Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 189 The Hunt Begins! (Part 1)

The Seven Sword King was not the only powerful figure who received news that there were likely over nine hundred treasures inside the Heavenly Gate.

The powerful human warriors who dispatched their beast-like servants to investigate also gradually learned of this news through connections in the virtual universe.

Furthermore, although the Celestial Realm restricts the use of communication systems by the insect, demon, and mechanical races, it does not mean that the powerful members of these three races cannot know this news.

The simplest way is for those who spotted the treasure from afar to return the way they came and bring back the news.

However, this method is very inefficient. It takes a long time to fly there and a long time to fly back, resulting in a significant delay in the message delivery.

Aside from this inefficient method, there is another, more efficient way.

Mechanical camp.

A Soul-Devouring Beast, over eight meters long, covered in black scales, with a long, saw-like tail and sharp fangs, had a pair of eyes that seemed to be burning with black flames, and a glint of light flashed in them.

'A precious round mirror. Is it a domain-type treasure or a soul-type treasure? And there are more than nine hundred other colored beams of light, most likely containing more than nine hundred other treasures.'

Suppressing the excitement and fervor in its heart, the Soul-Devouring Beast, possessing the strength of a high-ranking King, thought to itself.

The Soul-Devouring Beast race is an extremely rare race in the primordial universe, possessing two great innate secret techniques: 'Soul Devouring' and 'Clone'.

Although the Soul Devouring Beast's clone talent technique is not the same as the Golden Horned Beast's clone talent technique, it is merely a copy of the original, and its strength is far inferior to the original.

However, the clones it creates also share the same soul consciousness as the original. No matter where the clones are, the original can know everything they see and hear.

Previously, this high-level Soul-Devouring Beast, a beast-type creature of flesh and blood, had created an avatar that entered the Heavenly Realm and saw a domain treasure at the bottom of the colorful pillar of light.

'King of Demise, I possess crucial information about what lies within this Heavenly Gate!'

After much deliberation, the Soul-Devouring Beast transmitted its voice to the Mechanic Group's strongest member, the Fate-Destroying King, who was nearly invincible and at the King level.

Knowing that it was outnumbered and outmatched, the Soul-Devouring Beast realized that it would be difficult to protect the treasure. Therefore, informing the powerful members of its faction of this news was the best option.

The demon camp.

"King of the Mysterious Tomb, within the colorful pillar of light I approached, there lay a powerful battle sword."

A giant golden-horned beast, now shrunk in size, transmitted its voice to the Xuanmu King, the strongest member of the demon race present and nearly invincible among them.

The Golden Horned Beast possesses a secret technique that allows it to create clones. By enabling clones that meet the entry requirements to enter, they can naturally learn that there are treasures hidden within the colorful pillars of light.

Zerg camp.

Inside the Skull Needle King's World Ring.

"Master, my split half of divine body has discovered a huge rhomboid crystal within a pillar of colored light, radiating the pressure of a powerful treasure, possibly a soul-type treasure."

A ten-kilometer-long, snow-white wolf with emerald green eyes, at the peak of its kingship level, notified the Immortal Mother Queen Nan Cheng through a soul-level connection.

No clone technique? No problem.

If combat power is not taken into account, the split divine body can also serve as a clone.

Putting everything else aside, it can at least serve as an instant communication tool for the time being.

After receiving the news that there were likely more than nine hundred treasures inside the Heavenly Gate.

The Mech King of the Mechanical Race, the Mysterious Tomb King of the Demon Race, and the Immortal Queen Nan Cheng of the Zerg Race all made the same choice as the Seven Swords King.

Shake people!

Shake them hard!

We can't be thinking of hoarding all these treasures for ourselves right now.

Otherwise, if you don't call for reinforcements but your opponent does, even if you initially get the treasure, you still won't be able to hold onto it, and you might even lose your life.

Anyway, there are plenty of treasures, so even if many powerful people come, there will be enough for everyone to share.

Soon, the immortal powerhouses of the four peak races heard the news and rushed to the Twilight Continent, the fifth outer battlefield.

Compared to before, the number of immortal gods from various races gathered in the area near the West Heavenly Gate has increased again, and their quality has also improved significantly.

Even the invincible kings who were almost impossible to find in the past from the outer battlefields have come, and there is more than one of them.

The insect, demon, and mechanical races do not have as strong a communication system as the human race, which possesses a virtual universe.

However, whether through undiscovered human servants using the virtual universe to transmit messages, or through offline communication via divine kingdom teleportation and communicators, the message can be quickly spread throughout the immortal powerhouses of the entire race.

Even many cosmic venerables are aware of this news.

However, the extraterritorial battlefield has its own rules, prohibiting any cosmic venerable from entering, even if they are venerables from the four races.

Furthermore, since what appeared was only a valuable treasure, not a supreme treasure, no cosmic venerable dared to disobey the rules.

After all, the only consequence of breaking the rules is death.

You can break the rules if you want; just become the master of the universe.

But to the ruler of the universe, a great treasure is not much better than a toy, and it doesn't even catch their eye.

If one could easily find a large number of them, the Lord of the Universe wouldn't mind making a profit. However, if it involved the other three top races, then it would be difficult to take action.

It's just a precious treasure; let the younger, immortal members of the clan fight over it.

Near the Western Heavenly Gate on the Twilight Continent, millions of immortals from the four races have gathered.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

At this moment, immortal-level beast-like beings were constantly transforming into streams of light, passing through the black light vortex and entering the celestial realm.

Similarly, immortal figures continued to arrive from the starry sky, and among them were many with extremely terrifying auras.

"How spectacular!"

Millions of kilometers away outside the Western Heavenly Gate, gazing at this scene, one of Lu Jin's Blood God Child incarnations couldn't help but sigh.

At that moment, Fatty's voice rang in his mind: 'Master, we received an email signed Seven Swords King, inviting Lingxiao King to a gathering in the virtual universe to discuss important matters.'

When the Seven Sword Kings of the Giant Axe Arena called for reinforcements, they naturally wouldn't overlook the Lingxiao King, who had risen to prominence in recent years.

After all, the strength that King Lingxiao has shown is at least close to that of an invincible king, and it is even possible that he is invincible.

Moreover, besides King Lingxiao himself, the Seven Swords Kings had not forgotten why King Lingxiao's name appeared on the bounty list of the demon race.

The near-invincible King-level Demon King, Silver Nightmare King, and Ice Jade King, along with ten King-level limit demon servants and more than twenty King-level peak demon servants, constitute an extremely powerful force.

It's no exaggeration to say that King Lingxiao's overall strength is probably greater than his.

Such a powerful individual was naturally among those invited by the Seven Sword Kings.

'The Seven Swords King?'

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin raised an eyebrow and instructed the chubby boy, "Just ignore it. Pretend nothing happened."

He could guess the Seven Swords King's plan; it was nothing more than a group intercepting the enemy.

Human immortals cannot enter the Heavenly Realm, but whether entering or leaving the Heavenly Realm, they can only pass through the Western Heavenly Gate.

If the gate is blocked, kill anyone who comes out. As long as your fist is big enough, many treasures will eventually fall into the hands of the human race's strongmen.

But this was a scheme he had set up. None of the immortal-level beasts and flesh-and-blood beings that entered the Heavenly Realm this time could possibly bring out any treasures.

The attempt to steal the prize was doomed to fail; going there would be pointless and just a waste of time.

A week later.

In the fourth heavenly realm, which Lu Jin used as a fishing ground, floated a platinum building about 100 meters high, with six-winged angel reliefs covering the pillars and the four large characters 'Radiant Paradise' inscribed above the lintel.

'It's time to close the net!'

On the divine throne within the Radiant Paradise, the Time Dragon avatar, in human form, lightly tapped the armrest with its fingers, thinking to itself.

Ten days have passed since the Western Heavenly Gate manifested on the Twilight Continent in the Fifth Domain Outer Battlefield.

Near the Western Heavenly Gate in the outside world, millions of immortals from the four races have gathered.

At this time, the number of immortal-level beast-like flesh and blood beings that entered the Heavenly Realm had reached as many as one million.

These million immortal beasts are extremely complex in composition. In addition to those belonging to the demon race, there are many species that Lu Jin does not recognize, and even some giant beasts from the starry sky.

This time, the million immortal beasts entered the Heavenly Realm through the Western Heavenly Gate, which is just right to send them all to the Western Heaven.

In the Kunlun Mirror's remote observation mode, Lu Jin observed the Western Heavenly Gate from a god-like perspective.

Preliminary statistics indicate that among these million immortal-level beast-like beings, there are approximately 300,000 immortal military lords, and the vast majority of them are at the peak of the immortal military lord level.

The number of those who were granted the title of Marquis exceeded 500,000, and the number of those who were granted the title of King was around 200,000.

Judging from the proportions of immortals at each level in the universe, the ratios of immortal military lords, marquis immortals, and king immortals are quite asymmetrical.

But this is a normal phenomenon.

After all, even if you think with your claws, you can imagine the enormous danger hidden within this great opportunity.

Only a minority dare to gamble their lives.

The next moment, as Lu Jin thought for a moment, white mist began to spread throughout the Fourth Heaven Realm.

These white mists, formed by Lu Jin wielding his authority as the Lord of the Heavenly Realm, severely restrict the perception of powerful individuals and the detection capabilities of detectors.

Meanwhile, outside, on the Twilight Continent, a black light emanated from the disguised West Gate.

"Look! The Great Black Gate is glowing!"

"What's going on? Does this mean there are no restrictions on entering this treasure gate?"

"Come on!"

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

Upon hearing that the Treasure Gate might no longer restrict the entry of non-beast flesh and blood beings, a large number of non-beast immortal beings gathered nearby transformed into streams of light and rushed towards the West Heavenly Gate, which was emitting a black light.

It's free to try, and what if it works? That would be a treasure I'm destined to possess!

Lu Jin: "."

Are you looking to get yourself killed and still going for it?
In other words, among the large number of idiots, the proportion of human immortals is not small.

Otherwise, Lu Jin would have definitely opened the Heavenly Gate wide and let them into the Heavenly Realm, letting them know what it means to offer their heads as bait. With the appearance of black light, the disguised Western Heavenly Gate, which was tens of thousands of kilometers high, rapidly shrank and then disappeared in the dazzling black light.

"!!!"

"Gone? Such a magnificent gate, gone?"

"Hiss~, the number of Immortal Kings who have entered the Treasure Gate from our demon race camp is no less than 100,000!"

"Quickly, go and invite the Venerable One who is in charge!"

"Heavens! Could it be that this treasure gate has an owner and is specifically designed to kill my demon race's immortals?"

For a moment, the immortals in the demon race camp all showed expressions of fear.

It's a trap, and a huge one at that!

Thank goodness I didn't go in!
Among the human race, the Seven Sword Kings were dumbfounded to see the Heavenly Gate disappear.

They finally managed to gather several thousand human immortals at the peak of the King level and above, along with several heavyweight powerhouses. Everyone had planned to block the door and intercept the treasure, but this is how it turned out?

"Gentlemen, what should we do now?"

Stunned, the Seven Swords King asked the four invincible human kings, including True Evolution King and Heavenly Feather King, who were hiding inside his world ring.

More than 900 treasures, including a top-tier palace, have been unearthed here, and even the most powerful and invincible kings could not resist the temptation.

There's no way around it, the top-tier treasures of the Soul, Domain, and Palace categories are just too tempting; they're worth more than the most precious treasures!
Even ordinary treasures at the supreme level are enough to make most universe venerables eager to possess them, let alone those who are merely invincible kings.

After a moment's hesitation, the burly, golden-armored ape-man, Zhenyan Wang, flashed a fierce light in his eyes and said, "Since we've come all this way, we can't just leave empty-handed, can we?"

"That's good, since we're already here."

The three invincible kings, including Tianyu King, nodded in agreement.

Fortunately, most of the powerful beings among the immortal demons have entered the treasure gate, and the power left behind by the demon camp in the outside world is far inferior to the power they have gathered.

Even so, if the many demon kings present who had not yet entered the treasure gate pooled their resources, they could still gather quite a few valuable treasures.

With a large pool of participants, there will always be lucky ones or those with exceptional backgrounds.

Eliminating these powerful demon kings would allow us to make a fortune.

'Okay, let's do it!'

Glancing at the numerous immortal demon warriors in the distance, who were all in shock, the Seven Sword Kings, with the support of four invincible kings, began to issue the order to start the war in the temporary conference hall of the virtual universe.

The next moment, a great battle broke out.

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

The starry sky trembled, space shattered into a thunderous roar, and the human race, which had gathered thousands of immortals at the peak of the King level and above, launched a sneak attack on the immortals of the demon race, showing no regard for martial ethics.

Seeing this, the leaders of the mechanical race and the insect race, after discussing the matter amongst themselves, launched attacks on the demon race as well.

As the saying goes, pick the softest persimmon.

Because the previous treasure gate only allowed immortal-level beast-like flesh and blood beings to enter, the demon race is now the weakest among the four major race factions.

We've gathered so many powerful members of our clan, but the treasure gate has suddenly vanished. Our plan to block the gate and intercept numerous precious treasures has fallen through, leaving everyone disappointed. It's not unreasonable to ask your demon clan to reimburse us for our lost time, is it?
As for the losses of the demon race?
Aside from the demon race, who would care?

In any case, the three factions of humans, insects, and machines won't care.

The powerful figures from the three factions now only want to use their overwhelming strength to kill demons and seize treasures, so as not to have made a wasted trip.

Inside the fourth heaven, in front of a colorful pillar of light containing a set of precious armor.

Tens of thousands of immortal demons unleashed their secret techniques to attack the enormous, colorful pillar of light, tens of thousands of kilometers in diameter, in front of them.

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

Violent explosions rang out one after another, but without a doubt, the colorful pillar of light remained completely still, showing no signs of breaking.

"Damn it, what kind of turtle shell is this?!"

Seeing the new wave of attacks that had once again proven futile, the silver-scaled serpent 'Heavenly Silver King,' whose divine body stretched over twenty kilometers and belonged to the royal Dreamscale Serpent Clan, cursed loudly.

Having attacked with his henchmen for several days, the top-tier treasure armor within the colorful beam of light remained unattainable. One can only imagine the feelings of the invincible King Tianyin.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, the extremely perceptive King Tianyin noticed that white mist was spreading around him, and that this mist was rapidly thickening.

"Beware of sneak attacks."

After carefully sensing the situation and discovering that the white mist could interfere with perception, King Tianyin immediately warned his demon followers.

It wasn't just Tianyin King's area that was shrouded in white mist that restricted perception and detection; throughout the entire Fourth Heaven Realm, wherever there were immortal-level beast-like flesh and blood beings, white mist permeated the area.

Lu Jin limited the Fourth Heaven Realm to a diameter of 10 light-years. Now, ten days have passed, and without the ability to travel through the dark universe or teleport, even flying at a speed of 100 times the speed of light, he has only traveled a distance of about 2.7 light-years at most.

Even though the Western Heavenly Gate is located in the center of the Fourth Heavenly Realm, the millions of immortal beasts that enter the Fourth Heavenly Realm still operate within a circular area with a diameter of less than three light-years, centered on the Western Heavenly Gate.

The white mist appeared very quickly, and soon it formed a thick fog that filled the entire sky and earth.

Within this dense white fog, even a peak-level King-level expert's perception range is only tens of thousands of kilometers.

Inside the divine court of Radiant Paradise, gazing at the thick white mist permeating the celestial realm, Lu Jin smiled. The Kunlun Mirror materialized in his hand, and he turned to the seven people beside him, including Hong'er, and said, "Hunting time, begin!"

He released the white mist to reduce the noise of the hunt, so that if the news got out, a large number of King-level Immortals would directly self-destruct their divine bodies.

Furthermore, while it is true that the white mist can restrict perception and exploration, with the authority of the Lord of the Heavenly Realm, he and the seven others, including Hong'er, can completely ignore the effects of the white mist.

The main strategy is to strike when the enemy is in the open and we are in the dark, catching them off guard.

"Master, which targets should be kept to serve as servants?"

Zi'er asked Lu Jin.

Lu Jin said, "Based on the strength of the divine body, all those whose divine body strength was less than 100,000 times that of a peak ninth-level World Lord were wiped out."

Those who reach or exceed 100,000 times the amount, I will keep them all to enslave.

Simply put, those at the peak of the King-level immortal realm and above are kept as servants, while those below the peak of the King-level immortal realm are all slaughtered and turned into resources to cultivate heavenly soldiers.

"Yes, Master!"

Hong'er and the other seven responded.

Then, Lu Jinxin had a thought and communicated with the Kunlun Mirror to locate one of the colorful pillars of light that reached the sky, thus enabling the entire Radiant Paradise to begin spatial travel.

"Shh!"

High in the sky, a million kilometers away from the colorful beams of light, a radiant paradise about 100 meters high appeared out of thin air, suspended in a thick white mist.

Immediately afterwards, a dazzling platinum radiance burst forth, and the Radiant Paradise rapidly expanded, instantly growing to a height of tens of thousands of kilometers. The Heavenly Gate, shimmering with countless golden points of light, was aimed at the tens of thousands of immortal demon race beings millions of kilometers away.

'A Dreamscale Serpent with a power a million times greater than that of a peak ninth-tier World Lord?'

From God's-eye view, looking at the silver-scaled serpent with a divine body that was over twenty kilometers long, Lu Jin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

A divine body with a power a million times that of a ninth-level World Lord at its peak—that's the absolute limit of power for someone who can be invincible as a King.

The Dreamscale Serpent is one of the eighteen royal families of the demon race, possessing six times the life force genes by birth.

This Dreamscale Serpent has enhanced its life genes tenfold through precious resources, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, it will become an invincible Dreamscale Serpent at the King level.

After all, if it's just approaching the level of an invincible king, then six times the gene strength is not much different from ten times the gene strength.

In addition, within the Kunlun Mirror's detection range of ten million kilometers in diameter, besides this Dreamscale Serpent, which is suspected to be invincible at the King level, there are also two immortal demons whose divine bodies have reached the peak of the King level.

"Wow—"

Boundless platinum radiance instantly spread out from the Radiant Heaven.

In an instant, within a radius of over 30 million kilometers centered on the Radiant Paradise, boundless platinum light filled the area.

The Radiant Heavenly Court is not only a top-tier palace-type treasure, but also a top-tier domain-type treasure.

If tens of thousands of immortal demons scatter and run away, it will be inconvenient to capture them. Using domain-type treasures to restrict their movements is the best option.

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

Once the boundless platinum radiance spread enough to visually obscure the exorcism talismans, Lu Jin activated his divine power, and three radiant exorcism talismans materialized, transforming into golden streams of light that shot towards the three strongest demons present, including the Dream Scale Serpent.

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

At the same time, under the control of Hong'er and the other six, the seven hundred million Ninth-Order Peak Realm Lord Ghost King Insects unleashed a series of combined attacks.

The combined attack of a hundred million Ghost King Insect Legion is enough to easily annihilate the souls of those who are close to becoming invincible and immortal and who do not possess any soul treasures, and can even annihilate the souls of those who are not too overpowered.

However, if you always go all out, the damage will be excessive.

Even without considering the high-frequency legion combo attacks of the peak ninth-tier Realm Lord Ghost King Insect, there is a significant problem with efficiency alone.

There are millions of immortals who have entered the Celestial Realm. If a single combined attack can kill one of them, then it would take millions of combined attacks from the legion.

To this end, Hong'er and her seven companions deliberately reduced the number of their single-target combined attack legions to a million.

Those who reach the peak of the King level or above and are considered immortals will be enslaved by Lu Jinlai.

A combined attack by a million Ghost King Insects would be enough to instantly annihilate all immortal gods below the peak of the King level, even those who had cultivated soul defense techniques.

The exorcising talismans, transformed into golden light, accurately struck the Dreamscale Serpent Clan's Invincible Heavenly Silver King and two other peak-level demon kings in succession.

'boom--'

In an instant, just as the entire world was enveloped in a dazzling platinum light, the Silver King, who was imprisoned in place, felt a terrifying soul power descend upon him, which then began to rapidly invade his soul.

'not good! '

Sensing something was wrong, King Tianyin was terrified and immediately focused his mind to resist.

If Tianyin Wang had chosen to self-destruct his divine body the moment the exorcism talisman entered his body, he would most likely have escaped.

After all, as an invincible king, the Heavenly Silver King is bound to be on the clan's resurrection list.

But since they are unwilling to perish even once and choose to try to resist, then the outcome is also predetermined.

(End of this chapter)