Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 176 Peak-Level Servants of the Kingship, Envoys of the Hong Alliance

"The strongest star-eating herb?!"

Gazing at the countless giant, serrated golden grass leaves filling the entire field of vision, the Golden Toad King couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Whoohoo-"

The next moment, endless golden grass leaves swept in, instantly engulfing the Golden Toad King and the Golden Wrath King.

The divine body, spanning over twenty kilometers, has always been a source of pride for the immortals of the Golden Python Demon Toad clan.

Compared to immortal-level plant life forms, especially the Star-Eating Grass whose divine body size ranks among the top in plant life forms, their proud divine bodies immediately become tiny.

In the blink of an eye, two enormous clumps of grass, wrapped in layers of golden leaves, appeared on the golden sea of ​​countless golden grass leaves.

"Chi chi chi——"

The golden grass blades, completely entangled and strangled together, began to frantically cut, compress, and devour each other.

'Damn it!'

Enduring the cutting and squeezing of the serrated golden leaves of the Star-Eating Grass, and realizing that the surrounding space had been sealed off, the Golden Toad King couldn't help but curse under his breath.

At this moment, a deep sense of fear rose in the heart of the Golden Toad King.

With the surrounding space sealed off and teleportation impossible, how could his peak-level divine body, spanning over twenty kilometers, possibly withstand the Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass with a divine body spanning millions of kilometers?
Let alone him, even if it were Feng Wang Wudi who came and fought to the death with the Immortal-level Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass, it would be Feng Wang Wudi who would ultimately kneel.

Unless this person is invincible and their strength has surpassed the scope of a primary universe venerable, or their divine body and physique are also extremely astonishing.

"Shh!"

With a flap of his wings, Lu Jin transformed into a stream of dark blue light and swiftly landed in front of the giant golden clump of grass that enveloped the Golden Toad King.

'Exorcise the spirits!'

With a firm thought, Lu Jin activated his supernatural powers. As his soul power was consumed, a mysterious talisman radiating light appeared at his fingertips.

'call out! ’

With a flick of his finger, the exorcising talisman transformed into a golden stream of light, disappearing into the struggling, swaying golden clump of grass in front of him.

Lu Jin couldn't tolerate the Golden Python Toad that suddenly teleported into the battlefield and wanted to enslave him.

Do you want to enslave me?
I want to enslave you!
With a divine body spanning over twenty kilometers and the strength of a peak-level King, he can currently be considered a rather excellent soul servant.

After penetrating the layers of golden leaves of the Star-Eating Grass, the exorcising talisman entered the Golden Toad King's divine body and began to corrupt his soul.

Upon realizing that something filled with soul power had entered his divine body and was rapidly corrupting his soul, the Golden Toad King was terrified and immediately prepared to self-destruct his divine body.

He was a peak immortal king, and although he was just an ordinary demon, he was still able to be listed on the clan's resurrection list after his fall.

It is true that the cost of resurrection is extremely high, and after being resurrected, he will enter a long period of working to pay off his debts.

But compared to becoming a slave to one's soul, that's not entirely unacceptable.

However, just as the Golden Toad King was about to self-destruct, his thoughts underwent a dramatic change.

As a soul servant, he is the master's private property. He hasn't even offered himself to the master yet, so how could he think of self-destructing?
This shouldn't be happening, it absolutely shouldn't be happening!
As expected, the Golden Toad King, who possessed peak King-level strength, had become Lu Jin's soul servant.

With a soul foundation a million times stronger than that of a ninth-level World Lord, plus the Divine Exorcism ability that is absolutely no weaker than the strongest innate secret technique, enslaving a peak King-level cultivator who has no soul treasures is a piece of cake.

"Star Eater, let him go."

Realizing that the exorcising talisman had been completely planted and that the Golden Toad King's soul had been thoroughly corrupted, becoming his loyal soul servant, Lu Jin spoke to the Star-Eating Grass.

"Susu-"

The golden grass leaves parted, revealing two enormous eyes filled with loyalty belonging to the Golden Toad King.

"Golden Toad greets its master!"

The Golden Toad King lowered its enormous head and bowed to Lu Jin.

"Ah."

Lu Jin nodded slightly and turned to look at another golden clump of grass in the distance.

The Golden Toad King was at the peak of the King-level realm and had comprehended at least two spatial mysteries; he took this servant in.

But King Jin Nu said forget it. The strength of a mere beginner-level king isn't that great. It's better to recycle the corpse and use it to train subordinates in the future.

Perhaps the subordinates cultivated using the resources from the corpse of the Golden Wrath King, due to their small divine bodies, were no match for the Golden Wrath King, who was also a low-ranking king.

However, King Jin Nu was born into the Golden Mang Demon Toad clan of the demon race, possessing both a demon soul and a demon body.

His subordinates are either Earthlings or people from the Qiankun Realm, possessing human souls and bodies.

The mere fact that they were human souls and bodies was enough for Lu Jin to overlook the difference in their divine bodies.

The Heavenly Court of the future may have non-human soul life forms other than plant life, but at least the strength must be sufficient, right?

Just like the Xuanmen Heavenly Court in the primordial world, the demons who joined the Heavenly Court were immortals.

As for the demons who were not strong enough to join the Heavenly Court, they were simply reduced to monsters that were slain and exorcised by the immortals.

"Destroy his soul."

Lu Jin pointed to the golden clump of grass that was still swaying in the distance and gave instructions to the Golden Toad King.

"Yes, Master!"

After bowing respectfully, the Golden Toad King activated his soul technique, instantly enveloping the distant golden grass mass with ethereal divine power.

Before long, the golden clump of grass in the distance stopped swaying.

The golden grass leaves spread out, and the Star-Eating Grass stretched out a branch vine, dragging the enormous immortal corpse of the Golden Wrath King, which was more than twenty kilometers away, to Lu Jin's front.

Then, Lu Jin waved his hand and put the corpses of the Golden Toad King and the Golden Wrath King into his World Ring.

Immediately afterwards, the Blood God Child's incarnation in the Time Palace of the Purple Rainbow Divine Kingdom moved his mind and communicated with the Kunlun Mirror, sending the corpses of the Golden Toad King and the Golden Wrath King from the World Ring back to the Time Palace.

"Owner!"

The Golden Toad Dynasty bowed to the Blood God Child incarnation, while its two large eyes subtly surveyed the scene inside the hall.

Inside this grand hall, which spans 100,000 kilometers in length and width, there were eight women.

The seven individuals are at the Realm Lord level and are currently cultivating quietly.

The other person seemed to be a treasure refiner, but because he concealed his aura, it was impossible to tell how strong he was.

However, judging from the powerful aura emanating from the large cauldron with four legs, two handles, and eight sides in front of the woman, she was most likely a treasure refiner at the level of a cosmic venerable.

After stuffing the immortal corpse of the Golden Wrath King into the Demon Refining Pot to decompose it, Lu Jin glanced at the rather large Golden Toad King and asked, "Is there a secret method to transform a divine body into the appearance of an ordinary human?"

"I do not possess such a secret technique."

The Golden Toad King shook his head.

For immortal demons, a large divine body equates to strength and beauty, and very few immortal demons would cultivate such secret techniques, just as very few respectable people would deliberately make themselves look ugly.

Lu Jin then asked, "Of the three great mysteries of space, I've seen you use teleportation and sealing before. Have you mastered strangulation?"

In terms of actual combat strength, there isn't much difference between the peak of the King-level ranks.

However, even among those at the peak of the Kinghood, the gap between different individuals and their mastery of the complete superior laws can vary greatly.

Some who reach the peak of the Kinghood only comprehend one profound mystery, while others comprehend two, and some comprehend all three. The gap between them and becoming a Universe Venerable is naturally quite large.

The Golden Toad King shook his head: "Master, this subordinate has failed to comprehend the spatial strangulation technique."

"Have you ever practiced the Amplification Secret Technique?"

"It has a soul amplitude of 6 times, but no divine body amplitude."

The Golden Toad King answered truthfully.

As the controller, the Golden Toad King prioritized investing his limited resources in soul amplitude that could further enhance his own strength.

Lu Jin curled his lips, and as the power of the world surged, the secret technique of "Thousand Transformations" and three pages of the Innate Dao Body Diagram were generated and landed in front of the Golden Toad King.

Lu Jin then said, "These three pages of diagrams are part of a secret technique for divine body amplification. By consuming resources, one can cultivate a divine body amplification of 30 times."

"Thousand Transformations" is a secret technique for changing one's appearance. A 30-fold increase in divine body amplification is the prerequisite for perfecting this secret technique.

I will take you into my World Ring later and give you resources. Master this secret technique as soon as possible, and in the future, when not in combat, maintain your normal human form.

Furthermore, I hereby promise.

If you can comprehend spatial strangulation in the future and master all three profound mysteries, I will grant you ten times the life gene and 30 times the soul amplitude.

"If you can master space and become a cosmic sovereign, I will grant you a hundredfold increase in both your divine physical and spiritual amplification."

For Lu Jin, creating ten times the life genes and a hundred times the extreme amplitude is not difficult.

He had a number of bloodline source crystals with ten times the life gene level in his pocket, which were decomposed from the corpses of peak bloodline star beasts.

As for the Amplification Secret Technique, it only requires the corresponding level of Life Source Crystal to easily achieve a hundredfold maximum amplitude.

"The golden toad kowtows in gratitude to its master!"

The Golden Toad King bowed with an excited expression.

I'm so happy, so incredibly happy!
In the universe, not every peak-level King who comprehends the three profound mysteries possesses ten times the life genes and 30 times the amplitude; in fact, they are practically non-existent.

But he can possess it once he comprehends the three great mysteries.

Similarly, most of the cosmic venerables in the vast universe have not cultivated to the point of achieving a hundredfold limit in divine body or soul amplitude, let alone the dual limit amplitude of divine body and soul.

With a wave of his hand, Lu Jin put the Golden Toad King into his World Ring, and then sprinkled a lot of Immortal-grade Life Source Crystals into the World Ring to help the other party cultivate a 30-fold divine body amplification.

The lofty and powerful Heavenly Court can accommodate demons and monsters of considerable strength.

But all demons and monsters, as long as they are animal-like, must have the ability to change their form.

Lu Jinke takes personal appearance very seriously.

You can be a demon, but you must look like a human.

Meanwhile, in the starry sky above Land 006, Lu Jin put away the Star-Eating Grass.

Fatty reminded him: "Master, 1010 trillion military merits have been credited to your account."

The initial rank of King requires 10 trillion military merits, and the peak rank requires 1000 trillion military merits. Soul enslavement also counts as a kill record.

Lu Jin nodded slightly. 1010 trillion military merits, if converted into virtual universe company points, would be quite a lot, a full 101 billion. "Fatty, continue the hunting operation, report the coordinates in order of strength first, then weakness."

Lu Jin gave the instructions to Fatty.

Fatty responded, "Master, next target: 'Flying Wing Marquis' of the Zerg faction, peak Marquis level strength, coordinates: XXX."

By controlling his aura at the initial stage of King Conferment through the illusionary divine power, making it easier to later disguise himself as burning divine power, Lu Jin flapped his wings and transformed into a stream of dark blue light, accelerating continuously in the starry sky. He then traversed the dark universe, heading towards the coordinates of the Zerg camp's 'Flying Wing Marquis'.

A month later.

"King Lingxiao, you have absolutely no bottom line as a strong person, you deserve to die a horrible death!"

In the starry sky, a demon race member of the Azure Roc clan, whose wingspan was over six hundred meters and whose body was covered with blue feathers, roared hysterically.

Within a month, on Land 006, the name of Lingxiao King of the human race had already become widely known among the many immortals of the insect, demon, and mechanical races.

It wasn't that the immortals of the three races had particularly strong intelligence capabilities, but rather that Lu Jin himself had given his name when his opponent asked for it before dying, to avoid the alien races giving him some random or inappropriate name.

The name is not a secret, nor is the faction; as long as it is not revealed that Lingxiao King and Lu Jin are the same person, it will be fine.

"If curses were effective, your two strongest demons would have been cursed to death long ago!"

Lu Jin said dismissively.

A curse? Just some empty words uttered on the verge of death!

What's more, you probably have no idea how many people are praying for me!
After a pause, Lu Jin continued, "Whether I die a good death or not is another matter for now, but rest assured, I will give you a proper send-off today."

As he spoke, Lu Jin, without using his soul amplitude, once again manipulated the water beast god phantom formed by 36 G-grade Azure Heaven Yellow Spring Pearls to pounce towards this 'Qingfeng Marquis'.

Thanks to the substantial bounty, many immortals from the human faction on Land 006 sent Lu Jin the coordinates of any powerful figures from opposing factions they knew or had encountered.

Many of these coordinate locations are repeated, and among the few non-repeating coordinate locations, there are also many situations where the target cannot be found after arriving at them.

Even so, a month has passed and Lu Jin has still achieved considerable results.

Aside from the mechanical youth, Qianlin Hou, and Jin Nu Wang, the immortal powerhouses from the insect, demon, and mechanical factions who died at his hands included one early-stage immortal king from the insect faction and 135 immortal marquises of various levels from the three factions.

What terrifies the immortals of the three races the most is that, when they encounter the immortals of the Lingxiao King, not a single one survives; they have all perished.

Similarly, Lu Jin, using the account of 'Lingxiao King', issued 133 bounties of varying amounts, three of which were hunts he himself had encountered.

Furthermore, throughout the entire hunting process, Lu Jin did not forget that his main purpose in coming to the extraterritorial battlefield was to gain experience, not to bully weaker opponents.

It was precisely because of this consideration that during the month-long hunt, and when he hunted the newly appointed Marquis of Qingfeng, Lu Jin kept his strength slightly stronger than his opponent, in order to gain more practical experience.

Aside from his combat experience, his current strength can be roughly divided into four components: perfect genes, a hundredfold amplitude, treasures, and secret techniques.

Of these four parts, the secret method cannot be changed.

After all, not using the secret technique at full strength is a true sign of holding back, and it does nothing to improve one's strength.

However, the treasures and the amplitude can be easily altered.

If you replace the Azure Netherworld Pearl set with the G-grade Immortal Divine Weapon version, cancel the hundredfold amplitude, and then unleash the secret technique with all your might, his strength ceiling will drop from the initial level of the King of Burning Divine Power to the initial level of the Marquis of Burning Divine Power.

In this way, even if the opponent is only at the initial level of Marquis, the gains in the battle can be no less than those in the battle against an enemy at the initial level of King.

However, Lu Jin's actions also caused a problem for the immortals of the opposing camp.

Just how strong is Ling Xiao from the human faction?
A Zerg faction Immortal of the Elementary Rank revealed himself to be an Elementary Rank Immortal before his death.

Some immortals from the demon race said he was at the peak of the Marquis level before he died, while others from the mechanical race said he was at the advanced level of the Marquis level, and still others said he was at the initial level of the Marquis level.

Ultimately, the immortals from the three opposing factions, based on Lu Jin's highest kill record, regarded him as a newly appointed King-level immortal.

"boom--"

The starry sky trembled, space shattered, and the exploding energy sphere instantly swept across tens of thousands of kilometers.

After a long and fierce battle, Qingfeng Hou, a demon clan member, suffered severe damage to his divine body and knew that he was doomed, ultimately chose to self-destruct his divine body.

Fatty reminded him: "Master, 100 billion military merits have been credited to your account. Also, there are no longer any Immortals of the opposing faction who have been granted the title of Marquis or above."

'Should I switch to a different jungler position?'

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin thought to himself.

It's no exaggeration to say that he has already wreaked havoc on the 006 land area of ​​the Shattered Star Continent, leaving very few Marquis-level or higher Immortals from the opposing faction.

It wasn't that Lu Jin killed almost all of them; he only slaughtered a small portion, while the majority fled.

They're not fools; knowing that there's an unscrupulous, unprincipled, and powerful immortal king here, hunting indiscriminately, very few warriors dare to stay.

Of course, what's missing on land for No. 006 is the title of Marquis or above for Immortals, but the number of Immortal Military Lords hasn't changed much.

Although Lu Jin doesn't adhere to martial ethics, he rarely attacks the Immortal Lords of opposing factions, except when their true bodies are hidden in the World Ring, making it impossible to accurately determine their level, or when they are merely puppets in the outside world.

Just as he was planning to find a new place to play, Fatty suddenly said, "Master, an immortal who claims to be an envoy of the Hong Alliance has sent an email asking if you are available. He says that he and several other special envoys want to invite you to join the Hong Alliance."

"Hongmeng?"

Lu Jin raised an eyebrow and said, "Reply to them and invite them to the Lingxiao Palace on Thunder Island."

Thunder Island is a gathering place for Immortals and above, powerful individuals from the Virtual Universe Company, within the virtual universe.

Although 'Lingxiao' was a false identity given to Lu Jin by the King of Tianshuang, since he was an immortal of the Virtual Universe Company, he would naturally have a dedicated palace on Thunder Island.

At most, the temple can only be located at the foot of the mountain because its strength is not yet at the level of a Universe Venerable.

Lu Jin was not surprised by the arrival of the Hongmeng envoy.

The virtual universe's military system knew that he had hunted down King-level Immortals from the opposing faction, and the Hongmeng City branch system naturally knew that he possessed King-level strength.

All immortals of the human race who have reached the King level will receive an invitation from the Hong Alliance once the virtual universe system becomes aware of them, and the false identity of King Lingxiao is no exception.

Fatty replied, "Yes, Master!"

Inside a temple with the words "Lingxiao" hanging above its doorway at the triangular point of Thunder Island.

"Shh!"

On the throne inside the temple, Lu Jin, clad in dark blue armor, appeared.

The helmet of the dark blue armor on her body twisted and dissipated, revealing a face with long, dark blue hair and dark blue patterns all over her face.

Even in the virtual universe, Lu Jin is still disguised using the false identity of Ling Xiao.

Although his face remained the same, the addition of dense, dark blue lines made him look completely different from his original handsome appearance.

Afterwards, Lu Jin summoned his servants and ordered them to prepare a banquet in the banquet hall of the side hall.

These servants were not raised by him, but were trained by the Virtual Universe Company for the purpose of facilitating the many Immortals and above who lived on Thunder Island within the company.

Before long, noticing many figures approaching from a distance outside the temple, Lu Jin waved to open the temple gate and walked towards the outside.

As soon as Lu Jin stepped out of the palace gate, he saw nine immortal figures land on the square in front of the temple.

The nine immortal figures had different appearances: three were human and six were of other races. Each of them possessed an extraordinary aura and was at least a king.

After looking around, Lu Jin looked at the green-haired woman at the head of the group and nodded, saying, "Welcome, everyone."

The woman was stunningly beautiful, with some green markings on her face, long emerald green hair cascading over her shoulders, and wearing a light green battle armor.

"Ling Xiao, congratulations on your advancement to the Immortal King rank. We are a special envoy team from the Hong Alliance. We have come here to invite King Ling Xiao to join our Hong Alliance."

The green-haired woman said with a smile.

Although she had never heard of the name 'Lingxiao' before, according to the information she found in the virtual universe, he was a subordinate of the King of Tianshuang Kingdom.

Moreover, according to the intelligence she gathered, this King Lingxiao was not just a reluctant king; he also had the record of killing a newly crowned immortal.

It's important to know that Hongmeng's bottom line for inviting members is being granted the title of King.

However, since the immortal bodies of the human race are generally small, and immortals of the rank of Marquis or above are easy to defeat but difficult to kill, there are quite a few among the 100,000 immortals of the human race who have never killed an immortal of another race.

In terms of true strength, this King Lingxiao is probably among the top-middle tier of the 100,000 human kings.

"Of course, since you have come from afar, why don't we go into the hall for a chat?"

Lu Jin nodded and extended an invitation.

"We certainly won't refuse King Lingxiao's invitation."

The green-haired woman said with a smile.

Led by Lu Jin, the nine Hongmeng envoys arrived at the banquet hall in the side hall.

Meanwhile, inside the banquet hall, the servants had prepared a sumptuous feast.

After inviting everyone to take their seats, Lu Jin said, "I haven't yet had the pleasure of asking you all for your guidance?"

The green-haired woman said, "Human, Green Arrow King."

"Human race, Holy King of Glory."

"Golden Spirit Clan, Barbarian Armor King."

"The Netherworld Clan, Blackwater King."

The nine Hongmeng envoys spoke one by one.

Lu Jin cupped his hands and said, "Human, Ling Xiao greets everyone."

The green-haired woman, Green Arrow King, smiled and parted her red lips slightly: "King Lingxiao, you must already know why we've come."

The Hongmeng is highly inclusive, an alliance formed by the human race and a large number of other races in the universe, and it never forces anyone to join.

"But once you join, you will not be allowed to betray the alliance. King Lingxiao, are you willing to join?"

As Green Arrow extended his invitation, the other eight envoys also looked at Lu Jin.

"Of course I do."

Lu Jin nodded.

Hongmeng doesn't force its members to take on tasks, so for Lu Jin, joining Hongmeng is all benefits and no drawbacks.

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