Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 181 Star Tower, I'll definitely lend a hand!
The seventh extraterritorial battlefield, the Star Tower area.

"Shh!"

In the starry sky, a strange beast, five meters tall, clad in scale armor, with outstretched wings on its back and a body entirely azure blue, suddenly appeared.

It was after recognizing Biluo Tianyuan as its master that the water unicorn clone, which had been traversing space through the Kunlun Mirror, suppressed its size.

"It really is big!"

Looking at the starry sky in the distance, Lu Jin couldn't help but sigh.

In the distant starry sky, a towering, majestic super tower seemed to cover half of the universe, suspended in mid-air.

The tower's material is unknown; it is entirely black, nine light-years tall, and surrounded by a dazzling nebula vortex that continuously devours endless energy.

However, Lu Jin knew that this seemingly beautiful and dazzling 'Nine-Spinning Nebula' was actually a nightmare for the strong.

If one goes deeper, even a cosmic sage would have his divine body annihilated by the tearing force of the nebula vortex.

'The Star Tower, a supreme treasure of the God King—tsk tsk, I'm not worthy of it~'

Lu Jin smacked his lips to himself.

The treasure is good, but it's not like the overpowered treasure given to him by a cheat code; the conditions for recognizing it as his master are too harsh.

Not to mention that one only becomes qualified to recognize a master after cultivating the "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual," the fact that a World Lord possesses the conditions for recognizing a master that are comparable to the level of a Universe Venerable directly persuaded Lu Jin to give up.

As someone who has never experienced hardship, willpower is not his strong suit.

Moreover, failure to recognize a master means death, and even the secret technique of creating a clone is useless.

Once he falls, due to the influence of his cheat system and numerous heaven-defying treasures, no one in the original universe will be able to resurrect him. The benefits and risks are simply not proportional.

Shaking his head, Lu Jin flapped his wings and flew towards the Star Tower in the distant starry sky.

The Star Tower region can be said to be the area with the most powerful individuals among the seventh extraterrestrial battlefield, or even among the eleven extraterrestrial battlefields.

Throughout the Star Tower region, there are hundreds of thousands of King-level experts from the four races.

With the power of the Azure Abyss, the Water Kirin clone's strength is close to that of an ordinary high-level immortal after burning divine power, and it is definitely qualified to come to the Star Tower, a high-level wilderness area, for training.

A dazzling yet dangerous nebula vortex surrounds the Star Tower.

However, there is no nebula vortex surrounding the bottom of the nine-story Star Tower.

Furthermore, on the very bottom, on the first level, there are nine enormous towers, each a million kilometers high.

The many immortal powerhouses who come to the Star Tower can enter through any of the nine tower gates.

Although there are few gates, there is no need to worry about powerful individuals blocking them.

The Star Tower contains countless constantly moving forbidden spaces; once you enter, you have no idea which forbidden space you will find yourself in.

Although the forbidden space is isolated from other forbidden spaces, it does not restrict leaving the Star Tower via the Divine Kingdom teleportation.

"Shh!"

Before a colossal tower gate, millions of kilometers high, a stream of azure light descended, revealing the figure of the Water Kirin clone.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

After passing through the towering tower gate, the space shifted. Before Lu Jin could even fully observe the scene of the forbidden area, he sensed a strong fluctuation of divine power and a booming sound coming from afar.

'Fatty, activate the detectors and the virtual universe army system for location tracking.'

With a slight frown, Lu Jin surveyed the boundless desert that stretched before him, then mentally instructed Fatty.

Even auxiliary intelligence can be differentiated into countless forms. Although Fatty's crystal core is still on the original body, it is still very simple to create a sub-intelligence.

"Yes, Master!"
Master, according to the detector, there is a high-ranking demon king of the Golden Scale Lion clan fighting against a giant black scorpion ahead.

According to information gathered in the virtual universe, this giant black scorpion is a unique guardian of the forbidden area within the Star Tower.

Fatty reminded him.

"A high-ranking title of King? I, the King of the Underworld, will definitely lend a hand!"

Lu Jin's eyes lit up, and with a flap of his wings, his Water Qilin clone transformed into a stream of azure light, rushing towards the fighting area ahead at lightning speed.

Monster clan?

They're killing the demon race!
On the road to growth, there are bound to be corpses scattered everywhere.

Since your demon race is jumping the most excitedly, I'll use the corpses of your powerful demon race members to pave my path to the highest point. Hmm, a few patterns to decorate the steps.

To ascend to the position of Lord of Hunyuan, one still needs to use cheat codes.

"Whoosh-"

A streak of azure light streaked across the boundless desert sky, and soon, the fighting figures of a lion and a scorpion appeared in Lu Jin's sight in mid-air ahead.

The lion shadow was over 800 meters long, with a ferocious head, three long golden horns, sharp claws and teeth, and its body was covered with golden scales. Fine golden hair grew from the gaps in the dense scales, and the mane on its neck was particularly lush. Its whole body was filled with the aura of the primordial law of gold.

The scorpion shadow was enormous, stretching over a hundred kilometers in length. Its two giant pincers at the front of its body were tens of kilometers long. It was entirely black, with a sharp, long, curved tail, and its aura surpassed that of the golden-scaled lion.

Undoubtedly, this was an unlucky demon of the high-ranking king level who encountered a forbidden area guardian whose strength was faintly superior to that of a high-ranking king level.

However, despite being at a disadvantage, the golden-scaled lion did not choose to burn its divine power.

The forbidden area guards inside the Star Tower are essentially mechanical puppets made of special materials with extremely strong defenses. Even an invincible king could not destroy them.

If you can't destroy the body of the forbidden zone guardian and it's difficult to damage its energy core, just fight a war of attrition. Once the passage to the next forbidden zone appears, the battle will be over.

Because of the guardians of the forbidden area, they cannot and will not leave the forbidden area they are in.

It can be said that the immortal powerhouses who come to the Star Tower generally will not waste their divine power on dealing with the guards of the forbidden area unless their own strength is overwhelming.

After observing for a moment, Lu Jin, who had come to "help out," activated the secret technique of "Frost Beast God."

"hold head high--"

Suddenly, a melodious and ancient beast roar seemed to resound, and a phantom of a water beast god, more than ten meters long, with solid scales and flesh and two pairs of scaled wings, appeared on the entire body of the Qilin.

Although "Frost Beast God" is a secret technique for controllers in "Seven Transformations of Water and Sky", Lu Jin had no difficulty in converting it into a martial arts secret technique after mastering it.

A faint spatial fluctuation arose, and the innate secret technique 'Mastery of Space' was activated. The figure of the water unicorn clone disappeared from its original spot and instantly appeared behind the high-level king-ranked golden-scaled lion.

"Bam—"

The azure claws of the Azure Heaven Claw slammed down, accompanied by a violent roar, sending the massive body of the Golden Scale Lion flying directly to the front of the Golden Scorpion Forbidden Zone guard.

"Click——"

With a flash of golden light, the golden-scaled lion's divine body, which was over 800 meters long, was directly cut in two by the black scorpion guard's huge black pincers.

In the next instant, divine power surged, and the Golden Scale Lion's divine body was restored to its original state.

Possessing an immortal body, as long as the divine body is not completely annihilated, it can be infinitely reassembled.

"You lowly mule, how dare you ambush me?!"

After the divine body reassembled, the Golden-haired King retreated rapidly and shouted at Lu Jin.

The water unicorn clone only revealed a five-meter-tall body. Compared to the golden-haired king, whose divine body was over eight hundred meters long, it was like a dwarf mule.
Upon hearing this, a fierce glint flashed in Lu Jin's eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "You little demon, you're dead today. Even if your two great demon ancestors came, it wouldn't make a difference. That's what I, the King of the Underworld, said!"

"Pfft~, you short mule, you don't know your own limitations! I, the Golden-haired King, have traversed countless battlefields beyond the borders for many years, and this is the first time I've ever spoken so arrogantly."

The Golden-Haired King chuckled dismissively.

You're just bragging without thinking. You even said that the arrival of two demon ancestors wouldn't make a difference. Do you think you're one of those two demon ancestors?

"die!"

With a sharp shout, Lu Jin's aura as a high-ranking king suddenly surged a thousandfold, and he disguised his divine power as burning through his false divine body.

"Whoosh!"

With a flap of its two pairs of azure wings, the water unicorn clone, cloaked in the phantom of the water beast god, transformed into a streak of light and with a 'boom', struck the Golden-haired King's massive head with a hoofprint, directly severing the three golden horns on its head.

"Hmph! A dwarf mule is still a dwarf mule; even after burning divine power, his strength is still so weak."

The Golden-Haired King snorted coldly. With his divine body restored to such a state, his aura surged, and he also burned his divine power.

King Golden Hair could sense that after burning divine power, the opponent's attack power was at the bottom level of the high-level King-level after burning divine power.

With its divine body over 800 meters long, the blue dwarf mule was no match for him.

The next moment, the Golden King, with its golden aura spreading around it, charged forward with all four hooves, its body transformed into golden light. It raised its hooves and activated a secret technique, its huge lion claws, radiating brilliant golden light, slammed down towards Lu Jin.

The lion's massive claws came at him, and Lu Jin raised his azure hooves to block them.

"clang--"

As the two claws collided, space trembled and shattered, and turbulent currents swept through.

The intense shockwave was transmitted, but was then weakened to one percent by the Azure Heaven Abyss Armor, which Lu Jin easily neutralized.

With a flap of its wings, it turned and flew behind the Golden-haired King, its azure hooves striking mercilessly.

"boom--"

As the hooves slammed down, the Golden-haired King's body shuddered violently, and he was forced to stagger backward in mid-air.

Just as he was about to press on, Lu Jin's expression changed slightly, and he paused in his forward momentum, dodging to the side.

"call out!"

The next moment, a sharp whooshing sound rang in his ears, and a black light flashed, instantly hitting the Golden-Haired King.

"boom--"

A massive black club with a sharp tip pierced the Golden-Haired King's forehead, producing a deafening roar.

This giant black club with a sharp tip is not actually a club, but rather a stinger shot out by the Black Scorpion Guardian.

To the Black Scorpion Guardian, both Lu Jin and the Golden-haired King were intruders. It didn't care whether Lu Jin was there to help it kill the Golden-haired King or not; both were its enemies.

However, aside from its own super strong defense, the Black Scorpion Guardian's strength is only slightly stronger than that of an ordinary high-ranking king.

The reason it was able to gain the upper hand in its previous battle against the Golden-haired King was simply because the Golden-haired King did not unleash its divine power.

Currently, the Golden-haired King, a high-ranking monarch, is burning his divine power, causing his strength to surge a thousandfold. As a mechanical puppet unable to burn divine power, the Black Scorpion Guard poses virtually no threat to the Golden-haired King. Even if its stinger were to strike his head, it would be nothing more than a minor scratch to the Golden-haired King.

Seeing that his ultimate move was ineffective against the intruder, the Black Scorpion Guardian's eyes flashed red, and he immediately turned and fled into the boundless desert below.

Besides being physically robust, the guards of the forbidden area inside the Star Tower have another rather obvious characteristic—cowardice.

For the weak, the Forbidden Zone Guardians will strike hard and beat them to death.

However, when faced with a strong opponent, the guards of the forbidden area will simply run away after failing to achieve their goal.

"Whoosh!"

Ignoring the fleeing Black Scorpion Guard, the Water Kirin clone flapped its wings and charged back to the Golden-haired King, its blue-gold hooves slamming down.

"Boom!" "Clang!" "Boom!"

Above the boundless desert, blue and golden light clashed repeatedly, and the battle reached a stalemate.

After burning divine power, in terms of attack power alone, the Golden-haired King is slightly superior to the Water Qilin clone.

However, the Water Kirin clone was wearing the Azure Heaven Abyss Armor, which was of ordinary treasure level. Not only could it reduce physical attacks to one percent, but the treasure armor itself also had extremely strong basic defensive capabilities, so the Golden-haired King's attacks posed virtually no threat to him.

Furthermore, the Golden-Haired King was only at the advanced level of the King-level, and he had not yet formally comprehended any of the three great mysteries of space.

Compared to Lu Jin, who is extremely fast and possesses the ability to teleport, the Golden-Haired King is merely a tanky beast with poor speed and agility, weak attack, and only a thick health bar waiting to be slaughtered.

Leveraging his absolute speed advantage, Lu Jin used the Golden-haired King, a bloodthirsty bull awaiting slaughter, as his test subject. Drawing upon the "Seven Transformations of Water and Space" and numerous claw-type secret techniques purchased from the Virtual Universe Company, he attempted to create his own claw-type secret techniques.

'hateful! ’

Staring at the incredibly fast, ghostly blue figure in front of him, the blond man, whose head was constantly being slapped, cursed inwardly.

Facing such a speed-type opponent, the Golden-Haired King, who was not particularly good at speed, felt a deep-seated disgust.

He was especially angered by the opponent's unpredictable and erratic attacks.

Every powerful person has the experience of creating their own secret techniques, and the Golden-haired King is no exception.

The incredibly fast dwarf mule's attacks fluctuated wildly, and how could the Golden-haired King not realize that his opponent was using him as a punching bag while creating a secret technique?
To look down on demons is to seriously look down on demons!

However, from the perspective of saving his own life, it was fortunate that the other party looked down on him so much.

He was no match for the short mule. Even though he sent out a distress signal through the communicator, the powerful members of the demon race in the vicinity could not arrive because the forbidden area was relatively closed.

But as long as we hold out until the passage opens and strong reinforcements arrive, the battle can be dramatically reversed.

Moreover, burning divine power is very taxing for immortals whose divine bodies are relatively small.

The opponent's divine body was only five meters tall. This little bean, instead of thinking about finishing off his opponent as soon as possible after burning his divine power, was dawdling. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was playing with his own life.

Therefore, King Jinshan firmly believed that if things continued this way, he would definitely have the last laugh.

At this moment, the Golden-Haired King was unaware that the so-called burning of divine power by the Water Qilin clone was just an illusion.

Unlike King Lingxiao, who was determined to kill or enslave any enemy he encountered, King Youming was not so reckless. He adhered to the principle of killing if he could win and running away if he couldn't, and he did not easily enslave the strong.

With the Azure Sky Wings, a common treasure among ordinary treasures, in the set, how many immortals in the primordial universe can match his speed?

After a long and fierce battle, under Lu Jin's overwhelming speed advantage, the Golden-haired King, whose divine body was not small but not too large, experienced a slight decrease in the aura emanating from his divine body.

The weakening of his aura indicates that the opponent has lost about 10% of his divine body.

"You little devil, you're already dying so quickly?"

While launching a relentless offensive, Lu Jin taunted.

The Golden-Haired King remained silent, barely managing to fend off the attacks of the Azure Claws, while his gaze remained fixed on Lu Jin.

Suddenly, Lu Jin frowned slightly, sensing a powerful aura appearing in the distance behind him.

Immediately afterward, Fatty's voice rang in Lu Jin's mind: 'Master, an entrance passage has appeared in the distance behind you. A powerful member of the Chi Yong clan from the Zerg faction, at the peak of the King-level, has arrived.'

'At least at the peak of the King-level realm.'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

The reason it is "at least" rather than "certain" is mainly because the limit of ordinary King-level beings in terms of divine body strength is the same as that of ordinary peak King-level beings.

The difference between the peak of the King-Sealing Realm and the limit of the King-Sealing Realm is mostly due to the latter cultivating a divine body or soul amplitude that is 10 times greater than the former's divine body, which is based on the former's divine body with 100,000 times the power of a ninth-level World Lord.

The power boost brought by the Amplification Secret Technique will not be reflected in the foundation of the divine body, nor can it be detected by the detector.

The opponent was at least at the peak of the King-level, and without using his divine powers, he really couldn't defeat him.

However, Lu Jin didn't pay much attention and continued to beat up the Golden-Haired King.

If the other party doesn't make a move, fine. But if they do, then we'll just use the exorcism talisman.

Although he does not rely on the Divine Exorcism ability to defeat his opponents during the creation of the spell, and apart from the Time Dragon clone, it is best to use this ability sparingly in the future.

But this doesn't mean Lu Jin would never use it again; he simply uses it as a trump card to deal with opponents whose strength far surpasses his own.

In another part of the forbidden area, a vortex passage faintly emitted starlight appeared, from which emerged a figure exuding a strong bloody aura.

The bloody figure was about seven meters tall, holding two blood-red scimitars. Its head resembled that of a crocodile, its limbs were thick, and it dragged a scaly tail behind it. It carried a black tortoise shell on its back, and its appearance was quite ferocious and ugly.

After the bloody figure stepped out of the passage, the entrance quickly disappeared.

Upon entering this forbidden space, the Chi Yong Clan's ultimate king-level expert, 'Dark Blood King,' immediately sensed the sounds of fighting coming from afar.

After concentrating for a moment, the Dark Blood King's pupils suddenly contracted, followed by a look of joy on his face.

Immediately, the Dark Blood King's consciousness communicated with his absolutely loyal subject: 'Master, there are two high-ranking kings engaged in fierce battle ahead.'

One side consists of the Golden Scale Lion clan of the demon race, while the other side is a strange beast wearing blue armor and wings, whose origin is unknown.

This beast is incredibly fast, far exceeding my speed. My subordinates deduce that its winged treasure surpasses the category of G-grade divine weapons.

Inside the Darkblood King's World Ring, on a vast grassland, lies a pyramid-shaped lair over ten kilometers high.

The nest was riddled with holes, and various venomous substances filled the air.

In the open space at the very center of the lair, after receiving a message from his servant, the Darkblood King, a peerless beauty with fair, translucent skin, butterfly wings on her back, and standing about twelve meters tall, opened her beautiful blue eyes.

'A winged treasure surpassing the G-grade category. A pseudo-heavy treasure, or perhaps a true heavy treasure?'

The Immortal Mother Empress Bei Yuan parted her red lips slightly and murmured to herself.

"Dark Blood, kill! Poison Dragon, Golden Sword, you two get ready too, don't let them escape."

The Immortal Mother Empress Bei Yuan gave the order without hesitation.

Let alone a treasure of wings, even a pseudo-treasure would be extremely valuable.

'Yes, Master! '

The three soul servants, each possessing the strength of a king at the limit, responded.

"Shh!"

Above the boundless desert, on the battlefield, accompanied by faint spatial fluctuations, the bloodthirsty figure of Dark Blood King teleported in.

"seal up!"

At the same time, Dark Blood King let out a low shout and unleashed the profound mysteries of the upper space, instantly sealing off the space around the battlefield.

In an instant, Lu Jin felt a spatial binding force acting on him.

"Humph!"

With a cold snort, he activated his innate secret technique 'Mastery of Space,' and the spatial binding force imposed on him instantly dissipated.

"Whoosh!"

Without wasting a word, the Dark Blood King unleashed his divine power, his aura surging as he transformed into a streak of crimson light, his scimitar slashing directly at the Golden-Haired King not far away.

Why?

It was just to kill the demon and silence him.

In the Dark Blood King's view, the treasures on the wings of this strange beast would inevitably fall into the hands of its master.

In this way, the golden-scaled lion of the demon race became a great eyesore.

To prevent the news of the Winged Treasure from being exposed, let's kill this Golden Scale Lion, which is at the high level of King.

Since the forbidden area has not yet opened a passage to leave, and the surrounding space has been sealed off, this strange beast, although it has broken free from the shackles of spatial power, is unable to teleport to the divine kingdom due to the interference of the mysterious sealing, and there is absolutely no way it can escape.

"Damn it!"

Seeing that this powerful member of the Chi Yong clan from the Zerg faction had turned his attention to him without saying a word, the Golden-Haired King cursed under his breath and immediately turned and ran away.

Unfortunately, the speed of a high-level King is not as fast as that of a King at the limit, not to mention that the Golden-haired King is currently within the spatial sealing range and is affected by the spatial binding force, causing his speed to drop drastically compared to usual.

Lu Jin can remove the speed restrictions imposed on him by the spatial blockade, and can even use the spatial enhancement brought by the Azure Sky Abyss Wings to teleport within the blockade area using his innate secret technique 'Mastering Space'.

But this ordinary, golden-haired king wouldn't have this ability.

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

The crimson scimitars rained down on the Golden-Haired King, dealing tons of damage.

With each strike, the aura of the Golden-Haired King was weakened.

Having already lost 10% of his divine body to Lu Jin, the Golden-Haired King's strength inevitably decreased. Now, facing an attack from a powerhouse hundreds of times stronger than himself, his health bar naturally dropped rapidly.

Soon, after losing more than half of his divine body, the Golden-haired King did not hesitate to self-destruct his divine body.

Even if I perish, it's better than being killed and falling into a deep sleep, becoming a soul slave to the enemy.

"boom--"

In an instant, a terrifying golden sphere of energy rose into the sky above the boundless desert, instantly spreading over a radius of hundreds of thousands of kilometers.

"Shh!"

The next second, the Dark Blood King, carrying a black tortoise shell, flew out of the self-destruction range almost unharmed, his bloodthirsty crimson eyes fixed on Lu Jin, who had not yet left.

(End of this chapter)