Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 196 The Wind Rises in the Star Tower

The achievements of every human super genius in the virtual universe will always be known to the top management of the virtual universe company immediately.

Inside the Frost Temple, halfway up Thunder Island.

"Haha~, having passed through the Primordial Heavenly Mountain, a realm lord level, I'm one step closer to becoming an invincible king!"

Upon receiving news that Lu Jin had broken through the Primordial Tongtian Mountain, a realm master level, the Heavenly Frost Kingdom ruler couldn't help but laugh with joy.

In the primordial universe, over a period of more than 140 years, Lu Jin grew from a small, star-level being to possess the strength to pass through the Primordial Tongtian Mountain, a realm master level being.

All of this happened so fast that the King of Tianshuang felt as if he were in a dream.

Is this really a disciple I taught?
Well, regardless of how much of a role I played as a teacher, just tell me whether Lu Jin is my disciple or not.

If his good disciple can master time and space in the future, in some ways, he can be on par with his second master!

The initial universe's Chaos City, Chaos Ruins.

"Your understanding of the laws is a level below, but you've made up for and even surpassed that gap with secret techniques and soul amplification. Little guy, you've surprised me once again."

The Chaos City Lord, surrounded by chaotic energy, couldn't help but sigh softly.

Although Lu Jin's understanding of the laws is not yet sufficient to pass the 20th level of the Nine Universes Sky Bridge and clear the Primal Sky Bridge at the Realm Lord level.

But the Lord of Chaos City believed that it was only a matter of time.

After all, it has only been a little over 130 years since Lu Jin became a core member of the Virtual Universe Company.

Even with the help of the Thousandfold Time Palace and the time acceleration ratio set to the maximum, he would still be the most dazzling genius in human history.

"Speaking of the 'demon slayer' that gives the demon race a headache on the extraterrestrial battlefield, isn't this little guy the one?"

The Lord of Chaos couldn't help but recall a piece of information that the Shadow Monarch had reported to him.

All four factions know that the infamous 'Demon Slayer (Blood Demon)' is merely a Realm Lord, not an Immortal.

A super genius emerged from the outer battlefield, capable of killing a Marquis Immortal while being a Realm Lord. The Zerg camp even reportedly killed a peak King. How could this not make the Chaos City Lord have some ideas?

It should be understood that a genius who can kill a Marquis-level Immortal while being a Realm Lord is a genius that appears only once every tens of millions of eras among the human race.

It can be said that, apart from the fact that the name of 'slaying demons' is too embarrassing and there is absolutely no possibility of winning over the demon race.

Within the Human, Zerg, and Mech races, all high-ranking members who had heard of the Demon Slayer's name and achievements had the idea of ​​recruiting him.

Did 'Slay the Demon' kill many of our own faction's Immortals?
It doesn't matter, they're just some small fry. If they die, they die. They're all going to die eventually anyway, it's just a matter of sooner or later.

If they can be won over, this point can be completely ignored, including the fact that a Zerg player at the peak of the King level was killed within the faction.

Even if the "demon slayer" cannot genuinely serve the clan after being won over, it doesn't matter, as long as he obeys my orders and kills the demons to death.

The four dominant races are rivals to each other. As long as the demon race suffers misfortune and stops targeting their own faction in the future, the human, insect, and mechanical races will not mind spending some resources to cultivate Lu Jin's Blood God Child incarnation.

At first, the Lord of Chaos City did not guess that the Demon Slayer was Lu Jin; he had only heard that such a super genius and ruthless person had appeared in the extraterrestrial battlefield.

However, after the Shadow Monarch sent a battle video of the Blood God Child's incarnation, in which the sword was slashed out, accompanied by the scene of the blue waves and the sky merging together, the Chaos City Lord immediately recognized him.

This secret technique looks familiar to him!
After all, this was the pinnacle secret technique created by the most outstanding genius of his own virtual universe company, and he had seen it before.

The same secret technique, the same level of Realm Lord, it would be a miracle if it wasn't Lu Jin's clone.

Of course, after recognizing him, the Lord of Chaos City did not make a fuss and simply pretended not to know.

In the eyes of the Chaos City Lord, the fewer people who know about this, the better.

In the future, Lu Jin will undoubtedly become a Universe Venerable, and it's not impossible that he will even be ranked alongside him.

With his exceptionally high gene pool, Lu Jin is destined to become at least a top-tier cosmic overlord in the future.

The 'Demon-Slaying Clone' does not possess the ability to enslave souls, is unafraid of death, can split into thousands, and its origins are unknown on the surface—it's definitely a black glove!
For example, if you dislike the demon race in the future, you could give Lu Jin a supreme treasure of origin, continuously restore his divine power, and gather thousands of cosmic venerables to wreak havoc in the demon race's territory. Could the demon race possibly withstand that?

Such a ruthless character should be like his junior brother, the Lord of Darkness, hidden in the shadows as a secret force of humanity.

Virtual universe, Thunder Island, Lingxiao Palace.

On the throne inside the temple, Lu Jin, now in his identity as King Lingxiao and wearing the Azure Heaven Armor, instructed Fatty, "Fatty, check if there are any suitable secret realms in the universe for me to go to, preferably those with a lot of peak and limit King-level realms."

Apart from the Netherworld Blood Sea clone that never goes out, the main body, the Water Qilin clone, and the Time Dragon clone, with the added power of the Amplification Secret Technique, all possess a million times the power of a peak ninth-level World Lord.

The foundation is a million times the power of a ninth-level World Lord at its peak, along with the comprehension of the laws of the 19th level of the Heavenly Bridge, plus an immortal-level peak secret technique.

The main body, its two avatars, and the strongest Blood God Child incarnation all possess the ultimate strength of a King-level being in a normal, unburned divine power state.

Even with a fully equipped treasure whose effects surpass those of ordinary treasures, its strength will be no weaker than the limit of a king after burning divine power.

In areas where peak-level and ultimate-level immortal kings frequently appear, the Star Tower of the Seventh Outer Battlefield is undoubtedly the first choice.

Moreover, the outer battlefields prohibit cosmic masters from entering, making the Star Tower arguably the best training dungeon at present.

However, the unique forbidden space mechanism of the Star Tower makes it not so easy to encounter the peak of the King-level or the limit of the King-level.

Furthermore, the fake identity Lingxiao Wang used by the real person was not an unknown figure.

Because he enslaved three demons who were close to becoming invincible kings, plus thirty peak kings and kings at the limit.

It's no exaggeration to say that wherever King Lingxiao went, unless they were invincible kings or the enemy was numerous and powerful, who wouldn't run away? Weren't they afraid of becoming soul slaves?
Although Lu Jin does not intend to enslave the immortals of the opposing camp anymore, the enemies are unlikely to gamble their lives on his mood.

He just encountered one, and if he didn't instantly kill him, the news would likely be transmitted through the communicator, and many powerful figures from the opposing faction would probably teleport away from the Star Tower using their divine kingdoms.

If I can't afford to offend them, can't I at least avoid them?
'Unfortunately, we just set a trap a few years ago; no fool will fall for it anytime soon.'

Lu Jin thought to himself with a sense of regret.

Treasures are captivating; a single precious treasure is enough to lure out many who will be granted the title of King or Immortal.

But if this kind of thing happens frequently, anyone with a brain will realize that someone is setting a trap.

After all, the millions of Immortals lost by the Demon Clan in the past few years serve as a cautionary tale.

Even though the demon race is one of the six most powerful races in the original universe, and has two of the strongest beings in the universe, this matter remains an unsolved mystery, and the mastermind behind it has not been found.

Before long, Fatty said, "Master, the Bad Hu Secret Realm is not bad."

The Bad Hu Secret Realm is about 600,000 light-years in diameter and is located at the border between the human and demon territories. It has long been a place where powerful humans and demons have ventured.

Since a supreme treasure appeared decades ago, even more powerful humans and demons have ventured into the Huaihu Secret Realm, and many powerful individuals from other races have also gone to explore it.

According to information provided by the virtual universe, most of the adventurers who venture into the Bad Hu Secret Realm are at the peak of the King-level or higher Immortal realm.

However, within the Evil Blessing Secret Realm, there are no shortage of Cosmic Venerables.

"Cosmic Venerable. Are there any cosmic overlords?"

Lu Jin frowned slightly and asked.

He is not afraid of ordinary cosmic venerables.

After Star Eater, Bloodthorn, and Moyun entered the ranks of Universe Venerables and became unique life forms, their secret techniques are still relatively weak at the moment.

However, with their hundredfold genetic power and the secret technique of a hundredfold divine body amplitude that they have already mastered, coupled with their enormous divine bodies that radiate over millions of kilometers to tens of millions of kilometers, ordinary cosmic venerables pose virtually no threat to them unless a cosmic overlord appears.

After all, with such enormous divine bodies, coupled with the top-tier treasure armor sets that Zi Ni Chang crafted for them, comparable to ordinary supreme treasures, even cosmic venerables below the overlord level would only be a minor hurdle to them.

Perhaps the damage to their divine bodies caused by the opponent's attack is not even as fast as their recovery.

Fatty said, "Unless a supreme treasure appears, the Huaihu Secret Realm basically only contains high-level and lower-level Universe Venerables, and mostly low-level and mid-level Universe Venerables."

Just then, a series of beeping sounds rang out.

Who sent the email?

"Master, this message came from one of the Seven Sword Kings of the Human Race. I think you don't need to go to this Huaihu Secret Realm."

Lu Jin raised an eyebrow: "What do you mean?"

Fatty said, "The Seven Swords King sent a mass email to all human beings at the peak of the King level and above, who are Immortals."

The email stated that the Star Tower possesses the power to seal away the emergence of stars, and those interested in participating in the treasure hunt could proceed to Temporary Conference Hall RX-37-AS-125 in the temporary conference dimension to discuss the establishment of a temporary alliance.

"To seal the stars?"

Lu Jin raised an eyebrow.

Encountering the birth of a Zhenfeng Star is no easy feat. In the original novel, the birth of a Zhenfeng Star only occurred because Luo Feng, a candidate, went there.

However, since the Star Tower can suppress the birth of stars, he really doesn't need to go to that 'Bad Fortune Secret Realm'.

His purpose in going to the Bad Hu Secret Realm was to find enemies with the strength of an immortal at the peak of the King level or above.

It's not simply about killing for the sake of killing; rather, without bloodshed, the ultimate secret techniques are not so easy to create.

Among the immortal-level enemies at the peak of the King realm and above, there are Star Towers that suppress the birth of stars, which are undoubtedly the most numerous in the original universe.

As for other places, there are others, such as the Purple Thorn Island of the Ancestral God Sect, but Purple Thorn Island is not a place for fighting.

Without much hesitation, Lu Jin changed his mind and disappeared from Lingxiao Palace, heading to the temporary meeting plane.

Virtual universe, temporary meeting plane.

In the sky above the temporary meeting space, floating islands are suspended.

On each island, there is a magnificent conference hall.

Any human being who has been granted the title of King or higher, or any member of the Hongmeng Alliance, can apply for a new floating island to be created in the temporary meeting space. The applicant will then have access to the temporary meeting hall for a period of time.

Once this temporary meeting room is no longer in use, the Virtual Universe Intelligent Subsystem will cancel this floating island.

On the floating island where the temporary conference hall RX-37-AS-125 is located, figures with impressive presences are arriving one after another.

"Shh!"

At this moment, a figure dressed in dark blue armor appeared on the floating island; it was Lu Jin.

Upon entering the temporary conference hall, Lu Jin saw that over two thousand figures had already gathered in the hall, which had tens of thousands of seats. Compared to the human race's hundred thousand kings, the two thousand or so people present were not a large number.

However, it should be noted that those who came to the conference hall this time were all Immortals at the peak of the King level or above, so the quality of the experts was quite high.

However, for the time being, among everyone present, only the Seven Sword Kings are close to becoming invincible kings, and there is no one who is truly invincible king.

"King Lingxiao!"

"King Lingxiao!"

Upon seeing Lu Jin arrive in his dark blue armor, a chorus of greetings erupted in the conference hall.

Despite the short time that King Lingxiao has risen to power, there are quite a few human immortals who have heard of his name and can recognize him.

In this respect, the bounty list of the demon race camp actually gave Lu Jin a boost in publicity.

"Ling Xiao, you've come at the perfect time."

The Seven Swords King, clad in purple armor and carrying seven swords on his back, spoke with a smile.

After some pleasantries, Lu Jin got straight to the point, asking, "When exactly will the Zhenfeng Star appear? And how many experts have gathered on your side right now?"

The Seven Swords King shook his head slightly: "I don't know exactly when he will be born. In the forbidden space where I am, in addition to the more than 1,500 Kings of my human race, nearly 5,000 Kings of the three races have gathered. Their strength is basically no less than that of the high-level Kings."

How should the treasures be distributed?

"If an alliance is formed, all spoils of war will be distributed according to wartime contributions, with the virtual universe army system overseeing and judging the distribution."

After a moment of contemplation, Lu Jin transmitted his voice: "Seven Swords, I'm going to pull off a big heist."

I'm going to slaughter all the kings from the insect, demon, and mechanical factions who are present this time.

"If you can bring men to help me stop them, then I won't need the Star-Sealing Suppression."

Don't be fooled by the fact that the Star-Sealing Tower was created from the Star Tower, a divine treasure of the God-King; it's actually not that valuable.

Judging by the value of treasures within the human race, it's only 30 treasure points. Compared to the treasures used by his main body and various clones, which are worth thousands or even tens of thousands of treasure points, it's no exaggeration to say that it's cheap stuff.

Upon receiving Lu Jin's telepathic message, the Seven Swords King was startled: 'You're going all in?'

"Just tell me if you're going to do it or not."

'Done!'

The Seven Swords King said without hesitation.

With a ruthless person leading the charge, and targeting the opposing camp's King-Sealing faction, he would definitely lend a hand, not to mention that Lu Jin had promised not to suppress the Star-Sealing.

After a pause, the Seven Swords King said hesitantly, "However, with so many opponents, I'm afraid we won't be able to capture them."

"It's alright, just do your best. I'm not inside the Star Tower right now, but I'll be at Gate 3 soon. Send someone to pick me up."

Lu Jin waved his hand and said.

The Star Tower has nine gates, and their positions in the original universe remain unchanged. In the virtual universe army system, each of the nine gates has a corresponding number.

'no problem!'

The Seven Swords King nodded in agreement.

Getting to a specific forbidden area within the Star Tower is not very convenient because the passages to these forbidden areas are not always open.

But if someone picks you up or drops you off, that's very convenient.

Because the Star Tower, which has not yet been recognized as a master, does not restrict teleportation to the Divine Kingdom.

You can leave the Star Tower by traveling through the Divine Kingdom, or you can use the Divine Kingdom to teleport to a forbidden space within the Star Tower where immortal crystals were left in advance.

After making the agreement, Lu Jin did not leave the temporary meeting hall immediately, but retained a wisp of consciousness there.

However, the real person has already left the Temple of Time.

Instead of going directly there, Lu Jin went to Da Luo Tian first.

Although he did not intend to enslave the kings of the opposing camp this time, but simply kill them, and would not decompose the corpses left behind, he would definitely bring enough henchmen.

Otherwise, relying solely on himself and the Seven Sword Kings and other immortal kings from the human race, he wouldn't have been able to retain all the immortal kings from the three races.

Inside the Lingxiao Palace.

"Jin Jiao, notify Meng Sha, Yin Yan, Bing Bi, Cang Yi, and Bing Meng to come here."

On the nine-colored throne, Lu Jin, through the connection at the soul level, gave instructions to the leader of the group of beast soul servants, the invincible King Jin Jiao.

To be honest, mastering the complete set of higher-level rules is no easy task.

His numerous beast servants had been cultivating in the Great Luo Heaven for some time.

Among those who had not previously comprehended all three of the highest-level profound mysteries, there were quite a few who had come to comprehend new profound mysteries.

However, there are no cases of anyone who has mastered time or space and entered the ranks of cosmic masters.

Before long, twenty human figures, some male and some female, dressed in various colors of armor, entered the Lingxiao Palace.

"I've met the master!"

Led by the Demon King, who had transformed into human form and was clad in golden armor, the demons knelt and bowed.

"A major battle is coming soon, so prepare for the fight."

Lu Jin said.

"I will eliminate all enemies for my master!"

Twenty demon servants, whose strength was close to that of an invincible king, and who had transformed into human form, responded in unison.

The understanding of the laws at the peak of the King-Sealing Realm, the limit of the King-Sealing Realm, and the near-invincible King-Sealing Realm are all the same, and each is only one step away from becoming a Universe Venerable.

Generally speaking, the limit of the King-level realm is stronger than the peak of the King-level realm because of the at least tenfold amplification of the secret techniques.

The reason why the power is close to being invincible as a king is due to the fact that the power is at least ten times greater than the secret technique, at least several times greater than the life gene, as well as factors such as combat secret techniques and treasures.

The twenty demon servants in front of me were all enslaved by Lu Jin in the Shattered Star Continent region of the Seventh Domain Outer Battlefield when he was the Lingxiao King.

Apart from King Mengsha, King Yinyan, and King Bingbi, the rest were originally only at the limit or peak of the King-level strength.

However, after Lu Jin arranged for them to have ten times the life gene, 30 times the divine body amplitude, and a few controllers and illusionists to have 30 times the soul amplitude, and arranged for them to have suitable ordinary treasure armor and treasure weapons, they all became close to the invincible strength of a king.

Actually, it's just that their secret techniques are a bit lacking; each of them only has top-tier secret techniques and has failed to create their own immortal-level peak secret techniques.

Otherwise, if their treasures were slightly upgraded or improved, they might not be as good as the few exceptionally powerful Kings, but they would definitely be considered ordinary Kings.

"You all stay inside my world ring for now."

Looking at the group of demon servants before him who were eager to offer themselves up, Lu Jin nodded, waved his hand, and put all the demon servants into his world ring. Then he left the Great Luo Heaven and returned to the Time Palace.

At the same time, the Netherworld Blood Sea clone within the original core's inner world stirred its mind, communicating with the Kunlun Mirror, activating spatial teleportation, and transporting the main body to the outer battlefield.

In the seventh extraterrestrial battlefield, in a desolate starry sky, numerous meteorites of all sizes float.

"Shh!"

As an ancient token on a meteorite glowed with bronze light, Lu Jin himself appeared, clad in the Azure Heaven and Yellow Springs Armor.

Gazing at the towering Star Tower in the far distance, the power of the world, disguised as immortal divine power, surged, activating the secret runes inscribed on the third pair of Azure Netherworld Wings behind him.

After concentrating and sensing for a moment, Lu Jin's mind shifted, and a faint fluctuation of spatial laws arose. His figure instantly disappeared from the spot.

"Shh!"

At the same moment, hundreds of thousands of kilometers away in front of the Star Tower No. 3 gate, Lu Jin's figure appeared out of thin air.

Using the secret runes engraved on the third pair of wings of the Azure Netherworld Wings, Lu Jin teleported directly to the front of Tower No. 3.

"Greetings, King Lingxiao. I am Qingjiao, and I am here to await orders from my master, the Seven Sword King."

At this moment, a demon king-level immortal, hundreds of meters long, with dense sharp horns on its head and covered with blue scales, resembling a pangolin, flew up to greet them.

Soon, the divine kingdom teleportation light appeared, and Lu Jin and King Qingjiao were first teleported to King Qingjiao's divine kingdom, and then teleported again to a forbidden space inside the Star Tower.

This is a forbidden space in a desert landscape, where the four races of humans, demons, insects, and machines have all gathered a large number of King-level Immortals, who are scattered in all four directions.

"King Lingxiao!"

"King Lingxiao!"

"King Lingxiao!"

The location of the divine kingdom teleportation was right behind the ranks of many kings in the human race. As soon as the light dissipated, many people rushed forward to greet them.

"Ling Xiao, the Zerg camp has sent Nan Cheng, the Machine Clan has sent Ming Yun, and the Demon Clan has sent an old relic named Jin Ren. The three clans have a total of over six thousand Kings, while we only have a little over two thousand. Are you sure you can handle this?"

The Seven Swords King stepped forward, his consciousness asking Lu Jin in the temporary conference hall of the virtual universe.

The Immortal Mother Queen Nan Cheng, the Demon Clan Golden Blade King, and the Mechanical Clan Lifefall King are the strongest beings present from the insect, demon, and mechanical clans, respectively, and all possess strength approaching that of an invincible king.

Among these three powerful figures, Nan Cheng and Ming Yun Wang are near-invincible kings who have risen to prominence in the last tens of thousands of epochs.

Golden Blade King, who comes from the Behemoth royal family of the demon race, is an "old relic" of the demon race who is close to being invincible as a king. He was already active in the extraterrestrial battlefield hundreds of thousands of years ago.

Generally speaking, these "old-timers" tend to stay within their own territory to comprehend higher laws, pursuing mastery of time or space and striving to become cosmic venerables; they rarely venture out to explore.

But there was nothing they could do; the treasure had stirred the demon's heart.

In the past few years, on the Twilight Continent, the battlefield outside the Fifth Domain, a large number of powerful demons who were close to becoming invincible kings suffered setbacks. In particular, none of those who emerged in the last tens of thousands of epochs escaped.

The younger generation of experts stumbled, so the old guard had to step in to keep things in order.

(End of this chapter)