Swallowing the Stars: Primordial Heavenly Dragon

Chapter 18 Battlefield Phenomena

"It's too late to find out now." Yan Yong stretched out his left hand, and the entire space instantly began to freeze.

"Damn it, it's a spatial blockade." The Water King, who wanted to teleport away, immediately felt the repulsion of space and was unable to enter the spatial node to teleport.

"Since you're here, don't be in such a hurry to leave." Yan Yong, carrying the Imperial Dragon Halberd and accompanied by boundless flames, charged towards King Shuilin.

With the blessing of the Heavenly Dragon Armor's power being 100,000 times that of a peak Realm Lord, Yan Yong possessed the same divine power as a peak King-level expert. With the blessing of the Imperial Dragon Halberd, his secret techniques, which were originally at the ordinary level, were also upgraded to the top level. At this time, Yan Yong already possessed the true strength of a peak King-level expert.

Boundless flames surged forth, leaving King Shuilin nowhere to escape.

"Human powerhouse, please forgive me this once." His body surged with the immortal divine power of water, and his secret technique, which had also reached the top level, turned half of the sky belonging to the Water King blue.

The two secret techniques clashed without any stalemate. The flames evaporated the water and then continued their relentless attack on King Shuilin.

Shui Lin was only a high-ranking king, and his divine power was no match for Yan Yong's.

"My divine power was annihilated by 1%, what a powerful secret technique." Shui Lin felt the damage from this attack.

"Again." Boundless flames surged up once more, and as the Imperial Dragon Halberd was unleashed, the raging flames condensed on the halberd, making it even more powerful.

"No, human powerhouse, let's talk this over!" Shui Lin cried out in panic after blocking another attack. He felt his divine body weakened by another 1.5%, and Yan Yong's attack was even more powerful.

"I'm willing to trade money for my life. You came to the extraterritorial battlefield for money, didn't you? We don't need to fight to the death." Shui Lin retreated sharply, creating some distance, and said anxiously.

"Alien race, even if I kill you, I can still get your treasures, and even more." Yan Yong pressed his advantage, continuing to smash with his halberd.

"Damn it, if I die, you won't have a good time either!" King Shuilin roared, and then the divine power of water on his body began to rise, and the laws of water began to spread wildly.

King Shuilin began to burn his divine power, preparing to fight desperately.

Although even a high-level King-level being couldn't harm a peak-level King-level being by burning their divine power, he hoped to deplete the opponent's immortal divine power during the battle. As long as the opponent felt that the loss from burning their immortal divine power was greater than the spoils they could gain after the battle, the opponent would retreat.

The initial stage of the King-level Divine Power can be comparable to the peak stage of the King-level Divine Power, while the advanced stage of the King-level Divine Power, even if it cannot reach the limit of the King-level Divine Power, is still stronger than the ordinary peak stage of the King-level Divine Power.

"boom."

As King Shuilin began to burn his divine power, the water-based divine power attacks gained the upper hand in this space, and the fire law was suppressed to the point that only the space where Yan Yong was located remained.

"Hmph." A majestic golden dragon emerged from Yan Yong's body. The attack of the water god's power was withstood by the dragon, and the remaining insignificant attack was blocked by the secret technique of the Imperial Dragon Halberd.

"What kind of secret technique is this?" Seeing that even his attack, fueled by burning his immortal divine power, couldn't budge his opponent in the slightest, King Shuilin began to panic.

Yan Yong currently has no intention of revealing that the Heavenly Dragon Armor is a treasure, since no one would reveal their hand at the beginning.

The strength currently displayed is just right; it won't intimidate some powerful individuals into not daring to fight it, nor will it attract invincible opponents who waste its time.

Seeing that the opponent's defensive secret technique could block his attack, Shui Lin no longer hoped to force the opponent back by expending divine power.

The immortal power of water transformed from a raging flood into towering waves, hoping to blast the opponent away. As long as the two sides could create enough distance, it would be enough for him to escape quickly.

Huge waves surged and relentlessly assaulted Yan Yong's defenses.

"Dream on." Yan Yong sneered, then appeared in front of Shui Lin with a thought and slammed his halberd down at her.

"Impossible! You've already cast a spatial blockade, how could you still teleport?"

King Shuilin was struck by the Imperial Dragon Halberd. Thanks to the sharpness and weight of the halberd, this blow directly consumed 7% of King Shuilin's immortal divine power. Combined with the divine power he had previously consumed and the divine power he had burned, King Shuilin only had 90% of his divine power left.

The innate secret technique of spatial control is no joke; it is even more abnormal than the laws of space that the cosmic lords completely master. It is equivalent to the original universe directly bestowing upon them the authority to control space.

If we were to make a comparison, it would be the universe's mastery of space and time, except that the mastery of space does not include time.

"Die!" The Imperial Dragon Halberd slammed into King Shuilin's body again and again, diminishing his immortal divine power.

Shui Lin wanted to turn around and run away, but a strange fluctuation began to entangle Shui Lin Wang, greatly reducing his escape speed, and he could only keep turning back to withstand the attacks.

"If I die, you won't be any better off." Knowing that there was no way to escape, King Shuilin roared, and then his body exploded into boundless divine power.

King Shuilin immediately self-destructed.

"Roar." The golden dragon enveloped Yan Yong, and the Heavenly Dragon Armor also emitted boundless golden light, blocking all the aftershocks of the explosion.

"Phew." He collected all the items that remained after Shui Lin's self-destruction.

"Was that strange fluctuation just now the secret behind the fact that the casualty rate of the kings on this continent is much higher than in other places?" He clearly felt that King Shuilin wanted to escape, but a strange fluctuation restricted his speed, allowing him to catch up with him and attack him at will.

"What could be the reason? Logically speaking, a continent wouldn't have such a strange situation for no reason," Yan Yong pondered.

However, since the four most powerful races throughout countless eras have failed to uncover the true secrets of this continent, it is even less likely that he, a 'realm lord', would discover them.

"Forget it, I'll ignore it. This fluctuation is more advantageous to those who are stronger. As long as I keep getting stronger, that's fine." After searching for a while without finding anything, Yan Yong decided to give up for the time being.

……

While Yan Yong continued fishing on the Yantian Continent, in a spacious hall in a different plane of the virtual universe.

The hall contains a total of 108 ancient thrones, each occupied by a powerful being exuding a strong aura, whether human or some strange alien race.

"We have gathered you all here because in the extraterrestrial battlefield, our human race has produced another peak-level King. He has just killed a high-level King from another race," said a human powerhouse on one of the thrones, his entire body clad in purple-red armor and wearing a lion-faced, sun-roaring helmet.

"Since the other party killed a King-level expert, we can simply follow the normal procedure to recruit them into our Hong Alliance. There's no need to gather us all together," a powerful alien asked, puzzled.

"If he were just an ordinary King-level Limit cultivator, there would be no need to gather everyone. However, this person has never appeared on my list of human King-level powerhouses before, and there is no information about this powerhouse in the virtual universe either. It only indicates that the other party has the combat power of a King-level Limit cultivator. With my authority, I cannot access the other party's combat videos," the human King-level cultivator explained.

"Impossible. Accessing this person's combat videos requires the authority of a Seven-Star Overlord. Moreover, the information only shows that his nickname in the army is 'Fire Dragon,' indicating that he is skilled in the Fire and Void Laws and possesses the ultimate combat power of a King." A Venerable from another race said in shock after trying to access the video.

"Could it be a peerless genius secretly nurtured by some super being of the nobility?" a powerful alien asked respectfully.

The virtual universe system is a product of humanity, and only the highest level of human power, the "Universe Master," has the authority to completely conceal the other party's information within the virtual universe.

"Let's not worry about that for now, no one knows for sure. Let's discuss whether to invite them to join our Hong Alliance," said the Lion-faced Roaring Sun Helmet expert.

"As a human, and possessing the strength to slay a king, he is naturally qualified to be invited to join our Hong Alliance," another human powerhouse immediately said.

"That's right. Since the virtual universe conceals the other party's information and confirms that the other party is human, they can naturally join the Hong Alliance."

"agree."

"We all agree."

Other powerful figures echoed this sentiment.

"Alright, then let's send an envoy from our Hong Alliance to invite them to join our Hong Alliance," concluded the Lion-faced Roaring Sun Helmet expert.

I'm changing the update schedule again; from now on, one chapter in the morning and one in the evening. This way, those who have time in the morning can read it anytime. Finally, I still ask for recommendations, to follow my reading, to add it to their favorites, and to invest in my reading. I was quite nervous when I posted the chapter this morning, and surprisingly, two readers gave me a "1" (likely a typo for a single positive rating). Thank you for your understanding and support; I'll add an extra chapter for those two kind readers.

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