Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 174 Hunting the Myriad Serpents
Meanwhile, inside the Shenzhou spacecraft control room.

"Fatty, wait five minutes and then let me know the details."

After sending the bounty to the group, Lu Jin said to Fatty.

"Yes, Master!"

Fatty responded.

Soon, five minutes passed, and Fatty said, "Master, we have received more than a thousand coordinates."

Although most of the coordinates are duplicates, the combined coordinates of the Demon, Insect, and Mechanical races total 96 Marquis-level Immortals, but there are currently no King-level Immortals.

"Which of these enfeoffed marquises is the most powerful?"

Lu Jin asked.

Fatty said, "It was sent by a demon race member at the peak of the Marquis level, and the email was sent by a human immortal named 'Earth Abyss'."

The target is Ziqian Wanshe, a member of the demon royal family, who is born with three times the life genes and is known as 'Hidden Scale Marquis'.

Ordinary peak-level Marquis-level cultivators are no match for him; he is one of the top-ranking powerhouses in the land-based demon race, number 006.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin raised an eyebrow.

"Wow!"

The next moment, the hatch opened, and Lu Jin flew out.

After storing the Shenzhou spaceship in the World Ring, the Azure Heaven and Yellow Springs Wings behind him flapped, quickly accelerating to the speed of light in the starry sky, and traversing the dark universe towards the coordinates of the target 'Hidden Scale Marquis'.

The opponent is at the peak of the Marquis level, and their understanding of the laws is on the same level as mine; there is no qualitative difference in this respect.

Perhaps the other party's understanding of the laws is slightly stronger than mine, but it is still quite limited.

The peak divine body of a Marquis with three times the life gene is equivalent to possessing nearly 30,000 times the power of a peak ninth-level World Lord.

After burning his divine power, the divine body of this Hidden Scale Marquis can reach nearly 30 million times the power of a peak ninth-level World Lord.

In terms of overall strength, aside from the fact that the immortal-level Ziqian Wanshe generally has a divine body that is over ten kilometers long, the opponent after burning divine power is about dozens of times stronger than himself.

However, with the Azure Heaven and Yellow Springs in hand, let alone a difference of tens of times, even a difference of hundreds of times in strength, Lu Jin would dare to try and see if he could defeat his opponent.

"Shh!"

Above the vast land, faint ripples appeared, and Lu Jin's figure departed from the dark universe.

Through the large-scale detector, Lu Jin saw a vast lake, exuding a chilling aura, more than 20 million kilometers ahead.

Within the icy waters of the great lake, a terrifying serpent, its body radiating the aura of the laws of water, lies coiled.

The giant serpent has three pairs of fascial wings on its back, a huge single eye on its head, and a body that is over 200 meters thick and 12 kilometers long. It is covered with dense blue serpent scales and as many as tens of thousands of ring-shaped patterns.

He was none other than the 'Hidden Scale Marquis', the pinnacle of immortality among the demon race's Ziqian Ten Thousand Serpent King Clan.

'good! ’

Lu Jin nodded in satisfaction, then his six wings flapped, and he transformed into a stream of dark blue light, flying towards the vast lake ahead.

Before long, Lu Jin, having completely concealed his aura, arrived at a distance of less than several hundred thousand kilometers from the Ziqian Thousand Serpent.

"Frost Beast God, freeze!"

Lu Jin raised his hand and pointed, and 36 dark blue Azure Heaven Yellow Spring Pearls shot out. With the aura of immortal divine power disguised by the illusionary divine power, a water beast god phantom that was ten thousand meters long and made of solidified scales and flesh appeared, and rushed towards the Ziqian Thousand Serpent in the lake in front of him at high speed.

"Shh!"

Just as the Ziqian Wanshe was enjoying a blissful soak in the icy lake water, having a natural spa treatment, it suddenly sensed a terrifying aura. It immediately opened its huge, pitch-black single eye, arched its divine body, and raised its ferocious snake head.

The next moment, a huge blue-gold beast shadow rapidly magnified in the sight of the Myriad Serpents.

"boom--"

The enormous blue-gold claws slammed down, striking the massive head of the Thousand Serpent, which was hundreds of meters in diameter, with a deafening roar.

"Roar--"

The blue snake scales on its head shattered, and in pain, the myriad snakes roared to the sky.

As divine power surged, the divine body instantly returned to its original state. With a flick of its massive serpentine tail, it soared into the air. A huge, jet-black single eye on its head stared angrily at the blue-gold beast shadow and the tiny, dark blue armored figure in the distance.

"You insignificant piece of trash, you have angered me!"

"Zi Qian Wan She roared angrily."

"Whoosh whoosh-"

With the roar of the myriad serpents, the domain of the Law of Water instantly expanded outwards.

A surge of blue light surged, a chilling aura permeated the air, and a vast amount of icy water, enough to freeze everything, was created out of thin air and flowed within a radius of tens of thousands of kilometers around the Ziqian Thousand Serpent.

"Anger you? Don't get me wrong, I just want to beat you to death!"

As Lu Jin spoke, he intensified his offensive.

"hold head high--"

A roar that seemed to come from ancient times resounded, and the phantom of the Water Beast God once again raised its blue-gold hooves and slammed them toward the enormous head of the Ziqian Thousand Serpent.

Upon hearing the sound, the myriad snakes were both startled and enraged.

What angered him was that the other party seemed to completely disregard him.

To his surprise, after calming down slightly from the anger of being ambushed, he discovered that his opponent seemed to be extremely powerful and had the ability to disregard him.

"tumultuous--"

The next moment, the enormous Ziqian Wanshe's aura surged, and without saying a word, it burned its divine power.

Unlike the petite and immortal Fenghou, whose divine body is 12 kilometers long, the divine power is not to say that it is as much as one wants, but the burning of divine power that increases strength by a thousand times is just an ordinary move for Ziqian Wanshe.

Not to mention that the opponent's strength is extremely impressive; without burning divine power, he simply cannot fight.

"call out!"

The massive, azure-scaled tail lashed out with terrifying force, meeting the blue-gold hooves that slammed down from the enormous beast shadow.

"boom--"

The hooves and claws collided with the giant tail, producing a violent roar. As the shattered blue scales flew out, the surrounding space shattered, turning into fragmented spatial turbulence that swept across the area.

'Damn it, where did such a powerful expert come from?'

Upon confronting the enemy head-on, Ziqian Wanshe discovered that he was still at a disadvantage even after burning his divine power, and cursed inwardly.

Although he possessed an immortal body and a massive divine form, the damage caused to his divine body by this collision was negligible, but Ziqian Wanshe still couldn't help but feel a sense of retreat.

His divine body is large, but that doesn't give him the right to act recklessly.

Keep in mind that the opponent hasn't even unleashed their divine power yet!

If the opponent also burns divine power, increasing their strength a thousandfold, then the blue-gold beast shadow formed by this mental power weapon would definitely pose a fatal threat to him.

When the strength of immortal gods differs by a factor of a thousand, attacks can damage the essence of the opponent, which is extremely fatal to powerful figures at the rank of Marquis or above who possess immortality.

Without damaging their essence, those who are immortal and at the rank of Marquis or above can repeatedly reassemble their divine bodies thanks to their immortality.

Especially for a powerful immortal with a divine body, simply having their body shattered is similar to scraping the skin.

However, if one's strength exceeds a thousand times, and attacks can damage one's very essence, then one's immortality would be comparable to the divine body of an immortal military lord.

"Unfamiliar prince, dare you reveal your origins?"

The snake's tail transformed into a whip-like shadow, striking out to counter the massive beast's claws as they slammed down. Ziqian Wanshe roared fiercely.

Lu Jin remained silent, but intensified his offensive.

It has to be said that having a large divine body is indeed an advantage. Even with his current level of understanding of the laws, he couldn't kill the 12-kilometer-long giant spicy strip in a short time, despite having a powerful treasure.

"mean!"

Ziqian Wanshe cursed loudly, then withstood the claws of the Water Beast God's phantom before turning into an icy blue stream of light and running away.

The laws the opponent comprehended are extraordinary; they should be following the path of the Beast God. Judging from the attack power of this enormous beast shadow, the opponent's strength is roughly equivalent to the peak of an ordinary King without cultivating the Amplification Secret Technique, or the advanced level of a King with the Amplification Secret Technique.

A powerful individual of this caliber, if they were to burn their divine power, even with a substantial divine body, wouldn't be able to sustain it for long; it would be best for them to flee.

After all, divine power doesn't come easily. Battles with no chance of winning, and which could even put oneself in danger, should be avoided as much as possible.

"Run? Where can you run to? You little spicy snack, you're dead today!"

Seeing the myriad snakes flee, Lu Jin sneered, flapped his wings, and chased after them at lightning speed, while simultaneously controlling the illusory image of the water beast god to continue his attack.

If I let you escape today, even though you're only at the peak of the Marquisate level, how could I possibly live up to my divine armor?

Moreover, in terms of speed, Lu Jin, who possesses the Wings of the Azure Heaven and the Yellow Springs, is still superior to this Ziqian Thousand Serpent, which is at the peak of the Marquis level.

'Shameless!'

"I'm running away ahead," Ziqian Wanshe cursed under his breath.

How dare you, a little bean sprout less than two meters tall, call me a spicy snack when I have a divine body that stretches for twelve kilometers?
What this elusive snake didn't know was that Lu Jin's true size was over 90,000 kilometers, which truly qualified him to be called a "little spicy strip."

"boom--"

As Ziqian Wanshe was secretly looking down on him, the next moment, the even faster phantom of the water beast god pounced and slammed a hoof claw into his forehead again.

"Damn it, don't push your luck with snakes!"

After taking another claw strike, Ziqian Wanshe regained his footing and roared angrily.

"So what if I bully you! Go ahead and try to take me down, you little devil!"

Lu Jin said disdainfully, controlling the phantom of the Water Beast God to continue slapping its hooves down at the enormous snake head.

Call for backup? He's not afraid of calling for backup at all.

Shaking the hammer too little is just sending him to his doom.

If you shake it too much and you're no match for it, then release the Cloud Vine.

If the Cloud Vine doesn't work, then use Star-Eating Grass.

Unless a cosmic sovereign breaks the rules and descends upon the extraterrestrial battlefield, the spatial blockade granted by the Star-Eating Grass and the Azure Netherworld Wings will prevent even the most powerful and invincible king from succeeding.

'You're just waiting to die!'

Enraged, Ziqian Wanshe cursed under his breath, then sent a wisp of his consciousness into the world ring he was wearing, sending out a distress signal through the communicator.

In terms of communication technology alone, among the four top races—Humans, Demons, Zerg, and Machines—Humans are the strongest, followed by Machines, while Demons and Zerg are at the bottom.

In the extraterritorial battlefield, the Terran race communicates using the virtual universe, the Mech race uses the virtual world, while the Demon and Zerg races can only 'make phone calls' – the difference is enormous.

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

The hooves of the phantom water beast god kept slamming down on its head, and the 12-kilometer-long Ziqian Wanshe quickly lost more than 1% of its divine body.

'hateful! ’

Realizing his divine body had lost more than 1%, Ziqian Wanshe cursed inwardly while a sense of fear rose within him. Losing more than 1% so quickly—he couldn't possibly hold on much longer!
If you fight, you can't win; if you run, you can't outrun them either.

How can this be good?

At this moment, all Ziqian Wanshe could do was pray that reinforcements would arrive in time.

As for reinforcements, they were no match for this king in dark blue armor.

Forget about all that nonsense, let's just get here first.

At the very least, having more targets makes it easier to escape, right?

A demon pit?

Please, I'm a snake demon! Don't try to reason with me about morality!

How many cosmic crystals is morality worth?

As time passed, under the constant slapping of the phantom claws of the Water Beast God, Lu Jin noticed that the aura emanating from this Ziqian Thousand Serpent was showing signs of weakening.

Needless to say, the Ziqian Wanshe, whose head was constantly being clawed, had already lost more than 10% of its divine body.

Even in its prime, it couldn't escape; now that its divine body has lost more than 10% and its strength has weakened, it's even less likely that it can escape.

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

The blue-gold hooves slammed down repeatedly, causing the damage to the divine body of the Myriad Serpents to become increasingly severe.

Throughout the battle, Lu Jin did not attack mindlessly.

Every time the phantom of the Water Beast God slammed down its hoof, he would carefully sense it and take the opportunity to find his own shortcomings.

Training in battle is undoubtedly the best way to improve one's strength.

Suddenly, Lu Jin's expression hardened, and he turned to look at the far distance to the side.

In his perception, a powerful aura of immortality appeared in the far distance to the side.

At the same time, the Ziqian Wanshe, which was being ravaged by the phantom of the water beast god in the distance, also sensed this powerful immortal aura.

Suddenly, a look of joy flashed in the enormous single eye of the Myriad Serpents. The backup... no, the reinforcements have arrived!
Soon, Lu Jin saw a demon immortal figure, whose divine body was even larger than that of the Ziqian Wanshe, flying rapidly from the distant starry sky.

This is a giant toad that is over 20 kilometers long, covered in golden scales, with three sharp golden horns on its head, extremely well-developed limbs, and a somewhat round body.

'Golden Python Demon Toad?'

Lu Jin frowned slightly upon recognizing the other party's origins immediately.

Although the Golden Mang Demon Toad is not a member of the royal family among demons, nor is it royalty, it is just an ordinary life form.

However, its divine body, which spans over twenty kilometers, is also a massive blood cow.

Moreover, unlike the Ziqian Wanshe, which is at the peak of the Marquis level, this Golden Python Demon Toad, judging from the life aura it exudes, should have reached the initial level of the King level.

"boom--"

With a loud bang, the phantom of the Water Beast God landed on the head of the Myriad Serpents once more.

What good will it do if reinforcements arrive?
If I say I'll take you down today, then I have to take you down!

Compared to the peak of the title of Marquis, the initial level of the title of King is not much stronger. The divine body power has not improved much, only the understanding of the laws has improved by one level.

Generally speaking, disregarding factors such as amplitude secret techniques, life genes, and treasures, the initial stage of being a King is only about ten times stronger than the peak stage of being a Marquis.

Ziqian Wanshe is a member of the demon royal family, born with three times the life force.

This Golden Python Demon Toad, at the initial stage of being a King-level creature, was only three or four times stronger than the Myriad Serpents of the Submerged Realm, except that it had a larger divine body and was more resistant to beatings.

"Shh!"

A surge of divine power erupted, dazzling golden light burst forth, and an aura of supreme yang strength and sharpness permeated the air. The Golden Python Demon Toad released a domain of the Law of Gold that surrounded it for tens of thousands of kilometers.

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

The next moment, nine beams of dazzling golden light shot out from the Golden Python Toad and hurtled toward Lu Jin at high speed.

"Whoosh!"

With wings flapping behind him, drawing a winding trajectory in the starry sky, Lu Jin dodged at lightning speed.

With the Netherworld Wings that greatly enhance speed, coupled with his mastery of the Frost Wings, a secret flying technique, it would be extremely difficult for an ordinary King-level Immortal to hit him.

Even if this golden toad is the controller, it won't work.

Lu Jin glanced at the Golden Python Toad, which attacked without saying a word, but showed no intention of changing his target. While remaining vigilant, he continued to control the phantom of the Water Beast God to attack the Myriad Serpents.

Both were tanky monsters, but the Ziqian Wanshe, whose health bar had been significantly reduced, was already half-crippled. Lu Jin naturally prioritized taking down the Ziqian Wanshe.

As for whether they can keep this Golden Python Demon Toad, which is at the initial level of being a King, it depends on when the other party senses something is wrong and runs away in advance.

It was just a newly ascended demon king, an immortal being. There were plenty of enemies of that level on the outer battlefields. It wasn't worth him exposing the spatial sealing ability of the Azure Netherworld Wings to keep it here.

"King of Golden Wrath, this fiend is extremely powerful. Don't hold back. Unleash your divine power directly, or neither of us will be a match for it."

Seeing that Lu Jin ignored the approaching Golden Python Demon Toad and was determined to kill him, the Ziqian Thousand Serpent, whose divine body was constantly being damaged, hurriedly shouted.

'Burning divine power?'

Upon hearing the sound, the Golden Python Demon Toad, who was about to control its telekinetic weapon to continue attacking the dark blue armored figure in the distance, paused in its movements as it noticed a key point.

Qianlin possesses three times the life gene and has burned his divine power, causing his strength to surge a thousandfold, making him comparable to a high-level King without burning divine power.

Despite such strength, he was still being relentlessly suppressed by the Azure Armor King who had not yet burned his divine power.

'Peak of Kingship?!'

Immediately, the Golden Python Toad, which had deduced Lu Jin's strength, widened its eyes.

"Whoosh!"

The next moment, the Golden Wrathful Toad transformed into golden light and disappeared from the battlefield at a speed three times faster than when it arrived.

Lu Jin: "."

The hidden scales of ten thousand snakes: "."

"Hahaha~, you despicable demon race, are you trying to make me laugh to death so you can inherit my G-grade immortal divine weapon?"

Lu Jin was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter and mocked.

Needless to say, this giant toad was scared away by him.

It's no wonder the other party was so frightened that they ran away immediately. After all, being able to easily defeat a peak-level Marquis with three times the genetic power without burning divine power is a level of combat strength comparable to that of an ordinary peak-level King.

Once a peak-level King burns his divine power, killing a beginner-level King would be as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.
Even with a divine body spanning over twenty kilometers, it wouldn't last long.

Unless the relationship is extremely close, it would be strange if they didn't run away.

'Looks like I need to be careful; I'll have to fake the burning of divine power as well.'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

If each opponent saw that he could possess peak King-level combat power even without burning his divine power, then the immortals below the King-level would probably not even have the courage to fight him.

He needs to use his disguised supernatural powers to pretend to be a novice king in normal times, and then pretend to burn divine power when he takes action.

In this way, we can avoid the situation where newly appointed immortals would run away at the sight of him again.

This also avoids the enemy's doubts about why he never uses his divine power when fighting.

Of course, Lu Jin didn't just stand by and watch the Golden Python Demon Toad, which was at the initial stage of being a King, run away; he didn't bother with the main body of the demon.

However, inside the Time Palace of the Purple Rainbow Divine Kingdom, the Blood God Child's avatar had already communicated with the Kunlun Mirror, positioned his true self from a distance, and then locked onto the Golden Python Demon Toad from afar.

Unless the other party uses divine teleportation or other methods to suddenly disappear, there is no way they can escape.

Once he has dealt with this monstrous snake, he will catch up and deal with the other party.

On land 006, encountering a newly ascended Immortal of the opposing faction is no easy feat.

Although the probability of encountering a beginner-level King is much higher on the main continent of Shattered Star.

However, there are many high-ranking immortals who have been granted the title of King over there, and he is definitely no match for them at the moment. Once he encounters them, he will only be able to run away in a sorry state.

After all, a genuine high-ranking king, after burning his divine power, would be about three thousand times stronger than him without the influence of the treasure.

A difference in strength of three thousand times is clearly not something that can be compensated for by powerful weapons and armor.

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

Under the constant pounding of the phantom of the Water Beast God, the divine body of the Myriad Serpents was continuously damaged.

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After a desperate struggle, unable to escape the pursuit of the beast shadows, and with less than 30% of his divine body remaining, the dark single eye of the 'Hidden Scale Marquis' of the Myriad Serpents was filled with resentment and venom.

"boom--"

The next moment, a terrifying surge of divine power emanated, causing the starry sky to tremble, space to shatter, and a terrifying energy shockwave to instantly spread over tens of thousands of kilometers.

Among the demon race, unless one has a powerful background, only those at the peak of the King level can be included in the race's resurrection list.

The requirements for the resurrection of members of the royal family and imperial family are lowered by one level, but they still need to have the strength of a king.

Although he was a member of the Ziqian Ten Thousand Serpent Royal Family, his strength was only at the peak of the Marquis level, and he had no teacher at the level of a Universe Venerable. After his death, he was not qualified to be included in the resurrection list of the clan. This time, his fall was a complete fall.

Even if it means complete annihilation, it's still better than becoming a soul slave.

Therefore, in despair and knowing that he had no way out, the 'Hidden Scale Marquis' of the Myriad Serpents ultimately chose to self-destruct.

"Wow, what a beautiful firework."

Looking at the energy sphere that instantly spread in the distance, Lu Jin clicked his tongue after retrieving the 36 Azure Heaven and Yellow Spring Pearls.

Instead of choosing enslavement, such a despicable act can be left to the subsequent avatars of the Time Dragon.

"Master, one trillion military merits have been credited to your account."

Fatty reminded him.

"Ah."

Lu Jin nodded slightly.

One drawback of the military system is that regardless of the size of the immortal-level enemy's divine body, the military merits awarded are always calculated based on the opponent's combat power level.

Even if you kill a Marquis-level enemy with a divine body hundreds of kilometers away, the military merit you can gain is the same as if you kill a Marquis-level enemy with a divine body several meters away.

However, the difference in the total divine power between the two is so great that it is no exaggeration to say that the former is far more difficult to kill than the latter.

Before long, after cleaning up the battlefield, Lu Jin looked at the meager spoils and curled his lip.

Both were at the peak of the Marquis level, but compared to the previous mechanical youth, this Ziqian Thousand Serpent was not only more difficult to kill, but its wealth was also far inferior.

If the young man from the Mechanical Race is short, rich, and handsome, then this monstrous Ziqian is tall, poor, and ugly.

(End of this chapter)