Swallowed Star: Primordial Artifact

Chapter 289 Dominating the Sky and Shattering Stars
Jiang Ye's gaze swept across the nearly one hundred powerful figures surrounding him with lightning speed. Although they all belonged to the human camp, only King Lihe was truly human; the rest were all of other races.

"King Lihe, you wouldn't be planning to attack me too, would you?" Jiang Ye looked directly at this human King. As the King of Killing Gold, he had met many powerful Kings in Hongmeng City, and he had also met King Lihe once.

"Of course not. I rushed here after learning that King Lin Yuan was in danger. My intention was to deal with the alien team, not to harm my own people," King Li He quickly replied, waving his hand.

As fellow human beings, reaching the level of being crowned an immortal king already makes one an elite of their race!

While competition is inevitable among powerful individuals, those who dare to openly attack their own kind will ultimately meet a bad end. Even though Jiang Ye secretly enslaved King Lin Yuan, he would never dare to leak this information before reaching the Venerable level.

Immediately, King Lihe looked around and spoke in a booming voice, which spread like thunder: "Everyone, King Shijin was a powerful human. Although he has retired, he is still a member of humanity! Among the powerful people present, I'm afraid 30% are members of the Hong Alliance. Do you really intend to attack a powerful human?"

"No, the separation of the River King and the killing of the Gold King are all misunderstandings."

"King Shijin, we're here for the alien team, we won't interfere in this matter."

In an instant, many members of the Hongmeng Alliance expressed their opinions.

After all, as a member of the Hongmeng, one can run away but not disappear. The Hongmeng has extremely strong control over various races and is absolutely centered on humans.

This powerful human, "King of Gold Slayers," must have an extraordinary background and be highly regarded by the human race to possess such strength. If King of Gold Slayers were to be killed by one of them, not to mention the possibility of his friends and teachers seeking revenge, the pressure exerted by the human race alone would be unbearable for their respective clans.

"It seems they haven't completely lost their minds yet." Jiang Ye thought to himself after hearing the statements of these powerful figures.

Perhaps human powerhouses and alien powerhouses within the Hong Alliance might secretly harbor murderous thoughts due to greed, but with so many powerful figures present and under the watchful eyes of everyone, they have no choice but to exercise restraint.

"Hmph! The Hongmeng people won't interfere, but we aren't part of your Hongmeng." King Yijue's tone was cold.

Previously, these powerful individuals were extremely shrewd and wary of each other, being fellow humans, so no amount of persuasion from him could sway them. But the situation is different now…

"Hehe, in that case, let Hongmeng's friends watch from the sidelines to avoid being accidentally hurt."

“That’s right. Now that the King of Gold has retired, he is no longer protected by the military system and has nothing to do with you.”

Many powerful figures stared intently at Jiang Ye, their eyes filled with greed and covetousness.

The universe is teeming with countless races, many of whom seize the opportunity of joining the human ranks to fight each other on extraterrestrial battlefields. The Hong Alliance is but a small part of the human camp, and the vast majority of its members do not come from the Hong Alliance. They may have some connection with humans at present, but once they retire, they will return to their homelands, severing all ties with humans and naturally having no scruples.

Jiang Ye immediately stored the Dark Thunder King into his world ring, coldly observing everything. Originally, he had kept the Dark Thunder King in the plan of a strong attack to break through, but now that there were more and more powerful figures, a strong attack was clearly no longer suitable, and dealing with it alone was more advantageous.

"Powerful alien warriors from other factions have arrived as well." King Yijue glanced into the distance and suddenly shouted, "Everyone, if we continue to wait and see, the treasure will probably be snatched away by the later arrivals. It will be too late to regret it then!"

"Do it!"

"kill!"

In an instant, dozens of powerful individuals launched their attacks almost simultaneously. Being part of the human faction, they weren't worried about being besieged after obtaining the treasure, so most of them acted almost at the same time.

“Very good.” A sharp glint flashed in Jiang Ye’s eyes.

"Hmph!" He suddenly exerted force with both feet, unleashing the secret technique Star Orbit. The Starry Sky Cloak, a flying treasure on his back, shone brightly, and his speed instantly soared to its limit. The dozens of powerful figures who had surrounded him only saw a winding golden light flash past their eyes, and Jiang Ye easily dodged their numerous attacks.

Rumble~~~~
The attacks from so many powerful figures completely tore apart the surrounding space, sending countless spatial fragments flying like sharp blades, which greatly affected the other powerful individuals. However, these spatial fragments were like an aid to Jiang Ye; he moved through them with ease, feeling completely at ease. His extreme speed left many powerful figures dumbfounded.

……

The members of the Hongmeng Alliance, including the powerful human Lihe King and a few other powerful individuals who had not participated in the battle, were watching from afar and were instantly stunned by the scene before them.

"That instantaneous movement speed is terrifying, and that instantaneous change of direction is ridiculously fast."

"With so many spatial fragments, he was able to change direction tens of thousands of times in an instant. Even some invincible powerhouses who have reached the King level would probably find it difficult to do that!"

"Yes, at this speed, let alone these dozens of people, even if all of us here attacked together, we would probably have a hard time getting close to him."

"I had long heard that King Shijin's speed and agility were unparalleled, and seeing it today, I can confirm that his reputation is well-deserved."

"With such terrifying burst speed, where in the vast universe can't this King of Slaughter go?"

Seeing the speed Jiang Ye displayed, these powerful spectators deeply realized the terror of the King of Killing Gold. Such an astonishing burst of speed meant that his ability to escape was simply heaven-defying.

Without spatial restrictions, the King of Killing Gold could teleport away instantly; even with spatial restrictions, his instantaneous burst of speed was enough to outshine countless powerful figures, allowing him to escape with ease.

In short, the speed of the King of Gold Slayer is unparalleled. Unless you are a powerful individual possessing a treasure like the "Frosty Crystal Chains," or have mastered special telekinetic weapon combat techniques, or have first used soul illusions to influence him, you will be extremely vulnerable.

In short, we must first limit the King of Gold's escape speed before we can have a chance to deal with him; otherwise, let alone kill him, we won't even be able to touch him.

"You think you can affect me with such a meager soul attack?" Jiang Ye's voice was like the roar of a god, exploding in the minds of every powerful figure who came to attack. "Originally, I didn't want to start a massacre because you all joined the human camp, but... Winged King, you are truly despicable!"

brush!
A silver beam of light flashed like lightning, instantly closing in on Winged King.

"How can he be so fast? So many powerful figures can't even restrain him?" King Yijue felt a blur before his eyes and saw Jiang Ye's cold, piercing eyes beneath his golden helmet. He was suddenly shocked and instantly realized: "He wants to kill me!"

Wow!
Suddenly, wisps of purple light enveloped Jiang Ye's left hand. This "Dark Demon Scale Armor," containing Dark Demon Poison Water, under the drive of Jiang Ye's powerful strength, caused a blurry phantom of an Ancestral Dragon to appear out of thin air—the Overlord Star Shattering Claw.

This move is the second form of the Dragon Clan's secret technique, the Sky-Splitting Claw, its power reaching the level of an ultimate immortal-grade secret technique. The Ancestral Dragon's avatar had only recently comprehended it, while the human main body, having absorbed the Ancestral Dragon's essence blood and enhanced by the Devouring Dragon Armor, was thus able to unleash this move. This Sky-Splitting Claw, imbued with world-destroying power and carrying an unstoppable, overwhelming momentum, resembled a shooting star trailing a purple tail, swiftly grabbing towards Winged King.

"You think you can kill me? Not so easy!" King Winged Awakening roared, and the pair of transparent wings on his back instantly burst forth with a strong, eerie light, enveloping his entire body. This light not only enhanced his innate secret technique "Spiritual Awakening Detection," but also manifested as the activation of 120 times the power of his life genes.

At the same time, a longsword shimmering with a ghostly blue light suddenly appeared in his hand.

Winged King suddenly swung his longsword, and a dark blue sword aura, like a roaring dragon, roared out from the blade and collided head-on with Jiang Ye's Overlord Star Shattering Claw.

With a deafening boom, a powerful energy shockwave emanated from the point of impact, spreading wildly outwards. The surrounding space seemed to have been slammed down by a giant hammer, leaving behind a network of cracks resembling a spiderweb.

Many of the powerful figures who had come to attack were affected by the shockwave of this energy, losing their footing and retreating repeatedly.

Jiang Ye snorted coldly. The power of the Overlord Star Shattering Claw was not fully displayed. After colliding with the sword energy, he suddenly exerted force, and the claw of the Ancestral Dragon Illusion seemed to become more solid. It actually tore the dark blue dragon apart and continued to grab towards the Winged King.

"what!"

Winged King's face turned deathly pale instantly. He never expected that his all-out attack would be so easily defeated.

"Kacha kacha~~"

The dragon claw then grabbed Winged King, who was filled with disbelief and had no time to escape.

Bang! The divine body shattered instantly.

"Wow!"

Five scales, glowing with a purple aura, pierced through the newly formed divine body of the Winged King. Each scale could destroy about 5% of the Winged King's divine body, and together they destroyed a full 25%.

"Trying to kill me without burning your divine body? You're utterly audacious—ah!!!" The Winged King, who had just condensed his divine body, suddenly felt a look of terror in his cold eyes. He clearly felt that the moment the five scales passed through his divine body, a special substance frantically eroded his divine body, instantly eroding 25% of it.

It should be noted that with his 120-fold increase in life gene level, Winged King can unleash 1200 million times the power of a peak Realm Lord, a power that far surpasses that of most Limitless Kings.

However, Jiang Ye's life gene level is as high as eight thousand times, his body amplitude is fifty times, and with the assistance of the upgraded King Armor, the power he unleashes is as high as fourteen million times the power of a peak World Lord. Moreover, Jiang Ye's secret technique is ultimate, a level higher than Winged King, which is why he can so easily crush his divine body.

However, the life gene level of the Winged King is more than a hundred times higher, and its divine power is more condensed than that of a typical King. Even if each scale releases the most Dark Demon Poison Water, it can only extinguish less than five percent of its divine power.

Wow!
Jiang Ye turned around in mid-air in the distance, once again conjuring a roaring ancestral dragon phantom, and the dragon claw descended once more.

"Die." Jiang Ye looked at him coldly.

"Kill the Gold King!" A chilling voice suddenly entered Jiang Ye's mind. At the same time, a terrifying, oppressive attack surged from afar. A black lightning hammer, over three hundred meters tall, hurtled through the air like a black meteor, moving at an astonishing speed. Wherever it passed, the already shattered space seemed to be crushed and broken like steel plates, emitting a sound of unbearable pressure.

boom! boom! boom!
Space was crushed and shattered into countless streams of particles. The speed of this black lightning hammer was so fast that Jiang Ye's expression suddenly changed: "Now, relying on the instantaneous burst speed of the Starry Sky Cloak, it is impossible to dodge this attack."

"Hmm!" Jiang Ye instinctively waved his left hand.

The phantom of the dragon claw, imbued with the power of the ancestral dragon, instantly rushed towards the black lightning hammer.

The dragon claw, which already radiated a purple aura, now shone even brighter, as if it were dyeing the surrounding shattered space with a mysterious and magnificent color.
……

A phantom of a dragon claw, transformed into the shape of a blurry ancestral dragon, collided violently with a towering black lightning hammer in mid-air, the dragon claw phantom and the lightning hammer colliding head-on.

"Boom!"

The dragon claw phantom was instantly shattered by this strike, but the black lightning hammer was also knocked away by the powerful reaction force... This scene made Jiang Ye frown and stare intently at the powerful figure in the distance.

The lightning hammer was also knocked back by the impact, and at the same time it kept shrinking until it was about thirty meters tall. It landed in the hands of a giant man who was about twenty meters tall and wore strange black horn armor with three sharp blades on his forehead. He was also staring at Jiang Ye.

"Kill the King of Gold!" The voice boomed like thunder, resounding far and wide.

Jiang Ye, dressed in golden armor and silver robes, stood in mid-air, looking at the newcomer from afar, and said loudly, "Black Shaved King!" His voice was equally powerful and resonant, carrying far and wide.

The Black-Shaving King did not participate in the birth of the Zhenfeng Star, but this did not affect his illustrious reputation in the slightest.

Among the four factions in the extraterritorial battlefield, there are renowned super-strong individuals, such as the Fallen King, the Tower Dragon King, the Southern Punishment King, and the Seven Swords King, whose fame has spread far and wide. This Black-Shaving King is a super-being who can stand shoulder to shoulder with them. Although he belongs to the human faction, he comes from a remote and isolated cosmic territory and is not a member of the Hong Alliance.

Black Shaving King, with his powerful divine hammer named "Black Shaving," made a name for himself throughout the universe.

"It's Black Shaved King!"

"I didn't expect Black Shave King to arrive so early."

"Haha, King Shijin is in trouble now... King Heishi's strength is quite terrifying. He fought King Talong for a long time before they both found each other troublesome and stopped fighting. In the entire Seventh Battlefield, King Heishi is definitely one of the top experts. King Shijin is probably going to suffer a great loss this time."

Two figures stood at opposite ends of the void.

Black Shaved King was as tall as a demon, while Jiang Ye was relatively small. However, the aura and pressure emanating from the two of them made many powerful people tremble with fear.

(End of this chapter)