Swallowing the Stars: Time Simulation

Chapter 416 Killing (6000 words, to be updated on April 3rd)

"The moment has finally arrived!"

Looking at the dozen or so immortal gods from the Giant Axe Arena, Yang Wu couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Yang Wu was naturally familiar with the Nightmare Candle King.

This is not only because the other party appeared in the original work, nor because the other party and he had met once in the garbage star field.

Rather, it's because ever since he broke through to the Domain Lord level, the Nightmare Candle King has appeared in every simulation experience he's had, and has never disappeared.

The reason Yang Wu was able to think of accelerating his cultivation within the Time Palace was largely due to the immense pressure exerted by his opponent.

And now, the time for reckoning has finally come.

"Master!" Upon seeing Yang Wu appear, the Black Crow King greeted him with utmost respect.

Although he didn't know why Yang Wu valued these powerful kings so much and repeatedly instructed him to report their whereabouts immediately, as a soul servant, he naturally had to do as Yang Wu ordered.

Therefore, after discovering Nightmare Candle King and his group, he immediately sent a message to Yang Wu.

……

Meanwhile, Nightmare King and the others were shocked by Black Crow King's words.

But then...

A pressure a thousand times stronger descended instantly, causing their very souls to tremble and them to lose consciousness completely. Only after regaining consciousness did they hear the Black Crow King's hoarse voice again: "Master!"

"The master of the Black Crow King?" Nightmare Candle King and the others immediately widened their eyes and looked at the figure in the void that exuded an astonishing aura.

"King of Divine Might!"

"It's King Kamui!"

All the powerful figures present were incredibly shocked upon seeing Yang Wu, and some even showed a hint of envy and longing on their faces.

After all, while both were granted the title of Immortal King, the Divine Might King was able to kill special life forms with a life gene level thousands of times higher. Such an achievement was something they could only dream of!

Of course, while everyone was shocked, the Nightmare Candle King, who was in charge, was an exception.

As for Yang Wu, the Nightmare Candle King was naturally no stranger to him.

He first heard news of Yang Wu because someone had compared him to his father.

At first, the Nightmare Candle King was of course completely unconcerned.

After all, his father was one of the most brilliant geniuses in the history of humankind. Even Coty, who became a disciple of the Lord of Chaos City, perished in an assassination attempt by alien races. Yet his father was able to grow stronger amidst these assassinations and eventually become a supreme cosmic venerable.

However, as time went by, Yang Wu's talent became more and more terrifying, to the point that it was no longer enough to describe him as a peerless genius who appeared only once every ten million epochs.

At this point, the Nightmare Candle King had changed his mind. When Yang Wu was heading to the Garbage Starfield, he even tried to get close to him.

But in the end, they were ignored by the other party.

How could the Nightmare Candle King, with his incredibly stubborn and proud nature, tolerate such an outcome?

However, Yang Wu already held a very high position among the human race at that time. Even if he wanted revenge, he could only suppress it and dared not even reveal such thoughts.

After all, although the Nightmare Candle King was quite crazy and obsessive, he wasn't stupid.

He knew exactly who he could offend and who he couldn't!

In the days that followed, Nightmare Candle King hoped that Yang Wu would perish in an assassination attempt by the alien race. But unexpectedly, Yang Wu rose through the ranks amidst the carnage, eventually earning the title of King as a Realm Lord.

Even now, Nightmare Candle King still remembers his father, Venerable Fire Erosion's, lament.

"The talent and comprehension of the Divine King are unprecedented even in the history of our human race. Although I was extremely impressed at the time, I am still far inferior to the Divine King!"

Before that, the Nightmare Candle King had never seen the extremely confident Fire Venerable marvel at anyone's talent.

Even before arriving on Earth this time, Nightmare Candle King had received a reminder from his father, Venerable Fire Erosion.

"Cha Luo, although the ownership of Earth is in the hands of that little guy Luo Feng, it is still the homeland of the Divine Might King. When you go to buy the ownership of Earth this time, you must be more polite."

"If the Divine King also appears on Earth, we must be respectful and absolutely avoid offending him. Although I am not afraid of him, I do not want to offend such a genius!"

"Damn you, King Kamui! Earth isn't yours, why are you here so quickly?"

Nightmare Candle King roared inwardly, but his expression remained respectful as he greeted Yang Wu, saying, "Greetings, Divine Might King!"

The Nightmare Candle King has an extremely strange and handsome appearance. If someone who doesn't know him were to see him, they would easily be attracted to him. However, Yang Wu, who knows the other party's nature well, would not care.

"Nightmare King!" Yang Wu greeted him calmly, "You've brought so many powerful figures to the vicinity of my hometown. What important matter do you have to discuss?"

"Divine Might King!" Nightmare Candle King smiled slightly, his face radiating subtle fluctuations of law, and his entire demeanor became incredibly approachable. He said quite respectfully, "To be honest, my fellow disciples and I happened to travel to this Milky Way galaxy and fell in love with it. That's why we've come here, hoping to purchase ownership of the Milky Way from Luo Feng!"

"Ownership of the Milky Way?" Yang Wu asked, frowning. "I suppose that includes Earth as well?"

Upon hearing this, Nightmare Candle King quickly replied, "My fellow disciples and I love Earth very much, and we all believe that the most precious place in the Milky Way is on Earth, so..."

Just kidding, his purpose in coming here is to claim ownership of the Earth.

The reason I initially said the entire Milky Way was simply to avoid attracting Yang Wu's attention.

But before the Nightmare Candle King could finish speaking, Yang Wu interrupted him!

"Nightmare King, don't you know that Earth is my home?" Yang Wu's voice turned extremely cold.

"I know, but isn't the ownership of this galaxy supposed to be in Luo Feng's hands?" Nightmare Candle King replied immediately.

Sensing Yang Wu's cold attitude, Nightmare Candle King was also somewhat displeased.

Yes, your talent and strength are both very great!

But if I buy ownership of the Earth, that's none of your business, is it?

Even a clay figure has a temper, let alone a fanatical and insane person like the Nightmare Candle King.

"Everyone says that King Shenwei is the most amazing genius in human history, but no matter how powerful you are, can you really change the rules jointly set by the five major powers?"

"As long as I find a way to obtain ownership of Earth from Luo Feng, with my father's strength, he has plenty of means to deal with this Divine Might King!"

The Nightmare Candle King thought to himself.

For him, being slightly more respectful to Yang Wu was already the limit; it was simply impossible for him to care about him at all!

After all, even if Yang Wu is very strong, would he dare to kill him?

"You know that much!" Yang Wu said calmly, then suddenly pointed his spear forward.

"boom!"

A crimson spear light containing boundless power suddenly appeared in the surrounding void.

"What?"

The expressions of the many immortal gods on Nightmare Candle King's side changed drastically, because the endless crimson spear light was aimed at all of them.

"Has the Divine Might King gone mad? We haven't offended him at all, yet he dares to attack us directly?"

"This matter must be reported to the teacher, so that the Divine Might King will reap what he sows!"

Thoughts flashed through the minds of many immortal gods.

But at that moment, the Nightmare Candle King's mad voice rang out in the minds of many immortal gods.

"Fellow disciples, please lend me a hand!"

"I want to see just how powerful this renowned Divine Might King truly is!"

boom!

With a sudden roar, the ancient runes on his forehead lit up, and an incredibly terrifying aura spread in all directions, as if a peerless ferocious beast was awakening. Furthermore, the area between the Nightmare Candle King's brows split open, revealing a purple vertical eye.

The purple vertical eye emitted a purple light, sweeping across the surrounding space and causing the space to condense continuously.

"Senior Brother Nightmare Candle is fighting desperately! Let's all lend him a hand!"

The green-haired, one-horned old man roared and instantly burned his immortal divine power. The energy generated by burning his immortal divine power rushed directly into the purple vertical eye in front of Nightmare Candle King.

Upon hearing the telepathic message from the blue-haired, one-horned elder, the other immortals' eyes lit up as well.

Yes, that purple vertical eye was bestowed upon Senior Brother Nightmare Candle by the teacher, containing incredible power. With so many of them working together to activate it, they might not be afraid of that Divine Might King.

After all, no matter how powerful the Divine Might King was, he was still just an immortal god.

Thinking of this, everyone began to burn their immortal divine power, pouring endless energy into that purple vertical eye.

"Boom!!"

After absorbing the energy of many immortal gods, the purple vertical eye's power surged instantly, and endless purple light spread out, transforming into a purple light shield that blocked Nightmare Candle King and the others.

The next moment.

The endless starry sky around them instantly vanished, the endless space shattered, and all the spear lights gathered together.

A total of 10081 crimson spear beams instantly coalesced into a crimson spear phantom.

Wow!

The crimson spear phantom, with unstoppable force, slammed into the purple light shield.

Just as if a steel needle had been inserted into tofu, the purple light shield shattered instantly, and the Nightmare Candle King and the others inside the shield stared wide-eyed in horror.

"No!"

"How is that possible? How could he dare to kill us?"

The many immortal gods on the Giant Axe Arena stared in terror at the terrifying, world-destroying phantom of the spear.

Even now, they still can't believe that the Divine King actually harbored murderous intent towards them and even took action.

It's important to know that these people are all core members of the Giant Axe Arena. Although they may not be considered high-ranking members, they are still the backbone of the organization!

With Venerable Fiery as their backer, they never imagined that they would perish at the hands of a powerful human.

"Spare me!"

"King Shenwei, even if you kill us, you won't get away with it!"

In an instant, the reactions of more than ten immortal deities varied.

Those who have been granted the title of King and are immortal, although they are afraid in their hearts, still have some confidence. After all, they are powerful Kings. Even if they fall, they will be resurrected by the supreme powerhouses of the human race after endless years.

But the other nobles and immortals were filled with endless terror; if they died, they would really be dead!

Even if they could be resurrected by reversing time, no one would be willing to pay such a high price for those who have been granted the title of Marquis and immortality.

Boom!

With a deafening roar, the crimson spear phantom slammed into Nightmare Candle King and his companions.

It was as if a giant iron hammer had smashed into flour; one immortal god after another was instantly annihilated into nothingness, and even their armor and treasures were crushed to pieces.

"what!"

A piercing scream emanated from the center of the power eruption, followed by the slow formation of an extremely pitiful figure.

Yang Wu turned his head and saw that the only survivor was the Nightmare Candle King.

"Oh? You actually survived one of my attacks?"

Although Yang Wu's attack was just a casual strike, even a powerful and invincible expert like the True King would find it impossible to withstand it safely. Unexpectedly, the Nightmare Candle King was able to survive.

Although it was incredibly tragic and his immortal divine power was almost gone, he still managed to survive!

Immediately, Yang Wu's immortal divine power spread out and instantly detected all of Nightmare Candle King's life-saving trump cards.

"Common Soul-type Treasure, Top-tier Treasure Armor, Peak-level King-rank Support Plant Life..."

"Heh heh, Venerable Fiery Devourer really spoils his son!" Yang Wu couldn't help but sigh inwardly. "But, that's enough for now!"

Immediately, Yang Wu's thoughts moved, and the space around the Nightmare Candle King instantly froze. The Nightmare Candle King, who had shown a look of horror behind him, had his remaining divine body vanish into thin air, as if he had never appeared at all. Only a heavy treasure armor and an ancient purple vertical eye remained floating in the original spot!

"Master's strength has increased again!" The Black Crow King couldn't help but sigh as he watched Yang Wu casually annihilate a group of King-level Immortals.

However, the Black Crow King also had some doubts, and couldn't help but ask, "Master, if you want to kill the opponent, I can do it for you. There's no need for you to make this special trip!"

Before acknowledging Yang Wu as his master, the Black Crow King naturally wouldn't have been confident in keeping the Nightmare Candle King and the others alive.

After acknowledging Yang Wu as his master, Yang Wu, in order to enable the Black Crow King to protect Earth, specially spent over ten treasure points to equip him with suitable treasures and soul amplification techniques. With the help of these external aids, the Black Crow King, who had already created a pinnacle martial art, was now no less powerful than the Seven Swords King and others.

Therefore, he was still very confident that he could keep Nightmare Candle King and the others!

"Hahaha!" Yang Wu laughed heartily, saying, "This is just the beginning!"

If the matter were truly just about the Nightmare Candle King, Yang Wu wouldn't care at all. However, behind the Nightmare Candle King are not only the Fire Erosion Venerable, but also the Giant Axe Arena, and even several other super powers.

"I came back this time just to make an example of someone!" Yang Wu said casually.

"To make an example of someone?" King Black Crow wondered.

The chicken has already been killed, so where is the 'monkey' that was supposed to be warned?

Just then—

"Boom!"

Ripples spread across the starry sky once more, and a powerful pressure descended instantly, spreading to the Starry Sky Sect within tens of millions of kilometers around.

Then a blurry figure gradually stared into the void.

This was a towering figure, approximately a hundred meters tall, surrounded by raging black flames that spread out over a radius of hundreds of thousands of kilometers, their power boundless. This man was none other than the Fire-Eroding Venerable, a genius on par with Coty in the Giant Axe Arena millions of years ago!

After appearing, Venerable Fire Eclipse did not look at Yang Wu beside him, but instead focused his gaze on the purple vertical eye and the heavy armor floating in the void.

Immediately, boundless rage erupted from Venerable Fire Eclipse.

He rushed over the moment he realized that Nightmare Candle King had activated his forbidden move, but he was too late. When he arrived, he only found Nightmare Candle King's relics.

"Cha Luo, don't worry!" Venerable Fiery Eclipse waved his hand, putting away the two treasures left behind by Nightmare Candle King. Then, he thought to himself, "I will soon ask my teacher to reverse time and revive you!"

Although it would take a considerable price to ask a cosmic ruler to use his abilities to reverse time and resurrect a king-level immortal, the price is more about the cosmic ruler's appearance fee. After all, immortal gods are not as powerful as cosmic venerables, and cosmic rulers can easily reverse time and resurrect them.

With the wealth accumulated by Venerable Fire Erosion over countless years, he could certainly ask his teacher to help him.

After putting away the two treasures, Venerable Fiery looked at Yang Wu standing to the side.

In fact, Venerable Fire Eclipse had already sensed the presence of Yang Wu and Black Crow King when they first appeared. However, his greatest concern was naturally his son, Nightmare Candle King, so he ignored Yang Wu from the beginning.

"Divine Might King!" Venerable Fiery Erosion suppressed his anger and asked in a deep voice, "Who exactly is the enemy who killed my son and my disciples?"

In the eyes of Venerable Fire Erosion, Yang Wu, as an unparalleled genius of the human race, could not possibly be the murderer.

Therefore, it is highly likely that an enemy killed the Nightmare Candle King and others, and then Yang Wu killed them.

But Yang Wu failed to save his son, so he naturally harbored resentment.

Upon hearing Venerable Fiery's question, Yang Wu knew that the other party had misunderstood, and found it quite amusing.

However, Yang Wu calmly said to Venerable Eclipse Fire, "Venerable Eclipse Fire, I personally killed Nightmare Candle King and the others!"

Yang Wu would naturally not deliberately conceal this information. Not to mention that such a lie is extremely easy to expose, the more important point is that the chicken he just told the Black Crow King about "killing the chicken to scare the monkey" was not the already fallen Nightmare Candle King, but the Fire Erosion Venerable in front of him.

boom!

Upon hearing Yang Wu's reply, the endless flames surrounding Venerable Fiery instantly erupted, even the universe and starry sky were burned into the most basic particle streams by this raging fire. At this moment, the entire solar system was plunged into the pressure of Venerable Fiery.

All that could be heard was the voice of Venerable Fiery Erosion, filled with boundless rage: "Divine Might King, what did you say? You actually killed Chaluo?"

"Not bad!" Yang Wu nodded slowly.

"Why?!" The Fiery Venerable's anger was already uncontrollable, but he still asked Yang Wu word by word.

After all, he knew Nightmare Candle King's temperament very well. He might have really offended the most amazing genius in the history of the human race. In that case, he really shouldn't make things too difficult for him.

"Hmph!" Yang Wu sneered and said, "That Nightmare Candle King knew that Earth was my home, yet he still wanted to buy all of Earth's ownership. Shouldn't he die?"

"That's it?" Venerable Fire Eclipse was slightly taken aback.

Although Earth is the birthplace of a race, it may be incredibly important to Yang Wu.

But his son was killed simply because he wanted to buy ownership of the Earth, and from someone else at that.

Upon hearing this reason, even though Venerable Fire Eclipse was somewhat prepared, he was still slightly stunned.

Immediately, boundless rage surged into the sky.

"Divine King, you are courting death!" Venerable Fire Erosion roared angrily.

Although he was quite wary of Yang Wu's talent and comprehension, how could he tolerate the fact that his beloved only son had been killed by the other party for such an absurd reason?

boom!

Venerable Fire Eclipse roared and instantly burned all his divine power. Then, wielding a battle blade that emitted faint light, he transformed into a streak of light and rushed towards Yang Wu.

"Hahaha, well done!" Yang Wu laughed loudly, then charged into the spatial turbulence with his Flame Spear in hand.

The solar system is his home, especially with Earth present, so he naturally cannot easily destroy it.

The power he unleashed when killing Nightmare Candle King and others was nothing special, but now, facing the Fire Erosion Venerable, he can no longer continue fighting in the original universe.

"Damn you, Divine King, prepare to die!"

Venerable Fire Erosion roared in response, and then, wielding his battle blade, chased after him into the spatial turbulence.

His roar was filled with endless sorrow and rage. With a single strike of his sword, the relatively stable space around him shattered like glass being crushed by a boulder.

"You think you can take me?" Yang Wu sneered, then burned his own divine power, which flowed continuously into the Flaming Spear in his hand.

Yang Wu has now broken through to the Venerable Realm and created the Ultimate Secret Technique of the Universe Venerable. Even as an Earthling, he possesses the strength of a Universe Overlord. Naturally, he would not fear a high-level Universe Venerable like Venerable Fiery Erosion.

Boundless divine power propelled the Flaming Spear, while simultaneously unleashing the ultimate secret technique of the Cosmic Venerable, "Surprising Beauty." This ultimate secret technique, which Yang Wu had created long ago, was being used in combat for the first time in reality.

"Prepare to die!" Venerable Fire Erosion roared in return.

The blood-red battle blade, radiating a ghostly light, possessed boundless power. Carrying an endless spatial storm, it surged towards Yang Wu as if the sky were collapsing and the earth were splitting apart.

Suddenly, a dazzling crimson spear light flashed past, its speed terrifying, so fast that even the battle blade in the hand of Venerable Corrosive Fire had no time to block it.

"puff!"

The incredibly fast crimson spear light pierced fiercely into Venerable Corrosion's chest.

"Snap!"

Although he withstood Yang Wu's full-force attack, Venerable Fire Erosion gritted his teeth and slashed his battle blade fiercely at Yang Wu.

boom!

boom!

Yang Wu and Venerable Fiery were both sent flying backwards in an instant.

"How is this possible? How could the Divine Might King's attack be so fast and so terrifying?"

Although Venerable Fire Erosion had already guessed that Yang Wu would be difficult to deal with, he still believed that with his strength, he could suppress or even kill Yang Wu.

After all, Yang Wu's most impressive achievement was simply killing the King of the Barking Mirror with all his might. Any mid-level universe Venerable who is skilled in soul defense could probably do that.

However, to his surprise, in the direct confrontation, he not only failed to suppress his opponent, but also suffered considerable damage.

"Even with the protection of this supreme armor, my colossal divine body, spanning over a hundred meters, has still suffered a 7% loss!" Venerable Fiery was filled with shock: "How is this possible? Could he have already become a Universe Venerable?"

"But that's even more impossible!" Venerable Fire Eclipse was utterly puzzled.

After all, it's still acceptable for someone to become a King-level Immortal after thousands of years, but how is it possible to become a Universe Venerable?

Even though Venerable Fire Erosion was an extremely rare genius in the universe, he was still stuck in the Unending Stage for hundreds of thousands of years.

Just as Venerable Fiery was shocked, Yang Wu once again charged towards him with his Flaming Spear.

With the protection of the Eight Treasures Exquisite Armor, the attacks of the Fire Venerable could not cause any damage to Yang Wu. He could recover quickly with his own abilities, so Yang Wu naturally rushed back to attack.

boom!

Soon, Yang Wu and Venerable Fiery Eclipse clashed once again.

(End of this chapter)