Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 172 Eight Desolate Gods’ Prison of Light

"hold head high--"

With a single swipe of its claw, it killed an immortal demon, securing the first kill on the outer battlefield. The phantom of the Water Beast God swiftly streaked through the air, quickly catching up with the fleeing golden demon rat and black-scaled giant python.

"boom--"

"boom--"

The enormous blue-gold hoof slammed down twice in succession, like popping bubbles, turning two more peak-level immortal military lords of the demon race into ashes.

"So strong!"

Looking at the enormous beast-like phantom that Lu Jin condensed with his telekinetic weapon, which destroyed three peak-level Immortal Army Lords of the Demon Race with just three claw strikes, the purple-armored, one-horned Immortal Brar was somewhat dumbfounded.

We didn't see this Lord Lingxiao burn his divine power. The demon race's immortal army lord peak, whose divine body was almost intact, directly slapped one of them. He probably has the strength of a peak marquis.

With three claws, he slammed three immortal demons to pieces. Lu Jin nodded in satisfaction, raised his hand, and the phantom of the Water Beast God dissipated. The 36 Azure Heaven and Yellow Spring Pearls turned into streams of light and flew back into his body.

A supreme treasure can conceal one's aura, while a minor treasure, though not to the same extent, can still suppress the oppressive aura of a minor treasure after it has recognized its owner.

Aside from those with exceptional eyesight and perception, if the user intentionally conceals their abilities, others may not be able to recognize whether it is a valuable treasure or not.

Furthermore, since extremely rare treasures are rarely possessed by immortals below the rank of King or Invincible, Lu Jin was not worried that the news of his possession of a treasure would be exposed on his first day entering the extraterrestrial battlefield.

"Many thanks to Marquis Lingxiao for his help!"

The purple-armored unicorn immortal and the golden-armored bull-headed immortal landed in front of Lu Jin, cupped their hands and bowed in greeting.

"Ah."

Lu Jin nodded slightly, waved his hand, and with a flap of his Azure Heaven Wings, he transformed into a stream of dark blue light and disappeared.

Trophies?
Originally, there were, but under the claws of the Water Beast God's phantom, the three immortal divine weapons of the demon race, the World Ring, and the items inside the World Ring were all smashed into dust.

For Lu Jin, the power of the treasure was too great to withstand, and it wasn't even a large quantity of spoils, so having it or not made little difference, and he didn't hold back.

"What a display of strength!"

Looking in the direction where Lu Jin disappeared, the Golden Armored Minotaur Immortal sighed.

"No wonder Marquis Lingxiao has such strength!"

The purple-armored, unicorn-like immortal nodded in agreement.

"Old Niu, it's time to clean up the battlefield."

Turning his head to look down at the collapsed demon army, the purple-armored, one-horned immortal said something.

"kill!"

With a cold shout, the Golden Armored Bull-Headed Immortal transformed into golden light and charged towards the fleeing demon realm lord on the battlefield.

In the Shattered Star Continent region, above landmass 006, the Shenzhou spaceship, transformed into a thousand-foot-long azure dragon, is flying at high speed.

Inside the spacecraft control room.

"Fatty, have you received your military merits yet?"

Lu Jin asked the fat man.

Fatty said, "Master, the 30 billion military merits have been credited to your account."

Although the three demon race immortals killed this time were all at the peak of the Immortal Army Lord level.

However, the military system only divides Immortal Army Lords into two levels: 10 million military merits for a primary Immortal Army Lord and 1 billion military merits for a high-level Immortal Army Lord. The peak level Immortal Army Lord is the same as the high-level Immortal Army Lord.

Therefore, the military merits gained from killing these three demon race immortals are calculated based on the 10 billion military merits of a high-level immortal military lord, totaling 30 billion military merits.

Given that the three demon immortals were basically in good condition before Lu Jin killed them, and that the two human immortals on his side were at a disadvantage.

The military system then determined that the three demon race members were immortals and counted them as having been killed by Lu Jin alone, thus earning him full military merit.

"Can't my military service be transferred to my original identity?"

Lu Jin asked again.

Fatty shook his chubby little head and said, "Master, although military merits can be exchanged for Hunyuan Units and Virtual Universe Company Points, they cannot be transferred to others."

"Alright~, let's continue searching for non-human factions with titles of Marquis or higher who are Immortals."

Smacking his lips, Lu Jin nodded and gave the instructions.

Although the detection range of the large-scale detector is not small, with a radius of 10 billion kilometers.

However, on the Shattered Star Continent 006, non-human factions' Marquis-level or higher Immortals are not everywhere, so finding their traces is not an easy task.

A week later.

Shattered Star Continent region.

Above Land 006, a deep blue dragon, thousands of feet long, was flying rapidly through the starry sky.

At this moment, a dazzling golden sphere with a diameter of 100 meters appeared on the back of the thousand-foot-long azure dragon.

The next moment, the dazzling golden sphere transformed into a golden energy beam a hundred meters thick, shooting out and blasting towards a long, spindle-shaped E9-class spaceship tens of millions of kilometers away.

The golden energy beam shot out rapidly and landed precisely on the unsuspecting E9-class spaceship.

"boom--"

In an instant, a violent roar resounded, accompanied by a powerful energy explosion, and the long, spindle-shaped E9-class spaceship instantly disintegrated into a large number of metal fragments.

Even the two metal golems with beast heads and human bodies inside the spaceship, as well as the two demon immortals in the world rings carried by the two golems, were not spared.

The Shenzhou spacecraft control room.

"Master, you have earned 11 billion military merits."

Fatty reminded him.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin pursed his lips.

With 11 billion military merits, one would definitely be a low-level immortal military lord, plus a high-level or peak immortal military lord.

In the extraterrestrial battlefield, when the immortal demons travel by spaceship, their true forms are usually hidden in the world ring due to their generally large size.

What appears in the outside world is only a puppet body with a trace of consciousness attached, so that it can be used to travel on a spaceship.

It was precisely because of the World Ring that had already been recognized as the master that even though Lu Jin had purchased a high-end detector, he was unable to detect whether the immortal demon hidden inside the World Ring was an immortal military lord or a marquis immortal.

Therefore, whenever the probes detected non-human enemies traveling in puppet form, Lu Jin didn't let them go. He would immediately send the Shenzhou spaceship to fly over and fire a shot at them.

As a G-class biological spaceship at the initial level of the King-level, the Shenzhou spaceship has six main cannons and thirty-six secondary cannons.

Each main cannon is as powerful as a full-force strike from a peak-level immortal being without burning divine power.

Each secondary cannon possesses power comparable to a full-force strike from a peak-level Immortal Lord who has not yet burned divine power.

The gun that fired earlier was one of the thirty-six secondary cannons.

If the opponent is an immortal military leader, a single shot from the secondary gun will basically take them down without much effort.

If the other party is a noble and immortal figure, then that is exactly the target I am looking for.

Although firing the first shot had alerted the enemy and prevented a sneak attack, Lu Jin was not someone who could win solely through ambushes.

With a single shot fired, the Shenzhou spacecraft easily earned 11 billion military merits, equivalent to 1.1 virtual universe company points, and continued its journey.

Half a day later.

Suddenly, Fatty's voice rang out in the spaceship's control room: "Master, a mechanical race immortal has appeared nearly a billion kilometers to the northwest. His divine body level should be at the peak of the Marquis level."

At the same time, a virtual screen appeared in front of Lu Jin.

On the left side of the screen, an F9-class silver pyramid spaceship, about 1,500 meters tall, appeared.

On the right side of the screen is a handsome young man from the mechanical race, over five meters tall, with silver-white skin and wearing a set of silver battle armor.

'Finally, a worthy opponent has arrived!'

Lu Jin raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself.

"Wow!"

The next moment, the hatch opened, and the Shenzhou spaceship was stored in the ring. Fully armed, Lu Jin flapped the Azure Heaven Wings behind him and sped off towards the northwest.

On the other side, a silver pyramid-shaped spaceship was flying over land 006.

“Not bad~”

Inside the spaceship's control room, a young man of the Silver Armored Mechanical Race, with skin as white as silver and resembling a metal man, was inspecting the spoils he had just acquired in his World Ring. A look of joy, like that of a bountiful harvest, appeared on his face.

Previously, he had used his advanced detectors to conceal his tracks and laid a trap in advance, killing a human at the peak of the Marquis level in one fell swoop.

Although the losses in this battle were considerable, the spoils gained afterward far exceeded the losses.

Not to mention, the clan also receives military merit rewards for killing strong members of the opposing faction.

"Hmph~, how could the detectors created by the great mechanical race be compared to those of the human race, who only know how to steal?"

Recalling how he had been unaware of his impending death before plunging headlong into the pre-arranged trap of the human race at the peak of the Marquis level, the mechanical youth felt a surge of racial pride amidst his contempt for humans.

In the eyes of the mechanical youth, the human race was utterly shameless.

They plagiarize everything related to technology from the mechanical race, and they don't even pay patent fees. They are truly shameless, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them the number one rogue in the universe.

'Speaking of the great Father God, why couldn't you create a virtual universe spanning the entire cosmos, and instead only make do with a virtual world? Could it be that the shameless human race has more advanced technology than our machine race?'

The young man from the mechanical race thought to himself.

Just as he was secretly grumbling to himself, a terrifying aura that made his heart tremble suddenly came from afar. The mechanical youth was startled, and a thick silver metal shield covered with law runes instantly materialized in his hand, blocking in front of him.

In the starry sky, a phantom of a water beast god, ten thousand meters long with solidified scales and flesh, pounced at lightning speed, its huge blue-gold hooves slamming down.

"boom--"

A deafening roar erupted as the F9-class pyramid spaceship, standing over 1,800 meters tall, was smashed to pieces by the enormous blue-gold claws, like a plastic toy, sending countless large and small metal fragments flying.

After smashing the sturdy hull of the pyramid-shaped spaceship, the blue-gold claws, still carrying terrifying power, continued their momentum and slammed into the silver metal shield that the mechanical youth was holding in front of him.

"Bam—"

A terrifying force struck, shattering the mechanical youth's arms and leaving his metal body riddled with cracks. Along with his heavy metal shield, which was on the verge of breaking, he was sent flying backward like a rag doll.

'Shuh! '

Immortal divine power surged, and after expending some of his divine power, the mechanical youth, whose level had reached the peak of the Marquis rank and who possessed an immortal body, recovered to his original state. "Peak of the King rank?!"

Looking at the heavy metal shield beside him that was on the verge of breaking, the huge blue-gold beast shadow in front of him that exuded terrifying power, and the figure in the distance that was shrouded in dark blue armor and had three pairs of wings behind him, making his face invisible, the mechanical youth couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

The telekinetic weapon tore apart the F9-class spaceship with a single claw, and the remaining force almost shattered its own G-class immortal divine shield.

Even if he himself burned his divine power to raise his strength to the high level of a king, he still couldn't do this.

Moreover, he could see that the immortal god in the distance, wearing dark blue armor, was not burning his divine power at this moment.

Shocked, the young man from the mechanical race sent a wisp of his consciousness into the race's virtual world to send out a distress signal.

"tumultuous--"

The next moment, white light surged around the mechanical youth, and the domain of the Law of Light spread out, covering an area of ​​tens of thousands of kilometers. Then, without hesitation, he burned his divine power, and his aura suddenly increased a thousandfold.

Facing an immortal powerhouse who is at least a high-level King, even if not at the peak of the King level, he, at the peak of the Marquis level, simply cannot fight without burning his divine power.

Even burning divine power wouldn't work, since he could burn divine power, and so could his opponent, who could also burn divine power.

At this moment, he could only pray that this powerful king, whose divine body didn't seem very large, wouldn't be willing to burn his divine power to attack him.

"Eight Desolate Gods' Prison of Light!"

At the same time, the mechanical youth shouted and waved his arm, which looked like silver metal. Eight white-gold pyramids with energy shields on their surfaces appeared out of thin air in the surrounding starry sky.

Compared to the F9-class pyramid spaceship that was previously destroyed by the phantom of the Water Beast God, these eight pyramids appear to be very similar on the surface, except for their color. However, the differences are actually quite significant.

The pyramid-shaped spaceship that was previously destroyed was merely a means of transportation.

The eight pyramids that materialized at this moment, which he named 'Eight Desolate Divine Light Prison', represented most of his wealth.

The next moment, the bottom hatches of the eight white-gold pyramids in the starry sky opened, revealing a hatch passage hundreds of meters wide.

"Whoosh whoosh-"

Like a tidal wave, rows of platinum-colored mechanical golems flew out of the eight pyramids like lightning.

These platinum-colored mechanical golems are all about twelve meters tall, and they carry a variety of weapons, such as giant swords, battle knives, and large axes.

'A mechanical legion forged by the F9-level Holy Light Silver Mother?'

Looking at the platinum-gold mechanical puppets continuously emerging from the eight pyramids, Lu Jin raised an eyebrow.

Sure enough, with a few exceptions, all the Zerg queens were wealthy women, while all the Mechs were rich men.

Despite being top-tier races, the number of members of the Zerg and Machine races is far less than that of the Human and Demon races.

On average, the resources that members of both races possess are naturally far greater than those of human and demon race members.

"Hmph~, cannon fodder is just cannon fodder after all!"

Lu Jin snorted coldly, and with a thought, the phantom of the Water Beast God rushed straight towards the mechanical youth.

A legion of mechanical puppets?
Although F-rank corresponds to Immortal-rank, it does not mean that the strength of an F9-rank mechanical puppet is comparable to that of an Immortal God.

In terms of sheer strength, an F9-level mechanical puppet is roughly equivalent to a peak ninth-tier Zerg warrior.

Average quality Zerg warriors are comparable to average Zerg warriors, while high quality ones are at most equivalent to top-tier Zerg warriors.

Even with his powerful armor, he would definitely run as far away as possible if attacked by a million immortal gods.

But if it were a combined attack from a million F9-class mechanical puppet legions, they could hit me and break through the defenses of the Azure Netherworld Armor.

The Azure Netherworld Armor, comparable to top-tier treasure armor, is not only effective at reducing physical attacks to one percent; the armor itself also possesses extremely strong defensive capabilities.

Even if he were hit by a combined attack from a million F9-class mechanical puppet legions, it would not pose a fatal threat to him.

Moreover, the strength that a powerful warrior who follows the legion-style strategy can unleash when ambushed is completely different from the strength he can unleash when he is well-prepared for battle.

This can be considered one of the biggest weaknesses of a strong player who follows the legion strategy.

"Whoosh!"

The phantom of the Water Beast God pounced at lightning speed, its enormous blue-gold hooves breaking through the domain of the laws of light and slamming down on the mechanical youth.

"boom--"

A violent explosion rang out, space shattered, and a torrent of fragmented space swept through.

Although the mechanical youth's divine body was not directly shattered by the hooves, it still suffered a severe blow.

"1%?!"

As the massive hooves rolled over, the mechanical youth, realizing that his divine body had suffered another loss of nearly 1%, was filled with terror.

When analyzing statistics, 1% doesn't seem like much.

But right now we're not counting statistics, we're calculating the percentage of our own divine body loss.

It wouldn't take more than a hundred claw strikes to kill nearly 1% of his divine body; just twenty or thirty strikes would be enough to completely annihilate his immortal divine body.

Because once a god loses more than 10% of their divine body, the power of an immortal god will be affected, and the more the divine body is lost, the weaker the god becomes.

Generally speaking, the top 10% of a god's body during its prime is more durable than the bottom 90%.

Moreover, immortal gods can launch twenty or thirty attacks in a very short time.

Besides fear, the young man from the mechanical race was also filled with disbelief.

Even if the opponent is a peak-level King-level expert, if he doesn't burn his divine power while I burn mine, I probably wouldn't be able to kill nearly 1% of his divine body with a single claw strike.

After all, his strength, which was based on burning divine power, was equivalent to that of a high-level King, but the difference between him and a peak King wasn't that significant.

What the young man from the mechanical race didn't know was that if Lu Jin had used a G-level immortal weapon, its actual attack power wouldn't have been that great.

Even disregarding the factor of the precious treasure, his own strength was still ten times weaker than that of a typical Marquis at the peak after burning divine power.

However, the Azure Netherworld Pearl is an ordinary treasure set comparable to top-tier treasures. How could the power of a treasure be compared to a G-grade immortal weapon?

It's like comparing a giant axe without the ultimate treasure axe to one with the ultimate treasure axe; the giant axe is still the same giant axe, and the divine body and secret techniques remain unchanged.

However, with the supreme treasure axe, the giant axe's strength underwent a dramatic change.

This is the boost brought by high-level treasures.

Not enough foundation? Use treasures to make up for it!
Given the opponent's overwhelming strength, the young man from the mechanical race did not hesitate and directly activated the ultimate move, 'Eight Desolate Divine Light Prison'.

"Divine Light Prison!"

"Hoo!" "Hoo!" "Hoo!"

In an instant, the eight platinum pyramids burst forth with dazzling platinum light, and countless platinum rays of light burst forth and connected with each other.

There were even large amounts of platinum rays of light that coiled around Lu Jin and the phantom of the Water Beast God.

"Break it for me!"

Lu Jin raised his hand and pointed, and the phantom of the Water Beast God rushed towards the nearest platinum pyramid at lightning speed.

He had some understanding of the methods used by the mechanical race.

If nothing unexpected happens, these eight pyramids can form a special energy field with effects similar to domain-type treasures, which is one of the common methods used by members of the Machine Race to limit the speed of their opponents and help them escape.

The solution to this tactic is not difficult: simply destroy the pyramid that forms this special energy field.

Before the special force field had fully formed, the platinum rays emanating from the eight pyramids were completely unable to restrain the rampaging phantom of the water beast god.

In an instant, the phantom of the water beast god pounced in front of the pyramid and slammed down with its hooves.

"boom--"

The enormous blue-gold hoof slammed down, causing the platinum pyramid to tremble violently, and the platinum light it emitted began to show signs of dissipating.

At that moment, after the previous rapid assembly, more than seven million F9-class mechanical puppets appeared in the starry sky, arrayed in eight different directions.

"Buzz!"

A buzzing sound rang out, and the eight arrays, totaling more than seven million F9-class mechanical puppets, began to accumulate energy in their chests.

"call out!"

The next moment, nearly a million tiny energy beams burst forth from one of the arrays, then converged in mid-air into a giant energy beam with a diameter of 100 meters, shooting straight toward Lu Jin.

"Whoosh!"

While controlling the phantom of the Water Beast God to continue its fierce attack on the pyramid, Lu Jin's six wings, like blades, shattered the platinum rays that were wrapping around him.

With a flap of its wings, it moved sideways at lightning speed, dodging the combined attack of nearly a million F9-class mechanical golems.

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

After one legion's combined attack, seven more legion combined attacks shot out in succession, but Lu Jin dodged them all.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

On the other side of the pyramid, the phantom of the water beast god struck down with its hooves three times, and the pyramid, which had been hit hard, began to crack, and the platinum threads that had been bursting out began to collapse.

'not good! '

Upon seeing this, the mechanical youth immediately realized that his trump card was useless against Lu Jin, and hurriedly turned into a silver streak of light and ran away.

Although the 'Eight Desolate Divine Light Prison' was the source of most of his wealth, compared to his own life, his assets were not something he couldn't give up.

As Lu Jin dodged the combined attack of the legion, the phantom of the Water Beast God slammed down with three more hooves.

After enduring three more blows from the hooves, the pyramid finally gave way and with a loud 'boom,' it was smashed into pieces by the phantom of the water beast god, scattering countless large and small white-gold metal fragments.

One of the eight platinum pyramids was destroyed, the set of treasures was damaged, and the countless platinum threads that burst out from the remaining seven pyramids also collapsed. Lu Jin directly used force to break the 'Divine Light Prison' that had not yet been formally formed.

"Whoosh!"

The next moment, the phantom of the Water Beast God sped after the fleeing mechanical youth.

At this point, the mechanical youth hadn't run very far, and the speed of the Water Beast God's phantom was far beyond what the opponent could match.

Before the mechanical youth could accelerate to the speed of light to traverse the dark universe, he was caught up by the phantom of the Water Beast God.

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

A deafening roar echoed through the starry sky as enormous blue-gold hooves, carrying terrifying power, slammed down relentlessly.

There's another chapter coming this afternoon, I'm coding it now.
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