Chapter 314: Harvest: Fame Spreads Across the Universe

Outside the range covered by the Black Wind Sea, powerful beings of other races were also sensing the battle between the two Black Flame Zunzhe and Lu Qingshan from afar.

"Wu Chi, do you think those two Black Flame Zunzhe or that Wan Jie Zunzhe are more likely to seize the treasure?"

"I think the Wan Jie Zunzhe has a higher probability of seizing the treasure. He once withstood the siege by the Meng Yao Zu's Long Ya Zunzhe and other universe Zunzhe, and now he even controls a domain-type supreme treasure!"

"I actually think the two Black Flame Zunzhe have a greater chance of seizing the treasure! The fact that the Wan Jie Zunzhe could withstand the siege by Long Ya Zunzhe and others only proves his survival strength is extremely high; as for combat power, he shouldn't be much stronger than the two Black Flame Zunzhe!"

"Exactly!"

Another companion transmitted a voice similarly: "Although the Wan Jie Zunzhe possesses a domain-type supreme treasure, he is after all a single person. Moreover, the Black Flame Zunzhe and the Black Robe Zunzhe coordinate with extreme synergy and have seized the initiative, so the possibility of them snatching the supreme treasure is still very high!"

The commotion caused by this supreme treasure's emergence was relatively large, so after Lu Qingshan arrived, several more teams gradually came over.

However, the strongest among these teams were only at the High-Level Universe Zunzhe tier, daring not to participate in the battle between the two Black Flame Zunzhe and Lu Qingshan, and could only stand outside the range covered by the Black Wind Sea, sensing from afar.

After all, they were not Universe Hegemons; merely the domain-type supreme treasure deployed by Lu Qingshan was enough to make them feel awe and fear.

But just at this moment...

They saw a brilliant sword light suddenly flare up, followed by a fierce strike against the Black Robe Zunzhe.

The Black Robe Zunzhe, who appeared extremely powerful in their eyes, had his divine body instantly annihilated after being struck by the brilliant sword light; his aura completely vanished, leaving only several treasures drifting in the void.

Immediately after, the Wan Jie Zunzhe wielded a long sword and charged toward the Black Flame Zunzhe.

In merely three moves, the Black Flame Zunzhe, whose divine body reached fifty meters in height, was completely beheaded before their eyes by the Wan Jie Zunzhe, managing only to leave behind a single, piercing roar of despair.

After witnessing this incredible scene, the numerous Universe Zunzhe watching the battle around them all froze.

Silence!

A death-like silence!

"How is this possible?"

The Universe Zunzhe, snapping back to their senses, exchanged glances and began communicating via voice transmission with their companions nearby.

"Having so easily beheaded the Black Flame Zunzhe and the Black Robe Zunzhe, could this Wan Jie Zunzhe be a top-tier Universe Hegemon?"

"That shouldn't be! In the universe, the genetic level of ordinary life forms can only be raised to a hundredfold limit at most; how could this Wan Jie Zunzhe possibly be a top-tier Universe Hegemon?"

"Do not forget the Seeing Yan Di of the Yan Shen Clan!"

A Universe Zunzhe with an extremely long cultivation history quickly transmitted a voice: "Back then, the Seeing Yan Di broke the restrictions of the universe's operating laws while still at the Universe Zunzhe stage!"

"That was the Seeing Yan Di!"

Another Universe Zunzhe quickly said: "Do you think this Wan Jie Zunzhe can compare to the Seeing Yan Di of those days? Moreover, the Seeing Yan Di long ago led the Yan Shen Clan to separate from the Human Clan. Even if someone else could break the hundredfold life genetic level limit, it couldn't be the Wan Jie Zunzhe of the Human Clan!"

"This Wan Jie Zunzhe must have already created a Universe Hegemon Ultimate Secret Technique, and the weapon he uses is at least at the High-Level Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao tier!"

Soon another powerful being said: "Furthermore, he possesses a domain-type supreme treasure. Under the suppression of such a treasure, the Black Flame Zunzhe and the Black Robe Zunzhe could not coordinate effectively, so being killed is quite normal!"

After hearing this Universe Zunzhe's words, the other powerful beings around them nodded in agreement one after another.

They dared to venture onto this Primordial Star, so naturally they all possessed considerable strength, meaning they were very familiar with the power levels of numerous Universe Hegemons.

Ordinary Universe Hegemons are not much stronger than High-Level Universe Zunzhe in terms of Secret Technique tier; they merely possess supreme treasure weapons and supreme treasure armor, making them formidable in both offensive power and survival ability. This is the tier occupied by the Black Robe Zunzhe and Black Flame Zunzhe killed by Lu Qingshan, as well as the Jinjiao Clan elder Xiluo Duo;

Stronger Universe Hegemons either possess High-Level Ordinary Ordinary Zhibao weapons or have created Universe Hegemon Ultimate Secret Techniques, etc., so their strength naturally exceeds that of other Universe Hegemons by a significant margin, and the equipment of other treasures also affects their combat performance;

As for the most powerful part of the Universe Hegemons, naturally they are like the current Lu Qingshan, the Meng Yao Zu's Suo Jin Zunzhe, Long Ya Zunzhe, the true body of the Tian Shi Palace Master, and so on...

In aspects such as protective supreme treasures, combat secret techniques, life genetic levels, and amplification secret techniques, they have almost reached the extreme of the Universe Zunzhe stage, which is why they possess such terrifying strength.

Whoosh!

The Black Wind Sea gradually calmed down, then directly swept the treasures left behind after the demise of the Black Flame Zunzhe and the Black Robe Zunzhe to Lu Qingshan's feet.

Lu Qingshan casually stored the treasures away, then turned his head to look at the crowd of Universe Zunzhe watching the battle in the distance.

At this moment, the supreme treasure divine hammer before Lu Qingshan had fully emerged, yet although the crowd of Universe Zunzhe around felt greed in their hearts, no one dared to make any move.

After all, even the Black Flame Zunzhe and the Black Wind Zunzhe had perished in Lu Qingshan's hands; for them to go and snatch the treasure would be nothing more than a moth flying into a flame!

"Wan Jie Zunzhe!"

The You Mo Zunzhe of the Yu Clan quickly spoke with a sigh: "I didn't expect your strength to have become so terrifying! You killed the Black Flame Zunzhe and the Black Robe Zunzhe so easily!"

Although the Yu Clan is also a peak race, it occupies a slightly remote territory, so conflicts between it and the four peak races such as the Human Clan are relatively few.

At this moment, the You Mo Zunzhe had lost all desire to seize the treasure and naturally wanted to chat a bit with Lu Qingshan, whose strength had greatly increased, perhaps even having the chance to learn more information about Lu Qingshan.

"You Mo Zunzhe, thank you for your praise!"

While nodding slightly to the You Mo Zunzhe, Lu Qingshan infiltrated a wisp of divine power into the newly emerged supreme treasure divine hammer to complete the soul-binding, then stored it into the world ring he carried with him.

Seeing this scene, the numerous Universe Zunzhe in the distance did not dare to interfere, not a single one.

"Everyone!"

Lu Qingshan glanced around at the numerous Universe Zunzhe, then said calmly: "Since the struggle for the treasure has ended, I will not keep you company any longer!"

Whoosh!

As soon as the words fell, Lu Qingshan immediately flew rapidly toward a certain direction, and a non-human team nearby in that direction, seeing this, hurriedly dodged away.

Although Lu Qingshan would most likely not attack them, facing such a powerful being who could kill them at any moment, they must remain extremely vigilant.

Yet Lu Qingshan didn't even glance at this non-human team, flying directly toward the distance.

And only after Lu Qingshan's figure completely disappeared from everyone's field of vision did the numerous Universe Zunzhe remaining on the spot begin to discuss the matter with their companions.

"The Black Robe Zunzhe and the Black Flame Zunzhe were killed by the Wan Jie Zunzhe this time; their prestige will be far from what it was before!"

"Indeed! However, the Black Flame Zunzhe and the Black Robe Zunzhe can be considered quite lucky; they are members of the Insect Clan Alliance. Otherwise, with their Universe Hegemon strength, resurrecting in the future would be a very troublesome matter!"

"Who could have expected the Wan Jie Zunzhe's strength to have improved so quickly? We can only blame the Black Robe Zunzhe and the Black Flame Zunzhe for being unlucky!"

For a moment, the numerous Universe Zunzhe around sighed one after another.

They dared to venture onto this Primordial Star, so naturally each of them possessed astonishing methods, and the gap between them and the Universe Hegemons was not too large.

And even if the Black Robe Zunzhe and the Black Flame Zunzhe are resurrected by the Insect Clan Empress reversing time and space this time, the supreme treasures on their bodies will certainly be lost; at that time, their strength will likely be comparable to theirs, or they might even owe a huge debt due to the time-space reversal resurrection!

……

"Hahaha!"

After leaving the area where the supreme treasure had emerged, Lu Qingshan casually chose a remote spot to stop and rest: "I never expected that this time I'd actually killed two cosmic overlords in one go!"

"Even Senior Brother Zifeng would probably find it hard to have such an astonishing battle record!"

Thinking of this, a faint smile couldn't help but appear on Lu Qingshan's face.

One must know that cosmic overlords are still relatively rare in the universe; even a single cosmic overlord could lead a race to establish itself in this vast universe, or even to multiply and prosper.

For example, Herodotus of the Lord Jinjiao group — his strength was roughly the same as the Black Robe Zunzhe killed by Lu Qingshan, and he was fully capable of leading the Lord Jinjiao group to multiply and prosper in some more remote cosmic territories.

And the fact that Lu Qingshan was able to kill both the Black Robe Zunzhe and the Black Flame Zunzhe in one go also had two important reasons behind it.

The first, naturally, was that his strength was sufficient — the might of his attacks could reach the upper limit of what ordinary supreme-treasure armors could withstand, which allowed him to swiftly kill both the Black Robe Zunzhe and the Black Flame Zunzhe;

The second was that the Black Robe Zunzhe and the Black Flame Zunzhe had wrongly underestimated his strength!

If it had been Zifeng Zunzhe, the Meng Yao Zu's Suo Jin Zunzhe, and so on who had appeared this time, then upon seeing them the Black Robe Zunzhe and the Black Flame Zunzhe would surely have kept their distance from the start, because they knew they were no match for people like Zifeng Zunzhe and Suo Jin Zunzhe.

But what appeared this time was Lu Qingshan — in the intelligence they possessed, Lu Qingshan was merely someone with a slightly stronger ability to save his own life, so naturally they were unwilling to easily give up the treasure that had emerged, and thus they fell at Lu Qingshan's hands.

Of course, this was also because the Black Robe Zunzhe and the Black Flame Zunzhe were both rather poor; if they had had a top-grade heavy treasure in the form of a flying palace on them, then perhaps they would have been able to preserve their lives against Lu Qingshan.

However, top-grade heavy treasures in the form of flying palaces are even more precious than ordinary supreme treasures, and obtaining them was quite difficult for them. "Forget it!"

Lu Qingshan shook his head to dispel the many thoughts flashing through his mind, then secretly thought: "There's no use thinking about all this now — let's first see how many spoils I got this time!"

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan — thinking of this, Lu Qingshan waved his hand and took out the supreme-treasure Divine Hammer he had just collected, along with the many treasures left behind after the Black Robe Zunzhe and the Black Flame Zunzhe fell.

Neither the Black Robe Zunzhe nor the Black Flame Zunzhe had the ability to create clones; after they fell, the divine-power imprints on the treasures they carried naturally dissipated in an instant.

So Lu Qingshan didn't need to break through the divine-power imprints within them at all, and could directly complete the master-recognizing of these treasures.

"This supreme-treasure Divine Hammer that emerged this time does look quite decent!"

Looking at the supreme-treasure Divine Hammer he had just obtained, Lu Qingshan secretly thought: "If I contribute it to the clan's treasure vault, I should be able to get around three to four supreme-treasure points — among ordinary supreme-treasure weapons, that's already quite good!"

"But the biggest gain this time is still what I got after killing the Black Flame Zunzhe and the Black Robe Zunzhe!"

Lu Qingshan quickly looked at the treasures left behind after the Black Flame Zunzhe and the Black Robe Zunzhe fell: "Although the Black Flame Zunzhe and the Black Robe Zunzhe are rather ordinary in strength among cosmic overlords, they were both fully equipped with the most basic supreme-treasure weapons and supreme-treasure armors!"

"Especially that Black Robe Zunzhe — he was a spiritual念师, and the supreme-treasure念力 weapon he used was even more expensive than an ordinary supreme-treasure armor; add in a bunch of miscellaneous treasures, and altogether they're probably worth ten to twelve supreme-treasure points!"

"Truly exhilarating!"

Lu Qingshan now felt a sense of exhilaration from the bottom of his heart.

After all, back when he had been wandering through the Various Secret Realms of the Primordial Universe for endless years, he had only accumulated a little over twenty supreme-treasure points in total.

But now, just from encountering one supreme-treasure emergence scene on this Primordial Star, the gains he obtained were already about to catch up with the accumulation of his past endless years.

"Truly worthy of the saying 'murder and arson make you rich'!"

Lu Qingshan couldn't help but sigh inwardly: "If I had only snatched the emerged treasure, my gains this time would only be three or four supreme-treasure points; but after killing the Black Robe Zunzhe and the Black Flame Zunzhe, I can get gains of over ten supreme-treasure points!"

"What a pity I can't slaughter wantonly — otherwise, it wouldn't take long before I could accumulate wealth of a hundred, or even a thousand supreme-treasure points!"

One must know that there are some unspoken but existing hidden rules in the universe!

For example, a Lord of the Universe can easily kill a Universe Zunzhe, and a Universe Zunzhe can easily kill an Undying Divine Spirit…

If those Undying Divine Spirits and Universe Zunzhes took the initiative to provoke super-powerful experts, since the dignity of the powerful cannot be offended, they would naturally be punished and killed.

But apart from that, under no special circumstances, super-powerful experts are not allowed to wantonly slaughter the weak — otherwise it would absolutely arouse public wrath and invite even more powerful experts to act against them.

Take the Lords of the Universe — relying on their ability to control a region of spacetime, they could easily kill the high-grade Zunzhes on Primordial Stars one after another.

Although the wealth in the hands of these high-grade Zunzhes isn't much, every little bit adds up — killing just a few thousand Universe Zunzhes would at least allow one to accumulate over a thousand supreme-treasure points.

Yet even Hun Dun Chengzhu, a fifth-stage Lord of the Universe from a peak race, would not dare to do such a thing.

And Lu Qingshan is currently only a cosmic overlord — there are still many experts in the universe stronger than him, so naturally he cannot be that crazy.

Moreover, as his fame grows ever greater, in the future other experts will naturally retreat on their own accord upon seeing him appear, and by then even if he wanted to pursue and kill them, it would be a very troublesome matter.

"Forget it!"

Lu Qingshan secretly thought: "Let's not think about these things for now — first I'll send this batch of gains back to the divine kingdom, and then come back to wander this Primordial Star!"

Although with his ability to save his own life, below the level of Lords of the Universe there was no one who could pose a fatal threat to him, still, out of caution, Lu Qingshan decided to first send this batch of gains back to his own divine kingdom.

After all, if his true body really did fall on the Primordial Star, having these treasures would allow him to rally again in a short time.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan quickly headed for the vortex passage leading to the outside.

With his strength, the journey back to the Primordial Universe had no incidents at all.

After leaving the Primordial Star, with just two divine kingdom teleports, Lu Qingshan had sent the treasures back to his own divine kingdom.

After taking care of all this, Lu Qingshan naturally returned once again to wander the Primordial Star.

After all, he possessed the Endless Divine Sea clone to replenish the divine power he consumed, so he could fully achieve unlimited endurance — naturally he didn't need to slowly recover his divine power after battle like other experts.

……

On the other side, as time passed, the news of Lu Qingshan killing the Zerg Alliance's Black Wind Zunzhe and Black Robe Zunzhe also kept spreading throughout the universe.

One must know that any Universe Zunzhe who came to wander the Primordial Star was extremely confident in themselves — let alone powerful cosmic overlords.

Generally speaking, when an ordinary supreme treasure emerged, at most only two or three high-grade Universe Zunzhes would fall;

Probably only when a high-grade supreme treasure emerged would it be possible for several cosmic overlords to fall!

And now, two cosmic overlords had fallen to Lu Qingshan at the same time, which naturally stirred up quite a storm in the universe.

……

Thorn Ring Alliance, within a towering divine hall in the void.

"Greetings, Lord of the Universe!" Bi Xin Zunzhe stood respectfully below the great hall.

"Bi Xin!"

A cold voice quickly came from above the great hall: "You've come to see me with a clone — is there something important?"

"Yes!"

Bi Xin Zunzhe hurriedly said respectfully, "Lord of the Universe, just now, Wan Jie Zunzhe of the Hong Alliance killed the Hei Yi Zunzhe and Hei Yan Zunzhe of the Bug Race Alliance while争夺 a supreme treasure!"

"This differs greatly from the intelligence our alliance has gathered regarding that Wan Jie Zunzhe, so I immediately came to report to the Lord of the Universe!"

"You mean the Hei Yan Zunzhe and Hei Yi Zunzhe of the Bug Race faction were killed by Wan Jie Zunzhe of the human race even while fighting together?"

A cold, clear voice rang again beside Bi Xin Zunzhe's ear, and then a female Lord of the Universe, clad in deep purple armor with needle-like sharp horns on her head, appeared before Bi Xin Zunzhe.

Her face was bewitchingly strange and exuded an intense charm, yet her entire body faintly emanated waves of icy cold aura!

This figure was precisely Ci Xin Zhi Zhu of the Thorn Ring Alliance, who was in charge of many affairs of the alliance; her status was entirely comparable to Hun Dun Chengzhu's status within the Hong Alliance.

Of course, there was no strongest being of the universe seated within the Thorn Ring Alliance, so in terms of overall strength it was naturally far inferior to peak powers like the Hong Alliance.

"Yes!"

Bi Xin Zunzhe nodded again and said, "Your subordinate was nearby at the time, so I personally witnessed that Wan Jie Zunzhe erupt with terrifying might and kill that Hei Yan Zunzhe and Hei Yi Zunzhe!"

"Hei Yi Zunzhe was slain by that Wan Jie Zunzhe in a single strike, and the massive Hei Yan Zunzhe couldn't hold out for more than a few moves either!"

"The human race truly is formidable!"

After hearing Bi Xin Zunzhe's words, Ci Xin Zhi Zhu could not help but sigh, "Not long ago a Palace Master of Tian Shi appeared among the human race, and now in the blink of an eye another Wan Jie Zunzhe has appeared!"

"Although this Wan Jie Zunzhe has no special life clone, his strength is already among the very top beneath the top universe overlords, and he also has a domain-type supreme treasure protecting him!"

"Enough!"

After sighing, Ci Xin Zhi Zhu quickly said, "Later I will instruct the many powerful beings under the alliance: if there is no certainty of handling that Wan Jie Zunzhe, then avoid clashing with him!"

"After all, within our Thorn Ring Alliance there is no strongest being of the universe seated; once universe overlords fall and wish to revive, they can only seek out those solitary strongest beings of the universe, which is rather difficult and troublesome!"

"As for the contribution of you, Bi Xin, in delivering the intelligence back to the alliance, the alliance has already recorded it!"

"Thank you, Lord of the Universe!" Bi Xin Zunzhe hurriedly bowed respectfully.

"Alright, you may withdraw!" Ci Xin Zhi Zhu waved her hand and instructed again.

"Yes!" Bi Xin Zunzhe responded respectfully, and then quickly withdrew from this divine hall.

(End of chapter)