Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 190 The Hunt Begins! (Part 2)

In the blink of an eye, under the rapid influence of the exorcising talisman, the Heavenly Silver King, who had no soul-protecting treasures, unknowingly had his consciousness distorted and became a soul slave.

At this point, Lu Jin had gained another soul servant at the invincible level of a king.

It's a pity that this invincible king of the Dreamscale Serpent Clan can't be brought to light.

This incident has caused such a huge uproar that once the outside world finds out it was Lu Jin who did it, it wouldn't be surprising if the Demon Race Universe Lord were to come after him.

After all, the immortal demons who fall in the Fourth Heaven Realm are basically the kind that cannot be resurrected by reversing time and space.

Of course, the Blood God's incarnation could take this Dreamscale Serpent, which was at the invincible level of a king, to the outside world to use.

Even with many lice, one is not afraid of itching; the Blood God Child, who has no weaknesses, is not afraid of adding another source of hatred.

They successfully enslaved this invincible king, and the other two demons whose divine bodies reached the peak of the king level also failed, all turning into soul servants.

Soul-type treasures are not only extremely valuable, but also very rare, making them virtually impossible for immortals to possess.

Even among cosmic venerables, there are plenty of those who lack soul-related treasures.

Moreover, generally speaking, soul-type treasures mostly appear in the possession of powerful beings at the level of Universe Venerable or above, as well as super genius World Lords.

The former is useful because of its own abilities, while the latter is mostly bestowed by elders.

Even immortal powerhouses, or those who are invincible kings, rarely possess soul-type treasures.

Under the control of Hong'er and the other six, the Ghost King Insect Legion launched a series of combined attacks, and tens of thousands of immortal demons in the vicinity of the giant colored light pillar perished in batches at an extremely fast speed.

With the strongest talent secret technique 'Soul Resonance' bestowed upon them by the primordial will of the universe when they achieved perfect genes, Hong'er and the other six were able to simultaneously and precisely control one hundred million Ghost King Insects to launch a combined attack.

If we switch to a single-point million-legion combined attack, then it would be able to unleash a million-level legion combined attack on a hundred points simultaneously.

A hundred legions attacking at once, seven people would have seven hundred.

In the first round of the legion's combined attack, among the tens of thousands of immortal demons in the vicinity of this colorful pillar of light, seven hundred immortal kings perished.

“Swoosh!” “Swoosh!” “Swoosh!” “Swoosh!” “Swoosh!”

The invisible and intangible soul-type legion attacks erupted one after another, and in just a few minutes, this overwhelming battle came to an end.

Apart from the three strongest kings being enslaved by Lu Jin, hundreds of demons chose to self-destruct their divine bodies, and all the immortal demons on this land perished with their souls annihilated.

"Whoosh!"

The next second, Radiant Heaven descended from the sky, and the Gate of Heaven formed a huge suction force, drawing nearly ten thousand scattered immortal corpses of demon race and three demon race servants into the Radiant Heaven Court.

After collecting tens of thousands of immortal god corpses and stuffing them all into the external space, Lu Jin handed them over to the Blood God Child avatar in the original core's inner world for 'corpse processing'. Then, he looked at the three newly acquired demon servants and asked, "What are your names, and what is your specific strength?"

The silver-scaled serpent, which was over twenty kilometers long, said respectfully, "Master, my name is 'Heavenly Silver King'. I am from the Dream Scale Serpent Clan, a royal family of the demon race. I possess invincible strength and have a treasured armor and a top-tier treasured psychic weapon."

“Master, my name is ‘Fire Scale King’. I am from the Crimson Scale Bull clan, an ordinary race of the demon race, and I possess the strength of a king at the limit.”

The king of the bull-like demon race, whose body was over three kilometers long, covered in crimson scales, and had two crimson horns on its head, said.

“Master, my name is ‘Cloud Ice King’. I am from the Azure Cloud Leopard clan, an ordinary race of demons, and I possess the strength of a king at the limit.”

The king of the leopard-like demon race, who was a thousand meters long, covered with blue and purple stripes, with sharp claws and teeth and an agile figure, said.

"Not bad!"

Lu Jin nodded, raised his hand, and put the three demons into his world ring.

The hunt is the priority right now; we can deal with the servants after the hunt is over.

"Shh!"

The next moment, Lu Jin's mind raced, and the Kunlun Mirror located the next colorful beam of light, activating spatial teleportation.

It must be said that the million immortal beasts that entered the Fourth Heaven Realm were basically gathered near the various colorful pillars of light, which greatly facilitated Lu Jin's hunting operations.

Just as Lu Jin, along with Hong'er and the other six, were wreaking havoc on the immortal demon race within the Fourth Heaven Realm.

Outside, on the Twilight Continent, the great battle between the human, insect, and machine races against the demon race continues.

In terms of the sheer number of immortal gods, the demon race's immortals are no less than any of the three races' immortals.

However, the combined number of all the immortals from the three races is more than twice that of the demon race.

Most importantly, due to the immense allure of the many treasures within the Fourth Heaven Realm, the number of demon race immortals at the peak of the King level and above who remain outside is not very large.

With a shortage of high-end combat power and being besieged by the combined forces of the immortals from the three races, the reason why the demon race has not yet suffered a major defeat is simply because the great battle came too quickly and the demon race has too many immortals.

Imagine an enemy army of over two million attacking your own million-strong army. Everything happens so fast that 100,000 have already perished at the front, while those at the rear still believe their own army is as solid as a mountain!

In the starry sky beyond the Twilight Continent, four figures, seemingly caught in a temporal distortion, are confronting each other.

A burly human man, three meters tall, wielding a long spear and wearing blue battle armor.

A mechanical race member, five meters tall, whose body seemed to be cast from crimson metal and who wore crimson gold armor.

A humanoid insect-like creature, six meters tall, with a body covered in dark purple carapace, a triangular head with two pairs of compound eyes, four wings on its back, and arms that resemble two swords.

A wolf that is ten kilometers long, with emerald green eyes and snow-white fur all over its body.

The burly man, the mechanical race members, and the humanoid insect shadows lined up in three different directions, blocking the Snow White Wolf in the center from afar.

The four figures in the standoff were none other than the Venerable Ones who were stationed in the Fifth Extraterrestrial Battlefield by the four major clans.

Although the Snow White Wolf, who was blocked in the center, had an absolute advantage in terms of divine body among the four figures, in terms of overall strength, the four were not too far apart, and were at least at the same level of power.

"Xiaoyue, the extraterrestrial battlefield forbids cosmic venerables from descending. Do not knowingly violate this rule!"

The burly human man, wielding a long spear, warned the snow-white wolf with a hostile expression.

"Qinglan is right. Unless a cosmic venerable breaks the rules, we absolutely cannot interfere."

Moreover, even if they were to intervene, they could only deal with unruly cosmic beings.

A cold voice came from the mouth of the Machine Race Venerable.

"Those who break the rules will die!"

The humanoid insect shadow said coldly.

The current situation on the Twilight Continent is that a large number of immortals from the demon race have fallen into a huge pit.

Meanwhile, the large number of demon immortals who remained outside and did not fall into the pit were being ganged up on by the immortals from the three races.

Given this situation, the three Venerable Ones who are stationed in the three races are naturally staunch defenders of the rules of the extraterritorial battlefield.

Anyway, the demon race, who suffered losses, wasn't in a hurry at all; they just needed to keep the Howling Moon Venerable of the Sky Wolf Clan in check.

With a pair of emerald green wolf eyes, the Sky Wolf Clan's Howling Moon Venerable coldly stared at the three Venerables of the human, insect, and mechanical races, without uttering a word.

He knew that although the Fifth Extraterrestrial Battlefield was his base of operations.

But things have escalated to this point, and it's no longer something he, as a high-level cosmic venerable, can handle.

It is certain that there is a mastermind behind this, setting a trap to harm the immortal powerhouse of the demon race.

They were able to set up a trap with over nine hundred treasures, including top-tier treasures of the soul, domain, and palace categories, whose value was comparable to ordinary treasures.

This level of wealth far surpasses even his, a high-level cosmic venerable. Since such a powerful being went to such lengths to set a trap, in Venerable Xiaoyue's view, it certainly wasn't just a simple kill.

According to statistics, nearly 200,000 Immortal Kings from the demon race have fallen into this trap.

Even if we disregard those subordinate clans, and those who are simply immortal kings who joined the demon race's camp on the outer battlefield.

Even counting only the immortal kings of the demon race, the number exceeds 30,000, and among them are nearly 10,000 immortal kings at the peak or above.

If his bad premonition comes true and most of the 30,000 King-level Immortals are enslaved, it will definitely be a major upheaval for the demon race.

It doesn't matter if an ordinary King-level cultivator falls from grace, since most of them will eventually fall from grace anyway. But it's different for the nearly ten thousand King-level peak and above Immortals.

Even if we only consider one in a hundred, that would still be hundreds of future cosmic venerables.

With a heart full of trepidation, Venerable Howling Moon separated a wisp of his consciousness and sank it into the communicator to report the events that had occurred on the Twilight Continent to his clan.

At this moment, Venerable Xiaoyue could only silently pray that things wouldn't be as bad as he thought, and that he was overthinking it.

As Lu Jin's hunting operation began, alien immortals within the Heavenly Realm fell one after another, and the outside world also received some news from within the Fourth Heavenly Realm.

Mechanical camp.

"Lord Starfall, my avatar inside the Treasure Gate has perished."

A high-level Soul Devouring Beast, having created a clone of itself and entered the Fourth Heaven Realm, spoke to a powerful mechanical warrior clad in Star Armor.

Starfall King, an invincible powerhouse of the Mechanical Race, is also the leader of all the immortals in the Mechanical Race camp present.

As for the King of Demise?
He was only close to becoming an invincible king. With the arrival of the invincible king Starfall King, the Destinyfall King was immediately sidelined.

What exactly is the situation?

King Xinglu asked in a deep voice.

The Soul-Devouring Beast said, "There is a mist blocking the way inside the treasure gate, so I couldn't see what the other party looked like."

First, an endless platinum light appeared without warning, likely caused by the opponent activating a domain-type treasure. Then, I encountered a terrifying soul attack, and my clone perished instantly.

"It seems that all the immortals who entered the treasure gate this time will at least perish."

King Xinglu said with a hint of schadenfreude.

Although the Mechanical Race faction has its share of qualified members, as well as some demon servants under the command of faction members with souls, their numbers are small and their quality is generally low.

In contrast, the situation was different for the demon race. At least tens of thousands of immortal kings in the entire demon race camp fell into this huge pit.

Human camp.

Inside the temporary conference hall of the virtual universe, thousands of immortals at the peak of the King level and above remained silent, all their eyes fixed on the Crimson Feather King, a peak-level immortal of the Crimson Remnant Clan of the demon race, who stood in the conference hall. The king was over 800 meters long, had six legs on his belly, was covered with red scales all over his body, and had two pairs of scaled wings on his back.

Just moments before, the Crimson Feather King, a soul servant under the Seven Swords King, stated that something had happened inside the Treasure Gate, which was now filled with a thick white mist that could block perception.

Suddenly, the Crimson Feather King said to the Seven Swords King, "Master, a powerful aura has appeared, and the entire world is filled with a platinum glow. It should be a top-tier light-attribute domain treasure."

"A top-tier treasure of the Light Element realm?"

The Seven Swords King raised an eyebrow.

The next moment, the Crimson Feather King's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly said, "A powerful being has cast a soul slave spell on me!"

Before King Akabane could finish speaking, his enormous figure vanished from the conference hall.

At the same time, the Seven Swords King realized that the master-servant connection between himself and the Crimson Feather King had been instantly severed.

Seeing this, the Seven Swords King said in a deep voice, "Everyone, Chi Yu has fallen. It must be that unknown expert used a soul enslavement technique, causing Chi Yu's soul to collapse and die."

After a moment of contemplation, King Zhenyan said with a smile, "It seems that the demon race has truly fallen into a deep pit this time."

King Tianyu nodded: "That's right. Since the other side didn't spare the Seven Swords' servants, those peak-level Immortal Kings who entered the demon race camp will most likely become soul servants unless they self-destruct."

"Has anyone calculated how many of the demon race members were granted the title of King this time?"

"At least 170,000 or 180,000."

"There are far fewer than that within the demon race, but there are at least over 20,000."

“I saw the ‘Heavenly Silver King’ of the Demon Clan’s Dream Scale Serpent royal family go inside.”

"The 'Sea King' of the Ziqian Ten Thousand Serpents Royal Family has entered."

"The 'Wheel King' of the Reincarnation Congyan Serpent royal family also has a share."

"The 'Cracked Claw King' of the King of the Fearless Golden Hounds is also here."

"Not only that, there's also the 'Golden King' of the Golden Behemoth royal family."

King Tianyin, King Hanhai, King Zhuanlun, King Liezhao, and King Jinmeng were all invincible kings who had made a great name for themselves in the battlefields beyond the realms.

'It seems the demon race is about to suffer a major setback this time.'

Upon hearing that so many demon experts had fallen into the pit, the Seven Swords King thought to himself with schadenfreude.

As for the Crimson Feather King, is he also finished?

They're just soul servants, nothing special. We can just get more if we need more.

The Fourth Heaven.

"boom--"

A violent roar resounded, and the entire endless platinum light domain trembled violently, with a terrifying energy shock spreading instantly.

If it weren't for the platinum light domain formed by the Radiant Paradise, this terrifying energy shock would have spread over hundreds of millions of kilometers.

Just now, a golden Behemoth with unparalleled king-level strength and a divine body reaching nine kilometers in height self-destructed.

'Damn it~, I didn't expect there to be a soul treasure here.'

Lu Jin cursed under his breath inside the Radiant Paradise.

The Soul Treasure's resistance to soul attacks and soul enslavement is beyond doubt.

The invincible power of exorcising spirits lost its effectiveness when aimed at this golden Behemoth, which possessed a treasured soul.

Even the combined attack of Hong'er's seven-person army of one hundred million ghostly insect kings was still blocked by that soul treasure.

'At the latest, after this golden Behemoth is resurrected by the Demon Race's Universe Lord, the Demon Race should be able to learn about the fate of the millions of immortal beasts in the Celestial Realm, right?'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

However, Lu Jin was not flustered. Whether it was the preliminary preparation or the current trap-closing, neither he nor Hong'er and the other seven showed up.

Whether it's the exorcism talisman or the combined attack of the Ghost King Insect Legion, they are all performed inside the Radiant Paradise.

Furthermore, the former was concealed by a platinum aura, while the latter was an invisible and intangible soul attack, neither of which could be seen in its specific form.

All that the golden behemoth knew was the magnificent palace and the treasured domain of Radiant Paradise that it had seen, and that it was aware that it had encountered an unknown secret technique of soul enslavement and a soul attack.

Bonus chapter for May (12)

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