Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 160 Sword Slaying the King
"A thousand years of light?"

Qi Yuan looked at the small, laser-like substance 'stuck' on the membrane of this bubble world, a look of surprise on his face.

That small sliver of 'light'-like substance was less than 30 centimeters long. When Qi Yuan looked at it, he felt that time around him was being distorted, and he couldn't help but immerse himself in it.

Millennium Light is a strange substance and a precious material for making time-based weapons. This kind of material is usually produced occasionally in the core of a black hole, and can also be found in some strange cosmic secrets.

I never expected that such a treasure would be born in this strange place, the Ninth Battlefield!
A thousand years of light, its value immeasurable.

This tiny sliver of Millennium Light, less than 30 centimeters long, would fetch at least 30 billion points in the Virtual Universe Treasury. If sold within the Hongmeng Alliance, the price would be even higher!
Moreover, if a treasure worth 30 billion points were given to a disciple, it could create unimaginable wealth for him!

"I didn't expect this unexpected surprise. I guess this Thousand-Year Light just fell into this space not long ago, otherwise it would have been discovered long ago. It seems I'm quite lucky."

Qi Yuan stepped forward with delight, a wisp of divine power spreading out. He carefully cut a slit in the world's membrane and 'scooped' out the piece of the thousand-year-old light.

"Ok?"

He suddenly sensed something and, while storing the fragment of the thousand-year-old light into his world ring, turned his head to look to the side—

At a distance of nearly ten million kilometers from him, the world's membrane silently cracked open.

Immediately afterwards, two extremely tall figures stepped in.

Two figures appeared. One was a rock giant over thirty meters tall, wearing a gray-black armor covered in countless spikes, each spike shimmering with a faint crimson light. The other was a humanoid figure whose entire body appeared to be composed of clusters of green flames.

Both figures exuded a powerful aura that was incredibly unsettling.

The two figures entered just as Qi Yuan was absorbing the millennium light.

"The immortality of the unfamiliar human race, that is... a thousand years of light!"

"Stop! Leave the treasure behind!"

call out!call out!
The two figures teleported simultaneously, rushing towards Qi Yuan in an instant.

At the same time, an invisible attack arrived even earlier.

"唳~~~"

An incredibly terrifying roar, resembling the cry of some kind of bird or beast, instantly invaded Qi Yuan's body, frantically transmitting towards his soul core.

The attacks from the two figures followed closely behind. The rock giant's hand suddenly grew larger, and the hand covered with ferocious spiked armor seemed to cover the sky and earth, and even the surrounding space was faintly compressed.

The fiery humanoid figure opened its mouth and spat out a stream of dark green light, which flew straight towards Qi Yuan, who was enveloped by the giant hand.

"Soul attack. And the Golden Stone King and the Black Ash King... are they two peak-level Kings from the Mechanical Race faction?"

Despite being under attack, Qi Yuan's eyes showed no sign of panic.

At the core of his soul, a crystalline sword light, condensed from invisible soul power, floated quietly.

The instant that roar of the soul resounded, a crystalline sword light suddenly flew out—

"puff!"

The soul attack that had invaded the body was wiped out by the crystalline sword light as if it were being swept away by a whirlwind.

Having done all this, the crystalline sword light shot back, continuing to hover and circulate at the origin of the soul.

Qi Yuan's gaze remained unchanged, but his body moved instantly!
"Huhuhu~~~"

Time seemed to stand still for a moment, and Qi Yuan seemed to be shuttling through the gaps in time, easily avoiding the blurry streak of light that shot towards him.

He suddenly drew his sword, and the hazy phantom of the world spread rapidly with the sword light, causing spacetime to tremble. The attack of the fiery rock giant's palm, which could vaguely seal space, was instantly broken.

"What? The spatial blockade was broken so easily?" the rock giant was shocked.

However, immediately afterwards—

laugh!
It was as if the whole world had been ripped open!
A light, seemingly born at the very beginning of time, instantly shone forth!
"Poof!" "Poof!"

Before the rock giant and the fire-humanoid figure could react, they were struck directly by a sword light that seemed to contain the power of 'creating the heavens and earth'!

hiss hiss hiss~~~
The indestructible, sharp sword light tore through their armor, and their divine bodies began to be frantically obliterated.

"Oh, what?"

The green flames around the fiery humanoid figure tumbled a few times before instantly falling silent. All the green flames dissipated, leaving only a small green flame, no bigger than the palm of a hand, suspended in place.

"Oh no, Black King! Ahhh... My divine body is burning!"

Upon witnessing this scene, the rock giant King Goldstone was terrified and immediately began to burn his divine power recklessly. While resisting the attack that had entered his body, he retreated frantically and prepared to teleport away.

Just in that instant—

Call ~
The spatial fluctuations stopped instantly.

Then time seemed to stand still!
The rock giant's retreating figure seemed to be frozen in place, completely stiffened, and even its pupils could no longer blink.

In that instant, a powerful surge of psychic energy rushed directly into King Jinshi's body.

"A Grand Dream That Lasts a Thousand Autumns!"

Qi Yuan's consciousness trembled, and he immediately used the soul control secret technique "Great Dream of a Thousand Autumns".

Although "The Great Dream of a Thousand Autumns" is known for its gentle methods of control, it does not mean that it cannot be forcibly controlled!

This rock giant was severely injured in one blow, losing at least half of its divine body. It is not impossible for it to be successfully enslaved!

Qi Yuan went all out, keeping a close eye on Jin Shi Wang, and began to forcefully infiltrate and take control.

The rock giant, King Goldstone, remained frozen in mid-air, motionless. But within his soul…

The two sides, however, are engaged in the most intense battle.

"You want to control me? No! No! No! I'd rather perish and perhaps have a chance to be resurrected in the future. If I'm controlled, then there's no possibility of resurrection."

"break."

"break!!!"

King Jinshi roared inwardly, his entire soul struggling madly.

Unfortunately, it is not known for its soul, and it has just been severely injured, suffering a huge loss of its divine body, and its strength is now less than one-tenth of what it used to be.

Therefore, no matter how frantically it struggled and roared, it could never break free from the suppression of that powerful soul force!

Gradually, as its spiritual power weakened, its struggles grew feeble, and it inevitably succumbed to a dream world that had been meticulously woven for it.

A big dream.

Upon regaining consciousness, only boundless loyalty and fanaticism remained in King Jinshi's enormous crystalline eyes.

"Owner!"

King Jinshi spoke in a deep voice.

"Success? Enslaving and subjugating King-level Immortals after breaking through to Immortality will be much easier."

Qi Yuan smiled and stepped forward.

During his thousand-year journey through the Thousand Islands Domain, he had attempted to enslave some alien immortals from special races.

However, due to the difference in soul level at that time, the success rate of enslaving ordinary immortals was extremely low, let alone those peak immortal military lords.

Now, having broken through to immortality, his divine body has directly reached the level of a world lord with ten million times the power. With such a powerful divine body, the soul he nurtured is naturally also extremely powerful.

Under absolute power suppression, even enslaving a peak-level immortal king becomes easy.

"King Jinshi, how much of your divine body have you lost?" Qi Yuan asked.

Although he could vaguely sense it, it was naturally not as clear as Jin Shi Wang's own perception.

"Reporting to Master, although I am skilled in physical defense, my divine body still suffered a loss of more than 56% under Master's attack."

King Jinshi replied respectfully.

"56%?"

Qi Yuan nodded. "Understood. You can enter my personal world for now. I will give you the resources to restore your divine body when I have time."

"Yes, Master." King Jinshi replied respectfully, and was then taken into a world space by Qi Yuan.

Of course, before that, all of its armor, weapons, world rings, and the like had already been confiscated by Qi Yuan.

As he approached Qi Yuan, he looked in another direction—

In the void not far away, a cluster of green flames, about the size of a palm, floated quietly; it was the Black King who had just transformed.

"Is this state a direct slumber?"

Qi Yuan probed a wisp of divine power into the green flame and quickly sensed a faint, dormant consciousness.

"This Black Ash King is in a much worse state than the Golden Stone King from before. His divine body only has about 3% remaining, and he was just a little short of dying."

He smiled faintly, and the "Great Dream of a Thousand Autumns" was activated, leaving a mark of soul control deep within his soul.

An immortal powerhouse at the peak of the King level is good enough for either guarding the house or handling miscellaneous tasks.

As for the resources needed to restore his divine body, it would naturally not be a difficult task for Qi Yuan, who had the return system at his disposal.

"Even if ordinary King-level experts have secret techniques to amplify their bodies, their amplification is mostly only a few times, and ten times is considered high. Their power is at most around a million times that of a World Lord."

"And my divine body, even in its normal state, reaches ten million times the power of a World Lord, far surpassing the limit of a King-level expert, let alone these peak King-level experts."

Qi Yuan shook his head, but his figure quickly disappeared into the distance.

In extraterritorial battlefields, especially in dangerous places like the Time-Space Prison, it is perfectly normal for a King-level expert to fall.

Therefore, the disappearance of King Jinshi and King Heijin did not attract much attention.

Qi Yuan continued to traverse the endless turbulent currents of time and space, beginning his journey into the depths of the Time-Space Prison.

However, the further they went, the more severe the spacetime turbulence became. Many times, even Qi Yuan had to take detours, which slowed down their progress considerably.

Moreover, as they ventured deeper, the number of Kings and Immortals from various factions they encountered along the way gradually increased.

Many of the kings from other races have been wandering the battlefields beyond the realm for thousands of years and are familiar with most of the famous kings of the human race.

Upon suddenly encountering a stranger venturing into the Time-Space Prison, those alien immortals, especially those with considerable strength, naturally couldn't resist the urge to test Qi Yuan's abilities.

And this probing
"Spare me, human powerhouse! Let me go, and I'll tell you about a treasure trove."

"SOS! The world No. 0.3642564 of the Fourth Level of the Abyss is being hunted down by powerful human beings. We request help from nearby King-level limit experts!"

"Ah, you human king, don't push me any further, or we'll all die together!"

(End of this chapter)