Chapter 339: Enemies Meet

After the supreme treasures had been distributed, Lu Qingshan asked with a smile, "Zifeng, how were your gains earlier?"

"Don't even mention it!"

Hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Zifeng Zunzhe quickly shook his head and said, "I ran into the Machine Clan's 'Iron-Burning Lord' on the previous level. His strength was about the same as mine. If not for my massive body, it would have been very hard to get the chance to enter this level from his hands!"

"But even so, I gave up more than half of the treasures on the previous level to him!"

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan could not help but nod slightly.

According to the rules within this Green Light Palace, to enter the next level, one must not be affected by any other powerful being.

And achieving this is absolutely an extremely difficult thing!

If one cannot directly slay their opponent, the usual choice is to compromise with them.

Just like Zifeng Zunzhe — clearly his overall strength was a bit stronger than that Iron-Burning Lord's, but in the end he still gave up more than half of the previous level's treasures to the other party, in exchange for the promise that the other party would not interfere with his entry into the next level.

"That Iron-Burning Lord's strength is indeed quite impressive!"

Lu Qingshan said with a smile, "But compared to you, Zifeng Zunzhe, he's still quite a bit weaker!"

Of course, while saying this, Lu Qingshan also felt it was a bit of a pity in his heart.

After all, if it had been that Iron-Burning Lord who entered this level this time, he would have gained a few more harvests again.

"That's still far inferior to you, Wan Jie Zunzhe!"

Zifeng Zunzhe quickly flattered Lu Qingshan: "Wan Jie Zunzhe, you've cultivated for such a short time and yet already possess such astonishing strength. In the future, you might well become the next Universe Master of your human clan!"

"Hahaha, then I'll take your auspicious words, Zifeng!"

Lu Qingshan quickly looked toward the fully formed vortex passage, then said with a smile, "Zifeng Zunzhe, the passage has formed, so I'll head to the next level first. If you have time in the future, you can come drink at my residence in Hong Alliance City!"

Hearing Lu Qingshan's invitation, Zifeng Zunzhe's heart also stirred with joy.

One must know that Lu Qingshan's current strength can already rank in the top twenty of the entire human clan. If he could build a good relationship with Lu Qingshan, it would be a good thing for the entire clan behind him.

Thinking of this, Zifeng Zunzhe quickly nodded and said, "I hope Wan Jie Zunzhe you gain even more on the next level. Once I leave this Green Light Palace, I will definitely come bother you, Wan Jie Zunzhe!"

"Mm!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then quickly stepped into the vortex passage ahead.

……

In a remote region of the Primordial Universe.

"Big Brother!"

Just as Lu Qingshan stepped into the vortex passage to the next level, the divine-power avatar Zifeng Zunzhe had left behind in his clan also quickly found another Universe Zunzhe within the clan — Hei Peng Zunzhe.

The 'Black Peng Clan' to which Zifeng Zunzhe belonged had no Universe Master. The strongest within the clan was Zifeng Zunzhe, this massive Universe Hegemon. Besides him, there were five other Universe Hegemons including Hei Peng Zunzhe.

The six Universe Hegemons gathered together were enough to lead the Black Peng Clan to occupy a region of the universe to thrive and multiply.

And this time, the Green Light Stone in Zifeng Zunzhe's hands had been obtained by Hei Peng Zunzhe earlier when he was adventuring on the Primordial Star. However, after much deliberation, Hei Peng Zunzhe still handed the Green Light Stone he had obtained to Zifeng Zunzhe, who had the strongest overall strength within the Black Peng Clan.

"Third Brother, didn't you go adventuring in that Green Light Palace? How come you suddenly have time to come find me?"

Hei Peng Zunzhe quickly asked, "Could it be that you ran into trouble in that Green Light Palace? If there's great danger, you can just give up competing for treasures directly!"

"Danger, I didn't encounter any!"

Zifeng Zunzhe quickly said, "It's just that after I entered the third level of that Green Light Palace, I actually ran into the human clan's Wan Jie Zunzhe, and in the end could only choose to give up!"

"Wan Jie Zunzhe?"

Hearing Zifeng Zunzhe's words, Hei Peng Zunzhe's heart gave a slight start, then he continued, "Third Brother, you did the right thing!"

"Wan Jie Zunzhe is now already considered a top-twenty super powerhouse within the human clan, and his teacher is the great Bing Feng Zhi Zhu. We absolutely cannot offend him!"

"Actually, Wan Jie Zunzhe's temperament is still quite decent!"

Zifeng Zunzhe quickly spoke up: "After I voluntarily gave up the chance to enter the next level this time, I had originally thought about seeing whether I could get a share of the treasures from the third level of the Green Light Palace from Wan Jie Zunzhe. I didn't expect the other party to actually take the initiative and give me all three ordinary supreme treasures from that third level, though in the end I only took two of them!"

"Wan Jie Zunzhe's temperament is decent?"

Hearing Zifeng Zunzhe's words, Hei Peng Zunzhe could not help but be stunned for a moment, then continued, "Zifeng, the fact that you survived this time is probably all because my Black Peng Clan is a member of the Hong Alliance!"

"You must know, back when the Northern Border Alliance was formed, Wan Jie Zunzhe was killing like a madman on the Primordial Star!"

"Back then, the powerful beings who fell at his hands within the Northern Border Alliance were even far more numerous than all the powerful beings in my entire Black Peng lineage. Later, the Northern Border Alliance sent out two top Universe Hegemons in succession and still couldn't do anything to him!"

"These matters I also know!"

Zifeng Zunzhe quickly said with a smile, "Looks like this time I actually saved that Iron-Burning Lord's life. If it had been him who entered the third level, he'd probably have fallen at Wan Jie Zunzhe's hands!"

"But this time I've also gained some friendship with Wan Jie Zunzhe. Once this Green Light Palace trip is over, I'll go visit him in Hong Alliance City!"

"That is indeed a good thing!"

Hei Peng Zunzhe immediately nodded and said, "But Third Brother, you must also be careful. The Green Light Palace has opened, and on that Primordial Star numbered 09642, who knows how many powerful beings there might be!"

"And the news of your entering the Green Light Palace will definitely be leaked by that Iron-Burning Lord. When the Green Light Palace closes, you must be extra careful. If it really doesn't work out, call for help from other powerful beings within the Hong Alliance!"

"Don't worry, Big Brother, I understand!" Zifeng Zunzhe quickly nodded and said.

……

Inside the Green Light Palace, within another azure world.

Hum!

A terrifying figure over ten kilometers in length, covered all over in golden scales, with a wolf-like head but bearing a single horn, and with complex secret patterns inscribed within the scales on its head, suddenly appeared out of thin air. It was none other than the famous super powerhouse of the Meng Yao Zu, Suo Jin Zunzhe.

"I wonder what powerful beings I'll encounter on this level?"

Suo Jin Zunzhe's heart was full of anticipation: "Hopefully still those Universe Hegemons from ordinary clans with relatively small divine bodies!"

Suo Jin Zunzhe had rushed up from the second level of the Green Light Palace.

Earlier, on the second level, he had encountered the leader of an ordinary clan, the Universe Hegemon 'Hui Li Zunzhe'!

This Hui Li Zunzhe's strength was about the same as Lord Jinjiao's clan leader Xiluoduo, so upon seeing Suo Jin Zunzhe, the other party immediately chose to retreat, not even competing for the second level's treasures.

But Suo Jin Zunzhe had taken a fancy to the treasures on Hui Li Zunzhe, and after a bout of fighting, he directly slew Hui Li Zunzhe.

Hum!

When the cyan light barrier before him dissipated, Suo Jin Zunzhe quickly saw the figure ahead—over twenty meters tall, crystalline and jade-like all over.

"It's actually the Crystal Clan's 'Angry Rain Venerable'!"

After recognizing the other's identity, Suo Jin Zunzhe's brow could not help but furrow slightly: "This is troublesome now!"

One must know that this Angry Rain Venerable's strength was in no way inferior to his own.

If it were some other strong one of equal strength, Suo Jin Zunzhe could still rely on his massive divine body to constantly wear down the opponent's divine power until the other yielded.

But this Angry Rain Venerable was different!

The most precious treasure on Angry Rain Venerable was a precious flying palace-type supreme treasure—once the other hid inside the flying palace to interfere with him, he absolutely would not have any chance to enter the next layer of space.

"Suo Jin Zunzhe?"

The Crystal Clan's Angry Rain Venerable likewise discovered Suo Jin Zunzhe at this moment, and his expression likewise grew somewhat ugly.

Neither chose to make a move, because they both knew they could not threaten the other.

"Suo Jin!"

After a moment, the Crystal Clan's Angry Rain Venerable spoke first: "I can give you all three supreme treasures of this layer, but you must let me enter the next layer smoothly!"

"Angry Rain, are you joking?"

Suo Jin Zunzhe immediately said coldly: "I have a domain-type supreme treasure protecting me—as long as I wish it, you won't get a single one of the three supreme treasures of this layer!"

"But if you are willing to let me enter the next layer, I can give you one of the supreme treasures!"

"Hmph!" The Crystal Clan's Angry Rain Venerable immediately snorted coldly: "Suo Jin, the condition you've offered is simply too bullying!"

"If it's going to be like this, then even if I have to fight without getting a single supreme treasure, I still won't let you enter the next layer!"

Just like that, Suo Jin Zunzhe and Angry Rain Venerable continued to negotiate and compromise while remaining locked in a stalemate.

In the end, the two reached an agreement—Suo Jin Zunzhe gave all three supreme treasures to Angry Rain Venerable, and at the same time handed over the many heavy treasures obtained in the previous two layers (not including the treasures gained after slaying Hui Li Zunzhe) to Angry Rain Venerable, only then earning the qualification to enter the next layer.

Although Suo Jin Zunzhe had paid out so much, in his heart he still felt it was well worth it.

After all, both he and Angry Rain Venerable possessed palace-type supreme treasures for protection, so their life-preserving ability was extremely powerful—as long as they could enter the next layer, they would still be able to obtain some gains.

Compared to the gains of the next layer, the resources he had paid out at this moment were relatively few.

After handing the resources over to Angry Rain Venerable, Suo Jin Zunzhe felt somewhat uneasy in his heart.

Although strong ones rarely went back on their word, if Angry Rain Venerable were to go back on it now, he had no way to deal with it for the time being.

But if it really came to that, he would absolutely find a way in the future to invite strong ones from the same camp to act against Angry Rain Venerable.

Fortunately, after obtaining so many resources, Angry Rain Venerable did, just as previously stated, yield the chance to enter the next layer to Suo Jin Zunzhe.

……

On the other side, after Lu Qingshan stepped into the teleportation passage leading to the fourth layer of the Cyan Light Hall, he quickly arrived at a cyan world not much different from before.

On the enormous plaza at the center of the cyan world, only a single longsword exuding a fierce aura was placed—it looked to have already stepped into the high-grade tier.

"A high-grade supreme treasure appearing this quickly?" Lu Qingshan was also quite stirred in his heart.

But right now the cyan light barrier still blocked his way, so there was no way to immediately act and take the treasure.

Just like that, as time kept passing, the cyan light barrier finally dissipated completely half an hour later.

Once the light barrier dissipated, Lu Qingshan immediately noticed two other figures exuding astonishing auras.

One of the figures was over a hundred meters tall, clad in a set of black battle armor, with a dense bloodthirsty aura emanating from its entire body—it was precisely a rather famous cosmic hegemon of the Prison Clan, 'Ice Throat Venerable'!

But right now Lu Qingshan had absolutely no mind to pay attention to Ice Throat Venerable, and was instead staring fixedly at the other figure.

That was a strong one's figure over ten kilometers in length, covered all over in golden scales, with a wolf-like head but a single horn growing from it, and with complex secret patterns engraved within the scales on its head—it was precisely a strong one of the Fearful Golden Howler branch, one of the royal clans of Meng Yao Zu.

"Suo Jin Zunzhe!"

At this moment Lu Qingshan's mood was undoubtedly quite stirred, because this strong one of the Fearful Golden Howl branch was precisely the Meng Yao Zu strong one 'Suo Jin Zunzhe' who had slain him back then!

Back then, he had been wandering in the Cosmic Secret Realm together with Tianfeng Zunzhe and Tie Quan Zunzhe, and they happened to encounter this Suo Jin Zunzhe—in the end, all three of them perished at the other's hands.

During the long years that followed, Lu Qingshan had always wanted to find Suo Jin Zunzhe for revenge, but had never come across a suitable opportunity.

"Truly, fate is fickle!"

Lu Qingshan gazed at Suo Jin Zunzhe from afar, then said coldly: "Suo Jin Zunzhe, I trust you've been well!"

"Back then when you forced me into self-detonation, I once said that I would definitely come for revenge—meeting you this time means your death day has come!"

"I wondered who it was?"

After hearing Lu Qingshan's words, Suo Jin Zunzhe immediately roared: "So it's that ant I casually crushed to death back then!"

"What? Wan Jie Zunzhe, you think that just because you've made some name for yourself in the cosmos, you can kill me?"

At this moment, upon seeing Lu Qingshan, Suo Jin Zunzhe naturally felt an enormous落差 in his heart.

After all, back then Lu Qingshan had no ability to resist him at all, and had perished swiftly under his attacks.

But now, Lu Qingshan had already carved out a tremendous reputation for himself in the vast cosmos.

Although Suo Jin Zunzhe was verbally dismissive of Lu Qingshan, in his heart he was still extremely wary of Lu Qingshan.

After all, during this past period of time, Lu Qingshan had successively retreated unscathed from two top-tier cosmic hegemons—such battle achievements were truly too shocking.

"The human clan's Wan Jie Zunzhe has a grudge with Meng Yao Zu's Suo Jin Zunzhe?"

Not far away, Ice Throat Venerable's heart could not help but stir slightly upon seeing the scene of Lu Qingshan and Suo Jin Zunzhe facing off: "An opportunity—this is absolutely my opportunity!"

"The two of them are both somewhat stronger than me overall, but as long as the two of them fight, even if I can't seize the chance to enter the next layer, I might still have a chance to snatch this layer's treasure!"

Thinking of this, Ice Throat Venerable hid to one side and quietly waited.

"Suo Jin Zunzhe!"

Lu Qingshan gripped the Lone Gu Hong Zhao Ying Sword on his back in his hand, then said coldly: "Whether I can kill you or not, won't you know once you try?"

Hmph!

Suo Jin Zunzhe snorted coldly, his figure instantly shifted, and then he rushed at high speed toward the high-grade supreme treasure at the center of the plaza.

In his view, after encountering Lu Qingshan—an enemy he had once slain—this time it would be very difficult for him to enter the next layer of the Cyan Light Hall.

In that case, it is better to seize the opportunity first and get this layer's supreme treasure into hand; even if one cannot enter the next layer, one will not have suffered a loss.

And after Lu Qingshan saw Suo Jin Zunzhe's movement, he directly struck.

Whoosh!

Accompanying the swing of the Lone Goose Casting Its Shadow Sword in Lu Qingshan's hand, a brilliant sword light immediately lit up.

"Seeking death!"

Seeing Lu Qingshan attack him, a flash of anger passed through Suo Jin Zunzhe's heart: "Scum of the human race, do you really think I fear you?"

He saw that with a mere thought, a long blade emitting a dim light immediately appeared in his hand.

Then Suo Jin Zunzhe gripped the long blade and instantly slashed out a mournful, sharp blade light, precisely the strongest ultimate move he had created over his long years.

Whoosh!

Where this mournful, sharp blade light passed, the cosmic space cracked inch by inch.

Boom—boom—boom!

The brilliant sword light and the mournful, sharp blade light collided; terrifying power instantly erupted, and endless shockwaves swept directly in all directions.

Immediately after, the brilliant sword light completely shattered the mournful, sharp blade light, then, with its momentum unabated, smashed into Suo Jin Zunzhe's divine body.

Boom!

Suo Jin Zunzhe's massive divine body was directly blasted flying backward.

And seeing this scene, Lu Qingshan's face could not help but show a trace of a smile.

Back in those days, Suo Jin Zunzhe had forced him to self-destruct by means of that very mournful, sharp blade light.

But now, that mournful, sharp blade light which he had been utterly unable to resist back then was easily shattered by him.

On the other side...

"How is this possible?"

Seeing his strongest ultimate technique shattered by Lu Qingshan, Suo Jin Zunzhe's face also showed an expression of disbelief: "Could it be that what he holds is a top-grade supreme treasure weapon?"

One must know that now he had already achieved the extreme that most universe dominators can achieve.

And Lu Qingshan's divine body at this moment was obviously not a special lifeform, yet the power of his attack was considerably stronger than his; naturally, this was because he held some advantage over him in supreme treasure weapons.

"The human race is truly wealthy!"

Having figured it out, Suo Jin Zunzhe could not help but think inwardly: "This Wan Jie Zunzhe is merely a universe dominator, yet he can be equipped with a top-grade supreme treasure weapon!"

However, even though Lu Qingshan's strength was somewhat higher than his, Suo Jin Zunzhe was not overly worried; after all, in that very strike just now, Lu Qingshan had only consumed three ten-thousandths of his divine body.

For Suo Jin Zunzhe, such consumption could still be endured within a short time.

Moreover, he had already made up his mind in his heart: once he seized the supreme treasure of this layer, he would immediately hide inside his palace-type supreme treasure, and then do everything possible to prevent Lu Qingshan from entering the next layer of the Green Light Hall.

(End of this chapter)