Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 226 The Slaughtering Machine King, the Stubborn Mechanical Race
The Seventh Extraterritorial Battlefield.

"puff!"

The scene of the blue sea and the sky merging together appeared, and a blue-gold sword rainbow was unleashed. After annihilating a demon race member with the peak strength of an Immortal Army Lord, Lu Jin was preparing to head to the next location.

"Blood Demon".

Suddenly, the familiar voice rang out again, and a huge white snow wolf teleported in.

"Yo~, isn't this Venerable Xiaoyue? So your demon race is willing to give your ancestor a supreme treasure palace?"

Lu Jin said with a smile, never mentioning the word 'livestock'.

After all, the fact that Venerable Xiaoyue came to visit again clearly meant he was there to deliver treasures to him; he was a good person—no, a good demon.

Venerable Xiaoyue said, "Blood Demon, the treasures of the Peak Palace are extremely valuable; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them the treasures of the clan."

Even if there were any extras, they definitely wouldn't be given to you, so don't even think about it.

"Then what are you doing here, you old beast? Do you really think your ancestor is so idle?"

Lu Jin immediately changed his attitude.

Perhaps because he was born as livestock, or perhaps because he was very thick-skinned, Venerable Xiaoyue did not care about Lu Jin's disrespectful words this time, and said: "There is no palace of supreme treasures. At most, my demon race will give you a supreme treasure weapon."

Blood Demon, the reason you can live so freely and proudly now is mainly because the powerful members of my demon race know that you are unkillable and have not done anything meaningless.

However, once you reach the level of Immortal or even Cosmic Venerable, condensing an avatar requires a large amount of divine power, and the treasures you possess also require a large sum of money to purchase.

"If you anger my demon race, my entire demon race will mobilize its strongest members to hunt down your clone. This will not benefit either of us."

After a moment's thought, Lu Jin said, "Replace the ultimate treasure weapon with armor, or a top-tier palace treasure would also be acceptable."

Ultimate treasure weapons are basically useless to the Heavenly Court at present.

Zi Ni Chang lacks ultimate secret techniques. Apart from the size of her divine body, her overall strength is only at the second tier. Top-tier treasure weapons are sufficient for now.

As for Hong'er and her group of seven, their strength lies in combined attacks. Their primary need is not top-tier treasure weapons, but rather top-tier or even peak-level palace treasures.

However, the value of a top-tier treasure palace far exceeds that of an ordinary peak-level treasure weapon, so the demon race probably won't agree to it.

With a slight increase in price, the price of a top-tier armor piece, whose components are slightly more valuable than a top-tier weapon, would be about right.

A pair of emerald green wolf eyes stared at Lu Jin for a moment, and Venerable Xiaoyue said, "Wait, my divine power avatar has already gone to consult with the higher-ups of my clan."

Before long, Venerable Xiaoyue said, "Blood Demon, my clan agrees."

After the reconciliation, you must not again insult the name of my demon race, and you must not take the initiative to attack members of my demon race.

In addition, you need to specifically hunt down Immortals of the Mech faction.

"Yes, no worries, Venerable Xiaoyue. Please also tell your demon race's higher-ups that I, Blood Demon, value my reputation above all else."

"I'll be waiting for you here. Once the Supreme Treasure Armor arrives, I'll immediately go all out against the Machine Race."

Lu Jin nodded hurriedly, almost patting his chest to guarantee it.

Let's put everything else aside for now and get our hands on the Supreme Treasure Armor first.

As for whether or not to keep their promises in the future, they will definitely have to keep their promises until all four major factions have extorted them.

Otherwise, if everyone knows that Blood Demon is untrustworthy, how can he extort money from them?

The demon race acted swiftly; just the next day, Venerable Howling Moon once again approached the Blood God Child avatar who had not yet left.

"This supreme treasure armor is called the Azure Sky God-Slaying Armor. Blood Demon, I hope you can keep your promise, otherwise my demon race's experts will definitely hunt you down to the end."

As he spoke, Venerable Xiaoyue conjured a black armor, tens of thousands of kilometers tall, radiating a terrifying aura of a supreme treasure, in mid-air.

“You are wrong, Venerable Xiaoyue. From now on, I, your ancestor, shall be known as the Slaughtering Weapon King.”

Lu Jin smiled and said, as a surge of world power flowed out, taking the treasure armor into his world ring and then into his external storage space.

Although the goods were not officially recognized and verified, the demon race certainly wouldn't dare to deceive him, otherwise his retaliation would be even more severe, a fact the demon race couldn't be unaware of.

"The King of Slaughter Machines? Not bad!"

Venerable Xiaoyue nodded in satisfaction.

"Alright, now that we have the treasure, I won't keep arguing with you any longer, Venerable Xiaoyue. We'll meet again someday."

After saying that, Lu Jin waved his hand and teleported away.

Meanwhile, on the other side, inside the Time Palace of the Great Luo Heaven, Lu Jin's true form took out the Azure Sky Annihilation Armor that he had stored in his external storage space.

“Ni Chang, look at the quality of this treasured armor.”

Lu Jin said to Zi Nishang.

Nodding slightly, Zi Ni Chang channeled divine power into the Azure Sky God-Slaying Armor, quickly refining and binding it to her.

Soon, Zi Ni Chang looked surprised and asked, "Where did you get this supreme treasure armor?"

Lu Jin said, "The Azure Sky God-Slaying Armor was extorted from the demon race by the Blood God Child's avatar. What is its exact value?"

"Extorted? It seems the demon race is truly out of options."

Zi Ni Chang smiled gloatingly and said, "The Azure Sky God-Slaying Armor is considered ordinary among the top-tier treasure armors. The armor has three layers of secret runes, which can reduce physical attacks to one percent, one-thousandth, and one ten-thousandth respectively."

In terms of Arcana Points, that's approximately 1400 Arcana Points.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Jin said, "You can use it for now."

"Ah."

Zi Ni Chang nodded.

With the demon race having acquired the supreme treasure armor as a gift of reconciliation, the tens of thousands of Blood God Child incarnations on the eleven extraterrestrial battlefields have begun to take new actions.

Lu Jin, who is very trustworthy at the moment, stopped targeting the demon race and instead turned his attention to the mechanical race.

It's true that the demon race had the biggest grudge against him, but who could blame him when the demon race had already apologized?
The magnanimous and benevolent Lord Lu has spared the demon race for now.

Old Man Mechanical, it's time to start raking in gold coins!

The Fifth Extraterritorial Battlefield, somewhere on the Dark Spirit Continent.

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

In mid-air, divine power surged and trembled, and a fierce battle was underway.

On one side was a Marquis Immortal from the three-headed demon clan, the Ink Jade Beast, whose body was covered in black scales and had a triangular head and three scaled tails.

On the other side were two Thousand-Eyed Heart Clan Marquises who had joined the Mechanical Race's camp in the outer battlefield. They were two meters tall and one meter wide, with densely packed eyes on their scales covering their entire bodies, and a conspicuous golden eye on their heads, making them look rather abstract.

Two against three, both sides were at the initial level of Marquis, but the two Thousand-Eyed Heart Clan Marquises were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers and were clearly at a disadvantage in the battle.

Just then, a slight spatial fluctuation occurred, and a figure in blood armor and blood wings suddenly teleported in, appearing on the battlefield.

"Oh no, it's the Blood Demon!"

Upon seeing the newcomers, the three Moshu Beasts, who had been granted the title of Marquis, changed their expressions drastically.

"Haha, the Demon Slayer King has arrived!"

Compared to the three Moshu Beasts whose expressions changed drastically upon being granted the title of Marquis, the two Thousand-Eyed Heart Clan members were overjoyed.

In the battlefield beyond the realm, who doesn't know that in recent years, the Demon Slayer King has focused on killing the immortals of the demon race and rarely attacks the other three races?

Unless they are enfeoffed as kings, or are rescued by powerful kings, once they encounter a demon king, none of the immortals in the demon race will survive.

"What kind of ridiculous title is this? I am the King of Slaughtering Weapons!"

Having said that, the Water-Air Fusion Law was activated, and Lu Jin's Blood Demon Sword slashed a blue-gold sword rainbow towards the two Thousand-Eyed Heart Clan Marquis-level members of the Mechanical Clan camp.

As the scene of the blue sea and the sky merging together appeared, a blue-gold sword rainbow flashed, and two immortal divine bodies of the Thousand-Eyed Heart Clan, who had been granted the title of Marquis, were directly blasted apart.

"Shh!"

The next moment, the immortal god body reassembled, and the two Thousand-Eyed Heart Clan Marquis who had lost more than half of their divine bodies were horrified.

"Demon Slayer King, why don't you target the demon race?"

A Marquis of the Thousand-Eyed Heart Clan asked with a look of horror.

"You're trying to teach me how to do things? Remember this: I am the Butcher!"

Lu Jin spoke disdainfully, and with another sword strike, he completely annihilated the two immortal divine bodies of the Thousand-Eyed Heart Clan who had been granted the title of Marquis.

Then, glancing at the bewildered Mohu Beast Fenghou beside him, Lu Jin teleported away.

"Slaughtering equipment?"

The three Moshu beasts, now enfeoffed as marquises, exchanged bewildered glances, each seeing shock in the eyes of their kin.

Look at this name, it gives off a 'demon-slaying' vibe!
However, 'Demon Slayer' is specifically designed for demons, while 'Weapon Slayer' is specifically designed for machines?

Not only in the Dark Spirit Continent of the Fifth Extraterrestrial Battlefield, but also in all eleven Extraterrestrial Battlefields, the immortals of the demon race and mechanical race camps, who were now the incarnations of Lu Jinxue Divine Child, all noticed that something was wrong with Blood Demon (Demon Slayer).

The infamous Blood Demon (Demon Slayer) on the extraterritorial battlefield has stopped targeting the demon race and has instead changed its name to 'Machine Slayer' to target the mechanical race!
On this day, numerous demon clan factions across eleven extraterrestrial battlefields achieved immortality, practically bursting into celebration.

Conversely, the many Immortals in the Mechanical Race camp all wore long faces, as if everyone owed them a precious treasure.

The communication technology of the Machine Race ranks second in the original universe, second only to the Human Race, which has mastered the virtual universe.

A virtual world covering a star sector, a remote video communication system covering the entire territory of the Mech Race, and a remote communication system covering the entire universe.

The convenient communication enabled the high-ranking members of the Machine Race responsible for managing the extraterritorial battlefield to quickly receive extremely unfavorable news.

The demon-slaying campaign, which had been a major headache for the demon race on the battlefield outside the realm, has now turned its attention to its own mechanical race.

Not long after, in a magnificent mechanical city in a certain plane of the mechanical race's virtual world, an emergency meeting was held.

Inside the towering mechanical temple in the city, a mechanical figure, about a hundred meters tall and with a body as if cast in silver, sat on a mechanical throne. Eleven mechanical beings of different colors, each between five and seven meters tall, stood in the temple.

These twelve mechanical figures are the eleven Venerable Ones who oversee the extraterritorial battlefields of the Mechanical Race, as well as the current highest decision-makers of the Mechanical Race regarding the extraterritorial battlefields, one of the highest-ranking members of the Mechanical Race, the Lord of Platinum Silver.

"Does anyone know why the Demon Slayer is no longer targeting the demon race but instead coming to cause trouble for our mechanical race?"

"The Lord of Platinum and Silver asked in a deep voice."

A mechanical figure forged from cyan metal said, "Master, I speculate that the demon race paid some price to reach a reconciliation with the Demon Slayer."

Within the Machine Race, the weak will acknowledge the strong as their masters, including the Cosmic Venerables.

Unless the servant's strength surpasses that of its master, it will either switch allegiance to a stronger being or become the master of the universe, ranking among the highest levels of the machine race.

"reconciliation?"

The Lord of Platinum and Silver frowned.

The Blood Demon puppy is having a good fight with the old demon dog, and you're telling me you've made peace? How many demons have you killed? Do you deserve the title of 'Demon Slayer'?

After a moment's thought, the Lord of Platinum Silver instructed, "Go and find the Demon Slayer to find out the reason."

To be honest, if he could, the Lord of Platinum and Silver would not want to face such a disgusting opponent.

Once a Realm Lord reaches the peak of the Marquis level, and enters the Immortal realm, killing a King at the limit will be an absolute breeze.

Moreover, the number of Blood Demons is not just one or two, but previously there were thousands, and now there are tens of thousands.

As one of the six peak races in the original universe, the Machine Race has a solid foundation, but even the greatest wealth cannot withstand the unlimited destruction of such madmen.

"Yes, Master."

Eleven Venerable Ones, stationed on the battlefields beyond the region, received their orders.

Because Lu Jin had a large number of Blood God Child incarnations active on the extraterrestrial battlefield, and because the Mechanical Race had convenient communication, a Venerable One who was stationed there quickly found Lu Jin.

Not long after, inside the Mechanical Temple, a Crimson Metal Mechanical Clan Venerable said to the Platinum Silver Lord: "Master, according to the Blood Demon, the reason he is no longer hostile to the Demon Clan is because the Demon Clan used a supreme treasure armor to resolve their grievances."

The reason it was renamed 'Slaughtering Weapon' and targeted my mechanical race was one of the demands the demon race made of paying for that supreme treasure armor.

In short, the demon race spent a top-tier treasure armor to send the Blood Demon to attack my mechanical race.

Furthermore, the Blood Demon stated that if my Mechanical Race could provide him with a supreme treasure armor to resolve our grievances, he would change his name and promise not to attack any members of my Mechanical Race camp again.

Furthermore, my Mech race can designate it specifically to target either the Terran or Zerg factions.

"Bam—"

"How dare you, you ants?!"

The Lord of Platinum and Silver roared and slammed his hand on the armrest, unleashing a terrifying pressure that swept across the entire temple.

How dare a mere ant at the level of a Realm Lord try to extort money from my Mechanical Race?
Do you really think my mechanical race is like those useless demons?
With a burning rage in his heart, feeling that his own and his clan's dignity had been severely challenged, the Platinum Silver Lord roared: "You lot, immediately formulate a kill reward mechanism."

Under the witness of the virtual world's military system, every member of my Mechanical Race faction will receive an additional reward for each Blood Demon they slay.

"Yes, Master!"

The group of mechanical beings responded.

In the eyes of the Lord of Platinum and Silver, it would be better to establish a reward mechanism than to be extremely humiliated by being extorted by the Blood Demon for a top-tier treasure armor.

The latter not only saves a lot of money, but also benefits a large number of immortals in the faction.

He refused to believe that the mechanical race's billions of immortals in the outer battlefield couldn't defeat a mere Blood Demon.

If we can scare the Blood Demon into submission, the opponent will definitely be unwilling to fight the Mechanical Race to the death anymore.

After all, no matter how powerful Blood Demon's unknown clone technique is, it must still require a considerable amount of energy.

However, what the Lord of Platinum and Silver did not expect was that Lu Jin was least afraid of a war of attrition.

With a diameter of 10 billion kilometers, the Netherworld Blood Sea clone could absorb the power of the world from the origin of the universe with all its might, and the amount of recovery per second would far exceed the energy consumption required to condense a Blood God Child avatar.

Moreover, the Blood God Child can be resurrected infinitely after death; the only loss he suffers is the three top-grade F-rank divine weapons he possesses.

However, the immortals of the mechanical race have truly perished, unless they possess the secret technique of creating clones or have the Lord of the Universe reverse time to revive them.

Virtual universe, extraterrestrial battlefield dimension.

"Big news! Big news!"

"What's the big news?"

"The Demon Slayer King, who terrified countless immortals in the demon race on the extraterrestrial battlefield, has announced that he will change his name to the Machine Slayer King and will no longer target the demon race, but will instead focus on the immortals of the machine race!"

"So exciting?"

"One of my immortal servants from the Machine Race faction sent me a message: the Machine Race has issued a notice."

For every member of the Mechanical Race faction who kills an avatar of the Slaughter King, they will receive an additional 20 million Yu Lan units, equivalent to 10 million Hun Yuan units, on top of the military merit reward.

The kill reward for members of the Mech race is doubled, with an additional reward of 40 million Yu Lan units.

Finally, and most excitingly...

The Mechanical Race revealed that the Demon Slayer King changed his name to the Machine Slayer King because the Demon Race used a supreme treasure armor to resolve their feud and cause the Demon Slayer King to turn his attention to the Mechanical Race. Right now, the Mechanical Race is condemning the Demon Race!

"That's the elegant version. The demon race realized that if they let the Demon Slayer King continue like this, the losses would be unbearable, so they sought a reconciliation with him."

Taking advantage of the situation, the Demon Slayer King extorted a supreme treasure armor from the demon race, who eventually agreed, but with the condition that they deal with the mechanical race.

Therefore, the Demon Slayer King changed his name to the Machine Slayer King and extorted a supreme treasure armor from the Machine Race.

The Mechs refused, instead issuing an unlimited kill bounty for the entire faction.

"666, extorting the demon race and blackmailing the mechanical race, that's really ruthless, and they even succeeded in extorting them!"

"Speaking of which, what grade of treasure is a Supreme Treasure? I've only ever heard of Supreme Treasures."

"Since it's the pinnacle, it's most likely the highest-level treasure! After all, isn't a pinnacle race like our human race the highest-level race in the universe?"

"Hey~, this Slaughter King may be ruthless, but he also has the resources."

Breaking news: The Slaughter King, despite being a Realm Lord, was able to kill peak-level Marquis-level cultivators, and not only were they not exterminated, their numbers had surged to tens of thousands.

The demon race has been killed so many times that they have no choice but to submit.

Otherwise, which immortal below the rank of King would dare to join the demon race's camp on the outer battlefield? Even the demon race's own immortals probably wouldn't dare to come to the outer battlefield for training.

"Do you think the Slaughter King can force the Machine Race to submit?"

"If they grit their teeth, the machine race should be able to hold out, right?"

"The Machine Race can grit their teeth and hold out against a World Lord-level Slaughter King."

But how could a super prodigy like the Slaughter King not be able to enter the realm of immortality?
With the understanding of the laws of the Slaughtering Machine King, entering the Immortal realm is the peak of becoming a King.

At that time, it won't be just tens of thousands of unkillable peak-level Marquis, but tens of thousands of beings who can easily slaughter the limit-level King.

In my opinion, unless the Mech Race can find the weakness of the Machine King and kill it, they will have to bow down sooner or later.

And barring any unforeseen circumstances, given the Butcher King's temperament, he will undoubtedly demand even more extortion.

"Haha~, everyone says the mechanical race is smart, but now it seems they're not even as smart as the demon race."

The demon race, those beasts, knew they couldn't afford to waste time, so they had no choice but to grit their teeth and accept the extortion. But the machine race, on the other hand, stubbornly persisted.

"You must admit that the mechanical race's metal skulls are indeed the hardest in the primordial universe."

As soon as the kill rewards and leaks from the Mechanical Race faction were released, countless Immortals on the Extraterrestrial Battlefield turned into onlookers, especially the Human Race faction Immortals with their virtual universes, who flocked to watch the drama unfold.

The onlookers started enjoying the show, and Lu Jin naturally learned about the mechanical race's response.

Instead of obediently offering the ultimate treasure, they dare to issue an unlimited kill bounty for the entire faction?

Then kill! Kill until your mechanical race trembles in fear!
"If one is not a Realm Lord, one cannot become Immortal," Lu Jin was confident. Once the ultimate secret technique was unveiled and he stepped into Immortality, he would only need a top-grade G-level divine weapon set, and a single Blood God Child would be comparable to an ordinary King-level Invincible.

The Blood God Child incarnation at the peak of the King-level is only ten times less in terms of life genes and treasures than an ordinary King-level Invincible. This can be completely compensated for by the hundred-fold amplitude secret technique and ultimate secret technique that King-level Invincible cannot reach.

If the battles outside the territory aren't fierce enough, then go kill them in the territory of the mechanical race.

The Machine Race might not care much about the immortals of subordinate races or those who temporarily join their ranks, but if all the immortals who die are from their own race, it will definitely make the Machine Race feel the pinch.

If the Machine Race were to reconcile with him then, it wouldn't be as simple as just acquiring a supreme treasure armor.

Forces like the Northern Frontier Alliance, the Nine Domains Alliance, and the Thorn Ring Alliance would most likely not accept his extortion.

After all, these alliances do not have a core leadership group. To put it bluntly, they are just sticking together for warmth, preferring to sacrifice their own as long as they don't come after them.

But it's different for the elite clans. They only lose their own strength, and unless they can't afford it, they can only grit their teeth and bear it.

The sixth battlefield beyond the domain, the Red Cliff Continent.

"boom!"

Under the spatial blockade, a peak-level Immortal King from the 'Booker Clan,' a sub-clan of the Machine Race, standing over two meters tall, with a body entirely green and pointed ears, blasted apart the Blood God Child's avatar, who was unable to dodge in time.

"Hmph~, you little world lord, no matter how strong your talent is, you are no different from an ant in front of my peak clan."

After using a top-tier secret technique to instantly kill one of the Blood Demon's clones, the peak-level King of the Book Clan said disdainfully.

But at that moment, a figure shrouded in black battle armor suddenly appeared on the battlefield.

"seal up!"

'tumultuous--'

Space was sealed, divine power burned, and the black-armored figure's aura surged. As he activated his soul-attacking treasure, a ethereal divine power instantly invaded the divine body of the Booker Clan's King.

'boom! ’

The King of the Book Clan felt a terrifying soul power descend upon him, and then his consciousness was plunged into eternal darkness, his soul being directly annihilated.

'Shuh! '

After collecting the corpse of the peak-level King of the Booker tribe, the black-armored figure disappeared from the battlefield.

To be honest, Lu Jin didn't care about the endless kill bounty on the Mech race.

Putting aside the fact that the Blood God Child's incarnation's life is worthless, he had already comprehended spatial teleportation. Unless the opponent mastered the profound mystery of spatial sealing, even if the Blood God Child's incarnation was no match for him, he could still successfully escape.

However, those who master the profound mysteries of higher levels are generally immortals at the peak of the King level or above.

How many Immortals at the peak of Kingship or above are there in the entire Mechanical Race?

When faced with beginner and advanced levels of the King Conferment, the Blood God Child's avatars all used teleportation to escape.

However, if he encounters an Immortal at the peak of the King level or above who may have mastered the three profound mysteries of the higher realm, Lu Jin will send over a servant who is at least close to the strength of an invincible King.

Those with souls are teleported close to the invincible illusionist and their souls are destroyed.

For those without a soul, use the invincible Golden Cunning King, who has been granted a hundred times the gene power, to try and put them into a deep sleep.

Furthermore, both King Jinjiao and his other servants carried special treasures that could alter their aura to avoid being recognized.

The reason for this is that the Celestial Venerables of the Heavenly Court need to comprehend the superior law beads of the three profound levels, so as to advance their understanding of the laws from the initial stage of the Celestial Venerables to the level of the Celestial Overlords.

Although not everyone at the peak of the King-level realm can fully comprehend all three advanced mysteries, those who can fully comprehend all three advanced mysteries must be at the peak of the King-level realm or above and be considered immortals.

For the sake of the Heavenly Court's future, the Mechanical Race faction has no choice but to make many sacrifices.

In any case, one of the three factions—the insect, the demon, and the machine—would eventually have to make a sacrifice.

(End of this chapter)