Chapter 137: A Very Skilled Escape Process

Within the Meng Yao Zu's domain, inside a Cosmic Secret Realm.

In the silent void, streaks of cyan tornadoes howled without cease, and at the very center of those endless tornadoes stood an incomparably towering divine temple.

Just as Lu Qingshan was enslaving the Reincarnation Cong-eyed Serpent 'Kleiste' on the Extraterritorial Battlefield, a silver fox with eight tails suddenly appeared before that towering divine temple.

At the same time, a soft, alluring voice instantly rang through this stretch of spacetime: "Anye, an old friend has come — won't you show yourself?"

Before the voice had fully faded, a massive Reincarnation Cong-eyed Serpent flew straight out of the temple — it was precisely the master of that towering temple, Zifeng Zunzhe!

Zifeng Zunzhe was a rather powerful cosmic hegemon of the Reincarnation Cong-eyed Serpent lineage of the Meng Yao Zu, and he was normally in charge of the Meng Yao Zu's intelligence work.

Over endless ages, the Zerg, the Machine Race, the Human Race, and even other alien races in the universe — no one knew how many geniuses had already fallen under his orders.

"Silver Fox, what brings you to my place?" Zifeng Zunzhe's voice carried the hissing unique to serpents, making one shiver involuntarily upon hearing it.

Zi Hu Zunzhe was the leader of the Silver Fox lineage of the Meng Yao Zu's Wang Zu, and likewise possessed the strength of a cosmic hegemon.

It is worth mentioning that the Silver Fox clan was originally only an ordinary race within the Meng Yao Zu, with a life-gene tier no different from ordinary cosmic life — it was only later, after Zi Hu Zunzhe attained cosmic-hegemon-level strength, that the Silver Fox clan became a Wang Zu of the Meng Yao Zu.

The same was true of the Meng Yao Zu's sixteen imperial clans — among them, several also had life-gene tiers identical to ordinary cosmic life; it was only because strong individuals within those clans had become lofty Lords of the Universe that they became members of the Meng Yao Zu's imperial clans.

"What? Can't I come sit with you if I have nothing else to do?"

The eight-tailed Zi Hu Zunzhe looked at Zifeng Zunzhe, then said softly: "Anye, the Primordial Star has already been open for quite some time now — are you really not planning to go in and take a look?"

"I really can't get away!"

Zifeng Zunzhe led Zi Hu Zunzhe toward the inside of the temple as he said helplessly: "You know I've always been in charge of our Meng Yao Zu's intelligence work!"

"And our Meng Yao Zu's communication system has always been the worst among the four peak races — not to mention the Human Race, which has a virtual universe, or the technologically advanced Machine Race; even the Zerg are quite a bit stronger than us!"

"Recently, a number of remarkable talents have emerged one after another among the Zerg, the Machine Race, and the Meng Yao Zu — I've been far busier than usual!"

"Especially since the Human Race produced a Tian Shi Zunzhe, and this time he smoothly broke through to the Venerable Realm — I was actually called over by the Lord of Nightmare of the Spacetime Nightmare Beast lineage and given a thorough dressing-down!"

At this point, Zi Hu Zunzhe had already followed Zifeng Zunzhe into the great hall of the temple.

After the two took their seats as host and guest, Zi Hu Zunzhe could not help sighing: "I've heard about this too! That little fellow called 'Spencer' from the Spacetime Nightmare Beast lineage really was formidable — it's truly a pity he fell at the hands of a Human Race spy, but you can't be blamed for this!"

"Ain't that the truth!"

Zifeng Zunzhe took out fine wine to entertain Zi Hu Zunzhe, sighing as he spoke: "That Spencer just happened to fall at the hands of a Human Race spy, and the Human Race gained another Tian Shi Zunzhe — the Lord of Nightmare naturally feels I haven't been doing a competent job!"

"Enough, let's not talk about this anymore! Silver Fox, you didn't come looking for me because you took a beating on that Primordial Star, did you!"

"Anye, you really live up to your reputation in intelligence work!"

Zi Hu Zunzhe raised his wine cup and drained it in one gulp, then said with a smile: "I did come looking for you this time specifically to invite you to go adventuring on the Primordial Star!"

"Earlier, when I was fighting for a supreme treasure on the Primordial Star, I ran into the Human Race's Master Guiyi Zunzhe and Master Ningshuang. That Master Ningshuang may specialize in soul attacks, but I'm not afraid of her — but that Master Guiyi Zunzhe, who specializes in close combat, was far more troublesome. Fighting me at close range with Master Ningshuang's cooperation really did cost me a bit!"

"And among our Meng Yao Zu's many cosmic hegemons, your strength and mine complement each other the best. The two of us working together — even if we run into top-tier cosmic hegemons, we won't have to worry too much. That's why I've come to invite you!"

"How about it? Come with me to the Primordial Star for a while!"

Zi Hu Zunzhe said softly: "There's still plenty of time before the Primordial Star closes. If the two of us join forces, we'll definitely be able to get our hands on a few supreme treasures! As for intelligence work, you can leave it to those ordinary Venerables and Hei Fengwang Undying under you!"

"Well…"

After hearing Zi Hu Zunzhe's words, Zifeng Zunzhe was indeed somewhat tempted, but in the end still said: "I still need to think about this carefully!"

But just then, Zifeng Zunzhe's expression suddenly changed: "Not good!"

"Anye, what's wrong?" Zi Hu Zunzhe, seeing this, quickly asked aloud.

"It's my little disciple — he's run into danger and crushed the token I gave him!" Zifeng Zunzhe answered quickly.

The Meng Yao Zu's communication system was extremely crude — even on the Extraterritorial Battlefield, it could barely manage real-time communication, let alone across the vast distance between the Meng Yao Zu's domain and the Extraterritorial Battlefield.

So at this moment, Zifeng Zunzhe only sensed that the token he had given his disciple 'Kleiste' had been crushed, and had no idea what kind of danger Kleste had encountered.

"That little fellow called 'Kleiste'?"

Zi Hu Zunzhe quickly said: "Let's go — I'll go with you to take a look!"

"We can't go!"

Zifeng Zunzhe shook his head and said: "Kleiste ran into danger on the Extraterritorial Battlefield — he can only rely on himself. Let's hope he can survive!"

One must understand that, barring a great decisive battle, strong individuals at the Venerable Realm level were absolutely forbidden from entering the Extraterritorial Battlefield!

If they were strong individuals at the Lord of the Universe level from the four peak races, they might occasionally be able to break the rules — but he was only a cosmic hegemon, so naturally he could not go and break this rule.

Or one could say that his little disciple was not yet worth the risk of defying the higher-ups' orders and angering the strong individuals of the other three camps to break this rule.

"Don't worry!"

Zi Hu Zunzhe quickly said: "Our Meng Yao Zu camp has the most strong individuals on that Extraterritorial Battlefield, and your disciple is from your Reincarnation Cong-eyed Serpent lineage — the strong individuals who receive the news will definitely do their best to rescue him!"

"We can only hope so for now!"

Zifeng Zunzhe sighed, then directly called out: "Snake Shadow!"

"Master!" An illusory serpent shadow instantly appeared beside Zifeng Zunzhe — it was the intelligent life form that had followed him for many years.

Zifeng Zunzhe directly ordered: "Quickly connect to the military system of the Fifth Extraterritorial Battlefield and find out exactly what danger our Meng Yao Zu genius 'Kleiste' has encountered!"

"Yes, Master!" the illusory serpent shadow immediately replied respectfully.

At a thought from Zifeng Zunzhe, the illusory serpent shadow quickly vanished.

Seeing that Zifeng Zunzhe had finished handling the matter, Zi Hu Zunzhe continued softly: "Anye, you must think carefully about going to the Primordial Star. I'll be staying within the clan for the next several tens of thousands of years — if you decide to go, come find me!"

"No problem!" Zifeng Zunzhe nodded quickly and said.

"Good! Then I'll be off first!" The seven-tailed silver fox nodded lightly, then walked toward the outside of the great hall and vanished on the spot!

……

Extraterritorial Battlefield, Black Bee Continent.

"It actually worked!"

Seeing that he had successfully enslaved this super genius of the Reincarnation Cong-eyed Serpent lineage of the Meng Yao Zu's imperial clan, a hint of pleasant surprise soon appeared on Lu Qingshan's face!

This was the first strong individual he had enslaved — and a peerless genius from the Reincarnation Cong-eyed Serpent lineage, one of the Meng Yao Zu's imperial clans at that!

And the Reincarnation Cong-eyed Serpent 'Kleiste' was also stunned at this moment!

Looking at the human powerhouse before him who should have been enslaved, he blinked.

That's right!

Everything that had happened in the Illusion Realm just now had gone far too smoothly!

Lun Zhuanwang himself didn't even have a soul servant at the Hei Fengwang level, so how could he possibly hand over a wounded human Hei Fengwang Undying for him to enslave?

What a pity it was that, after being struck by the illusion technique, he had not Break through the Illusion Realm, and in the end had sunk into it, thoroughly becoming a soul servant!

"Time to wake up!"

Looking at the Reincarnation Cong-eyed Snake genius frozen in place, Lu Qingshan immediately transmitted through soul communication.

Kleist was briefly stunned, then looked at Lu Qingshan with reverence from the depths of his soul: "Master!"

At this moment, Lu Qingshan had become the existence he felt closest to; any of his thoughts had to revolve around Lu Qingshan!

"Master's illusion technique really is formidable!"

Kleist gazed at Lu Qingshan, whom he now felt incomparably close to, and could not help sighing inwardly: "Even though my will already rivals a Hei Fengwang Undying, in the end I still fell for it!"

"But right now, the most important thing is still to tell Master about my having called for help from the Meng Yao Zu powerhouse earlier!"

Thinking of this, Kleist hurriedly transmitted to Lu Qingshan through soul communication: "Master, before being soul-enslaved by you, I had already sent distress signals to allies on the extraterritorial battlefield, to my teacher, and to several Hei Fengwang powerhouses of the Reincarnation Cong-eyed Snake lineage. If you do not withdraw quickly, I'm afraid you'll be in danger!"

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan's expression shifted slightly!

"Master, please forgive me!"

Kleist hurriedly explained: "At the time I was extremely terrified, afraid of being soul-killed by you, Master, which is why I called for help from those Meng Yao Zu powerhouses! However, the Meng Yao Zu communication system is rather backward, so there should still be a little time before those powerhouses arrive!"

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan immediately sprang into action.

Hum!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Looking at the many Mo Luo Hou tribe Undying who had already begun to flee not far away, Lu Qingshan simultaneously unleashed soul attacks while his figure rapidly shifted, and soon killed three Mo Luo Hou tribe Undying who had no time to self-destruct; two more Mo Luo Hou tribe Undying were forced to self-destruct under Lu Qingshan's threat, and only one Mo Luo Hou at the high Marquis level managed to escape!

In fact, ever since Lu Qingshan had slain the peak Marquis Mo Luo Hou, the other Mo Luo Hou tribe Undying had already begun a frantic flight. Fortunately, Lingxi Hou and the other Swallow Eagle tribe powerhouses intercepted them in time, which is why only one high Marquis got away!

After finishing all this, Lu Qingshan immediately began releasing Undying divine power to collect the spoils left behind.

On the other side, seeing such a powerful Meng Yao Zu faction powerhouse squad nearly wiped out by Lu Qingshan, the members of the Lingxi Squad also arrived beside Lu Qingshan in great excitement.

And the leader, Lingxi Hou, said with immense gratitude: "Many thanks to my lord for the rescue, our Lingxi Squad…"

"Now is not the time for such talk!"

At a thought from Lu Qingshan, a temporary Divine Kingdom teleportation channel quickly appeared before everyone!

Facing the Hei Fengwang powerhouses who might possess teleportation ability and were about to arrive, Lu Qingshan did not dare to be careless in the slightest; using Divine Kingdom teleportation to leave was naturally the best choice.

Moreover, to avoid exposing his Divine Kingdom coordinates, what Lu Qingshan had opened was not his own Divine Kingdom teleportation channel at all, but rather a temporary Divine Kingdom teleportation channel opened by Kash, the auxiliary metal lifeform he had been the first to cultivate to the Undying level, using a divine power token Kash carried on his person.

This method had originally been prepared by Lu Qingshan for emergencies; even when Kash had built his Divine Kingdom back then, it had not been placed within the spatial interlayer of the Lei Guang Hai starfield!

After the temporary Divine Kingdom teleportation channel opened, Lu Qingshan simultaneously stored the Reincarnation Cong-eyed Snake genius he had just enslaved into A world ring, while saying to the several Swallow Eagle tribe Undying: "The Meng Yao Zu powerhouses' reinforcements are about to arrive; you may leave with me, or leave on your own!"

After saying this, Lu Qingshan did not wait for Lingxi Hou and the others to reply, and directly stepped into the Divine Kingdom teleportation channel.

The members of the Lingxi Squad first exchanged glances, then gritted their teeth and quickly followed Lu Qingshan into the Divine Kingdom teleportation channel, and soon arrived within the auxiliary metal lifeform Kash's Divine Kingdom.

By now the temporary Divine Kingdom teleportation channel had already closed, but Lu Qingshan still wasn't completely at ease; after all, if the auxiliary metal lifeform Kash had been detected by the enemy using a detector when opening the Divine Kingdom teleportation channel, the enemy could very well have followed them in.

As the saying goes, "caution never goes wrong," so Lu Qingshan quickly ordered the auxiliary metal lifeform Kash to open another Divine Kingdom teleportation channel, teleporting himself and the Lingxi Squad members to the 'Ice Sea Domain' on the Fifth Extraterritorial Battlefield.

This Ice Sea Domain was extremely far from the Black Bee Continent, and the strongest of the various tribe powerhouses active here were only initial Marquis Undying, posing no threat whatsoever to Lu Qingshan and the others.

Only when the Divine Kingdom teleportation channel closed once more did Lu Qingshan finally heave a sigh of relief.

……

On the other side, a few seconds after Lu Qingshan and the others had left the battlefield via Divine Kingdom teleportation.

The space rippled slightly, and then a massive Reincarnation Cong-eyed Snake lineage powerhouse suddenly appeared in the area Lu Qingshan and the others had previously left — it was precisely Lun Zhuanwang, a peak Hei Fengwang powerhouse of the Reincarnation Cong-eyed Snake lineage!

Kleist was one of the most talented geniuses of the Reincarnation Cong-eyed Snake lineage in this era, so upon receiving his distress call, Lun Zhuanwang had already rushed over at top speed.

However, the Meng Yao Zu communication system was inherently slow, and Lun Zhuanwang himself was not on the Black Bee Continent either, so he could only first use Divine Kingdom teleportation to rush to the Black Bee Continent, and then use teleportation to reach the battlefield.

But by the time he arrived at the battlefield, the battle had long since ended.

"Could Kleist already have been slain by that human powerhouse?"

Thinking of this, Lun Zhuanwang quickly began using a detector to scan the various powerhouse squads near the battlefield.

And with this scan, he immediately discovered the high Marquis Mo Luo Hou tribe powerhouse who had originally been under Kleist's command and was now fleeing at sub-light speed.

Hum!

At a thought from Lun Zhuanwang, he instantly teleported toward that Mo Luo Hou tribe powerhouse.

……

Fifth Extraterritorial Battlefield, Ice Sea Domain.

"We are safe now!"

Lu Qingshan, who had slightly relaxed, quickly looked at the Swallow Eagle tribe powerhouses beside him, then smiled and introduced: "Lingxi Hou, and all you Swallow Eagle tribe friends, this is the Ice Sea Domain within the Fifth Extraterritorial Battlefield; you should all have heard of it, right!"

"Our squad once roamed this Ice Sea Domain for a short while!"

Lingxi Hou, the leader of the Lingxi Squad, first responded, then solemnly bowed to Lu Qingshan and said: "Many thanks to my lord for saving our lives, but may I ask how my lord should be addressed?"

"You may call me Wu Ming!" Lu Qingshan said casually.

After enslaving that Reincarnation Cong-eyed Snake lineage genius this time, Lu Qingshan certainly would not be going back to the Black Bee Continent in the short term; in fact, he would leave this Fifth Extraterritorial Battlefield quickly as well, so he casually made up a name.

"Many thanks to my lord Wu Ming for saving our lives!"

After learning Lu Qingshan's name, Lingxi Hou quickly led the Swallow Eagle tribe powerhouses in a bow, then respectfully presented A world ring before Lu Qingshan: "My lord Wu Ming, thank you for saving our Lingxi Squad; this is a gift our squad has prepared for you. Although it isn't much, it represents our sincerest intentions!"

Seeing this, Lu Qingshan did not refuse, but nodded and accepted the gift.

After all, this was an unspoken convention on the extraterritorial battlefield. Although he himself had wanted to find suitable opponents to temper himself, no matter how you looked at it he had helped the Lingxi Squad escape a calamity, so accepting their thanks was only natural!

His divine power seeped into A world ring for a quick scan, and Lu Qingshan, who frequently obtained spoils, was already able to estimate the approximate value of this gift.

"Almost twenty million Primordial Units!"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself: "Although this Eagle Falcon race is a powerful clan, their wealth is certainly no match for human powerhouses of the same level. A gift of twenty million Primordial Units — even if everyone in the Lingxi Squad pooled together, they'd probably have to roam the Extraterrestrial Battlefield for hundreds of thousands of years to afford it. It's truly a precious gift!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly said to the Lingxi Squad members: "Marquis Lingxi, you are all safe now, so I'll be going ahead!"

"Thank you, Lord Wu Ming!" the Lingxi Squad members expressed their gratitude once more.

Lu Qingshan gave a slight nod, then immediately took out a Class-E spaceship, boarded it, and swiftly tore through the sky.

……

After Lu Qingshan departed aboard the spaceship, the Lingxi Squad members who remained in place began discussing again.

"Lord Wu Ming truly carries the bearing of a powerhouse — worthy indeed of being a supreme powerhouse of the human race!"

"Exactly! This time Lord Wu Ming actually burned his Immortal Divine Power just to rescue us — it's truly unbelievable!"

"Big Brother, do you think that Samsara Cong-Eyed Snake has already been soul-enslaved by Lord Wu Ming!"

"Don't ask about things you shouldn't be asking about!"

Hearing his teammate's question, Marquis Lingxi quickly said: "In any case, we owe Lord Wu Ming a favor this time. Although Lord Wu Ming didn't tell us his communication code in the military system, if we get the chance in the future, we still must repay Lord Wu Ming! As for now, let's head back to the camp base to rest and reorganize!"

"Yes!"

"Yes, Big Brother!"

A group of Eagle Falcon race powerhouses nodded and responded in unison.

(End of this chapter)