Swallowing the Stars, Hu Yanbo's Pre-Godhood

Chapter 141 Twenty-three against twelve, the advantage is in my hands!

The Nine Netherworld is essentially an endless ocean, which is the true form of the Lord of the Nine Netherworld.

On this boundless sea, islands of all sizes are scattered like stars.

These islands vary in shape, some as large as a continent, others merely reefs.

Among them, the most famous is Tree Island, where the most powerful and majestic World Tree grows. Its enormous canopy covers the sky, and the life force and spacetime fluctuations it naturally emits are awe-inspiring to the overlords of the universe, who dare not approach it casually.

Huyanbo's destination was not a conspicuous place like Tree Island.

He and the King of the Barking Mirror first landed on an island called "Desolate Stone Island".

As its name suggests, the island is desolate and remote, covered only with hard, dark brown rocks and sparse vegetation.

On the vast Nine Nether Sea, there are hundreds or thousands of such small islands, inconspicuous and not even worth the attention of some powerful natives.

Otherwise, if they went to places like Tree Island, where powerful beings resided, the alien attack teams might not dare to go all out because they were wary of the strongest World Tree.

The desolate, open island was undefended and untouched, attracting no attention.

This suited him perfectly.

Here, he is the most obvious target.

"King of the Barking Mirror, use your talent to see what's going on within a billion kilometers!" Hu Yanbo ordered.

Hopefully, the assassination team has some means to find this place, as this desolate rock island is a place where many powerful people who come to explore the Nine Netherworld often stop.

"Yes, Master." King Barking stepped forward, his eyes narrowed, and the complex patterns on his scales suddenly lit up. In particular, his golden eyes projected illusory images of his gaze, as if piercing through layers of space and reflecting into the endless world.

To be honest, King Barking's innate secret technique, "Mirror of the Universe," is truly remarkable.

Once unleashed, it can sweep across a vast area of ​​one billion kilometers in a straight line, as if clearly reflecting everything within that area onto a mirror. Mountains and landforms, energy fluctuations, life force, and even hidden restrictions and traps—as long as they haven't reached the level of a cosmic master who has completely integrated into spacetime, none can escape its detection.

Moreover, this kind of detection is extremely covert, with minimal fluctuations, and the person being detected is usually completely unaware that they have been exposed.

Unfortunately, this secret technique is ineffective against the Lord of the Universe.

The secret technique continued to sweep away the swarms.

Suddenly, whoosh!

A barely perceptible spatial fluctuation flashed by, and a figure appeared out of thin air on a low mountain peak at the edge of the desolate rock island.

"They're here."

Almost at the same instant the other party appeared, Hu Yanbo's gaze swept over even faster than that of the King of Barking Mirrors.

With his current perception and reaction speed comparable to the Lord of the Universe, he knew the moment the other party teleported over after sensing the spatial fluctuations in this place from afar.

To be honest, with Hu Yanbo's strength, if he didn't want to clash with the uninvited guest the moment he sensed their presence, he could have teleported away before they completed their next move (such as using their divine power to trigger a spatial blockade).

The time difference is enormous for experts of their level, like the difference between a microsecond and a millisecond, enough for them to make various responses.

But, escape?

This is clearly contrary to Hu Yanbo's purpose in coming to the Nine Netherworld.

"The methods of the alien race are indeed ingenious," Hu Yanbo thought to himself.

"I thought it would take them some trouble to find this desolate island, but I didn't expect that even with the talent of the King of Barking Mirror, they would locate me first."

"Is this how superpowers operate?"

However, it makes sense. King Barking Mirror possesses the innate secret technique of the "Mirror of the Universe." In the vast universe, other powerful beings may have similar methods or possess some treasures with unique detection effects.

It's perfectly normal that those methods can detect further than the "Mirror of the Universe"!

It would be a joke if the combined killing trap set by the three top clans couldn't even determine his approximate location.

"Huyanbo, bring out all those Hongmeng overlords you carry in your ring! Why hide yourselves!" A cold voice, imbued with divine power, boomed from the distant mountain peaks.

As soon as the words fell—

hum!

At the mountain peak, the world ring on the powerful figure's hand shone brightly, as if opening a portal to the abyss—one, two, three—and figures exuding terrifying auras, like ancient beasts breaking free from their cages, swarmed out of the ring in an instant!

The immense divine power erupted without reservation, forming a massive tsunami that crashed down on the center of the desolate island!

Rumble!

The entire desolate rock island trembled violently under the terrifying pressure of the combined forces of twenty-three cosmic overlords. The black rocks on the island groaned under the unbearable weight, cracking inch by inch.

The Nine Nether Sea below was churned up with towering waves, the dark red water crashing wildly against the shore, as if this entire world was trembling with fear at the impending carnage!

Leading the group was none other than the exceptionally tall and imposing Tianhua Venerable, whose entire body was covered in snow-white fur and whose tyrannical aura was the most astonishing!

His cold eyes were fixed on Huyanbo, as if he were looking at a dead man.

A total of twenty-three cosmic overlords!

In a flash, they tacitly spread out, trapping Huyan Bo and Fei Jing Wang in the small central area of ​​the desolate island from all sides. The space was completely sealed off, and the killing intent was so concentrated it was suffocating.

Faced with this overwhelming force that would make even ordinary cosmic overlords despair, Hu Yanbo's thoughts raced in the blink of an eye.

"Twenty-three cosmic overlords! And the leader is a top-tier cosmic overlord!"

"It seems that the three top races guessed that I may have broken through to become a Universe Venerable, otherwise they would not have sent such a lineup, with even the top overlords personally dispatched."

Information about the universe's top overlords from the human race's intelligence database flashed through Hu Yanbo's mind in an instant.

There are many cosmic overlords, but those who reach the "top" level are all renowned throughout the universe, and their information is relatively detailed.

The demon race, with its large population and diverse bloodlines, has the most top-tier cosmic overlords among the peak races, totaling as many as twenty-one!

Many of them possess the innate ability to create clones, making them extremely capable of preserving their lives.

Hu Yanbo immediately recognized the menacing white-haired overlord before him: "Venerable Tianhua!"

This is a very famous figure among the demon race. He comes from the Sirius Clan and is the second most important person in the Sirius Clan after the ancestor, the Lord of Sirius. He is the Lord of Sirius's personal disciple and also a disciple of the Dream Demon Ancestor.

Their strength, status, and background are all extremely formidable.

"The Venerable Tianhua? One of the Lord of the Heavenly Wolf's men?" Hu Yanbo thought to himself.

"I initially thought it would be the Lord of the Dark Demons sending his disciple, since he holds the deepest grudge against me!"

"But thinking about it, it seems that the Demon Lord doesn't actually have any top-tier overlord disciples."

"On the contrary, the Lord of Sirius is in charge of intelligence processing for the demon race, and he sent his most prized disciple here to 'pick up the scraps.'"

This hunting lineup is both impressive and reliable.

Twenty-three cosmic overlords, led by a top-tier cosmic overlord, combined their power to be overwhelming.

To be honest, with such a lineup, they can launch a powerful combined attack or retreat by using their numerical advantage to cover each other. Even if an ordinary cosmic lord were to descend in person, they would definitely be able to fight and retreat simultaneously, without being instantly defeated. It would not be difficult for them to preserve most of their forces and withdraw.

Using it to deal with Hu Yanbo, a human genius who had just broken through to the "Cosmic Venerable" level and relied mainly on soul attacks and supreme treasures, was, in the eyes of the three major races, like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, a sure thing!

Killing Huyanbo would not only prevent his great opportunity from being resurrected, but also allow us to obtain his precious treasures, especially the first treasure from the Ancestral God Sect.

Such a sure-fire way to make money and gain both fame and fortune naturally leads them to send their own people to reap the biggest rewards.

Hu Yanbo felt a chill run down his spine, a sense of arrogance rising within him: "I really want to wipe out all of you so-called overlords in an instant! Mere overlords, how dare you bare your fangs and claws in front of me?"

With his current terrifying combat power, which is truly comparable to that of a second-tier universe master, it is not impossible for him to unleash his full power and, in conjunction with his soul attack secret technique, instantly annihilate most of these twenty-three overlords.

But the next moment, he suppressed the thought.

"Hey, forget it. We can't afford to lose sight of the bigger picture. Revealing our full strength too early and scaring away the bigger fish will only backfire. If we're going to act, we have to go all the way."

A thought arises—

hum!

The world ring on Huyanbo's finger suddenly shone brightly, just like the scene on Venerable Tianhua's side earlier!

However, their numbers are too small. Although they are all cosmic overlords in terms of their aura, there are only five of them.

One, two, three—a total of twelve figures exuding powerful auras instantly appeared in front of Hu Yanbo. Each one was surging with divine power and had sharp eyes; they were all cosmic overlords!

Upon their appearance, they immediately dispersed in unison, subtly forming a standoff with the twenty-three overlords of the demon alliance opposite them. Although outnumbered, their momentum was by no means weak.

This sudden turn of events caused a slight stir among the overlords of the demon alliance, but the leader, Venerable Tianhua, showed no surprise. Instead, he let out a triumphant laugh that echoed across the land: "Hahaha! Just as Teacher Tianlang predicted! Huyanbo, you really have brought most of the overlords of the Hong Alliance within the Ancestral God Sect's universe with you!"

Although the Hongmeng is a super power and has inheritors in the Ancestral God Sect, the total number is only a little over a thousand, and among them, the level of universe overlord is even rarer, with only about ten at most.

At this moment, Hu Yanbo summoned twelve at once, which can be said to be the Hong Alliance's highest combat power in the Ancestral God Sect!

All of this was within the calculations of the Lord of Sirius.

"Twenty-three against twelve, the advantage is in my hands!"

The sheer number of superior numbers gave Venerable Tianhua's side an overwhelming momentum.

The combined power of over thirty cosmic overlords clashed and collided fiercely on this not-so-small, desolate rocky island. The resulting energy turbulence had already overwhelmed the already barren island, causing the earth to crack and the mountains to teeter on the brink of collapse.

It seemed as if it would completely disintegrate and sink into the Netherworld Sea below at any moment.

Just as tensions were rising, Huyan Bo's divine telepathic message resounded in the minds of every Hongmeng overlord: "Gentlemen, each of you choose an opponent and keep them occupied. Don't let your opponent escape!"

"Leave the rest to me."

"I have plans."

However, upon hearing this, the twelve overlords of the Hong Alliance did not act immediately, but instead hesitated for a moment.

"ha!"

In this tense situation, some of the overlords almost couldn't help but turn to look at Huyanbo, wanting to confirm whether he was aware of the current situation.

Upon discovering that the other side had so many people, they planned to find an opportunity to bring Huyanbo into someone's world ring, and then try to break through by fighting and retreating with their collective strength.

Although it's a disadvantage to be 12 against 23, if they focus on defense, they won't collapse immediately, and there's still hope of protecting Huyanbo's retreat.

However, if Hu Yanbo's current order is followed, with each person taking on one opponent, it means they will fight separately and be restrained and separated by the enemy's powerful figures.

The remaining eleven fierce overlords will be faced by Huyanbo alone!

One against eleven?

Even if Hu Yanbo had extraordinary talent and broke through to become a Universe Venerable in just over 20,000 years, possessing the combat power of a Universe Overlord, it would still be a situation where he would have no chance of survival!

This is tantamount to suicide!

While the other seven overlords were struggling with their inner turmoil, five figures, without any hesitation, transformed into streaks of light and charged out of the not-yet-fully-formed defensive circle, heading directly towards the massive enemy ranks!

These were the five overlords who initially followed Huyan Bo and witnessed him kill Venerable Peifeng!

They didn't even exchange any extra words, only glancing at each other for a fleeting moment as they took off, their eyes revealing an undisguised excitement!

"Their previous guess has come true!" At this moment, the five overlords who rushed out first were thrilled, and their thoughts were surprisingly consistent.

They had witnessed firsthand Huyanbo's incredible achievements during his immortal stage, and their trust in him far exceeded common sense.

One against eleven?

What appears to be a desperate situation to outsiders is, in their eyes, proof that Hu Yanbo not only possesses the strength of a top overlord upon his breakthrough, but must also have trump cards far surpassing those of others!

This trust is not blind, but built on a disrupted understanding.

In particular, Venerable Jiufeng was so excited that he could hardly contain himself and needed to find a powerful opponent to vent his emotions.

"Less than 30,000 years! Less than 30,000 years!"

"Hu Yanbo has gone from being an immortal little fellow who needed my protection on Purple Thorn Island to now facing the siege of eleven cosmic overlords all alone, and he seems genuinely confident!"

Venerable Jiufeng's soul trembled, not from fear, but from a surging emotion of witnessing history and the rise of a legend.

"I am witnessing the takeoff of a great being! A true takeoff!"

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