Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 124 True Body Possession, Dual Gods Devour

Whether it's the Silver Demon King, who is proficient in space, or the Black Demon King, who is proficient in time, both possess speeds unmatched by other beings of the same level.

The former relies on its ultimate control over space to teleport continuously within this vast void, while the latter relies on its profound understanding of time to jump through time and thus accelerate.

The two raced each other, constantly increasing their altitude, and engaged in fierce combat.

Even with the ability of teleportation and time jump to reach a speed faster than a top-tier feather ship, it would take more than two or three days to travel from the sixteenth level of the abyss to the fifteenth level.

Moreover, the Dark Lord was well aware that the Silver Demon King's clan's support far exceeded his own, and he could not easily allow the Silver Demon King to escape into the Abyss and rely on his clan's army to restrain him while he recovered.

Hunzhen was secretly taken into a special silver space by the Silver Ghost King, where he witnessed the fierce battle between the two sides for five years.

The Dark Lord ultimately did not allow the Silver Demon King to escape into the deepest part of the abyss, where the power of life was strongest. Instead, he ascended to the first layer of the abyss, which was devoid of any abyssal power.

At this level, even if all the Abyss royal families formed an army, without the support of immense Abyss power, they could not pose the slightest threat to the two kings.

These two kings, revered like gods, were indeed powerful.

After countless years of accumulation, his understanding of the laws has reached the level of a Universe Venerable. Although he cannot break through to the Realm Lord level, his strength is comparable to that of a Marquis Immortal. Relying on his racial talent and enormous divine body, even some slightly weaker King Immortals cannot kill him.

Even after years of fierce fighting with all our might, we have only lost a very small amount of energy, probably at most 20%.

Perhaps because the Dark Lord had the upper hand, the Silver Demon King consumed slightly more energy, but still about 20-30% more than his opponent.

The main concern is the injuries on his body.

If the Dark Lord's physical damage was only around 5%, then the Silver Demon King, who initially suffered a setback, is now probably injured by about 15%.

As the battle drags on, once the Silver Demon King's injuries and energy depletion reach a certain limit, his recovery ability will decline significantly, which is almost equivalent to his defeat.

And this... is the same ending that Hunzhen saw in the simulation records five years ago.

In the tenth year, the Silver Demon King's injuries and energy depletion were both more than half complete. The Dark Demon King no longer held back and unleashed his full power to launch a deadly attack on the Silver Demon King.

Since simulated humans do not possess the ability to fully recover, they would naturally not choose to possess another body in such a high-risk environment.

[The Silver Demon King has been severely injured and is beyond saving; there is no possibility of a counterattack.]

Just as the Dark Lord was about to devour the Silver Demon King, the Silver Demon King activated some of his pre-accumulated energy and chose to self-destruct, using spatial powers to send you away before engulfing you.

You witnessed the fall of the Silver Demon King.

"Is he really dead?"

"He...the Silver Demon King really has no other motives? He really just admires me and agreed to my request to start a war???"

On that day, when Hunzhen first saw this result, he naturally found it hard to believe.

All the scheming and plotting turned out to be for nothing; the other party had only good intentions.

"No, impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Hunzhen will never forget the day when the Silver Ghost King ruthlessly wiped out the life of a royal bloodline.

Such a ruthless king would willingly give his life for a foreign race he favored, and even in his last moments before death, he would expend his power to send them off the battlefield.

Rather than being touching, it was more like eeriness.

Having spent day and night together, it's impossible that Hunzhen and Yin Guiwang had no communication at all.

They even had a very pleasant conversation, showing a tendency to develop into close friends.

Despite being of a higher status than a god, he was so "respectful and humble," even forgiving Hunzhen's mistakes that caused him injury. To say that Hunzhen was not moved at all would be a lie.

Regardless of the other party's intentions.

But he never showed any malice until his death, and did everything according to your whims. Such treatment cannot be described as "treating you well".

Judge by intentions, not by actions; there are no saints when judging by intentions.

The fact that the Silver Demon King didn't treat Hunzhen badly is hard to say, and it's possible that the Simulated Human didn't ultimately attempt to possess someone else's body because of this.

"No. Perhaps the Silver Demon King had a backup plan and only faked his death to escape. The two kings have been fighting fiercely in the shallow layer for so many years, and the deep layer has basically been controlled by the Silver Demon Clan. If the Silver Demon King is alive, he has a good chance of making a comeback."

Hunzhen, however, relied on simulation recordings to detach himself and conduct a detached analysis.

However, by now, he has glimpsed from the simulation records that after the Silver Demon King's death, the Silver Demon Clan was completely overthrown, and the entire Abyss World was rapidly moving towards unification under the control of the Dark Lord.

Occupying the crucial Seventeenth Layer of the Abyss, which boasts two great temples, countless royal guards, and the morale and peak martial prowess boosted by the Black Demon King's victory, the Black Demon Clan, under the Black Demon King's leadership, completed their counterattack in just five years.

Everything seemed to indicate that this was the truth.

And so the time for a decision came.

"The Silver Demon King has done nothing to wrong me; on the contrary, he has shown me complete trust and unbiased support."

"If I were to possess him, wouldn't I be breaking my promise?"

Hunzhen kept questioning himself internally, and finally made a decision.

"But I still want to possess someone."

Hunzhen's gaze was cold and sharp.

Hunzhen did not intend to defend himself with statements such as "those who are not of our kind must have different hearts" or to raise the banner of justice for himself.

Perhaps there is some prejudice against the Abyss royal family, but that is not the main reason.

After all, there was Milirat, whom he truly regarded as a friend, among the Abyss royal family, so the Silver Demon King could very well be a good person as well.

Although considering the history of the Silver Demon Clan and the Silver Demon King's indifference towards all beings except himself, the Silver Demon King could not possibly be a so-called "good person".

But he was undoubtedly a "good person" to Hunzhen.

To act in this way when the Silver Demon King has done nothing wrong to him is undoubtedly an act of betrayal.

But with such enormous profits right in front of him, and having already invested so much time, he... couldn't bear to part with it.

He was unwilling to give up a design that had been in place for hundreds of years, and everything was on the most perfect and smooth course. He could have succeeded, but he had to give it up.

"A simulator might be sentimental, but I am genuine and I am not."

"I'm sorry, Lord Silver God, please be my stepping stone on the road to the peak."

Since the plan was correct, he would continue to execute it as before.

Five years remain before the Silver Demon King falls into a state of absolute weakness and serious injury.

The two kings stood on the first level of the abyss, and for the first time, they stopped fighting and began to talk.

"Yinluo, it's been years!"

The voice that came from the Dark Lord's mouth was hoarse yet magnetic, like that of a cool, middle-aged man.

"Who would remember something like that after so long?"

The Silver Demon King, who responded to him, spoke in a lazy, indifferent tone, revealing himself to be a dashing playboy over fifty who still frequented nightclubs and discos.

The Silver Demon King spoke in a flippant voice, even manipulating space to compress the earth and temporarily create a giant chair before sitting down, saying, "Hey, Black Luo, stop looking so gloomy all the time. Your days of disappearing for billions of epochs are about to end. The defeat of the Black Demon Clan is inevitable. How about you offer me your life core so I can achieve my final evolution?"

"If you want it, you have to come and get it yourself. Hasn't it always been this way for countless years?"

The Dark Lord snorted coldly and said, "However... looking at your injuries, it only makes you seem like you're spouting nonsense."

"I knew you'd say that."

Silver Demon King responded with a cold snort, then leaned back lazily in his chair, causing the ground to shake violently.

As the spatial forces surged violently, armor that was countless times more exquisite than naturally formed outer armor and engraved with extremely complex silver runes covered his torso, limbs, fists, feet, and face.

This is the "Silver Armor," which condenses extremely profound spatial fundamental laws, in contrast to the Black Demon King's black demonic blade that cleaves through time.

The Dark Lord frowned slightly: "How many times have we fought actually?"

From the cracks in time, a black demonic blade, existing between illusion and reality, suddenly appeared and was firmly grasped by the Dark Lord.

"It's really hard to say."

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The Silver Demon King stood up, shook his head, and spread his hands: "In my distant memories, we were always fighting. But now—"

"It's time to put an end to this, Black Luo! Let's finish this once and for all!"

boom!

Fists and swords clashed.

Spacetime distortion.

Countless cities on the first level of the abyss were affected, turning into fragments of spacetime that dissipated with the shockwaves.

The enormous size brings with it virtually limitless energy.

Even after months of all-out confrontation, neither side's aura had diminished much.

Even the shallow, deep abyss-like land seemed unable to withstand such an impact, and finally shattered and exploded.

Having spotted this opening early on, the Silver Demon King slipped into the still-unrepaired giant rift and dived downwards.

Previously, the two fought their way down from the sixteenth level of the abyss to the first level. Now, they continue their fight downwards, disregarding the damage to the purgatory abyss that gave birth to them, and have been fighting with all their might for several years, eventually reaching the ninth level of the abyss from the first level.

"This really is... a place I miss." The Dark Lord sighed.

What appeared before the two was a huge wall, which was the location of the core city of the Black Demon Clan.

"Do you become more nostalgic as you get older? Looking at this wall made of your old skin and bacon, you can't help but feel sentimental. You're really getting more and more backward as you get older, Blackie!"

Silver Demon King, whose condition was far worse than that of the Dark Demon King, uttered a mocking remark.

Do you miss it?

The Dark Lord looked at the Silver Demon King meaningfully: "I once thought you had changed, but it seems... it's just the magic of time."

After just one sigh, the two clashed again.

However, even Hunzhen could see that the silver armor on the Silver Demon King's body had cracked and seemed unable to be maintained for long.

But the Dark Lord's black blade remained as sharp as ever, showing no signs of weakening.

Despite wearing armor with stronger protection, the Silver Demon King's injuries were significantly more severe than his opponent's.

At this very moment, Hunzhen glimpsed the "day of the end" from the simulation records.

Silver Demon King may seem to be able to hold on for a long time, but in reality, once Silver Armor truly shatters, it will be the end of his life.

Hunzhen naturally couldn't wait for the Silver Ghost King to self-destruct. After his soul was annihilated by the self-destruction, he would naturally be unable to possess another body.

Originally, performing the body-snatching technique required Hunzhen to unleash a powerful soul attack to tear open a gap in the Silver Ghost King's sea of ​​consciousness, allowing his own soul to enter it.

However, at this moment, the Silver Demon King was too weak to organize a soul defense. With a thought, his soul left his body and, like a moth drawn to a flame, entered the Silver Demon King's sea of ​​consciousness.

"—!"

The Silver Demon King, who was about to utter harsh words to the Black Demon King, suddenly shuddered.

With the Black Demon King's strength, he naturally had long since noticed Hunzhen's existence, but such an ant was not even worthy of his mention before.

But at this moment, it didn't stop him from using this opportunity to mock the Silver Demon King: "I never expected, Silver Luo, that after protecting this ant for so long, you'd end up being bitten back. As the only being in this abyss equal to you... I'll send him on his way for you!"

Suddenly, the Black Demon King's body shone brightly with black light, and black shadows seemed to seep out from his body as if covering the sky, sweeping straight towards the Silver Demon King who was standing there dumbfounded.

Devour!

These two royal families possess innate secret techniques that are in opposition to each other. How could the two kings, who are the progenitors and archetypes of the royal families, not know them?

However, they both knew very well that neither of them would let the other succeed.

Even if one side uses a devouring technique, the other side will self-destruct before the other can devour it, leaving no trace of life essence for the other to evolve.

However, Hunzhen's possession forced the Silver Demon King to concentrate his soul power to resist, which gave the Black Demon King a golden opportunity to use his Devouring Secret Technique.

Once the devouring is successful, even if the Silver Demon King wants to self-destruct, it will be to no avail!

As for the soul of a tiny ant, it is naturally annihilated with a mere flick of the wrist.

However, Hunzhen within the sea of ​​consciousness had no such worries whatsoever.

Between the clash and depletion of soul power with the Silver Demon King, Hunzhen had already determined that the speed at which he was possessing the Silver Demon King was eroding its soul power far exceeded the Silver Demon King's current recovery speed.

In a maximum of six months, he will be able to completely possess the body.

At that time, with his ability to instantly return to his original state every day, he will be able to devour the Dark Lord instead.

Similarly... by then, the Dark Lord was already unable to extricate himself.

"it's over."

He looked at the soul of the Silver Ghost King in his sea of ​​consciousness, his tone complex.

"Yes, it's over. Finally... it's over."

However, the person being possessed, the Silver Demon King, showed no despair or anger at being betrayed.

He smiled as he looked at Hunzhen, commenting as if he were an outsider detached from the matter: "I've considered all sorts of possibilities, but I never imagined you would have such a purpose. Even if you are exceptionally talented, capable of possessing a deity... if the facts weren't right before our eyes, anyone would probably think this is a fantasy."

Hunzhen did not refute, but replied, "This is the consequence of your unwarranted trust in an ambitious person. Thank you for your trust during this time, and then... I'm sorry, Lord Silver God, you will disappear from this world completely."

"Sorry? Why should I apologize?"

The Silver Demon King's lips curled slightly, his expression a half-smile: "If you hadn't attempted to possess him, how could that paranoid Black Luo have willingly devoured him?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Silver Demon King's sea of ​​consciousness began to tremble violently.

Hunzhen realized that a variable had occurred in reality that had never happened in the simulation records, and his eyes widened suddenly.

The next moment, a surge of powerful energy flowed into his sea of ​​consciousness, and also into the Silver Ghost King and his physical body. The Silver Ghost King, who had been on the verge of exhaustion, suddenly recovered completely.

(End of this chapter)