Chapter 331: The Troublesome Wan Jie Zunzhe

On a core planet within the territory of the Lord Liu Lan Tribe of the Northern Border Alliance.

Hum!

Accompanied by a flash of hazy light, a towering figure suddenly appeared on this planet—it was the Venomous Dragon Zunzhe, who had just returned to the primordial universe from the Primordial Star.

This time, the Venomous Dragon Zunzhe had lost a considerable amount of divine power on the Primordial Star, so naturally he needed to return to his clan's core territory to rest and recuperate for a while.

However, after returning to the primordial universe, he did not immediately head back to the core territory of the Black Lotus lineage, but instead came directly to this core planet located within the Lord Liu Lan Tribe's territory.

After all, his previous mission to deal with Lu Qingshan had been a task assigned by the Northern Border Alliance. Although he ultimately failed to kill that Lu Qingshan, this was entirely because the Alliance's intelligence department had failed to gather detailed information on Lu Qingshan, and because the Qingluan Zunzhe had arrived in time and broken through to the Lord Realm.

Now that he had lost a considerable amount of divine power due to the Alliance's mission, he naturally wanted to obtain some compensation.

"Fengqi!" Upon arriving at this core planet, the Venomous Dragon Zunzhe quickly found the Lord Liu Lan Tribe's Fengqi Zunzhe.

Fengqi Zunzhe was one of the cosmic hegemon-level experts of the Lord Liu Lan Tribe, and also one of the main leaders handling trivial matters for the Northern Border Alliance. The mission to deal with Wan Jie Zunzhe had originally been assigned to him by the other party.

"Venomous Dragon, why have you come?"

Fengqi Zunzhe was clearly very surprised to see the Venomous Dragon Zunzhe.

"Hmph!"

The Venomous Dragon Zunzhe immediately snorted coldly: "Fengqi, back then you told me to deal with that Wan Jie Zunzhe of the human race, saying his strength was merely average, and that dealing with him would be a cinch for me!"

"I trusted your intelligence and went to deal with that Wan Jie Zunzhe, but I never expected that he actually carried a clone possessing an immensely powerful divine body with him. I expended ten percent of my divine body and still failed to kill him!"

"This..."

After hearing the Venomous Dragon Zunzhe's words, Fengqi Zunzhe quickly said in surprise: "Venomous Dragon, does this mean even you can't deal with that Wan Jie Zunzhe?"

"Hmph!"

The Venomous Dragon Zunzhe snorted coldly and said: "That Wan Jie Zunzhe's strength isn't actually that great. The main issue is that his clone should be enormously vast, which is why his main combat clone has always been able to maintain a perfect state!"

"However, I've lost ten percent of my divine body this time, and I estimate that Wan Jie Zunzhe's divine power should also have been greatly depleted. He'll likely return to the human race to cultivate in seclusion for a period, so he won't pose too great a threat to our Northern Border Alliance for now!"

"That's still not bad!" Fengqi Zunzhe said with a slight nod.

"But my losses are huge!"

The Venomous Dragon Zunzhe quickly said: "This time, in order to deal with that Wan Jie Zunzhe, my main combat clone's divine power was severely damaged. For the foreseeable future, I'm afraid I'll only be able to stay in my clan's core territory to recuperate!"

"The key point is that I didn't gain even the slightest benefit from going to deal with that Wan Jie Zunzhe. Shouldn't the Alliance compensate me for part of my losses?"

"This..."

After hearing these words from the Venomous Dragon Zunzhe, Fengqi Zunzhe also felt quite helpless.

According to the rules of the Northern Border Alliance, generally speaking, the subordinate experts could only receive some rewards after completing a mission.

Moreover, if experts completed a mission, they would generally be able to obtain a portion of spoils during the mission itself, so adding the rewards on top would still amount to quite a harvest.

But now, the Venomous Dragon Zunzhe hadn't killed that Wan Jie Zunzhe at all, so naturally he hadn't obtained any spoils.

And logically speaking, since the Venomous Dragon Zunzhe hadn't completed the mission, he was also unable to receive any reward.

But then again, this time the Venomous Dragon Zunzhe went to deal with that Wan Jie Zunzhe also in order to complete the Alliance's mission. Coupled with the Venomous Dragon Zunzhe's formidable strength and astonishing background, it would naturally be quite inappropriate to let him return empty-handed after suffering such a massive loss of divine power.

Thinking of this, Fengqi Zunzhe quickly said: "Venomous Dragon, I need to convene a meeting to deliberate on this matter first before I can tell you the result!"

……

On the other side, after leaving the headquarters continent of the Giant Axe Arena, Lu Qingshan quickly followed Xin Feng Zunzhe and Wu Chi Zunzhe to the headquarters continent of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance.

By this time, the news of You Hou Zhi Zhu's breakthrough had already spread throughout the human race via the Virtual Universe, and Lu Qingshan and the other two, as eyewitnesses, naturally received visits from many Universe Zunzhes.

Many Universe Zunzhes gathered in Xin Feng Zunzhe's palace, naturally leading to a small banquet being held.

At this banquet, the unseen You Hou Zhi Zhu was naturally the absolute protagonist, and besides that, Lu Qingshan was also quite eye-catching.

After all, withstanding the frenzied attacks of the Venomous Dragon Zunzhe as he had done before was something that, among the many Universe Zunzhes of the human race, probably only a few top cosmic hegemon-level experts could accomplish.

Once the banquet ended, Lu Qingshan naturally took his leave.

Of course, before Lu Qingshan left, Xin Feng Zunzhe and Wu Chi Zunzhe intended to give him a sum of resources as a reward for his previous life-saving grace.

After all, without Lu Qingshan, even if the two of them joined forces, they wouldn't have lasted a single move against that Venomous Dragon Zunzhe.

But the Venomous Dragon Zunzhe had hidden himself in the world ring carried by Lord Youhou primarily to deal with Lu Qingshan, so Lu Qingshan naturally did not accept the reward from Xin Feng Zunzhe and the other.

After Lu Qingshan returned to the headquarters continent of the Virtual Universe Company's universal headquarters, the upper echelons of the human race quickly convened the highest meeting once again.

It had to be said that in recent times, the human race had already convened the highest meeting many times.

Such major events as the opening of the Primordial Star, the expansion of the clan's territory, the establishment of the Northern Border Alliance, and You Hou Zhi Zhu's breakthrough...

Major events like these, in normal times, might not appear once in countless eons, yet in the recent span of less than ten thousand years, they had appeared one after another.

Virtual Universe, Shenshan, within the Hall of Gods.

At this time, many experts of the human race had already gathered here.

"Everyone!"

The incomparably majestic voice of Hun Dun Chengzhu quickly rang out in everyone's ears: "Every time we convene the highest meeting, it is because something major enough to affect the fate of our entire human race has occurred!"

"And just now, a great event indeed occurred within our human race—that is, You Hou Zhi Zhu has successfully broken through to the Lord Realm, becoming the fifteenth Lord of our human race!"

After hearing these words from Hun Dun Chengzhu, the faces of the many Universe Zunzhes of the human race all revealed excited expressions, with only Lu Qingshan feeling quite calm in his heart.

"Fifteen? It should be at least sixteen, right!"

Lu Qingshan secretly thought in his heart: "In the original work, the human race actually has three Lords who have hidden their identities, unknown to both the top cosmic hegemon-level experts within the race and the powerful beings of other races!"

"At this time, Lord Youhou is already a Lord, and his teacher, the Lord of Darkness, naturally broke through long ago. As for the other two Lords, that's still uncertain!"

"However, once I break through to the Lord Realm, all these matters will become clear, so there's no need to pay too much attention to them now!"

One must know that at this time, countless Universe Zunzhes of the human race were quite envious of You Hou Zhi Zhu, after all, each of their dreams was to break through to the Lord Realm.

Only Lu Qingshan's expression remained relatively calm, harboring no envy whatsoever toward You Hou Zhi Zhu's breakthrough.

Because he knew very well in his heart that, with the help of the enlightenment-boosting function within the chat group, his future breakthrough to the Lord Realm was merely a matter of time. In fact, surpassing You Hou Zhi Zhu in strength would be a very simple matter!

A moment later...

"Everyone!"

Hun Dun Chengzhu's voice rang out once more: "Since our Human Race allied with the other five supreme powers and the Northern Border Alliance to go to war, thousands of years have passed!"

"During this past period, everyone has contributed greatly to the race. Over one hundred Universe Dominators and more than five hundred ordinary Universe Zifeng Zunzhe have already fallen at the hands of our Human Race and our Hong Alliance allies!"

"Next, the race hopes everyone will redouble their efforts until the Northern Border Alliance is completely dragged down!"

After Hun Dun Chengzhu gave a few more instructions, the Supreme Meeting ended directly.

After all, the convening of this Supreme Meeting was mainly to announce the emergence of a Universe Master within the Human Race and to inform the assembled Universe Zifeng Zunzhe of some changes within the Human Race following the appearance of the Qing Luan Master.

However, since the Qing Luan Master was a powerhouse of the Giant Axe Martial Arena faction, the faction with the most significant changes this time was the Giant Axe Martial Arena, while other supreme powers like the Virtual Universe Company saw no major changes.

After the Supreme Meeting ended, Lu Qingshan merely rested briefly, left some treasures he had obtained on the Primitive Star within the race's territory, then returned to the Divine Kingdom to replenish the divine power of his Endless Divine Sea clone splitting his divine body, before heading back to the Primitive Star to wander. After all, for the Endless Divine Sea clone with its massive divine body spanning over two billion kilometers in diameter, the divine power he had previously consumed by the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe was simply negligible.

Just like that, time continued to pass, and in the blink of an eye, more than ten years had gone by.

On a core planet within the Liu Lan Race's territory.

"Poison Dragon!"

The Liu Lan Race's Feng Qi Zifeng Zunzhe approached the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe again, who was waiting for the alliance's compensation: "Your application for compensation has been rejected by the powerful ones of all races!"

"What?"

Hearing Feng Qi Zifeng Zunzhe's words, the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe instantly surged with anger: "Feng Qi, I lost so much divine power completing the alliance's mission, yet now the alliance offers not a shred of compensation? Who exactly rejected this matter?"

"Poison Dragon, actually, this matter is not everyone's fault!"

Seeing the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe angry, Feng Qi Zifeng Zunzhe hurriedly advised: "In recent years, the Human Race's Wan Jie Zunzhe has started wandering the Primitive Star again, acting quite high-profile. Not long ago, he even killed two High-Level Universe Zifeng Zunzhe of our Northern Border Alliance on Primitive Star number 05431!"

"Everyone now feels you did not complete the mission, so they rejected your proposal for compensation!"

"This is impossible!"

The Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe immediately spoke seriously: "When I dealt with that Wan Jie Zunzhe back then, I lost ten percent of my divine power in one go. Although I did not kill him, I at least consumed a massive amount of his divine power!"

"Now, even using Origin-class supreme treasures, I have not recovered much divine power. He simply cannot have recovered that fast!"

"Then I don't know. Perhaps that Wan Jie Zunzhe has some special means!"

Feng Qi Zifeng Zunzhe immediately shook his head and said: "However, with the current strength of our Northern Border Alliance, unless a Universe Master acts, or multiple top-tier Universe Dominators appear simultaneously to besiege him, there is simply no way to pose a fatal threat to that Wan Jie Zunzhe!"

"But how proud are top-tier Universe Dominators? Getting them to join forces against that Wan Jie Zunzhe is simply impossible!"

"Hmph!"

The Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe snorted coldly, then continued: "Feng Qi, I am very dissatisfied with how you handled this matter. Just wait, this matter is not over!"

After saying this, the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe quickly left the Liu Lan Race's territory.

However, after leaving the Liu Lan Race's territory, the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe did not immediately return to his residence to cultivate in seclusion. Instead, he went to the territory of the Mei Qiu lineage and found his friend, the 'Shadow Palace Master'!

The Mei Qiu lineage is also one of the six plant races of the Northern Border Alliance and can be said to advance and retreat in lockstep with the Black Lotus lineage.

The Shadow Palace Master is the only top-tier Universe Dominator of the Mei Qiu lineage, and his strength is in no way inferior to the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe.

"Poison Dragon!"

Seeing the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe appear, the Shadow Palace Master was obviously surprised: "We haven't seen each other in three billion eras, have we? Why do you have time to come to my place today?"

"Shadow, I came this time to ask for your help!" the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe quickly spoke.

"Ask me for help?"

Hearing the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe's words, the Shadow Palace Master quickly noticed the slightly weakened divine body aura of the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe: "Poison Dragon, it looks like you suffered a significant loss on the Primitive Star this time!"

"That's right!"

Next, the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe quickly recounted his previous clash with Lu Qingshan, then continued: "Shadow, I guess the divine power of the clone carried by that Wan Jie Zunzhe must be nearly exhausted by now; he is merely strong on the outside and weak on the inside!"

"Your strength is in no way inferior to mine. If you can act against that Wan Jie Zunzhe, there is absolutely a chance to kill him. At that time, all the supreme treasures on his body will be yours!"

"Poison Dragon, what you say is correct, but that Wan Jie Zunzhe possesses a supreme treasure of the Flying Palace type!"

The Shadow Palace Master quickly said: "I assume you know my Shadow Palace is merely an ordinary Flying Palace-type supreme treasure. If that Wan Jie Zunzhe hides inside his Flying Palace-type supreme treasure, I can only stare helplessly!"

"I have already thought of this!"

The Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe quickly said: "So I will lend you my Poison Dragon Palace. After you kill that Wan Jie Zunzhe, just give me some of the spoils to compensate for my previous losses. What do you think?"

"Good!"

The Shadow Palace Master quickly nodded and said: "Since you, Poison Dragon, have spoken, I will help you act once!"

"If that Wan Jie Zunzhe really has as little reserve divine power as you say, then we will all be happy!"

"But if that Wan Jie Zunzhe still has a lot of divine power reserves, then I will not fight as desperately as you!"

"No problem!" the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe quickly nodded and said.

After discussing with the Shadow Palace Master, the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe quickly handed over his Poison Dragon Palace to the other party.

After receiving the Poison Dragon Palace from the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe, the Shadow Palace Master quickly headed for the Primitive Star.

After some plotting, the Shadow Palace Master encountered Lu Qingshan a hundred years later.

The moment the Shadow Palace Master saw Lu Qingshan, he began burning divine power to attack with full force, but even his strongest strike only annihilated fifteen percent of Lu Qingshan's divine power.

The subsequent encounter was naturally quite similar to that of the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe back then.

Although the Shadow Palace Master's divine body was larger than the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe's, he was not as crazy as the Poison Dragon Zifeng Zunzhe.

So, after losing three percent of his divine body and still failing to annihilate Lu Qingshan, the Shadow Palace Master chose to retreat voluntarily.

After this battle, Lu Qingshan's powerful survival ability made the many powerful ones of the Northern Border Alliance tremble with fear.

Northern Border Alliance, on a core planet within the Liu Lan Race's territory.

One hundred and eight avatars of Universe Zifeng Zunzhe from the various races of the Northern Border Alliance gathered together again.

"I assume everyone has already heard!"

The Feng Qi Zifeng Zunzhe of the Liu Lan Race, who was presiding over the meeting, quickly spoke: "Not long ago, the Shadow Palace Master of the Mei Qiu lineage also acted against that Wan Jie Zunzhe of the Human Race, but in the end, he still could not do anything to the other party!"

"From this, it is clear that the Wan Jie Zunzhe's survival ability can almost compare to that of a top-tier Universe Dominator. How does everyone think we should respond?"

"What else can be done?"

A member of an alien race with two sharp horns atop his head spoke directly: "Just treat the Wan Jie Zunzhe as a top-tier Cosmic Overlord; any powerhouse without a sure way to survive should flee immediately upon encountering the Wan Jie Zunzhe!"

"After all, the top-tier Cosmic Overlords of the Six Superpowers already outnumber us—adding one more doesn't matter!"

"I agree!"

"I concur!"

A wolf-headed alien clad entirely in black battle armor spoke up: "Since we can't defeat the Wan Jie Zunzhe, just ignore him—he alone can't possibly affect the overall situation!"

Keep in mind that over the long span of history, the Northern Frontier Alliance has already lost over nine hundred Cosmic Overlords and thousands of Cosmic Zunzhe!

Even if Lu Qingshan is as powerful as they say, he has only slain a dozen or so Cosmic Overlords and a couple dozen High Zunzhe—compared to the Northern Frontier Alliance's total losses, it's negligible!

"Since everyone agrees, then this is our decision henceforth!"

Fengxi Zunzhe of the Liu Lan clan nodded quickly: "Soon after, notify all races' powerhouses—any powerhouse within the Alliance who encounters the Wan Jie Zunzhe and lacks a sure means of survival must withdraw voluntarily!"

"Next is the 'Xuehua Palace Master' of the Insect Alliance! Already, over a dozen Cosmic Overlords of our Northern Frontier Alliance have fallen to this one's hands—if we don't curb him, surely even more Cosmic Overlords will perish at his hands in the future!"

"Now that the Cosmic Masters have ordered us to reduce the number of Cosmic Overlord deaths, we must certainly find a way to deal with this Xuehua Palace Master…"

(End of Chapter)