Chapter 157: Slaying the King-Enthroned Immortal

After purchasing numerous treasures from the Hong Alliance City and the Virtual Universe Corporation's treasury, Lu Qingshan waited only three days at his residence on the main continent of the Virtual Universe Corporation's universal headquarters, and all the treasures he ordered were delivered into his hands.

After receiving all the treasures, Lu Qingshan quickly stored them within his Divine Nation.

…

Within Lu Qingshan's Divine Nation, his original body and second avatar both sat upon thrones inside the divine palace.

Recall that Lu Qingshan had previously acquired only a small amount of Blood Luo Crystals and Beast God Blood, so he ultimately raised his original body's life gene level to only ten times that of an ordinary cosmic lifeform;

As for his second avatar, due to insufficient Beast God Blood, he had fused only four Blood Luo Crystals, leaving his life gene level at just twice that of an ordinary cosmic lifeform.

Thus, for this journey into the Outland Battlefield, Lu Qingshan naturally intended to send his original body personally, while his second avatar would follow the original plan and retreat into the Initial Universe for secluded cultivation.

At this moment, Lu Qingshan's original body and second avatar were both gazing at the four metal chests before them.

Click. Click.

With a thought, Lu Qingshan opened the four silver metal chests one by one.

The first two chests contained precisely the Zi Xiao Ling Long Armor and Lei Shen Battle Robe he had ordered, costing him a total of fifteen billion Huan Yuan units.

Notably, Lu Qingshan did not choose to cultivate an auxiliary lifeform like Mo Yun Vine, which specializes in defense, as Luo Feng did in the original novel; instead, he chose to purchase the Lei Shen Battle Robe, whose function closely resembled that of the 'Mo Yun' battle armor.

After all, armor formed from auxiliary lifeforms works by negation—it permanently reduces a fixed portion of incoming attacks—while the Lei Shen Battle Robe's ability is weakening, capable of reducing attack power to mere fractions of its original strength!

When facing weak attacks, auxiliary-life armor naturally holds the advantage, as it can completely negate enemy strikes and even assist its master in counterattacks; but when confronting powerful attacks, defensive treasures like the Lei Shen Battle Robe hold superior advantage.

The primary reason Luo Feng in the original novel could withstand the self-destruction of a Peak King-level Immortal was because the Shi Wu Feather Wings first reduced the explosion's power by over ninety percent, allowing the Yan Shen Clan Armor and Mo Yun Armor to fully resist the remainder.

Remember, the Yan Shen Clan Armor was merely a treasure issued to ordinary Yan Shen Immortals; though powerful, it still had a maximum tolerance limit.

Had Luo Feng not possessed the Shi Wu Feather Wings, the explosion power of a Peak King-level Immortal would have exceeded the Yan Shen Clan Armor's tolerance limit, likely failing to reduce even half the power—making it impossible even for a King-level Immortal to withstand, let alone Luo Feng's mere World Master-level physical constitution!

The Zi Xiao Ling Long Armor and Lei Shen Battle Robe Lu Qingshan purchased this time both have extremely high tolerance limits, capable of withstanding even a Peak King-level Immortal's self-destruction—certainly surpassing the Mo Yun Armor of a Low King-level Immortal.

Lu Qingshan's original body swiftly donned the Zi Xiao Ling Long Armor and Lei Shen Battle Robe, then turned his gaze to the third silver metal chest.

Inside lay a purple-gold longsword—the Lei Yin Po Kong Sword—that Lu Qingshan had bought for one billion Huan Yuan; though its power paled next to a Heavy Treasure, its durability was more than enough to withstand battles between Peak King-level experts, and even Immortal Divine Power could barely damage it.

The final silver metal chest contained the auxiliary flight treasure Lu Qingshan had purchased: the Jiu Xiao Ta Yun Boots.

This was Lu Qingshan's first time purchasing such an auxiliary treasure!

After all, auxiliary treasures like these were not only costly but offered negligible combat advantages; during his earlier expeditions in the Outland Battlefield, Lu Qingshan always prepared for death at the hands of other experts, so he naturally never wasted money on such items that would only empower his enemies.

But now, with all these treasures combined, his survivability even exceeded that of most High King-level experts; he faced little danger in the Outland Battlefield, and the more complete his gear, the better.

"Now that my treasures are fully equipped and my wealth entirely spent, it's time to head to the Outland Battlefield and accumulate resources!"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself: "With these treasures, I should easily slay Low King-level Immortals; High King-level will depend on luck; as for Peak King-level, I'll avoid provoking them for now!"

At his current strength, Lu Qingshan no longer feared Peak King-level experts; even if they burned their Immortal Divine Power, they could hardly pose a fatal threat to him anymore.

Yet most Peak King-level experts possess special abilities like teleportation or time suspension; though unable to kill him, they could still easily harass and torment him.

Thinking this, Lu Qingshan quickly used his Divine Nation's teleportation channel to transport his original body to the Outland First Battlefield, within the range of Camp 007's dispersion zone—the Illusion Star River region.

The 'Illusion Star River' spans less than 1.5 light-years in width, yet its winding, meandering length reaches over sixty light-years.

This is a naturally occurring anomaly within the Cosmic Secret Realm, filled with hazy mists capable of easily trapping World Master-level experts in the Illusion Realm; World Master-level experts can resist the illusions but suffer severe mobility impairment.

Only upon reaching the Immortal Spirit tier can one easily resist the illusions of the Illusion Star River; thus, the experts active within it are at least Immortal Spirits.

Within the Outland First Battlefield, the Illusion Star River's danger level is not particularly high.

Yet according to human faction's public records, over ten thousand King-level Immortals operate within the 'Illusion Star River' region, while Marquis-level Immortals and Immortal Commanders number beyond count.

To venture through the Illusion Star River, a team must be led by at least a Marquis-level Immortal; otherwise, survival beyond a century is impossible.

Lu Qingshan originally roamed the Silver Throne Bay on the Outland Tenth Battlefield, but after slaying a common Marquis-level Immortal, he was hunted by a Peak King-level Immortal, forcing him to flee to the Illusion Star River on the Outland First Battlefield—where he has remained for over thirty thousand years.

Over those thirty thousand years, though he had never passed the Heavenly Bridge's Eighteenth Level, his exceptional soul attacks and solid physical prowess earned him the title "Spirit Ling King Lingjian Wang"; nearly all experts in the Illusion Star River knew that the human faction had a Low King-level "Spirit Ling King Lingjian Wang"!

"Actually, there are too few King-level experts in the Illusion Star River; they're rarely encountered—it's no longer suitable for my roaming!"

Lu Qingshan, having reached his old hideout in the Illusion Star River, thought to himself: "But since I've just broken through, it's fine to use this place to familiarize myself with my new strength."

Thinking this, Lu Qingshan quickly left his temporary dwelling and began searching for suitable targets aboard his cosmic vessel.

The detector he now used had been upgraded—he had spent nearly two billion points purchasing it from the Virtual Universe Corporation's treasury; few Peak King-level experts would spend such a fortune on a detector, and this was one reason he had previously moved so freely within the Illusion Star River.

Although Lu Qingshan's current targets are King-level Immortals, King-level Immortals in the Illusion Star River are scarce; thus, the Marquis-level Immortal-led squads he encountered en route naturally became his spoils.

Thus, after drifting through the Illusion Star River for over twenty years, he finally encountered a suitable target.

It was a reptilian anomaly, roughly ten meters long and two meters tall, its body covered in thick scales, a long scaled tail trailing behind, and a massive, heavy carapace on its back.

Dense scales blanketed its entire body, and its head bore four blood-red eyes.

"Mechanical race faction: the powerful clan 'Four-Eyed Crocodile Turtle'—Shen E Wang!" Lu Qingshan quickly retrieved its data from his prior research.

Though the Four-Eyed Crocodile Turtle aliens resembled the Meng Yao Zu in appearance and were likewise flesh-based lifeforms, their genetic essence differed greatly.

Of course, the Four-Eyed Crocodile Turtle clan itself was a powerful race, having joined the狱族 Alliance—one of the Eight Peak Powers of the Prime Universe—and wielded considerable influence across the cosmos.

"According to the data, Shen E Wang's strength should be Low King-level!"

Lu Qingshan studied the files on Shen E Wang: "Yet his physical defense is notably strong; three thousand years ago, he escaped unscathed from a Peak King-level human expert."

In truth, countless experts operated within the Illusion Star River; collecting detailed information on every alien was impossible.

Shen E Wang had only entered the Illusion Star River region within the past few tens of thousands of years, and only because he was a King-level Immortal did the human faction manage to gather substantial data on him.

"Shen E Wang is famed for physical attacks—I wonder if my soul attacks can kill him?"

Lu Qingshan thought to himself: "Even if I can't kill him, disrupting his movement is certain—then he'll become a stationary target; no matter how strong his physical defense, he won't last long!"

Thinking this, Lu Qingshan swiftly left his vessel and flew rapidly toward the location of the Four-Eyed Crocodile Turtle's Shen E Wang.

…

On a meteor fragment several hundred kilometers in diameter within the Illusion Star River, a figure over ten meters long landed his vessel and descended onto the fragment—it was the Four-Eyed Crocodile Turtle's expert, Shen E Wang.

"Though I burned a bit of Immortal Divine Power this time, slaying one High Marquis and three Low Marquises was well worth it!"

Back at his meteor fragment hideout, Shen E Wang inspected his recent spoils, silently marveling: "This haul must be over ten million Yu Lan units—and my Divine Power suffered little loss; I'll fully recover in about two hundred years, no need to return to the camp base!"

Normally, a Low King-level Immortal finds it difficult to slay a High Marquis; but if they burn Immortal Divine Power, it becomes far easier.

"It's still better to come out to this extraterritorial battlefield and adventure!"

The Divine Crocodile King looked at the many spoils in his hand, planning secretly in his heart: "I've only been on this extraterritorial battlefield for less than a hundred thousand years, and I've already accumulated wealth of over four hundred million Yu Lan units!"

"Once I keep adventuring for a while longer and accumulate ten billion Yu Lan units, I can exchange for that powerful weapon of the Mechanical race. By then, my strength should be comparable to a high-tier Hei Fengwang Undying, right!"

But just at this moment…

"Hmm?"

The Divine Crocodile King suddenly turned his head to look into the distance, only to see a figure clad in purple-gold battle armor rapidly flying toward him.

"Not good!"

Seeing an enemy appear, the Divine Crocodile King secretly felt something was wrong, because his detector had actually failed to detect even the slightest trace of the enemy.

Though the preciousness of a detector doesn't necessarily represent a powerhouse's strength, it can reveal the wealth gap between powerhouses.

The enemy's detector functions far surpass his own, so the enemy's strength is very likely greater than his!

Soon, a middle-aged human figure clad in purple-gold battle armor with a resolute face appeared in the nearby void—it was Lu Qingshan.

"It's the Spirit Ling King Lingjian Wang of the human faction!"

Upon seeing Lu Qingshan's figure, the Divine Crocodile King finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Although this Spirit Ling King Lingjian Wang had come to this Bewildering Star River somewhat later than him, his fame was much greater than his own.

First, because the Spirit Ling King Lingjian Wang came from a peak race like humanity, with both powerful background and strength; second, because the Spirit Ling King Lingjian Wang was extremely skilled in soul attacks, and his speed of accumulating wealth far exceeded powerhouses of the same tier.

But no matter how great the Spirit Ling King Lingjian Wang's fame, he normally only dealt with low-tier and high-tier Fenghou, without even a record of killing a peak Fenghou, let alone posing a threat to a Hei Fengwang Undying like him.

"It's said that this Spirit Ling King Lingjian Wang always seeks out alien Hei Fengwang powerhouses to spar with when he meets them. Could he have come to find me this time for the same reason?"

Thinking of this, the Divine Crocodile King quickly spoke: "Spirit Ling King Lingjian Wang, I have no intention of making an enemy of you! If you want to spar a bit, I'm quite willing to keep you company!"

"Spar?"

Hearing the Divine Crocodile King's words, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but smile.

He had indeed often sought out low-tier Hei Fengwang Undying Divine Spirits to battle before, all for the purpose of tempering himself in combat, thereby creating even more powerful secret arts.

But now, having broken through the eighteenth level of the Connecting Tianqiao and raised his life gene tier to ten times what it was, his strength had increased by far more than a hundredfold.

What was originally a spar had naturally become a death warrant!

Hum!

Lu Qingshan's mind moved, and a wisp of virtualized Undying Divine Power instantly spread out, directly seeping into the nearby Divine Crocodile King's body, then transforming into a stream of virtualized small swords, attempting to slash apart the opponent's soul!

"Spirit Ling King Lingjian Wang, you…"

Seeing Lu Qingshan attack without even a word, the Divine Crocodile King was also furious in his heart.

After all, in his eyes, both he and the Spirit Ling King Lingjian Wang were low-tier Hei Fengwang, so naturally neither could do anything to the other!

But just at this moment…

As Lu Qingshan's virtualized Undying Divine Power seeped into the Divine Crocodile King's body, the Divine Crocodile King instantly froze in the void, motionless.

He only felt that every single virtualized small sword within his body was incomparably sharp, as if it would not stop until it completely shattered his soul.

"It seems this Divine Crocodile King's soul defense isn't all that strong. Perhaps I have a chance to directly kill him through soul attack!"

Lu Qingshan in the distance moved his mind, and the formless, intangible virtualized Divine Power attack instantly intensified by several degrees.

"Break! Break! Break!"

At this moment, the Divine Crocodile King's will and consciousness were both roaring madly, and the mini-monster formed by his soul defense secret art within his body was also roaring madly.

"Break through for me!" the Divine Crocodile King's will roared in fury.

Boom!

Just as the soul defense secret art within his body was on the verge of collapse, he finally ignited his own Undying Divine Power.

And once Undying Divine Power was ignited, both attack and defense would instantly increase a hundredfold or a thousandfold, so the Divine Crocodile King quickly blocked Lu Qingshan's terrifying soul attack.

However, after blocking the soul attack, the Divine Crocodile King felt no relief in his heart, and immediately executed his movement art to flee in the direction opposite to Lu Qingshan.

"Too terrifying, truly too terrifying!"

The Divine Crocodile King fled madly while secretly thinking: "This Spirit Ling King Lingjian Wang's soul attack is truly too terrifying. The high-tier Hei Fengwang Undying skilled in soul attacks I encountered before probably couldn't compare to him. If I hadn't ignited my Undying Divine Power at the last critical moment, I would probably have been killed in one strike!"

"Isn't it said that this Spirit Ling King Lingjian Wang's soul attacks can't even handle peak Fenghou Undying? How has it become so terrifying now? I'd better run fast, otherwise once he resolves to burn part of his Undying Divine Power, he might be able to kill me!"

On the other side…

"I didn't expect him to still ignite his Undying Divine Power at the last critical moment!"

Seeing the Divine Crocodile King ignite his Undying Divine Power at the last critical moment, Lu Qingshan felt some regret: "It seems if I want to instantly kill a Hei Fengwang Undying through soul attack, besides burning Undying Divine Power, I can only wait until after receiving the Soul Wind Divine General's inheritance!"

Boom!

While various thoughts flashed through his mind, Lu Qingshan also quickly ignited his Undying Divine Power, then swiftly executed his movement art to chase after the Divine Crocodile King.

"This…"

The Divine Crocodile King, who was fleeing madly, saw Lu Qingshan begin to ignite his Undying Divine Power and felt the terrifying aura emanating from Lu Qingshan, and he was instantly completely panicked.

One must know that Lu Qingshan's current base Divine Power was already a hundred thousand times the World Master's force, and with the amplification of his body-amplifying secret art, that became eight hundred thousand times the World Master's force. After igniting Undying Divine Power, the aura released even exceeded a peak Hei Fengwang Undying by a notch.

"Spirit Ling King Lingjian Wang, spare my life!"

The Divine Crocodile King frantically sent distress signals within his faction while transmitting to Lu Qingshan: "Spare me, spare me!"

Facing the Divine Crocodile King's plea for mercy, Lu Qingshan paid no attention whatsoever.

However, this time he did not employ soul attack again, but after executing his movement art to approach the Divine Crocodile King, he directly slashed out with his sword.

Whoosh!

A dazzlingly brilliant sword light instantly cut across the long sky, then directly swept past the Divine Crocodile King's divine body.

The Divine Crocodile King was instantly split in two, and then his entire divine body exploded with a rumble, completely turning into a pulverized state.

"Undying Divine Body lost 36%?"

When the Divine Crocodile King's divine body reconvened, an expression of terror instantly appeared on his face: "It's peak Hei Fengwang, this Spirit Ling King Lingjian Wang is peak Hei Fengwang!"

You have to understand, the Divine Crocodile King was only a low-tier Hei Fengwang, and although a high-tier Hei Fengwang could damage its divine essence while burning undying divine power, it absolutely wouldn't be this easy.

"Spare me, spare me!" the Divine Crocodile King transmitted again in a frantic voice.

But Lu Qingshan paid it no attention at all, and instead slashed out with another sword.

And Lu Qingshan's renewed attack made the Divine Crocodile King's heart plunge into utter despair.

"Spirit Ling King Lingjian Wang, I will definitely come back for revenge in the future!"

The Divine Crocodile King roared madly, then immediately self-detonated the remaining half-plus of its undying divine body.

The Four-Eyed Crocodile Turtle clan was, after all, a powerful race, so even if the Divine Crocodile King fell, in the future it was qualified to be resurrected by reversing time and space.

A Hei Fengwang undying had accumulated endless years of divine power, and at this moment it completely exploded outward; that shockwave almost instantly surpassed the attack of a peak Hei Fengwang, capable of slaying a peak Fenghou and heavily wounding a low-tier Hei Fengwang.

Boom boom boom!!

The void for hundreds of thousands of kilometers around was instantly torn to shreds, and even the meteorite fragments below were directly reduced to nothingness, with countless spatial fragments spreading out in all directions.

Bang!

The terrifying shockwave instantly swept past Lu Qingshan's position, and the armor on Lu Qingshan's body flickered, instantly weakening this force by a great deal; in the end it posed no threat to Lu Qingshan at all, not even shattering Lu Qingshan's divine body.

After the surrounding space calmed down, Lu Qingshan quickly gathered up the many spoils, then boarded a cosmic spaceship and swiftly left the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)