Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 178 There's a great treasure, come quickly!

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

One weak and two strong immortal figures, exuding the aura of laws, trembled with divine power, and displayed the might of secret techniques, their violent roars echoing through the starry sky.

Even as powerful beings at the pinnacle of the King realm, King Cangyi and King Bingmeng were still unable to escape the encirclement of countless golden vines.

Even if they used a secret technique to cut through the tough golden grass blades blocking their way, countless more tough golden grass blades awaited them further ahead and in other directions.

Being trapped in the sea of ​​golden vines and leaves was much like an ordinary realm lord being trapped in a sea of ​​realm lord-level insects.

Soon, three huge golden clumps of grass, wrapped in layers of golden leaves and shaking violently, appeared one after another in the sea of ​​golden vines.

"Chi chi chi——"

The golden grass leaves, which formed three huge clumps of grass and were completely intertwined and strangled together, began to frantically cut, compress, and devour each other.

'Exorcise the spirits!'

With a thought, Lu Jin activated his Divine Power. As his soul power was consumed, three mysterious talismans, radiating light, shot out as golden rays, disappearing into three golden clumps of grass.

The exorcising talisman entered their bodies, and the souls of King Cangyi, King Bingmeng, and King Xueyan were rapidly corrupted.

Before long, the three enormous golden clumps of grass stopped shaking one after another. The Sky Wolf Clan's Ultimate King, Azure Phoenix King; the Dream Scale Serpent Clan's Ultimate King, Ice Dream King; and the Blood Wolf Clan's Initial King, Blood Flame King, all transformed into Lu Jin's soul servants.

Leaving aside the Blood Flame King, who is only at the initial stage of the King-level, his soul power is a million times that of a peak ninth-tier Realm Lord, coupled with the Divine Exorcism Divine Ability, which is definitely no less than the level of the strongest innate secret technique. This is something that even a King-level Limit Immortal cannot withstand.

Unless King Cangyi and King Bingmeng possess soul-related treasures protecting their souls.

However, it is clear that under normal circumstances, even those at the peak of the King level are not worthy of possessing powerful treasures, let alone soul-type powerful treasures whose value is calculated based on a higher level of treasure.

"Whoosh!"

Transforming into a stream of dark blue light, Lu Jin soared forward and took the Blood Flame King into his World Ring.

Immediately afterwards, with another thought, he annihilated the soul of the Blood Flame King within the World Ring.

Those with demonic souls and bodies who are at the initial level of the King-level are no longer worthy of being his soul servants. Their corpses can be stuffed into the Demon Refining Pot and turned into resources to train his subordinates.

Then, through the connection at the soul level, Lu Jin instructed Cang Yi King and Bing Meng King: "You two continue to resist, and summon all the Immortals at the peak of the King level and above that you can. Make the empty promises you make bigger."

If anyone is unwilling to come, just say that although I've encountered the strongest Star-Eating Grass, I possess a powerful telekinetic weapon and powerful wings; if everyone works together, we can definitely take me down.

In battlefields outside the region, requesting assistance is a very normal thing.

Those with close relationships will definitely come, needless to say.

Even if the relationship isn't that strong, as long as the empty promise is big enough, they might still come to the rescue.

Even those who aren't friends, but only strong acquaintances from the same faction, can be recruited through this method.

If even large bounced checks can't be rolled over, then the only option left is to resort to desperate measures.

—The enemy is tough, but we have valuable treasure. Come quickly!

Unless one is invincible and granted the title of king, how many people can resist the temptation of such a great treasure?
Even knowing there are pitfalls ahead, they are still willing to jump in one after another.

As long as they are not enslaved by their souls and their strength reaches the peak of the King-level realm, they don't need to worry about their true demise. The future ruler of their race will resurrect them.

Although the resurrection fee is expensive, it is still within the acceptable range compared to the chance to obtain a valuable item.

Even if there are few treasures and many demons, and they can't distribute them all, they can sell the treasures to their clans later and exchange them for a large amount of precious resources, or rather, for a larger number of pseudo-treasures.

If the treasure is of a high enough grade, even if it's replaced with the most ordinary treasure, maybe everyone can use such a high-end item!

'Yes, Master! '

King Cangyi and King Bingmeng responded through their soul-level connection.

Subsequently, while the two demons began to fiercely resist, they also sent a wisp of their consciousness into the communicator in the world ring to contact all the demon clans they knew who were at the peak of the King level or above.

"Senior Sister Bingbi has encountered a formidable enemy. Coordinates: XXX"

"Senior Brother Meng Sha, I've encountered a ruthless opponent from the human faction! Help!"

"King Xuanlei, come and help us out."

"Purple Spider King, you owe me."

"The Silver Nightmare King possesses a great treasure! Come quickly!"

In an instant, the communicators of King Cangyi and King Bingmeng were extremely busy.

At the same time, Lu Jin used his Disguise Technique to conceal all his aura, hiding his figure behind a golden leaf of the Star-Eating Grass, preparing to ambush the approaching demon clan expert.

Before Lu Jin could wait long, a terrifying aura suddenly appeared in the distant starry sky.

It was a giant scorpion, over a thousand meters long, with a body covered in an ice-blue carapace, silvery-white claws, and a bright green tail hook. It transformed into an ice-blue streak of light and flew through the air at lightning speed.

For powerful beings, as long as they have specific coordinates, they can quickly arrive at any location in the universe, whether it's a divine kingdom teleportation, instantaneous teleportation, or a divine body traversing the dark universe.

"Master, this is my senior sister, Ice Jade King. She comes from the royal Ice Jade Scorpion clan and possesses near-invincible strength, comparable to a King-level expert. She wields a powerful armor and a powerful telekinetic weapon."

Through a connection at the soul level, Ice Dream King gave Lu Jin a hint.

Approaching the level of invincible kingship is a rather awkward combat power level.

It's not difficult to kill a King at the limit, but he would be easily killed by a Universe Venerable.

They are immortal powerhouses who are relatively wealthy (able to buy precious treasures and practice amplification techniques, but whose life genes are not particularly high), but who are somewhat lacking in comprehension (unable to create peak techniques).

Standing in the distant starry sky, feeling the sealed space around him, and looking at the Star-Eating Grass that spread out a massive divine body millions of kilometers away, King Bingbi's expression hardened.

Fortunately, she was a ranged controller; otherwise, if she were a melee fighter, it would have been much more difficult to extricate herself from this predicament.

"Humph!"

Then, King Bingbi snorted coldly, flicked his long emerald green scorpion tail, and six ice-blue spikes radiating the pressure of a powerful treasure shot out towards the Star-Eating Grass, intending to break the golden vines of the Star-Eating Grass and rescue King Bingmeng and King Cangyi.

However, at this moment, the Blood God Child's incarnation in the Time Palace of the Purple Rainbow Kingdom changed his mind and used the Kunlun Mirror in his hand to locate the Kunlun Token carried by his true self. He then remotely detected and activated it, instantly teleporting his true self back to the Time Palace, and then teleporting him tens of thousands of kilometers behind the Ice Jade King.

The Kunlun Mirror can travel through space, but the prerequisite for space travel is that the Kunlun Mirror must be at any point before or after the space travel.

Just like the Blood God Child wielding the Kunlun Mirror, as long as the real body is within the range of remote detection, the real body can be teleported back.

Alternatively, the Blood God's avatar can teleport anything around it to any point within its teleportation range. However, it cannot directly teleport the main body, which is within the teleportation range, to another location within that range; it must first teleport back and then teleport there.

Lu Jin did this mainly because while spatial blocking is useful, it also restricts his own teleportation while limiting others' teleportation.

The distance of millions of kilometers is quite far, and it is not certain that a sneak attack can succeed. Therefore, Lu Jin used the space-traveling ability of the Kunlun Mirror to achieve the purpose of instantaneous teleportation within the space-sealed area.

The moment Lu Jin reappeared on the battlefield, a radiant talisman transformed into a golden streak of light and shot towards the Ice Jade King, tens of thousands of kilometers away.

The golden light arrived in an instant and went straight into the Ice Jade King's divine body.

In an instant, King Bingbi felt a surge of soul power invading his divine body and then rapidly corrupting his soul. He was terrified and quickly focused his mind to resist.

Unfortunately, the moment the exorcising talisman entered her divine body, the Ice Jade King, whose soul was not protected by any soul-related treasures, was doomed.

Soon, the exorcising talisman completely corrupted the soul of the Ice Jade King, and Lu Jin acquired a soul servant whose strength was close to that of an invincible king.

Through a connection at the soul level, Lu Jin instructed Ice Jade King: "Ice Jade King, go down and pretend to be trapped by the Star-Eating Grass, then notify all the Immortals you know who possess a soul and are at the peak of the King level or above."

Just say you're trapped by the strongest Star-Eating Grass, and ask them to come and help immediately. Make empty promises all you want.

Furthermore, tell them that the owner of the strongest Star-Eating Grass possesses two other treasures, and that defeating them will allow them to share in these treasures.

Shake the demons! Shake the demons harder! Shake out as many powerful demon kings as possible, the stronger the better!

So what if it went wrong?
It won't collapse; at worst, we can escape using the Kunlun Mirror.

'Yes, Master! '

After the soul responded, Ice King fell into the sea of ​​golden vines and leaves in front of him, pretending to be trapped while making calls through his communicator.

Lu Jin, on the other hand, continued to conceal his aura and hide under a golden leaf of the Star-Eating Grass, waiting for the next unlucky soul to fall into the trap.

It must be said that the allure of empty promises and the promise of great treasures is still very strong.

As time went on, more and more powerful demon kings from the demon race fell headfirst into the pit under Lu Jinbu's cloth.

In just one hour, apart from the initial Cangyi King and Bingmeng King, including Bingbi King, the demon race had twelve peak-level Kings, six limit-level Kings, and two near-invincible Kings who became Lu Jin's soul servants.

It's almost like the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather.

However, to make the trap more plausible, Lu Jin also put away most of the servants, leaving only four servants to continue fishing in the sea of ​​golden vines of the Star-Eating Grass.

Of course, even within the world ring, these soul servants who had been put away still managed to use their communicators to call the demons.

Another half hour passed, and no new demon race powerhouses who were close to being invincible at the King level fell into the pit. However, Lu Jin had taken in four more demon race servants at the limit of the King level and nine at the peak of the King level.

At this moment, two more terrifying immortal figures flew rapidly from the distant starry sky.

One of the immortal figures was beast-shaped, over 700 meters long, with four thick hooves, its entire body covered in scales, and two ferocious heads, one with golden eyes and the other with silver eyes.

Another immortal figure appeared in a humanoid form, over two hundred meters tall, with two claw-like arms each wielding a hundred-meter-long black giant hammer. His body was covered in ferocious, pitch-black bone spikes, and he wore a set of black armor, his entire body shrouded in a faint black mist.

Lu Jin recognized the beast-shaped figure; it was the Time-Space Nightmare Beast, one of the eighteen royal families of the demon race.

The Time-Space Nightmare Beast is born with six times the life gene, and is compatible with the laws of time and space. Its golden eyes affect space, and its silver eyes affect time. Once both eyes are used at the same time, it can have a strong control over the surrounding time and space.

But what about the other humanoid figure?
'What is this thing?'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

Although he didn't recognize her, Lu Jin didn't mind.

With billions of species in the vast primordial universe, how could he possibly recognize them all? It's perfectly normal for him to encounter species he doesn't recognize.

At this moment, Cang Yi Wang, who was pretending to be trapped in the sea of ​​Star-Eating Grass vines, prompted Lu Jin through a soul-level connection: "Master, this Time-Space Nightmare Beast is called 'Silver Nightmare King,' and its strength is close to that of an invincible king."

The other king-level figure was 'Black Bone King,' a close friend of Silver Nightmare King. He hailed from the powerful Ghost Skeleton Clan within the Demon Alliance and possessed near-king-level invincible strength, but the Ghost Skeleton Clan lacked souls.

In the primordial universe, a powerful race was defined by having at least one ruler of the universe.

"!!!"

Lu Jin's eyes widened immediately.

What? No soul?!
You have a way to die!

Without a soul, it means that the exorcism magic is ineffective against this 'Black Bone King'.

With his near-invincible strength and a divine body over two hundred meters tall, even if the thirty-five newly recruited soul servants launched a sneak attack together, they still couldn't instantly kill him.

After all, among these thirty-five servants, only two were close to being invincible and could be crowned kings; the rest were no match for the Black Bone King.

Even if these thirty-five servants stood shoulder to shoulder, they probably wouldn't be able to hold back the Black Bone King, who was close to being invincible at the level of a king, without some means.

Unable to instantly kill the opponent, by the time the Black Bone King realized what was happening and sent a group message to the other powerful members of the demon race, the huge trap he had set would have been exposed.

Damn it! You ruined my plans!

Lu Jin cursed inwardly.

Lu Jin originally thought that this trap-laying operation would continue until the immortal demon race expert carrying a soul-type treasure arrived, and he was unable to enslave the opponent immediately, thus causing the news to leak.

Unexpectedly, it was thwarted by a powerful member of the demon race who had no soul.

Moreover, it's not just that Black Bone King deserves to die; that Silver Nightmare King is also despicable.

If this guy were to bring someone with a soul who is close to being a king-level invincible being, Lu Jin would definitely give him a warm welcome.

But you brought a soulless thing with you, aren't you just setting your future owner up for failure?
'Well, catching three near-invincible kings, twelve at the limit of kingship, and twenty-one at the peak of kingship is quite a catch.'

Lu Jin comforted himself in this way.

The next moment, through spatial teleportation, Lu Jin was transported back to the Time Palace, and then appeared tens of thousands of kilometers behind the Time-Space Nightmare Beast, the Silver Nightmare King.

At the same time, the radiant exorcism talisman instantly materialized, transforming into a golden stream of light that rapidly entered the body of the Silver Nightmare King, who was completely unaware of what was happening.

This wasn't because the Silver Nightmare King was unprepared; rather, the surrounding starry sky had already been sealed off by space.

Apart from a very few exceptionally gifted individuals, even the invincible king from the spatial side couldn't teleport, so naturally they didn't expect a mastermind to appear behind them and launch a sneak attack.

Bonus chapter for May (9)

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