Chapter 366: The Three Races' Scheme

Just as Lu Qingshan stepped into the vortex passage leading to the next level of the God-Slaying Hall, news of the Snow Tiangong Lord's death at his hands also began to spread through the channels of the Crystal Race Alliance among the upper echelons of the major powers throughout the universe.

"Lord of Wan Jie? I never expected the human race to produce another Lord of the Universe!"

"The Snow Tiangong Lord's main combat avatar was actually killed by that Lord of Wan Jie, and his supreme treasure was seized as well!"

"The Snow Tiangong Lord has already released word, saying that the Lord of Wan Jie' strength isn't actually that great—he's only just barely stepped into the second tier—but he carries a super divine body with him that provides him with a constant supply of divine power! The Snow Tiangong Lord had no way to escape within the God-Slaying Hall, and no way to call for help from other powerhouses, which is how he was slain by that Lord of Wan Jie!"

"The Snow Tiangong Lord's life gene level is at least two thousand times, and his divine body is five hundred kilometers tall, with a truly astonishing reserve of divine power—and he was still worn down to death by that Lord of Wan Jie?"

"Exactly! It looks like from now on, when we encounter that Lord of Wan Jie, we'll need to be careful too—absolutely must not get entangled with him for too long!"

"Relax! Compared to those super powerhouses, the Lord of Wan Jie' strength is still far inferior! Although he has some tricks, they only work in certain special environments. From now on, we just won't go out of our way to provoke him!"

"That's right! And this time the human race has gained another Lord of the Universe, so the other three peak races will surely make some move. That Lord of Wan Jie won't be able to act arrogantly for long!"

After learning that Lu Qingshan had broken through to the Lord of the Universe realm, most of the Lords of the Universe among the universe's countless races didn't really care all that much.

After all, after a period of secluded cultivation, each of their own strengths was not much weaker than Lu Qingshan's.

As long as they didn't encounter a special environment like the one inside the God-Slaying Hall, even running into Lu Qingshan was nothing to worry about.

But the powerhouses of the Meng Yao Zu, the Insect Race, and the Machine Race, upon learning this news, could no longer sit still.

After all, the human race had only just gained an additional Lord of the Universe a few million years ago, and now another one had appeared!

Two Lords of the Universe born within just a few million years—that pace was truly terrifying. They definitely had to suppress the human race a bit.

In the vast universe, in a stretch of empty cosmic starry sky.

Three streams of will directly traversed endless space, descending upon this empty starry sky, and shortly afterward three strange figures vaguely appeared.

One of the figures continuously emanated endless enchantment;

Another figure was a silver-white great serpent, faintly accompanied by countless serpentine shadows swirling around it;

As for the last figure, it was a mysterious-looking oval brown sphere!

These three figures were precisely the Insect Race Empress, the Dream Demon Ancestor, and the Machine Race Father God—the three strongest beings of the Insect Race, the Meng Yao Zu, and the Machine Race respectively.

"Machine, Meng Cha, I suppose you've both already received the news!"

At this moment, the Insect Race Empress looked toward the Dream Demon Ancestor and the Machine Race Father God, her originally soft, alluring voice carrying a hint of coldness: "That Lord of Wan Jie of the human race has already broken through to the Lord of the Universe realm, and is currently adventuring within the God-Slaying Hall!"

"Hmph! Damn that human race!"

Upon hearing the Insect Race Empress's words, a cold voice—that of the Machine Race Father God—quickly emerged from within the oval brown sphere: "If that Snow Tiangong Lord hadn't fallen into the hands of the Lord of Wan Jie, the three of our forces would probably still be completely in the dark!"

"Exactly!"

The Dream Demon Ancestor likewise said coldly: "The human race only just produced a Lord of the Blue Luan during our joint campaign against the Northern Border Alliance, and now they've actually produced another Lord of Wan Jie!"

"And that Lord of Wan Jie also possesses an avatar. Although his strength is still quite ordinary right now, as time goes on, he will surely become more and more terrifying—at the very least, reaching the third tier shouldn't be a problem!"

One had to know that third-tier Lords of the Universe were already quite rare in the universe.

They had either raised their life gene level to nearly ten thousand times, or mastered a peak supreme treasure weapon suited to themselves, or created the strongest secret art of a Lord of the Universe.

A top-tier second-tier Lord of the Universe who achieved any one of these conditions would be considered to have stepped into the third tier; if all three conditions were achieved simultaneously, and they had other precious supreme treasures protecting them, that would count as stepping into the fourth tier.

Among these three conditions, creating the strongest secret art of a Lord of the Universe might still require a certain level of comprehension, but raising the life gene level and obtaining a peak supreme treasure weapon were merely matters of resources.

For ordinary Lords of the Universe, this might be equally difficult to achieve, but for Lords of the Universe who possessed avatars, as long as they dared to risk their lives, as time went on, accomplishing this was only a matter of sooner or later.

"Actually, I think the easiest one to deal with is still that Lord of the Blue Luan!"

The Insect Race Empress quickly spoke up, suggesting: "That Lord of the Blue Luan has no avatar. If we can kill him, the human race will completely lose a Lord of the Universe!"

"Empress, what you say sounds simple enough!"

The Machine Race Father God quickly retorted: "Setting aside the fact that the Giant Axe isn't easy to provoke, even that Lord of the Blue Luan, after his breakthrough, has been hiding within the human race's territory. By the time he shows himself again in the universe, he's probably already stepped into the third tier. Killing him would undoubtedly be an extremely difficult matter!"

Upon hearing this, the Insect Race Empress also fell silent.

The Machine Race Father God was absolutely right. That Lord of the Blue Luan was now hiding within the human race's territory; without an all-out war with the human race, it was simply impossible to kill him within the core territory of the human race.

"In my opinion, we'd be better off setting our sights on that Lord of Wan Jie!"

The Machine Race Father God spoke again: "That Lord of Wan Jie has only just now revealed his strength as a Lord of the Universe. The three of our races joining forces to deal with him is entirely justified!"

"Doesn't he have an avatar with a great divine body? Then we'll just exhaust his divine power, so that he can't recover for endless eons!"

"Then we'll destroy his main combat avatar, seize the supreme treasures on him, and make it so he can't accumulate enough resources over the long ages to raise his strength!"

"That is indeed a good idea!"

The Insect Race Empress immediately nodded and said: "Moreover, all the treasures that Lord of Wan Jie obtained from killing that Snow Tiangong Lord this time are still on him—he hasn't had time to convert them into his own strength—so we should definitely kill him once!"

Just then, the Dream Demon Ancestor beside them suddenly changed expression slightly.

"Meng Cha, what's wrong?" the Insect Race Empress, noticing the change in the Dream Demon Ancestor's expression, quickly asked.

"It's that God-Slaying Formation Diagram!"

The Dream Demon Ancestor immediately said: "Just now, Lord Tianlang of my race sent word that the Lord of Wan Jie has already seized the main components of that God-Slaying Formation Diagram!"

"Then we should definitely kill that Lord of Wan Jie once!"

The Machine Race Father God spoke again: "For the Machine Race alone, with the Hong Alliance's interference, killing that Lord of Wan Jie would still be quite difficult. But if the three of our races join forces, it would be much simpler!"

"Therefore, I propose that this time our three races simultaneously send out powerhouses to kill the Lord of Wan Jie' avatar on the Primordial Star, and seize the supreme treasures in his hands. What do the two of you think?"

The Dream Demon Ancestor immediately nodded in agreement: "I agree!"

The Insect Race Empress hesitated briefly, but finally quickly said: "I also agree!"

"Good!"

Having received responses from the Dream Demon Ancestor and the Insect Race Empress, the Machine Race Father God immediately nodded and said: "With our three races joining forces, we will naturally be unstoppable!"

"I suggest each of our three races send out two Lords of the Universe—six in total. Have them arrive at that Primordial Star through different vortex passages to encircle and kill him. Even if the Hong Alliance sends other powerhouses to reinforce him, it will surely be of no use!"

"Good! My Meng Yao Zu will send two Lords of the Universe!"

"My Insect Race has no problem either! This time, we must at least kill the Lord of Wan Jie' avatar!"

The Dream Demon Ancestor and the Insect Race Empress both nodded in agreement.

And so, after reaching consensus, the oval brown sphere, the faintly visible graceful figure, and the silver great serpent accompanied by countless serpentine shadows quickly vanished. This stretch of cosmic starry sky once again returned to calm, as if nothing had ever happened.

……

Original Star No. 04793, at this moment, had already gathered over twenty Cosmic Lords.

They had all come here for the newly emerged Execution God Palace, either to seize the treasure or to meet their clan's powerful ones.

In number, these Cosmic Lords were certainly far more numerous than when the Qingguang Palace had reopened before.

First, the treasure emerging from within Execution God Palace was a top-tier domain artifact; even its core components were far more valuable than the Qingguang Divine Sword that had emerged from the Qingguang Palace back then;

second, treasures emerging on Original Stars had become increasingly rare, so Execution God Palace naturally drew the attention of many more powerful beings.

Because the powerful ones inside Execution God Palace would randomly appear in different regions of this Original Star after the palace closed, these Cosmic Lords were all dispersed across various regions of the planet.

Yet since Execution God Palace had not yet opened, these Cosmic Lords remained remarkably calm; even those with longstanding grudges showed great restraint, and no disputes had broken out at all.

As the crowd waited…

Hum! Hum!

Suddenly, a series of figures appeared on this Original Star from different spatial passages.