Swallowing the Stars: The cheat system only comes when I'm almost a god?

As the spaceship fully entered the Burial Fire Basin, all three members of the Firewood Squad could clearly sense countless greedy gazes coming from all directions.

This star field has been transformed into a true hunting ground.

The first to rush forward were not the expected elite demons, but dozens of powerful marquises of various forms.

They came from some weak tribes and were driven by Bloodfang King through bounties or threats to serve as cannon fodder to test the strength of the Firewood Squad.

"Kill! As long as we take down the Firewood Squad, the military merit is ours!" A high-ranking Marquis with four wings on his back roared, leading dozens of figures to swarm out from behind the meteorite.

Various divine lights shone brightly, and all kinds of innate secret techniques and psychic weapons rained down on the black spaceship.

Faced with an attack powerful enough to wipe out an ordinary squad of marquises in an instant, Lin Yuan calmly opened his eyes inside the spaceship.

"It's noisy!"

He did not get up, but his mind stirred slightly.

Centered on him, an invisible and intangible force quietly spread out.

This power contains endless dreams and illusions of desire—it is the Nightmare Mist!

After multiple iterations and optimizations of the Enlightenment function, and by integrating the infinite mysteries Lin Yuan had witnessed during his adventures in the Illusionary Sea, it has now transformed into a terrifying, wide-ranging soul illusion technique.

The colored fog did not manifest on the material level, but it had already permeated the space within a radius of hundreds of thousands of kilometers.

The dozens of foreign nobles who had charged in with great momentum froze in their tracks.

The murderous intent in their eyes quickly faded, replaced by a variety of extreme emotions—

Some laughed wildly with joy, waving their arms and legs as if they had reached the pinnacle;

Some screamed in terror and ran away with their heads in their hands, as if they had fallen into an endless hell.

Some stared blankly, as if they had seen the ultimate secret they had been pursuing all their lives, and remained suspended in place, mesmerized.

……

Eternal Illusion.

Driven by Lin Yuan's supreme mental will at the King level, this enhanced Nightmare Mist was nothing short of a dimensional reduction attack on a Marquis whose will was not strong.

They instantly lose the ability to resist, their souls sinking into the illusions they most desire or fear, unable to extricate themselves.

The hatch opened, and Ren's figure flashed out, taking the dozens of Marquis-level powerhouses he had controlled into his world ring.

The entire process went smoothly without encountering any resistance.

……

Inside a temporary war fortress made of dark red rock in the core area of ​​the Fire Basin.

Bloodfang King's crimson pupils were fixed on the battlefield scene before him.

When I saw those cannon fodder fall into a daze before they even touched the enemy, and then be easily harvested, a chill rose uncontrollably.

"Illusion... a large-scale soul illusion!" Bloodfang King roared, his claws clenching the throne so tightly it creaked. "Meng Qi actually had this hidden skill! He's never displayed such terrifying illusionary abilities on the Seventh Battlefield!"

Illusionists are also categorized in different ways.

Most powerful individuals are wary of illusionists who excel at powerful soul attacks, but those who can silently succumb to their opponent's will are equally formidable, because when fighting them, you never know when your opponent will transform into a meteorite...

"Useless! All of you are useless!" Bloodfang King irritably flicked his tail.

However, instead of ordering his hidden elite forces to attack immediately, he gritted his teeth and said, "Summon those hyenas to the outer perimeter via the public channel to block the retreat route of the Firewood Squad, forcing them to continue deeper into the core area."

"I'll send other affiliated tribes to keep harassing him. I want to see how long Meng Qi's divine power can last!"

Just as Bloodfang King had hoped, the Firewood Squad's journey into the Fire Basin was fraught with peril, but the final outcome was quite different.

The assembled alien squads, each a powerful figure, charged relentlessly towards the black spaceship. Some were skilled in coordinated attacks, while others possessed special treasures…

However, all struggles seem pale and powerless in the face of the Nightmare Mist's all-pervasive nature.

Lin Yuan didn't need to leave the spaceship's lounge. He only needed to maintain the illusion spell, and those alien nobles who rushed into the area would become lambs to the slaughter.

Yue occasionally used her exquisite spatial control to immobilize some of the stragglers in the distance, while Ren was responsible for efficiently cleaning up the battlefield and imprisoning the incapacitated Marquis Immortals.

The illusion field was so stable that Bloodfang King despaired. The scene he had hoped to see, where "Mengqi" would stop the illusion due to severe depletion of divine power, never came to pass.

When the three members of the Firewood Squad finally stepped out of the spaceship and stood on a vast meteorite plain, their world rings were already filled with more than two hundred intact alien marquises, a harvest far exceeding the total number of kills they had made in the Seventh Battlefield over the past hundreds of thousands of years.

At the end of the plain, the old friend finally appeared.

Dark red mist churned, and a towering, ferocious figure slowly emerged—it was Bloodfang King.

Behind him followed more than five hundred powerful marquises, most of whom were demon race members with enormous divine bodies, as well as some mechanical puppets and elite warriors of the insect race. They had powerful auras and murderous eyes, which were completely different from the cannon fodder before.

Further away, some figures could be seen lurking, blocking any possible escape routes for the Firewood Squad.

Qing Teng Hou was also among them. His eyes were complicated. He had figured out that the other party had deliberately let him go before, but the unease in his heart could not be shaken off.

However, the will of Lord Bloodfang King was beyond question. All teams acted swiftly, spreading out according to the established plan to form an impenetrable encirclement that tightly surrounded the Firewood Squad.

The three people who were surrounded remained calm.

Lin Yuan leisurely glanced around, a smile curving his lips: "Blood Fang King, it's been a hundred thousand years. Your way of welcoming an old friend is quite enthusiastic."

Blade locked onto the strongest auras of the peak Marquis level warriors, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit.

Yue remained calm and unfazed, completely unconcerned about the suffocating scene.

The unusual calmness of Lin Yuan and his two companions actually made the surrounding alien powerhouses feel a strange unease.

Logically speaking, if hundreds of Marquis-level Immortals attacked together, the power of the resonance of the laws would cause even a King-level expert to perish.

Faced with such a desperate situation, even if the other party is not afraid, they should be extremely solemn and even prepared to fight to the death.

But this reaction... is really too abnormal!

The Bloodfang King felt particularly uneasy. Meng Qi's soul attack had already made him wary, and he had just displayed extraordinary illusionary skills.

Moreover... the opponent's reserves of divine power also seem bottomless.

But now the arrow is on the bowstring, and there's no choice but to release it.

If he were to lead such a force and be scared off, he, Bloodfang King, would become the biggest joke in the entire outer battlefield!

"Meng Qi!" Blood Fang King suppressed the trembling in his heart and let out a deafening roar, trying to overwhelm his opponent with his aura. "Stop playing tricks!"

"No matter what tricks you have up your sleeve, you won't be able to leave the Burial Fire Basin alive today!"

"The shame of ten thousand years ago, I will wash away today with your divine blood!"

With a roar, a towering blood mist erupted from his body, instantly forming a blood-fiend domain that covered tens of thousands of kilometers.

This realm exudes a nauseating, bloody aura that can erode divine bodies and suppress the laws of nature.

However, instead of violently pressing his domain against the Firewood Squad as he usually did when facing enemies, he controlled more than 70% of his power to recoil and form a thick shield around them.

Despite his fierce shouts, Bloodfang King's actions betrayed his true intentions; even before the battle began, he focused on protecting his soul.

This somewhat comical scene caused some sharp-eyed foreign nobles to glance at it with slight interest.

Lin Yuan and Yue exchanged a glance and communicated instantly through their divine senses.

"There are no other King-level auras nearby," Yue transmitted her voice.

"It seems that the other kings who were attracted by the bounty have either not arrived yet or are still observing," Lin Yuan said knowingly.

"Teacher, I'll leave him to you. It'll be a good opportunity to try out something new."

"Hmm." Yue nodded slightly. "Let's finish this quickly. Ren and I will handle the other small fry."

After the two finished their exchange, Lin Yuan stepped forward and said, "No need for further nonsense. You escaped ten thousand years ago, but you didn't cherish your life. Today is your death day."

"Arrogance!" Bloodfang King was utterly enraged, his initial unease replaced by boiling killing intent. "Die!"

Claws burning with crimson divine power tore through space, hurtling straight toward Lin Yuan with the force to destroy everything.

At the same time, he shouted an order: "Qing Teng, take down the other two! Without Meng Qi, they're nothing but clay chickens and earthen dogs!"

"Kill!" Qing Teng Hou gritted his teeth and, with a steely resolve, charged towards Ren Yu Yue behind Lin Yuan along with hundreds of other Marquis-level experts!

A great battle erupted instantly!

Faced with the Blood Fang King's terrifying attack, Lin Yuan neither dodged nor avoided it, a flash of crimson-gold light appearing in his eyes.

"Soul-Slaying Blade!" It was still his signature soul attack, an invisible blade piercing straight into the opponent's soul.

Blood Fang King was prepared, and his Blood Fiend Domain surged, weakening the soul attack layer by layer.

He sneered, "Don't expect the same trick to work on me a second time!"

However, just as his attention was drawn to the Soul-Slaying Blade, Lin Yuan flicked his wrist, and a speck of sand emitting a cold purple light mixed with a flaming blade of light met the attacking claws.

Soul-dispersing sand!

puff!

A soft, faint sound.

That speck of purple sand seemed to possess a life of its own, ignoring the blood-fiend shield on the Blood Fang King's body, directly adhering to his claws, and eroding towards his sea of ​​consciousness along with his divine power!

"What the hell is that?" Blood Fang King instantly sensed something was wrong, and a chill that went straight to the depths of his soul made him shiver.

He tried to use his Blood Fiend Domain and divine power to expel the purple clay, but was horrified to find that it was like a malignant tumor, already entangled with his divine power and quietly spreading.

"Roar—!!!" The piercing scream drowned out all the shouts of battle on the battlefield!

Bloodfang King's soul seemed to be pierced by countless fine needles before rapidly dissipating, and his consciousness began to blur.

He wanted to self-destruct his divine body and take his enemies down with him, but the intense pain from the depths of his soul prevented him from even forming a complete thought!

His mind sank into a quagmire, overwhelmed by countless shattered illusions and screams.

The enormous body writhed in agony in the air, its once blazing eyes now filled only with endless fear, the divine light rapidly dimming.

From the moment Blood Fang King was stained with Soul-Scattering Sand to the moment he lost all movement and froze in the starry sky, the entire process took no more than twenty breaths.

A powerful demon king who had dominated the seventh battlefield beyond the realm for many years perished under a strange poison that specifically targets the soul!

Lin Yuan waved his hand and put away the Blood Fang King's enormous divine body; this was the perfect spoils of war.

He silently thanked Meng Qi and Jinjiao and Yinjiao again; the Soul-Scattering Sand was indeed cheap and effective.