Chapter 491

“It’s the Ancestor of the Star Beast!”

Inside the world ring carried by Lu Qing, the Lords of Haoshan and Qingsang, whose perceptions had not been blocked by Lu Qing, were filled with great panic upon seeing the appearance of the Ancestor of the Star Beast.

Their strength was quite impressive; even facing the Three Lords of Golden Horn, they still had some chance of escape.

But the Universe’s Strongest are different!

Even the weakest Universe’s Strongest is far beyond what either of them could provoke.

Moreover, the Ancestor of the Star Beast wields an extremely rare supreme treasure, making his strength among the Universe’s Strongest in the Cosmic Sea quite formidable.

Upon hearing Lu Qing refuse the Ancestor of the Star Beast’s demand, the Lord of Haoshan felt a flicker of despair.

He had no avatar!

If Lu Qing fully enraged the Ancestor of the Star Beast and was slain, the Ancestor would certainly not spare a Universe Lord who could be crushed with a mere gesture.

The Lord of Qingsang’s expression was also grim; though he possessed the method of avatars, he currently carried the vast majority of his precious treasures—if he perished and lost them, even if he could regrow this avatar, his strength would plummet drastically.

On the other side, the Three Lords of Golden Horn had also heard Lu Qing’s refusal of the Ancestor of the Star Beast.

“This Lord of Myriad Realms truly has immense audacity!”

The Lord of Golden Horn could not help but coldly say: “Who does he think he is? The Ancestor gave him a chance to live, yet he refuses to cherish it!”

“He’s merely relying on his ability to form avatars!”

The Lord of Huisuo quickly spoke up: “After this death, he’ll finally learn proper reverence for the Ancestor!”

“We mustn’t be careless!”

The Lord of Tunyu directly transmitted his voice: “This Lord of Myriad Realms has survived encounters with Universe’s Strongest before—he might still have other hidden cards!”

“Tunyu, rest easy!”

The Lord of Huisuo immediately dismissed it: “Though the Ancestor’s strength is slightly weaker than the First True Lord of the Divine Eye Clan or the Corpse Lord of the Corpse Clan, he’s still far beyond ordinary Universe’s Strongest—how could this Lord of Myriad Realms possibly escape?”

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“Hahahaha… You refuse me?”

After Lu Qing’s refusal, the Ancestor of the Star Beast sneered: “Little one, you’ve just lost your final chance!”

“This isn’t the Primeval Universe—today, I’ll use the death of this avatar of yours to teach you that you must hold reverence for the Universe’s Strongest in the Cosmic Sea!”

No sooner had he spoken…

Hum!

With a vibration, the Ancestor of the Star Beast immediately unleashed boundless dark light.

His peak-level domain treasure was fully activated, instantly seizing two-thirds of the surrounding spacetime, while Lu Qing’s Map of Myriad Realms Unified held only the remaining one-third.

In truth, although the Universe’s Strongest are immensely powerful, they face certain restrictions when battling Universe Lords.

Though the suppression they endure in the Cosmic Sea is far weaker than in the Primeval Universe, there are still two limitations.

First, when battling a Universe Lord, the Universe’s Strongest cannot retreat from the operation of cosmic laws, rendering them unable to command reality with mere words.

Second, their divine power is suppressed to the level of a “Perfect Life Gene Universe Lord.”

Logically, although Lu Qing has not reached the perfect gene level, his physical body is merely much smaller than that of a Perfect Gene Universe Lord—his base strength is nearly identical.

The clear gap between their domains stems from two reasons: first, the Ancestor of the Star Beast controls his domain treasure with greater precision; second, his domain treasure is a supreme Jipin among peak-level treasures, slightly more potent than the Map of Myriad Realms Unified.

But both are peak-level domain treasures; even if one is slightly weaker, it cannot be shattered by the other!

Moreover, for warriors of Lu Qing and the Ancestor of the Star Beast’s caliber, domain suppression can only impose minor restrictions—true combat still depends on their actual strength.

As the Ancestor of the Star Beast activated his domain treasure, a strange monstrous silhouette instantly appeared before him.

This monstrous silhouette resembled a divine dragon, spreading across the surrounding void, its body stretching over ten million kilometers—and still expanding, as if aiming to pierce the entire spacetime around it.

“It’s the Ancestor’s ultimate technique!”

The Lord of Golden Horn, nearby, excitedly transmitted his voice: “Over three hundred billion eons ago, the Ancestor used this move to obliterate a Universe Lord from the Second Cycle Era within the Cosmic Vessel!”

“That’s right!”

The Lord of Huisuo quickly laughed and transmitted: “It seems the Ancestor is truly enraged by this Lord of Myriad Realms—he’s opening with his ultimate technique!”

“Even if this Lord of Myriad Realms survives this blow, he’ll be gravely wounded!”

As the Lord of Golden Horn and others exchanged thoughts, the ten-million-kilometer-long divine dragon silhouette suddenly whipped its tail, sending a torrent of terrifying power sweeping toward Lu Qing’s position.

“Come on!”

Lu Qing, wielding a purple-gold longsword, surged forward with overwhelming momentum, roaring as he charged straight at the divine dragon silhouette.

Facing the Ancestor of the Star Beast’s attack, evasion was impossible—he could only meet force with force.

Whoosh!

As he reached the dragon silhouette, Lu Qing’s purple-gold longsword slashed out with full force.

The blade instantly swelled from several thousand kilometers to over a million kilometers in length, its edge radiating an unimaginably sharp aura, then piercing through infinite space to strike the colossal dragon tail silhouette with full force.

Boom!

Lu Qing’s slash carved a wound over a million kilometers long across the dragon tail silhouette—but the tail merely flicked lightly, and the wound instantly healed.

In contrast, Lu Qing himself was blasted backward over ten million kilometers by the overwhelming impact.

As he flew backward, the dragon tail’s destructive energy raged within his body.

By the time Lu Qing fully extinguished this energy, he had lost over ten percent of his divine power.

“Such terrifying power!”

Feeling his divine power depletion, Lu Qing was startled.

He wore a peak-level armor Jipin —its defense was only slightly inferior to that of a supreme treasure.

Combined with his fifth-tier secret technique and the preemptive parry from his peak-level weapon, the Ancestor of the Star Beast’s strike still obliterated ten percent of his divine power—truly terrifying.

“No wonder he’s a Universe’s Strongest!”

Lu Qing silently thought: “If the Ancestor of the Star Beast could unleash his full power, I’d be utterly annihilated by that single strike!”

“Fortunately, I carry vast reserves of divine power—losing ten percent means nothing to me!”

With this thought, Lu Qing activated his mind—immediately, the boundless divine sea avatar within another world ring began pouring endless divine power into his main body, restoring his primary combat form to full capacity.

“Hahahaha!”

The Ancestor of the Star Beast, controlling the dragon silhouette, looked down at Lu Qing, his voice echoing across the spacetime: “Lord of Myriad Realms, I didn’t expect you to actually block my attack!”

“I’ve long heard you’re famed throughout the Cosmic Sea for your immense divine power reserves, causing many factions to fear you—but I wonder how long you can endure under my hands?”

For a Universe’s Strongest like the Ancestor of the Star Beast, divine power consumption is irrelevant in battle against a Universe Lord.

Under the suppression of divine power, even their maximum effort consumes negligible amounts!

With their small universes, such minor losses are dwarfed by their natural regeneration rate.

“Ancestor of the Star Beast!”