Swallowing the Stars: Heart of the Martial God

Chapter 58 Killing the City Lord (Please continue reading)

Half a year is neither a long nor a short time, and it passed quickly as Ling Xuan focused on his cultivation.

"Your Highness, immediately initiate the space shuttle and return to the original universe," the silver-haired man said respectfully. At the same time, the shuttle countdown echoed in the spaceship's control room. Ten seconds later, the entire spaceship began to vibrate slightly, and soon everything returned to calm. The spaceship had arrived at its destination.

"The outdoor scenery is virtual," the silver-haired man shouted.

Ling Xuan's eyes lit up as the surrounding scenery changed, revealing the void outside.

"How beautiful!" Ling Xuan exclaimed. He saw that the outside world was shrouded in a thin mist, and various fragments of void dust made it look even more dreamlike. In the distance, there was an incomparably tall palace that was suspended in the void.

"This palace is called the Heavenly Eclipse Palace. Some of our Virtual Universe Company's super experts are meditating here and are also responsible for monitoring the Blood Luo World," the silver-haired man explained. "Not far from the Heavenly Eclipse Palace, there is a large area that has been cleared out, enough for spaceships to accelerate their interstellar travel."

Ling Xuan nodded, surprised that the Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master was so ancient and had been trapped among the top overlords for so many years.

"I'll leave you here!"

"From here, it's not far from the Blood Luo World. Your Highness will have to rely on your own spaceship," the silver-haired man said. "Your Highness should bring your own spaceship, right? This is mentioned in the cultivation mission prompts."

"Understood." Ling Xuan nodded.

Wow!
The hatch opened, and a figure clad in all-black armor and boots flew directly out of the spaceship into the void.

"Blood Luo World, Blood Luo Crystal, I, Ling, have arrived." With a wave of his hand, a spaceship, entirely crimson and resembling a giant dragon about to take flight, appeared beside him.

Ling Xuan's F9-class spaceship, the Crimson Flame Dragon King.

"Ship disguise simulation, simulate ordinary meteorite fragments," Ling Xuan ordered as he flew into the silver pyramid-shaped ship.

"Yes, Master." Puff manipulated the Crimson Flame Dragon King, transforming it from a ferocious dragon into a meteorite falling towards the Blood Luo Continent.

Three hours later, the Crimson Dragon King finally passed through the eighteen layers of clouds above the Blood World.

At this point, they could no longer pretend to be a meteorite; it would be too obvious and easily shot down.

After flying out of the cabin and retrieving the spaceship, Ling Xuan leaped into the air like a shooting star, plummeting rapidly downwards from the eighteenth cloud layer, his speed increasing as he fell.

Ling Xuan adjusted his speed in time and continued to dive like lightning. After a full fifteen minutes, he finally broke through the thick layer of clouds at the bottom.

In an instant, the scene of the Blood Luo World came into view without reservation.

Below, on the vast and boundless land, stretches an endless range of mountains and forests. Thick fog permeates the mountains and forests, adding a touch of mystery to this ancient forest.

Based on Ling Xuan's keen eye, this forest spans at least tens of thousands of kilometers, no less impressive than the place where he underwent his coming-of-age ceremony trial.

In the distance beyond the edge of the forest, tiny shadows can be vaguely seen—those are the cities.

"The Blood Crystal is a treasure that is distributed by the Immortal Temple to various World Cities. The World Cities then distribute it to their subordinate lords. It is easiest to find the Blood Crystal in the city."

He made a decisive move, turning in mid-air like a black rainbow, and flew towards a city that was more magnificent than the others.

As they drew closer, the city's outline became increasingly clear.

The city wall is made of a kind of dark gray boulder. The wall is about 300 meters high and stretches as far as the eye can see, just like an endless black mountain range.

The city gate was nearly 100 meters wide and 200 meters high, and a group of fierce soldiers wearing scale armor were collecting entrance fees at the gate.

"Quickly, pay up!"

"Trying to get in without money? Are you looking for death?!"

Beneath the city gate, eight soldiers clad in scale armor wielded serrated broadswords and meteorite iron axes.

The one-eyed, burly man at the head of the group kicked the short man who was trying to slip through the cracks.

Ling Xuan concealed himself in the crowd, slowly moving towards the city gate.

When the one-eyed, muscular man's towering body pressed down on him, he merely glanced up, a hint of deep blue flashing in the depths of his pupils.

The burly man froze on the spot, mechanically reaching for the money pouch at his waist as if he had actually touched a heavy entrance fee. He chuckled sheepishly and stepped aside. The moment he stepped through the city gate, Ling Xuan didn't intend to waste any time. He casually grabbed a native carrying a leather quiver, his eyes gleaming as he stared directly into the native's eyes. "Is this the main city of your territory?"

The native, his eyes glazed over, mechanically replied, "Yes, this is the main city of Jiuyuan Territory, Jiuyuan City."

"Where is the City Lord's Mansion?"

The native pointed to the center of the city, "Just follow this main road and you'll get there."

Having obtained the information he wanted, Ling Xuan released him from his restraints. The native seemed to wake from a dream, rubbing his head and muttering as he blended into the crowd, completely unaware that he had just become an accomplice in the lord's downfall.

Following the main road at a brisk pace, Ling Xuan soon arrived at the outer perimeter of the City Lord's Mansion.

This lord's mansion truly lives up to its reputation as a residence built with the resources of the entire territory; it is the most magnificent building in the entire city.

A massive white wall, over 300 meters high and comparable to the main city wall, surrounds the entire fortress.

The gate towered above the massive wall, highlighting the lord's grandeur and status.

Ling Xuan used the Great Void Technique to merge into the void and walked directly through the open door.

Deep within the city lord's mansion, the lord of Jiuyuan Territory was reviewing official reports submitted from within the territory.

Suddenly, his bloodshot eyes bulged out, and he slammed the official document onto the table, the metal armor scraping against it with a grating sound: "Damn it! These scoundrels dare to default on their taxes! They enjoy my protection but refuse to fulfill their obligations. Then they can all die! Send out the Fifth Legion to suppress these damned rioters!"

With a wave of his hand, the lord issued an order on the official document to kill someone to establish his authority.

Suddenly, ripples appeared in the void, and Ling Xuan materialized like a ghost tearing through reality. His gaze swept over the official documents, and a mocking smile curled at the corner of his lips: "What an idiot, all he knows is killing, killing, killing! Using slaughter to cover up his incompetence."

Before the words were even finished, the Vulcan Blade, wreathed in terrifying, blazing white flames, fell high into the air, like a meteorite falling from the cosmos.

"A meteorite fell to Earth."

The hairs on the back of the lord's neck stood on end instantly, and his instincts honed by years of warfare made him turn around abruptly.

But just as he pulled out his battle axe from his spatial ring, Ling Xuan's blade flashed through the void like a meteor.

"Wait..." The lord's terrified roar came to an abrupt halt.

Rumble~
The terrifying energy of the seventh level of the Fire God's Absolute Domain Blade erupted instantly, and the entire hall collapsed as if it had been subjected to a meteor shower.

The lord, who was struck head-on, stared wide-eyed in disbelief as his battle axe and his entire body were cleaved in two.

"The life core is here."

Ling Xuan's divine sense locked onto the opponent's life core, which, after becoming a domain lord, was formed by the central black hole at the cosmic level, which swallowed everything around it and collapsed to form a gray spherical singularity life core.

As long as the life core remains intact, it will not perish.

At the same time, the life core will continue to solidify and harden as strength grows, and the chaos within the life core will gradually give birth to a world.

The blade flipped, instantly transforming into a raging sea of ​​fire that devoured the lord's life core and reduced it to nothingness.

The enormous commotion caused by the falling meteor had already alerted the guards in the city lord's mansion. After taking the lord's spatial ring from the ground, Ling Xuan once again merged into the void and left.

A group of guards from the city lord's mansion rushed in. Seeing the limbs on the ground and the fragments of the lord's armor, they knew that the lord of Jiuyuan Territory had just been assassinated.

They're finished too.

As the lord's guards, if the lord died, they could only be buried with him.

"The lord is dead, let's run away quickly, or it will be too late," someone suggested hastily.

The guards scattered like birds and beasts, having no intention of capturing the murderer to avenge their lord.

What a joke! The enemy can easily kill even a lord. Are we, these little Karami, going up there to be easy prey?
(End of this chapter)