Swallowing the starry sky, my clones can evolve infinitely.

Chapter 163 The Complete Exposure of the Secret Technique of Will

shhhhh!

Streaks of light followed Shen Mu's figure and disappeared into the Sword Tomb.

A moment later, another powerful spatial pressure swept in and descended outside the Sword Tomb.

This was a creature shrouded in a bewitching purple mist, with a head resembling a lion and two huge, upward-pointing horns. Its entire body was covered in a layer of blue scales, radiating a terrifying aura.

"This place has been taken over by my Prison Clan, so get out of here!"

A powerful spatial and temporal pressure instantly enveloped all living beings present.

At this moment, the Prison Clan members were overjoyed: "The great Lord of the Lion King, the Hunyuan Lord of the human race, has entered! He has just suppressed the Lord of Younan of the Thorn Ring Alliance!"

"What!?"

The Lord of the Lion was greatly alarmed. The Lord of the Difficulty was considered a junior among the Lords of the Universe, but his strength was no weaker than his. He was one of the best among ordinary Lords of the Universe, and his existence was close to the third rank.

"Impossible! That Lord Hunyuan is merely a newly promoted Universe Venerable. No matter how powerful he is, he couldn't possibly suppress a true Universe Lord!"

Many powerful members of the Prison Clan Alliance spoke up, recounting what they had just learned.

Although Shen Mu's soul technique was very powerful, the aftereffect illusion alone was enough to trap almost all the universe overlords in an illusion.

However, this did not include the very few cosmic overlords who possessed soul-type treasures, who immediately informed the Lord of the Lion.

"An extremely powerful soul attack... thank goodness!"

Lord Ba Shi breathed a sigh of relief. Before coming to the Primordial Star, he had specially borrowed a top-tier soul-type treasure from his clan.

As a top-tier race, the Prison Clan, although not as powerful and wealthy as the Demon Clan or the Human Clan, certainly does not lack top-tier soul treasures.

Although the Lord of the Lion cannot afford to exchange for such a treasure, renting it temporarily is not a problem.

A universe master who possesses a top-tier soul treasure can protect himself even when facing a fourth-tier universe master-level soul master, as long as he's not stupid.

The Lord of Younan was born in the Thorn Ring Alliance, and his foundation was definitely not comparable to that of the Prison Clan. He might not even have a high-level soul treasure, so it was understandable that he was suppressed.

"The Sword River Luo Treasure cannot be given to the human race like this! Follow me into the Sword Tomb!"

With a wave of his hand, the Lord of the Lions led a group of powerful members of the Prison Clan Alliance into the Sword Tomb.

……

At the summit of Thunder Island in the virtual universe.

Inside the palace shrouded in endless air currents, the Lord of Chaos City, the Lord of Ice Peak, and the Lord of Dragon Journey were all present.

The emergence of a super treasure no less powerful than the Thousand Treasures River is naturally something that the human race should pay attention to.

"Hun Yuan acted swiftly, already entering the Sword Tomb and even suppressing the Lord of You Nan directly." A smile couldn't help but appear on the face of the Chaos City Lord.

If suppressing the Lord of Sirius was achieved through a sneak attack, then suppressing the Lord of Younan and the Flame Emperor now completely proves Shen Mu's strength.

"Senior brother, let's go over there too."

Without saying much, the Lord of Ice Peaks began to revive with a fierce will, appearing ready to erupt at any moment.

The Lord of Dragons nodded in agreement: "Indeed, although Hunyuan has gained the upper hand, a large number of universe lords will likely descend soon, and Hunyuan alone will not be enough."

As the three were talking, a figure emerged from the chaotic air currents; it was Shen Mu in a white robe.

"teacher."

Shen Mu bowed to the Lord of Ice Peak, and then gave a slight bow to the Lord of Chaos City and the Lord of Dragon Journey to show his respect.

Once you reach the level of the Lord of the Universe, aside from the master-disciple relationship, you generally interact with others as equals.

"Hunyuan, Bingfeng, Longxing, and I are heading to the Primal Star, but it will take some time. What's the situation inside the Sword Tomb?"

Shen Mu smiled and said, "It's not a big problem. I've already sent my Yan God Clan clone here. He'll appear as the Yan Emperor. I'd appreciate it if you, my senior uncles, could help me put on a show."

As a powerful member of the human race, it would be inconvenient for Shen Mu, given his status, to slaughter numerous cosmic venerables, or even kill a cosmic lord.

Once this happens, it's basically a declaration of war.

Even if Shen Mu breaks through to become a master of the universe and possesses combat power comparable to a true god in the future, he cannot do this casually.

Unless they possess the combat power of the progenitor who could suppress an entire era, the strong among the human race will be treated equally.

Of course, using the identity of the Flame Emperor would eliminate so many concerns.

"No wonder you wanted to impersonate Emperor Yan, so that's what you were planning. Now you don't need to worry about it anymore." The Chaos City Lord suddenly realized.

Shen Mu laughed and said, "Not only that, I have an even deeper plan."

As he spoke, Shen Mu laid out his thoughts in detail.

First, let the 'Flame Emperor' wantonly slaughter the Universe Venerables of various forces, and if there is an opportunity, he might even kill two Universe Lords.

Shen Mu doesn't need to worry about this. Although the Hongmeng is more united than forces like the Northern Frontier Alliance, it still has some affiliated groups that have a tendency to betray others.

This is a good opportunity to clean up the internal workings of Hongmeng.

The Yan God Clan will definitely suffer a fierce retaliation. Even if the members of the Yan God Clan don't say anything, they will definitely be dissatisfied in their hearts.

Of course, to make the act more convincing, the Hongmeng side also had to lose a few Universe Venerables and Universe Overlords.

Then Shen Mu planned to find another opportunity to make the 'Yan Emperor' fall, so that his Yan God Clan clone could make a legitimate appearance.

Then, the human race, disregarding past grievances and offering timely assistance, sheltered the entire Yan God Clan.

Even the Lord of Chaos City was quite impressed after hearing Shen Mu's plan.

"Truly... intricately linked," even the Lord of Dragons couldn't help but remark.

……

At this moment, inside the Sword Tomb.

Shen Mu led a large number of powerful members of the Hongmeng clan through the passage that stretched for hundreds of thousands of kilometers in length, width, and height, and deep into the black tomb.

The entire passageway was filled with a large amount of sharp sword energy, and the closer one got to the core area, the sharper and more terrifying the sword energy became.

"Lord of Hunyuan!"

A loud shout echoed throughout the Sword Tomb, and then the Lord of the Lion, shrouded in a bewitching purple mist, caught up.

call out!

The purple smoke surrounding the Lord of the Lion suddenly boiled, and then spread rapidly as it controlled space and time, clearly indicating that this was also a domain-type treasure.

However, judging from its power, it is only an ordinary domain-type treasure, barely approaching the level of a high-grade treasure.

Endless secret patterns appeared around Shen Mu's body, and divine power surged and intertwined within him, evolving into the origin of the universe.

A vast and mysterious power surged into Shen Mu's body, instantly causing his divine body strength to soar tenfold, making him one level weaker than a newly ascended Universe Lord.

hum!

Supported by this powerful divine force, the Wings of Time and Space behind Shen Mu unleashed a formidable time storm.

Endless golden and silver feathers swept out, forcing the purple mist domain to retreat steadily!

"It's actually a high-grade, top-tier treasure!"

"Hmph, Lord Hunyuan, I am not that Lord Younan. Your soul techniques are no match for me."

The oppression of his own territory caused the Lord of the Lions to frown slightly.

He was a veteran cosmic ruler, yet he couldn't defeat this Hunyuan Lord in a contest of domains.

At this time, the Lord of the Lion assumed that Shen Mu was the newly promoted Lord of the Universe, and therefore misjudged the level of Shen Mu's domain treasure, believing it to be a high-grade supreme treasure.

Without wasting words, Shen Mu conjured up the Jade Divine Sword in his palm, and dazzling lightning erupted from his hand.

boom!

In that instant, it was as if a calamity-ridden beam of light, tearing apart the universe, descended upon the world.

A dazzling bolt of lightning tore through the purple mist domain and headed straight for the Lord of the Lion!

"Give me the town!"

With a roar, the Lord of the Lions unleashed an endless purple mist that coalesced into a massive amethyst crystal, resembling a star, which blocked the terrifying attack.

If Shen Mu were to unleash his ultimate secret technique at his current level, its final power would be roughly equivalent to that of a first-order universe master's peak secret technique.

Shen Mu's eyes shone brightly, and a closed vertical pupil appeared behind his head, emitting an indescribable fluctuation, like the eye of destruction!

The ethereal divine power manifested as a nine-headed god-king behind Shen Mu. This was the first time Shen Mu had used this secret technique at full power since he created it!

The phantom of the divine eye behind Shen Mu's head merged into the chest of the Nine-Headed God King, and the phantom, which resembled the eye of world destruction, finally opened up, shining like a great sun.

call out!

A dazzling beam of soul light shot out, instantly piercing through the chest of the Lord of the Lions.

A battle at the soul level erupted within the Lord of the Lion, and an ancient bell shimmering with blue light appeared above his head, scattering endless blue light to protect him.

"In that instant, I actually lost 2% of my soul imprint?"

The Lord of the Lion was greatly alarmed, for he was protected by a top-tier soul-type treasure.

The soul attack of a mere newly ascended universe master has such power. Could this be the strongest secret technique?

But how could that be? Countless third-tier universe masters are stuck at the level of the strongest secret technique and cannot become true fourth-tier powerhouses!

"No wonder he was so confident; he possesses a top-tier soul treasure!"

However, I, Shen Mu, don't care about any soul defense treasures at all!

The terrifying radiance of the soul once again pierced the Lord of the Lion, accompanied by a terrifying impact of will, slamming into the Lord of the Lion's mind.

Boom!

The last thing the Lord of the Lion heard was a thunderous roar that seemed to shake the entire universe, and then he lost consciousness.

"town!"

The crystal-clear iceberg reappeared, directly suppressing the Lord of the Lion within it, and then rapidly expanded, blocking the passage that was only a few hundred thousand miles in diameter.

"The Sword Tomb belongs to our human race. You shall all leave at once, or you will all be annihilated!"

Shen Mu's demonic voice, accompanied by terrifying illusory divine power, swept outwards.

At this moment, the thousands of Prison Clan Alliance Venerables who followed Lord Bashi into the Sword Tomb suffered severe damage to their souls, and Shen Mu's voice kept echoing in their ears, a true demonic sound indoctrinating their brains.

Even though Shen Mu deliberately controlled the power of the demonic sound, a very small number of cosmic venerables with weaker divine bodies, poorer wills, and no soul-type treasures died instantly, their souls being directly annihilated.

……

The core territory of the Prison Clan, the Prison Clan's ancestral mountain!

Here, mountains rise one after another, exuding endless chill.

Each mountain range has countless steps, which extend to the end of the clouds.

On these steps, there were also powerful hellish creatures exuding overwhelming auras.

boom!

A figure appeared instantly and flew directly towards the summit of the ancestral mountain.

The powerful guards of the Prison Clan on the steps dared not stop the newcomer upon seeing him. A moment later... the figure arrived at the plaza of a magnificent temple complex.

"Lord of the Lions, what urgent matter is it?" a guard leader at the end of the plaza growled. "They've come here with just an avatar."

The avatar of the Lord of the Lions, his face filled with panic, hurriedly said, "My true form has been suppressed by the human race!"

"What?"

The leader of the guards, a top-tier overlord, was also shocked. The true form of a universe lord had been suppressed, and this was a universe lord without the ability to create clones.

This is a major event for the entire Prison Clan!

It should be noted that the number of Universe Lords of the Prison Clan is only around ten, far fewer than that of the top races such as the Human Race and the Demon Race.

Boom!

The palace doors behind the guard leader opened automatically, and a sharp sound, like the clash of swords, rang out: "Come in."

"Demon Ancestor!" The Lord of the Lions hurriedly flew inside.

On the throne above the main hall sat an evil figure, its body a mottled mix of silver and black.

This evil figure was roughly humanoid, with a long, sharp scorpion-like tail that extended to encircle half of the hall.

"What's going on? Did you perhaps encounter the Chaos City Lord of the human race?"

Although the Lord of the Lion is of average strength, it would still be difficult for a fourth-order universe lord to suppress him directly, and escaping would not be a problem.

"No, it's the newly crowned Lord of the Universe, the Hunyuan Lord!"

The Lord of the Lion quickly revealed the information he knew.

"This Lord of Chaos didn't break through from World Lord to Venerable in one fell swoop; instead, he directly comprehended the two great laws of spacetime and became the Lord of the Universe!"

"Moreover, this Lord of Chaos is proficient in the soul and has created an extremely powerful secret technique."

The Demon Ancestor suddenly interrupted, his voice as grating as the clatter of metal on a sword.

"Even if a newly ascended universe master creates the strongest secret technique, he cannot truly rival a fourth-tier universe master. How could he possibly suppress you?"

A look of regret crossed the Lord of the Lions' face: "It was a power of will, just like the will-based attack from the Black-Patterned Stone Pillar region. It instantly made me lose consciousness. I don't know if it was a secret technique or some kind of cosmic artifact!"

"A shock to willpower?"

The Demon Ancestor immediately stood up, staring at the Lord of the Lion and saying, "Are you sure it's the impact of the Chaos Lord's will, and not the pressure of the strongest being in the universe?"

That terrifying gaze contained a powerful pressure of consciousness, making the Lord of the Lion, who lacked the will of a true god, feel an extremely strong sense of soul oppression.

The pressure of consciousness is different from the impact of will. The pressure inherent in the gaze of a strong person has an extremely strong sense of oppression on beings of lower realms.

When using soul-based secret techniques, the pressure of consciousness can exert a great suppressive effect on those with weak souls.

Lord Ba Shi nodded hurriedly: "There's no mistake, Demon Ancestor. I cultivated for tens of thousands of epochs in the Black Patterned Stone Pillar region of the Cosmic Sea, so I certainly wouldn't mistake it."

"Moreover, even the pressure of the consciousness of the strongest being in the universe could not cause my consciousness to go blank and be directly suppressed. Unless it is a great being like you, the Demon Ancestor, who is proficient in the soul, using a secret soul technique."

The Demon Ancestor withdrew his gaze and nodded slightly.

"This intelligence is very valuable. Don't worry, unless the human race wants to start a war with us, you will be fine."

"Thank you, Demon Ancestor! Thank you, Demon Ancestor!"

A similar situation occurred just over ten minutes earlier in the heart of the Thorn Ring Alliance.

The Thorn Ring Alliance has two leaders: the Lord of Thorn Heart and the Lord of Ring Demon. Both are comparable to the Lord of Chaos City, but there is no true strongest being in the universe to oversee them.

The Prison Clan redeemed the Lord of the Lion because the Lord of the Lion was born into the Prison Clan, and the Prison Clan was not short of money.

The Thorn Ring Alliance is a relatively loose alliance, so they are currently debating who should pay and how much to redeem You Nan's master.

(End of this chapter)