leaving the battlefield outside its domain.

There is only one way to accumulate military merits on the battlefield outside the region: kill enemies from the opposing camp.

A beginner-level Immortal Army Lord has 100 million military merits, a senior-level Immortal Army Lord has 1 billion military merits, a beginner-level Marquis has 10 billion military merits, and a peak-level King has 1000 trillion military merits.

Except for the peak of the Immortal Military Lord, which is calculated according to the high-level Immortal Military Lord, the military merit increases tenfold for each small level increase.

(End of this chapter)