Swallowing the Stars, Hu Yanbo's Pre-Godhood

Chapter 138 Second-Order Universe Master

Time slips away quietly in this silent forest of steles.

Huyanbo was not satisfied with just one secret technique.

With such a heaven-defying system at his disposal, he had no fear of the hidden danger of being "diverse but not proficient".

The "system's advance payment" essentially means directly assigning the final result and its underlying logic, saving a long time of exploration and trial and error, allowing it to efficiently draw on the strengths of others.

"call"

After an unknown amount of time, Hu Yanbo slowly opened his eyes, let out a long breath, and his eyes seemed to have countless secret patterns appearing and disappearing before finally returning to a calm and profound state.

"After 21,730 years, I have finally mastered several of the strongest material attack techniques imprinted here, as well as the essence of many schools of thought!" Hu Yanbo thought to himself.

Over the past 20,000 years, he has not only learned the most powerful material attack techniques of the three universe masters through the system.

He even learned and mastered the "ultimate secret techniques of the universe masters" left behind by other universe masters in the Stele Forest, which were not core but more diverse!

These secret techniques, limited by the fact that they are not original, can only unleash the power of the "peak secret techniques". However, this also gives Hu Yanbo an extremely rich arsenal of attack methods, whether they are fierce, swift, unpredictable, group attacks, or single attacks!

It can be said that, in terms of "insight into the means of attack" and "theoretical reserves" at the level of the Lord of the Universe, Hu Yanbo is already no less than a veteran Lord of the Universe.

It should be understood that even for a master of the universe, creating a supreme secret technique that suits them is by no means easy and requires a great deal of time and effort to develop.

However, thanks to the system, Hu Yanbo had access to an ultimate library that was completely open to him, containing the wisdom of many universe masters who had spent their lives fighting and conquering, and it also came with the best-in-class "rapid understanding" service!

"Now all I need to do is repay those two most powerful innate secret techniques!"

"If I successfully break through to the Universe Lord level, my combat power will quickly stabilize at the third-tier Universe Lord level, and I will not be a beginner, but rather one of the more powerful ones!"

Hu Yanbo's mind was as clear as a mirror, and he had an extremely clear understanding of his path.

Oh!

Do not!

A glint flashed in Hu Yanbo's eyes: "With my future perfect genetic divine body, coupled with a perfectly matched supreme treasure, I will have the strength to touch the threshold of the fourth tier upon entering the realm of Universe Masters!"

While there is no absolute consensus on the division of power among the universe's main forces, there is a general consensus within the vast universe:

A third-order universe master typically needs to meet one of the following conditions: either possess a heaven-defying treasure that can greatly compensate for the shortcomings of secret techniques; or create the strongest secret technique for universe masters and enter this order through the secret technique; or reach a life gene level of about ten thousand times and achieve a qualitative change based on the foundation of a divine body.

If any one of the conditions is met, one can be ranked in the third order.

To become a fourth-order universe master, one must simultaneously meet all three of the above conditions! One must possess a heaven-defying treasure, have an extremely high genetic level, and have their secret techniques reach the strongest level!

Such beings have already stood at the pinnacle of the universe's rulers, and within the primordial universe, they are qualified to contend with the strongest beings in the universe.

They also have the ability to kill ordinary universe masters!

Having the ability to kill the Lord of the Universe means having a way to complete the task of "pre-emptively taking over the Lord of the Universe".

"Of course, the future is the future. As for the present?" Hu Yanbo assessed his current strength.

"My current overall combat strength is probably not much different from that of a standard second-tier universe master."

A second-order universe master usually refers to an existence whose divine body is a hundred times that of an ordinary venerable, whose life gene level is about a thousand times higher, and who has created the ultimate secret method of the universe master.

This is the mainstream backbone of the universe's rulers.

Most cosmic rulers are at this level.

Hu Yanbo's current life gene strength is 6000 times greater! He is six times stronger than an ordinary second-order universe master!

God is a hundred times weaker!

However, the secret technique level is the highest level among ultimate secret techniques, and it's like having one foot in the strongest secret technique.

The difference between the two and three times is only 2 to 3 times!

Of course, we're not talking about amplitude here. As the ruler of the universe, whose body and soul don't have amplitudes a hundredfold?

Huyanbo's amplitude has now reached its limit!

In terms of consciousness and will, Huyanbo has also reached the level of the Lord of the Universe!

Consciousness had already naturally risen to the level of the Lord of the Universe during the process of breaking through to the level of the Universe Venerable and transforming divine power in the Nine Nether Sea.

A powerful divine body and boundless divine power endowed Huyan Bo with a formidable consciousness! (Universe Lord Level!)

And what about willpower?

Hu Yanbo felt the powerful will within him, as solid as a mountain and as vast as the sea.

"In this systematic analysis of the secret technique, not only has the Law of Time made great progress, but even the will has quietly stepped into the level of a Universe Lord!"

"That surprised me somewhat."

He had originally thought about whether he would need to use the system's advance payment to improve his will level, so that when he broke through to the Lord of the Universe, the strength of his will could also advance along with his divine body. Unexpectedly, it all came about naturally, saving him a chance to advance payment.

However, upon closer examination, it makes sense.

The strongest and ultimate secret techniques created by the Lord of the Universe are not only the crystallization of his understanding of the laws, but also deeply imprinted with the creator's own will!

It is an absolute confidence in one's own path, a powerful will that looks down upon the heavens!

Imagine a secret technique; if its creator has a weak will and unwavering faith, how could it possibly unleash its earth-shattering power?

With the system's assistance, Hu Yanbo analyzed the many secret techniques passed down by the masters of several universes, which was equivalent to experiencing and enduring the impact and baptism of the will of the masters of several universes at close range and in a deep and continuous manner!

The will of others, especially the will of top experts, is like a lighthouse on some level, guiding those who are lost and tempering the will of those who come after.

Hu Yanbo already had a solid foundation and his will was close to the threshold of the Lord of the Universe. After being baptized by tens of thousands of years of high-intensity and high-level inheritance of will, breaking through was a natural thing.

"I am now at the level of a cosmic master in terms of will and consciousness!"

"The difference in the quality of divine power has been largely compensated for by the secret technique!" Hu Yanbo exclaimed.

"At this moment, I unleash my full power! Who dares challenge me to be the master of the universe!"

Hu Yanbo was absolutely certain that if he faced the enemy in his current state, the power he displayed would be enough to make any opponent mistake him for a newly promoted, but extremely powerful, universe lord!

"However, this power cannot be easily exposed yet." Hu Yanbo quickly calmed down, his mind racing.

"The tallest tree in the forest is bound to be felled by the wind. If I were to display true combat power comparable to the Lord of the Universe right now, once the news spreads—" Hu Yanbo seemed to have already seen the three peak races of the Demon Race, the Insect Race, and the Mechanical Race instantly escalate from "their emphasis on suppressing geniuses" to "their madness of eliminating future enemies at all costs"!

At that time, it will not be easy to repay the advance payment.

That's right, Huyan Bo isn't afraid of being killed by the top clans.

After all, it has clones and can be resurrected.

But what he fears is that once his strength is exposed, repaying the advance payment will be a long way off.

"So, for now, we need to be patient and keep fishing!" A cold glint flashed in Hu Yanbo's eyes as a plan quickly took shape in his mind.

"I need to find someone to cooperate with," Hu Yanbo thought to himself.

Another condition for repaying the advance payment of the "Perfect Gene" is five top-tier treasures!

This is no small amount.

If the current elite clans are only planning to surround and kill us within the Ancestral God Sect, that won't be enough!