Chapter 454: Race Deliberation

Within the territory of the Mechanical Race, inside a precious Cosmic Secret Realm.

In a vast stretch of starry sky, there was not a single life-bearing planet here, nor even a trace of cosmic dust.

And at the very center of this void, two towering figures were suspended in the emptiness.

Both figures stood over ten thousand kilometers tall; one wore silver battle armor, an aura of transcendence radiating from every part of its body; the other wore golden battle armor, its entire form appearing as though cast from metal.

If any other expert were to appear here, they would recognize the identities of these two figures — they were none other than the super experts of the Mechanical Race, the Lord of Falling Dust and the Lord of Ten Thousand Gods.

At this moment, the Lord of Falling Dust and the Lord of Ten Thousand Gods were continuously clashing, though neither side burned divine power nor activated any particularly powerful supreme treasures — clearly, they were merely sparring in secret arts.

"Falling Dust!"

After being repelled once again by the Lord of Falling Dust, the Lord of Ten Thousand Gods quickly spoke: "I'm going to go all out next — you'd better be careful!"

"Ten Thousand Gods, just come at me!"

The Lord of Falling Dust stood in the void with hands clasped behind his back, every inch the expert: "I want to see just how much your strength has improved after cultivating for so long!"

"Hahaha!"

The Lord of Ten Thousand Gods let out a great laugh, then transformed into a streak of light and swiftly charged toward the Lord of Falling Dust.

At the same time, the pitch-black war blade in the Lord of Ten Thousand Gods' hand had already lit up with endless ghostly radiance — clearly, he had already unleashed his strongest ultimate technique, the Cold Edge Slash!

"Mm?"

Seeing the Lord of Ten Thousand Gods unleash his ultimate move, a trace of pleasant surprise also appeared on the Lord of Falling Dust's face: "Tens of billions of eons without a spar — it seems this secret art of yours, Ten Thousand Gods, has grown even more perfected!"

Thinking of this, the Lord of Falling Dust did not dare show the slightest carelessness, and likewise unleashed the strongest fused secret art he himself had created as a Lord of the Universe.

One saw the gauntlets on the Lord of Falling Dust's hands suddenly erupt with dazzling light, and then countless fist shadows filled the surrounding void.

These fist shadows continuously converged, finally transforming into a streak of light that blasted straight toward the Lord of Ten Thousand Gods.

Boom boom boom!

The fist shadows spanned endless space, and wherever they passed, the surrounding time and space were completely distorted, even producing spatial rifts visible to the naked eye.

This strike's might was overwhelming.

The last time the Lord of Falling Dust and the Lord of Ten Thousand Gods had sparred, this strike had directly shattered the Lord of Ten Thousand Gods' ultimate move, then carried its remaining power to slam brutally into the Lord of Ten Thousand Gods himself.

But this time, after the fist shadows collided with the secret art unleashed by the Lord of Ten Thousand Gods, they simply annihilated each other.

Although the fist shadows ultimately still annihilated every bit of the secret art unleashed by the Lord of Ten Thousand Gods, the power they themselves carried had also dwindled to almost nothing.

"Hahaha!"

Once everything around them had returned to calm, the Lord of Falling Dust flashed and appeared beside the Lord of Ten Thousand Gods: "Ten Thousand Gods, the might of your 'Cold Edge Slash' has grown stronger again!"

"It's just a pity it still can't compare to your 'Falling Star Fist,' Falling Dust!"

The Lord of Ten Thousand Gods quickly sighed: "I wonder when this secret art of mine will finally be able to step into the tier-five fused strongest secret art level!"

"Don't worry!"

The Lord of Falling Dust quickly said: "You already have one foot across this threshold — from here on it's just a matter of time. I reckon another ten-plus billion eons will be enough!"

"When that time comes, our Mechanical Race will also have two tier-five Lords of the Universe, on par with that Human Race!"

"Hopefully so!"

The Lord of Ten Thousand Gods nodded slightly, then was about to invite the Lord of Falling Dust to his residence to enjoy some fine food.

But just then, he suddenly received a message.

And the Lord of Falling Dust beside him received one as well — the contents of their messages were identical, both speaking of how Lu Qingshan had created a Lord-of-the-Universe-tier fused strongest secret art, had easily withstood the soul attack of the Eye Race's Lord of the Pure Eye, and had then retreated unscathed from a siege by three Lords of the Universe of the Bone Race.

"Th-this, how could it be?"

After reading the message, the Lord of Ten Thousand Gods was completely stunned.

One must know that when he had gone to the Cosmic Secret Realm to reinforce the Lord of Black Scales back then, he had crossed hands with Lu Qingshan — at the time, although Lu Qingshan's strength was decent, he had been at an absolute disadvantage when fighting him, only able to rely on massive divine power supplies to preserve his life at his hands.

The Lord of Ten Thousand Gods had also heard about how Lu Qingshan had previously suppressed the Lord Tianlang of the Meng Yao Zu.

He simply hadn't paid it much mind, because if it had been him, he could have done the very same thing.

But now, how much time had passed? He himself hadn't even taken that final step, yet the Lord of Wan Jie, Lu Qingshan, had already created a Lord-of-the-Universe-tier fused strongest secret art?

"I never expected the Human Race to have gained yet another tier-five Lord of the Universe!"

The Lord of Falling Dust beside him, having also finished reading the message, couldn't help but sigh as well: "The Lord of Wan Jie, Lu Qingshan? Ten Thousand Gods, I recall you once crossed hands with that Lord of Wan Jie, didn't you!"

"Yes!"

The Lord of Ten Thousand Gods quickly nodded and said: "That Lord of Wan Jie' cultivation speed is probably not much slower than yours, Falling Dust. When he fought me back then, he was only at tier-three strength — I never imagined he would have stepped into the tier-five level so quickly!"

"Indeed!"

The Lord of Falling Dust quickly nodded and said: "With this Lord of Wan Jie' breakthrough, the Human Race will have three tier-five Lords of the Universe in the future!"

"And this Lord of Wan Jie also possesses the ability to create avatars, as well as a vast reserve of divine power. Once he is fully equipped with supreme treasures, his strength is probably even more troublesome than that Hun Dun Chengzhu of the Human Race!"

The Lord of Falling Dust often roamed the Sea of Universes, so he naturally knew the strength of people like the Lord of Long Yuan.

Even if he were to encounter a siege by the Bone Race's Lord of Long Yuan and the others, at most he would only be able to escape by riding a peak palace-type supreme treasure.

As for the Lord of the Pure Eye's soul attacks, for experts like them who had no souls, they posed no threat whatsoever.

"Experts who possess avatars are indeed rather troublesome!"

The Lord of Ten Thousand Gods quickly nodded and said: "Our Mechanical Race experts are born without souls — although this makes us fear any soul attack, it also means we cannot perform soul seizure like those beings who possess souls!"

"Not to mention the Meng Yao Zu have many races capable of birthing avatars, even the geniuses of the Human Race have the chance to seize the bodies of special beings with extremely high life-gene levels, or beings like the Golden Horned Beasts that can birth avatars!"

"Among the many Lords of the Universe of the Human Race and Meng Yao Zu today, quite a few possess the ability of avatars. Looking at our Mechanical Race, only you, Falling Dust, and Tu Wu have gained the ability of avatars by sheer chance!"

"The ability of avatars is indeed quite a help to an expert!"

After hearing the Lord of Ten Thousand Gods' words, the Lord of Falling Dust quickly offered comfort: "But you needn't pay it too much mind, Ten Thousand Gods!"

"The Father God once said that once one steps into the level of the strongest being in the universe, all avatars will merge into one! And our Mechanical Race experts are innately adept at controlling all manner of machinery — our strength is absolutely among the very top of experts at the same level!"

"Just like the 10,081 puppets controlled by the Father God — once fully unleashed, their might can absolutely be called world-shattering!"

"As long as we cultivate diligently and reach the level of the strongest being in the universe, what matters will still be our individual ability!"

"That is true!" Wan Shen Zhi Zhu quickly nodded and said.

"Alright!"

Luochen Zhi Zhu quickly said: "Let's go to Father God first. This time the human race has gained a new fifth-tier Universe Lord, so Father God will surely have corresponding arrangements!"

"Alright!" Wan Shen Zhi Zhu immediately responded, then set off together with Luochen Zhi Zhu toward the small universe of the Machinery race's Father God.

……

The various forces in the Sea of Universes were all connected to one another in various ways, so when Meng Yao Zu and the Machinery race learned from other forces that Lu Qingshan's strength had greatly advanced, the other forces in the Primal Universe — such as the Insect race, Crystal race, Prison race, and so on — naturally also all learned of this news.

The emergence of a fifth-tier Universe Lord was something uncommon even in the Sea of Universes, let alone in the Primal Universe, which only had several dozen fifth-tier Universe Lords.

One must remember that the Primal Universe was still in its early stage of evolution, so the number of the strongest experts in the universe was still extremely scarce, altogether not even reaching twenty.

And below the strongest experts of the universe, a fifth-tier Universe Lord was already considered standing at the very peak, almost every one of them holding an extremely high status within the Primal Universe……

For example, the actual leaders of the super force Northern Border Alliance were precisely Long Xingzhu, Lord Liu Lan Xingzhu, and Black Lotus Zhi Zhu — three people!

Therefore, Lu Qingshan's emergence was already enough to slightly sway the shifts in the situation within the Primal Universe.

Of course, because Lu Qingshan himself belonged to the peak race, the human race, this change did not appear so obvious.

And while all the various forces were still astonished by the news of Lu Qingshan's great advancement in strength, Lu Qingshan, after meeting up with Giant Axe Founder, also quickly followed Giant Axe Founder back to the Primal Universe.