svetikya Chapter 146 Lord of Starlight
Chapter 146 Lord of Starlight
Chapter 146 Lord of Starlight
Deep within the temple, the towering, majestic man had clearly been dead for a long time.
However, his aura was terrifying, in no way inferior to that of the Chaos City Lord.
If Qi Yuan were here, he would definitely recognize him as the Lord of Starlight.
Suddenly, a phantom figure was projected into the void.
His appearance bears a six or seven-point resemblance to the Lord of Starlight.
"Master, it's been over ten billion years, and the Starlight Clan has never returned. Could it be that they have all perished?"
A few glistening tears slid from his eyes and fell to the ground.
"Huh? Someone's coming in! Finally, someone's here!"
His eyes gleamed with ecstasy, and he projected the images of Qi Yuan and King Chan Shuo into the void.
"This is a member of the Starlight Clan, and the Clear Light Armor he's wearing is a component of Master's ultimate treasure, the Clear Light Armor!"
He paced excitedly around the temple, shouting, "I'm going to bring him here!"
He glanced at King Kan Shuo, his eyes filled with hatred: "You scum of the Machine Race, you deserve to die! Humans, demons, insectoids, machines—you all deserve to die!"
He manipulated the formation, causing the stars in the entire starry sky to subtly rotate and connect into a huge secret pattern array, poised to strike Wen Shuo Wang with a fatal blow as soon as they entered.
This secret rune array was set up by the Lord of Starlight before his death.
His soul was severely damaged at the time, he was exhausted and his resources were almost depleted.
Thus, this contingency plan was laid out as the foundation for the rise of the Star Clan, while an intelligent life form was assigned to control this treasure trove of heritage.
After countless billions of years of lonely waiting, this intelligent life form has gone mad, and all that keeps it alive is the belief in reviving the Star Clan.
On the other side, after entering the temple, Qi Yuan quickly flew inside, following the signals transmitted by his Qingguang Armor.
The space inside this temple may not look large, but it actually uses the technique of containing Mount Sumeru within a mustard seed, making the interior space surprisingly vast.
Moreover, there is only one passage leading to the innermost part, and the passage is surrounded by spacetime turbulence, stirring up endless spacetime storms.
Once you step inside, even a cosmic sage is in danger.
Even with the most powerful defensive treasures, one can still get lost in this endless spatial storm and be unable to escape.
Seeing Qi Yuan follow him in, King Kan Shuo stopped, turned around, and looked at him with a cold smile: "King Kunpeng, thank you for bringing me into this treasure trove. Without the Qingguang Armor token you possess, I wouldn't have been able to get in. Hehe, as a token of gratitude, I won't kill you. I will suppress you permanently, letting you watch me ascend to the ranks of the strongest beings in the universe!"
"You want to suppress me? Do you have the ability? Have you forgotten how you used to grovel before me? Have you perhaps made great progress over the past ten thousand years?"
"Hmph, sharp-tongued!" Recalling the humiliation he suffered ten thousand years ago, King Chanshuo's expression turned extremely ugly, and he became enraged. "You're dead!"
At this moment, two tall figures broke out from the World Ring of the King of Illumination, blocking Qi Yuan in the void passage from the front and the back.
One figure is a man with a glassy body, two faces, and four arms; the other is a bald man with eight arms.
The two-faced, four-armed man wielded a long sword and a giant hammer.
The bald man with eight arms held a long shuttle in his hand, and a pair of black wings were on his back.
Qi Yuan recognized the origins of the two men. The two-faced, four-armed man was the "Chanlie Venerable," a high-ranking cosmic venerable of the mechanical race, and the eight-armed, bald man was the Heavenly Intestine Venerable, whom his human avatar had met once before.
Qi Yuan couldn't help but feel secretly delighted: "It's like finding a needle in a haystack, only to have it come to me effortlessly."
He had just made a great leap in strength and was planning to seize the treasure of the Lord of Starlight before going to Venerable Tianyang to retrieve the Wu-killing Wings from him.
Unexpectedly, before he could even implement his plan, Venerable Tianyang came to him on his own initiative.
He was already racking his brains, thinking about how to capture them all in one fell swoop to prevent them from escaping.
Especially Venerable Tianyang, who is the Executioner General of the Ancestral God Sect, possessing the strength of a top-tier cosmic overlord, whose combat power was almost equal to that of the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace many years ago.
With the addition of his treasured armor and the Wu-slaying wings, his combat power is almost comparable to that of the lowest-level universe lord.
If he is determined to escape, Qi Yuan will find it difficult to kill him.
Even with the blessing of the "Fortune Origin Tower," Qi Yuan's combat power was comparable to that of a mid-level universe master, but it would still be difficult to kill him in a short time.
If he cannot be dealt with quickly, the Lord of the Machine Race will surely come to his aid, which will likely lead to a massive war between humans and machines.
Moreover, if this news were to leak, the entire universe would likely be in an uproar, attracting countless universe lords and the strongest beings in the universe.
At that point, let alone killing Venerable Tianyang and obtaining the Wu-killing Wings, even acquiring the treasure of the Lord of Starlight would be a problem.
After all, the Lord of Starlight was quite famous back then, and the Starlight Armor he wore was a supreme treasure. Not to mention the Lord of the Universe coveting it, even the strongest beings in the universe would probably be envious and come to compete for it.
Because the most powerful treasures are ultimately very few, even the strongest beings in the universe can use a single top-tier treasure.
In the vast ocean of space, let alone a supreme treasure, even the birth of a top-tier treasure can trigger a great war at the level of a universe lord.
The primordial universe was even more barren; the only place where supreme treasures could appear was on the primordial star.
Moreover, each time a Primal Star opens, only one or two top-tier treasures appear, and they are scattered across various Primal Stars in the form of parts.
It's easy to imagine how rare a complete, top-tier treasure is.
"Master, Venerable Tianyang, this Kunpeng King is a special life form. Please suppress him. The Qingguang Armor on his body is a piece peeled from the Star Lord's supreme treasure armor, and it can summon with that supreme treasure armor. If we want to obtain the Star Lord's armor, we may have to rely on him." King Chanshuo respectfully offered his suggestion.
In reality, his heart was bleeding. If he were not weaker than the Kunpeng King, how could he bear to tell his master, "Venerable Chanlie," about this treasure!
This is the difference between the machine race's method of recognizing a master and the soul enslavement.
The mechanical race's master recognition is a program-based master recognition that retains an independent personality and thought process, which can be dispelled once the required strength is reached.
Soul enslavement, on the other hand, distorts one's personality, making one solely devoted to the master, even at the cost of self-sacrifice.
"Chanshuo, you've done very well. Once we obtain the treasure here, I will definitely reward you handsomely," Venerable Chanlie said happily, promising him a reward.
"Die!"
Venerable Kan Lie's long sword and giant hammer attacked Qi Yuan together.
Despite the information provided by King Chanshuo that the opponent was merely an invincible king, Venerable Tianyang did not hold back. Instead, he used all his strength, leaving no room for maneuver, and joined Venerable Chanlie in attacking.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Venerable Tianyang swung his long shuttle and thrust it fiercely, unleashing his self-created ultimate secret technique, "Eight Shuttles".
The long shuttle in his hand was a supreme treasure, called the "Eight-Light Shuttle".
When used in conjunction with his ultimate technique, its power is amplified.
The eight lower laws are combined into one to form this ultimate technique. Not only is its attack power astonishing, but before the attack even reaches the target, the "Eight Light Shuttle" will automatically emit a sonic attack to impact the enemy's soul.
At this moment, the intelligent life form deep within the core of the temple revealed an anxious expression: "Damn it! Those mechanical scum are too strong! If we are exposed, our master's treasure will be lost. But if we don't expose it, they will still find their way here, it will just take them a little longer. And if that happens, this descendant of the Star Clan will perish."
He stomped his foot angrily and sighed, "Fine, fine, I'll activate the secret rune array immediately and transfer him in so he can take the master's treasures and inheritance as soon as possible. Then I'll use this secret rune array to delay the enemy for a while and let him escape."
Thinking of this, he immediately began to activate the secret array composed of endless stars.
His mind screamed anxiously, "Hurry! Almost there! Descendant of the Starlight Clan, you must hold on! Don't get killed in one go! Just hold on for two or three moves, and my secret rune array will activate. I detected that his energy level is at the Cosmic Venerable level. He shouldn't be unable to withstand two or three moves, right? Don't die! Otherwise, I don't know how many years it will take to find the next Starlight Clan member! Besides, this place has already been exposed; I simply don't have time to wait any longer!"
Rumble!
The attacks of Venerable Kanlie and Venerable Tianyang have arrived.
Qi Yuan released the "Fortune Origin Tower," which enveloped his body and blocked all their attacks.
The "Fortune Origin Tower" remained unmoved despite their attacks.
In fact, if Qi Yuan wanted to fight, he could have easily defeated them.
However, he was afraid they would escape, especially Venerable Tianyang. He wasn't confident he could quickly eliminate him, so he decided to feign weakness, lure him to the edge of the spacetime storm, and then use his domain treasure, the "Celestial Origin Wheel," to hold him back and send him into the spacetime storm to kill him.
Unfortunately, although the "Fortune Origin Tower" is a supreme treasure of the pinnacle palace, its sealing function is very weak and it cannot seal a top cosmic overlord like Venerable Tianyang.
Moreover, when his two most powerful secret techniques bestowed by the universe, "Analysis of All Things" and "Soul Blade," are combined, they can even kill low-level universe lords.
Unfortunately, the enemies they encountered here were mechanical beings, born without souls, so the "Soul Blade" was completely ineffective against them.
Qi Yuan controlled the "Fortune Origin Tower," which trembled slightly as if it were about to be breached at any moment, luring them to the vicinity of the spacetime storm.
"Hmm? There's even a palace treasure here. It looks to be of high quality, perhaps even a top-tier treasure!"
Venerable Tianyang and Venerable Kanlie exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with ecstatic joy, yet at the same time, they became somewhat wary of each other.
Venerable Chanlie, in particular, feared that Venerable Tianyang would also kill him for the sake of this treasure.
He deeply regretted bringing Venerable Tianyang into the mix for the sake of insurance.
At the time, he thought that if the Kunpeng King, like the Chanshuo King, secretly brought in one or two cosmic venerables, he might not be able to secure victory.
Therefore, to ensure everything went smoothly, he brought Venerable Tianchang along with him.
Judging from the current situation, the Kunpeng King obviously did not bring any helpers. Perhaps it is because he is a special life form and has few friends, let alone know any cosmic venerable beings worthy of his trust.
With things having come to this point, Venerable Chanlie could only swallow the bitter pill.
So he took the initiative to say, "Venerable Tianyang, I don't need this palace treasure, but you must compensate me with some treasure points."
"Alright, when we return to our clan, I will compensate you with five hundred treasure points." Seeing that Venerable Wenlie had taken the initiative to back down, Venerable Tianyang readily agreed.
Before they had even succeeded, the two of them already treated Qi Yuan's treasures as if they were already theirs, and began to divide them up.
"Let's attack together and push this treasure palace into the spacetime storm. Once it's inside, its divine power definitely won't last long! I have a high-grade palace treasure, so I can rush into the spacetime storm and retrieve the treasure."
Venerable Tianyang gave an order, and the two flew to the vicinity of the "Fortune Origin Tower" and launched an attack with their most powerful secret techniques.
"Now!"
Qi Yuan estimated their distance and prepared to counterattack, using his domain treasure to envelop them and throw them into the spacetime storm.
It must be said that the plans of both sides were exactly the same.
Just as Venerable Tianyang and Venerable Chanlie were preparing to attack again, and just as Qi Yuan was preparing to counterattack, suddenly, countless stars in the sky above this secret realm began to rotate, forming an enormous secret pattern.
Under the starlight, they were all frozen in place for a moment.
By the time Venerable Tianyang and Venerable Chanlie broke free, Qiyuan had already disappeared.
"What's going on?" Venerable Chanlie asked in surprise and doubt. "Could it be that the Lord of Starlight is still alive?"
"How is that possible? If the Lord of Starlight were still alive, would we still be alive?"
Venerable Tianyang's gaze pierced through the temple, revealing the shifting stars within the secret realm, forming a massive array of mystical patterns.
"Hmph, being able to manipulate the stellar runes within this secret realm to form an array, it's very likely an intelligent life form left behind by the Starlight Clan. It actively led the Kunpeng King away, indicating the Kunpeng King has a deep connection to this treasure's inheritance. Go, hurry and chase after it, don't let it get away!"
The two cosmic venerables, along with King Chan Shuo, chased after them through the void passage.
Secret patterns flickered in the passage, desperately trying to stop them.
However, under Venerable Tianyang's fierce attack, one interception rune after another was broken, and they quickly caught up.
Meanwhile, when Qi Yuan was being swept away by a mysterious force, he realized that the force was only moving them to a different location and had no intention of harming him. Moreover, the direction it was heading was the same direction that the Qingguang Armor had sensed. So he did not choose to break free and let the force take him away.
Swish!
Qi Yuan appeared in a large hall, where an intelligent life form resembling a middle-aged man excitedly circled around him, scrutinizing him.