Swallowed Star: Primordial Artifact

Chapter 318 Inner City Villa
In the virtual universe, in the Hongmeng dimension, in Hongmeng City.

Unlike the large residential areas in the outer city of Hongmeng City, the inner city of Hongmeng is already a world of small villas or manors.

The residents here are all powerful individuals ranging from four to six stars.

The four-star and five-star powerhouses all live in small villas. The specifications of each villa seem to be fixed. Although it is nominally absolutely fair, as long as there is a division of power, absolute fairness is out of the question.

The distribution of these villas is quite distinctive; the closer they are to the core of the inner city—Hongmeng Palace—the more their value increases.

After all, being able to see the Seven Star Palace Master up close here makes it easier to befriend him.

"Is this the inner city?" Jiang Ye looked at the four stars on his armband, then walked out of the villa and looked outside.

"Hello."

"Hello." Two greetings came from afar.

Jiang Ye turned his head and saw a human and an alien walking side by side. The human was tall and imposing, easily over two meters tall, but his entire body was made up of skeleton, without a trace of flesh.

His eyes were like deep, dark pools, their deep blue gleaming with a mysterious light, as if they could see right through people's hearts.

"You are... the Bone-Eating King?" Jiang Ye was shocked. He had naturally researched the top figures among the human race. Although there wasn't much information about them online, there were pictures and videos.

The Bone-Eating King smiled slightly, a smile as deep as hell, sending chills down one's spine. "Oh, you must be the Gold-Slaying King who recently struck fear into the hearts of the alien races on the extraterrestrial battlefield." The Bone-Eating King's gaze swept over Jiang Ye, sharp as torches.

"As expected of Senior Bone-Eating King, you recognized me at a glance," Jiang Ye said with a smile.

King Corrosion waved his hand and said, "King Slayer of Gold, your deeds on the battlefield beyond the realms are now widely known. It would be hard for me not to know about them!"

Jiang Ye smiled modestly, his gaze falling on the alien race beside the Bone-Eating King.

This alien appeared to be round-figured, about 1.65 meters tall, giving off a sturdy and approachable vibe.

His body was covered with a layer of pale pink scales, each scale shimmering with a soft light.

Its head is roughly oval-shaped, with two large, round eyes that are a clear, light blue, exuding kindness and liveliness, without any of the chilling sharpness of the Bone-Eating King.

Upon seeing this, the Bone-Eating King introduced, "This is the Purple Wing King, from the Purple Scale Clan. He is my friend and a powerful expert. Purple Wing possesses unique talent in spatial manipulation and is rarely matched among those of the same level."

Zi Yi nodded slightly, making a sound like metal scraping: "I have long heard of the name of the King of Slaughtering Gold. Today I have met him, and he is indeed worthy of the name."

Jiang Ye carefully examined the Purple Wing King. He had certainly heard of the Purple Wing King. Although the Purple Wing King and the Bone-Eating King were not of the same race, they had an extremely close relationship and were like brothers who had died together. They often acted together! Although the Bone-Eating King had a terrifying reputation, he was a simple and honest person who rarely used his power to oppress others. He was an invincible king who was even more ancient than the True Evolution King. It was not easy to provoke the Bone-Eating King's anger.

The Purple Wing King, on the other hand, was the opposite... He seemed honest and simple, but in reality, his ferocity was ten or a hundred times greater than that of the Fate-Destroying King and the Mysterious Tomb King that Jiang Ye knew. The Purple Wing King's reputation was... purely forged through slaughter.

"That bloodthirsty madman is actually so honest and kind," Jiang Ye thought to himself. "You really can't judge a book by its cover. The Bone-Eating King and the Purple-Winged King are so different—one is friendly and the other is ruthless—yet they can become life-and-death friends. It's really interesting."

"However, to encounter these two right after leaving this villa area... it seems there are quite a few powerful individuals here," Jiang Ye murmured to himself.

...After strolling around this villa area, Jiang Ye found it to be true. The quality of the strong individuals in this area was indeed high, with more than a hundred strong individuals in total. There were nearly ninety invincible king-level experts alone, and quite a few cosmic venerables as well.

The King of Slaughter is now extremely famous. He was able to kill so many alien races on the battlefield outside the realm that they were given the title of invincible king. Each of them is destined to be a terrifying existence.

Even the Bone-Eating King and the Purple-Winged King were so polite, let alone the other kings.

Jiang Ye wandered around, trying to become a familiar face and let others know that the King of Slaughtering Gold was from this area. After that, Jiang Ye returned to his manor on Yuxiang Mountain and began to think about how to deal with the spoils of war.

During his month-long stay in Chaos City, Jiang Ye carefully selected and kept only the most useful spoils. He meticulously preserved the treasures that aided in the recovery of his divine body, as well as the three top-tier spaceships.

After all, these were all left behind by powerful figures he had killed, and were extremely valuable. The rest of the spoils of war were disposed of.

Afterwards, Jiang Ye spent lavishly, purchasing necessities for his team, the Zerg Queen Yekana, and himself. After this extravagant spending spree, with only a little over 100 billion Chaos Units remaining in his account, Jiang Ye finally left Chaos City satisfied.

……

In the solar system, a majestic temple stands in the void, protecting Earth. This temple is far larger than Earth itself, magnificent and awe-inspiring.

The first floor of the temple has a fixed teleportation channel that connects to the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company, as well as the headquarters of the Giant Axe Arena, the First Bank of the Universe, the Galaxy Bank of the Universe, and the Mercenary Alliance of the Universe.

"Whoosh~~~" One of the teleportation channels emitted a hazy light, and the energy fluctuations were intense.

"somebody is coming."

"People from the Virtual Universe Company have arrived." The dozens of Realm Lords who were specifically waiting by the teleportation channel immediately became respectful. Those who could come through this channel were either exceptionally powerful or of extremely high status. They watched with great curiosity as a golden-armored youth walked out alone from the light.

"This is His Highness Jiang Ye." Among the dozens of Realm Lords, two who belonged to the Virtual Universe Company immediately recognized him. Although they had never met Jiang Ye, his reputation as a genius had recently spread throughout the entire human race, so how could they not recognize him?

"Your Highness." Dozens of realm lords bowed respectfully in unison.

"Hmm." Jiang Ye nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping over the realm lords, and asked, "Is this Earth?"

“Yes, Your Highness,” one of the realm lords replied respectfully.

Jiang Ye nodded slightly, and without saying a word, he immediately used teleportation, his figure disappearing instantly.

"Teleport!"

"Hiss, even a Realm Lord can use teleportation, Prince Jiang Ye is really amazing."

"Don't you know that His Highness Jiang Ye just passed through the Primordial Tongtian Mountain, a Realm Lord level? I heard that passing through that Primordial Tongtian Mountain, a Realm Lord level, is rewarded with 1000 billion points."

"1000 million!"

"I haven't even saved up 100 Chaos Units yet," a group of Realm Lords couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. These Realm Lords, who mingled among the five major powers, were somewhat better off than lone Realm Lords, but their wealth was still pitifully small. In the eyes of a super strongman like Jiang Ye, they were just ordinary people, whom he could easily kill with a flick of his wrist.

(End of this chapter)