Chapter 493: Sixth-Rank Secret Art

While Lu Qingshan was locked in battle with the Ancestor of the Star Beast, powerful beings within the Purple Sun Realm who sensed the commotion swiftly arrived in this region.

Upon sensing the powerful domain spreading around them, these powerful beings immediately wore expressions of caution.

"Worse! It's the Ancestor of the Primordial Universe Star Beasts!"

"How could a Universe Lord come wandering into the Purple Sun Realm?"

"Who knows? Maybe he's chasing some kind of opportunity!"

"That's right! Haven't you noticed? Even Lord Jinjiao and Lord Tunyu of the Star Beast Alliance are here!"

After all, the Purple Sun Realm is not a dangerous region within the Cosmic Sea; under normal circumstances, even fifth-rank Universe Lords rarely appear here, let alone the strongest beings of the universe.

Yet now, not only has the Ancestor of the Star Beasts appeared here, but two fifth-rank Universe Lords from the Star Beast lineage have also arrived—naturally leaving the arriving powerful beings deeply puzzled.

"Who is fighting the Ancestor of the Star Beasts? I've never seen this powerful being before!"

"That's the Lord of Wan Jie from the human race of the Primordial Universe!"

"Isn't the Lord of Wan Jie only at the Universe Lord realm? Has he already broken through to the Supreme Being realm after all this time?"

"Judging by his aura, he hasn't broken through—and the Ancestor of the Star Beasts' power has also been suppressed to the level of a Perfect Gene Universe Lord!"

"Then how can he possibly withstand the Ancestor of the Star Beasts?"

"Exactly! The Ancestor of the Star Beasts is protected by a Supreme Artifact—even among the strongest beings of the universe, his power is already quite formidable!"

Instantly, upon seeing that the one fighting the Ancestor of the Star Beasts was Lu Qingshan, all the powerful beings who had arrived wore expressions of disbelief.

After all, to them, this fact was simply too implausible.

Meanwhile…

Lord Jinjiao and the other two of the Star Beast Alliance also noticed the many powerful beings arriving around them.

"Worse!"

Lord Tunyu quickly said: "The number of powerful beings sensing the battle between the Ancestor and the Lord of Wan Jie is growing!"

"What's there to worry about?"

Upon hearing Lord Tunyu's words, Lord Huisuo beside him promptly spoke: "The powerful beings wandering in the Purple Sun Realm are generally not strong; even fifth-rank beings are rare, let alone Supreme Beings!"

"Even if they come over, they'll only watch from afar—dare they trouble the Ancestor?"

"That's not what I'm worried about!"

Lord Tunyu quickly said: "The Ancestor is, after all, a Supreme Being—attacking a mere Universe Lord like the Lord of Wan Jie is still inappropriate!"

"Moreover, the Ancestor has been attacking the Lord of Wan Jie for a long time, yet still hasn't killed him!"

"If these powerful beings witness this and spread the word, it will inevitably damage the Ancestor's reputation!"

"This is indeed a troublesome matter!"

Lord Jinjiao quickly spoke: "Among those who have arrived, the Blood Shadow Lord of the Second Cycle Era is of no concern—but besides him, there are powerful beings from the First Cycle Era's Divine Eye Clan and the First Cycle Era's human race—they will never keep this secret for the Ancestor!"

"Why care so much?"

Lord Huisuo beside him sneered: "Before attacking the Lord of Wan Jie, the Ancestor gave him a chance—he simply didn't cherish it, so the Ancestor acted!"

"Besides, if the Ancestor kills the Lord of Wan Jie and seizes the Supreme Artifact in his possession, what does it matter if word spreads?"

"Damn it! We can't let him achieve enlightenment!"

Meanwhile…

Upon seeing that Lu Qingshan had fallen into a state of enlightenment, the Ancestor of the Star Beasts instantly changed tactics.

As a Supreme Being, he naturally knew more than just a few secret arts—yet the "Light of Reincarnation" he had previously used was merely his most powerful recently created secret art.

But besides "Light of Reincarnation," he had also created many other powerful secret arts.

The secret art the Ancestor of the Star Beasts now wielded was one he forged by combining the fundamental laws of time and space.

This secret art itself reached the seventh-rank level; paired with the Supreme Artifact in his hand, it could unleash an attack at the peak of seventh-rank power.

Even this was only because the Supreme Artifact he wielded was not a pure weapon—otherwise, unleashing eighth-rank power would have been effortless.

The reason the Ancestor of the Star Beasts used this secret art was to prevent Lu Qingshan from gaining any further insight from his techniques.

Only then did the Ancestor's horn begin to reveal countless law runes emitting a dim light, and simultaneously, these law runes subtly formed the silhouette of a strange beast.

This strange beast had four thick limbs, a single horn on its head, and a long tail behind it.

Shhh!

The silhouette's body whipped sharply, its tail tip shooting like a bolt of black lightning straight toward Lu Qingshan, still in enlightenment.

This strike carried overwhelming power.

Where the tail tip passed, space twisted completely, even collapsing visibly to the naked eye.

On the other side, although Lu Qingshan had fallen into enlightenment under the aid of the Enlightenment Boost function in the Celestial Chat Group, his immense willpower—already having crossed into the Supreme Being realm—made it easy to divert part of his consciousness to deploy a secret art and block the Ancestor's attack.

Huashaa!

Lu Qingshan continuously unleashed secret arts; in an instant, swordlight flowed like water, endlessly blocking before him, steadily draining the power of the Ancestor's secret art.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Ancestor of the Star Beasts' attacks hammered against Lu Qingshan's body, yet Lu Qingshan no longer appeared as battered as before.

His secret art's power was continuously rising, while the Ancestor's secret art could no longer match the power of his earlier "Light of Reincarnation."

As Lu Qingshan continuously blocked the Ancestor's attacks, he also continued cultivating under the aid of the Enlightenment Boost function.

After all, he had already reached the absolute limit of the Universe Lord realm in law comprehension and secret art creation—even having created "Eight Directions Annihilation," an art nearly reaching the sixth-rank level!

After countless years of accumulation, Lu Qingshan needed only a single opportunity to break through.

For someone like the Chaos City Lord or Peng Gong Zhi Zhu, waiting for such an opportunity might take eons.

But Lu Qingshan was different!

As the owner of the Celestial Chat Group, he could use the Enlightenment Boost function—an extraordinary opportunity; even without this chance, the next time he activated Enlightenment Boost, he might break through anyway.

And now, the "Light of Reincarnation" the Ancestor of the Star Beasts had previously used was also created from eight complete Beast God Paths—sharing the same root and origin as the fused laws Lu Qingshan had cultivated.

Moreover, the duration of this Dao-Elder Gan Wu Boost was far too short, yet it had elevated his comprehension to an utterly unimaginable degree.

Thus, in merely a minute or so, he had fully grasped all the profound mysteries within the secret techniques cast by the Ancestor of the Starry Sky Beasts.

Although the Ancestor of the Starry Sky Beasts no longer cast the secret technique known as 'Light of Samsara', it had no effect whatsoever on him now.

What Lu Qingshan must do now is, with the aid of the Dao-Elder Gan Wu Boost, take the eight complete Paths of the Beast Gods as a foundation and use the profound mysteries felt from the secret techniques cast by the Ancestor of the Starry Sky Beasts as a guide to create a powerful secret technique of his own.

Meanwhile, within the World Ring carried by Lu Qingshan, Lord Haoshan and Lord Qingsang were also constantly monitoring the battle outside.

To be honest, when Lu Qingshan first decided to engage the Ancestor of the Starry Sky Beasts, both of them were undoubtedly filled with despair in their hearts.

Among them, Yanshan Zhi Zhu, who possessed the ability of projection, fared somewhat better; even if he perished, it would only mean the loss of a vast amount of precious treasures.

However, Lord Haoshan possessed no such projection ability; once he perished here, he would truly be gone.

Yet they were originally on the same side as Lu Qingshan; even if they broke away from him to flee alone, they could not escape successfully.

Therefore, even though their hearts were filled with utter despair, they could only place their hope in Lu Qingshan, expecting a miracle to appear.

But what they did not expect was that a miracle had indeed appeared.