Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 276 The Soul-Summoning Banner! The Qianwu at Full Power

More than a hundred billion light-years away from human territory, in the vast starry sky, there are no planets, only gusts of wind tearing through space.

One after another, black gales howled and covered billions of kilometers, turning the entire starry sky into darkness.

Even if a king or immortal falls into it, their divine body will be severely injured and they will perish instantly.

Beyond the raging winds, a figure exuding an aura of grandeur stands in the starry sky.

Suddenly, the surrounding void began to distort, and the figure of the Qianwu Kingdom's ruler emerged from the spatial vortex, his eyes radiating overwhelming murderous aura.

"Qian Wu, are you confident you can kill that Golden Serpent Venerable?"
We two have a chance to seriously injure him, but killing him is too difficult!
If you want to take action, you might as well have Venerable Megumin and the others come over.

"If we work together, we'll have a better chance!"

The Venerable Beiming, who had been waiting there for a long time, looked at the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom.

He and the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom were close friends who had shared life and death, and their strengths were comparable, both being high-level Venerables. For a long time, they had been adventuring together through life and death.

When Qianwu perished, he lent him the most treasures.

Three times in a row!
It's easy to imagine what their relationship was like.

It wasn't that he didn't trust the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom, but rather that he knew very well how difficult it was to kill a high-ranking Venerable.

That Golden Serpent Venerable is none other than the Demon Clan's royal family member, the Ten Thousand Serpent Venerable. Not only is his divine body over ten kilometers long, but he also possesses a top-tier treasure armor called the 'Golden Serpent Armor,' which offers extremely strong defense.

Ordinary cosmic overlords can suppress him.

But it can't kill it!

"Bei Ming, you don't need to do anything this time! I can handle it on my own. Just keep an eye on the perimeter and make sure no one else gets involved."

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom grinned, his expression brimming with confidence.

"you alone?"

Venerable Beiming was somewhat surprised and doubtful. He knew the strength of Qianwu very well. Could it be that he had encountered a fortuitous event during this period?

"Yes, you'll find out in a bit."

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom said confidently.

The top-tier treasure armor is indeed very powerful in terms of defense.

However, it is no different from paper in front of the supreme treasure, the Spear of the Heavens. It can be easily pierced and torn apart the opponent's divine body.

The only problem is that the Golden Serpent Venerable's divine body is quite large.

But this isn't a big problem.

"Alright! Let's go!"

The Venerable Beiming said no more. He knew the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom very well and knew that the other party would not make boastful claims in this regard.

The two immediately transformed into streaks of light and disappeared from the spot.

Although the Universe Venerable can teleport, the Bone-Corroding Secret Realm is a high-level secret realm, and even the outermost annihilation winds can severely injure a beginner Venerable.

The internal dangers are even greater; teleporting inside would be suicidal.

……

A month later.

Having overcome numerous dangers in the secret realm, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom and Venerable Beiming stopped and looked into the distance.

In the distance, a vast, azure-blue river stretched across the sky.

This river is over 500 million kilometers wide and over 300 million kilometers deep, with an incalculable length. This is the famous 'Tianxing River' in the Bone-Eroding Secret Realm.

"According to my detection, Venerable Golden Serpent and Venerable Radiant Light are exploring the Milky Way in that day."

The Milky Way water was extremely cold that day, with an incredibly high density and astonishing corrosive properties.

Even a Venerable One would feel astonishing resistance and bone-chilling cold if he entered, and his speed would be less than one percent of his usual speed.

If you stay there for too long, even your divine body will be corroded.

Furthermore, divine power detection is difficult to spread, at most covering an area of ​​one million kilometers.

However, one can occasionally find some Celestial Stones here, which are one of the main materials for crafting supreme treasures.

The Northern Celestial Venerable's gaze was solemn. Hunting down a high-level Venerable in such a place was no easy task.

Once the other party tries to escape, it becomes extremely difficult to intercept them.

"Don't worry, I can perform even better here!"

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom laughed.

The supreme treasure of the high-level realm bestowed upon him by the Lord of Chaos City was the Xuanbing Sea!
Here, they are like fish in water, and their power is even stronger.

Without saying anything more, the two rushed into the Heavenly Star River and began searching for Venerable Golden Serpent and Venerable Glowing Clouds.

……

This search took a year.

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom and Venerable Beiming were both extremely patient. Hunting down a high-level cosmic Venerable was not so easy.

A year later, the eyes of the Qianwu Kingdom ruler blazed with murderous intent!
found it!
In the distance, a one-eyed, six-winged flying serpent, several kilometers long with golden scales, was seen weaving through the Tianxing River.

Not far from it, a giant ape, about three kilometers tall and covered in blue fur, followed behind.

"Golden Serpent Venerable! Radiant Light Venerable!"

At the same time that the Qianwu Kingdom Lord discovered the other party, the Golden Serpent Venerable also discovered the Qianwu Kingdom Lord and the Northern Ming Venerable in the distance. A hint of surprise appeared on its ferocious face.

There was also a hint of mockery in it.

"Who are you? Aren't you the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom? Hahaha, you actually dare to leave human territory to raise those brats and come to the secret realm for adventure?"

The Golden Serpent Venerable looked at the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom from afar and mocked him.

After suffering three consecutive deaths, the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom chose to stay in the Universe Kingdom and rarely ventured out to explore secret realms. This was no secret.

Upon seeing the King of Qianwu Kingdom, the Golden Serpent Venerable, he was surprised but also became more vigilant, maintaining a distance of one million kilometers from the King of Qianwu Kingdom.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation!
The Ziqian Thousand Serpents clan is known among the demon race for its caution and treachery.

"I'm here to kill you, of course!"

"Field of Laws!"

"Merge...the Mystic Ice Sea!"

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom revealed a ferocious smile, his domain of laws suddenly expanded, his divine body amplification technique erupted, and he burned his divine power to activate the Xuanbing Sea.

Instantly, the surrounding area of ​​tens of millions of square kilometers transformed into an endless sea of ​​icy water, completely enveloping Venerable Golden Serpent and Venerable Radiant Light.

Nine icebergs emerged from the sea.

The surrounding space was completely frozen and suppressed, and the endless cold seawater and icebergs enveloped the Golden Serpent Venerable and the Radiant Light Venerable. They immediately felt an extremely strong pressure coming from all directions, and their speed was immediately affected.

"Kill me? You think you can..."

The Golden Serpent Lord seemed to have heard a huge joke. He was about to mock the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom when he saw him. However, his expression changed drastically the moment he was enveloped by the Xuanbing Sea.

"A domain-type treasure!"

"Such strong resistance! This is a domain-specific treasure!"

"How could the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom possess a domain-type treasure?"

The Golden Serpent Venerable was greatly alarmed. The pressure in the Heavenly Star River was already extremely high, and now that he was shrouded in the Profound Ice Sea, he felt that he could only exert half of his strength at most!
Moreover, the powerful domain restriction greatly slowed his speed. "King of Qianwu Kingdom, you are courting death! I can kill you once, and I can kill you again!" The Golden Serpent Venerable roared, spitting out black light that crashed towards the King of Qianwu Kingdom.

However, it instantly transformed into a golden streak of light, attempting to escape.

The moment he was trapped inside the domain treasure, he knew he was no match for Qianwu. Only by escaping the domain treasure's coverage area could he have a chance of survival!
"Run! Where can you run to?"

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom roared, and the Juntian Spear appeared in his hand, easily knocking away the black light.

With each step he took, he traversed a million kilometers. The secret runes on his spear burst forth with dazzling light, revealing an extreme sharpness and radiating overwhelming killing intent.

As the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom threw it, the spear pierced towards the fleeing Golden Serpent Venerable with unstoppable force.

"Piercing the sky and piercing the sun!"

boom!
The Heavenly Spear shot out like a streak of light, its tip radiating a dazzling light like the blazing sun.

The golden scales on the Golden Serpent Venerable's body were pierced instantly, tearing it apart. The incredibly defensive scales were torn apart like paper.

How powerful is the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom?
Although they have remained at the High Venerable level for countless epochs, their understanding of laws, amplitude techniques, and the creation of secret techniques have long since reached a limit.

Although he has only possessed the Spear of Heaven for a little over a hundred years, he has used it to create an ultimate martial art!
Furthermore, the weapon is a supreme treasure, and it burns with divine power immediately.

The fleeing Golden Serpent Venerable didn't even have time to react before being pierced by the Heavenly Spear, letting out a heart-wrenching scream.

"This is impossible!"

The Golden Serpent Venerable's expression changed drastically. This attack not only pierced through its golden serpent armor and damaged its divine body, but also annihilated 5% of its divine body in one fell swoop!
so horrible!

Doesn't this mean that it only takes twenty attacks to kill it?

Even the most powerful beings in the universe don't possess such strength!
It's that spear!
It turned out to be yet another extremely powerful treasure?

"hateful!"

The fleeing Golden Serpent Venerable gritted his teeth, then frantically burned his divine power, and his huge serpent tail lashed out.

Escape is impossible.

Within this domain, its speed was greatly reduced and its power was suppressed, while the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom was completely unaffected and even stronger.

"You're not getting away either!"

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom dodged the attack easily by sidestepping, and the Juntian Spear in his hand once again transformed into a stream of light and flew out, this time rushing towards the Venerable Xiaguang.

The fleeing Venerable Xia Guang, wielding two divine hammers, roared as he slammed them towards the Spear of Heaven.

However, the terrifying power unleashed by the Heavenly Spear sent his massive body flying backward, piercing through his armor.

The Venerable Xia Guang was horrified; this attack had directly destroyed 12% of its divine body!
"You all die!"

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom strode forward and caught the Juntian Spear that had turned back; the blood-red spear seemed capable of piercing through everything.

"Peng!" "Peng!" "Peng!"

Piercing through time and time again!

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom was already a level stronger than the Golden Serpent Venerable, not to mention that he encountered numerous obstacles in the Golden Serpent Venerable's 'Mysterious Ice Sea' and was now being completely suppressed!
The Northern Demon Venerable, who was watching all this from afar and on guard, preparing to intercept them, was stunned.

Two supreme treasures!

When did the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom become so wealthy?

Did he sell his ass?
Is this still the same 'top debtor'?

No wonder the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom is so confident. If he had two high-level treasures, he could easily suppress and kill a high-level Venerable!

"Hmm? Oh no, Qianwu, be careful!"

Suddenly, Venerable Beiming's expression changed, and he roared at the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom.

However, the Golden Serpent Venerable's face showed grief and indignation as he frantically charged towards the Qianwu Kingdom's ruler.

"If you want to kill me, you won't get away with it either! I'll be back for you!"

With a roar, the Golden Serpent Venerable's divine body, which was over ten kilometers long, exploded and turned into an extremely dazzling light, choosing to self-destruct!
How terrifying is the self-destruction of a high-ranking venerable being?
Even experts of the same level could perish!
The terrifying light instantly engulfed Venerable Xia Guang, who was not far away, and then suddenly swept towards the Qianwu Kingdom's ruler, who was not far away.

Wow!
Suddenly, a palace treasure resembling a flying boat appeared in front of the Qianwu Kingdom ruler. The white light struck the flying boat, but it couldn't even shake it.

"Qin Ming, make your move!"

Inside the Floating Cloud Boat, the King of Qianwu Kingdom transmitted his voice to Qin Ming, who was hidden in the World Ring he carried with him.

"Teacher, you can simply take this soul-summoning banner and wander around the battlefield!"

Qin Ming, who was secretly watching the battle, did not show himself. Instead, he threw a black banner with a white bone handle into the hands of the Qianwu Kingdom's ruler.

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom looked down and saw that the black banner was covered with strange patterns, and a strange spiritual power was emanating from it.

"it is good!"

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom nodded. As the strongest wave of power from the self-destruction of the Golden Serpent Venerable outside disappeared, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom flew out of the Floating Cloud Boat, holding the Soul-Summoning Banner in his hand, and flew across the battlefield.

call--

The black wind was howling.

The fragments of the soul imprints that were completely scattered when Venerable Golden Serpent and Venerable Radiant Clouds self-destructed actually came from all directions and surged into the Soul Summoning Banner.

Inside the summoning banner, Qin Ming's remaining soul entity looked at the two Venerable souls who had been sent to the Netherworld, and a look of joy appeared on its face.

"You want it back? Dream on!"

If a high-level Venerable falls, the demon race's higher-ups will definitely resurrect them, just like how the rulers of the Qianwu Kingdom were resurrected after repeated falls.

But the moment their souls were sent into the Netherworld, the refining process began!

Once they are completely refined, they are essentially enslaved by the soul.

Even if the Lord of the Universe reversed time, he could not revive him.

As for this soul-summoning banner...

It was a branch of the Myriad Souls Banner that Qin Ming had refined over a century by studying sacrificial runes and combining them with the authority of the Netherworld.

It has no offensive capabilities, but it can absorb soul fragments and transport them to the underworld, or temporarily nurture souls within it.

"Teacher, that's enough! We can leave now!"

After completely collecting the soul fragments of the two demon clan venerables, Qin Ming immediately sent a telepathic message to the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom.

"it is good!"

The ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom, holding the soul-summoning banner, was overjoyed. It was a success!

He immediately put away the Xuanbing Sea Domain, and then piloted the Floating Cloud Boat towards Venerable Beiming. Venerable Beiming fled far away the moment Venerable Jinshe self-destructed.

With the Xuanbing Sea blocking their way, and the Golden Serpent Venerable having already lost most of his divine body when he self-destructed, plus the Northern Ming Venerable who was on guard from a distance, he naturally did not suffer any harm.

"Beiming, let's go!"

The Floating Cloud Boat stopped in front of Venerable Beiming, took in the complex-looking Venerable Beiming, and then transformed into a streak of light that raced wildly through the Heavenly Star River.

The Lord of the Universe generally doesn't interfere in battles between Venerable Ones.

Just as the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom fell three times, the ruler of the human universe did not avenge him.

But who dares to gamble?
The cosmic sovereign of the demon race is not a being who can reason.

"Qianwu? What's going on?"

(End of this chapter)