Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 184 Peak Secret Technique, Success!

Time flies, and three months have passed in the blink of an eye.

In the seventh outer battlefield, the Star Tower area, the legend of the Netherworld King gradually spread among the four races.

As for the Netherworld King, apart from the immortals of the human race and a few immortals of the peak of the demon, insect, and mechanical races, there are none who are at the level of King.

Most of the Kings and Immortals in the Star Tower region have only heard of them by name, but have never seen them in person.

All that is known is that the Underworld King is a blue-scaled beast. Although his divine body is not large, his divine power seems inexhaustible. In every battle, he burns his divine power wildly.

In just three months, more than sixty high-ranking immortals who were once crowned kings have fallen to the claws of the Netherworld King.

The peak and even limit-level powerhouses of the Demon, Insect, and Mechanical factions had considered extinguishing the arrogance of the Netherworld King.

However, the unique forbidden zone mechanism of the Star Tower makes it no easy task to accurately locate the Underworld King within the countless forbidden zones.

After all, just knowing the location is useless; if the forbidden passage is not open, it is impossible to get there in time.

Even those few powerful individuals who encountered him were all evaded by the Underworld King with his ghostly speed.

To put it bluntly, in the Star Tower region today, the Netherworld King, who is only at the high level of the King-level, has a greater reputation and is more feared by the weak than those at the limit of the King-level, or even the few who are close to the invincible King-level.

For no other reason than that all non-human immortals below the peak of the King of the Underworld who encountered the King of the Underworld perished without exception.

Of course, looking at all eleven extraterritorial battlefields, in terms of reputation alone, the Netherworld King, who only operates in the Star Tower area, is clearly not ranked high.

If we're talking about which immortal name has been the most resounding on the battlefield outside the realm recently, it has to be the 'Demon Slayer Marquis' who rose to fame a few months ago, clad in blood armor, wielding a blood sword, and wearing blood wings.

Judging from the title, one can tell that his strength is only at the level of a Marquis of Immortality.

However, although this Demon Slayer Marquis was not very strong, he was extremely crazy. Whenever he encountered someone, it was basically a matter of life or death.

With such a crazy personality, coupled with a reputation for attracting extreme hatred from the demon race, he should have been reduced to ashes long ago.

But this Demon Slayer Marquis truly did have the qualifications to earn the title of 'Demon Slayer'.

The fact that he, as a realm lord, killed a newly ascended immortal who had burned his divine power is not the main point.

The key point is that this guy has no soul and also has a special technique to create clones, capable of splitting into at least a thousand.

According to the demon race's statistics, the Demon Slayer Marquis appeared in over a thousand areas across the eleven extraterritorial battlefields opened up by the four major race factions.

Just how difficult it is to kill the Demon Slayer Marquis can be seen from the fact that the demon race camp has been holding the bounty for three months, yet no immortal has been able to claim the treasure.

That's right. Following the Lingxiao King, the demon race has once again issued a bounty specifically targeting a certain immortal faction.

Furthermore, the bounty is the same: as long as the 'Blood Demon' is completely killed, rather than simply killing one or more clones.

Non-demon faction members can receive one valuable treasure bounty, while demon faction members can receive two valuable treasure bounties.

The three races of humans, insects, and machines all call Lu Jin's Blood God Child the Demon Slayer Marquis. They are happy to see someone slap the demon race in the face.

Although this Demon Slayer Marquis has killed quite a few Immortals from their three races, at least he hasn't been given names like 'Exterminator,' 'Insect Killer,' or 'Machine Slayer,' right?

The demon race no longer refers to the incarnation of the Blood God as "Demon Slayer Marquis," but rather as "Blood Demon."

To date, the number of Immortals killed by the Demon Slayer Marquis has caused to the Demon Clan is not as great as that of the King of Lingxiao, and is far less than that of the King of Lingxiao.

However, his reputation as a 'demon slayer' is something that the demon race cannot tolerate.

It's no exaggeration to say that every extra day the Demon Slayer Marquis lives is an extra day of slapping the demon race in the face.

Unfortunately, even though the bounty offered by the demon race was enough to tempt all the immortal powerhouses in the outer battlefield and prompt them to take action, the situation remained unchanged.

However, Zhan Yaohou, who did not join any faction, is still alive and well.

While being hunted down by the immortal powerhouses of the entire outer battlefield, he would occasionally kill a few demon immortals for fun, while also showing contempt and mockery towards the demon race.

Encountering an enemy that has no soul, can transform into countless forms, and is impossible to kill is considered bad luck for the demon race.

Fortunately, although Zhan Yaohou is a peerless genius who, as a realm lord, possesses strength comparable to a low-level marquis, his current strength is ultimately quite limited.

Aside from the fact that the name was too embarrassing for the demon race, it couldn't cause much damage to the demon race's camp.

The fifth extraterritorial battlefield, Twilight Continent.

A Blood God Child wielded an F-grade Blood Demon Sword, unleashing a hazy blue-gold arc of sword energy.

"puff--"

A hazy blue-gold sword arc suddenly appeared, and a peak immortal military lord of the Fold Earthworm Clan, a demon race subordinate group with a body length of over a hundred meters, brown skin covered with wrinkles, and an appearance resembling a giant earthworm, was directly cut in half vertically, and his consciousness collapsed and he perished on the spot.

The Seventh Extraterrestrial Battlefield, a forbidden area within the Star Tower.

The water unicorn clone slammed down its hoof, and a thousand-foot-long beast claw covered in blue and gold scales slammed down from the sky.

"boom--"

The thousand-foot-long beast claw slammed down, shattering the divine body of a high-ranking immortal from the Thunder Spring Clan of the insectoid faction, who was over twenty meters tall, with an upper body resembling a human and a lower body like a beast, covered in blue scales.

Inside the Time Palace, in a specially made world ring.

'it's time. '

After dismissing a demon servant who was there as a sparring partner, Lu Jin reflected on the past three months outside and the two hundred and fifty years of learning and creation within the Time Palace.

Subsequently, Lu Jin separated a wisp of his consciousness and logged into the virtual universe.

In the virtual universe, on the mountainside of Thunder Island, inside the Frost God Temple.

"The disciple has met the teacher."

Lu Jin bowed and greeted the Heavenly Frost King, who was seated on the divine throne.

"Has the secret technique achieved some minor success?"

The King of Tianshuang asked with a smile.

Lu Jin nodded: "It can be considered that the three basic forms have been formed."

"Show it to me."

The King of Tianshuang gestured.

Immediately, Lu Jin turned to face the direction of the palace gate, and an immortal divine sword materialized in his hand.

"cut!"

The divine sword in his hand invoked the law of water and space fusion. As the divine sword slashed down, a hazy blue-gold sword arc appeared, and the space seemed to be as thin as paper sliced ​​by a sharp blade.

"puff--"

As the sword arced through the air, a faint black line was left in the air inside the hall—a spatial rift that had not yet healed.

Immediately afterwards, the divine sword in Lu Jin's hand disappeared, and a divine weapon claw materialized on his right arm.

"fall!"

As the laws of fusion rippled, a surge of world power emerged, and with a sharp claw reaching out, a gigantic scaled beast claw descended from the dome of the hall.

"boom--"

The beast's claws slammed down, causing the space to tremble and shatter, transforming into a torrent that swept across the area.

Then, the claws disappeared, and 36 dark blue orbs appeared.

"Congeal!"

Lu Jin raised his hand and pointed, and 36 dark blue orbs shot out, their dazzling dark blue light triggering the fusion of water and space laws.

'Whoosh whoosh whoosh—'

In an instant, the world changed color, as if time and space had shifted. With the sound of waves crashing, the boundless sea descended, and a bright moon rose from the sea.

"change!"

With a thought, the bright moon hanging above the sea began to rotate, and the invisible power of the law of water and space fusion spread.

"Kakaka-"

A series of sounds, like shattering glass, rang out, and countless fine cracks appeared in space above the vast ocean.

next second.

"boom--"

With a deafening roar, amidst the sound of crashing waves, the entire sky above the ocean was transformed into a turbulent region, a result of spatial shattering.

After the demonstration, Lu Jin dispelled the still-developing control technique, and the surrounding space returned to normal. He then turned and bowed to the Heavenly Frost King.

The King of Tianshuang nodded: "Not bad, you have already mastered the basics of swordsmanship, claw techniques, and control techniques."

However, it is better to be good at something than to be broad. I suggest you choose one method and create your own.

Once this secret technique is complete, two more techniques will be created using a foundation far superior to the current one. At that time, while creating techniques won't be as easy as turning one's hand, the difficulty will be reduced countless times.

The logic is simple: a master of boxing can create a unique sword technique in far less time than a martial arts novice.

Lu Jin said, "Then this disciple will first create a sword technique."

If there weren't a large number of Blood God Child incarnations, among sword techniques, claw techniques, and control secret techniques, claw techniques would be the easiest.

Since the innate beast gods are all beasts, their claws, horns, and tails are the most common attack methods for them.

However, if there are numerous incarnations of the Blood God, the situation would be quite different.

Aside from the many Blood God Child avatars who focused on comprehending the laws, the number of Blood God Child avatars who participated in the creation of the laws was still in the thousands.

With so many Blood God Child incarnations working together to create the technique, their efficiency is certainly incomparable to that of the main body and the Water Qilin clone.

If one can master one technique, then all techniques will follow. If one can create a top-level sword technique, then, with the fundamental nature of the laws remaining unchanged, top-level claw techniques and control secret techniques will also be created in no time.

'Swordsmanship?'

A hint of surprise flashed in the eyes of the King of Tianshuang.

He thought Lu Jin would choose to master the secret technique!
After all, judging from the three prototypes of the secret techniques shown earlier, the 'Great Ocean and Bright Moon' control technique is clearly more complete.

However, the King of Tianshuang Kingdom didn't mind, as his disciple was very easy to manage in terms of cultivation.

Since he chose swordsmanship first, it means that Lu Jin is confident that he can create a unique sword technique faster than claw techniques or mastering secret methods.

The Heavenly Frost King said, "There are many immortals on the outer battlefield, which is very suitable for honing one's skills."

However, in the process of creating a technique, the stronger the opponent, the better; the key is 'suitability'. From today onwards, you will frequently train in your manor's training grounds. I will arrange opponents specifically targeting your weaknesses to hone your swordsmanship.

"is teacher."

Lu Jin bowed in response.

"In the virtual universe, your basic qualities in all aspects are fixed, only at the peak of the ninth level of an ordinary world lord."

To unleash greater combat power, you can only rely on comprehending the laws and creating powerful secret techniques.

I've assigned you 2000; you can only get the next one after you defeat one.

If you can defeat 500, it means that the arcane technique you created is already a top-tier arcane technique.

If you can defeat 1000, you can reach the pinnacle of secret techniques.

If you can defeat 2000 opponents, your secret technique will reach its ultimate level.

Lu Jin, in my opinion, aside from your special talent for enslavement, you may very well become a world lord and rival the invincible King in the future.

Go then, I eagerly await that day.

The King of Tianshuang said with anticipation in his eyes.

Based on the battle video of 'Lingxiao King', the Heavenly Frost King could tell that, including the Amplification Secret Technique, Lu Jin could reach about a million times the power of a peak ninth-level World Lord.

A million times the power of a ninth-tier World Lord at the peak, in terms of basic strength, is equivalent to 10 times the life gene, and is invincible as a King after removing the amplitude secret technique factor.

As for the invincible amplitude technique for becoming a king, it can only reach a maximum of twenty or thirty times.

Lu Jin could completely make up for this twenty or thirty-fold difference with a treasure that was even stronger than the ordinary King-level Invincible treasure.

Based on this, if Lu Jin's understanding of the laws can reach a level close to the 21st level of the Tongtian Bridge, and he possesses a self-created peak secret technique, then he would be comparable to the invincible King.

The realm lord level is comparable to the invincible king level. If the level reaches immortality, there is a potential for a 100,000-fold increase in basic power. As long as the treasures and secret techniques can keep up, one can also possess the strength of a cosmic overlord.

Such a prodigy, as long as he doesn't die, could very well grow into the third strongest human in the universe!
"I will certainly live up to my teacher's expectations."

Lu Jin bowed respectfully, then left the hall and returned to his manor.

Virtual universe, Yuxiang Mountain primitive area, Manor No. 114 training ground.

In the vast starry sky, Lu Jin stood holding a divine sword, his heart filled with anticipation.

Although his own teacher, the Heavenly Frost King, was far less powerful than the Chaos City Lord.

However, as a cosmic overlord who is only one step away from becoming the master of the Water-Sky Beast God Path universe and has to comprehend the 'Heart of the Beast God', it is absolutely no problem for him to see through the flaws in his secret technique.

"Om-"

At this moment, a buzzing sound rang out, and a blurry, enormous figure appeared in the distant starry sky, before gradually solidifying.

This is an immortal deity of the golden law, a serpentine creature over three thousand meters long, with two golden horns on its head and its entire body covered in golden scales with fine silver patterns on them.

"hiss~"

As soon as it appeared, the golden-scaled serpent flicked its serpentine tongue, its cold, serpentine eyes fixed on Lu Jin in the distance.

'The Golden-Scaled Serpent Clan of the Demon Race.'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

"Come and fight!"

With his divine sword pointed directly at him, Lu Jin challenged Lu Jin to a duel, then transformed into a streak of light and charged forward.

The first battle begins!
For the rest of the time, Lu Jin himself was immersed in the battles in the virtual universe training arena.

Each opponent arranged for him by the King of Tianshuang was extremely unique, and each one was designed to target his current weaknesses.

Whenever Lu Jin defeats an opponent, the next opponent is chosen by the King of Tianshuang based on the weaknesses he exposes during the battle.

There is no absolute perfection in the world, only relative perfection.

This battle mechanism makes every opponent that Lu Jin encounters significant to him.

Because when he defeats his opponent, it means that he has corrected one or more of his own shortcomings, bringing him one step closer to relative perfection.

In every battle, regardless of victory or defeat, the many blood god incarnations who joined the 'Great Cause of Creation' in the real world of the body would reflect and study, correcting shortcomings while improving secret techniques.

It can be said that from the moment the battle began, the real body fighting in the virtual universe became Lu Jin's inspiration testing machine in the process of perfecting the secret technique.

The inspiration for perfecting the flaws in the secret technique came from the thousands of Blood God Child incarnations who were in a time acceleration of a thousand times after gaining combat experience and insights from the original body.

As the saying goes, "Many hands make light work," the thousands of versions of himself created under a thousand-fold time acceleration provided Lu Jin with endless inspiration while fighting in the training ground.

It's no exaggeration to say that once an idea strikes, before the person even has a chance to verify it, new ideas will keep emerging one after another.

Perhaps this surge of inspiration did not point in the right direction, but among this continuous stream of inspiration, there is certainly no shortage of inspiration that points in the right direction.

'What's going on? So fast?'

Inside the Frost Temple halfway up Thunder Island, the Frost King, who had been watching Lu Jin closely, pondered in bewilderment.

Lu Jin's progress was so fast that it far exceeded his comprehension.

Whenever he deliberately arranged an opponent to target Lu Jin's weaknesses, Lu Jin would correct them immediately, as if he had no bottlenecks at all.

In just one day, Lu Jin had defeated more than a dozen opponents, and none of them required a second battle.

'Could it be that some clone is accelerating time a thousandfold within the Time Palace, giving this kid ample time to think and quickly correct his weaknesses during battle?'

The ruler of the Frost Kingdom thought of the difference in time flow caused by the Time Palace.

However, even with the difference in time flow brought about by the Time Palace, Lu Jin's progress speed was still very abnormal.

Finding your own weaknesses is not an easy task.

But correcting one's shortcomings after finding them is also difficult, perhaps even more difficult than finding them.

After all, he, as a teacher, can help identify shortcomings, but how to correct and eliminate those shortcomings is something Lu Jin needs to figure out for himself.

What the King of Tianshuang Kingdom didn't know was that Lu Jin, who steadily improved during the battle, did indeed benefit from the difference in time flow brought about by the Time Palace.

However, the body accelerated a thousandfold in the Time Palace, and the ones participating in perfecting the secret technique, were not just one, but far more than he had imagined—thousands upon thousands.

With thousands of versions of yourself thinking, plus a thousand-fold time acceleration, the combined effect of these two factors theoretically increases thinking efficiency by millions of times compared to normal conditions.

Although theory is not the same as practice, there is a great deal of overlapping thinking and erroneous thinking involved.

But this can still be said to have given Lu Jin wings to soar in the training grounds.

The specially designed opponent helped Lu Jin identify his own weaknesses.

The thousands of Blood God Child avatars under the thousand-fold acceleration enabled Lu Jin to think of many solutions to correct his shortcomings almost the instant he discovered them, though he was still unsure whether they were correct.

Therefore, what Lu Jin needs to do is verify the correctness of the many solutions he has come up with.

Try them one by one and find the right solution.

Once this weakness disappears, a new weakness is found under the opponent's attack, and the cycle repeats itself.

With so many favorable factors combined, if the pace of progress still can't take off and remains as slow as an old bone about to be buried, can that really be called "hanging on the wall"?

Of course, after discovering that there were too many Blood God Child avatars participating in the perfection of the secret method with their wisdom alone, while there was only one true body in battle, there was simply no time to verify the inspiration that emerged.

Lu Jin then reduced the number of Blood God Child incarnations involved in perfecting the secret technique, leaving only 100.

Apart from the 1000 Blood God Child incarnations who were slaying demons on the extraterrestrial battlefield, the rest all went to comprehend the fundamental laws.

On the first day of his training ground battle journey, a day of primordial universe time had passed, and Lu Jin had defeated 13 opponents in a row.

For the next month or so, Lu Jin was able to defeat more than 10 opponents every day.

Another month passed, and after being held up for three days by his 500th opponent, an immortal-level star beast with peak bloodline, the 'Flame Star Beast', Lu Jin successfully slew it with his sword, perfecting his secret technique to the initial stage of the top level.

It must be admitted that even a novice-level secret technique, because it is perfectly suited to oneself, has a greater actual power than the second level of the "Frost Beast God" in "Seven Transformations of Water and Sky".

Over two months, with the help of hundreds of Blood God Child avatars who could accelerate time a thousand times, the secret technique was perfected to the highest level.

Lu Jin was not satisfied with this.

Not to mention the primordial core shackles that require ultimate secret techniques to break, the pinnacle secret techniques that are standard for invincible kings are definitely indispensable.

Similarly, Lu Jin was not arrogant.

Because the hundred Blood God Child incarnations accelerated the time by a thousand times, theoretically equivalent to 100,000 of them, it took them more than two months to perfect the secret technique to the top level.

Of course, in reality, it can't be calculated like that.

After all, these hundred Blood God Child incarnations only served as strategists.

Given the same amount of time, the effect of a single Blood God Child avatar on perfecting a secret technique will be far less than that of the main body constantly fighting in the training ground.

The battle continues inside the training ground.

Starting with the 501st opponent, the difficulty of defeating them gradually increases due to a significant improvement in skill level compared to previous opponents.

In the first 500 opponents, Lu Jin was able to defeat more than ten each day, but the number gradually decreased thereafter.

However, even with the same initial opponents, Lu Jin could only defeat two or three per day in the next 500 opponents.

Furthermore, as the opponents are ranked further down the list, the average number of opponents he can defeat each day begins to decrease slowly.

This is only because there are hundreds of Blood God Child avatars with time accelerated a thousand times, serving as the source of inspiration; otherwise, defeating each opponent would probably take years.

A year and a half later, in the virtual universe manor training ground, in the desolate starry sky.

A giant spider with a body of pure gold, eight legs as sharp as divine spears, and a metallic carapace covered with dark gold patterns, and thousands of pairs of golden, translucent wings on its back, shot out countless golden silk threads that encompassed the starry sky for hundreds of thousands of kilometers around.

"puff--"

Inspired by the many incarnations of the Blood God, Lu Jin wielded a divine sword and unleashed a blue-gold sword rainbow.

In an instant, the shadows of the azure sea and the sky appeared and merged, and the entire starry sky seemed to transform into an endless blue realm.

After a long while, as the scene of fusion gradually faded, the golden giant spider and countless golden threads were no longer visible in this desolate starry sky.

The 1000th opponent—the special life form 'Thousand-Winged Golden Spider'—was finally slain by Lu Jin's sword after nearly a month of obstruction.

At this moment, the ultimate secret technique is complete!

(End of this chapter)