Chapter 138: The Meng Yao Zu Genius with Unrivaled Talent: News of the Blood Luo Crystal

On the other side...

Although Lu Qingshan had left the Lingxi Squad by boarding a starship, he habitually used a large detector to observe them, so naturally he heard the squad's evaluation of him.

However, Lu Qingshan did not care too much, because he was about to leave the Fifth Outer Battlefield; even if the Lingxi Squad members survived to retire, they would likely never see him again in the future!

In the lounge of the starship, Lu Qingshan sat on a comfortable sofa, sipping fine wine while secretly pondering his next move.

"Enslaving the genius of the Cycle Jade-Eyed Cobra lineage this time has caused major trouble, not just in the Black Bee Continent, but even across the entire Fifth Outer Battlefield!"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself: "Although I have only been here for a short while, it is time to switch to another Outer Battlefield!"

Although Lu Qingshan had perished six times before, even counting this Fifth Outer Battlefield, he had only ventured through seven battlefields.

Since there are eleven Outer Battlefields in total, he naturally still had choices!

Moreover, the eleven Outer Battlefields are all extremely far apart; apart from the Virtual Universe System of the Human Race, which can connect the military systems of all eleven Outer Battlefields, even the most technologically advanced Mechanical Race could not achieve this!

On the Outer Battlefields, the most precise way to identify an enemy is through their Divine Power aura!

For example, in the original story, the elite squad Luo Feng joined upon first arriving at the Outer Battlefields identified the information of his enemy from the Qiu Shi Race through Divine Power aura, and ultimately avenged himself with Luo Feng's help; when Luo Feng faced a siege by countless alien experts in the universe and unleashed his You Hai Avatar for a bloody battle, a powerful expert sensed Luo Feng's Divine Power from the You Hai Avatar, thereby confirming the identity of Luo Feng's You Hai Avatar, and so on...

Generally, without special treasures (such as the Blood Cloud Pearl forged by Zuo Shanke, etc.), it is very difficult to alter or fake a Divine Power aura; even with numerous avatars, one cannot disguise it!

But the biggest drawback of this method is that one must have seen the person with their own eyes to confirm their identity!

Under normal circumstances, confirming identity relies more on judging the person's appearance, fighting style, signature treasures on their person, relationships, and so on!

For example, in the original story, the Lord of Fan Nuo once confirmed Luo Feng's identity through Luo Feng's signature domain-type supreme treasure, proactively sought out Luo Feng, but was ultimately thoroughly trampled by Luo Feng!

While venturing on the Outer Battlefields, Lu Qingshan often changed his appearance; although fighting styles, such as secret arts, are hard to change, he was after all just a minor Marquis-level Immortal, causing only a small ripple in a small area of one Outer Battlefield, and was utterly unremarkable.

Precisely because of this, Lu Qingshan could keep switching aliases without worrying about his identity being exposed.

"Next, I will head to the Tenth Battlefield; once there, I will choose a combat zone more suitable for me!"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself: "However, before that, I must have a good talk with my newly acquired soul slave!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan immediately ordered the other to separate a wisp of consciousness to attach to the puppet body, then sent the puppet body out of the World Ring.

After all, given the massive size of the Cycle Jade-Eyed Cobra Krystal, the starship lounge was simply impossible to accommodate!

"Master!" The puppet body controlled by Krystal appeared in the starship lounge and soon respectfully bowed to Lu Qingshan.

"Mm!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then asked directly: "Krystal, why is it that you, merely a Domain Lord, can unleash power exceeding that of a typical peak Marquis-level expert?"

This was one of the questions Lu Qingshan was most interested in; with sufficient time now, he naturally wanted to get a good understanding of this new subordinate of his!

"Replying to Master!"

The Cycle Jade-Eyed Cobra genius Krystal, naturally speaking without holding back anything he knew, said directly: "The reason I can unleash combat power close to that of a King—

First, is that my comprehension of laws has already rivaled a peak Marquis, which is the level of the Human Race's Sky-Connecting Bridge's seventeenth layer;

Second, is that I have already created an attack method approaching the top tier;

Third, is that my life gene level has been raised to twelve times; combined with my auxiliary metal life form which can mobilize power exceeding one hundred times my own, plus a body amplification secret art I once cultivated, I can fully unleash seven thousand two hundred times the power of a Domain Lord!

Adding these three together is what gives me combat power close to that of a King!"

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan could not help but sigh in his heart.

Some special auxiliary lives in the universe can indeed allow the user to unleash power exceeding one hundred times their own in an attachment state, and can even continue to use amplification secret arts.

However, this method has extremely high requirements: first, the auxiliary life must be raised to that level; for example, if you want to mobilize ten thousand times the power of a Domain Lord, you must raise the auxiliary life capable of attaching to you to King level; second, the maximum power one can mobilize is only one hundred times exceeding one's own!

Such special auxiliary lives are considered standard equipment for many Domain Lord-level geniuses in the universe who fight across tiers!

Like the top-ranked Domain Lord-level super-geniuses in the Human Race, they can also unleash combat power close to the King level; however, their life gene levels are certainly not as high as Krystal's; even reaching seven or eight times is extremely rare, so they can only put more effort into body amplification secret arts and self-created secret arts!

Under normal circumstances, if a person's comprehension of laws has passed the seventeenth layer of the Sky-Connecting Bridge, their life gene level has reached three or four times that of ordinary life in the universe, their amplification secret art has reached about eight times, they have created a stronger top-tier secret art, possess a powerful auxiliary life, and wield a powerful weapon, they can barely reach near-King combat power!

For geniuses like this, the Human Race should have over one hundred per era; placed within the core layer of the Virtual Universe Company, they would roughly correspond to Domain Lords ranked in the top thirty of the Primordial Secret Realm!

As for some special races in the Meng Yao Zu, they are born with life gene levels exceeding ordinary life in the universe, so under the same conditions, their strength is certainly stronger than the geniuses of the Human Race camp!

If the top one hundred geniuses of the Human Race can reach near-King combat power, then among the top one hundred geniuses within the Meng Yao Zu, a small portion will be able to reach early King combat power!

And this Cycle Jade-Eyed Cobra genius Krystal, whom Lu Qingshan enslaved, undoubtedly possesses such potential!

As long as he raises his self-created secret art to the top tier, and raises his body amplification secret art, which has reached six times, to eight times or even higher, he will absolutely possess solid King combat power!

Of course, whether Human Race geniuses or Meng Yao Zu geniuses, their greatest weakness is the inability to burn Immortal Divine Power!

If they do not have powerful defensive treasures to protect themselves, even a high-level Marquis, in a state of burning Divine Power, could pose a significant threat to them!

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan's heart stirred, and he asked again: "Krystal, what treasure did you use to raise your life gene level?"

"Replying to Master!"

Krystal respectfully said quickly: "The one I used was the Light Network Crystal bestowed by my teacher when I was at the Universe Level!"

"This Light Network Crystal is extremely miraculous; merely fusing three of them formed a strange secret pattern within my body; once activated, it can double my life gene level! According to my teacher, if I can successfully fuse ten, my strength will climb again, and at that time I will absolutely be invincible at my level!"

"Light Network Crystal?"

Hearing Krystal's introduction, Lu Qingshan was first slightly stunned, then suddenly realized.

From his description, this Light Network Crystal should be similar to the Human Race's Blood Luo Crystal, likely a crystal formed from the blood of a natural beast god of the Light-Time attribute.

After all, the Human Race can hunt the Golden Void natural beast god; there is no reason the Meng Yao Zu, possessing the two strongest beings in the universe, cannot hunt other natural beast gods!

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan asked quickly: "Krystal, do you still have any Light Network Crystals on you?"

Hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Krystal answered quickly: "Master, my teacher originally bestowed ten Light Network Crystals upon me; I have already fused eight, and now only two remain!"

As soon as the words fell, two crystals emitting a strange luster appeared in Krystal's hand.

Lu Qingshan looked carefully; these were two long, triangular-prism-shaped crystals, entirely silver-white, appearing somewhat transparent, and faintly emitting waves of invisible fluctuation, giving one a feeling somewhat similar to a heartbeat!

"This is the Light Network Crystal!"

Lu Qingshan waved his hand to take the two Light Network Crystals into his hand, but had no intention of fusing them in his heart.

First, there are only two Light Network Crystals at this moment; even if fusion succeeds, it will not reach the point Krystal mentioned of condensing a complete secret pattern map to raise strength;

Second, these Light Network Crystals are clearly treasures within the Meng Yao Zu; obtaining more in the future will undoubtedly be much more troublesome than obtaining the Human Race's Blood Luo Crystals, so it is better to find a way to fuse the Blood Luo Crystals within the Human Race.

"However, the Meng Yao Zu really are heaven-defying in talent!"

After learning that Kelaiste had already fused eight Light Network Crystals, Lu Qingshan could not help but sigh: "Many races of the Meng Yao Zu are born with very high life gene levels. For example, the Samsara Cong-Eyed Serpent lineage can absolutely be called uniquely blessed in raising their life gene level!"

"Compared to them, the geniuses of our human race are far inferior, and as for Black Warriors, one cannot even say how long it takes for a single one to appear!"

"Still, no matter how talented this Meng Yao Zu member is, he has now become my soul servant!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly asked again: "Kelaiste, how long have you been cultivating now?"

"Reporting to Master, I have already been cultivating for over three million years!" the Samsara Cong-Eyed Serpent lineage genius Kelaiste quickly replied.

"Over three million years to raise your Law comprehension to the peak of Marquis — that can be considered quite impressive!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then said again: "In that case, find a place later on to break through your shackles and become Immortal!"

"Break through?"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Kelaiste was briefly stunned, then quickly replied: "Master, I still wish to cultivate for a longer period at the World Lord stage!"

"Our Samsara Cong-Eyed Serpent lineage all has a lifespan of sixty million years at the World Lord stage. I am still very young, and can absolutely stay at the World Lord stage for a longer period!"

"If I can raise my Law comprehension to the King level, then once I break through I will be a King-tier Immortal, and with the aid of amplification secret arts and life gene level, I could even rival an ordinary peak King. That way I can better assist you, Master, in the future!"

Hearing Kelaiste say this, Lu Qingshan felt quite moved inwardly.

This is what a soul servant is!

Although completely submissive to him as Master from the bottom of his heart, he still possesses a self-awareness. This Kelaiste clearly has some ambition, which is why he wants to stay at the World Lord stage longer, then break through to Immortal with a higher Law comprehension!

But what a pity!

Originally, Lu Qingshan had planned to enslave him and then leave him on the Meng Yao Zu's side. However, Kelaiste had already sent out a distress signal long ago!

And those Meng Yao Zu powerhouses are no fools — they can naturally guess that Kelaiste has been enslaved by someone, and even if they cannot confirm it, they can easily verify it!

Because of this, for the current Lu Qingshan, a World Lord-stage Kelaiste is of no help to him at all!

As for Kelaiste's claim that breaking through later with a higher Law comprehension would be of greater help to him — that is even more nonsense!

One must know that Lu Qingshan's cultivation speed is far faster than this Kelaiste's. By the time the other party raises his Law comprehension to the King level, Lu Qingshan himself will probably have already stepped into peak King. At that point, a Kelaiste who barely possesses peak King combat power would be even more useless to him!

On the other hand, right now, once this Kelaiste breaks through to become Immortal, even though his Law comprehension is only at Marquis peak, combined with his extremely high life gene level and body amplification secret arts, his combat power can absolutely rival a relatively weak high-tier King. Moreover, he is a high-tier King with an enormous body — at that point he will definitely be able to be of great help to Lu Qingshan!

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan immediately instructed: "Say no more. You must break through as soon as possible, only then can you be of help to me!"

"Yes, Master!"

Hearing Lu Qingshan's final, unquestionable order, even though Kelaiste was unwilling in his heart, he could only obediently agree — and there would not be the slightest dissatisfaction in his heart either!

Hearing this, a satisfied smile quickly appeared on Lu Qingshan's face, and he directly instructed: "I will take you back to our human race's territory shortly. You can break through there!"

"Yes, Master!"

Kelaiste quickly said solemnly: "There is one more matter I must tell you, Master. It is very important."

"Mm?"

Lu Qingshan was briefly stunned, then asked: "What is it?"

At this moment, Kelaiste's expression looked extremely solemn: "Master, once the Meng Yao Zu learn that I have been enslaved by you, they will definitely find a way to kill both me and you! For the proud Samsara Cong-Eyed Serpent lineage, they will absolutely not allow a clan powerhouse to be enslaved by another race!"

"I once looked up information on the Samsara Cong-Eyed Serpent lineage. Back then, a peak King-tier member of another race enslaved a genius of the Samsara Cong-Eyed Serpent lineage, but the Samsara Cong-Eyed Serpent lineage quickly sent out powerhouses who killed both that enslaved genius and his master together!"

Hearing Kelaiste's extremely solemn words, Lu Qingshan did not pay too much heed in his heart!

In fact, not only the Meng Yao Zu, but even the Insect Race, the Mechanical Race, and the human race itself will not tolerate their clan powerhouses being enslaved by others!

But that also depends on what identity the powerhouse doing the enslaving holds!

If an ordinary Marquis-tier Immortal on the extraterritorial battlefield enslaved a Meng Yao Zu genius, then upon seeing it, Meng Yao Zu powerhouses would naturally crush him with a wave of their hand!

But what if it were a Universe Zifeng Zunzhe, or even a Universe Lord?

Take the Sect-Protecting Beast God of the Xiangzushen Sect — he has Universe Zifeng Zunzhe-level human soul servants under him, yet the human race has not made any major moves either!

If it were an ordinary race like the Lord Jinjiao race that enslaved a human Zifeng Zunzhe, the human race would probably have wiped them out long ago!

Moreover, Lu Qingshan has a clone, so on this extraterritorial battlefield, there really is no one who can completely kill him. At most, they would just kill this Kelaiste!

And for Lu Qingshan, that can only be considered a slight pity!

Thinking of all this, Lu Qingshan cared even less. He quickly chose a secluded spot on the extraterritorial battlefield, then returned to the human race's territory through his Divine Kingdom teleportation.

And after returning to the human race's territory, Lu Qingshan quickly boarded a cosmic spaceship to search for a suitable breakthrough location for the Meng Yao Zu genius he had enslaved.

At the same time, Lu Qingshan's true body quickly connected his consciousness to the Virtual Universe, then hurried to his teacher Lei Huanwang's residence.

……

Virtual Universe, Lei Ting Island.

Outside a luxurious residence near the central mountain range of Lei Ting Island, a figure wearing purple-gold battle armor swiftly flew over from afar — it was Lu Qingshan.

Hum!

The moment Lu Qingshan appeared at the residence's entrance, the residence's great gate instantly opened, and Lei Huanwang's voice rang out from within: "Disciple, come in!"

Lu Qingshan stepped into the residence's main hall, and soon saw Lei Huanwang chatting idly with his Ninth Senior Brother, Extreme Lightning King.

"Teacher, Ninth Senior Brother!" Lu Qingshan bowed slightly in greeting.

"Little Junior Brother!" Extreme Lightning King likewise smiled and greeted Lu Qingshan.

"Mm!"

Lei Huanwang nodded slightly, then waved his hand to motion Lu Qingshan to sit, and asked with a smile: "My precious disciple, why have you suddenly come to your teacher's place again? Did you run into trouble while guiding that little disciple Jing Lei?"

"No!"

Lu Qingshan shook his head slightly, then said respectfully: "Teacher, this time your disciple has come because there is a matter I wish to trouble you with!"

"Speak!" Lei Huanwang said with a smile.

Among his many disciples, Lu Qingshan could be said to be the one who gave him the least worry. So Lei Huanwang would actually have liked Lu Qingshan to trouble him more — otherwise wouldn't it make him look like an unqualified teacher?

"It's like this!"

Lu Qingshan quickly said: "Your disciple has heard that fusing Blood Luo Crystals can raise one's strength, but among the treasures I saw in the company's treasury there were no Blood Luo Crystals for sale, so I wish to ask my teacher to help me purchase some Blood Luo Crystals!"

"I didn't expect you to be so well-informed!"

Lei Huanwang said with a smile: "But when you were working in the transportation department, you also went to the Blood Luo Continent, so it's only normal that you'd know about this!"

"But this matter is still quite troublesome! Within our human race, aside from some super geniuses who occasionally manage to obtain Blood Luo Crystals, everyone else generally has to reach the Hei Fengwang level before they're qualified to apply for Blood Luo Crystals!"

"Actually, you don't need to fight right now, and there's no need to rush to apply for Blood Luo Crystals. After all, if the number of Blood Luo Crystals fused isn't enough, the boost to one's strength isn't that great!"

"You'd best focus on comprehending the Law of Time's Origin now. Once you break through the eighteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge, your master will naturally arrange all these matters for you!"

"Yes, Teacher!"

Lu Qingshan quickly nodded and said: "This disciple understands!"

It's just becoming a Hei Fengwang-level immortal, isn't it!

Soon!

After tempering himself on the Extraterritorial Battlefield for over a hundred thousand years, his true body had previously gone to Chaos City to comprehend for a period of time during his vacation, and the many points in the chat group had all been exchanged by him for the Dao Elder Gan Wu Boost function. Aside from using it a few times for his self-created secret arts, everything else had been spent on comprehending the Origin Laws!

Lu Qingshan could clearly feel that he was only one step away from breaking through the seventeenth level of the Tongtian Bridge!

And once the seventeenth level of the Tongtian Bridge is passed, will the eighteenth level still be far?

(End of this chapter)