Chapter 171: The Fall of Lei Huanwang

After being killed by the Meng Yao Zu's Shi Jia Wang, Lu Qingshan merely rested briefly within his divine domain before heading to the Outer Second Battlefield, a place he had never visited before, armed with newly purchased equipment.

However, to avoid being killed again by alien powerhouses, he did not buy any overly precious weapons or armor.

Aside from spending extra on detectors, his other weapons and armor cost him only slightly over thirty billion Hunyuan units.

After all, his primary attack method was soul assault, and his requirements for weapons and armor were not high.

Of course, this time, after arriving at the Outer Battlefield, Lu Qingshan had prepared to keep a low profile; his conduct would be nearly identical to that of many peak-level King-tier alien soul masters, and he doubted the alien high-ups would notice him in the short term.

In addition to his main body continuing to explore the Outer Battlefield, Lu Qingshan planned to focus his main efforts on improving his understanding of cosmic laws and developing his own secret techniques.

After all, for Lu Qingshan now, if he could raise his understanding of cosmic laws to the twentieth level of the Tongtian Bridge and then create a peak-level self-developed secret technique, his strength might well rival that of his teacher, Lei Huanwang!

Of course, because he was to attend Zifeng Zunzhe's banquet, Lu Qingshan did not rush to the Initial Universe to train.

Thus, six months later, Lu Qingshan, along with Xue Hun Wang and his disciple Huo Gesi, attended Zifeng Zunzhe's banquet.

At this banquet, Lu Qingshan also made connections with many powerful figures from the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance.

It must be said that although the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance ranked slightly lower than the Virtual Universe Corporation and the Giant Axe Combat Arena, its members were highly united and their strength was truly impressive!

Even at the banquet, the ruling lord of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, Huang Jian Mojin Zhi Zhu, personally appeared and publicly bestowed two Supreme Treasures upon Zifeng Zunzhe—one Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao weapon and one Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao armor—truly filling countless Cosmic Zunzhe with envy!

Seeing this scene, Lu Qingshan quickly recalled the story in the original text about Huang Jian Mojin Zhi Zhu's habit of securing private benefits for his subordinates.

To the powerful figures of the other four factions, Huang Jian Mojin Zhi Zhu's actions were inappropriate; but to the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, he was their beloved leader!

After the banquet ended, Lu Qingshan quickly returned to the Virtual Universe's Universal Headquarters Continent.

After parting ways with Xue Hun Wang, Lu Qingshan was about to apply for a ship to the Initial Universe when suddenly the voice of the AI lifeform Shenlan echoed in his mind.

"Master, you've received an email—an urgent one from your senior brother, Ji Ji Ji Dianwang!"

"Oh? Urgent email?"

Lu Qingshan's mind shifted, and he immediately waved his hand to open an email before him…

"Younger brother:

Teacher has perished. Come to my estate immediately to discuss!

Ji Ji Ji Dianwang!"

Boom!

Upon reading the email, Lu Qingshan was stunned as if struck by lightning!

Hu!

Lu Qingshan waved his hand and immediately retrieved a token left to him by Lei Huanwang.

It was a purple-gold token; originally bearing Lei Huanwang's divine energy imprint, its imprint had now completely vanished.

"Has my teacher truly perished?" Lu Qingshan was momentarily dazed.

He had known that Lei Huanwang and Jing Lei Wang had been invited by Feng Yan Wang to venture into the Cosmic Secret Realm; but as Lei Huanwang himself had said, with multiple peak-level King-tier powerhouses working together, even if they encountered a Cosmic Venerable, they had a chance to escape unscathed—how could they have perished so soon?

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan immediately connected his consciousness to the Virtual Universe and hurried to his senior brother Ji Ji Ji Dianwang's estate.

What he most wanted to know now was how his teacher Lei Huanwang had perished!

If he had been directly killed or his soul annihilated, it would be better—his clan's Cosmic Lords could reverse time to resurrect him; but if his soul had been enslaved, it would be over!

"Given my teacher's mastery over soul arts, even if he encountered a Cosmic Overlord skilled in soul attacks, shouldn't he have been able to self-destruct in time?"

As various thoughts flashed through his mind, Lu Qingshan quickly arrived at his senior brother Ji Ji Ji Dianwang's estate.

When Lu Qingshan arrived, his thirteenth senior sister Tong Ye Wang and eighteenth senior brother Qing Lin Wang were already waiting in the estate's reception hall; none of the other senior brothers or sisters were present.

Clearly, Ji Ji Ji Dianwang had only notified these three junior siblings who had reached the King-tier level!

"Senior brother!"

As soon as Lu Qingshan saw Ji Ji Ji Dianwang and the others, he asked directly: "What exactly happened? How did our teacher perish?"

"Younger brother, don't be too hasty!"

Ji Ji Ji Dianwang first gestured for Lu Qingshan to calm down, then continued: "I still don't fully understand the exact cause of the teacher's death, but among the six King-tier Immortals who accompanied the teacher, five—including the teacher, Jing Lei Wang, and Feng Yan Wang—have perished; only Rou Shui Wang escaped, though severely wounded."

"I've already arranged to meet the disciples of Jing Lei Wang and Feng Yan Wang; we'll go together to visit Rou Shui Wang shortly."

"Senior brother, let's go to Rou Shui Wang's place right now!" Qing Lin Wang said quickly.

Rou Shui Wang was also a King-tier Immortal of the Virtual Universe Corporation, specializing in the Space Primordial Law; his strength was comparable to Lei Huanwang's.

"Two younger brothers, you really don't need to be so anxious!"

Tong Ye Wang quickly spoke to comfort them: "This isn't the first time our teacher has perished—you two are still young, so you don't know."

"Even if a King-tier Immortal of our human clan perishes, there's still a chance the clan's high-ups will reverse time to resurrect him! After our teacher previously perished, he was resurrected by the clan's high-ups not long after!"

"That's right!"

Ji Ji Ji Dianwang added: "I've just visited our ancestral master. According to him, the teacher has fully repaid all resources owed to the clan from his last resurrection, so you needn't worry—given the teacher's strength, he will certainly be on the next resurrection list when the clan's high-ups revive King-tier Immortals again!"

"Senior brother!"

Hearing this, Qing Lin Wang quickly asked: "What do you mean by 'owing resources to the clan'?"

"Of course, the cost of being resurrected by the clan!"

Ji Ji Ji Dianwang replied calmly: "Although the clan's high-ups will resurrect King-tier Immortals within the clan, those resurrected must pay a price."

"Generally, a King-tier Initial-level Immortal must pay two hundred billion Hunyuan units upon resurrection; a King-tier High-level Immortal, five hundred billion; a King-tier Peak-level Immortal, one trillion; a King-tier Ultimate-level Immortal, three trillion!"

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan was momentarily stunned.

Two hundred billion Hunyuan units was an enormous sum even for a King-tier Ultimate-level powerhouse, let alone for a King-tier Initial-level Immortal—how could they possibly repay it?

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan asked again: "Senior brother, what happens if a resurrected King-tier Immortal has no resources to pay the clan?"

"They naturally work for the clan over time!"

Ji Ji Ji Dianwang smiled: "Like the transport department you once belonged to—even a King-tier Initial-level Immortal earns ten thousand credits every hundred thousand years; if they take on specific missions, they earn even more! With tens of trillions of years of accumulation, they can always repay their debt."

"Moreover, within our human clan, there are always tasks that need to be done by King-tier Immortals but that no one willingly takes on—in such cases, those King-tier Immortals who owe resources due to resurrection are the most suitable candidates."

"Just like me—I once perished before, and after being resurrected by the clan, I worked for over fifty million eons in the Interstellar Prison before repaying my debt to the clan!"

"So that's how it is!" After hearing the words of the Extreme Lightning King, Lu Qingshan suddenly understood.

He had actually thought about these problems too!

After all, as for some relatively good jobs, it was fine, but for some ordinary jobs, even if the rewards were quite high, I guess there probably wouldn't be many Hei Fengwang Immortals willing to do them.

Moreover, the Hei Fengwang Immortals of the Human Race all possessed long lifespans; if they engaged in one job continuously, sooner or later they could accumulate astonishing wealth.

Now it seemed those Hei Fengwang Immortals did not actually want to engage in those jobs, but were forced to repay debts like this after their demise!

"Actually, the high-ups of our Human Race have already treated us Hei Fengwang Immortals quite well!"

The Tongye King beside him also said, "For Hei Fengwang Immortals of our own Human Race clan, even if their wealth is insufficient, they can still be resurrected by reversing time and space; they only need to slowly repay the resources owed to the clan afterwards!"

"As for the Hei Fengwang Immortals within the Hong Alliance from other races, unless their own clans possess supreme experts capable of reversing time and space to resurrect the deceased, once they perish, they must first pay our Human Race sufficient resources before our Human Race high-ups will act to resurrect those fallen alien Hei Fengwang Immortals!"

"Exactly!"

The Extreme Lightning King beside him also nodded and said, "Moreover, the price paid for resurrecting those alien Hei Fengwang Immortals is far higher than for Hei Fengwang Immortals of our own Human Race clan. I had a friend within the Hong Alliance who once perished; he was only a low-level Hei Fengwang, yet his clan, in order to resurrect him, must have paid wealth worth five hundred billion Hunyuan units!"

Hearing these words, Lu Qingshan sighed again in his heart.

This was the benefit belonging to peak races and powerful races!

For those supreme experts, the clan was undoubtedly a burden; but for the Immortal Gods within peak races, or even the Universe Zifeng Zunzhe and Universe Masters, the clan was a great backing!

Even if they perished accidentally, they would still have a chance to make a comeback!

And just as various thoughts flashed through Lu Qingshan's mind...

"Alright!"

The Extreme Lightning King suddenly stood up and said to the three of Lu Qingshan, "The disciples of Jing Lei Wang, Feng Yan Wang, and the others have contacted me; let us go to Rou Shui Wang's place now!"

Hearing the Extreme Lightning King's words, the three of Lu Qingshan also hurriedly stood up, then followed the Extreme Lightning King to rush to Rou Shui Wang's residence.

On the way to Rou Shui Wang's residence, Lu Qingshan also met the disciples of Jing Lei Wang, Feng Yan Wang, and the others.

Among the five fallen Hei Fengwang Immortals including Lei Huanwang, the one with the most disciples was undoubtedly Lei Huanwang, possessing four Hei Fengwang Immortals including Lu Qingshan, while Jing Lei Wang also had three Hei Fengwang Immortal disciples; as for Feng Yan Wang and the other two Hei Fengwang Immortals, they each had only two Hei Fengwang disciples.

Thus, the group of thirteen Hei Fengwang Immortals led by Lu Qingshan arrived simultaneously at the gate of Rou Shui Wang's residence.

"Come in, all of you!"

A voice that sounded rather weak rang out, and immediately afterward, the main gate of Rou Shui Wang's residence opened simultaneously.

Seeing this, Lu Qingshan and the others quickly stepped into the residence.

After entering the living room inside Rou Shui Wang's residence, Lu Qingshan and the others soon saw Rou Shui Wang standing up to welcome them.

"Rou Shui Wang!" All thirteen Hei Fengwang Immortals including Lu Qingshan nodded slightly and bowed in greeting.

Since this Rou Shui Wang was a friend of their master, they naturally had to be polite; however, since all thirteen of them were Hei Fengwang Immortals, there was naturally no need to bow deeply.

"Alright, everyone sit down!"

Rou Shui Wang waved his hand, then quickly returned to the main seat and sat down, while Lu Qingshan and his group also quickly sat in the seats on both sides of the living room.

"Rou Shui Wang!"

After everyone had taken their seats, the Extreme Lightning King, who led Lu Qingshan's group, spoke first and asked, "We do not know what exactly you and our master encountered, and how our master perished?"

"Everyone need not be anxious!"

Rou Shui Wang waved his hand to serve clear tea to Lu Qingshan and his group, then continued speaking, "I originally called you here this time just to tell you about the matter!"

Hearing Rou Shui Wang's words, Lu Qingshan and his group all listened very seriously.

At this moment, Rou Shui Wang continued speaking, "Over ten years ago, I was invited by Feng Yan Wang to venture into the Star Glory Secret Realm together with him!"

"That Star Glory Secret Realm held endless opportunities; even Feng Yan Wang and I encountered scenes where several great treasures emerged multiple times! However, our combined strength was not particularly strong, so ultimately we failed to seize the great treasures! Until three years ago, we invited Lei Huanwang, Jing Lei Wang, Zichan Wang, and Yinhe Wang, the four of them, to venture there together!"

"In the recent three years, our actions yielded quite good harvests. Until not long ago, we accidentally encountered a great treasure emerging; who knew that near that great treasure there was a Universe Zifeng Zunzhe of extremely terrifying strength! Under the other's pursuit, the five of Lei Huanwang all perished; I used all my trump cards and barely managed to escape with my life!"

Hearing these words, Lu Qingshan and the others finally understood clearly and learned the true cause of death of Lei Huanwang and the others.

And just at this moment, one of Feng Yan Wang's disciples suddenly spoke out and asked, "Rou Shui Wang, we do not know what identity the Universe Zifeng Zunzhe who killed our master actually had?"

"I do not know this!"

Rou Shui Wang shook his head and said, "Before this, I had never seen any information about that Universe Zifeng Zunzhe; after I escaped, I also asked my master, and my master had never seen the other's information either; I suppose he must be a Universe Zifeng Zunzhe who had never ventured in the universe before!"

"This is the video of that alien Universe Zifeng Zunzhe pursuing the six of us; you can take a look!"

Saying this, Rou Shui Wang waved his hand, and immediately a virtual screen appeared in the void ahead, and what was displayed on the screen was precisely the scene of Lei Huanwang and the others being pursued by that alien Universe Zifeng Zunzhe.

Lu Qingshan also looked at the screen.

He saw that alien Universe Zifeng Zunzhe was over ten kilometers in length, his whole body covered in black scales, possessing six thick hoof-claws, and even having two pairs of fleshy wings on his back.

The opponent was obviously extremely powerful; merely by stomping with his hoof-claws, he directly annihilated several Hei Fengwang limit experts completely, and Lei Huanwang died under the other's hoof-claws.

The video did not show the scene of Rou Shui Wang escaping, after all, that was his life-saving trump card, and naturally the fewer people who knew about it, the better!

After Lu Qingshan and the others finished watching the video, Rou Shui Wang could not help but ask, "Everyone, the video has been watched; I wonder if anyone among you can identify the identity of that alien Universe Zifeng Zunzhe?"

"No!"

"Never heard of him before!"

"I do not know either!"

Lu Qingshan and his group spoke out one after another.

Hearing these words, Rou Shui Wang did not show any disappointment.

After all, since his master, a Universe Zifeng Zunzhe, could not identify the identity of that alien Universe Zifeng Zunzhe, it was truly normal that Lu Qingshan and the others could not recognize him.

"Alright!"

Rou Shui Wang quickly continued speaking, "Everyone, I have already explained the matter clearly to you; I am now seriously injured, and I fear it will take an extremely long era for me to recover; I will not keep you!"

"Rou Shui Wang, may you recover your divine body soon!"

Lu Qingshan and the others immediately stood up, and after offering a blessing to the other, they together left Rou Shui Wang's residence.

"I wonder what identity that alien Universe Zifeng Zunzhe who killed our master and the others actually had?"

Just after stepping out of Rou Shui Wang's residence, one of Feng Yan Wang's disciples could not help but say.

"Ice Soul King!"

Another Sealed King Immortal immediately said, "That alien universe Sovereign's strength was terrifyingly powerful. Even our teachers and several others perished at their hands. Are you really going to seek revenge against them?"

"How could that be possible?"

Feng Yan Wang's disciple, Ice Soul King, quickly said, "I just want to confirm the identity of that alien universe Sovereign, to see if we can request the higher-ups of the clan to take action and kill them. If the clan can gain some great harvest, perhaps our teachers can even be revived for free!"

"How could that be possible?"

Extreme Lightning King, also unable to restrain himself, said, "In my view, our teachers and the others will probably have to wait until the higher-ups of the clan revive everyone together before they can be revived!"

"But…"

Ice Soul King could not help but say, "Our teachers still haven't repaid the resources they previously owed the clan!"

"This…"

After hearing Ice Soul King's words, Extreme Lightning King could not help but be slightly stunned.

(End of this chapter)