Devouring the Stars: Rising from the Snow Eagle System

Chapter 137 The Machine Race's Encirclement and Pursuit
02771 Primal Star.

Three cosmic overlords and more than a dozen high-level venerables are near the vortex passage, waiting for the supreme treasure to be born.

"This place is close to the vortex passage, so we can run away as soon as we grab it." The Prison Venerable of the Northern Frontier Alliance had already planned his escape route.

He was merely a high-ranking Venerable, and a single treasure was enough for him to fight desperately for it.

And at this moment...

A blue-armored figure flew out from the dazzling vortex passage, its terrifying aura pressing down on all directions, instantly making all the cosmic venerables present feel a chill run down their spines.

Zhou Lin stood in the air, having deliberately suppressed his aura.

Otherwise, with his arrival, all the Venerables within tens of millions of kilometers would be crushed by his aura, unless they possessed high-grade treasure armor to escape unscathed.

Whoosh!
The next moment, Zhou Lin traveled at the speed of light to the nearest vortex passage.

Each primordial star has 10081 vortex channels, 10080 of which lead to different primordial stars. Zhou Lin could only travel as quickly as possible.

The vortex channels are hundreds of millions of kilometers apart, and even traveling at the speed of light would take some time to reach them, so providing support from the original star would be very slow.

The Celestial Palace Master does not fly in a fixed manner. Although the Mechanical Race Alliance has many members, there are only a few vortex passages that can be defended.

The main reason is that very few dare to intercept the Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace. The cosmic overlords, lacking palace-type treasures, simply do not dare to come over.

Those of high rank and with avatars dare to advance.

"Was that the human Lord of the North Star just now?"

"It should be. I heard that the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace is being besieged by the Mechanical Race Alliance. He should be here to rescue his teacher."

"What use is his arrival? The Machine Race has been planning for that top-tier palace-like treasure for a long time, and even the Lord of the Universe has mobilized many of them."

The group of high-ranking venerables muttered a few words.

Few people knew about the battle between Zhou Lin and E Zhou.

E Zhou felt embarrassed that he couldn't do anything to such a young junior, and he also wanted to see other powerful people suffer at Zhou Lin's hands, so naturally he wouldn't go around talking about it.

And the human race is even less likely to tell anyone.

Zhou Lin was extremely anxious, wishing he could teleport to the side of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master.

If this weren't within the range of the Primordial Star, the spacetime passage he could casually condense could traverse star fields. Zhou Lin carefully sensed the current location of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master.

If Zhou Lin wants to reach the original star where the other party is, it will take another three hours. The Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master will probably have already gone far away.

With the Lord of the Universe surrounding and killing the Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace, he had to escape along the vortex passage. If he stayed on a certain primordial star, he would be easily surrounded by the mechanical race.

They had been planning for a long time, and naturally anticipated the possibility of a stronger party intercepting them, as well as having several encirclements.

Therefore, even the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace didn't know where to go. He would find a vortex passage and go inside to avoid falling into the enemy's group delaying tactics.

The only good news is that the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace is very powerful.

His current equipment is completely different from what it used to be.

Needless to say, educating future disciples naturally involves calculating contribution points. If he teaches a master of the universe, the race will naturally bestow rewards upon him.

Otherwise, the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace would not have been able to hold on until now.

On the original star numbered 01911, the Lord of the Strings once again employed group tactics, with countless metal machines simultaneously unleashing their power, creating an endless energy storm that spanned billions of kilometers.

Even the speed of a true cosmic ruler would be affected by this energy storm.

However, the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master was surrounded by a thin layer of silver light and accompanied by a blue ocean, which almost completely resisted this power, and his speed was not slow at all.

"A top-tier treasure armor, a high-level category treasure..."

Even the Lord of Hengxian was somewhat envious. Many universe lords only have this kind of top-tier treasure armor, not to mention other high-level category treasures.

A top-tier treasure armor can be exchanged for approximately one hundred treasure points within the human race.

Higher-level categories are even more expensive, with the cheapest costing at least 200 Treasure Points. No normal top-tier cosmic overlord has that kind of wealth.

Having even one of these two things would be considered a luxury.

"The Lord of Quxiang and the Lord of Wujiu are coming soon. Let's see how you run away." The Lord of Hengxian was also very helpless. His high-level treasures were not as good as those of the Lord of Tianshi Palace.

Even with the combined control of time and space, it would be difficult to suppress the Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace.

On the original planet, everyone could only travel at the speed of light. When the Lord of the Universe wanted to hunt down the Overlord of the Universe, he often relied on controlling spacetime to suppress him.

However, killing a top-tier cosmic overlord is extremely difficult, because they all possess some kind of heaven-defying ability.

Some possess powerful divine bodies, while others rely on numerous clones.

"It's uncertain which vortex passage the Celestial Eclipse Palace primarily leads to."

The cosmic venerable one in charge of the calculations respectfully said, "It should take about half a month to form an effective encirclement."

The difficulty of dealing with the Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace is now no less than that of a true Lord of the Universe. He possesses a domain-level treasure, and even the overlords of the universe dare not come to entangle him.

The cosmic venerables who intervened in the encirclement and suppression were almost all from races that had clones.

"I'd like to see how many of you I can kill." The Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master's hand conjured endless flames, instantly annihilating a high-level Venerable's divine body.

He has already killed nineteen high-level Venerables and two cosmic overlords, but they all had clones and didn't bring any valuable treasures with them.

They were all unequipped, and then they came up to stall for time.

Later on, those high-ranking Venerables immediately self-destructed, risking their lives to try and keep the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master.

For that top-tier palace-type treasure, the Machine Race Alliance has mobilized nine Universe Lords and six top-tier Universe Overlords.

To date, no effective encirclement has been formed.

The power of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master has exceeded the expectations of the Mechanical Race.

"With the teacher running like this, it's difficult for me to get there directly." Zhou Lin was about to reach the vortex passage leading to the 01911 Primal Star, but the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace had already gone elsewhere.

But there is nothing we can do about it.

If we were to slowly fly on a primordial star, we would be besieged after a large number of cosmic lords descended, and at that point, there would be no escape.

The chase continues...

Three days later.

"You mechanical race dare to touch my human powerhouses?"

The Lord of Ice Peak arrived first. He possesses a palace-type treasure. If he can rescue the Lord of Heavenly Eclipse Palace, the matter will essentially be over.

At that time, the mechanical race will have no choice but to spend money to buy parts.

“The Lord of Ice Peaks and my teacher are very close.” Zhou Lin carefully sensed the cause and effect, but his expression did not ease, because there were other universe lords present.

"Lord of the Ice Peak, do you think you can save people in front of us all by yourself?" The Lord of Martial Arts descended immediately afterward, and he was also a fourth-tier power.

The Mechanical Alliance had been planning this for a long time, while the Hong Alliance hastily sent people to rescue them, as many of the universe lords were still in the cosmic sea.

Lords like the Lord of Darkness and Lord Peng Gong simply cannot come.

Currently, the Hongmeng has only dispatched four Universe Lords. In particular, after the arrival of the Mechanical Race's Qu Xiang Lord, he easily suppressed the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master with his top-tier domain-class treasure.

The Lord of the Eclipse Palace managed to escape to the original star numbered 02573 after exhausting all his strength.

Having just escaped, two more powerful figures from the Mechanical Race Alliance were waiting there. The Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master casually killed one of the High-Level Venerables.

"Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace, stop running!" But there was another top-tier cosmic overlord present, who brandished a dagger-like weapon and charged forward.

"roll!"

The Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace roared. If it weren't for the current situation, ordinary top-tier universe overlords wouldn't be able to mess with him. High-level class treasures are no joke.

"Teacher, you don't need to run anymore."

At this moment, the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace suddenly felt a sound in his ear. He looked around but did not see Zhou Lin.

“I am speaking to you through cause and effect.”

Zhou Lin spoke rapidly, "I should be able to reach your primordial star in at most half an hour. Please stay away from the vortex passage as much as possible. Once I arrive, you will be fine."

Upon hearing this, the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace immediately burned his divine power, activating his domain-type supreme treasure to its fullest extent, desperately suppressing that top-tier cosmic overlord.

"You can't escape, Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace." This top-tier cosmic overlord was extremely suppressed and unable to fly at all.

Regardless, he relentlessly clung to the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master, following him in flight, as did the other high-ranking Venerables.

Whoosh!
The Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace flew across the vast ocean, and he had to get as far away as possible from the whirlpool passage he had just passed, as the Lord of the Elephant could descend at any moment.

Thirty seconds later...

Boom!

A deafening roar echoed from the vortex passage behind, as the Lord of Quxiang descended upon this primordial star, accompanied by a top-tier domain-level treasure that granted him control over space and time.

Under the dual suppression, the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master could only maintain a speed of 90,000 kilometers per second. The two were only 10 million kilometers apart, and it wouldn't be long before they arrived.

The Lord of Quxiang is the Lord of the Fourth Order of the Universe.

Even with upgraded equipment, the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace still couldn't possibly match a fourth-tier Universe Lord; he would struggle to even withstand a single blow without being instantly killed.

"Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace, hand over that component." Lord Quxiang coldly shouted, "And give me your domain treasure as compensation for my mechanical race."

Throughout the relentless pursuit and interception, the mechanical race was responsible for compensating the deceased high-ranking elders and cosmic overlord avatars.

"Lord of Quxiang, this primordial star is not up to your mechanical race to decide." Lord of Dragon Journey also descended, manipulating a domain-type supreme treasure to assist the Lord of Heavenly Eclipse Palace.

With the help of the Lord of the Universe to relieve the pressure, the Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace suddenly increased his speed and began to move away.

"Lord of Dragons," said the Lord of Quxiang coldly, "My Mechanical Clan is determined to win. Even if the Lord of Chaos City comes, he cannot protect the Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace."

He didn't care about delaying; the longer it dragged on, the more mechanical beings would arrive.

The human leadership has already discussed this. If all else fails, the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace can self-destruct, but this will definitely result in the loss of many precious treasures.

The fact that so many cosmic lords came to the rescue was, in a sense, due to Zhou Lin's influence.

“These high-ranking cosmic beings are really annoying.”

The Heavenly Eclipse Palace's domain could not be expanded because another Lord of the Maple Clan from the Mechanical Race Alliance had descended, manipulating high-level class treasures to wear him down.

Two more top cosmic overlords flew out from the vortex passage three billion kilometers away from him.

Those who are responsible for tracking the Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace will be rewarded with great treasures.

Those top overlords who participated in the battle against the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master and managed to delay the inevitable would be rewarded with a supreme treasure. Naturally, they all had to contribute.

Anyway, the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace couldn't possibly kill them.

"Palace Master of Heavenly Eclipse, don't run away."

"You can't escape. You'll die here today."

The powerful members of the machine race were very excited. This was the legendary teacher of the human Lord of the North Star, and also a top-tier cosmic overlord.

Over billions of years, the number of top cosmic overlords who fell from the original star has been extremely small, and they have almost all been found in areas such as the Temple of the Divine God.

"You think you're worthy to kill me, Heavenly Eclipse?"

The Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master's eyes burned fiercely, his fists seemed to hold billions of stars, his divine power burned once more, and a blue ocean swept across the sky, binding those high-level Venerables and top cosmic overlords to extreme discomfort.

puff!puff!puff!
With each move by the Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace, a high-level Venerable, or even a cosmic overlord, would fall under his fist.

However, this slowed him down.

"Mechanical race, you've gone too far!" The Lord of Void Gold had also arrived on this primordial star. He possessed a palace-type treasure; if he could rescue the Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace, he could escape.

But there will only be more mechanical universe masters, and once the Void Gold Master is entangled, he will be unable to come to the rescue.

There were about three minutes left before Zhou Lin arrived.

"My disciple is said to only have the combat power of a fifth-order universe lord in the old lair. He is probably only third or fourth-order normally." The Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master also had concerns.

He had already prepared himself for his own demise and the loss of the treasure.

The number of members in the Machine Race Alliance is decreasing.

The high-ranking venerables and cosmic overlords have all withdrawn.

This means that all the rulers of the opposing universe are about to arrive, and there is no longer any need for the weak to delay. Even the top universe overlords no longer step forward to fight.

Rumble!
One after another, cosmic lords descended from the vortex passages in all directions.

The nine universe lords are almost all at the third or fourth tier of strength.

"Damn it." Based on cause and effect, Zhou Lin sensed the arrival of those universe lords, while the human race had only sent a few, including the Ice Peak Lord.

If this continues, the Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace will definitely not be able to escape.

"Am I about to expose my methods of causality?" Zhou Lin pondered to himself. During his long years of seclusion, he had also developed secret techniques related to causality.

After thinking it over, Zhou Lin still felt it was unnecessary, because no matter how powerful his causal methods were, he could not kill the Lord of the Universe in this way.

It's meaningless to have a temporary impact.

“Originally, we wouldn’t have needed to send so many Universe Lords to besiege this Heavenly Eclipse,” said the Lord of Quxiang coldly. “But he is a top overlord, and his wealth is comparable to that of many Universe Lords. The bigger the tree, the more the wind will blow against it.”

Normally, for a top-tier palace-type treasure, the Machine Race would send out at most a few Universe Lords.

However, the Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace also revealed high-level categories and top-tier treasure armor, which would also tempt other universe lords.

Whoever slays the Heavenly Eclipse will own the treasure.

"The nearest cosmic lord to me is 30 million kilometers away."

The Palace Master of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace could only try to escape. After crossing the deep green swamp, he quickly disappeared into the mountains and forests, heading towards the nearest vortex passage.

Currently, all the cosmic rulers of the Machine Race have arrived.

"The only option left is to try going to other primordial planets."

(End of this chapter)