Swallowing the Stars, Hu Yanbo's Pre-Godhood

Meanwhile, at the other end of the mysterious realm.

Hu Yanbo was completely unaware of the escaped Blood Fang King and its subsequent impact.

Moreover, even if he had a vague idea that the defeated demon king might attract an even stronger being, given Hu Yanbo's tempered character honed through life and death, he would never be afraid before the battle even begins and would flee in disgrace without even exchanging a glance.

Why did he venture into this mysterious and mysterious place?

Isn't it precisely for the purpose of making rapid progress again in the life-or-death struggle?

After watching Hui Guanghou and his companion leave the secret realm, the Meteorite Starship transformed into a streak of light and steadily headed towards the core area of ​​the secret realm, where the energy was more concentrated and the environment was more treacherous.

Inside the cabin, Hu Yanbo stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze passing through the porthole as he looked at the increasingly magnificent yet increasingly dangerous secret realm.

"Master Yuanhuang has made arrangements for me. I can hand over the 'Sky-Splitting Divine Envoy Inheritance Crystal' when I return to Chaos City, and then I can exchange it for a chance to inherit the 'Sky-Evolving Divine General'."

Hu Yanbo pondered his teacher Yuanhuang's words, filled with anticipation for the future.

"In that case, there's no need to rush back. This mysterious realm has a unique environment, making it an excellent place to hone one's secret techniques," Hu Yanbo thought to himself.

"I will wander in this secret realm for hundreds or even thousands of years, and it will not be too late to leave after I have become thoroughly familiar with the power of a high-level king."

He was confident that with his current strength, as long as he didn't venture into the most dangerous areas at the core of the secret realm, he could roam freely in this mysterious realm.

Inside the spaceship, Babata skillfully maneuvered the vessel, avoiding massive energy storms and spatial rifts, and continued deeper into the predetermined direction.

Hu Yanbo sat down cross-legged, diverting a sliver of his mind to sense the outside world, while most of his consciousness sank into his body, beginning to savor the previous battle with the Blood Fang King and deduce more changes in the "Lotus of the Void".

.....

Several days later, the Meteorite Starship arrived at a shattered star field where energy tides were exceptionally violent. Spatial rifts were rampant here, and enormous energy whirlwinds drifted wildly like colorful ribbons, making it a place that even ordinary immortal military lords dared not easily set foot in.

"Boss, the detector shows there are powerful figures fighting ahead," Babata's voice rang out.

Hu Yanbo slowly opened his eyes, a sharp glint flashing in them: "Perfect, let's test our mettle."

With a thought, he put away the Meteorite Starship, his figure quietly merging into space, instantly teleporting behind a huge meteorite.

In the void ahead, three peak-level Immortal Lords from the human faction were working together to control a giant cauldron of flames, fiercely battling a massive, lizard-like demon race Marquis-level Immortal.

The blazing flames spewed from the giant cauldron were completely suppressed by the black water curtain surrounding the immortal demon. The three human immortals were clearly at a disadvantage, and their divine aura continued to weaken, putting them in grave danger.

"Humans, obediently become my provisions!" The demon immortal roared wildly, its giant claws tearing through the void, grabbing at the three human immortals with corrosive black water.

The three human military leaders were pale-faced, and a hint of despair flashed in their eyes.

At that very moment—

"die."

A calm voice seemed to come from the heavens above.

hum!

But his figure appeared like a ghost, appearing without warning to the side and above the high-ranking demon clan member.

Then he simply raised his hand, his fingertips pointing at the immortal demon, and with a slight thought.

hum...

A black lotus bud, its edges shimmering with an illusory black light, appeared silently and out of nowhere above the immortal demon's head, as if it were meant to bloom there.

The demon, who was laughing wildly as it pounced on the human at the peak of the Marquis level, suddenly froze!

Its rampant roar abruptly ceased, its vertical pupils instantly filled with boundless horror and fear!

An absolute coldness and tearing sensation originating from the deepest part of the soul did not come from the outside, but rather erupted directly from the very core of its immortal soul!

It was as if its very essence was being frantically cut and disintegrated by countless invisible blades specifically targeting its origin!

"Whoa—!!!"

It let out an unprecedented, distorted, and agonizing scream!

The pain contained in that howl far exceeded that of a divine body being injured a thousand times!

Its massive claws, which it had slapped out, hung limply, and the black water curtain around it rippled violently before collapsing with a roar.

The massive divine body appeared unharmed on the surface, but its soul aura weakened and vanished instantly like an avalanche!

In the blink of an eye, its fierce vertical pupils completely lost all their luster, and its massive body froze in place.

One strike!

Under the Lotus of Emptiness, both body and soul are annihilated!

From the appearance of Huyanbo to the fall of a high-ranking demon clan member, it was only a fleeting moment.

The three human military leaders stared in disbelief, their minds blank.

A high-ranking demon clan member who had driven the three of them to the brink of defeat was... instantly killed?!

I didn't even see how the other party made their move!

The three of them struggled to turn their gazes to the figure shrouded in faint, flowing flames, whose aura was as deep as the sea. Their hearts trembled, and they immediately bowed respectfully, their voices trembling with shock: "Thank you... thank you so much for saving us, Senior!"

Hu Yanbo nodded slightly in response.

He raised his hand to collect the spoils left behind by the immortal demon, and before his gaze could linger for long, his figure blurred again and vanished in an instant, leaving the three of them standing there, staring in the direction he disappeared, unable to recover for a long time, their hearts filled with awe and shock.

……

For the next several hundred years, Huyanbo roamed the depths of the secret realm like a ghost.

He would sometimes use the "Lotus of the Void" technique, which, in an instant, would render a small team of the demon alliance stunned, their souls quietly annihilated;

Sometimes he would use pure brute force to overcome skill, and a blade imbued with the power of space would blast a mechanical race member's sturdy divine body, which was at the initial stage of the Marquis rank, into pieces.

At other times, it skillfully manipulates the laws of space to form an unbreakable confinement, trapping its opponent within.

Occasionally, Hu Yanbo would seek out a relatively stable broken continent or meteorite belt, open up a temporary cave dwelling, and use a small detector in his hand to immerse himself in the world.

He was rapidly analyzing and reviewing every recent battle, including his opponent's every reaction, every use of energy, and the subtle changes in his own "Lotus of the Void."

"This location allows for instantaneous teleportation, making attacks one ten-thousandth faster..."

"If the fluctuations of soul erosion could be contained by another third, its power might be even more concentrated..."

Based on these insights, he continuously fine-tuned and optimized every detail of the secret technique, making the black lotus flower even more mysterious and unpredictable.

All the enemies he encountered, whether they were low-ranking, high-ranking, or even the highest-ranking marquises, were no match for him!

Facing immortals below the peak of the Marquis level, Hu Yanbo didn't even need to use his full strength. Often, a casual strike was enough to easily annihilate the opponent's divine body.

"A Marquis-level official... is now utterly vulnerable." Hu Yanbo hovered above a silent asteroid belt, feeling the divine power surging within his body, gaining a clearer and stronger understanding of his current strength.

"No wonder true masters of the soul become increasingly rare as you go higher in the universe..." he couldn't help but sigh.

"In terms of killing efficiency, soul attacks are indeed unmatched among those of the same level, and can even be used to fight opponents of higher levels!"

Hu Yanbo recalled the description in the original work: even those peak-level Kings who were proficient in material attacks would usually need to launch a dozen or even dozens of all-out attacks to completely annihilate a peak-level Marquis with an immortal body.

As for himself, he was merely a high-level King, yet with the strange power of the Lotus of the Void, he was able to attack the soul essence of the peak Marquis several times in succession before the peak Marquis could even react, causing the soul and spirit to be destroyed, leaving the body soulless and a walking corpse!

Efficiency has increased by more than a hundred times!

"Of course, the unique and domineering nature of the path of soul attack is part of this, but more importantly, it is the secret technique of 'Lotus of the Void'..." Hu Yanbo knew very well that this was his greatest reliance.

When he created "Lotus in the Void," he was inspired, and its exquisite detail and destructive imagery far surpassed his initial conception.

This secret technique, derived from the insights gained from the "Nine Universes Chaos Stele" and the profound mysteries of the "Abyss Seal," has reached an extremely terrifying level of power.

"If we measure them by the standards set by a great being like the Lord of Chaos City for his disciples..." Hu Yanbo secretly assessed.

Although he did not know the specific details, he could vaguely sense the level of his own secret technique.

His "Lotus in the Void" probably had the potential to defeat more than 900 opponents when it was first created!

Over the years of dedicated cultivation and refinement, the techniques have been continuously refined and improved, incorporating more profound mysteries of spatial cutting and soul annihilation. This has made the Lotus of Destruction increasingly eerie and unpredictable, and its power has reached new heights, already approaching the limits of top-tier secret techniques!

This is the domineering power of the ultimate soul attack technique!

This is also his greatest reliance that allows him to regard those who are enfeoffed as marquises as ants, even at the advanced level of the King title, and even to be confident that he can crush ordinary people at the initial level of the King title!

This realization propelled Huyanbo's confidence to an unprecedented peak.

He looked deeper into the secret realm, where the energy was even more violent, and there were even rumors of traces of King-level beings active there.

"Perhaps... we could go a little deeper? Try to kill a newly ascended Immortal King?" This challenging thought arose in Hu Yanbo's mind.