Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 179: A total of 37380 trillion military merits
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

Lu Jin waved his hand, releasing the group of soul servants who had been stored in the world ring and were now burning with divine power.

"Destroy it!"

Pointing to the 'Black Bone King' in the distance, who had finally noticed the commotion behind him and turned around to look back, Lu Jin gave an order to the servants.

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

In an instant, the starry sky trembled, space shattered, and more than thirty secret attacks, all unleashed by experts at the peak of the King level, instantly engulfed the slightly bewildered Black Bone King.

What's going on?
His friend, Silver Nightmare King, dragged him over to save the day. Wasn't there supposed to be a chance to acquire a valuable treasure? How did it turn into him being besieged by powerful allies?

Especially King Mengsha, who was also close to being an invincible king, was even stronger than him.

The immortal god's mind works at an extremely fast pace. In an instant, the Black Bone King thought of a possibility that could shake the entire Seventh Domain Outer Battlefield.

Despite his thoughts, the Black Bone King did not hesitate to burn his divine power.

Faced with the combined attack of two near-invincible powerhouses, plus a large group of peak and limit-level powerhouses, he feared he wouldn't have a chance of survival without burning his divine power.

Moreover, if the speculation is true, it means that there is at least one Soul Master in the shadows who is close to, or even more than, the invincible King.

The next moment, another terrifying aura rose up, and the Silver Nightmare King not far away also burned his divine power.

"Silver Nightmare, retreat!"

"Activate the secret patterns of my treasured armor to resist the numerous attacks of secret techniques," Black Bone King shouted.

"Crescent Moon!"

With a low shout, the Silver Nightmare King unleashed his burning divine power, activating a secret technique. Amidst the tremors of divine power, a crescent-shaped, treasure-grade psychic weapon radiating brilliant silver light shot towards the Black Bone King.

"What the hell is going on?! Holy crap, you've been enslaved?!"

Black Bone King exclaimed in disbelief.

The Silver Nightmare King's sudden betrayal shows that he has become a soul slave.

If the Silver Nightmare King had already become a soul slave, he certainly wouldn't have brought him, who had no soul and couldn't be enslaved, along with him, who was close to becoming a King-level Invincible.

After all, killing him would at most yield his ordinary treasure armor and treasure double hammers, but would expose the fact that many powerful members of the demon alliance present had been enslaved by their souls.

This suggests that the Silver Nightmare King was likely not yet enslaved by souls before he arrived.

But in the blink of an eye, a powerful figure who was close to becoming a king and invincible had unknowingly become a soul slave.
It's outrageous!
Could he really be an illusionist at the invincible level of a king?
After the initial shock, without hesitation, Black Bone King withstood the secret attacks of the demons and turned to flee. At the same time, he sent a wisp of his consciousness into the communicator in his world ring to report to the alliance that the demons present had become soul slaves.

'Run? You think you can escape?!'

Lu Jin thought to himself, and with a thought, a stream of dark blue water appeared around him.

The next moment, billions of dark blue rays of light spread and enveloped all directions, instantly forming a huge spherical area with a radius of 20 million kilometers, directly enveloping all the demon servants present and the fleeing Black Bone King.

This deep blue water is no ordinary treasure.

Instead, it is a genuine top-tier treasure of the water and air attributes, comparable in value to ordinary supreme treasure armor or weapons—the Azure River of the Underworld.

One year outside is a thousand years inside the Palace of Time.

Over six thousand years, it wasn't just Lu Jin who improved; Zi Ni Chang, the treasure refiner, also did.

With his inherent strength reaching that of a top-tier cosmic overlord and possessing a complete treasure-refining inheritance, raising his treasure-refining skills to a higher level is not difficult.

'not good! '

Looking at the dark blue water that filled the surrounding space, Black Bone King's heart sank.

Although the corrosive power of this domain-type treasure on one's divine body is not strong due to the presence of the treasure armor, it is far below the expected level.

However, the oppressive and binding force it carried had a very serious impact on his speed.

“Unknown powerhouse, I have no soul and cannot be enslaved by you. If you let me go, I will offer you my precious armor and twin hammers.”

"Black Bone King shouted."

With the appearance of this powerful artifact, Black Bone King knew he couldn't escape it today.

Since the ultimate outcome is the loss of the precious armor and twin hammers they are carrying, they might as well offer up the treasures in exchange for a chance to save their lives.

In this way, he saved himself the high cost of resurrection, and the opponent also saved the divine power consumption required to kill him.

"Can!"

After a moment of contemplation, Lu Jin's voice echoed within the Yellow Springs River.

Upon hearing this, the Black Bone King secretly breathed a sigh of relief, having minimized the losses.

Immediately, the Black Bone King removed his precious armor, erased the divine power imprint belonging to him from the armor and his twin hammers, and threw them into the dark blue water.

With a thought, Lu Jin felt a surge of dark blue water carrying the armor and twin hammers toward him, and he put away these two precious treasures.

"Fuck him!"

Having obtained the two precious treasures, Lu Jin did not hesitate to turn hostile and gave orders to the group of demon servants in the Yellow Springs River who were unaffected.

Let you leave? Dream on!

You've ruined my grand plan to trap the demon, so it wouldn't be right not to see you off.

Instantly, dozens of secret attacks rained down on the Black Bone King, whose body was covered in jet-black bone spurs.

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

Without the powerful defense provided by the treasured armor, the Black Bone King, now completely naked, was immediately stunned by this wave of attacks.

"You've been granted the title of king by a foreign race, yet you have no credibility whatsoever!"

Black Bone King roared in exasperation.

"Shabi!"

Lu Jin curled his lip in disdain.

You don't even know my name, and you have no sense of martial ethics or anything. What do you have to do with me, Lu Jin?
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Intense roars echoed continuously in the azure-blue River of the Underworld. Without the powerful twin hammers, Black Bone King was unable to mount an effective counterattack under the siege of the demons.

Moreover, without the powerful armor to resist and weaken attacks, the Black Bone King's divine body was also rapidly deteriorating.

At this moment, Lu Jin instructed Fatty, "Fatty, switch identities to my original one."

Lu Jin hadn't forgotten that he still had a mission at the virtual universe company that required him to accumulate one trillion military merits on the extraterritorial battlefield before he could leave.

'Yes, Master! '

Fatty responded.

"A king from a foreign race, may his name be left behind?!"

At this moment, the Black Bone King, who was being beaten up by the demons, roared.

Lu Jin remained silent. "If you ask me, I'll tell you. Where do you get such a big face?"

Even if you gave me two precious treasures before, it won't work, because those two treasures would have been mine sooner or later even if you hadn't offered them up voluntarily.

"Despicable! Shameless! Vulgar!"

Black Bone King cursed when he received no response.

After cursing for a long time, perhaps feeling that he had vented his anger a little, and realizing that there was no point in continuing, a chilling aura rose from the Yellow Springs River.

"boom--"

The next moment, a muffled roar resounded, and the Biluo Huangquan River, which covered an area of ​​more than 20 million square kilometers, suddenly trembled. The water flow at a certain core expanded violently. Knowing that he was doomed, the Black Bone King directly self-destructed his divine body.

Afterwards, Lu Jin put away the Biluo Huangquan River, and also put away the many newly acquired demon servants and star-eating grass. He transformed into a stream of dark blue light and accelerated his journey to the dark universe, leaving the Shattered Star Continent region.

In a certain part of the Seventh Extraterrestrial Battlefield, in the desolate starry sky, ripples appeared slightly, and a figure clad in dark blue armor emerged.

"Fatty, how many military merits have you accumulated this time?"

Lu Jin asked the fat man.

Fatty reported: "Master, because the military merits gained from killing immortals at the peak of the King rank and above are all calculated based on the peak of the King rank."

In this battle, King Lingxiao accumulated 36010 trillion military merits, while your original identity gained 1000 trillion military merits.

Lu Jin, in his capacity as King Lingxiao, enslaved three near-invincible kings, twelve kings at the limit of kingship, twenty-one kings at the peak of kingship, and one king at the initial level of kingship.

Among these 37 demon servants, Blood Flame King, who was at the initial level of the King rank, had his soul destroyed by him.

His original identity was that he killed the Black Bone King, who was close to the invincible King, and also received 1000 trillion military merits.

Fatty reminded him again: "Master, the military system sent an email saying that you have completed your military merit quota and are traveling alone."

You now have two choices: either continue fighting in the extraterritorial battlefield, or retire and leave the extraterritorial battlefield.

"Retire."

Lu Jin said.

Lu Jin, a member of the original secret realm of the Virtual Universe Company, chose to retire. Ling Xiao Wang, who possessed many treasures and had just pulled off a big heist, also had to temporarily go offline to avoid the limelight.

However, this does not mean that Lu Jin's journey of training in the outer battlefield has come to an end.

On the contrary, this is just the beginning.

Next, the Water Kirin clone, the Time Dragon clone, and the Blood God Child incarnation will make their dazzling appearances on the outer battlefield.

"Shh!"

Then, Lu Jin's thoughts shifted, and his true form disappeared into the starry sky, teleporting back to the Time Palace within the Purple Rainbow God Kingdom.

At this moment, King Lingxiao is temporarily offline.

Inside the World Ring, 36 demon servants, whose strength was at least at the peak of the King level, stood respectfully in front of Lu Jin.

After some questioning, Lu Jin had a better understanding of the strength of these 36 servants.

Among the three servants who were close to becoming kings and invincible, the strongest was King Mengsha, who had entered immortality through the Law of Gold.

King Mengsha, born into the Golden Behemoth Clan, one of the eighteen royal clans of the demon race, possesses a divine body that is nine kilometers tall, covered in golden fur, with particularly thick arms, including the dark golden giant claws at the front of his arms, making his arms comparable to his height.

Possessing the treasures of armor and claws, and having six times the life gene and 15 times the divine body amplitude.

Secondly, there is the Silver Nightmare King, who comes from the royal Time-Space Nightmare Beast clan and specializes in the laws of time. He possesses armor and magical treasures, as well as powerful psychic weapons, and has six times the life gene and ten times the soul amplitude.

Finally, there is the Ice Jade King, who comes from the royal Ice Jade Scorpion clan. He possesses a treasured armor and a treasured psychic weapon, and has three times the life gene and ten times the soul amplitude.

Lu Jin glanced at the servants and waved his hand, sending two metal tablets, formed from the power of the world, landing on the ground not far away.

"Whoosh whoosh-"

Immediately afterwards, a large amount of immortal-level life source crystals fell and piled up into a small mountain.

Then, Lu Jin pointed to the pile of Immortal-grade Life Source Crystals and said, "There are two metal tablets. One of them records the secret technique of 30 times the Divine Body Amplification. You can cultivate with these resources."

The other metal tablet records a secret technique for transforming one's divine form. Each of you should cultivate it to perfection as soon as possible, and from now on, maintain human form in your daily life.

"Yes, Master!"

The group of demon servants responded respectfully.

Lu Jin nodded slightly, waved his hand, and the bloodline source crystals produced by the corpses of 23 peak-bloodline star-sky behemoths materialized and landed in front of the 23 demon servants including King Mengsha. He said, "Refining this item can create ten times the life gene."

For those who couldn't get it, keep going! As long as you comprehend the three profound mysteries of the higher realm, I can grant you ten times the life gene potential.

If you are the one in control, I will grant you an additional 30 times the soul amplitude.

Furthermore, if you can master time or space and become cosmic beings, I can grant you a hundredfold increase in both divine physical and spiritual amplification.

The twenty-one peak-level servants acquired this time have varying levels of progress in comprehending profound mysteries, with only eight having grasped three of them.

"Thank you for your kindness, Master!"

The demons bowed down, their faces filled with excitement.

"You all continue your cultivation."

With a wave of his hand, Lu Jin's figure disappeared into the world ring.

On the other side, in the virtual universe, on Thunder Island, at the Frost Temple.

"Master, King Lingxiao has accumulated over one hundred billion military merits."

The voice of the assisting intelligent life form rang in the mind of the Heavenly Frost King.

'Shuh! '

The Heavenly Frost King, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them, his eyes filled with deep surprise.

In the outer battlefield, killing a peak Immortal King from the opposing faction on your own will earn you 1000 trillion military merits.

One hundred billion military merits—that's enough to kill ten peak-level kings!
His disciple has already killed ten peak-level Immortal Kings from the opposing faction.
At this point, the auxiliary AI said, "Specifically, it has accumulated 37380 trillion military merits. In addition, Lu Jin has also obtained 1000 trillion military merits."

The Frost King: "."

At least thirty-eight peak-level kings have been killed as military merits?
The Heavenly Frost King ordered, "Grant access to view battle videos of King Lingxiao who earned 1000 trillion or more military merits in a single instance."

When fighting in the outer battlefield, the immortals of the human faction will connect to the virtual universe, keeping the virtual universe network synchronized and uploading.

Otherwise, the military system would be unable to determine military merits without a specific combat process.

The virtual universe network contains battle videos, and those with high-level privileges within the virtual universe can access and view the specific battle videos.

"There are two battle videos showing King Lingxiao earning 1000 trillion or more military merits in a single battle, one from six years ago and the other from today."

"First, watch the battle video from six years ago, then watch the battle video from today."

Soon, a virtual screen was projected in front of the Heavenly Frost King, displaying Lu Jin's battle footage.

Lu Jin first fought against a Golden Python Demon Toad of the Demon Clan at the initial stage of the King level after burning its divine power, and then a Golden Python Demon Toad at the peak of the King level teleported over.

Next, the Immortal-level Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass bloomed, and the King-level Golden Python Demon Toad overturned, trapped in the golden vine sea of ​​Star-Eating Grass. In the end, it was enslaved by Lu Jin with a soul secret technique, and the battle ended.

Raising an eyebrow, the King of Tianshuang, his face filled with shock, watched the battle video from today again.

"Great, you've made rapid progress!"

Upon seeing the ten-thousand-foot-tall phantom of the Water Beast God, whose scales and flesh had been completely solidified through Lu Jin's telekinetic weapon, the Heavenly Frost King was shocked but nodded in satisfaction.

As the battle video continued to play, the shock in the eyes of the Heavenly Frost King grew even stronger.

Look what my disciple has done!
The body of a realm lord allows one to enslave a soul that is at the limit of a king-level being. Well, it means that one can enslave a powerful being who is close to being invincible at the king level.

And it wasn't just one or two, but a full three who were close to becoming invincible kings, and more than a dozen who were at the limit of becoming kings.

To be honest, aside from him, the overlord of the universe, and his alien venerable servants, even if all the official immortals of the entire Heavenly Frost Universe Kingdom were united, they would be no match for Lu Jinshou's demon servants.

Finally, seeing that Lu Jin lacked martial ethics and turned on him on the spot, ordering his demon servants to beat up the Black Bone King who had offered up valuable treasures just to save his life, the Heavenly Frost King couldn't help but twitch his lips.

After watching the video, the King of Tianshuang learned four pieces of good news.

Firstly, Lu Jin has made rapid progress.

In the primordial universe, over six years, Lu Jin's comprehension of the laws of the Water-Void Beast God had risen from the initial entry into the second level to the second level of perfection, comparable to the 18th level of the Bridge to Heaven, which is the comprehension level of most King-level Immortals.

Secondly, Lu Jin's life gene count was not a hundred times greater than he had imagined.

With the peak level of the ninth rank of Realm Lord, the level of comprehension of the peak rank of Marquis six years ago, the level of a treasure-level psychic weapon, and the hundredfold soul amplitude, if his life genes were only a hundredfold, his strength would absolutely not be comparable to that of a newly ascended Immortal after burning his divine power.

According to calculations, the Heavenly Frost Kingdom ruler estimated that Lu Jin's life gene should be around ten thousand times stronger.

Thirdly, Lu Jin had acquired a special secret technique for enslaving souls.

His understanding of the laws was only at the initial level of the King-level. If this soul enslavement technique was obtained through cultivation, then even if his soul power reached a million times that of a ninth-level World Lord under the enhancement of the Amplification Technique, it would still be insufficient to enslave a powerhouse who was close to being invincible at the King-level.

Fourth, Lu Jin has found a powerful patron, the Venerable Guanghan, who has become a top-tier treasure refiner.

As the overlord of the universe, the ruler of Tianshuang Kingdom could naturally see that the domain-type treasure used by Lu Jin was a top-level domain treasure.

This top-tier treasure, along with his psychic weapon, armor, and wings, appears to share the same color and style, and all possess both water and air attributes. This clearly indicates that it was crafted by a master craftsman, rather than obtained by chance.

This reminded the King of Tianshuang of himself from countless years ago.

When he was born, his father, who was a realm master, displayed extraordinary talent and was accepted as the third personal disciple by his grandmaster.

When he became the Lord of the Realm, his father had already become nearly invincible and was able to terrify the immortals of other races.

When he became immortal, his father had become the overlord of the universe, intimidating the insect, demon, and machine races.

When he became a Universal Venerable, his father had already mastered spacetime and become one of the great beings of humanity.

And so, he has grown all the way to where he is today. Even though his luck isn't great, the treasures he possesses are enough to make other experts of the same level envious.

There's no other reason; his father has already prepared the treasures for him.

As long as you have the corpse of a powerful alien or a video of his kill, you can obtain a great treasure or even a supreme treasure from your father.

His treasures came from his father, while Lu Jin, as his disciple, relied on his wealthy girlfriend, a master treasure refiner.
At that moment, a thought flashed through the mind of the Heavenly Frost King—this child is like me!
No, it should be "the student surpasses the teacher."

Shaking his head, the King of Tianshuang Kingdom instructed the AI ​​assistant, "Send Lu Jin to me."

Having achieved the second major success in the Path of the Beast God, his level of understanding of the laws has reached the initial stage of the King-level. He has a certain foundation in secret techniques and can begin to try creating his own.

Before long, Lu Jin entered the Heavenly Frost Temple.

"The disciple has met the teacher."

Lu Jin bowed respectfully.

Waving his hand, the Heavenly Frost King said, "I've watched your battle video from the extraterritorial battlefield; it's very good! However..."

Lu Jin looked at his teacher, but what?
The Heavenly Frost King reminded him, "If you don't want to be ambushed by powerful alien races when you go out in the future, you should be a little more restrained."

The extraterritorial battlefield is inherently a brutal killing ground, and all races have long been prepared that the vast majority of the immortals who go there for training will perish.

However, soul enslavement is different from falling. Fallen souls can still be resurrected by the Lord of the Universe, but if one is enslaved, the strong members of the clan will become someone else's.

Enslaving a minority is acceptable, but large-scale enslavement, especially targeting skilled individuals, is tantamount to challenging the bottom line of other races.

"Teacher, King Lingxiao will not be appearing anytime soon."

Lu Jin said.

"Well, it's good that you know what's going on. I noticed that the domain-type treasures you used in battle are already at the level of top-tier treasures. Can Venerable Guanghan refine top-tier treasures?"

"can."

"Top-tier treasures are precious items even to most universe venerables. Does Venerable Guanghan have any plans to undertake the refining of a top-tier treasure?"

"There are plans to sell treasures in Hongmeng's shops. Each treasure costs 15 sets of materials. If purchased in Hunyuan units, the material cost will be 30 times the price."

The Heavenly Frost King nodded slightly and said, "There are many powerful beings but few treasures in the universe. It's not unreasonable to charge 15 sets of refining materials for one treasure. However, for Primordial Units, 30 times the material cost is too low. Add a little more, so as not to sell this precious treasure for a pittance."

Replacing the treasure with the mixed unit is simple.

However, purchasing powerful treasures with mixed units is extremely difficult.

"Twenty-five times?"

Lu Jin probed.

The King of Tianshuang nodded: "So-so."

A price of 50 times that of a mixed-element unit is equivalent to 3.3 times that of a product refined with 15 times the amount of materials.

But a channel price that's 3.3 times higher can't really be called expensive.

Leaving aside the matter of buying and selling valuable treasures, the Heavenly King asked, "I observe that your comprehension of the laws of the Beast God Path has reached the second level of mastery. Have you mastered all the secret techniques of the second volume of 'Seven Transformations of Water and Space'?"

"The second volume of secret techniques has been fully mastered. Now that King Lingxiao has left the battlefield outside the realm, I will focus on creating secret techniques and leave the practical training to King Youming."

"Creating secret techniques is an essential path for every strong person."

First, decide what type of secret technique you want to create. Then, purchase similar secret techniques from the company's treasury as references to broaden your horizons. Finally, incorporate your own insights and gradually create your own secret technique.

If there is anything you don't understand, feel free to ask me.

Once you've mastered your self-created secret techniques to a certain extent, I'll arrange a suitable opponent for you to lend you a helping hand.

"is teacher."

Lu Jin bowed and said.

(End of this chapter)