Swallowed Star: Primordial Artifact

Chapter 305 The Arrival of a Top-Tier Universe Overlord
"This..." The Starlight Alien, who had reconstituted his divine body, was astonished.

He clearly sensed that this attack had damaged his divine body by seven percent; such a powerful attack was beyond his expectations.

The Starlight Alien slowly raised its head, looking at the location of the giant claw that had attacked it.

At this moment, accompanied by a roar that seemed to tear the heavens and earth apart, the entire body of the Ancestral Dragon clone burst out of the ground, and its majestic and ancient aura swept across the entire mountain belly like a surging tide.

The colossal body of the Ancestral Dragon's avatar was gradually revealed, its length reaching 90,000 kilometers, resembling a giant mountain range stretching across the heavens and earth, radiating a chilling pressure.

The enormous dragon head was raised high, its eyes burning with blazing flames, like two golden suns, looking down upon all things in the world, as if it could burn everything to ashes.

The Starlight Alien gasped, his eyes filled with terror and shock. Before this colossal avatar of the Ancestral Dragon, he felt as insignificant as a speck of dust, utterly minuscule.

The overwhelming sense of oppression made his soul tremble, as if he would be completely crushed by this power if he was not careful.

"What...what kind of creature is this..." the Starlight Alien muttered to himself, his voice filled with fear.

He originally thought his divine body was large enough, but now, facing the avatar of the Ancestral Dragon, he felt how insignificant he was.

The avatar of the Ancestral Dragon let out a roar that resounded through the heavens and earth. The roar was like rolling thunder, echoing continuously within the mountain's belly, causing the space to hum.

The enormous dragon body swayed slightly, and every movement of its massive body, which was 90,000 kilometers long, seemed capable of triggering a small cosmic storm.

With a sweeping arc, the dome above the mountain collapsed with a deafening roar, and rubble fell like a meteor shower.

Wherever it passed, space was annihilated.

The Starlight Alien's pupils contracted sharply, and the starlight around his body suddenly surged, with countless star patterns flowing across his surface.

A surge of immense divine power coursed through his body like boiling magma.

In an instant, his aura surged dramatically, becoming a hundred or a thousand times stronger, as if he had been reborn.

"Hmm, forced to burn divine power!" Jiang Ye's human form watched the battle from afar. Seeing that this starlight alien race was actually burning its divine body, alarm bells immediately rang in his heart.

After all, he himself could not burn his divine body, so he had to be extremely careful when facing such a powerful opponent.

The starlight emanating from the Starlight Alien instantly turned the dark mountain belly into daylight. The seven and a half pairs of wings behind him suddenly exploded, transforming into twelve dazzling star rings that collided with each other, bursting out with dazzling light.

Just as the dragon claw of the Ancestral Dragon's clone was about to touch the Starlight Alien, a net composed of the precious Milky Way Light Belt suddenly burst out from the void like a giant beast that had been lying in wait for a long time, and wrapped around the dragon claw with lightning speed.

The avatar of the Ancestral Dragon roared angrily and struggled desperately, but the scales on its claws crumbled and fell off piece by piece under the powerful entanglement of the light band.

Clearly, with the burning of divine power, the Starlight Alien not only experienced a significant surge in their own strength, but the power of the treasures they used also increased accordingly.

At the same time, the Starlight Alien raised their hands high, and the twelve star rings exploded, turning into countless stardust that reassembled into six hundred-meter-long light halberds.

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...

The halberd pierced the neck of the ancestral dragon's avatar, and a large amount of golden dragon blood gushed out, condensing into golden raindrops in the air.

The avatar of the Ancestral Dragon let out a painful roar, and its massive body crashed to the ground, causing mountains within a radius of millions of miles to begin to collapse.

"Hiss! This is the true invincible burning divine power of a king!"

Jiang Ye, watching from afar, was astonished to see that this terrifying attack had actually injured his strongest combat power, the Ancestral Dragon clone.

It should be noted that even before this alien race burned its divine power, its pure divine power already exceeded ten million times the power of a peak World Lord. Once it burned its divine power, its strength instantly surged, and the Ancestral Dragon's clone was truly helpless for a time.

However, with the protection of the golden armor and the hundredfold enhancement of the divine body brought by the innate skill Blood Burning, it was almost impossible for the Starlight Alien to kill the Ancestral Dragon clone.

Clearly, the Starlight Alien also realized this and decisively abandoned its entanglement with the Ancestral Dragon's clone.

"Human, die!"

At this moment, the Starlight Alien race turned their attention to Jiang Ye's human form.

As the saying goes, pick the softest persimmon to squeeze. Compared to the massive and difficult-to-deal-with body of the Ancestral Dragon's clone, Jiang Ye's human form seems much easier to deal with.

Although he was not clear about the specific relationship between Jiang Ye's human form and the Ancestral Dragon's avatar, in his view, both the enormous creature in front of him and the human Jiang Ye were intruders and could potentially reveal the secrets of the Time Cocoon.

"kill."

The Starlight Alien flapped its transparent wings, causing the void to explode continuously at an alarming speed.

call out!call out!call out!
Jiang Ye instantly unleashed his full speed, his figure darting through space like a ghost, completing tens of thousands of changes of direction in a single instant.

The beams of light that were aimed at him all missed their mark, and it was clearly visible to the naked eye that the distance between the Starlight Alien and Jiang Ye was increasing. No matter how much the Starlight Alien burned his divine body, he was still far behind Jiang Ye in terms of instantaneous bursts of power and speed of transformation.

"Trying to escape!" The Starlight Alien was enraged, its aura growing stronger and more violent. Its wings flapped wildly, tearing through the void as it relentlessly pursued Jiang Ye.

He wanted to use the incredible technique of "stopping time," but the distance between Jiang Ye and him was getting further and further away, making him completely unsure if he could successfully use this move on Jiang Ye.

Stopping time—this move is indeed incredibly powerful.

However, it also has very strong limitations.

Take "spatial blockade" as an example. Once the spatial fluctuations are locked, the effect of spatial blockade will not be affected even if the battle is intense.

However, "time stop" is different. Once it is cast on a certain area, all life in that area will be affected. Except for the soul and consciousness, everything else will be bound and unable to move.

Generally speaking, it takes a certain amount of time to break free from such restraints, and during this time, a strong person can kill and slaughter the trapped opponent.

First, use "time stop" to kill the immobilized opponent; what an incredible and audacious move.

However! This move has two major problems. First, it will be met with a strong backlash from powerful divine bodies and weapons. To suppress Jiang Ye, the "time stop area" must be reduced. The smaller the area, the stronger the time stop constraint within it can be.

Firstly, this move would be met with a strong backlash from powerful beings and their weapons. To suppress an opponent like Jiang Ye, the "time-stopping area" must be reduced. The smaller the area, the stronger the time-stopping constraint within it can be.

Secondly, to execute this move, it must be precisely targeted at the enemy's location.

However, Jiang Ye's mental power was constantly being released, and he would naturally be alert as soon as he sensed the surging divine power of the Starlight Alien. With Jiang Ye's speed and ability to change instantly, the Starlight Alien simply did not have time to use an instantaneous stop, while ensuring that Jiang Ye remained within that area.

Now that the Starlight Alien has burned his divine body, his strength has soared, and theoretically he can cast "Time Stop" on a large area around Jiang Ye.

However… Jiang Ye wouldn’t be so easily fooled. It would be unwise for a human to directly confront an invincible king who was burning with divine power, so he chose to flee far away and increase the distance between them. In addition, the constraints in this void were extremely strong, making it much more difficult to use “time stop” at a distance.

"Cunning and despicable humans!" The Starlight Alien roared in anger. He hadn't intended to kill the human in one blow; he only wanted to force the human to burn his divine body so they could outlast each other. But he hadn't expected the human to refuse to burn his divine body at all, unwilling to suffer any loss.

Suddenly, the halberd at the neck of the Ancestral Dragon clone burst forth with dazzling golden light, and countless ancient dragon runes spread out from the wound.

It suddenly raised its head and let out a deafening roar. The galaxy light band wrapped around the dragon's claws was shattered inch by inch by this sound wave, turning into thousands of streams of light and dissipating into the void.

Freed from its restraints, the massive body of the Ancestral Dragon clone lunged at the Starlight Alien Race with the force of thunder.

At this moment, Jiang Ye's human form's eyes sharpened, and the golden psychic power surrounding him transformed into a dazzling light screen.

"Flowing Light Gale Domain, appear!" With a low shout, the entire void suddenly rippled with blue light, and countless hurricanes containing the fundamental laws of time gathered around the Starlight Alien Race.

These hurricanes howled and spun, as if trying to engulf everything in their wake.

The Starlight Alien race was in full pursuit of Jiang Ye when they suddenly felt a surge of pressure around them, and their speed, which was like teleportation, was forcibly suppressed.

He angrily flapped his wings, trying to break through this strange domain, only to find that the surrounding space seemed to have turned into a viscous liquid, and each exertion of force required several times more divine power than usual.

"Damn humans!"

Just then, the Ancestral Dragon's avatar arrived like lightning. Its massive dragon tail swept out, carrying world-destroying power, and slammed into the Starlight Alien Race.

The Starlight Alien hastily folded his transparent wings to defend himself, but under the fierce bombardment of the Ancestral Dragon's avatar's tail, he was instantly sent flying backward, crashing heavily into the distant mountains, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Jiang Ye manipulated the Flowing Light Gale Domain, concentrating the domain's power on the Starlight Alien Race.

Countless hurricanes seemed to transform into shackles of wind, completely restricting his movements.

The ancestral dragon clone seized the opportunity, and a huge golden dragon claw phantom condensed between its two claws, which it slammed down on the immobilized starlight alien race.

Space twisted and collapsed under the phantom of the dragon claw, and even the laws were completely crushed wherever it passed.

"end!"

Just as the golden dragon claw phantom of the Ancestral Dragon's avatar was about to crush the Starlight Alien Race, the void suddenly seemed to be torn apart by an invisible giant hand, and a blood-stained crack spread from the sky to the ground.

A terrifying pressure that seemed to freeze the entire space descended, a terrifying aura surpassing even the most immortal beings—

A body covered in snow-white fur emerged from the spatial rift. With each step it took, the space beneath its feet cracked inch by inch, like a shattered mirror.

On that face covered in hideous wrinkles, the only giant vertical eye flowed with a thick, blood-like light, its scarlet pupil sweeping across the battlefield.

The 90,000-kilometer-long avatar of the Ancestral Dragon seemed to be suppressed by a million-foot-high mountain. Unable to withstand the terrifying pressure, it crashed down with a muffled thud.

"Cosmic Venerable!" Jiang Ye was startled. The aura emanating from the alien Cosmic Venerable before him was far stronger than that of the Nine Swords Venerable. Jiang Ye even vaguely felt that his second senior brother was inferior to him.

"Human, is it you who trespassed into my territory?" The voice was like the roar of thousands of evil spirits, causing Jiang Ye's Flowing Light Gale Domain to tremble violently.

Sensing this threat, the Ancestral Dragon clone immediately abandoned its attack, its massive body blocking Jiang Ye's path.

But the alien universe overlord didn't take it seriously at all. With a flick of his finger, a blood-red light blade tore through the void and accurately struck the dragon horn of the ancestral dragon's avatar.

This seemingly casual strike caused the Ancestral Dragon to let out a painful roar, and half of its dragon horn, glowing with golden light, crashed to the ground.

With a casual wave of his arm, the wind chains binding the Starlight Alien race instantly turned to dust. The hurricanes containing the laws of space were as fragile as soap bubbles blown by a child in front of him.

The Starlight Alien struggled to his feet from the rubble, his starlight dimmed, yet he still forced himself to lie prostrate: "Master! Your subordinate is useless; you almost let these two ruin your grand plan!"

"Hmph, useless thing!" A cold glint flashed in the crimson vertical eyes of the snow-white-furred Cosmic Venerable. Blood-red energy bursting from his fingertips condensed into chains, instantly piercing through the Starlight Alien's shoulders and pinning him to the shattered ground. "So many treasures, and you've only produced a piece of trash like you who can't even catch an ant?"

……

Jiang Ye tensed up, instantly retracted his Ancestral Dragon clone, and then turned and left.

But the Venerable One didn't even turn his head; instead, he unleashed a soul attack.

The ethereal divine power instantly attacked Jiang Ye.

The Xuanhuang Pagoda Bead hidden within Jiang Ye's soul suddenly emitted a warm, radiant light, like a miniature mountain phantom floating in the air.

The moment the crimson soul attack touched the light, it was pulverized by the layers of primordial yellow energy, like a mud ox sinking into the sea, as if a gust of wind had blown by without even causing a ripple.

Unaffected, Jiang Ye immediately flew towards the Three Extremes Abyss, instantly standing between the three-colored pool and the Time Cocoon above. Standing there, Jiang Ye clearly felt the primal aura of wind, lightning, and light surging from beneath his feet, converging on the Time Cocoon above his head like rivers flowing into the sea.

The Venerable One's pupils contracted sharply, and a look of surprise and doubt flashed in his scarlet vertical eyes—he was a top-tier cosmic overlord. Although he did not specialize in the path of the soul, his soul strength as a top-tier cosmic overlord was enough to crush any immortal soul below the Venerable One.

Even ordinary cosmic venerables, without a powerful soul defense treasure, would be severely injured by his attack.

But now, this attack had no effect on these humans, which naturally shocked and puzzled him.

(End of this chapter)