Swallowed Star: Primordial Artifact

Chapter 247 Meeting Gift

"This Rift King, after obtaining the treasure of the sacrificial tower, not only did he not keep a low profile and hide, but he also fabricated a story to frame me. His mind is definitely deep." Jiang Ye thought to himself, "With such a ruthless and vengeful nature, since he has released the news, he must have a backup plan. He would never be scared into hiding."

"Let's just wait and see." Jiang Ye sighed. "Anyway, with my current strength, I don't need to fear any of his methods."

Jiang Ye was dressed in golden armor and dragon armor, and wore a starry sky cloak. His life-saving methods were now at their peak.

Even when facing a cosmic venerable, he could escape even if he couldn't defeat him. Now, compared to a powerful figure like the True King who is invincible, he might only be lacking in the ability to burn divine power.

In the vast universe, there are countless immortal powerhouses among billions of races who have reached the limit of becoming a king. However, among these billions of races, those who can be called "invincible kings and near-universe venerables" are very few and far between.

After all, to reach this level, one needs everything: ultimate skills, understanding of laws, amplitude-based secret techniques, precious treasures, and cunning.

"Drip! Drip!"

"Master, there's a call invitation, and we've also received an email. The call and email numbers are the same, so they're from the same person," Little Pi on the shoulder quickly reminded us.

Jiang Ye lightly tapped the air, and a screen instantly appeared. He first accepted the call invitation and then opened his email. A burly, horned giant, shrouded in black battle armor, appeared on the screen, saying in a deep voice, "I've discovered the Rift King of the Mechanical Race, coordinates XYJDL-21945."

The content of the email next to it is the same.

"It's finally here!" Jiang Ye suddenly stood up.

“Very good. Once it’s confirmed, I will give you the reward money,” Jiang Ye said.

"Please come as soon as possible, sir. If we delay any longer, the Rift King may escape," said the horned giant.

With a snap, the communication was cut off.

Jiang Ye smiled slightly, then his consciousness disappeared, and he left the virtual universe network.

******
Inside a cave in a forest mountain range on the Yanji Continent.

The Rift King sat alone, cross-legged, on the cold rock. His large and miniature detectors were only in "detection" mode, with "signal shielding" disabled. This was why the lucky Immortal Marquis from the human faction was able to discover his presence using the detectors.

"Did you find me?"

"Just a nobody who's been granted the title of Marquis and is now immortal," the Rift King murmured softly. "Consider yourself lucky; it's up to you to lure that human into this mess."

"Om~~"

The Rift King was completely focused on sensing the spatial fluctuations. He was studying the laws of space and had already mastered teleportation, making him incredibly sensitive to spatial fluctuations.

"There are unusual spatial fluctuations, it's teleportation!" The Rift King's eyes suddenly lit up. "That human has taken the bait!"

Several thousand kilometers away from the Rift King, Jiang Ye, dressed in golden armor and silver robes, appeared out of thin air.

"The Starry Sky Cloak is truly a treasure. My understanding of the laws regarding teleportation is far from sufficient, but with the help of the Starry Sky Cloak, I can perform it," Jiang Ye couldn't help but sigh. At the same time, he instructed through his consciousness, "Little Pi, have you found the Rift King?"

"Master, according to the detector, the Rift King is in a cave in a mountain range 2150 kilometers away, currently sitting cross-legged on a rock. Although his detector is on, it is not blocking the signal detection of outsiders, obviously he is waiting here on purpose," Xiao Pi responded through mental communication.

"I know he set a trap. Otherwise, how could his detector have been discovered by a Marquis-level Immortal?"

“He knows I’m on guard,” Jiang Ye chuckled softly. “He’s not stupid, and neither am I. We both understand, we’re both prepared, and we both know that as long as neither side backs down, this battle is inevitable. He’s clearly very confident… and I’m just as confident… He’ll regret it when he falls!”

"Xiao Pi, the intelligence is confirmed to be correct. Give the bounty to that lucky Marquis Immortal," Jiang Ye said.

"Yes."

People with different positions naturally act in different ways.

"Little Pi, we need to prepare a little something for that Rift King," Jiang Ye chuckled. "Yekana, launch the attack as I instructed."

"Yes, Master."

The Zerg mother hive appeared instantly to the side.

……

Meanwhile, thousands of kilometers away in a mountain cave, the Rift King sat there frowning: "That unusual spatial fluctuation just now was clearly teleportation... Now that human has arrived... why is there no sign of him? I've already shown myself, does he still not dare to make a move?"

……

A hazy light suddenly shone hundreds of kilometers away, and the surrounding space rippled outwards in concentric circles.

Along with the ripples, enormous golden insectoid warriors sprang out, their numbers vast and dense, like dark clouds obscuring the sun, instantly covering the void.

These Zerg warriors were covered in hard, metallic-looking golden scales, each the size of a human head, tightly packed together, gleaming coldly in the sunlight. Their heads were sharp, and their compound eyes flashed with a blood-red eerie light, exuding endless ferocity and brutality. Their thick, segmented limbs lashed through the air with a rustling sound, like the scythe of death itself.

In the center of this vast array of golden Zerg warriors stands a pyramid-shaped lair, over ten kilometers high.

The nest was riddled with holes of all sizes, resembling the ruins left by a barrage of artillery fire. Various venomous liquids and gases continuously seeped from these holes, forming colorful yet deadly clouds. These clouds drifted with the wind, causing plants to wither rapidly and the land to turn scorched and cracked.

Jiang Ye's miniature detector can completely cover a spherical space with a radius of 100 kilometers. Such a vast space is enough for these nearly 10,000 Zerg immortal warriors to arrange an exquisite formation.

"It's a pity that the development period was too short. Otherwise, Yekana could have conceived even more." Jiang Ye shook his head slightly.

Although Yekana could perfectly control these ten thousand immortal Zerg warriors, allowing each Zerg warrior to be imbued with the power of law when attacking, thus multiplying their power.

But Jiang Ye knew even better that for the Zerg, who were always adept at dominating with swarm tactics, the difference between 100,000 immortal Zerg warriors and 10,000 immortal Zerg warriors was like heaven and earth.

"Attack."

Standing beside the Zerg mother hive, Jiang Ye's lips curled slightly upward as he softly gave the order.

"Yes, Master," Queen Yekana replied telepathically.

In an instant, the towering, pyramid-shaped Zerg hive, amidst a dazzling sea of ​​golden light, emitted an incredibly piercing sound that tore through the sky. "Attack!"

"Hey!"

The high-pitched, piercing sound waves acted like a command, instantly igniting the densely packed golden insectoid warriors, who roared in unison.

These golden Zerg warriors are mainly divided into two categories.

One type is the Tiger Armor Immortal Zerg, which is about 100 meters tall. Its body is made up of countless armor plates, with beetle-like wings and dragonfly compound eyes.

Another type is the Shadow Zerg, which appears "lean" and stands about 30 meters tall. Its body is slightly hunched, resembling a hunchback, and its head and body are covered with hundreds or even thousands of eyes. It also has over a hundred pairs of wings on its back. These eyes give it a near 360-degree field of vision, while its numerous wings grant it extremely high flight speed, allowing it to quickly traverse and launch surprise attacks on the battlefield.

Both types of Zerg warriors are races that Yekana continued to cultivate at the World Lord level.

However, unlike when they were world lords, these two types of insectoid warriors are now completely golden.

The aura it emitted caused the surrounding space to tremble.

As the high-pitched, ear-piercing sound waves emanated from the Zerg hive, both types of Zerg warriors roared. First came the group of tiger beetle warriors, each of them opening their mouths, and a sharp, glass-like mouthpart, about 3 meters in diameter, suddenly emitted a blinding white light.

boom! boom! boom! boom! boom! boom! boom! boom! boom!
Thousands of tiger-beetle warriors, each 100 meters tall and resembling legendary demon gods, simultaneously unleashed blinding white beams of light from their mandibles. These thousands of beams converged at a single point high in the sky. The coordination of these powerful insectoid warriors was so perfect, their movements perfectly synchronized and flawless.

When thousands of white beams of light converged at a single point, something terrifying happened—

"Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!"

The cosmic space at that point seemed unable to withstand this terrifying energy, violently trembling before exploding open to reveal the spatial turbulence hidden beneath. Various chaotic fragments and layered spatial currents surged wildly, like a colossal beast opening its gaping maw to devour everything.

at the same time.

Centered on that point, the shaking universe was like a domino effect, with a chain reaction erupting instantly and spreading wildly in all directions, both above and below ground.

In an instant, the entire world seemed to be hit by a giant bomb, like a new star exploding, shining brightly and overflowing with energy.

Boom...

When these attacks landed on the mountain, they created a series of deafening explosions.

The mountain range was instantly enveloped by this powerful force. The originally hard rocks were easily torn apart like fragile paper under the impact of the energy. The massive mountain began to collapse, the peaks were cut in half, and countless boulders tumbled down, stirring up clouds of dust.

A single combined attack completely destroyed an area with a diameter of tens of millions of kilometers. The shockwave spread even further, leveling everything in its path. What terrifying power!

An ordinary planet is less than 10,000 kilometers in diameter, and even stars rarely exceed 10 million kilometers in diameter. In the face of this force, they all appear so insignificant.

"receive!"

"Return them all to the World Ring." Jiang Ye first stored the Zerg hive in the World Ring, then proceeded to collect the other Zerg warriors.

……

Meanwhile, in a remote mountain cave, the Rift King sat silently cross-legged, muttering to himself, "Could it be that the human is cautious and is carefully probing?"

However, before he could finish speaking, a terrifying, devastating energy attack descended instantly. This energy attack traveled at the speed of light, and at a distance of only a few thousand kilometers, at a speed of 30 kilometers per second, the attack arrived in an instant, taking almost negligible time.

By the time the Rift King realized something was wrong, the attack had already begun.

"Not good!" The King of Rift's expression changed drastically, and he shouted in terror. Faced with this terrifying attack, he immediately used teleportation.

With a "whoosh," his figure vanished instantly.

"boom!"

The thick beam of light swept across the area, instantly obliterating all obstacles in its path, but without causing an explosion.

Where the Zerg army's combined attack explodes is entirely dependent on the Zerg Queen's control. As nearly a thousand energy beams gather, they accumulate and compress in groups of ten, compressing one hundred beams into ten, and then the compressed ten beams gather again... The geometric growth becomes increasingly exaggerated as it progresses, finally reaching its limit.

The distance, angle, and order of the attack all affect this compression; only when compressed to the extreme will a cataclysmic explosion be formed.

The Zerg Queen can make Zerg attacks explode millions of kilometers away, or just a few kilometers away, if she so desires.

However, Jiang Ye knew very well that even if the combined attack of more than 10,000 insectoids hit, it would not be able to kill a powerful expert at the limit of the King level. Moreover, the Rift King could teleport, so it would not be easy to directly injure him.

Therefore, Jiang Ye chose to have the Zerg Queen's combined attack explode 3 kilometers away, his purpose being merely to alert the enemy and force the Rift King to reveal its trump card as soon as possible.

Jiang Ye then immediately took away the Zerg Queen and the other Zerg warriors... As for the real explosion, that happened a second later.

******
Even so, when the Rift King sensed the terrifying beam of energy hurtling towards it, it was terrified and immediately teleported away.

call out!call out!
Two consecutive teleportations allowed the Rift King to teleport directly to another distant location on the Flame Sacrifice Continent.

"Hoo, what a powerful energy attack." Rift King took a deep breath, a hint of shock and anger flashing in his eyes. "Did this human purchase a powerful weapon? That combined energy attack just now... seemed to be comparable to a self-destruction of a peak-level Immortal King twice as powerful as a King."

"Unfortunately, this kind of attack is useless." The Rift King stayed in mid-air for a full 1 seconds before teleporting back to the sky above the mountain.

……

The explosion reduced the entire mountain range to nothingness, creating a massive crater a million kilometers deep in the surrounding land. After a long time, a figure suddenly appeared above the crater—the Rift King.

"Hmm?" The Rift King looked down at the bottomless pit below, a look of shock on his face. Then, he looked at the young man Jiang Ye in the distance, dressed in golden armor and silver robes, and couldn't help but marvel inwardly, "This human can unleash such a powerful attack as soon as he arrives. He's too arrogant. Is he too confident, or just stupid?"

"I can't act recklessly. One wrong move and I could lose my life. I should get those two peak-level King-level experts here immediately. If there's danger, they can handle it. Hmph, I'll wait for the opportunity to kill them." A series of thoughts flashed through the Rift King's mind in an instant, and a hint of ruthlessness appeared in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)