Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 200 Generous loot
Since acquiring the ability to create clones, Qi Yuan has primarily used the combination of Shangqing clones and Yuqing clones when he ventures out into the world.

He naturally made the same arrangements for this trip to the Cosmic Sea.

While the Qing clone transforms into different forms to act on the outside, the Yu Qing clone remains in the World Ring as a hidden backup plan.

This time, his secret arrangement had an extremely unexpected effect!
After comparing the depletion of divine power in the first round of combat, Lord Yue Lan believed he had the absolute upper hand. Naturally, he became reckless in his actions, even directly resisting the pressure of the Nine Tribulations Pearl's domain to forcefully launch an attack on Qi Yuan.

However, it was precisely this misjudgment that instantly put him in danger!

With the aid of the Nine Tribulations Pearl Domain, whose power surged, Qi Yuan's Shangqing clone was slightly faster than the charging Lord Yue Lan.

It was precisely because of this slight speed advantage that Shangqing's clone not only dodged a round of attacks from Lord Yue Lan, but also seized a fleeting opportunity!
Without hesitation, Shangqing's clone burned all of his divine power, equivalent to 60% of his peak state, in an instant, condensing a super 'Light of Nothingness' with incomparably exaggerated power!
At the same time, the Jade Purity clone hidden in the World Ring instantly appeared, and at the moment of its appearance, it also activated the strongest innate secret technique, 'Light of Nothingness'!
Moreover, to be on the safe side, Yuqing's clone directly chose to 'invest' 80% of his divine power into that beam of silent light.

The divine aura of the two clones instantly dropped, and their total divine power fell to around 20%.

However, despite such a huge expenditure, two incredibly terrifying super 'lights of nothingness' were condensed!

Two beams of silent light appeared, one condensed from 60% of the divine power of the Shangqing clone, and the other gathered a massive amount of divine power from 80% of the Yuqing clone!
With such frenzied consumption, the power of these two beams of utter emptiness naturally reached an incredibly exaggerated level!

"laugh!"

"laugh!"

Two dark, eerie lights, swirling with terrifying energy, flashed by in an instant, tearing through all barriers of space and time and arriving before Lord Yue Lan!
Yue Lan's divine body was constantly pressured by the silver lightning domain of the Nine Tribulations Pearl. Having just used his strongest secret technique to attack with his battle blade, he was in an awkward state similar to 'old power gone and new power not yet generated'. For a moment, he was unable to defend against this sudden attack.

"Ah, block it, block it for me~~~"

However, under the threat of death, Lord Yue Lan also unleashed all his potential.

He struggled to control his two-handed swords to defend himself, and with his strongest secret technique, 'Wind Slash,' activated, the speed of his swords reached almost the limit!
"Pong!"

"Chi~"

The first beam of ethereal light emitted by the Shangqing clone grazed the edge of Yue Lan's battle blade, and after having some of its power neutralized, it struck Yue Lan's chest armor.

The second Jade Purity clone released an even more powerful beam of utter emptiness, which landed directly on him without any obstruction.

Two incredibly powerful and terrifying beams of super 'light of nothingness' erupted suddenly, their destructive force, reaching the extreme of annihilation, instantly engulfing the Lord of Yue Lan.

It was as if two red-hot iron felts had fallen into the snow, and the divine body of Lord Yue Lan evaporated rapidly in an instant!
"you"

The horror that had just appeared in his pupils was followed by his entire divine body rapidly dissolving into nothingness, like melting ice and snow.

woohoo~~~
A large number of items scattered instantly.

"The supreme treasure of Lord Yue Lan!"

With a wave of his hand, Qi Yuan Shangqing's clone bound the world ring, the enormous pair of blood-red battle blades, the top-tier battle armor, and the ancient blood pool-like treasure into his own world ring.

He then stored the Jade Purity clone into his World Ring, and immediately transformed into a streak of light, flying away into the distance.

During this process, the divine power of the Jade Purity clone was rapidly replenished into the Upper Purity clone, allowing the Upper Purity clone's divine aura to recover slightly.

Below, the ice crystal ocean constantly ripples, stirring up waves of sparkling crystal.

The Shangqing clone first flew, then teleported forward. After completely moving away from the position where it was fighting the Lord of Yue Lan, it plunged into a huge crack in the glacial continent that appeared below.

Inside the enormous glacial cave, Shangqing's clone temporarily concealed himself and took out a large number of treasures to begin absorbing and restoring his divine power.

As for the Jade Purity clone, Qi Yuan simply ordered it to transfer all its remaining divine power to the Upper Purity clone, and then it dissipated and re-condensed in the Divine Kingdom, heading back towards the Cosmic Sea.

After all, the divine power consumed by his two clones in this battle was too great. After becoming the Lord of the Universe, the total amount of divine power contained in each of his divine bodies was too enormous. Even if he had many treasures to restore divine power, it would still take him a long time to fully recover.

Fortunately, he hasn't ventured too deep into the spaceship yet. After careful consideration, it would be more convenient for Yuqing's clone to reassemble in the divine kingdom and rush over.

"That is, we are currently in the outermost part of the inner domain of the spaceship. When we go deeper into the inner domain, it will take hundreds or thousands of years just to travel there, so this method will not be convenient to use."

The Shangqing clone sighed slightly, but then his face showed great joy.

"Haha, I never expected that in just over three months since entering the Cosmic Ship, I would have successfully killed a Cosmic Lord, and not just any Cosmic Lord, but a top-tier fourth-order Cosmic Lord like Lord Yue Lan. There probably aren't many Cosmic Lords among all the human races who have such a record!"

"Light of Nothingness, this move is a bit 'life-threatening,' but its power is truly formidable!"

Even now, he still feels somewhat incredulous. After all, he is at most only at the initial stage of the fourth rank, while Lord Yue Lan is a well-established and veteran fourth-rank universe lord, whose secret techniques, divine body, and supreme treasures are almost at the top level among fourth-rank universe lords.

Normally, if one encounters a powerful enemy like Lord Yue Lan, it would be good enough to escape with minimal losses, let alone inflict any damage on the enemy.

However, relying on his unique and strongest talent technique, 'Light of Nothingness,' he successfully overcame the odds and directly killed the top-tier fourth-order Lord Yue Lan with his sword. This was simply too dreamlike!
Of course, the process may seem smooth, but the dangers involved are not simple.

First, although he ultimately succeeded in killing Lord Yue Lan, the divine power of both of his clones was consumed to the point of 80%, which would be an unbearable blow for most universe lords.

Such a huge loss requires enormous resources to recover, and more importantly, it will take a lot of time to fully restore it.

During this period of weakness, if they encounter other powerful enemies, their situation could become extremely dangerous.

Secondly, it was because the Lord of Yue Lan was too confident in his own strength. After not gaining much advantage in the first exchange, he still wanted to suppress Qi Yuan head-on, which gave Qi Yuan an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

If he hadn't forced his way into the Nine Tribulations Pearl's domain, but instead had obediently controlled the Blood Whale Realm to entangle with Qi Yuan, he would have had ample time to react and defend when Qi Yuan unleashed the Light of Nothingness again, and the outcome might have been very different.

"We really can't underestimate any enemy. The primordial universe, and even the cosmic sea, are so vast. Who knows, there might be some lucky universe lord like me who has obtained heaven-defying opportunities but hasn't revealed them yet. If we are as careless as Lord Yue Lan, we may suffer a great loss!"

He silently warned himself, and then quickly checked the spoils from killing Lord Yue Lan.

"The two most famous treasures of Lord Yue Lan are the domain-type treasure 'Blood Whale Realm' and the pinnacle treasure, the twin swords 'Crescent Moon'."

The Shangqing clone first took out the ancient blood pool, which was about the size of a palm. In this blood pool, one could see the phantoms of 'blood whales' swimming around.

With the fall of Lord Yue Lan, the Blood Whale Realm had long since become ownerless.

Shangqing's clone injected a wisp of divine power, quickly imprinting its life mark onto the blood pool.

After silently experiencing it for a while, a look of joy appeared on his face.

As expected of a top-tier treasure among the highest-level treasures, its power far surpasses that of my own 'Nine Tribulations Pearl'. No wonder Lord Yue Lan was able to suppress the Nine Tribulations Pearl's lightning domain with it at the beginning!

"There are other treasures as well."

Shangqing's clone continued to examine the other gains, and the more he examined, the more surprised and delighted he became.

"This Lord Yue Lan actually possesses a top-tier palace-type treasure!"

The Shangqing clone was somewhat surprised as it took out a walnut-sized, emerald-green palace from the world ring it had acquired.

The entire palace was emerald green, and on each of its four sides were gates of varying sizes. At the bottom of the palace was an even larger abyss entrance.

Qi Yuan injected a wisp of divine power, and it quickly recognized him as its master.

"The 'Azure Palace,' a top-tier palace-type treasure, is a flying palace treasure and also possesses some sealing power."

Sensing the information emanating from this treasure palace, Qi Yuan couldn't help but secretly feel fortunate.

If the Lord of Yuelan had been hiding in this palace's treasure from the beginning, he really wouldn't have been able to do anything to him.

Unfortunately, the opponent misjudged his strength and did not expect to be instantly killed by the Light of Silence. The attack was so fast that by the time Lord Yue Lan reacted, it was too late to enter the Treasure Palace!
Qi Yuan continued to examine the items left behind by the Lord of Yue Lan, his smile growing ever wider.

The Lord of Yue Lan was born into the 'Ancestral God Sect' in the second reincarnation era. However, when the original universe of the second reincarnation era was destroyed, the members of the Ancestral God Sect of that era all fled into the cosmic sea. Naturally, they could no longer gain the favor of the original universe's will and had long since become an extremely loose alliance.

Furthermore, since Lord Yue Lan is of special birth and does not belong to any clan, he carries all his belongings with him.

Therefore, after Qi Yuan killed him, the spoils were quite plentiful!

The 'Blood Whale Realm', a top-tier domain-class treasure; a pair of powerful, stackable set treasures, the 'Azure Palace', a top-tier palace-class treasure. The value of these three treasures alone far exceeds the entire wealth of most universe lords in the primordial universe!

In addition, there is a top-tier treasure armor worn by Lord Yue Lan, two additional top-tier treasure spears and armor in his world ring, as well as more than a dozen other ordinary and high-level treasures, and a large number of precious materials and treasures.

It can be said that even without considering the large number of treasures that Qi Yuan had 'backed up' using the system, his wealth from killing Lord Yue Lan alone would place him among the top of the human race's universe lords!

"Unfortunately, as we delve deeper into the spaceship, this life-for-life fighting style can no longer be used. Otherwise, even if we kill the enemy, the significant depletion of our divine bodies, which cannot be replenished in time, will prevent us from safely bringing our spoils back to the original universe."

"Strength still needs to be improved. I hope that one day I can create the strongest secret technique, or even the strongest fusion secret technique, based on my own insights."

(End of this chapter)