Swallowing the Stars: I'll Destroy the Universe with My Talent Attributes

Yan Shan had already stood up, a giant shield appearing out of thin air in his hand. Qing He silently put away the potion bottle; Shadow Gun had returned at some point, and three energy pistols slid into her palm.

Qin Yuan remained seated, his mental energy already scanning the area outside the door.

The five newcomers were all demons. The leader was a wolf-headed man nearly three meters tall, covered in blood-red fur, who made no attempt to conceal his ninth-level domain lord aura.

He was followed by four mid-level domain lords, one of whom had energy fluctuations that were seven-tenths similar to Yan Feng's, clearly indicating that they were of the same race.

"The Blood Wolf Clan's 'Blood Howl'."

Qinghe whispered, "Yan Feng's old enemy. The red-haired guy next to him is his younger brother, 'Blood Claw.' Three months ago, Yan Feng shattered half of his body in the secret realm. It seems he's recovered and is here to seek revenge."

Yan Feng pushed open the cubicle door and walked out, with Qin Yuan and the others following behind.

The tavern lobby had automatically cleared out a space, and the guests watched from a distance, some excited and some indifferent.

In Shenhuang City, conflicts are allowed, but facilities cannot be damaged, otherwise the law enforcement team will intervene.

No one is willing to bear that price.

"Blood Howl, do you intend to violate the prohibitions of the Divine Wilderness City?"

Yan Feng said coldly.

"Bullshit!" the wolf-headed man howled, baring his fangs. "Personal grudges, settle them on the 'stage'! Do you dare?"

The Settlement Platform is a legal dueling area established by Shenhuang City, where life and death are irrelevant as long as both parties are willing.

Just as Yan Feng was about to speak, Blood Claw behind him suddenly pointed at Qin Yuan: "Big Brother! That human! His cloak... that's the craftsmanship of our Blood Wolf Clan's affiliated tribe, 'Shadow Wolf'! I've seen similar styles before!"

Instantly, the five demon clans locked their gazes on Qin Yuan.

Blood Howl's nose twitched, and its scarlet pupils stared at Qin Yuan: "Human, where did you get your cloak?"

Qin Yuan calmly replied, "I bought it."

"Who did you buy it from?!"

"Trading area, a mechanical stall owner."

Qin Yuan's tone remained completely unchanged. "What, does the Desolate Universe Kingdom not even have freedom of dress anymore?"

Blood Howl's eyes flashed with a fierce light.

He did sense an extremely faint aura of his own kind on the cloak, but it had faded to the point of almost disappearing and could not be used as evidence.

In fact, Qin Yuan had already erased all soul imprints and racial characteristics when he was crafting the cloak, leaving only a trace of the material's "wolf-like leather" aura.

This is all too common in the universe.

"Enough with the nonsense!"

Blood Howl shifted his focus, turning to Yan Feng: "Your brother severely injured my brother, and we demand an explanation today! Settlement at the table, one-on-one, dare you?!"

Yan Feng sneered:

"Bloodclaw snatched the 'Fire Marrow Crystal' that our team found first. He attacked first, and I showed mercy by not killing him. You want to fight? Sure, what's the wager?"

"Fifty Mixed Yuan Units! Plus that 'Melting Blade' in your hand!"

Blood howled.

"Quite an appetite. So what are you betting on?"

"My 'Blood Wolf Fang' necklace, a mid-tier fourth-level Force weapon, is worth no less than your sword!"

The two faced off, the atmosphere tense and ready to clash.

Chapter 192 Aurora Realm Main World

Qin Yuan suddenly spoke up at this moment: "Captain, we are setting off tomorrow, so it is not advisable to exert too much energy today."

The sound wasn't loud, but it was exceptionally clear in the quiet tavern.

Blood Howl suddenly turned his head, and the pressure of a ninth-level Domain Lord came crashing down like a tangible force: "Human, it's none of your business to interrupt here!"

The moment the oppressive aura struck, a thin layer of light, as thin as a cicada's wing, automatically emanated from Qin Yuan's body. The oppressive aura was refracted and dispersed as if hitting a smooth mirror, sliding past Qin Yuan's sides without even shaking the wine glasses on the table behind him.

[Soul Guardian (Purple) Entry] Not only is it immune to suppression of spirit, soul, and will, but the perfected Starlight Law can also dissolve energy pressure with the slightest movement.

This is a little trick that Qin Yuan figured out while he was in seclusion.

Blood Howl's pupils contracted.

A seventh-level Domain Lord who could so easily neutralize the pressure of a ninth-level Domain Lord was no ordinary character.

Yan Feng also gave Qin Yuan a deep look, then said to Xuehao, "My teammate is right, we don't have time to play with you today. If you want to fight, we'll talk about it when we get back from the secret realm."

"A secret realm?"

Blood Howl keenly caught the key words, his gaze sweeping over the five members of the Flame Blade Squad, lingering especially on Qin Yuan for a couple more seconds, "The Aurora Realm Master World?"

Yan Feng's expression darkened slightly.

"As expected!"

Blood Howl grinned, revealing a ferocious smile. "We also bought the Starsea Merchant Guild's intelligence. Flame Blade, do you think only you guys can get in? We Blood Wolf Clan are indeed not good at light-based laws, but... we have the money to hire those who are!"

Behind him, a black-robed figure who had been keeping his head down slowly raised his head.

Beneath the hood was a pale face, and the eyes had no pupils, only two swirling gray lights.

“This is the ‘Illusionary Eye’ of the ‘Gray-Eyed Clan’. It is an eighth-level Domain Lord, a light-type, and skilled in illusion magic.”

Blood Howl said smugly, "Our team will also enter the Aurora Realm Main World. Flame Blade, then... let's settle all our old and new scores!"

After saying that, he turned and left with his men, laughing loudly.

The tavern returned to its noisy state, but many eyes were still subtly fixed on the Flame Blade Squad.

"It's troublesome."

Qinghe whispered, "The Blood Howl team is quite strong, and with the illusion specialists from the Gray Eye Clan, encountering them in the world would be very troublesome."

Yan Feng was silent for a moment, then looked at Qin Yuan: "Qin, how confident are you in facing that Illusionary Eye?"

Qin Yuan recalled the fleeting glimpse of those gray eyes and calmly said, "The Gray-Eyed Clan's talent is 'True Illusion.' The gray light emitted from their eyes can distort perception and create illusions that are difficult even for the soul to discern. However, they have a fatal weakness: they rely too much on visual illusions and are very weak at interfering with 'non-visual perception.'"

"what do you mean?"

"When the laws of light are cultivated to a high level, one can achieve the ability to 'see the world with the mind's eye'."

The silvery starlight reappeared at Qin Yuan's fingertips. "Reconstructing the real scene with pure light wave information, bypassing vision and directly feeding back to consciousness. The illusions of the Gray-Eyed Clan are ineffective against me."

Yan Feng breathed a sigh of relief and patted Qin Yuan on the shoulder heavily: "Good! You played a bigger role in this mission than I expected. Let's go back and make final preparations. We'll set off first thing tomorrow morning!"

The group left the Lava Tavern.

Even under the cover of night, the city of Shenhuang remained brightly lit, with countless spaceships streaking past the protective shield like meteors.

Qin Yuan looked up at the starry sky, and the subtle intuition brought by the [Fortune Favors (Blue)] entry was gently stirring.

Aurora Realm Main World... Time Crystal...

This will be his last chance to acquire resources on a large scale before activating the "Keep the music playing, keep dancing (blue)" entry. He must seize it.

Back at his residence, Qin Yuan began to take stock of his equipment.

Star Abyss Spear (Tier 5), Star Core Armor (Tier 4), Starlight Boots (Tier 4), Star Mark Eye (Tier 4), Illusion Breaking Stone, Thunder God Spear (Tier 4), Shadow Cloak (Tier 4 Improved), Thousand Light Needles (Tier 4 Psychic Weapon)... In addition to the various potions, energy crystals, and one-time use talismans stored in his World Ring, his equipment is so luxurious that it rivals that of many World Lords.

But Qin Yuan was still not satisfied.

He took out the "Aurora Seven Realms" inheritance crystal obtained from the Light Pupil Clan's cemetery, and delved into it with his divine sense, beginning his last-minute preparations.

As time passed and the artificial star simulating the dawn outside the window lit up, Qin Yuan opened his eyes. A seven-colored light flashed in his eyes for a moment before disappearing.

"The third level of 'light refraction' has been mastered, and it can now create a continuous light maze."

He got up, put on his armor, slung his spear over his shoulder, and pushed open the door.

In the morning light, the Flame Blade Squad's spaceship was already waiting on the tarmac. It was a crimson warship about 100 meters long, with a burning flame emblem branded on its hull and the team's name "Spark" engraved on its side.

"We've been waiting for you!"

Yanshan waved from the cabin door.

Qin Yuan stepped into the cabin, and the cabin door closed.

The engine started, and the spaceship slowly rose into the air, passing through the energy shield of the Divine Wilderness City and entering the vast starry sky.

Ahead, after three teleportation arrays, lies the entrance to the Aurora Realm's main world.

......

As the crimson warship "Spark" completed its final space jump and bounced back from the dark universe to its original universe, the scene outside the porthole made everyone, including Qin Yuan, hold their breath for several seconds.

Ahead lies a graveyard of stars.

Hundreds of stellar remnants slowly rotate in the void, some collapsing into white dwarfs covered with a cold, crystalline layer.

Some have died completely, turning into black dwarfs, like ink dots in the universe swallowing all light; further away, the embers of a supernova explosion are still spreading, with colorful nebula material stretching for light-years, breathtakingly beautiful.

Their destination was hidden in the heart of this deadly star system.

"Flame Remains Starfield, Area Z-7071"

Qinghe brought up the star map on the console, her slender fingers sliding across the virtual projection:

"According to intelligence, the entrance to the Aurora Realm's main world is located within the corona of that dying star."

She zoomed in on the image, and a reddish-orange star, twice the size of the sun, appeared on the main screen.

It has entered the final stage of its life, with abnormally violent surface activity. Huge prominences, like blood-red tentacles, surge up to hundreds of thousands of kilometers into the atmosphere, and sunspots spread across the photosphere like rotting sores.

Even more bizarrely, in the equatorial region of the star, there is a distinct zone of spatial distortion, where the coronal matter exhibits an unnatural spiral shape, as if it were being stirred by an invisible force.

"That star's core fuel will run out within three thousand years, at which point it will collapse into a white dwarf."

Yan Feng stood at the front of the bridge, his crimson eyes fixed on the screen: "The Aurora Realm Lord chose this place as the anchor point for his inner world, very clever. The enormous energy released by stellar decay can mask the world's fluctuations, and the extreme environment of the corona can block most explorers."

"But it also makes entry extremely dangerous."

Shadow Spear calmly analyzed: "The spaceship cannot directly enter the corona layer, where the temperature exceeds one million degrees. Our shields can only withstand it for a maximum of thirty seconds. We must stop the spaceship at a safe distance and then break through with our own bodies."

Yanshan patted the alloy armor on his chest:

"My 'Earth Barrier' armor can withstand temperatures of 12 million degrees Celsius, but the duration... I estimate it will only last five minutes. Captain, what's the plan?"