Swallowing the Stars, Hu Yanbo's Pre-Godhood

Chapter 167 Sword River Luo, Acquired

Original star number 1111.

Deep within a majestic mountain range, ancient trees reach for the sky, and vines spread like dragons.

A figure with a wolf's head and a human body was quietly hiding inside the cave.

He gently stroked a battle blade in his hand that shimmered with a blue aura, a hint of satisfaction and excitement flashing in his wolf-like eyes.

"With this Wind-Splitting Blade (a high-grade offensive treasure) bestowed upon me by the Lord of All Things, my offensive power is enough to rank in the upper echelons among cosmic overlords!"

"If I combine this with the Azure Scale Armor I'm wearing (a high-grade defensive treasure)!" Venerable Jiufeng muttered to himself, his confidence growing.

Indeed, this powerful figure with a wolf's head and a human body is none other than Venerable Jiufeng.

Two high-grade treasures, one for offense and one for defense, were Hu Yanbo's way of giving back to Venerable Jiufeng, whom he had taken great care of in the past, after he became the Lord of the Universe and his strength and status soared.

It wasn't much, less than 20 Treasure Points, but this gift of less than 20 Treasure Points directly caused a qualitative leap in Venerable Jiufeng's overall strength!

It can be said that Venerable Jiufeng has now joined the ranks of the strongest among the universe's overlords.

Even when facing top-tier overlords, such as the Tianhua clan in the past, they could hold them off for a considerable period of time.

Logically speaking, having just acquired a supreme treasure, Venerable Jiufeng should have devoted himself to cultivation, creating a secret technique more suitable for the new treasure, and thoroughly consolidating and digesting his strength before venturing into the Primordial Star. That would have been the best course of action.

but----

"Buzz!!!"

An unusually violent energy fluctuation erupted from afar without warning!

"This is... the birth of a treasure?" Venerable Jiufeng suddenly looked up, his wolf eyes flashing with a terrifying light.

"Such a violent fluctuation!"

"This is far superior to the birth of a supreme treasure!"

The shock of Venerable Jiufeng was merely a microcosm of the current situation on Primordial Star 1111.

This sudden and powerful aura, like the most dazzling beacon in the darkest night, was immediately sensed by powerful figures in parts of this planet, which has a diameter of hundreds of billions of kilometers.

It transformed into a stream of light and rushed towards the source of the special aura.

A vast, desolate wasteland, stretching for billions of miles.

In the middle of a vast plain covered with gravel, the earth suddenly rises up!

A cone-shaped object, resembling a small mountain and radiating a pale golden light, seemed to be repelled by the entire primordial star, slowly emerging from the depths of the earth and hovering a hundred meters above the ground.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

Almost the instant the treasure was fully revealed, seven or eight of the fastest streaks of light tore through the sky and arrived above the wasteland first.

These are mostly lone wolves or elite squads, and their strength is at least that of a high-level Venerable.

They hovered in the air, their eyes burning as they looked down at the pale golden cone-shaped object, their faces filled with shock and greed.

"This aura—it's incredibly peculiar! It's definitely not an ordinary treasure!"

"Could it be some kind of rare and supreme treasure?"

"Whatever it is, just grab it first!"

Driven by self-interest, bloodshed ensues!

"Get out of my way! The treasure is mine!" A roar shook the heavens and the earth. There stood a colossal rock creature, as large as a mountain and over a hundred kilometers long—"Huangshan Venerable."

A thick, earthen-yellow domain erupted from his body, like a tangible mudslide, instantly enveloping the surrounding area for millions of kilometers, knocking several nearby Venerables off balance!

Its massive body, like a moving mountain range, was the first to rush towards the pale golden cone!

"Don't even think about it!"

"Huangshan! If you want to keep the treasure for yourself, you'll have to get past us first!"

With so many powerful beings in the universe around, how could it possibly succeed so easily?

Despite his apprehension, the sight of such a treasure made greed overcome fear!

In an instant, more than twenty cosmic venerables from different races made their move at the same time!

Boom boom boom—!

Countless attacks, each imbued with immense power—whether massive energy beams, eerie soul impacts, or unparalleled sharp psychic weapons—were rained down upon Venerable Huangshan's colossal divine body!

"You're courting death!" Venerable Huangshan roared, enduring most of the attacks. His rocky skin, comparable to a supreme treasure armor, shattered considerably, and his divine power was clearly depleted, but the momentum of the attack only faltered slightly.

It was completely enraged, and its aura surged dramatically!

"Burning divine power? Dodge quickly!"

Venerable Huangshan burned his divine power, and his massive body suddenly swung violently like a collapsing pillar of heaven, directly crashing into a team of four high-level Venerables from the Demon Clan Alliance on the left!

The spacetime in which that team was located was being suppressed by the yellowish-brown domain, greatly reducing their speed, and it seemed impossible for them to completely avoid it!

"!!!"

With a deafening roar, the four high-level Venerables were struck as if by a star. Their divine bodies collapsed by half in an instant. Although they managed to rebuild themselves with great difficulty in the next moment, their auras had weakened significantly, and their faces were all deathly pale!

With just one strike, the one who suffered the most severe loss of divine power lost more than 20%!

"We can't fight them! Run!"

"This treasure is not something we can afford to touch!"

Severely injured, the team was utterly terrified and used the force of the impact to flee wildly away, never daring to look back.

"Who else?!" Venerable Huangshan's momentum was overwhelming. His massive body swept across the room once again, forcing the other teams to dodge in a sorry state. One team was even forced to hide inside an ordinary flying palace treasure, where they were violently knocked away.

For a time, Venerable Huangshan, relying on his powerful divine body, domain, and the burst of burning divine power, was able to dominate and appear invincible even when fighting against many opponents!

At this moment, atop a solitary peak about a million kilometers from the core battlefield of the wasteland, a figure with a wolf's head and a human body quietly appeared; it was none other than Venerable Jiufeng, who had just arrived.

"It's Venerable Huangshan from the Northern Frontier Alliance!" Venerable Jiufeng narrowed his wolf eyes and instantly recognized the rock life overlord who had been slaughtering everyone.

"This guy is of special life form origin, born with a massive divine body and a high level of life genes. Relying on his thick skin and the 'Thousand Mountains Domain,' he is considered an extremely troublesome character among the universe's overlords."

"In terms of offensive power and defense alone, I now possess the supreme treasure bestowed upon me by the Lord of All Things, so I am not inferior to him."

"But his divine body is just too huge! If we get into a prolonged battle, competing in the consumption of divine power, I'll definitely be the first to give out."

The gap in divine power reserves is a fatal flaw.

Unless one can achieve a swift victory or possess overwhelming strength to instantly cripple its divine core, engaging in a protracted struggle with such a powerful overlord is by no means a wise move.

But right now, none of these are the most important things!

Venerable Jiufeng's gaze passed over the arrogant and domineering Venerable Huangshan and was fixed on the golden halo object that had already revealed a corner of itself floating in the center of the wasteland.

That appears to be a corner of a huge mausoleum!

From afar, the Venerable Huangshan roared angrily, "Why is this a treasure trove?!"

"Why!"

Even the most powerful cosmic overlord cannot touch the most precious treasures in this treasure trove.

Not to mention, it's unknown whether a token is required to open this treasure trove.

Virtual universe, the Holy Mountain plane of glory, Huyanbo's palace.

Hu Yanbo's last vestige of consciousness was right there, when suddenly—

"My disciple!"

A rough voice rang out, and the three-dimensional projection of the Lord of Desolation instantly condensed, his face filled with excitement.

"Important news! According to the intelligence just relayed by Venerable Jiufeng, a treasure trove has appeared on Primordial Star No. 1111!"

It turns out that after Huyanbo revealed this to the Lord of the Wilderness, the human race immediately adjusted its strategy towards the Primal Star.

All human races and cosmic overlords must immediately travel to the Primordial Star to search for and report on the emergence of the treasure trove. If any information is found, it must be reported through the virtual universe system immediately!

As a cosmic overlord, he possesses extremely strong survival abilities. Unless he encounters a freak like Hu Yanbo who has heaven-defying soul techniques, even if he is no match for the cosmic master, he is unlikely to be enslaved by soul.

"Oh? Which treasure trove is it? What kind of treasure does it correspond to?" Hu Yanbo asked.

The original star has been open for some time now, and many treasure troves will gradually emerge.

After all, even the only supreme treasure at the pinnacle of the realm was born 600 years after the opening of the Primordial Star. It was just that the endless years that followed were spent waiting for the tokens to be collected.

Not to mention the top-tier treasures, which are even inferior to the pinnacle treasures.

"That treasure trove is shaped like a massive tomb! It's the tomb of the sword!"

As the Lord of the Wasteland spoke, he waved his hand, projecting a clear image into the virtual space.

In the video, a huge tomb that appears to be made up of countless divine swords stands on the wasteland, with a stone tablet at the entrance.

"According to the inscription on the stone tablet, to open this Sword Clan," nine special tokens are required! The Lord of the Desolate Mirror pointed to the nine small sword patterns.

"These are the nine different sword-shaped tokens!" And within this sword family, the most precious and core treasure, according to the stone tablet, is a set of domain treasures called—Sword River Luo!

"Jianhe Luo?" Hu Yanbo's gaze sharpened.

"A top-tier treasure in the domain category, comparable to a peak treasure in terms of attack power!" Hu Yanbo thought to himself.

The Lord of the Desolate Mirror continued, "I have sent you the detailed diagrams of the nine tokens. My disciple, is the guidance you perceive related to these?"

Hu Yanbo quickly browsed through the nine different miniature sword virtual images that appeared in his mind.

"It's relevant!" Hu Yanbo nodded affirmatively.

That was the third token he found after the Primordial Star was opened, and at the time he was not sure if this token corresponded to Jianhe Luo.

After all, the primordial planet is vast, and there may not be only one sword-type treasure, so I dare not make a rash judgment.

"Excellent! Excellent!" Upon hearing this, the Lord of the Wilderness was greatly encouraged: "In that case, this Sword River Luohe should belong to our human race! How do you require your race to cooperate? How will you interfere with the powerful beings near the Sword Tomb?"

After all, what Huyanbo said before was that he opened the back door by relying on the original cosmic will, and that one could enter simply by holding the token.

The more secretive such a process is, the safer it will be; it must never be discovered by outsiders.

Upon hearing this, Hu Yanbo waved his hand and said, "Teacher, there's no need for such a fuss."

"Now that the Sword Tomb has appeared, the news has spread, and all the billions of races in the universe know that opening it requires the collection of nine tokens. Before all the tokens are gathered, no power would be foolish enough to send a super-strong expert to guard a treasure trove that cannot be opened for the time being."

"At that time, apart from a few small teams of Venerables trying their luck near the Jian family, not many powerful individuals will linger for long. And relying solely on a few Universe Venerables—"

"As long as I don't want them to know, they'll never discover anything amiss."

"Alright! Since you have a plan, then so be it!" Lord of the Wasteland nodded solemnly.

"Our group will continue to monitor all information regarding the emergence of treasure lands."

"We will notify you immediately if anything is discovered!"

"Okay," Huyanbo said.

Original Star No. 1111.

Hu Yanbo walked through the vortex passage.

"Sword River Luo—" Hu Yanbo thought to himself, as detailed information about this famous treasure surfaced in his mind.

"According to what I know of the original text," the "Sword River Luo" consists of two parts: the core is the compass that serves as the carrier of the domain, and the other part is the nine divine swords.

"And the Sword Tomb only contains a compass (a common treasure of the domain level) and a divine sword."

"So, here's the problem—" Hu Yanbo frowned slightly. This was the first time he had ever received a treasure in advance, and it was such a combination of treasures. He couldn't help but feel a little doubtful.

"Is what I received an advance payment for a semi-finished product or a complete product?"

After a moment's thought, a resolute glint flashed in Huyanbo's eyes.

"Daydreaming is useless; ultimately, it needs to be verified through practice."

Anyway, we have a token, so we can repay it directly!

Don't panic!

With a thought, the mysterious and unpredictable pre-payment panel quietly appeared.

[Projects eligible for advance payment: Cam River Luo]

[Repayment Condition: Possess one of the tokens required to unlock the "Sword Clan"!]

【Do you want to advance payment? 】

【whether】

"Advance payment!" Hu Yanbo thought to himself!

He was quite curious about how the system would deliver a treasure from another primordial star, sealed deep within the Jian family, to him.

Is it energy recombination?

Is it teleportation?

Or some more incredible way?

The instant his thought settled—

An extremely strange feeling welled up in Huyanbo's heart!

He clearly sensed that an item hidden deep within the Sword Tomb on the far side of this planet already bore the imprint of his divine power!

Moreover, it wasn't just the treasure hidden within the Jian family; Hu Yanbo could also sense treasures bearing his own divine power imprint on other primordial stars.

That is?

A divine sword?

Then, something even more amazing happened!

Hu Yanbo sensed that deep within the earth of this primordial planet No. 1111, a faint energy, carrying the treasure that had just completed its recognition of its owner, was rushing towards his location!

"Pop—"

A sound like dewdrops falling onto the soil rang out at Huyanbo's feet.

He looked down and saw that the rocky ground beneath his feet was rippling like the surface of water.

A compass about the size of a palm, with an ancient and simple design, dark gold color, and countless flowing sword-shaped patterns engraved on its surface, and a black divine sword about three feet long with spiral patterns on the hilt and a restrained cold light, appeared calmly and lay there quietly.

There were no rays of light, no outward manifestation of laws, and not a trace of energy leakage!

It was as if they weren't top-tier treasure components that countless universe lords coveted, but rather two ordinary items that he had always carried with him and had just taken out of his world ring.

Of course, this is inevitable. After all, it already belongs to someone else, so how can it keep wagging its tail outside to tempt others?

Hu Yanbo used his divine power to grab the dark golden compass and a divine sword.

Information about the "Sword River Luo (Compass Core)" flooded into his consciousness as if by instinct.

"This Sword River Luo is also of the Metal and Void attribute, not bad. In the absence of supreme treasures in the peak realm, this treasure is quite suitable for me." Hu Yanbo nodded slightly, quite satisfied.

"Next, I just need to gather all eight divine swords that already bear my divine power imprint, and the Sword River Luo will be complete. Then I can be considered a top-tier fourth-order expert!"

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