Swallowing the Stars, Hu Yanbo's Pre-Godhood

The Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, deep within a secret realm, inside a hideous black palace suspended above an endless continent.

Emperor Yuan has recently been diverting a sliver of his consciousness to monitor the movements of his newly accepted disciple, Hu Yanbo, within the virtual universe network.

When Hu Yanbo unleashed his formidable achievements in the Mysterious Realm of the Netherworld, forcing the Demon Clan's Blade Mantis King to his death, capturing the Ink Prison King alive, and earning the title of "Soul Annihilation King," the Abyss Emperor naturally learned of it immediately.

On the throne in the palace, the blurry phantom rippled slightly, revealing the unease in its master's heart.

"Incredible." After a long while, the Emperor's voice finally rang out in the empty hall, carrying a hint of disbelief and amazement.

"His rate of progress is simply unbelievable!" Even with the mindset of the Yuanhuang Universe Overlord and the knowledge accumulated over many years, he found it somewhat hard to believe at this moment.

"When he obtained the Divine Envoy's Inheritance Crystal a hundred years ago, he was only at the high-level King rank. Even if he has talent in the realm of souls, killing a low-level King rank would not be easy!"

"But a century later, he actually managed to force a demon king at the peak of his power to his death?!"

"this!!!"

This is like an ordinary special forces soldier from a certain country on Earth. Although he is talented, he is only slightly better than his comrades.

However, just one hundred days later, this special forces soldier suddenly found himself able to single-handedly defeat an entire enemy special forces company!

"How can this progress be so fast?" Emperor Yuan was truly bewildered.

This cannot be described simply by the word "genius"!

This rate of progress is even comparable to those unparalleled geniuses in human history who are said to have emerged only once every 'millions of epochs'.

At this stage, we will pale in comparison and be left far behind!

It should be noted that the Abyss Emperor himself rose from a weakling, fighting his way up step by step, experiencing countless life-and-death trials and accumulating experience over a long period of time before finally becoming the supreme ruler of the universe.

He may not be unaware that "life-or-death battles can indeed stimulate potential and promote breakthroughs," but this is often a relatively slow process that requires time to mature.

It's impossible for someone like Hu Yanbo to seem to have no bottlenecks at all, breaking through several major hurdles with each breakthrough, resulting in an exponential explosion in strength!

"In the Chaos City for a thousand years, he rose from a marquis to a king; in the Secret Realm for a hundred years, he went from a newly promoted king to someone who pushed a king to his limits... This!!!"

Just as Emperor Yuan was overwhelmed with emotion and deeply shocked—

"deep!"

A magnificent, ancient, and seemingly boundless will, containing the laws governing the universe, pierced through the palace's barriers without warning and resounded deep within the Abyss Emperor's consciousness.

Emperor Yuan was suddenly startled!

He immediately suppressed all distracting thoughts and responded respectfully:

"Greetings, Lord of Wasteland!"

The owner of this voice was none other than the supreme ruler of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, one of the great beings of the human race—the Lord of the Wasteland!

The majestic voice echoed slowly in the Emperor's mind, carrying a hint of barely perceptible praise: "Your newly accepted disciple, 'Huyan Bo,' is quite good."

"His ability to grow at such a rapid pace and achieve such results demonstrates potential and character far exceeding that of ordinary so-called geniuses. He may possess a great opportunity or secret beyond our imagination."

"Yuan, you must guide him carefully and nurture him well. Do everything in your power to help him grow!"

"For my Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, for my human race, may another Cosmic Venerable be born! Or even stronger!"

Emperor Yuan thought to himself with a chilling resolve: "Very well."

That magnificent will, just as it had arrived, retreated silently.

Silence returned to the main hall.

Emperor Yuan sat upright on his throne, yet his blurry silhouette seemed to solidify further.

The Lord of the Wasteland personally appeared to give these instructions, and he understood the weight of this matter all too well.

This means that Huyanbo has truly entered the vision of the highest level of human race and is being given extremely high expectations!

"Soul-Destroying King Huyanbo!" Emperor Yuan murmured, savoring the newly bestowed title. A complex light flashed in his eyes, a mixture of amazement, relief, and anticipation.

"It seems that I, as a teacher, need to pay more attention."

"Let me think, what is he still lacking right now?"

.....

On the other side, in a virtual universe, in a special dimension.

This was an incredibly vast hall, within which stood 108 magnificent thrones arranged in a circular pattern.

At this moment, most of the 108 thrones were occupied by figures. These figures varied in form, some human and others of other races, but without exception, they all exuded a terrifying aura far surpassing that of an immortal king!

Those who are qualified to sit here are at least at the level of a Cosmic Venerable!

"I have summoned you all here because of a message from the virtual universe!" A tall human venerable figure, shrouded in flowing purple armor and wearing a strange cross-shaped helmet, spoke in a deep voice from one of the thrones, "The human Immortal King 'Huyan Bo' has successfully forced a demon race King-level expert to his death in the Netherworld!"

Upon hearing this, a subtle energy fluctuation suddenly appeared in the previously silent hall, revealing the surprise in the hearts of many venerable ones.

"Huyanbo? Who?"

"Forcing the limits of kingship?"

"When did such a powerful figure emerge from the human race? How come we have never heard of such a name before?" asked a foreign venerable being whose entire body was made of dark green vines and whose voice was like the wind blowing through the forest.

"To be able to force someone to the limit of becoming a King, they must be someone close to being invincible at the King level. It's impossible for them to remain unknown." Another massive rock-like being, seemingly made of obsidian, boomed out.

"Every time a powerful figure approaches the title of Invincible King, it is through countless battles, earning their reputation step by step in extraterrestrial battlefields and cosmic secret realms. This Huyan Bo seems to have appeared out of nowhere!"

"Are there any battle videos or detailed replays from the virtual universe?"

"If it truly exists, I demand to view it immediately!"

The doubts didn't just come from the alien venerables; even the human venerables present were filled with disbelief and deep curiosity.

They have stood in the universe for billions of years, witnessing the rise of countless geniuses.

But it is extremely rare, even bizarre, for someone to appear out of nowhere and reach the top with such a formidable achievement as forcing someone to the limit of becoming a king!

If this information hadn't been confirmed by the virtual universe system, and if the title of "Soul Annihilation King" hadn't been witnessed and recognized by more than ten powerful figures from the human camp, including Blood Blade King and Illusion Spirit King, and if there hadn't been subtle indications that the demonic faction in the Netherworld Mystic Realm had also been greatly shaken by the fall of the Mantis King...

They almost doubted whether it was a false alarm or a joke!

When did the human race quietly cultivate such a monstrous genius?

An unusual silence fell over the hall.

All the Venerable Ones' gazes, whether open or hidden, were fixed on the human Venerable One who had spoken first, wearing a helmet with a cross, awaiting his further explanation or evidence.

"Since you are all quite interested in this," said the Venerable One with the Cross-shaped Helmet, known as the Venerable One of Karma.

"Then we shall request access to the battle's recorded information from the virtual universe system."

In fact, Venerable Yezheng himself was also very curious about this suddenly appearing "Soul Destroyer King".

He raised his hand and made a virtual gesture in the air, sending an invisible command through his permissions to the virtual universe system.

A moment later, the void in the center of the hall rippled slightly, and an image began to play.

"Humans... are insidious!... shameless!"

The opening scene is filled with an intense, indignant feeling, as if the characters have been ripped off!

Then, the image was suddenly and completely engulfed by endless white light and distorted spatial ripples!

The recording ends here.

Inside the hall, the 108 Venerable Ones looked at each other in bewilderment, and the atmosphere became even more strange.

The expressions of the venerable ones, especially those from the human camp, were quite interesting.

What's going on?

The first thing I heard was that because I was born as a human, I was being verbally abused by the demons.

What "correct" thing must Soul Annihilation King have done to make a peak-level King-level expert curse him so frantically before self-destructing?!

curious!

A strong sense of curiosity instantly arose in the hearts of all the Venerable Ones!

What exactly did Huyanbo do during the battle?!

However, judging from the situation, Hu Yanbo's consciousness only connected to the virtual universe at the last moment, which led to this scene. Before that, he was probably disconnected from the virtual universe.

After a brief silence, a series of soft coughs echoed through the hall.

"With such a record, I believe there's absolutely no problem in recruiting him into the 'Hongmeng'! Furthermore, with his formidable record of forcing a King to his death at the limit and capturing a King at the peak, he's fully qualified to directly obtain the status of a three-star Hongmeng member!"

Members of the Hongmeng Alliance are ranked from one star to seven stars, each corresponding to a different level of strength.

Most newly appointed kings are only one-star members when they first join the Hong Alliance.

Only occasionally does one enter, and that person is a two-star member.

I second that.

I second that.

"With such combat power, Samsung truly deserves its reputation."

At this moment, not a single one of the 108 Universe Venerables raised any objection. The fact that the Demon King was forced to react so agitatedly completely proved the power of the Soul Destroyer King.