This is Swallowed Star, not Resident Evil.

Chapter 416 Focus

"Haha, your treasure is nothing special! In that case, die!"

With a sinister grin, Lord Guiyu followed Ye Yang, who was falling, into the water, carrying his greatsword.

The shrunken mycelium planet suddenly crashed into them, delaying the Lord of Guiyu's progress, while Ye Yang took the opportunity to burrow into an underground cave.

"Um?

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Seeing that the strange sphere suddenly stopped entangled with him and broke through the barriers of energy fields to enter the same cave, Gui Yu stopped in front of the cave entrance, frowning and hesitating.

"Something's not right. It seems like they deliberately lured me here."

He glanced warily at the cave, which was very deep. Under the detection of his domain treasure, there was nothing unusual, except that the endless flame domain blocked his further exploration at a deeper level.

It was at this moment that—

"Guiyu, I've found the information on the powerful figure you requested. He's a recent universe lord from the primordial universe, named the Star Lord of the Extraordinary Treasures. Here's his information—"

Within one of the seven miniature universes of the Divine Eye Clan, the divine avatar of the Lord of Guiyu is conversing with another powerful being.

The powerful member of the Divine Eye Clan handed a document to the Lord of Guiyu. Upon reading it, the Lord of Guiyu exclaimed in surprise, "Lord of Yuan'ao? A rare artifact?"

He immediately understood: "No wonder I felt that the armor and the round shield on that guy's body looked familiar, and with that endless fire domain, it seemed like I'd seen it somewhere before. It turns out he's the Lord of Yuan'ao from this primordial universe era."

The Lord of the Strange Treasure Star, suspected to be a special life form, possessed a golden-horned behemoth. He is not a member of the Starry Sky Behemoth Alliance of the current primitive universe era, nor does he belong to any major power.

For unknown reasons, it has formed a deep enmity with the demon race and the insect race of the original universe. When it first appeared, it plotted a grand conspiracy, enslaving a large number of universe venerables from both races in one fell swoop, causing these combat forces to be permanently lost.

After that, strange fluctuations were heard from the Mysterious Realm of Yuan'ao. Various forces went to investigate and found that they could not reverse time to see everything before a certain point in time.

This unique phenomenon has attracted a large number of powerful individuals to come and study it.

As a large number of universe masters explored the area, someone finally discovered traces of the strange treasure star's entry and exit from dozens of light-years away from the Mysterious Realm of Yuan!

It can be basically confirmed that the Lord of Yuan'ao was killed by the Lord of Yibao Star, and that strange object, no matter what happened before, must now be in the possession of that Lord of Yibao Star!

As we all know, such strange objects are incompatible with any cosmic origin, so the Lord of the Strange Treasures Star would definitely take the strange objects out of the original universe.

"Now that I've discovered that extraordinary treasure star lord in the cosmic sea, doesn't that mean that guy might very well be carrying that rare artifact?!"

The Lord of Guiyu's eyes were somewhat glazed over.

"A rare artifact! A rare artifact equivalent to a second-tier supreme treasure!"

"Even if a cosmic lord obtains a supreme treasure, they can at most activate the second level of secret runes, and its power is only equivalent to a rare artifact. If I obtain it, I will possess sixth-tier combat power!"

At this moment, in the outer waters of the Qingfeng Realm, the Lord of Guiyu looked at the cave entrance ahead, not caring about anything else.

Treasures are tempting, especially for those of them who are nearing their end, and who have become somewhat mad in their pursuit of breakthroughs, showing a recklessness towards their own lives.

Now that we have the opportunity, we must fight tooth and nail for it!

"That cave might have another exit! We can't let him escape!"

Knowing that he probably couldn't defeat the Star Lord who carried the wondrous treasure by himself, the Lord of Guiyu immediately made a decision and sent his divine power avatar to report his encounter with the Star Lord.

After reporting it, they immediately rushed into the cave.

"Oh?" The figure carrying endless murderous aura within the miniature universe of the Fifth True Lord of the Divine Eye Clan showed an interested expression.

"A rare treasure? A wondrous object?"

The avatar of the Fifth True Lord looked at the message shared from the other True Lords of the Divine Eye Clan and sneered: "I just happened to be exploring the depths of the Peak Realm recently and was about to come out. Perfect timing."

He directly used the token to communicate with the lord of Guiyu: "Guiyu, you just need to hold him off and keep an eye on him. I'll be there soon!"

The Fifth True Lord promised: "If you ultimately obtain that wondrous artifact, I will give you the supreme treasure armor that the Star Lord of the Strange Treasures seized from the Lord of Yuan'ao, and also bestow upon you some clan contribution points. You can sell your top-tier domain treasure and exchange it for the clan's supreme domain treasure, the Earth God Cauldron."

This is a rare and precious item, even for the Divine Eye Clan, the first race in the Cosmic Sea.

Upon receiving the promise from the Fifth True Lord, the Lord of Guiyu became even more excited: 'Great! Fifth True Lord, with my survival abilities, I can withstand a top-tier sixth-order attack for a long time. Moreover, this Star Lord of the Strange Treasure is rather slow in the cosmic sea; he couldn't shake me off before—'

Lord Gui suddenly paused.

The Fifth True One also realized something was wrong: 'What did you say? The message from the Primordial Universe is that the Lord of the Extraordinary Treasure Star possesses a special innate secret technique that allows him to construct a spacetime bridge, within which speeds can reach thousands of times the speed of light!'

The Lord of Guiyu had already rushed into the depths of the cave, and he felt a chill run down his spine upon realizing this.

He had sensed something was wrong before, but when he saw the news about the Star Lord of the Strange Treasures and the news about that strange object, he was immediately like a lost soul, his mind filled with nothing but the treasure.

Then they rushed in.

But now, looking back—if he hadn't remained fully conscious, the Lord of Guiyu would have thought he had been under the influence of a soul charm.

"Oh no!" A sense of impending doom washed over him, and he quickly turned back, trying to leave the cave.

However, from the depths of the cave, a seven-colored spacetime passage had already spread out and arrived in front of the Lord of Guiyu almost instantly!

The domain of the Lord of Guiyu detected a sphere shrunk to only a few hundred meters in diameter, radiating extremely powerful energy fluctuations—the fluctuations of the divine power burning by the divine body of the Lord of the Thousand-fold Gene Universe.

The sphere is now hurtling towards us at ten thousand times the speed of light. Even when it enters the domain of the Lord of Guiyu and is obstructed, its speed will only decrease to six or seven thousand times the speed of light.

Inside this cave, the space is sealed off; one can hide at a distance, but one cannot absorb a large amount of impact by being thrown back.

"Now you're going to die!" The golden beast held a piece of broken wood in its hand, its divine power burning and energy surging wildly into it.

The broken log emitted an extremely powerful aura, completely different from all known laws, transforming the surging divine power into even greater destructive force.

"Damn it! That scheming Star Lord! Block him!!!"

Lord Gui roared, channeling all the power of his domain into himself, and with all his might, swung his greatsword with both hands, slashing...

boom!

The massive impact shattered the cave's rock layers, and both sides crashed into another cave passage next door.

The weapon in the hands of the Lord of Gui was knocked away and embedded deeply into the rock.

"How terrifying—no wonder it's a rare artifact second only to the supreme treasure. If I hadn't used a weapon to neutralize some of its power, and if that attack had hit my body directly, the power exceeding the armor's threshold would have severely injured me!"

The Lord of Guiyu's aura weakened slightly, but not by much. He looked at the golden beast with trepidation.

He quickly retrieved his weapon, but in the process he discovered something unusual.

"Huh? What's this—"

When Lord Guiyu saw the crystal fragments in front of him, he was slightly taken aback, then reached out and grabbed them in his palm.

It seemed to be a chip that originally existed on the cave wall, but was broken during the battle between the two sides.

Even on the fragments of the chip—you can vaguely see some blurry lines; it looks like a map!

"Is it a map of the depths of the Peak Realm?!"

Lord Guiyu's spirits lifted, and with a quick glance around, he discovered a silk thread diagram lying quietly deeper within the cave.

Without hesitation, he rushed deeper into the cave.

Because of their current positions, the Lord of the Mysterious Treasure Star is relatively closer to the cave exit, while the Lord of the Jade Palace is closer to the depths.

If the Lord of the Strange Treasures wants to obtain the Silk-Pulling Diagram, he must first get past the Lord of the Jade Tablet. However, the Lord of the Jade Tablet can block the Lord of the Strange Treasures' route to seize the diagram while using the impact of the Lord of the Strange Treasures' attacks to get closer to the Silk-Pulling Diagram.

"Don't stop me!" Ye Yang roared urgently and angrily, while the Lord of Guiyu became even more excited and smug.

"Haha! You can't kill me in a short time! Let me tell you, the cosmic lords near my clan are on their way, you can't kill me at all!" Lord Guiyu blocked Ye Yang's way, preventing him from passing him.

If Ye Yang attacks, he will take the hit and instead move even faster to get closer to the silken diagram.

Even the Star Lord of the Extraordinary Treasures, who could travel at ten thousand times the speed of light, was temporarily trapped in this narrow cave.

"Got it!" Gui Yuzhi passed by the Thread-Pulling Diagram, reached out and pocketed it, then looked triumphantly at the furious Ye Yang: "You think you deserve to possess a treasure?"

"Ha, die!"

As he spoke, Ye Yang swung the broken wood again to attack. The Lord of Guiyu quickly blocked it and rolled away, his aura weakening even further.

And just as the two were locked in combat in the cave—

Outside the cave entrance, above the water.

A huge black bird, resembling an eagle, happened to appear here.

"This special fluctuation belonging to a rare object—"

"The endless fire domain once possessed by the Lord of Kagaoku —"

The Lord of Changjiu stared intently at the battleground below.

"It's definitely him! The Lord of the Extraordinary Treasures!"

"He's entered the cosmic ocean!"

The Domain Treasure of the Lord of Changjiu detected the battle below, and it was clear that the other side was being suppressed by the Star Lord of the Strange Treasure.

Its eyes flashed with icy killing intent: "So many of my demon race's Venerables have been enslaved, even my most beloved junior has fallen victim to it. They truly deserve to die!"

"No matter what he's doing now, we can't let him have his way. Let me get involved too."

At the same time, the Lord of Changjiu also contacted the Dream Demon Ancestor.

The strongest being in the universe can unleash their full power in the cosmic sea, and should be able to suppress one of the avatars of that extraordinary treasure star lord, or even send it to a smaller universe.

"In the cosmic sea?"

Within the demon realm, the silver serpent stirred: "Hmph, kill that Star Lord of the Extraordinary Treasures, then seize the rare artifact—two birds with one stone!"

The gears of fate are turning faster, and the two strongest beings in the universe are moving toward the same goal.

"That's about it."

Deep inside the cave, Ye Yang used the power of the strange wood to give the Lord of Guiyu a good beating. When he felt that the time was right, he suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Gui Yu looked over in confusion, only to see the little golden beast carefully examining the chip fragments in its hand.

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The crystal was fragment that broke off when the rock strata were breached. The Lord of the Gui Kingdom also discovered map-like lines on it, which led him to the discovery of the grotto-like diagram placed deeper within the cave.

call out!

Before the Lord of Guiyu, the Star Lord of the Strange Treasure suddenly gave up chasing him and quickly turned around and left.

Lord Guiyu couldn't help but take out the silk thread diagram again and look at it, and then he took out the chip he had collected earlier.

"Wait, the pattern on this chip looks complete!"

"Just a little blurry?"

The Lord of Guiyu then realized that this chip was very special, as it recorded information in the form of holographic images!

Although it is only a fragment, it still contains information about a partially complete image.

The fragments are blurry, yet each fragment contains a complete image! But by collecting a large number of fragments and piecing them together, the information complements each other, and the image becomes clear.

If the Lord of the Extraordinary Treasures collects enough chips, he can obtain the incomplete map on the Thread-Connecting Diagram even without actually getting it!

"This map seems to record several routes leading to the deepest parts of the Peak Realm. Although some parts are incomplete, my Divine Eye Clan's map can perfectly fill in the gaps!"

Lord Guiyu also realized the value of this map and immediately reported the information to the clan, and the remaining map was also shared.

"You've done a good job. No other forces know about that map yet. Keep that Star Lord of the Strange Treasure occupied and report your location in real time. I'll be there very soon," said the Fifth True Lord.

Lord Gui received the order and immediately gave chase.

Sure enough, the Lord of the Extraordinary Treasures Star was collecting those chips.

"what?"

At the other end of the cave, the Lord of Changjiu also arrived.

Upon arriving, it saw the Star Lord of the Strange Treasures collecting some chip fragments, and the Lord of the Divine Eye Clan, Guiyu, also rushed up with a chip. It guessed that it must be something good, so it rushed over to join the competition.

Ye Yang looked over and also felt it was a coincidence.

"Initially, I intended to trick the demon race, but after encountering the Lord of Guiyu along the way, I changed my target. While entangled with the Lord of Guiyu, I couldn't find the Lord of Changjiu, but unexpectedly, it came to me on its own."

However, looking at his current situation, Ye Yang realized that it was indeed very bad – he was now caught in a pincer movement.

"Hmph! Demon race, die!!!"

Ye Yang roared, stopped collecting the chips, and charged forward, swinging the broken wood.

Startled by the power, the Lord of Changjiu immediately flapped its wings, and the pair of wings that were fused with its divine body instantly transformed into incomparably sharp swords, colliding with Ye Yang's attack.

boom!

The Lord of Changjiu was slammed against the rock wall.

"Hahahaha—you demon Changjiu, you're nothing special. Today isn't the time; I'll take your life another day!"

Ye Yang laughed loudly, flew past the Lord of Changjiu and out of the cave, then used the "Time-Space Rainbow Bridge" to escape.

He had a vague sense of unease, though he couldn't quite put his finger on it, but to be on the safe side, he decided to leave immediately.

After all, Ye Yang had already achieved his goal. His evenly matched battle with the Lord of Guiyu without using the Qimu confirmed many of his ideas.

The fragment of the map of the Peak Realm has already been sent out; there's no need to keep it any longer.

A dazzling, colorful rainbow bridge of time and space suddenly rose up, traversing a range of hundreds of billions of kilometers, like a shooting star streaking across the sky, cutting through endless chaotic air currents.

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"What is that?"

The towering figure, forged entirely of purple metal, looked up, scrutinizing the fleeting streak of light: "The flight fluctuations actually possess the power of a third-tier Universe Lord's attack, and it feels somewhat familiar—"

The Golden Shadow Lord of the Machine Race pondered for only a moment before recalling where he had seen a similar sight: "A spacetime portal! The Star Lord of the Extraordinary Treasures!"

He became excited.

Now the news from the primordial universe has spread far and wide: the Lord of the Strange Treasure Star has killed the Lord of the Enclosure and possesses a wondrous artifact!

"Father God! I have discovered traces of the Star Lord of that wondrous treasure in the cosmic sea—"