Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 169 The Disappearance of Him, Contact with the Mountain-Sitting Guest

Within the battlefield of the Void Passage, many people are constantly watching Hunzhen.

When Hunzhen charged toward Luo Feng and killed Nan Cheng, everyone witnessed the scene.

"Even at this time, they are concerned about the situation of their compatriots and younger generations, and are offering help immediately!"

"He really... I'm crying my eyes out!"

Many of humanity's fellow human beings were moved and impressed by the King of Death.

Although there were rumors that the Death Wheel King was too violent and bloodthirsty, many people abandoned their prejudices at this moment and believed that those rumors were mostly biased.

"How could a man like this be heartless and cold-blooded?! He's clearly a man of both iron will and tender heart!"

When Hunzhen and Luo Feng disappeared together, many people breathed a sigh of relief.

"Death Wheel King has finally left safely."

No one expected that the King of Death would perish.

It's just a mere void turbulence. Even though the Death Wheel King is seriously injured, it's absolutely impossible for him to be unable to withstand it.

Even if the King of Death never appeared again after that, it's easy to understand and won't cause any further speculation.

Having just killed so many alien races, including many top geniuses, causing such a great upheaval, they naturally went into hiding to develop their strength in peace.

There's nothing wrong with it.

Therefore, no one noticed that Hunzhen and Luo Feng did not leave the void passage and enter other safe restricted areas, but instead went upwards to the core area of ​​the Star Tower.

……

Inside the magnificent palace surrounded by countless sealed stars, the cosmic lord Puti, with the body of a snake and the upper body of a human, looked down at the two people in front of him and sighed softly.

Puti, who had arrived in his true form shortly after Luo Feng entered the Star Tower, had been paying close attention to Luo Feng and naturally hadn't missed witnessing the previous battle.

He recognized the Death Wheel King before him as the one who had been the most glorious in that battle.

But he never expected that the King of Death would just happen to wander into this place.

It was such a coincidence that it seemed as if the other party had anticipated his movements and was deliberately being swept along by his power.

He could certainly remove the Death Wheel King immediately.

But that's not the key issue.

Given the power of the Death Wheel King, it was impossible for him not to notice the abnormality of this power.

With Daohe Wang reappearing in the outside world in the future, it's hard not to make additional connections.

If, even just by chance, the Death Wheel King reports this anomaly, Luo Feng and even the entire Earth lineage might be linked to the Star Tower, affecting the plans of the Mountain-Sitting Guest Master.

This is exactly what Puti desperately wants to see.

It would be better to meet this person in person and make him mistakenly believe that he is the one with a greater connection to the Star Tower.

Or it could be a manipulation of the soul, influencing or erasing the other person's memories, and so on.

Puti had many contingency plans, but after seeing Hunzhen with his own eyes, he discovered something even more astonishing than he had expected.

This Death Wheel King... was actually just an energy avatar.

The situation had gotten so far that it was beyond his control, and he had to report it.

……

Luo Feng was deeply shaken.

He sensed an aura from Puti that was no less powerful than that of the Lord of Chaos City, and judged that this mysterious snake-man elder who had brought them here was a great being that they absolutely could not resist.

Although he was filled with doubt and uncertainty, Luo Feng calmed himself down, realizing that he had no way to resist, and waited for Puti to give him his orders.

His gaze swept over Hunzhen almost imperceptibly.

"That power was originally only aimed at me. Senior Death Wheel King was dragged into it while trying to save me. If there is any danger, we should try our best to remove him."

"Of course... such an idea is probably just wishful thinking."

"If even Senior Death Wheel King cannot protect himself here, then it would be absurd for me to say that I want to do anything."

Luo Feng naturally admired the Death Wheel King, who single-handedly fought against hundreds of thousands of alien kings, but also felt a pang of guilt.

Previously, taking advantage of the chaos, Nan Cheng broke out of the Zerg warrior's world ring and desperately tried to control his soul.

In reality, because his will was extremely strong, he originally intended to feign weakness to lure the enemy in, causing Nan Cheng to suffer a backlash from his soul and thus achieve a counterattack.

However, this led to the Death Wheel King being drawn into the conflict in his attempt to rescue him, and he fell under the control of this mysterious old man whose allegiance was unclear. Luo Feng naturally felt guilty.

Even though the snake-human powerhouse in front of him had not shown any hostility so far, and was even a fellow human, Luo Feng dared not easily judge whether the other party had any ill intentions, given that the other party was in this secluded place.

Unlike the shocked Luo Feng, Hunzhen, who had anticipated this or rather, had "intruded" into the place, remained calm.

His purpose was simple and straightforward: to make contact with the Mountain Hermit in advance so that he could have him help him refine weapons in the future.

He never forgot that the discolored core in his hand was just a raw material.

The finest materials should naturally be crafted by the finest artificers to avoid disgracing them.

As for the top weapon refiner of the three reincarnation eras, there is no doubt that it can only be Zuo Shan Ke, the reincarnation of the God King of Jin!

As for getting the Mountain-Sitting Guest to help with weapon forging, even just getting a word in is difficult. Even with Luo Feng as a bridge, it's estimated that he'll have to wait until Luo Feng breaks through to the level of a Universe Lord and possesses the strength of a True God before he can truly speak to the Mountain-Sitting Guest.

Before this, given Zuo Shan Ke's personality, he probably only cared about nurturing Luo Feng. As for Luo Feng's clan and friends, they were all worthless others to Zuo Shan Ke.

At least until Luo Feng's strength is on par with his own, then the Mountain Hermit will truly take him seriously and treat him as an equal in dialogue.

Hunzhen, however, could not wait that long.

Luo Feng estimated that it would take 100,000 years of primordial universe time for him to break through to the level of universe master. Once he broke through, he displayed top-tier sixth-order combat power in the great war of myriad races in the primordial universe. This was already an extremely terrifying growth rate. However, it would be several million years before he truly revealed his true god strength.

One step ahead leads to another, not to mention whether Luo Feng can catch up with Hunzhen.

In 100,000 years, Hunzhen is confident that he can break through to the level of the Lord of the Universe within 10,000 years. If he is caught up again, it will be a matter of the True God's combat power.

There's no need to wait millions of years. The best time to contact the Mountain Guest in advance and get him to agree to help with the weapon forging is now, the moment when Luo Feng recognizes the Star Tower as his master!

He is currently only at the Immortal level, and at most he can only briefly unleash the power of a top-tier cosmic overlord.

Facing the strongest being in the universe does indeed carry considerable risk.

First, Hunzhen appeared here only as an energy avatar possessing one-tenth of the power.

The connection between the clone and the original is the closest, followed by the incarnation.

The difficulty of truly killing the original body through the soul connection of the clone is one level higher than directly launching a soul attack on the original body. The difficulty of killing it through a complete primordial avatar with all its power is another level higher, and the difficulty of killing it through an avatar with only one-tenth of its power is yet another level higher.

With Hunzhen's current level, soul, and divine body, even a universe master skilled in soul attacks or some top universe overlords could easily kill his true form instantly.

However, to truly kill him through the primordial avatar, one would need to be at least a fourth-tier universe lord who has created the strongest soul attack technique among universe lords and whose treasures and divine power are also at the top level.

To kill his true self through this avatar soul with only one-tenth of its power on the extraterrestrial battlefield, one would need to be a sixth-order universe lord.

The Mountain-Sitting Guest was certainly capable of unleashing an attack at the level of a sixth-order universe master.

But Hunzhen is not a wooden stake. With future vision and simulation records, as long as it is not an instant kill, he can withstand it by drawing upon the future and severing the connection between the avatar and the main body.

At this time, Luo Feng had not yet passed the inheritance; he was merely a candidate.

The status of the person sitting on the mountain in the hearts of the people is naturally different from that of the true inheritor.

A cycle of reincarnation spans over ten trillion epochs (to clarify, the timeline described in the previous abyss was incorrect; trillions of epochs would amount to tens of thousands of reincarnation eras), and only half of that time has passed so far. The time since the creation of Earth is even shorter.

The mountain dweller didn't think that only the third candidate could pass the inheritance; statistically speaking, it was still a long way off.

Therefore, Luo Feng as it is now is not something that the mountain dwellers should be nervous about.

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The Mountain Hermit wouldn't be so idle as to use deadly methods against a human genius just to keep Luo Feng's secret.

The Primal Universe is watching him closely. If he were to clash violently with the Hong Alliance because of this, it would cause a lot of trouble for Zuo Shan Ke, and could even directly lead to the failure of his plans.

Of course, most importantly, Hunzhen had confirmed that there was absolutely no danger of death on this trip.

Puti looked at the two people in front of him, but as is his personality, he didn't say a word at this moment, just to avoid revealing any unnecessary information.

We are just waiting for the guest to arrive so that he can make a decision.

An invisible aura suddenly enveloped the main hall.

Puti suddenly turned to the side and bowed respectfully: "Teacher."

Upon seeing the suddenly appearing giant figure, Luo Feng's eyes widened, and Hun Zhen's face also showed a look of shock.

The figure, dressed in seemingly ordinary blue armor, stood nine hundred meters tall with transparent horns on his forehead, and was looking down at the two of them.

The aura emanating from the other party was incredibly powerful, yet it felt completely oppressive, like a human basking in the sun's radiance. Its vastness and level far surpassed the life forms known to the two, as if they were paying homage to a deity.

Even though he was prepared, Hunzhen was still deeply shaken after personally experiencing the harmonious and natural aura of the strongest being.

He was no longer the naive child he was during the Genius Battle, but a man who had read the Ten Laws and could truly call himself a learned and versatile person.

The more this is the case, the more clearly one can understand the strength of the other party.

The shock to Luo Feng was undoubtedly much stronger.

"The fundamental laws of the universe... I can no longer sense the fundamental laws of the universe?"

"How is that possible!?"

"Is this the power of the legendary strongest being in the universe? This is too, too..."

Luo Feng didn't know how to describe the shock he felt.

He only knew that the being before him was beyond his comprehension. The mere aura it exuded made him realize that the other party had surpassed the snake-man powerhouse before him and even his teacher, the Lord of Chaos City.

Not to mention that incredible ability that even the laws of the universe would retreat from.

The mountain dweller's gaze swept over Luo Feng and finally settled on Hunzhen.

"Death Wheel King?"

"When did humanity produce such a genius?"

The mountain dweller looked at Hunzhen with a smile and pondered, but it didn't seem like he was seeking an answer; he was just muttering to himself.

"Teacher, this Death Wheel King is a new face in the Hong Alliance who has been active in the Star Tower for nearly a hundred years. Although he is an immortal, he has the combat power of a cosmic venerable and has killed nearly a hundred invincible kings."

As Puti explained, he waved his hand, revealing images of Hunzhen's past battles.

With the soul consciousness of the Mountain-Sitting Guest, the video, which could be played at a million times the speed, could be watched instantly with just a thought.

He looked at Hunzhen, feeling increasingly astonished. The scene from earlier flashed through his mind, and he muttered to himself, "The Traceless Pearl? Hmph, to be able to obtain this supreme treasure created by the Primordial Ancestor... Let me see... So, you are Hunzhen, the new disciple recently accepted by the Chaos City Lord?"

With the insight of the Mountain-Sitting Guest, he immediately saw through the fact that the Yin-Yang Five Elements Time-Space Wheel used by Hunzhen was transformed from the Traceless Pearl. After the flow and deduction of time and space, he used other information channels to obtain most of Hunzhen's information in an instant.

"The Death Wheel King and the String Sword King have certainly made quite a name for themselves."

"You've cultivated for less than ten thousand years and recently broken through to immortality, yet you're already able to possess Venerable-level combat power through an energy avatar. Your talent is probably comparable to that of the Primordial Ancestor, no, you're even better."

As the mountain dweller finished his analysis, a look of amazement appeared in his eyes.

How high was the vision of the Mountain Guest who was once the God King? In his eyes, the laws advocated by the Ancestral God Sect, which manifested as the innate Beast God, were nothing special.

In his eyes, only the original ancestor was somewhat worthy of his attention in this era of reincarnation.

A genius of the level of the Primordial Ancestor might only appear once in a hundred reincarnation eras.

But the quality displayed by the Hunzhen before us has already surpassed it.

In the same era of reincarnation, and even within the same race, two such unparalleled geniuses emerged. Even the Mountain Hermit secretly marveled at the fortunes of humanity.

"That stupid ancestor brought this upon himself, but then Hunzhen appeared. Tsk tsk, it seems that the human race will most likely be the rulers of this cycle of reincarnation," the Mountain-Sitting Guest thought to himself.

As the man sitting on the mountain recounted his story, he revealed that Hunzhen had completely stripped naked.

Despite having his information exposed, Hunzhen remained calm, while Luo Feng stared blankly at Hunzhen as if he had seen a ghost.

"Death Wheel King, String Sword King, you...you are Hunzhen!?" Luo Feng was somewhat incoherent.

He then recalled what the strongest alien in front of him had said: the Death Wheel King, who could crush a group of alien kings, was just an incarnation of Hunzhen.

Just how strong is this guy now?!

Hunzhen feigned ignorance and looked at Luo Feng with suspicion: "King of the Blade River, why are you acting like this? That's right, although I don't know how this senior saw through my identity, King of the String Sword is indeed an identity I used before. Please keep it a secret for me."

"Keep it a secret? Heh."

The Mountain-Sitting Guest suddenly interrupted their conversation, saying with a half-smile, "Young Hunzhen, you're surprisingly carefree. Do you think you're safe just because you're here in disguise?"

"No."

Hunzhen smiled calmly and shook his head, saying, "Since there is no actual conflict of interest between us, senior has no reason to risk offending my Hong Alliance by attacking me."

"Oh?" The Mountain Dweller raised an eyebrow, his tone dangerous. "But don't you think that by stumbling upon this place, you've stumbled upon a huge secret? I might avoid the possibility of you being resurrected through time reversal by killing you to silence you, or I might directly turn you into my soul slave... Don't you think that's more likely to happen?"

(End of this chapter)