Swallowed Star: Primordial Artifact

Chapter 299 The Real Purpose—Slavery

Looking at the crystal Jiang Ye took out, the King of Fate looked at it curiously. But just one glance was enough to terrify him.

"The strongest Fire God Source Crystal!" King Mingyun exclaimed. As a powerful member of the Mechanical Race, he knew all too well that this Source Crystal was made by his Mechanical Race.

On the other side, Black Shaved King's eyes were filled with terror. He instinctively wanted to turn and run away, but when his gaze fell on the turbulent currents of time outside, he stopped in his tracks. However, he still subconsciously distanced himself from Jiang Ye.

“King of Killing Gold, you…!” King Blackshaft exclaimed in panic.

"Don't panic, this is indeed the strongest Fire God Source Crystal." Jiang Ye said calmly, "You should know that it contains a huge amount of destructive energy. Once it is activated, it can definitely forcefully break through this gravitational vortex."

Upon hearing this, both Black Shaved King and Fallen King were shocked by Jiang Ye's insane act.

"This..." The two looked at each other, unsure of how to react.

It's important to know that the power of a single, top-tier Fire God Origin Crystal is equivalent to ten times the power of a peak-level King-ranking expert's self-destruction! There's even a certain chance that it could cause a King-ranking expert to perish!
Although the two were not enough to bring down the Black-Shaving King, whose strength was close to that of an invincible king and who was protected by a powerful treasure, they still posed a great threat to them.

Moreover, at this moment, Black Shaved King and Fallen King had already consumed more than 10% of their divine power, and had also given some of their treasures to Jiang Ye. Their strength was significantly reduced compared to their peak condition.

Even if they manage to go out, their safety may be difficult to guarantee.

"Don't worry, with my domain here, the impact of this explosion will be weakened by more than half, and the remaining energy impact will be easy for you to withstand." Jiang Ye appeared calm on the surface, but in his heart he was making his own plans.

In fact, with the immense power of the treasured Flowing Light Gale Disc, as long as Jiang Ye activated it with all his might, it would be enough to send them out of this gravitational vortex.

However, he had other plans.

Previously, Black Shaved King and Fallen King had attempted to kill him and seize his treasure.

In this cruel world where the strong prey on the weak, Jiang Ye has no saintly heart. If someone wants to take his life, how could he repay evil with kindness?

In Jiang Ye's mind, he had already sentenced these two to death.

……

“King of Killing Gold, what kind of method is this? You said you would use your domain to weaken the impact, but these are two of the strongest Fire God Source Crystals, plus that gravitational vortex. If you can’t withstand it…” King of Destiny frowned deeply, a strong sense of foreboding rising in his heart.

"At this point, this is the only way out. Don't worry, I'm fully confident I can control the situation. All you need to do is cooperate with me." Jiang Ye smiled slightly, trying to reassure them. "Don't worry, you're in my territory now. If I really wanted to kill you, why would I go to such lengths?"

Black Shaved King and Fallen King exchanged a glance, half believing Jiang Ye's words, but at this moment, just as Jiang Ye said, they had no other choice.

They nodded slightly, but still kept a certain distance from Jiang Ye, watching his every move warily.

Seeing the two were so wary, Jiang Ye ignored them and simply controlled the Flowing Light Gale Domain, throwing the two strongest Fire God Source Crystals in his hand into the gravitational vortex below.

The two black crystals shone brightly, their fiery red halos surging wildly, distorting the surrounding space beyond recognition.

Jiang Ye quickly activated his full power of the Flowing Light Gale Domain, tightly enveloping himself, the Fallen King, and the Black-Shaving King within it, assuming a posture of fully defending against the explosive impact.

"Here it comes!" Jiang Ye shouted, his voice echoing in the chaotic gravitational field.

Buzz,
The two strongest Vulcan Source Crystals unleashed terrifying, world-destroying power.

In an instant, a dazzling light shone forth, and scorching energy swept out like a tidal wave.

Jiang Ye fully controlled the Flowing Light Gale Domain, seemingly weakening the impact, but in reality secretly adjusting the power of the domain so that most of the impact would pass through the domain to bombard the Death King and Black Shave King.

The Fallen King and the Black-shaved King felt an overwhelming force rushing towards them. Although they were prepared, they were still under immense pressure from this powerful impact.

They fought back with all their might, their divine power burning wildly as they tried to save their lives from this terrifying impact.

Boom boom...

The two most powerful Vulcan Source Crystals, symbolizing "destruction," were like millions of stars exploding simultaneously in an instant.

The gravitational vortex shattered instantly under this scorching impact, like a fragile sheet of paper, creating a massive void. Countless temporal turbulences within the forbidden zone were also melted into streams of particles at the same moment.

"Block them, block them! The race still needs me!!!" Blackshaft King roared madly in his heart.

"I must live, I must live. Otherwise, I can only be resurrected in the distant future, and once resurrected, all my billions of years of accumulation will be in vain!" The King of Destiny roared in his heart.

Black Shaved King and Fallen King both burned their divine power and unleashed all their strength to resist the impact of the explosion.

Jiang Ye, meanwhile, hid in the core of the Flowing Light Gale Domain, outwardly feigning that he too was suffering from the impact.

In reality, the explosive impact of the Fire God Source Crystal was not unbearable for Jiang Ye.

After all, back then... Jiang Ye was able to withstand the attacks when fighting against the Demon King and the others.

At that time, Jiang Ye relied solely on the King's Armor and the precious Starry Sky Cloak.

Now, he not only possesses a supreme treasure of the domain, but also the heaven-defying defensive technique of the Devouring Dragon Armor. The explosion of the two strongest fire god source crystals cannot cause him any substantial damage.

Jiang Ye secretly manipulated the domain, causing the shockwave from the explosion of the Vulcan Source Crystal to rush towards the two of them.

We are also closely monitoring their condition.

Before long, the armor of Black Shaved King and Fallen King shattered, and they were instantly reduced to dust by the powerful explosion.

Boom boom boom... Buzz buzz buzz...

The divine body was shattered time and time again, only to be condensed again and again.

The divine power of Black Shave King and Fallen King continued to decline—85%…75%…68%…

It's important to understand that while minor damage to one's divine body in the initial stages may not have a noticeable impact on strength, the effect becomes increasingly astonishing as the percentage of damage increases!
When the loss of one's divine body is less than 10%, it has almost no impact on one's strength.
If the losses reach 30%, then the strength will be reduced to only 50%.
Having suffered a 50% loss, their strength is now reduced to only 10%.
With a 70% loss, their strength is probably less than one percent.
Once 90% is lost, it will fall into a deep sleep, losing even its consciousness. During the long sleep, it may slowly recover or gradually deteriorate until it finally perishes. In short, by then it will be powerless to resist.

This demonstrates just how significant the impact of damage to one's divine body is on one's strength.

As their divine bodies suffered repeated severe damage, the divine power of Black Shaved King and Fallen King gradually diminished.

Just as Black Shaved King was about to reassemble his divine body, Jiang Ye immediately manipulated the wind blades of the Flowing Light Gale Domain, using them together with the explosive force to wash away the remnants of his divine body.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! The wind blades, like sharp blades, mercilessly sliced ​​through the Black-Shaving King's shattered divine body.

Black Shaved King let out a painful roar, but he was powerless to stop it all. With just one strike, most of his already meager divine power was extinguished.

Within this realm of swift and turbulent light, even the Black-Shaving King, whose divine body was shattered, could not manage to self-destruct.

"Now!" Jiang Ye's eyes flashed, and seizing the opportunity, his soul power surged out like a tidal wave, instantly invading Black Shaved King's sea of ​​consciousness.

At this moment, Jiang Ye no longer concealed his goal—to enslave the Black-shaved King.

Black Shaved King felt a powerful and icy force suddenly assault his consciousness, attempting to devour his soul.

"No..." Black Shaved King struggled desperately, his soul howling madly in an attempt to resist Jiang Ye's invasion. However, his divine body was still in a shattered state and was no match for Jiang Ye.

Jiang Ye's soul power transformed into countless invisible threads, rapidly binding Black Shaved King's soul. Each thread contained a powerful controlling force, constantly eroding Black Shaved King's consciousness.

Black Shaved King's soul emitted mournful cries, and his will gradually crumbled under Jiang Ye's attacks.

“Kill Gold…King…” Black Shaved King’s soul made a weak sound of resistance, but the sound was quickly drowned out by Jiang Ye’s soul power.

Jiang Ye increased the output of his soul power, and the threads became tighter and tighter, as if they were going to completely crush the Black Shaved King's soul.

"Yes, it worked!" Jiang Ye exclaimed in delight.

The Black-Shaving King's soul could no longer withstand this powerful force. His consciousness gradually blurred, and Jiang Ye completely extinguished the will to resist within his soul.

Jiang Ye successfully planted a soul imprint deep within the Black Shaving King's soul, gaining complete control over him.

Jiang Ye immediately stored the Black-shaved King's broken divine body into his world ring. After doing all this, he coldly turned his gaze to the Fallen King in another part of the domain.

The King of Destiny is from the Mechanical Race and has no soul, so Jiang Ye could not enslave him.

……

As the impact of the two strongest Vulcan Source Crystals exploded, it made the space they were in even more chaotic.

Space seemed to be trampled and distorted by a mad beast, with huge cracks spreading like hideous wounds in the void.

Suddenly, the world spun around, as if the entire universe had been turned upside down.

Under the devastating impact of the explosion, Jiang Ye and his companions forcibly broke through the gravitational vortex.

At the same time, under the influence of this powerful impact, it was thrown outwards.

At this moment, under Jiang Ye's intentional "special care," the damage to the divine body of the Fallen King has exceeded 50%.

"I survived! I didn't die!" King of Destiny roared in his heart, and began to condense his divine body.

call out!
A winding golden streak of light swept across the void filled with azure energy, directly landing on the golden-armored Jiang Ye who flew in like lightning. At this moment, Jiang Ye held the treasured Devouring Abyss Sword in his hand... The blade faintly shimmered with a mysterious and dangerous purple light, as if foreshadowing the impending death sentence.

"Thud!" The sound of a sharp blade entering a body was muffled yet clear. Without hesitation, Jiang Ye thrust his sword directly into the body of the Fallen God, which was still full of fragments and had not yet fully coalesced.

"King of Destiny, I've come to send you on your final journey!" Jiang Ye's gaze was icy as he stared at the immortal divine body that was about to materialize. His cold voice echoed in the King of Destiny's mind.

The spatial strangulation power and dark demonic poison on the Devouring Abyss Sword, like sharks smelling blood, immediately and frantically eroded the divine body of the Fallen King.

Normally, this sword strike might not be much of a threat to a powerful figure like the King of Destiny, who is protected by a powerful treasure.

However, the Immortal Divine Body of the Fallen King has now lost more than 50% of its original size and is in a shattered state, with no means of defense.

In an instant, the divine body disintegrated and vanished under this terrifying erosion.

The King of Destruction roared, "You despicable King of Gold Slayer, you broke your promise!"

"Hmph, you're the one who broke your promise! You think you can't detect my tricks with that mechanical weapon—the Sky-Splitting Storm?!" Jiang Ye said with a disdainful expression.

"How could you..." King Mingyun was shocked. He did not expect that Jiang Ye could detect the tricks he had played on the "Sky-Splitting Storm".

It turns out that the King of Destiny had meticulously set up a very special energy tracking mark in the "Sky-Splitting Storm".

This energy imprint is extremely secretive. Once triggered, it will emit a highly concealed signal fluctuation centered on Jiang Ye and radiating outwards.

This signal fluctuation is extremely special. Ordinary divine body detection methods cannot detect it at all. Only a very small number of high-end detectors specially developed by their mechanical race can capture this weak signal and thus accurately locate Jiang Ye's position.

The King of Destiny's plan was that as long as he could locate Jiang Ye, he could find an opportunity to reclaim his precious treasure.

However, he never expected that the detection instrument Jiang Ye possessed was an upgraded version of the Primordial Treasure Qiankun Cauldron, and its detection capabilities were many times more advanced than his so-called high-end detector.

"No!"

King Mingyun was filled with boundless hatred. He never expected that Jiang Ye would be so ruthless, showing no intention of letting him go even before he could make a move.

Feeling his divine body rapidly disintegrating and annihilating under the spatial strangulation power of the Devouring Abyss Sword and the corrosive effects of the Dark Demon Poison, the Fallen King roared in despair, "King of Slaughtering Gold, even if I, the Fallen King, die, I will drag you down with me!"

In an instant, all the remaining energy of the Fallen King's divine body was frantically gathered together, rapidly expanding in a twisted and terrifying way, as if it would turn into a destructive bomb in the next second.

Jiang Ye's heart tightened, and without hesitation, he activated the Flowing Light Gale Domain to its fullest extent. The power of the domain, like a blue raging torrent, tightly enveloped him.

At the same time, the Devouring Dragon Armor was activated instantly, and a layer of nine-colored halo spread out from the armor.

"BOOM!!!" A deafening roar shook the universe.

An extremely terrifying energy storm, centered on the King of Death, swept wildly in all directions like a raging tsunami.

Wherever this energy storm passed, space shattered instantly, like fragile glass. The already chaotic forbidden space descended into even deeper chaos under the impact of this energy.

The turbulent flow of time was completely disrupted, and the rules of time seemed to be arbitrarily altered by an invisible hand, sometimes accelerating, sometimes slowing down, and sometimes even briefly reversing. In some areas, scenes of the past and future flashed by, only to be reduced to dust under the onslaught of energy.

(End of this chapter)