Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 165 Locke's Divine Water is in hand, the final of the Genius Battle begins!
In a remote part of the Cuilang Starfield.

hum!
Space rippled, and a triangular spaceship flew out from it.

"Your Highness, we have arrived at the Cui Lang Star Region. Where do we go now?"

Inside the spaceship's cockpit, the eight-meter-tall rock giant 'Alex' looked respectfully at Qin Ming.

"Go to these coordinates, find this guy named 'Pansy,' and while you're at it, destroy the 'Fire Phoenix Group' he founded."

Qin Ming sent a message to Alex.

As the personal disciple of the ruler of the Qianwu Universe, Qin Ming's status within the Qianwu Universe is astonishing, making it easy for him to investigate a third-tier Realm Lord.

Pansy's experience is quite legendary.

Pansy was born a slave.

The day before the 'biochip' was implanted, he led his men in a rebellion. After the rebellion succeeded, he took a large number of his men and escaped the slave planet by spaceship.

What followed was a classic revenge drama.

After escaping the slave planet, he dismissed his subordinates and registered as a citizen of the universe, spending hundreds of years in seclusion.

When it reappeared, it was already at the cosmic level.

He launched his revenge with the air of a king returning home, and killed the slave trader.

Unfortunately, the dragon slayer became the dragon himself.

After killing the slave trader, Pansy transformed himself into a new slave trader.

Moreover, by leveraging its resources, they quickly broke through to the Domain Lord level, contacted seventeen other powerful Domain Lords, formed an alliance, and created the so-called Fire Phoenix Group.

Furthermore, it expanded at an extremely frenzied pace.

He befriended many powerful and influential people.

Even the seventh prince of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom was his backer.

What's most astonishing is that, as the spiritual leader of the Fire Phoenix Group, Pan Xi rarely indulges in pleasure, instead choosing to cultivate in secluded places.

He possesses perseverance, ambition, and cunning; calling him a ruthless and powerful figure is no exaggeration.

"Your Highness, is this Pansy the one we're dealing with?"

A hint of murderous intent flashed in Alex's eyes. He actually admired this man quite a bit, but since His Highness wanted to kill him, he could not let him live.

Furthermore, this person is ruthless and has no bottom line; he is vicious and cruel, and keeping him around would only bring trouble.

"Hmm, this man is a ruthless and ambitious one. But he deserves to die, and he still has to die."

Qin Ming didn't say anything grand or righteous.

He only wanted his resources, nothing more.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have traveled all that way to kill him.

He is not strong enough now and has no power to change the balance of power in the universe. Perhaps he can do something more when he becomes stronger in the future.

"Your Highness doesn't need to make the trip yourself if you want to kill him. Just give the order and have the brothers in your team do it. Your Highness has just participated in the Genius Battle, and I'm afraid many people are already eyeing you."

Alex reminded him.

Besides him, an immortal, there were dozens of peak realm lords in the guard team.

Dealing with a slave leader at the third level of the Realm Lord is not worth His Highness's personal trip.

"Hidden identity means that if we don't show off too much, no one will care about us."

I told my teacher before I left.

Killing him was just a side effect; we still need to go to the Nine Garbage Starfields to buy some things later.

Qin Ming smiled and shook his head. They left through the divine kingdom's teleportation, and no one else could pinpoint their location.

Furthermore, he didn't leave secretly.

If a crisis were to occur, the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom would descend instantly, thanks to a special treasure he possesses.

"Ah."

Since the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom already knew, Alex didn't say anything more; he only offered a reminder.

Immediately, the spaceship accelerated into the dark universe, heading towards the target asteroid belt, Bain.

……

Half a day later.

The triangular spaceship plunged into the dark universe outside the Bain asteroid belt and flew slowly through it.

Upon entering, Alex noticed something amiss.

"Your Highness, something is not right about the Bane asteroid cluster. All 209 asteroids in the cluster have been modified and contain a variety of technological weapons, making it a veritable mechanical fortress."

Ordinary realm lords do not possess such wealth.

Alex frowned. He was also an immortal who had been to the extraterrestrial battlefield. His spaceship was far superior to ordinary E-class ships, especially in reconnaissance.

Even the slightest carelessness on the battlefield beyond the realm can lead to the fall of an immortal.

"Hmm, this person's Fire Phoenix Group has secretly made too many connections with powerful and influential people, so it's not surprising that he has such methods."

Qin Ming shook his head slightly.

Upon hearing this, Alex's eyes flashed, and he activated the spaceship's reconnaissance system to its maximum. He was naturally not afraid of a mere Realm Lord.

However, if Qin Ming is brought along, extra caution is required.

After a while.

"Your Highness, we've found it. It's on asteroid number 82 in the Bain asteroid group."

"Get closer! Don't let him get away."

"Yes!"

The spaceship immediately accelerated and approached, then the hatch opened, and ten peak-level world lord guards flew out, instantly sealing off the entire Bain asteroid field.

Almost the instant the spaceship approached, the entire asteroid suddenly trembled.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Three beams of light shot out in succession, suddenly piercing through the starry sky and heading towards the triangular spaceship piloted by Alex.

The spaceship made no attempt to dodge, allowing the laser cannons to bombard its surface energy shield, which only rippled slightly.

Almost simultaneously, the triangular spaceship also fired a beam of light, which struck the distant asteroid.

boom--

The asteroid, with a diameter of over 600 kilometers, exploded, sending countless fragments flying in all directions across the starry sky, revealing a deep purple, sword-shaped spaceship.

boom! boom! boom!
The spaceship took off early, and the dozen or so peak realm lord guards who were blocking the area all attacked at once, blasting out beams of energy that firmly locked the spaceship in place.

Even Alex intervened and blasted the spaceship to pieces.

"who are you?"

A lean male figure flew out from the wreckage of the spaceship, his eyes like those of a wild wolf, full of aggression.

But at this moment, his expression was filled with despair.

With 10 peak realm lords and 1 immortal powerhouse attacking simultaneously, even with his many trump cards, he would have almost no chance of escape in this situation.

However, nobody paid any attention to him.

Qin Ming had no interest in talking to a slave trader. As for Alex and the other guards, their orders were simply to kill him, so they had even less interest in wasting time exchanging words with him.

boom! boom! boom!
Without Alex even needing to make a move, the ten peak-level world lord guards instantly shot out, some controlling telekinetic weapons and others wielding primal force weapons as they rushed forward.

"How have I offended you?"

Pansi roared, and countless colorful vines flew out from his hands. Instantly, the surrounding area, spanning several kilometers, was filled with all kinds of vines, which wrapped around the incoming telekinetic weapons.

"Hmm? Iron Vine Grass of the ninth rank of Realm Lord!"

Alex's expression hardened. According to the intelligence, this Pansy was just an ordinary third-level World Lord, yet he possessed a ninth-level World Lord Iron Vine Grass.
Ironvine Grass can be cultivated to the ninth level of the Realm Lord?

This made Alex feel uneasy.

Because Ironvine Grass is just a very common and cheap plant life form, its strength is far weaker than other plant life forms of the same level and grade.

Such plant life forms are generally considered to have reached their limit when cultivated to the ninth level of the stellar level.

This is the limit of life.

He continuously broke through the limits and was cultivated into a ninth-level World Lord.

It's simply a miracle!
Of course, even if this plant life is at the ninth level of the Realm Lord level, it would still be easily defeated by 10 peak Realm Lord guards, even with the Iron Vine Grass frantically entangling it.

"You will pay the price for killing me!"

Seeing that the ten peak realm masters paid no attention to him, a fierce glint flashed in Pansy's eyes, whose core was protected by the iron vine grass.

brush!
A flash of light appeared on his body, and blood-red vines shot out instantly.

The blood-red vines and iron vines intertwined, and one after another, vivid blood-red flowers appeared in the starry sky. These bewitching blood-red flowers attacked the peak realm lord guards who were charging towards them.

Ninth-level Realm Lord - The Destructive Flower!

Unlike common plants like Iron Vine Grass, the Seraphim is a relatively precious plant species. Although it is far inferior to Star-Eating Grass, it is by no means weaker than Cloud Vine.

Its attack power is quite formidable.

This made Alex and the other guards even more puzzled, because cultivating plant life was a very luxurious thing.

This top-grade Brahma Flower, which reaches the ninth level of the Realm Lord, along with the Iron Vine Grass, would definitely cost more than 10 Chaos Units!
What does 10 mixed units mean?
The average asset of an Immortal Army Lord is 1 Chaos Yuan Units, while the average asset of a Realm Lord is 10 Chaos Yuan Units!

10 Hunyuan is a huge fortune even for a top-tier military lord like Alex.

It's simply impossible for a third-tier slave leader at the Realm Lord level to produce something like this.

Something's off about this person!
The fact that Qin Ming, a disciple of the ruler of the universe, personally went to deal with him was even more suspicious.

Perhaps there's some secret hidden behind it.

Immediately, Alex took action himself.

boom!
A pillar of energy that tore through the sky shot out from his hand.

Faced with the attack of the immortal god, the snail flower, the iron vine grass, and even the Pansy were blasted into dust!

In any case, Qin Ming's order was to kill him, not capture him alive.

Although the ninth-level Realm Lord's Brahma Flower is powerful, it's nothing special to a peak Immortal Army Lord; one strike is enough to kill him instantly.

……

Upon Pansy's death, her inner world automatically collapsed, and a large number of items fell to the ground.

Without Qin Ming giving any instructions, Alex ordered his guards to collect all the items and then hand them over to Qin Ming for disposal.

"Your Highness, mission accomplished!"

Alex handed a world ring to Qin Ming.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Qin Ming nodded slightly and accepted the ring.

"Issue the order to clean up the Fire Phoenix Group in the Cui Lang Star Region, including the powerful figures who are colluding with them."

Let them liberate all those slave planets they control.

I will keep an eye on this matter.

With a single command, the entire Cuilang Starfield sprang into action.

Faced with the official institutions of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, a mere slave trade organization naturally could not cause any trouble.

Tens of thousands of slave planets were restored to normal planets, and more than a trillion humans regained their freedom, no longer destined to be slaves for generations.

And this was just a single sentence from Qin Ming.

"Let's go to the Wulong Star Region."

……

Inside the Myriad Souls Banner space, Qin Ming's consciousness quickly scanned the numerous miscellaneous items that Pansy had dropped after her death, and soon locked onto a beautifully carved silver plaque.

"found it!"

A smile appeared on Qin Ming's lips. The Myriad Soul Banner space was a space under his absolute control, and he could easily detect any subtle anomalies.

Qin Ming forcefully penetrated the silver plaque with his mental power, and after refining it, he probed into it with his mental power.

This is a very small world, about 100 kilometers in radius.

The whole world consists of plains and land, and lakes in the middle of the plains.

A lake with a diameter of about ten kilometers!
The lake water was incredibly cold, radiating a chill that permeated the entire world.

"Rock Divine Water! 63 billion Chaos Units, obtained."

Looking at the Locke Divine Water, even Qin Ming, with his composure, couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Locke Divine Water is a treasure with incredibly powerful life force. It can be used to cultivate plant life, heal the body, and so on.

Furthermore, the life energy contained in the Locke Divine Water is of an extremely high level, and its effects are even stronger than those of the Fruit of Life, making its value extremely astonishing.

With it, I won't have to worry about resources anymore.

Although Teacher Qianwu prepared a lot of cultivation resources for himself, such as resources for the evolution of Star Grass, the total value would not be less than these Locke Divine Waters.

After all, that's a treasure that can help the Star-Eating Grass break through to immortality in the form of a thousand vines!
But I can't possibly compete with the Star-Eating Grass for resources, can I?
That would be too embarrassing.

Over the years, the Star-Eating Grass has been devouring everything it can, and its strength has already reached the Domain Lord level. If it reaches the World Lord level, it will be a significant trump card for itself.

After successfully obtaining the Locke Divine Water, Qin Ming did not cause any further trouble.

After teleporting to the Wulong Starfield with Alex and the others, they sold some of the Locke Divine Water and purchased 1000 million corpses of peak World Lord Zerg before returning directly to the Qianwu Secret Realm.

A new round of spiritual practice has begun.

With Alex and the others following him, he couldn't buy too many corpses, since that would be too strange.

Moreover, these 1000 million corpses of peak-level world lord insectoids are enough for now.

His main purpose for coming out was still the Locke Divine Water.

With these Rock Waters, you can simply exchange them for resources and buy them in batches multiple times; no one will pay special attention to this.

……

Time passed slowly, and three years went by in the blink of an eye.

The ultimate battle of cosmic geniuses, which brings together geniuses from 1008 cosmic nations, is about to begin!

"The time has come for us to make our mark in the universe!"

(End of this chapter)