Swallowing the Stars, Hu Yanbo's Pre-Godhood

On the other side, in a secluded place in the mysterious realm.

After parting ways with the powerful figures who came to his rescue, such as Bloodblade King and Illusion King, Hu Yanbo did not linger.

Now that our strength has increased dramatically, far surpassing what it once was, how can we allow our enemy, the Demon Hand King, to continue to live?

Moreover, his title of "Soul Destroyer King" and the story of his battle in the Netherworld will likely spread to all the powerful figures of the human race through the virtual universe network very soon.

But that Demon Hand King is a cunning fellow.

In the original work, he was able to keenly connect Luo Feng with Hu Yanbo, the master of Meteorite Star, simply because Luo Feng was a genius who rose from Earth in the Milky Way. This cunning and associative ability is terrifying.

Even more terrifying, he made a decisive move, splitting his divine body at any cost and abandoning a large number of treasures to deceive Luo Feng, ultimately succeeding in escaping death!

His cunning, decisiveness, and sense of danger far surpass those of ordinary kings!

"If he senses even the slightest hint of trouble, given his suspicious nature, he wouldn't even need solid evidence; he'd probably abandon his long-established stronghold and flee into the vast universe without hesitation!"

"By then, trying to find him would be like looking for a needle in a haystack, an impossible task!"

As for why Hu Yanbo had already become famous in Chaos City a thousand years ago, while the Demon Hand King had not heard the news and fled in advance.

This stems from Chaos City's unique and transcendent status.

As the most central sacred site of the human race, the Chaos City of the Initial Universe maintains an extremely high level of secrecy regarding many matters within it.

Even core members of the five major forces, including Virtual Universe Company and Giant Axe Arena, would never dare to inquire about such matters casually or spread the information easily without a certain level of authority.

Not to mention that a lone, independent cultivator like the Demon Hand King, who has no powerful background, has an intelligence network that cannot reach the inner circle of Chaos City, so he is naturally completely unaware of this.

Moreover, although Hu Yanbo's departure from Chaos City to the Netherworld for rescue, fierce battle, and even forcing the demon race to its death at the limit of its kingship was earth-shattering, it happened in a very short time, no more than a hundred years ago.

Apart from the parties involved, Radiant Marquis and Rock Marquis, as well as more than ten human peak-level King-level powerhouses such as Blood Blade King and Illusion Spirit King who came to the rescue later, who knew the details, the news has not yet spread widely.

The two, Huiguang Hou and Huiguang Hou, have been sent to Chaos City for secluded cultivation. The Blood Blade King, the Illusionary Spirit King, and other beings of high status have no interaction with ordinary King-level beings like the Demon Hand King, let alone actively pass on messages to him.

"Therefore, this is the moment when we have the power to annihilate the opponent instantly, and the opponent is unaware of our situation!"

"We must seize this fleeting window of opportunity and, before he receives any warning, annihilate him with overwhelming force!"

"Divine Kingdom Teleportation!"

A golden light enveloped the surroundings.

Whoosh!

Huyanbo disappeared.

……

Using the Divine Kingdom as a transit point, they soon arrived at a secluded place relatively close to the Demon Hand Star.

Then they boarded the Meteorite Star and flew through the dark universe to the hideout of the Demon Hand King!

"Fortunately, I left coordinates in various places when I ventured into the Qianwu Universe Kingdom in my early years." Hu Yanbo secretly rejoiced.

But then he realized a problem.

"However, my knowledge and experience are mostly limited to human territory and its surroundings. If I want to travel to more distant and dangerous cosmic realms in the future, without the tokens and coordinates, I will have to spend a lot of time and money on the journey."

"It seems we urgently need to enslave some powerful individuals."

Firstly, when making extremely long-distance travel, one can use the servant's divine kingdom as a safe relay, perfectly avoiding the risk of exposing one's own divine kingdom's coordinates!

Secondly, it allows access to multiple 'teleportation nodes' scattered throughout the universe, greatly increasing the number of destinations that can be chosen.

Thinking of his servant, Hu Yanbo's consciousness swept over the dark green mist in the world ring that was in a deep slumber and had a faint aura—the peak King-level expert, King Mo Lao.

A huge practical problem has been presented to us.

The good news is: he will have a King-level servant (once he recovers).

The bad news is that the cost of restoring it is staggering!

The restoration of King Mo Lao can be divided into two stages:

Awakening Phase – This phase awakens the soul from deep slumber, restoring basic consciousness. During this phase, the soul cannot actively absorb energy and requires external stimulation of its origin, consuming rare and precious items at an extremely high cost! A rough estimate suggests it requires 600 billion Chaos Units!

Recovery Phase – After awakening, the Ink Prison King can actively absorb energy and treasures to restore his divine body. This is more efficient and less costly, but it is still a huge sum of money (estimated to require tens of billions of Chaos Units).

Hu Yanbo tallied up the spoils of war, which totaled approximately 260 billion Mixed Yuan Units.

"..." Hu Yanbo stared at the number and fell silent.

After all that hard work, fighting to the death to kill a King at the limit and a King at the peak, the wealth I gained wasn't even half the amount needed to awaken one of my servants?!

Of course, he also had another option—to wait.

Place the Ink King in the Divine Kingdom, allowing him to slowly absorb cosmic energy to recover, thanks to his immortality.

However, this process takes hundreds of millions of years.

"A billion years?" Hu Yanbo shook his head and chuckled.

When that time comes, let alone the heights he could reach through hard work and cultivation.

Even if he chooses to completely give up, with his precious disciple Luo Feng, Hu Yanbo doesn't know what realm he'll be pushed to. What use would he have for a peak-level King-level servant?

"No wonder it's often said in the universe that a king-level expert is easy to defeat, difficult to seal, and even more difficult to kill, but to enslave... is the most difficult of all!" Hu Yanbo complained!

It cannot instantly induce a state of sleep; if the opponent senses something is wrong, it will self-destruct.

If you manage to fall into a deep sleep by sheer luck, you'll face the awkward situation of either losing everything or wasting millions of years!

"If it were any other king, with a peak king-level expert to enslave, they would definitely choose to wait."

For the vast majority of those who have attained the highest rank, it is perfectly normal that they cannot make any further progress in their understanding of the laws after hundreds of millions of years.

They possess eternal life, and the one thing they have in abundance is time.

If they could acquire a servant at the peak of the King-level realm, even if it took hundreds of millions of years to recover, it would still be an extremely worthwhile and patiently worthwhile huge investment for them.

But Huyanbo was different; he couldn't afford to wait, nor was he willing to wait!

"It seems that in the coming period, while studying the 'Lotus of the Void' to enhance soul attacks, I must also devote more energy to researching a powerful soul enslavement technique!"

"If one could create a secret technique to enslave an opponent in the heat of battle, one could enslave powerful individuals without wasting time or money!"

There are many schools of thought within the field of spiritual masters.

Illusionists are among the most sophisticated and troublesome of these.

They share similarities with Hu Yanbo's "Lotus of the Void," both requiring the infiltration of ethereal divine power into the enemy's body, but their philosophies and methods are vastly different.

The black lotus within Huyanbo's body is designed to destroy the opponent's soul.

Skilled illusionists wield their illusory power with even greater finesse and unpredictability, like a gentle spring breeze and rain, penetrating every nook and cranny.

They can weave layers upon layers of incredibly realistic illusions without harming the very essence of the opponent's soul, bewildering their mind, distorting their perception, and even altering their memories, ultimately achieving the control effect of "subduing the enemy without fighting."

Illusionists do indeed have a natural advantage in terms of 'capturing alive' and 'enslaving'.

However, controlling the opponent without harming them is not limited to illusions!

Therefore, Huyanbo was also able to create similar secret techniques to suppress the will of others and thus control them!

With this initial idea and direction in mind, the sleeping Ink Prison King within the World Ring became less important!

Hu Yanbo's mind instantly became incredibly active.

"I have a different idea!"

"Even trash can be put to use, let alone a peak-level King-level expert?"