Devouring Star Heart: Illusionary Demon Lord

Besides the three cosmic overlords sent by the Machine Race, the Zerg Race, and the Demon Race, there were other powerful figures from other super forces silently observing. They did not intervene, but they did not mind watching a great battle.

Those forces had long anticipated that with the emergence of the Heart Illusion King Wu Qingfeng among humans, the three neighboring top races would certainly not stand idly by and watch him grow. It all came down to who among the four factions was more ruthless.

They waited silently. One hour, two hours, three hours... The three overlords, including Venerable Yaoguang, who were hidden in the Heart Illusion King's mansion and could easily see it, as well as other powerful figures from various forces, all showed great patience.

"Perhaps after fighting for so long, the Heart Illusion King is exhausted. He'll probably come out soon." One day, two days, three days... leaving the Cosmic Venerables and King-Sealing Successors who were constantly watching speechless. "Does the Heart Illusion King intend to stay in his mansion on Purple Thorn Island forever and never leave? But he still needs to receive the inheritance, which requires going to the inheritance passage in front of the Island Lord's Palace, so he definitely has to leave his mansion."

The alien races were all puzzled, but the fact was that Wu Qingfeng hadn't come out. After waiting for seven days, Wu Qingfeng digested all the insights he had gained from the battles, replied to the emails from his teacher, the Lord of Darkness, and his senior uncle, the Lord of Chaos City, and refused their protection before preparing to set off to receive the inheritance.

Soul attacks are negligible against beings below the level of a Universe Lord, even without a soul treasure. As for material attacks, Shi Heng's clone possesses the innate secret technique of an indestructible body, ensuring he won't be instantly killed; even if he can't defeat them, he can at least hold out for a few rounds. The alien races would at most send a top-tier Universe Overlord, not a Universe Lord—a top-tier powerhouse who cannot be resurrected—to their deaths. Only if this first assassination attempt fails will they consider hiring the strongest individual in the Lone Ranger Universe to carry out the assassination, or even abandoning the assassination plan altogether. After all, the strongest individual in the Lone Ranger Universe spends most of his time roaming the cosmic sea; unless it's something urgent, he wouldn't waste time traveling back specifically to assassinate him.

The moment Wu Qingfeng stepped out, the spirits of the observing alien race were jolted.

Upon hearing the urgent call from the intelligent servant, Venerable Yaoguang suddenly opened his eyes and looked up to see Wu Qingfeng just stepping out of the threshold.

"Human! Heart Illusion King!" A fierce glint flashed in Venerable Yaoguang's eyes, his killing intent reaching its peak in an instant. He had been waiting for this moment. "I, a Venerable of an entire universe, sacrificed myself for you, a mere World Lord. You should be proud, Heart Illusion King!" Venerable Yaoguang vanished in an instant.

Those inheritors from alliances like the Northern Frontier Alliance, the Prison Clan Alliance, and the Nine Domains Alliance, who had received orders from higher-ups to gather information, were also keeping a close watch on Wu Qingfeng's residence from their respective mansions. The information was very clear: the Demon Clan, the Mechanical Clan, and the Insect Clan would definitely send assassins to deal with this newly emerging peerless genius of the human race, the Illusion King.

"Will the Heart Illusion King die, or will the Mechanical Race and the other two races suffer a great loss?" The tens of thousands of inheritors who were secretly watching the battle held their breath and paid close attention to the development of the situation.

Wu Qingfeng walked out of the mansion gate and casually waved his sleeve, causing the heavy gate to slam shut. A faint fluctuation of law swirled around him, seemingly calm, but in reality, he had already sensed the killing intent around him.

Without warning, a slender black figure appeared out of thin air before Wu Qingfeng. The figure was shrouded in dense shadow power, its face hidden in the shadows, and a pair of purple-gold eyes gleaming with an eerie light. It was none other than the Nightshade Palace Master of the Zerg Alliance—a top-tier cosmic overlord skilled in soul control and illusion, and the core executor of this assassination operation.

"Heart Illusion King, you didn't expect this, did you? I'll personally come to take your life." The Night Shadow Palace Master's voice was chilling and piercing. Before she finished speaking, a vast surge of soul power, like an invisible tide, rushed into Wu Qingfeng's sea of ​​consciousness. "Become my soul slave obediently, or be annihilated!"

The soul power, carrying a strange illusion, attempted to forcibly invade Wu Qingfeng's consciousness and distort his will. A glint flashed in Wu Qingfeng's eyes, and he deliberately slowed down the operation of the top-level soul defense technique inherited from his teacher's dark secret manual. A look of pain appeared on his face, his body staggered slightly, and his eyes gradually became unfocused. He pretended that he could not withstand this soul impact and was about to fall into the illusion and be controlled.

"Hahaha, nothing special!" A smug glint flashed in the Night Shadow Palace Master's eyes upon seeing this. She hadn't expected that this renowned Human Heart Illusion King, famous throughout the Land of Inheritance, would have such a "weak" soul defense. She had no doubts; after all, even the most powerful was only a Realm Lord. Her soul attacks pressed relentlessly, intending to completely control Wu Qingfeng before taking him away, unaware that she had already stepped into Wu Qingfeng's trap—countless aurora borealis from the Five-Colored Aurora Lake were rapidly approaching the Night Shadow Palace Master.

The moment Venerable Yaoguang appeared by teleportation, he saw the figure of the Night Shadow Palace Master and was slightly taken aback: "Night Shadow Palace Master? The Zerg actually sent her?" He reacted extremely quickly, immediately taking a step back and dodging thousands of kilometers away, thinking to himself: "Let me see first. I only teleported nearby and did not launch an attack. The Five-Colored Aurora Lake will not consider me the murderer. Let's see if the Night Shadow Palace Master can succeed."

Seeing Wu Qingfeng almost "completely lost in thought," the Nightshade Palace Master's smugness intensified. She raised her hand, about to unleash a soul-binding technique to enslave his soul completely. Just then, the previously tranquil Five-Colored Aurora Lake above Purple Thorn Island suddenly trembled. Brilliant beams of aurora, like sharp swords, swiftly swooped down, instantly locking onto the Nightshade Palace Master. She was both shocked and furious, attempting to teleport away, only to find that the surrounding space was already locked by the aurora, making movement impossible.

"No! I'm not reconciled!" The Night Shadow Palace Master roared, her head thrown back. She never expected that her meticulously planned assassination would end like this. She tried to burn her divine body in a desperate counterattack, while raising her hand to gather dense shadow power, wanting to launch a fatal physical attack on Wu Qingfeng before she perished.

Just as her attack was about to take shape, Wu Qingfeng's previously unfocused gaze suddenly became clear, his eyes flashed with cold light, and the dark demonic sword formed by the secret technique in his sea of ​​consciousness instantly burst forth with intense light.

Only then did the Nightshade Palace Master realize she had been deceived, but it was too late. Countless rays of light pierced through her divine body in an instant, like a thousand arrows piercing her. Her divine body vanished like a bubble. At the moment of the Nightshade Palace Master's fall, a jet-black bead, surrounded by faint soul fluctuations, flew out from her annihilated divine body. It was her soul treasure, the Shadow Bead.

Wu Qingfeng raised his hand and the Shadow Pearl landed steadily in his hand. He poured his mental energy into the pearl, but encountered endless resistance. He realized that the Night Shadow Palace Master had an avatar. However, his will was no weaker than that of the treasure's owner. He could spend some time to erase the remaining mental will of the treasure.

The world ring, casually acquired, became a trophy of this counterattack.

After the colorful aurora defeated the Night Shadow Palace Master, it returned to the Aurora Lake, and everything quickly returned to calm. The land in front of the mansion was also instantly restored, as if no battle had ever taken place.

"Dead? The Night Shadow Palace Master is actually dead?" Venerable Yao Guang, watching this scene from afar, felt a mix of emotions—relief, fear, and a hint of regret. "Luckily, I didn't act rashly. The power of the Five-Colored Aurora Lake is indeed well-deserved."

"However, Wu Qingfeng was able to deceive the Night Shadow Palace Master with his disguise, only returning to normal at the last moment. This kid is far more terrifying than the rumors suggest!"

"The Heart Illusion King is alright? But the Night Shadow Palace Master is dead?" "My God! He was actually an imposter, deliberately provoking the Night Shadow Palace Master's soul attack so that he would be killed by the Five-Colored Aurora Lake!" The inheritors who were secretly watching the battle from afar were all stunned. They originally thought that Wu Qingfeng was doomed, but they did not expect that the situation would take such a dramatic turn. The assassin became the victim of the blade. They quickly passed this news on to their own forces.

In the starry sky, within the core stronghold of the Zerg Alliance, the Zerg high command fell into a deathly silence upon learning of the Nightshade Palace Master's demise and the theft of his soul treasure. This silence was followed by an eruption of boundless rage. A top-tier cosmic overlord-level powerhouse had actually fallen at the hands of a human realm lord, and had even lost his precious soul treasure!

Almost simultaneously, two powerful auras rushed in from afar, instantly arriving above Purple Thorn Island. They were none other than Yao Guang, the Mechanical Race's Venerable, and Mo Chi, the Demon Race's Overlord. Having received a message from the Alliance, they no longer needed to consider soul enslavement; they could simply and forcefully annihilate the Heart Illusion King.

The Ink-Tooth Overlord was a burly man, covered in jet-black scales, with sharp, dark fangs protruding from his mouth, exuding a chilling beastly aura, and his eyes were as fierce as a hungry wolf. "Attack! Quickly finish this battle, don't delay, lest we attract the intervention of the Ancestral God Sect's experts!" Before the two finished speaking, they pounced on Wu Qingfeng at the same time.

Venerable Yaoguang raised his hand, conjuring a massive metal battle blade that slashed towards Wu Qingfeng with a whooshing sound; the blade gleamed with a cold, chilling light. Meanwhile, the Ink-Tooth Overlord swung its massive, scaled claws, the tips brimming with immense beastly power. The two cosmic overlord-level forces intertwined, instantly enveloping Wu Qingfeng. To minimize losses, they hadn't brought their natal treasures, relying only on their spare top-tier weapons. Their only intention was to quickly kill a Realm Lord using their own combat prowess. However, they hadn't expected Wu Qingfeng's defense to far exceed their expectations.

"Clang! Clang!" The metal battle blade and giant claw broke through the massive wheel composed of densely packed golden swords of Wu Qingfeng's top-tier treasure weapon, the Wheel of Time, and slammed heavily onto Wu Qingfeng's top-tier treasure armor, producing a piercing metallic clang and sparks flying everywhere.

Wu Qingfeng merely retreated rapidly, leaving not a single mark on his armor—this was a top-tier treasure armor, extremely defensive, capable of withstanding even the full-force attack of a cosmic overlord for some time before breaking. If the Night Shadow Palace Master hadn't attempted soul enslavement and had instead attacked him directly, this treasure armor would likely have shattered long ago.

However, even top-tier treasures can only defend against attacks from high-level Venerables. For a cosmic overlord, once the attack exceeds its limit, the damage reduction effect drops from one ten-thousandth to a maximum of half. It's just that the clone's indestructible body is too strong, coupled with its high genetic level and enormous divine body, so it can withstand the attack for a considerable period.

"How is this possible?! Your armor has such defensive power?!" Venerable Yaoguang was astonished, his tone filled with disbelief. He had never imagined that a mere human realm lord could possess such formidable defense. The Ink-Tooth Overlord grew increasingly ferocious, its attacks becoming ever more fierce. With each swing of its giant claws, shockwaves of beastly power blasted towards Wu Qingfeng. Wu Qingfeng gritted his teeth and resisted. He was merely a realm lord, unable to unleash his divine power. If he didn't restore the divine body of his clone, his full strength wouldn't be available, and he would be in danger against the two overlords.

Without further hesitation, Wu Qingfeng sneered, and his inner world trembled violently. Instantly, he stretched out his body, transforming into a towering being ninety thousand kilometers tall—his Shi Heng clone. The Shi Heng clone was surrounded by dense fluctuations of the laws of time, and the phantom of the river of time flowed deep within its eyes. Simply standing there, it exuded a powerful pressure, causing subtle ripples to appear in the surrounding space.

"A clone?!" Mo Chi Overlord's pupils shrank, his face full of shock. He never expected that the Human Race's Heart Illusion King was just a clone.

"Moreover, the divine body of this clone is actually as large as 90,000 kilometers!" Venerable Yaoguang was also completely panicked. They did not bring any supreme treasures and could not quickly break through Wu Qingfeng's armor defense. Now that the opponent has shown a powerful clone with such a huge divine body, they have no confidence in killing the opponent quickly and may very well repeat the mistake of the Night Shadow Palace Master.

At this moment, the endless aurora of the Five-Colored Aurora Lake flashed again, directly annihilating the two overlords. Unfortunately, these two were also shrewd and did not bring any treasures!

On Purple Thorn Island, countless figures soared into the air; inheritors from various races across the universe had almost all left their residences. The energy fluctuations at the level of a cosmic overlord and the tremors of Aurora Lake had already alarmed everyone.

The Seven Swords King, who had been keeping an eye on his fellow clansmen, widened his eyes when he saw Shi Heng's clone appear.

"Seven Sword Kings!" "Seven Sword Kings, what happened? What was that ripple in Aurora Lake just now, and that terrifying pressure?" King Chaman, King Lishuo, and King Qianyu teleported over, their faces full of confusion and shock.

"It's the Heart Illusion King!" The Seven Swords King pointed at the pale golden figure that was 90,000 kilometers tall, his voice trembling slightly. "The Night Shadow Palace Master of the Insect Race came to assassinate him, but was killed by the Five-Colored Aurora Lake, and the Night Shadow Palace Master's soul treasure, the Shadow Pearl, was also stolen. Now, the Yao Guang Venerable of the Mechanical Race and the Mo Chi Overlord of the Demon Race have arrived."

"Even more astonishing is that the Heart Illusion King's presence in the Ancestral God Sect is actually an avatar; this 90,000-kilometer-tall body is merely an avatar!"

"What?! The Night Shadow Palace Master is dead? The Heart Illusion King even stole her treasure? And the body of the Ancestral God Sect is an avatar?" King Chaman and the other two were stunned, their eyes filled with disbelief.

"That clone's divine body is just too enormous! Ninety thousand kilometers! This is not something an ordinary realm lord could possess!" In the distance, the other alien inheritors also erupted in discussion, their voices rising and falling.

They initially thought Wu Qingfeng was merely a talented Realm Lord, but now, not only has he easily withstood an assassination attempt by a cosmic overlord and seized a supreme treasure, but he also possesses such a powerful clone. This strength has far exceeded everyone's expectations. "The Heart Illusion King's strength is terrifying! He survived even an assassination attempt by a cosmic overlord, obtained a soul treasure, and even possesses such a heaven-defying clone!" "That clone's aura is so strong; it seems to be a special time-based life form clone, a divine body spanning 90,000 kilometers—simply heaven-defying!"

Countless alien inheritors were filled with shock, their gazes towards Wu Qingfeng shifting from initial envy and disdain to awe. Meanwhile, the cosmic venerables watching from afar were also intently focused on Shi Heng's clone, their eyes flashing with apprehension and solemnity—for a realm lord to withstand a cosmic overlord without being instantly killed was practically a myth; this clone's genetic level was definitely thousands of times higher, they would believe it if it were a perfect gene!

Such a powerful avatar is truly befitting a Realm Lord. The higher the level of a special life form's genes, the greater the multiplier of divine body growth after breaking through a major realm. When Xin Huanwang breaks through to the Universe Lord level, his divine body will likely be a colossal form spanning tens of millions of kilometers. Aside from the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds, few beings in the entire Primordial Universe are larger than him. The larger the divine body, the stronger the combat power. Once Xin Huanwang truly breaks through, he might create the miracle of becoming a top-tier universe overlord with immortal combat power!