Swallowed Star: Primordial Artifact

Chapter 251 Secret Exposed
When the pillar of light from the World Destroyer, powerful enough to tear the heavens apart, burst forth, the entire universe seemed to be instantly silenced by an invisible giant hand, and all sounds ceased.

The blinding white light, so intense it was impossible to look directly at, resembled the judgmental fire unleashed by ancient gods. With a radius of tens of millions of kilometers, it devoured everything around it like a raging, gluttonous beast.

Wherever it went, it turned into a stream of scattered particles.

Even the most solid Yanji Continent plate was left with a crater tens of thousands of kilometers deep by this terrifying force.

In the deathly silent space, time seemed to stand still.

This once vibrant continent has become a graveyard of death.

The Rift King stood before the massive war machine, his mechanical prosthetic eye flashing a frenzied red light.

He threw his head back and let out a piercing burst of maniacal laughter: "Hahahaha! The World Destroyer Arbiter that I obtained by selling most of the treasures of the Sacred Tower has indeed not disappointed me! This power! Even Feng Wudi could not withstand it."

He stroked the cold metal casing, a hint of heartache flashing in his eyes. "What a pity! Each activation consumes five of the strongest Vulcan Source Crystals!"

Five of the strongest Fire God Source Crystals are an astronomical figure worth over 100 billion Chaos Units! Such a huge expenditure is only enough to launch one attack, which is one of the important reasons why this World Destroyer Arbiter is only worth 500 billion Chaos Units (one trillion Azure Units).

It should be noted that Jiang Ye had seen countless super weapons like the World Destroyer Arbiter, which were capable of killing anyone below the Venerable level. Each one of them in the human weapon treasury was at least a trillion Chaos Units in size.

"But this amount of money is all worth it compared to that human's treasure!" The Rift King stared greedily at the void, as if he could already see the scene of that treasure falling into his hands.

"Heavy treasure! Heavy treasure!"

The Rift King's maniacal laughter still echoed in the distorted space when the viscous smoke was suddenly torn apart by an invisible giant hand, and a golden stream of light wrapped in starlight broke through the air.

Wherever that streak of light passed, the scattered particles boiled violently like snow being boiled in boiling water, creating a vortex burning with purple lightning in the void, aiming straight for his throat.

The newcomer was none other than Jiang Ye!

"Impossible!" The King of Rift's pupils shrank instantly, and his mechanical prosthetic eye emitted a piercing alarm.

He clearly saw with his own eyes that the white light, powerful enough to evaporate an entire galaxy, completely engulf Jiang Ye, yet now the other party appeared before him as if he were perfectly intact.

The starry patterns flowing on Jiang Ye's starry cloak seemed to come alive, strangely freezing the shockwave that had been enough to flatten the continent half a meter around him, transforming it into a dazzling ring of stars that divided this apocalyptic ruin into two distinct worlds.

"King of Rift, die!" Jiang Ye said coldly through telepathy. At the same time, his right hand firmly gripped the Devouring Abyss Sword at his waist, the blade trembling slightly, as if it couldn't wait to drink the enemy's blood.

As the thunderous sound exploded, a semi-transparent phantom of scales suddenly appeared behind him—the Devouring Dragon Armor was enveloping his entire body in the form of liquid energy, with mysterious runes flowing through the fine scales, each reflecting the magnificent sight of an inverted Milky Way.

Seeing this, the Rift King's mechanical fingers danced wildly across the World Destroyer's control panel. The red light of the alarm distorted his face, making it look like a ghost, filled with terror and disbelief.

"This is impossible! Even if this human has the ability to reshape their divine body, it's impossible for them to recover so quickly from an annihilation-level attack in such a short time! Unless—the attack didn't shatter this human's divine body. That's simply impossible!"

The fact is that the explosion didn't shatter Jiang Ye's body!

Just as the beam of light was about to hit Jiang Ye, he successfully stabilized the shattered space with the help of his Starry Sky Cloak, and then teleported to a safe area.

As for the subsequent explosion, since it occurred in the endless void, although it spread for tens of millions of kilometers, from an environmental perspective, the impact of the explosion that Jiang Ye withstood was not even as powerful as the explosion of the strongest Vulcan Source Crystal.

Back then, Jiang Ye withstood the explosion of two Vulcan Source Crystals with just a starry sky cloak and a golden armor.

Now, relying solely on the Devouring Dragon Armor—an energy armor whose hardness rivals that of a precious treasure—is enough to easily cope with this explosion.

It's important to understand that the Devouring Dragon Armor is fundamentally different from true armor-type treasures.

All armor-type treasures and supreme treasures will generate a certain impact force when faced with an attack of a certain degree. Although it can be weakened, it cannot be completely eliminated, just like Jiang Ye's golden armor and Dark Thunder King's Dark Thunder Armor.

However, the Devouring Dragon Armor is a unique energy defense armor. It has no concept of impact force. As long as it is not broken, it will not be able to harm Jiang Ye's body in the slightest.

……

Therefore, Jiang Ye withstood all of this almost unscathed.

After all, against the Devouring Dragon Armor, whose toughness is comparable to that of ordinary heavy treasure armor, this kind of explosion is just a tickle.

Given that he was only a few thousand kilometers away from the Rift King, he arrived in front of the Rift King in an instant.

boom!"

Jiang Ye's Devouring Abyss Sword pierced precisely into its core energy chamber, and the silver-white spatial law power surged in along the sword's edge, completely destroying the intricate energy circuits inside.

The Destroyer, this weapon of destruction, twisted and disintegrated in mid-air, turning into countless streams of light that plunged into the boiling sea of ​​lava below.

At the same time, the Rift King inside the mechanical fortress was also exposed to the void without any defense.

puff!

A claw pierced through!
The Dark Demon Scales pierced into the immortal body of the Rift King, and the Dark Demon Poison Water instantly began to corrode it.

"No!" The Rift King was completely stunned by the terrifying toxicity of the Dark Demon Venom. In an instant, he instinctively chose to completely separate his divine body in an attempt to escape the venom's corrosive effects, but... it was all too late!
Without the assistance of various powerful machines, the Rift King was nothing more than an ordinary powerhouse at the peak of the King level.

A peak-level King-level expert only needs 0.1 gram of Dark Demon Poison Water to deal with it.

Under normal circumstances, if someone is pierced by the Dark Demon Scales, even with the fastest reaction, about 0.1 to 0.2 grams of venom will usually seep into their body.

"It's over!" The Rift King instantly realized this. "I'm going to die."

His consciousness was filled with resentment and anger, but before he perished, the Rift King's consciousness quickly connected with the virtual world.

……

In the virtual world. "Group email! Group!!!" The body formed from the consciousness of the Rift King stood in the hall, roaring.

According to his plan, one part of the plan was to drag a large number of King-level powerhouses from the Mechanical Race into the mess when the human King Killer was too difficult to deal with. He had already prepared a mass email, and even the address coordinates were written down clearly and accurately. That was the address of the cave where he had been hiding.

Hua Hua Hua~~~~~
As the last button was pressed, in addition to the coordinates and the text message "Human King of Slaying Gold has appeared! He possesses a domain treasure...", an encrypted message was also sent to the virtual terminals of all the King-level powerhouses in the Machine Race faction.

"The King of Slaughter has appeared, the treasure of the sacrificial tower! No... this is..."

"Hahaha...a priceless treasure!"

"Appeared."

The moment a large number of King-level experts received this letter, the entire camp erupted in excitement. If Jiang Ye had only obtained the treasure of the sacrificial tower, some King-level experts at the limit or invincible level might not have cared. But if it was a major treasure, that would be a different story!
The allure of this treasure is a hundred times stronger than that of the previous treasures found in the sacrificial tower.

However, all of these powerful individuals who were able to cultivate to the level of a king were people with extraordinary intelligence.

Naturally, they wouldn't immediately teleport to the given coordinates without a second thought upon receiving the email. Firstly, among the many King-level powerhouses, only a very few truly possessed the ability to teleport; secondly, they couldn't help but harbor doubts. If this was a carefully laid trap by the enemy controlling the Rift King, wouldn't rushing there be like walking into a snare?
Therefore, many of the powerful kings among them naturally chose to unite and travel together as a group of kings.

After all, when strong individuals gather together, their overall strength increases significantly, and even if they encounter a trap, they will have enough confidence to deal with it.

"Hahaha...hahaha..." The Rift King clearly felt his consciousness gradually dissipating, his life force flowing away rapidly like sand in an hourglass. But at this moment, he threw his head back and let out a wild, insane laugh, a laugh filled with resentment and determination.

"King of Slaughter, you just wait, I will definitely come back for you!"

He, the Rift King, an intelligent life created by the master of the mechanical universe, firmly believed that even if he faced death at this moment, he would definitely be on the resurrection list.

"Snapped!"

The body formed from consciousness burst instantly, like a fragile bubble, and vanished completely.

……

In other distant regions of the Yanji Continent, many powerful figures of the Mechanical Race are communicating and uniting with each other through the virtual world.

Their expressions grew even more grave after reading the email from the Rift King.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" The powerful individuals with teleportation abilities used their teleportation skills to bring the other King-level experts with them and quickly gather them together at the same location.

"King Wanshe, this news spread suddenly, and it was all sent by King Lieji. It was obviously sent to all the strong members of the Mechanical Race. Could there be some kind of conspiracy?" A group of powerful kings with different appearances and from various races were gathered in mid-air. The only thing they had in common was that they were all from the Mechanical Race.

“There might be a trap waiting for us! Domain-level treasures don’t just appear so easily, and we can’t just get them for nothing.” One of the tall, powerful kings, surrounded by a strange aura, said with a frown.

“However, this news could also be true. After all, even if the Rift King has a powerful background, he wouldn’t dare to fabricate such a lie.” Another powerful king, radiating a soft light, offered a different perspective.

"No matter what, that's a priceless treasure! Once we get it, our strength will be greatly enhanced. We can't miss this opportunity!" The leader, a short but sharp-eyed King-level expert, clenched his fist.

The group of kings communicated with each other, when suddenly one of them, a short, stocky god covered in rocks, shouted, "I tried to contact the Rift King, but the virtual world system reminded me that the Rift King has fallen."

"Already fallen?"

"died?"

The argument abruptly ended. When the virtual world system popped up a red warning that "The Rift King has fallen," the entire space fell into a deathly silence.

Countless query commands flew by like lightning, finally confirming that the connection to the Rift King's consciousness was completely severed the moment the email was sent.

The powerful figures who had initially been somewhat skeptical of the news instantly believed ninety percent of the information that had been circulating before... The virtual world system confirmed the fall of the Rift King, which meant that the Rift King was connected to the virtual world when he fell, and the virtual world had also detected the situation of the Rift King's fall.

Everything can only be fully confirmed during the exploration process.

Like Hu Yanbo, the master of Meteorite Star, who never activated the virtual universe system to detect his own situation, even if he had fallen for ten thousand years, the outside world probably wouldn't know. After all, it's normal for some immortal powerhouses to go into seclusion for tens of thousands of years.

"So what if that human possesses a powerful artifact? Our mechanical race has countless strong individuals!"

"Let's get going!"

"Even the Rift King has fallen, the battle must have been fierce." A group of Kings immediately shouted excitedly, "However, our Mechanical Race camp will definitely send a large number of strong warriors. We have many strong warriors, so we are not afraid of those humans."

"We can teleport directly to a location hundreds of thousands of kilometers away from the coordinates, so even if there is trouble, we can make some preparations."

"Walk."

call out!
This group of powerful individuals instantly teleported away and disappeared into thin air, heading towards the battlefield.

Although their strength varied greatly, including some at the initial stage of Kinghood, they were not afraid, because those on the same side would at least not kill each other. As long as large groups of powerful individuals joined forces, their safety would naturally increase dramatically. Moreover, killing a Kinghood was no easy task, and they believed that the fall of the Rift King meant that the enemy must have paid a considerable price to achieve it.

……

On the vast and boundless continent of Yanji, and even further afield in the Star Tower.

One after another, the powerful kings of the mechanical race began to use teleportation to rush towards the battlefield where Jiang Ye was!
Of course, the group of powerful figures who were on the Yanji Continent, taking advantage of their location, were the first to arrive. As for those powerful figures who were far away in the Star Tower, they would first have to spend time finding a safe place, then use the Divine Kingdom's teleportation, and finally use instant teleportation to reach their destination.

After all this trouble, it will probably take quite a while to get there, but it will all be worth it. After all, this is a domain-level treasure, and even the invincible kings like Mingyun Wang and Nan Cheng, who have dominated the battlefields outside the Seventh Domain for a long time, will definitely be tempted by it.

It should be noted that although the Star Tower has powerful treasures to seal the stars, these sealing treasures are far inferior to the domain-type treasures.

Furthermore, unless those sealed stars voluntarily emerge, even the most powerful beings in the universe cannot forcibly remove them from the Star Tower.

(End of this chapter)