Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 194 Confrontation with the Illusory Demon God

"The Great Lord of Light!"

The Mechanical Father God roared, "Your two Universe Lords of the Divine Eye Clan were ostensibly killed by me, but the truth is, they were both betrayed and murdered by this Lord of Time and Space!"

The Fourth God sneered: "What a joke! You don't think I'd believe your made-up nonsense, do you?"

As he spoke, he had already taken action.

A halo of light emanated from the Fourth True One, spreading out like endless waves and instantly covering numerous mechanical puppets.

"The Forbidden Palace of the Five Chaos Lords is now in the hands of the Lord of Time and Space!"

The mechanical god's expression changed, and he immediately exclaimed in surprise.

It wasn't that the Fourth True One defeated his mechanical puppets with a single blow, but rather that the spacetime blockade formed by the mechanical puppets against Hunzhen was weakened under the attack of this aura.

Just as the Machine God had predicted, Hunzhen did not miss the opportunity and instantly escaped.

The Fourth God frowned, but instead of continuing to attack the Mechanical Father God as previously stated, the white halo behind him condensed into a gigantic divine eye, gazing intently at the Mechanical Father God: "Mechanical Father God, you'd better explain yourself!"

Despite being one of the strongest beings in the universe, and even slightly weaker in absolute strength, the Fourth True Lord completely disregarded the Mechanical Race Father God, speaking with an arrogant and domineering tone, displaying an extremely overbearing arrogance.

This is understandable, as apart from the two holy land universes, the Divine Eye Clan can be considered the number one power in the current universe.

The seven Allahs, working together, have a history of killing the strongest beings in the universe.

He certainly didn't mean he directly believed the words of the Machine God.

A cosmic ruler snatching food from the jaws of the strongest being in the universe? And doing so while being hunted down—if this is true, how could there not be something fishy going on?

The mechanical god watched as Hunzhen slipped away once again, and sighed softly in his heart.

However, rather than forcibly breaking through the Fourth God's defenses to pursue him, it is naturally better to win him over and resolve the enmity.

Even though he knew in his heart that the chances of resolving the grudges were slim, after all, the fact that he killed two God-Eye Clan Universe Lords was undeniable.

However, by subtly sowing discord among the Fourth Gods and shifting some of their focus to the Lord of Time and Space, the Fourth Gods may develop doubts about the Lord of Time and Space…

Given the nature of these Divine Eye Clan True Lords, they would naturally rather kill the innocent than let the guilty go free.

"Lord of Light, behold this scene."

With a thought, the Mechanical Father God activated the camera of a distant mechanical puppet, and like a video call, simultaneously displayed the scene of the True Demon God and numerous mechanical puppets blocking the Forbidden Palace tens of millions of kilometers away.

He explained, "The Lord of Time and Space possesses the ability to create clones, and he is currently controlling this Forbidden Hall to try and support his true self. Moreover, I suspect that the reason I accidentally injured him earlier was because he used unknown means to infiltrate the Forbidden Hall early on and used special methods to cause trouble."

"Another unknown method, another special method?"

The Fourth God's gaze grew increasingly dangerous: "Explain to me clearly what methods you've used!"

"This!" The mechanical god was speechless for a moment.

"So you're saying you can't say anything coherent at all! Father God of the Machine Race, do you think I'm a fool!?"

The Fourth True One, filled with rage at being tricked, roared in a low voice, "Whether the image you just displayed was real or fake, whether the Forbidden Hall is in your hands or in the hands of the Lord of Time and Space, I will take it all back! Now, let's first discuss your mistake of tricking me!"

A great battle between true gods then broke out.

After the Machine Race Father God was held back by the Fourth True Lord, Hunzhen was finally able to head towards the location of his incarnation and attempt to reunite with him.

To operate the Forbidden Palace, a supreme treasure palace, normally, and to teleport, as well as to deal with attacks from the True God level, the avatar within the Forbidden Palace must naturally be an avatar of origin.

This also means that Hunzhen is unable to use the Demon Return to One technique, and his combat power is weakened accordingly.

But if the real person arrives, then things will be very different.

"Um?"

The illusory demon god noticed that the true form of the primordial being was riding the dilapidated supreme treasure palace and frowned slightly: "Was that battle fluctuation at the True God level just now... the backer of the Lord of Time and Space finally arrived? And she successfully escaped?"

Upon thinking of this, the illusory demon god immediately revealed a dangerous look.

At this time, the Lord of Space and Time would avoid the Mechanical Race Father God like the plague, but with him, he actively approached him.

Who do you think you are?!

"It seems she doesn't recognize the name of me, the Illusory True Demon God? Does she think that powerful attack before was my true level?"

"Hmph! I am the mighty Void True Demon God, a powerhouse even some eighth-tier beings must revere! You junior, I will show you the terrible consequences of underestimating your seniors!"

The illusory demon god had a different thought in his mind.

He was not unfamiliar with the name of the Lord of Time and Space. The fact that the Mechanical Father God went to such great lengths to control his soul was not simply out of personal grudges!

Now that the other party has personally delivered it to his door, how could he refuse it?

"Judging from this little girl's previous performance, she is not far from breaking through to the True God realm (the Omniscient Vision made others misunderstand that she was at the Hunzhen realm, but in reality she is still quite far from it)."

"If I were to control its soul now, it wouldn't be long before I had another soul slave at the strongest level!"

The illusory demon god licked his lips, his mind racing.

Compared to a servant of the strongest being in the universe, those top-tier treasures and rare artifacts can all take a backseat!

With a thought, the illusory demon god manipulated most of the mechanical puppets, almost abandoning its obstruction of the Forbidden Hall and turning its attention to besieging the true form of Hunzhen.

Hundreds of mechanical puppets quickly sealed off the surrounding spacetime, greatly slowing down the movement of the supreme treasure palace.

"Make your move!"

The illusory demon god's eyes flashed, and a tiny black needle flew out of his hand. It was a one-time use treasure, a trump card specifically designed to break through the defenses of supreme treasures.

He acquired only ten of these black needles back then, and now, including the one he just sold, he only has four left.

Basically, he only has a chance to use his skills when he encounters enemies whose soul defense capabilities are neither high nor low.

If the soul defense is low, he can directly kill or control the soul.

His soul defense was too high, so the black needle couldn't harm his divine body. His physical attacks were ineffective, and even if he used this magical treasure to break through the defense, he would most likely still be no match for the opponent.

Only those opponents whose soul defense is neither high nor low, and who can be affected by his soul penetration through illusion or secret techniques, can be eliminated by first confusing their souls and creating a brief opening, then breaking their defenses with black needles, and finally using physical attacks!

If it were an ordinary, intact, top-tier treasure palace, the black needle's penetrating power would only damage a small area.

However, the palace treasure that Hunzhen was riding on was already in a precarious state, just like a hollow glass ball with cracks. With just a little force, it would be completely shattered!

However, as if anticipating the effect of the black needle, Hunzhen suddenly flew out from the palace's treasures.

puff.

The high-speed black needle grazed through Hunzhen's unsuspecting flesh and blood, and was caught in his palm.

Immediately afterwards, Hunzhen, completely unaware of the imminent threat, shrank and retrieved the palace treasure that was on the verge of collapse.

Witnessing this scene, the illusory demon god's gaze narrowed slightly.

When faced with him, even the most precious palace treasures were put away.

This kid's arrogance was beyond his imagination.

The True Demon God didn't expect that Hunzhen knew about his trump card and reacted in advance. Instead, he thought that Hunzhen cherished his palace treasure that was about to be destroyed and believed that there was no need to rely on the palace treasure to withstand his attack, so he put it away.

Although being looked down upon was infuriating, this change suited him perfectly.

Without the palace's treasures, both illusions and soul magic can still take effect!

"Drown in your arrogant dreams!"

A thick, black fog blanketed the surrounding area.

The illusory demon god wove a terrifying dream for Hunzhen, in which Hunzhen would be tormented on a soul level, pursued for millions of years, until his soul power was exhausted and he became his slave.

"it's over."

The illusory demon god confirmed that his divine power had made contact and that the illusion had been successfully cast.

However, being the master of the universe, the phrase "a dream spanning tens of millions of years" only applies to weaker beings. For a powerful master of the universe, it would probably take a little longer to complete this journey of tens of millions of years.

Whoosh.

But Hunzhen, who should have remained motionless like a puppet, suddenly drew his sword.

The illusory demon god, lacking the perspective of the spacetime layer, could not see the crisscrossing sword energy, only a light, fleeting swipe of the sword blade.

Spacetime fluctuated violently, followed by a strike that seemed to come from another dimension, like an angel's feather falling, as if the turbulent spacetime had formed a completely opposite opposite, gracefully falling into the mortal world.

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It landed on a mechanical puppet.

The powerful energy surged, causing the surrounding mechanical puppets to tremble as if they had been caught in a hurricane.

Crack, crack, crack...

The sound of cracking permeated the air.

The Time-Shattering Demon Blade shattered along with the mechanical puppet that was caught off guard by the attack.

"A seventh-tier, top-tier attack..."

The pupils of the illusory demon god contracted.

He suddenly turned his head and looked at Hunzhen, who had already re-formed a brand-new Time-Sorrow Demon Blade in his hand, and his expression changed drastically.

It's not just that the opponent is at the seventh level of combat power; they can ignore my illusions and remain completely unaffected. Their willpower has most likely reached the level of the strongest.

Unexpectedly, Hunzhen possessed such an ability. In just a moment of relaxation, he focused most of his energy on casting illusions and slightly neglected to control the mechanical puppets, failing to make them fully coordinated. This gave the opponent an opening, and he shattered one of the puppets with a single blow.

"Is this all you're relying on?"

The illusory demon god's expression turned ugly: "You don't actually think that possessing the will of the strongest can ignore my illusions, and that having a seventh-tier combat technique makes you an equal to me, do you, junior?!"

Countless black soul chains shot out from his body, and he himself teleported closer to Hunzhen.

Hunzhen looked at the furious Xuzhen Demon God with a calm expression.

His ability to completely ignore the illusions of the True and False Demon God was not due to his will at the level of the strongest.

In the future seen by the Omniscient Vision, the Sims repeatedly fell under the control of the other party and became soul slaves, yet he never felt that the other party's illusion magic was inferior.

However... facing the Omniscient Vision's ability to see through everything, unless illusions reach the level of turning the illusory into the real, they probably cannot have any effect on him.

Meeting those calm, silver-gray eyes, the illusory demon god felt a sudden chill run through his heart.

However, he still used the Soul Chains to attack Hunzhen.

This is one of the most powerful soul techniques of the illusory demon god.

The illusory demon god was certainly aware that his illusions were difficult to be directly effective at the strongest level.

However, the reason why he could make even the strongest people who were not good at the soul tremble with fear was that he had the means to make illusions work.

That is the soul chain.

It can transform into the sharpest spear of the soul, unleashing the most ferocious soul-annihilating techniques.

However, the illusory demon god only uses this method against those who are invincible. By consuming each other's soul power, he wears down the opponent's strength, and then escapes with a small illusion that causes the opponent to make a brief misjudgment.

Its true purpose is to connect one's own soul with that of the other, to use one's own heart to influence the other's heart and thus penetrate the soul. This is the soul illusion technique that truly makes people tremble with fear!

It's not only used on the opponent, but also on oneself, causing both to enter the illusion, thus doubling the power and effectiveness of the illusion! In terms of willpower alone, only those who have reached the level of a Void True God can be completely immune!

This deadly move can only be unleashed when he is completely focused, which is equivalent to completely giving up control over the mechanical puppets.

"Come with me into the endless cycle of reincarnation! Lord of Time and Space!!!"

The illusory demon god roared in his heart.

But suddenly, a buzzing sound, like the flapping of mosquito wings, rang out in the illusion.

So annoying, so annoying!

"stone……"

Can you please stop arguing?

I'll kill you!

"Stone……"

Who the hell are you?!

As the illusory demon god reacted with agitation, the noise finally became clear.

"Stone, you deliberately tricked my mechanical puppet, didn't you!?" It was the voice of the mechanical race's father god.

"Hmm? Mechanical?"

The illusory demon god groggily realized what was happening, and suddenly, his back was soaked with cold sweat.

"My soul illusion has backfired!??"

As he realized this, a pair of overwhelming silver-grey eyes filled this illusory world.

Like a merciless god observing ants, there was not a trace of emotion in those silver-gray eyes.

The figure of the illusory demon god was reflected in it, but he felt that in the other party's eyes, he was no different from every blade of grass and tree in this illusory world.

An indescribable fear filled the mind of the illusory demon god.

"puff!"

Spitting out a mouthful of blood, the illusory demon god finally awoke from the illusion.

He opened his eyes tremblingly, and what he saw was Hunzhen repeatedly slaughtering the mechanical puppets that were not under his control.

"Stone, you idiot!!! Are you still standing there watching my mechanical puppets get completely destroyed by the Lord of Time and Space?! Aaaaaah!!!"

With the will and consciousness of the strongest being in the universe, the False Demon God immediately calculated the number and discovered that during the time he was being devoured by the illusion, more than a hundred of the original thousand mechanical puppets had perished.

Every time Hunzhen reaches the seventh rank of the Blade Slash, it inevitably causes the Time-Sorrow Demon Blade to be destroyed, which means that his "attack recovery time" is much longer than that of a normal seventh-rank powerhouse.

It is clear that quite some time has passed.

As the number of mechanical puppets falls below one thousand, they will no longer be able to achieve seventh-tier combat power. If the losses continue, the friendship that still exists between the mechanical race's father god and his illusory demon god will probably be shattered.

However, watching Hunzhen repeatedly destroy the mechanical puppets, the Void Demon God's lips trembled, and he hesitated to step forward.

(End of this chapter)