Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 188 The Wide Net Unfurled

Just then, an immortal mechanical being, whose body seemed to be forged from purple metal, flew over at lightning speed and landed not far in front of the Heavenly Gate.

Upon seeing the bald, burly human who had arrived before him, the purple mechanical immortal's expression changed, and he was about to unleash his mechanical puppet army.

However, the bald giant anticipated his actions and immediately transformed into a streak of light, flying away into the sky.

Even a fool could guess that the appearance of this extraordinary treasure would inevitably turn it into a brutal battlefield.

The treasure was out of his reach, and besides, he was merely a low-level Immortal with the title of Marquis, weak and feeble. He dared not linger, lest he become cannon fodder.

However, leaving does not mean he cannot profit from it.

With the aid of consciousness communication, an email was sent from the bald man's inbox to all the human immortals he knew, as well as all human immortals in the Twilight Continent region who had activated the virtual universe army positioning system.

—[A priceless treasure has appeared, at least a legendary treasure. Those interested can transfer 100 million Chaos Units. Upon receiving the transfer, please immediately send the coordinates. The virtual universe system will handle the verification.]

It wasn't just the bald giant who was self-aware; the second mechanical immortal to arrive, after discovering that he too was unable to claim this heaven-defying treasure as his master, also reported it to the mechanical faction, taking advantage of the information gap to make some extra money.

Before long, divine kingdom teleportation lights frequently appeared in eleven extraterrestrial battlefields and even in various parts of the universe.

Spaceships and immortal warriors entered the dark universe and traveled towards the Twilight Continent, the outer battlefield of the fifth domain.

Thanks to the convenient communication system, in just half an hour, all the well-informed immortal gods in the eleven extraterrestrial battlefields knew that an extremely precious treasure had been born on the Twilight Continent of the fifth extraterrestrial battlefield.

Of course, the reason it spread so widely is mainly because there are too many immortals who profit from information asymmetry.

For example, if someone feels they are not strong enough to win a treasure, but knows a powerful person, they can sell the information and make a little money.

The more information you sell, the more you earn.

Those who have acquired the information know that this is bound to be a big event, and to avoid being alone and isolated, they will inevitably call on their friends and allies.

The news spread like wildfire, and with the convenience of the communication system, it naturally became common knowledge among the immortal circles of the four races in the outer battlefield.

Logically speaking, a single treasure shouldn't attract too many powerful individuals.

After all, there is only one treasure, and unless you are a top expert, you can basically realize that you are unlikely to get the treasure.

But theory is theory, and reality is reality.

Just like the Star Tower's top-tier treasure, the Star Sealing Star, whenever a Star Sealing Star is born, the number of fallen Immortal Kings ranges from several thousand to tens of thousands.

Why?

Many of those involved weren't actually there to steal the treasure, but rather to take advantage of the chaos and get something for nothing.

When a major battle breaks out, casualties are inevitable. Isn't this the opportunity that has come?
If you're lucky, you can easily kill a few people with severely damaged divine bodies and double or even triple your value.

Moreover, once the Star-Sealing Star appears, the treasures that appear on the battlefield are far more than just the Star-Sealing Star.
How could a master who comes to seize the treasure not have any treasures on him?

As for why he ended up becoming a fish while touching it, that remains to be discussed.

Anyway, I'm still alive, so I don't think I'll become someone who gets taken advantage of.

In less than half an hour, the fifth extraterritorial battlefield, Twilight Continent.

In the distance before the Western Heavenly Gate, more than 100,000 immortal deities had already gathered, and more immortal deities continued to arrive.

"Damn it! Why? Why is it that only demons are allowed to enter through this gate?"

"You're wrong. It's not just demons that can enter; any animal or flesh-and-blood creature can enter."

"Damn it, is this treasure discriminating against us?"

"I guess there's some legacy left behind by a powerful beast-like being inside. See the reliefs on that gate? They're all depicting beast-like beings."

The immortals, who were preparing to enter the portal but were repelled by the mysterious vortex of black light, were discussing among themselves.

At this moment, a terrifying pressure of consciousness descended, and a human figure flew through the air.

The newcomer carried seven different styles of swords on his back, wore purple armor and black gloves, and had seven sword marks on his forehead.

"Look, the Seven Sword Kings of the Human Race have arrived!"

A gasp rang out, drawing the attention of many immortals present.

"The Seven Sword Kings!"

As the personal disciple of the Lord of the Universe, the Seven Sword King was not only powerful but also highly respected. All the immortals in the human race who knew him greeted him.

"Black Star King, do you have any specific information about this treasure?"

Nodding slightly, the Seven Swords King asked a King Limit cultivator who came from the Human Giant Axe Arena.

"This treasure cannot be bound to a master. Behind the black light vortex lies a vast space, but only beast-like flesh-and-blood beings can enter it."

I sent a demon servant in; all I know for now is that the cosmic energy inside is abundant, with many colorful pillars of light shooting into the sky.

However, these colored beams of light are all far from the entrance, and dark space travel is not possible inside. It will take some time to reach the base of the nearest beam of light to see what it is.

Black Star King shook his head with a hint of helplessness.

"How many experts from the demon race went in?"

The Seven Swords King asked again.

"What is hidden in the World Ring is unclear. On the surface, the demon race has not yet had any immortals at the King level or above enter."

"Black Star King said."

"Is it?"

Raising an eyebrow, the Seven Swords King waved his hand and released from his World Ring a demon race immortal of the Crimson Remnant Clan, which was over 800 meters long, had six legs on its belly, was covered in crimson scales, and had two pairs of scaled wings on its back.

"Red Feather, go in and investigate."

Pointing to the black light vortex of the portal to the heavens ahead, the Seven Swords King gave an order to this immortal servant at the peak of the King level.

"Yes, Master!"

Immediately, the scales and wings on the back of this Crimson Remnant Immortal flapped, and its body transformed into a stream of crimson light, disappearing into the black light vortex of the Heavenly Gate.

Before long, several more powerful figures with terrifying auras arrived in succession.

A powerful member of the mechanical race, clad in gleaming gold armor and with a faint black glow emanating from his body, appeared at first glance to be a mechanical puppet.

A powerful demon race member carrying a huge blood-red battle blade on his back, covered in blood-red scales, with a unicorn wolf's head and nine scaled tails behind him.

A creature three meters tall, covered in black keratin, with eight black antennae on its face, representing the pinnacle of a powerful insectoid being's will to become a king.

'Since the King of Destruction and the King of Mysterious Tomb have also arrived, then the Southern Punishment of the Zerg should have arrived as well.' The Seven Swords King thought to himself as he looked at the three alien powerhouses who were either close to becoming invincible kings or represented those who were close to becoming invincible kings.

Inside the Western Heavenly Gate, a Time-Space Nightmare Beast at the peak of its King-level strength was flying at dozens of times the speed of light toward a colorful pillar of light shooting into the sky in the far distance.

That's right, it's dozens of times the speed of light.

Even if you increase your speed to the speed of light, you still cannot travel through the dark universe within the celestial realm.

Furthermore, Lu Jin, using his special authority as the Lord of the Heavenly Realm, restricted all life forms other than himself from using spatial teleportation and divine kingdom teleportation.

'It seems a little closer now. Considering the time it takes, at about 60 times the speed of light, it should only take two or three days.'

Gazing at the colorful pillar of light shooting into the sky in the far distance, the Time-Space Nightmare Beast couldn't help but think to itself.

At this moment, the Time-Space Nightmare Beast was filled with anticipation for the harvest that would come in two or three days.

The cosmic energy here is extremely rich, so the things under that towering pillar of light must be extraordinary.

Coincidentally, this Time-Space Nightmare Beast, with its high-level King-rank strength, was not the only one with this idea.

All the immortal beasts that entered the Western Heavenly Gate shared the same thought, and they all rushed toward the colorful pillar of light as fast as they could, as if their lives depended on it.

Two and a half days later.

Now that it was 'closer', the Time-Space Nightmare Beast, a high-level King-ranked beast, finally got a general idea of what was at the bottom of the colorful, towering pillar of light.

Within the enormous, colorful pillar of light connecting heaven and earth, a massive spear, hundreds of kilometers long, entirely black, and covered with mysterious patterns, was planted in the ground.

"Hahaha~, it truly is a treasure! Has the primordial will of the universe finally favored me, the Gold and Silver King?"

Gazing at the spear that stretched for hundreds of kilometers, the Time-Space Nightmare Beast, the Golden and Silver King, couldn't help but burst into tears and laugh loudly.

Because of the distance, he could only sense a very faint pressure from the powerful artifact.

Originally, King Gold and Silver thought it was just a misperception caused by his anxiety after embarking on the treasure hunt.

But to his utter surprise, there really was a priceless treasure that he couldn't afford even if he sold himself.

Suddenly, the Gold and Silver King realized something important.

Underneath the colorful beam of light in front of him was a treasured spear. Wouldn't all the other colorful beams of light that could be seen after entering this place also contain treasures?

My God! Over nine hundred treasures?!

'Luckily, the clan's communication system is disabled here, otherwise, I, the Gold and Silver King, would certainly not have gotten my hands on those invaluable treasures! No, I must acquire as many treasures as possible before the clan's strongest arrive!'

The Gold and Silver Kings, who prided themselves on being favored by the original will of the primordial universe, thought to themselves.

"Hiss~, a powerful armor?!"

Gazing at the base of the colorful pillar of light in the far distance, at the massive armor radiating the oppressive aura of a powerful treasure, a ten-kilometer-long, peak-level immortal of the Sky Wolf Clan exclaimed in astonishment.

"Holy crap! A palace treasure?!"

Gazing at the enormous palace thousands of kilometers high within the colorful pillar of light, over eight hundred meters long, with six legs on its belly, covered in crimson scales, and two pairs of scaled wings on its back, the immortal 'Crimson Feather King' of the Crimson Remnant Clan exclaimed in astonishment.

Immediately, while maintaining his speed in the air, the Crimson Feather King separated a wisp of his consciousness and had the auxiliary intelligent life form record the video footage, which was then sent to his master, the Seven Swords King, through the virtual universe.

The demon race's communication system is terrible; it's completely unusable within the Heavenly Realm.

But the virtual universe is different. Unless there is interference from a true god whose words become law, the virtual universe is omnipresent in the original universe.

Although the Celestial Realm has retreated to the origin of the universe, it is still within the scope of the original universe.

On the other side, in Twilight Continent, outside the Western Heavenly Gate.

Two and a half days have passed since the manifestation and descent of the Western Heavenly Gate. The large number of immortals who arrived are divided into four groups according to their factions, all waiting for the first-hand news.

Most of the immortals in the demon race camp remained as stable as Mount Tai.

This gateway to the heavens is only accessible to immortal-level beast-like beings, and more than half of the immortal demon races meet the entry requirements.

Meanwhile, the many immortals in the mechanical race were quite anxious.

The three races—human, insect, and machine—are mostly not beast-like flesh-and-blood beings.

However, most of the immortals in the human and Zerg factions possess souls, and they are not without beastly flesh and blood servants under their command.

The mechanical race is different. Each member of the mechanical race is an evolved intelligent life form, without a soul, and none of them have soul servants.

Furthermore, the immortals in the Machine race are mainly metallic, energy-based, and rock-based life forms.

Of these three types of life, the former has no soul, and the latter two also mostly lack a soul.

This resulted in a situation where, although there were quite a few immortals belonging to the mechanical race, the number of beast-like flesh-and-blood servants belonging to the mechanical race was very small.

Not to mention comparing it to the demon race, which is mainly composed of animal flesh and blood, it is far inferior to even the human and insect races.

At this moment, in the area where the human race was gathered, the Seven Swords King was trying to win over the many peak and limit-level King-level experts who had come from the human race, preparing to remain unchanged in the face of any eventuality.

After all, no matter what happens later, being prepared is better than being unprepared.

Suddenly, the voice of an intelligent being rang in the Seven Swords King's mind: 'Master, the Crimson Feather King sent you a video with the message "Treasure".'

Upon hearing this, a glint flashed in the eyes of the Seven Swords King, who then sent a wisp of his consciousness into the virtual universe to view the video sent by his demon servant, the Crimson Feather King.

After watching the video recorded by the AI assistant after being watched by the Crimson Feather King, the Seven Swords King fell silent.

King Chiyu's eyesight was limited, and he could only tell that it was an ordinary palace treasure.

But the Seven Swords King is different. He is the personal disciple of the Lord of the Universe and has seen many treasures. His eyesight is excellent.

Judging from his perspective, this palace treasure is most likely a top-tier palace treasure.

The value of top-tier palace treasures far surpasses that of ordinary treasures!
'Beneath this beam of multicolored light lie top-tier palace treasures—over nine hundred beams of multicolored light, over nine hundred treasures?'

The Seven Swords King was secretly surprised.

After a moment of contemplation, the Seven Swords King instructed the intelligent life form: "Little Seven, send an email to all the Immortals of my human race who are at the peak of the King level or above, saying that the Seven Swords have an important matter to invite you to come. It is a joyous occasion, so come quickly."

The Seven Swords King knew that if his guess was true, there were more than nine hundred treasures in the space behind the Heavenly Gate, which could not possibly be swallowed up by any one powerful figure.

Moreover, once the news is exposed, a super battle will definitely ensue inside that heavenly portal, causing countless immortals to perish.

As the saying goes, many hands make light work, so it is essential for him to recruit more powerful individuals to assist him in order to acquire more treasures.

That heaven-reaching gate is inaccessible to the immortal powerhouses of the human race, but can't the many immortal powerhouses of my human race block the gate?

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