Swallowed Star: The Original Secret Realm

Chapter 170 Fierce Battle Against the Lord of the Star River

Within the treasure space, in mid-air, two figures continued flying forward.

It was Zhang Yi and Youhai's clone, disguised as the Lord of Sinking Fire.

Using the same silvery-white liquid to disguise himself as a tall, thin human with scales covering his face, he looked at the Youhai clone and couldn't help but sigh.

"It's truly amazing. There's no difference between his appearance and aura. If the Nether Sea Avatar doesn't make a move, the other powerful figures will only think that he is the Lord of the Sinking Fire."

As time passed, Zhang Yi continued to travel at near the speed of light within this space.

"The Black Tower?" Zhang Yi suddenly saw a black tower, tens of millions of kilometers high, standing tall in the distant plains.

Its appearance is the same as the black tower that emerged from the treasure space, only its size is many times larger.

Whoosh! Zhang Yi and Youhai's clone landed in front of the Black Tower a moment later. At this moment, the Black Tower's gate slowly opened and soon opened completely.

"Go in!" Looking at the dark space behind the gate, Zhang Yi and Youhai clone exchanged a glance, and with a whoosh, they flew directly through the gate into the Black Tower.

Upon entering the Black Tower, Zhang Yi discovered that the space inside was not large, only a few hundred thousand kilometers in size, but his senses were severely limited. Fortunately, he was guided by a faint silvery-white liquid, which propelled him rapidly towards the center.

Before long, Zhang Yi saw a light flashing in the distance.

"Is this the treasure?" Zhang Yi was overjoyed and quickly flew over.

"Huh? It's him?" As he approached the light, Zhang Yi suddenly noticed a powerful aura approaching from another direction in the dark void, and his heart tightened.

The dark void revealed the identity of this powerful figure: one of the three leaders of the Northern Frontier Alliance, a fifth-order universe master, whose fame and status were no less than those of the Chaos City Lord.

"Lord of the Sinking Flame? Who is the Lord of the Universe beside you?" The Lord of the Star River also noticed "the two of them," and a questioning voice came from the dark void.

Zhang Yi nodded to the Dark Sea clone, then transformed into a streak of light and rushed toward the Lord of the Star River.

Meanwhile, the Dark Sea clone continued flying towards the source of the light.

"How dare you!" exclaimed the dark void. "It's been so long since anyone has dared to face me directly."

"Since you're courting death, I'll deal with you first, then go find the Lord of Sinking Fire."

As he spoke, an arm-shaped void extended from the dark starry sky, wielding a square weapon, and instantly made his move.

"Take my three moves first!"

Following that, the Lord of the Galaxy unleashed the three moves he used against Luo Feng in the original story: Curtain, Night, and River Under the Night.

Faced with attacks that grew stronger with each strike, Zhang Yi knew that with his current strength, he would surely perish if he tried to resist head-on with his own power.

Without hesitation, Zhang Yi took out the Samsara Spear and unleashed the ultimate secret technique of the Lord of the Universe.

Rumble!
The Lord of the Galaxy's three moves were each more powerful than the last, especially the last one. Even though Zhang Yi used the Reincarnation Spear to block it, he was still blasted back thousands of kilometers.

"The Primordial Embryo is truly amazing. Even the Star River Lord's strongest fusion technique with the Universe Lord only caused me to lose less than one-thousandth of my divine power," Zhang Yi thought to himself.

He was currently only wearing top-tier treasure armor. Without the Reincarnation Spear to block this attack first, its power would directly exceed the armor's maximum capacity, and he would likely be annihilated by it. In the distance, the previously confident Star River Lord was utterly shocked. His strongest attack had barely caused any damage to this unfamiliar Universe Lord before him?

"The Lord of the Star River is indeed formidable. I will remember this battle and come back to challenge him again in the future," Zhang Yi said with a smile. Then, he transformed into a streak of light and quickly left the place.

Meanwhile, the Dark Sea clone had already taken advantage of the battle between the main body and the Lord of the Star River to collect the treasures from that place of shimmering light and leave.

After Zhang Yi's main body and Youhai's clone reunited, Youhai's clone removed its disguise and entered the World Ring, while Zhang Yi continued flying towards the exit of the black tower. There were probably not many Universe Lords here yet; during their journey, they only encountered one Universe Lord from the Ancestral God Sect. However, after exchanging wary glances, neither side chose to attack.

In this way, Zhang Yi successfully left the Black Tower and returned to the Origin Tower space through the spatial vortex.

"Haha, I didn't expect to get the treasure so easily this time." Zhang Yi stood in the cultivation space of the Origin Tower and laughed heartily.

"Congratulations, young master," Shi Lun said. "Is the young master about to leave this Origin Palace?"

"Yes, I've got the treasure. It's even more special than I imagined." Zhang Yi nodded. "I'll come back to claim it as my master when my understanding of the spacetime fusion law is higher next time."

Just as Zhang Yi was about to leave the Origin Palace, news spread throughout the Primordial Universe: the strongest treasure born from the Origin Palace had been taken away by the Lord of the Sinking Fire in alliance with a mysterious Universe Lord. It was said that the mysterious Universe Lord was evenly matched with the Lord of the Star River.

This news was like a clap of thunder in spring, exploding instantly!

In the virtual universe, in a side hall of the Hongmeng Palace, the Chaos City Lord, seated high on his throne, said regretfully, "I never expected that a mysterious universe lord would suddenly appear and steal the treasure."

"Having escaped from the Lord of the Star River, it's practically impossible to snatch any more treasures from him, especially since we don't even know where he is now."

"The only one who might know his whereabouts is the Lord of the Sinking Fire, who is part of the demon race, and he won't tell us."

The Ice Peak Lord and the Netherworld Lord standing nearby also looked resentful. They never expected that this treasure hunt would end before they even saw the treasure.

Zhang Yi listened silently without interrupting.

In contrast to the relative calm of the Hongmeng, the two demon ancestors in the small virtual space of the demon race were completely shocked upon learning the news.

"The Lord of Sinking Fire joined forces with that mysterious Lord of the Universe to steal the treasure?" Ancestor Zhen Yao asked incredulously. "Didn't Sinking Fire say that his Nine Huo true form had perished? Was it killed by this mysterious Lord of the Universe?"

He was completely confused. What was going on? Was Shen Huo lying?

"Meng Tu, I'm going to the Sinking Fire Secret Realm," Zhen Yaozu said in a low voice.

The winding silver serpent nodded: "Go, Zhenjiao."

The heart of the Sinking Fire Secret Realm is the core territory of the powerful Nine Huo Ancestors clan, where their great leader, the Lord of Sinking Fire, resides.

A mountain range spanning hundreds of millions of kilometers floated in the void, its giant eyes on the rock face filled with shock and confusion.

He received the news too, but how could that be? His Nine Huo clones had clearly perished!

"Sinking Fire, you need to give me an explanation." A deep voice suddenly rang out in the void, and a serrated beast emerged from the void, looking at the massive mountain range.

"Shock the Demon Ancestor!" the Lord of Sinking Fire exclaimed, then quickly explained, "I don't know what happened either. My Nine Huo clones have already been killed by that mysterious Universe Lord. How could I possibly join forces to seize the treasure?"

(End of this chapter)