Swallow the starry sky, grind to become the strongest in the universe

Chapter 141 The Shadow Monarch's Request: Exchange for a Valuable Treasure
"The difference between me and an ordinary Universe Venerable lies in the treasures I possess!"

With a thought, Yu Duan's undead demonic banyan clone activated the shapeshifting talent of the Ci'an race.

In an instant, its towering 10-kilometer-high body rapidly shrank, its appearance becoming exactly the same as the Star Sword King's clone.

Transformation-type magic is indeed convenient.

Moreover, in terms of defense and reconnaissance, the Ci'an Clan's innate secret techniques are far superior to the ever-changing abilities that the Frost Sky Giant Beast, a purely energy-based life form, has mastered.

“Master, during your seclusion, Shadow Monarch, the head of the Hongmeng’s intelligence department, sent an email requesting a meeting with you.”

A natural voice rang in Yu Duan's ear: "At the time, Master was in seclusion. I replied as instructed, inquiring whether it was an important matter..."

Naturally, he gave Yu Duan a detailed account of the cause and effect.

"Head of the intelligence department? I think I know why they're looking for me."

Yu Duan immediately switched to the Star Sword King account, linked his consciousness to the virtual universe, and entered the Hongmeng dimension.

In the inner city of Hongmeng City, Yu Duan, whose robe was embroidered with four star marks, walked down the street, attracting the attention of many Venerables.

"That must be the Star Sword King, right?"

"Yes, a Soul Master at the King-level Invincible is much stronger than those who can only run away, and is qualified to be on the same level as us."

"The human race truly lives up to its reputation as a top-tier race, with geniuses and powerful individuals emerging one after another."

Several Venerable Ones from different races within the Hongmeng Alliance exchanged views.

In terms of status, the title of "Invincible King" is comparable to that of the most ordinary Venerable.

But this is only a status; only a very few invincible kings are regarded as equals by the Venerable Ones.

For example, Yu Duan, who is the Star Sword King, and Qing Huan Wang, who is also a peerless soul master.

While it may seem that Master Qinghuan only has 16 soul servants at the limit and peak of the King level, in reality, if Master Qinghuan were willing, he could also field an army of peak King level warriors.

A moment later, in a special palace within Hongmeng City.

From the outside, the palace is not very large, but once you step inside, you will be teleported to a private space.

This is the headquarters of Hongmeng's intelligence department.

In a dimly lit, quiet room in the intelligence department, Yu Duan met with the head of Hongmeng's intelligence department, the Shadow Monarch.

In terms of strength, this Shadow Monarch is much stronger than the Demon Lord, having once possessed a special life form with a genetic level more than 400 times that of a World Lord.

"Greetings, Your Majesty."

"Star Sword, there's no need to be polite. I know your battle record very well; you absolutely deserve to be called a true Venerable-level combatant."

The voice, seemingly from another world, chuckled and then asked, "Star Sword, has the identity of your elite King-level legion been exposed?"

Sure enough!

As soon as the Shadow Monarch finished speaking, Yu Duan understood his thoughts: "I have a total of 164 soul servants under my command, of which 79 have already had their identities exposed, and the identities of the remaining 85 have not yet been exposed."

When Yu Duan sends his King-level Legion to attack, he always makes some simple disguises.

However, it was just a simple disguise, so the effect was only so-so, with only about half of them remaining undetected.

"Haha, 85 top-level spies who have been crowned kings, that's quite a lot."

The Shadow Monarch laughed and then said, "If Star Sword is willing, you can have all your soul servants join my Hong Alliance's intelligence department."

"Each spy at the peak of the King-level realm will receive 10,000 Mixed Yuan Units as a reward for one year!"

"The rewards for reaching the pinnacle of Kingship and becoming a Soul Master will be increased tenfold!"

As the head of a department, the Shadow Monarch was naturally wealthy and powerful.

10,000 mixed units per year doesn't seem like much.

If you do a quick calculation, one era is 100 million Chaos Units, which is much more efficient at making money than the peak of being a King.

Of course, all this money goes to Yu Duan. Soul slaves have no human rights, and whether or not to give it to them is entirely up to Yu Duan.

“No problem. I will send you a detailed list of these 85 people, and you will be in charge of their deployment.”

Yu Duan readily agreed.

In any case, the King's Legion is no longer of much use to Yu Duan, so it's only right to give it to the clan to make some contributions.

It can also earn some pocket money.

"There's one more thing. This is the assassination list of geniuses from the demon race, mechanical race, and insect race that my Hong Alliance is targeting."

The Shadow Monarch sent Yu Duan an email directly.

The email contained three lists, each with 100 names.

This is a list of 100 people from each of the three major ethnic groups who are most likely to become Venerables.

Some of them have already reached the limit of the King-level realm, or even approached the level of invincible King-level power. Others, however, are still only at the Domain Lord or World Lord level.

As for those at the cosmic level, there is only one among the demon race, who is known as one of the most talented beings in the history of the demon race, ranking No.1!

"Of these three names, the one ranked first is someone with an extremely high chance of becoming a Universe Venerable. If they are successfully controlled and killed by your soul servants, then you, Star Sword, will receive a reward of valuable treasure points."

"Especially this Star Clan's cosmic-level genius, with immense potential... the sooner we can eliminate him, the sooner we can!"

The Shadow Monarch pointed to the Star Clan's cosmic-level genius: "This No. 1, in terms of talent, is second only to our human race's World Lord-level genius, His Highness Yu Duan!"

"Star Sword, you must also be a disciple of some universe lord, and you should have heard of some of Prince Yu Duan's deeds... He was only a little over a thousand years old when he passed through the 18th level of the Heavenly Bridge, a truly amazing talent!"

"According to the intelligence our race possesses, this No. 1 has actually comprehended a trace of the Beast God's intent at the cosmic level. His potential is probably not much lower than that of Prince Yu Duan of our human race."

A cosmic-level comprehension of even a trace of the Beast God's intent?
In the original novel, Luo Feng's achievements were something only a Domain Lord-level expert could accomplish.

This truly deserves to be called a genius of heaven-defying caliber. However, even Yu Duan was somewhat surprised. Such intelligence must be extremely confidential, and it was astonishing that the Hongmeng intelligence department was able to obtain it.

Yu Duan suppressed a laugh and said, "I understand, but this No. 1 is not so easy to assassinate. There will probably be a master of the Universe Venerable level protecting him in secret."

"Haha, of course I know that. Assassination missions aren't mandatory; I'll give it a try if I happen to have the opportunity."

……

Inside Chaos City, Yu Duan's human form ended his seclusion and headed straight for the City Lord's Mansion.

"The Star Clan... If I remember correctly, after the Great Calamity of the Beast Realm was quelled, the demon race had a newly appointed Universe Lord, named the Lord of Star Clan."

"Could it be this Starman Clan genius?"

If that's true, then the potential of this Starman race genius is indeed astonishing.

The Fire Venerable, who was from the same era as him, was just an ordinary cosmic overlord in that era.

Even as Yu Duan was pondering, his figure arrived inside the city lord's mansion.

"Your Highness Yu Duan!"

"Greetings, Your Highness Yu Duan!"

One by one, the immortal guardians bowed respectfully to Yu Duan.

Although they also have powerful connections that allow them to remain in Chaos City, it's not the same as Yu Duan's permanent residency in Chaos City, which was earned through his own strength.

Yu Duan nodded and smiled in response, then entered the inner palace and came to a side hall.

This is where you contribute and exchange for truly restricted-level treasures.

To enter this treasure palace, you need to apply in the virtual universe in advance; otherwise, you are not qualified to enter.

"Boom..."

As Yu Duan arrived at the entrance of the treasure hall, the bronze gate roared and then opened in both directions.

Yu Duan's figure flashed and he entered the treasure hall.

As Yu Duan entered, the doors to the treasure hall closed.

Apart from the Lord of Chaos City, no one could possibly know what was inside the Treasure Hall.

In the center of the treasure hall, there is an ancient stone slab, which serves as the entrance and exit for making contributions and exchanging treasures.

"I need to exchange for treasure."

Yu Duan finished speaking.

Instantly, endless hazy gray mist intertwined, forming a huge illusory light screen.

"This is a list of human treasures. You have the right to exchange for any treasure or resource you see." A gentle voice rang out.

With Yu Duan's current access level, he can only see high-level treasures at most.

The even more precious treasures beyond that point were beyond Yu Duan's reach.

Today's exchange rate: 3319 Heavy Treasure Points, exchange for 1 Supreme Treasure Point!

In the lower right corner of the light screen, there is a line of small text.

At the bottom left of the screen is Yu Duan's balance: 0 Treasure Points and 470 Heavy Treasure Points.

"I'm still too poor..."

Yu Duan flipped through all the treasures he could afford.

Here, you can find all sorts of special resources and precious treasures.

Yu Duan also saw special life forms at the realm lord level that could be used for possession, as well as powerful life forms with the talent of creating clones.

However, most of these beings with the talent for creating clones have already created clones, and only a very few have one clone slot left to use.

"Hmm? A sleeping alien universe venerable, you can exchange that directly?"

Yu Duan looked at the price; it cost 1500 Treasure Points, and it was so expensive even for the most ordinary Venerable.

After looking through it for a while, Yu Duan didn't see any special resources that were particularly useful to him.

"My human form will not leave Chaos City, and I don't need treasures for the time being."

"The Frost Sky Beast clone... is not worth using for suicide exploration in the future, nor is it necessary to exchange it for treasures."

"Soul defense treasures are too expensive, starting at over a thousand treasure points, so I'll pass."

A moment later, Yu Duan finally purchased the two treasures.

The top-tier armor-type treasure, the Eternal Light Demon King Armor, is worth 160 treasure points.

It had no effect of weakening the soul attack, but its physical defense was much stronger than the Thunder Prison Cauldron that Yu Duan had previously obtained.

It is almost completely immune to material attacks from cosmic overlords, unless the opponent has a perfectly matched supreme weapon.

An attack by a substance exceeding the immune limit will weaken the immune system by 90%.

As long as the armor cannot be directly broken, any level of physical attack will be weakened by 90%.

The second treasure is the Blinking Time Wings, a treasure for escaping danger.

It's even more expensive than the top-tier treasure armor, costing 183 treasure points.

But the effect is also amazing enough, increasing the instantaneous burst speed by up to 10 times, and making it easy to exceed 100 times the speed of light when flying in the dark universe.

"With a top-tier treasure armor and a pair of wing treasures, my undead demon avatar is well-equipped to protect itself."

(End of this chapter)