Chapter 488: Exploring the Great Battle

"The Lord of Huisuo excels in close combat, and the Lord of Tunfish specializes in soul attacks—when these two join forces, even a typical Universe Supreme would struggle to match them!"

"Too bad, they’ve run into me this time!"

Seeing the Lord of Huisuo and the Lord of Tunfish appear together, Lu Qing felt no great pressure.

For Lu Qing at this stage, the Lord of Tunfish’s soul attacks posed zero threat; instead, his own soul assault might well endanger the Lord of Jinjiao and the Lord of Huisuo.

As for the Lord of Huisuo, who excels in close combat, he might have been a worthy opponent for the old Lu Qing—but now, Lu Qing could suppress even the Chaos City Lord after his power boost, let alone this Lord of Huisuo.

With his many priceless treasures, even facing two opponents at once, Lu Qing had great confidence he could overpower the Lord of Huisuo and the Lord of Tunfish.

"But…"

Lu Qing silently thought: "I recall the Lord of Peng Gong once said the Lord of Huisuo’s secret technique is peculiar—especially one move resembling time stasis used by Immortals. This time, I’ll see it firsthand!"

"I never expected, Lord Haoshan, that you could persuade the Lord of Myriad Worlds!"

Seeing Lu Qing standing beside Lord Haoshan, the Lord of Jinjiao spoke with caution: "You managed to summon the Lord of Myriad Worlds—surely you paid a heavy price!"

At the same time, the Lord of Jinjiao whispered to the Lord of Huisuo and the Lord of Tunfish beside him: "Huisuo, Tunfish—we’re in trouble this time!"

"Though the Lord of Myriad Worlds has trained for a short time, he already entered the fifth-rank realm, and recently his name has risen swiftly across the Cosmic Sea—he’s truly a formidable supreme being!"

"Now that he’s here, our plan to kill Lord Haoshan is surely ruined!"

"Indeed!"

After hearing the Lord of Jinjiao’s whisper, the Lord of Tunfish quickly replied: "The Lord of Myriad Worlds’ will is extremely strong—he’s already reached the Universe Supreme level, even stronger than me. My soul attacks likely won’t affect him at all!"

"Hmph!"

The Lord of Huisuo, radiating boundless fury, snorted coldly and whispered: "Jinjiao, Tunfish, why inflate the enemy’s strength and diminish your own?"

"How long has the Lord of Myriad Worlds trained? Even if he’s reached the fifth rank, what’s so impressive? You fear him—I don’t!"

"Rest assured—if we find any precious treasure, I’ll handle the Lord of Myriad Worlds alone. You two just deal with Lord Haoshan and Qing Sang. Surely your combined strength can handle them?"

"If it were only Lord Haoshan and Qing Sang, they’d be no match for you and Jinjiao!"

The Lord of Tunfish immediately whispered: "I can handle both of them myself—then Jinjiao can seize the treasure while they’re occupied!"

"But I’m most worried about the Lord of Myriad Worlds—if you truly can hold him off alone, I’ll concede another half percent of the loot!"

"Don’t worry—I’ll handle the Lord of Myriad Worlds myself!"

The Lord of Huisuo declared: "This time, I’ll make him understand that opposing the Star Beast Alliance is the stupidest mistake he’ll ever make!"

"Agreed!" The Lord of Tunfish nodded slightly and whispered back.

"I have no objections!" The Lord of Jinjiao replied in kind.

Some stood at the peak of Universe Lords, others possessed body doubles—none of them truly feared Lu Qing, and once a precious opportunity arose, they would never willingly let it slip away.

"What price I paid is none of your concern, Lord Jinjiao!"

On the other side, Lord Haoshan quickly turned to Lord Jinjiao: "Lord Jinjiao, since everyone has arrived, there’s no need to wait—we should enter swiftly!"

"Let’s go!" Lord Jinjiao nodded in agreement.

Immediately, Lu Qing and Qing Sang followed Lord Haoshan, while the Lord of Huisuo and the Lord of Tunfish followed Lord Jinjiao—six figures flew together into the towering, strange palace ahead.

"Lord of Myriad Worlds!"

Mid-flight, Lord Haoshan whispered with concern: "I never expected Lord Jinjiao would bring the Lord of Huisuo and the Lord of Tunfish!"

"Both are terrifyingly powerful—one excels in close combat, the other in ranged and soul attacks. Together, they’re terrifyingly coordinated—fighting them will be extremely difficult!"

"The Lord of Huisuo and the Lord of Tunfish!"

Even Qing Sang now felt immense pressure.

Facing two such terrifying Universe Lords, without Lu Qing, he might have already turned and fled.

"Don’t worry!"

Lu Qing quickly whispered to Qing Sang and Lord Haoshan, who were anxious: "If it’s ordinary treasure, we can negotiate a fair division."

"If a truly precious artifact appears, I’ll handle the Lord of Huisuo and the Lord of Tunfish—you two focus on Lord Jinjiao!"

In truth, even facing all three, Lu Qing had ample confidence.

But his main goal here was to seize treasure—he must consider every factor.

"Good!"

"Lord of Myriad Worlds, rest assured—we’ll coordinate perfectly with you!"

Hearing Lu Qing would face the Lord of Huisuo and the Lord of Tunfish alone, Qing Sang and Lord Haoshan immediately felt relieved.

If Lu Qing truly held off the Lord of Huisuo and the Lord of Tunfish, they would surely seize suitable treasures from Lord Jinjiao.

As Lu Qing and the others whispered among themselves, the six of them finally reached the core region of the strange palace.

Before them stood six identical massive stone gates, positioned at six different directions.

"This is the entrance to the core region!"

Looking at the towering stone gates, Lord Haoshan quickly whispered to Lu Qing and Qing Sang: "According to the information I obtained from Lord Jinjiao, to enter the final core, six powerful beings must each hold a token and enter through these six passages. After overcoming layer upon layer of obstacles, they must embed the tokens into designated spots and pour in vast amounts of divine power to succeed!"

"I once sent a divine projection with Lord Jinjiao to try separate paths—we both failed!"

"Lord Haoshan!"

Beside them, Lord Jinjiao quickly turned to Lord Haoshan and said: "Let’s begin!"

Hearing this, Lord Haoshan hesitated not at all.

After all, opportunity lay before them—who would willingly retreat?

"Enter!"

"Enter!"

The six warriors of Lu Qing’s side and the Star Beast Alliance split apart, each holding their tokens and entering one of the stone gates ahead.

The passages behind the gates had clearly been cleared in advance by Lord Haoshan and Lord Jinjiao—so there were no layered obstacles, nor any treasures to be found.

Flying at sub-light speed for over ten seconds, Lu Qing soon reached the end of the passage.

At the passage’s end lay a recess covered in strange runes, its shape perfectly matching his token.

Lu Qing’s will shifted—the token instantly flew forth and locked seamlessly into the recess.

At the same moment…

Hum!

Lu Qing immediately poured forth waves of divine power into it.

With Lu Qing’s potent divine energy flooding in, the entire passage blazed with endless light—strange runes flashed in succession, and even the surrounding space began to tremble violently.

Simultaneously, the same phenomenon occurred in the passages entered by Lord Haoshan and the others—they too had activated their tokens.

Once all six passages’ runes blazed fully, they merged into a colossal rune pattern, which then triggered the entire strange palace.

Boom!

Amid a thunderous roar, the barriers at the ends of all six passages vanished instantly—and Lu Qing and the others appeared at the edge of a vast world.

"This is the core region of the palace?"

Lu Qing gazed at the vast world around him, and at Lord Haoshan and the others who had appeared alongside him—his mind stirred with surprise, for everything had proceeded far too smoothly.