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Chapter 85 The Xuanjia Clan: A Great Battle Is Imminent!

"The next step is to make contact with the Lieyang Tribe of the Xuanjia Clan." Lu Ming sat in his study in the primitive area of ​​Yuxiang Mountain in the virtual universe, looking at the large amount of information displayed on the laptop screen in front of him. This was all information about the Lieyang Tribe of the Xuanjia Clan.

"This Xuanjia clan is quite peculiar." Lu Ming couldn't help but be surprised after reading the information about the Xuanjia clan.

Alice chimed in, "The Xuanjia clan isn't actually that weak, but each of their members is a treasure trove. If they weren't under the control of the human race, they would have long since become slaves of other powerful clans!"

Life in the universe can be broadly categorized into flesh-and-blood life, metallic life, intelligent life, energy life, plant life, rock life, and so on.

This Xuanjia race is a type of metallic life form. Generally, the bodies of such metallic life forms are made of extremely precious and special metals. For example, the "Flowing Silver Guardians" among humans are made of "Flowing Silver," a material originating from a weak metallic life form in the universe—the Flowing Silver Clan!

Unlike the Xuanjia Clan, which possessed considerable strength, the Liuyin Clan did not even qualify to be vassals of humans. They were treated like livestock, kept in captivity and their lives were harvested periodically to contribute the special metal "Liuyin" to the human race.

"This Xuanjia race is born with a very mysterious 'Xuanjia' armor, which makes them very powerful in combat and survival... But this 'Xuanjia' armor is also a very useful suit of armor for other life forms, even better than the armor made by many treasure-refining masters!" If you had to describe it, this 'Xuanjia' armor is somewhat like an auxiliary metal life form that can directly possess the body.

It's merely an auxiliary metal life form at the Immortal level, something even ordinary human Marquis-level Immortals couldn't afford to cultivate. But for the Xuanjia Clan's Immortals, it's like their 'skin,' a layer of excellent protective armor they're born with.

But as the saying goes, "A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime." If it weren't for the backing of the elite human race, even if the Xuanjia Clan had several super-strong individuals at the Universe Venerable level, they would certainly be in a miserable state now.

Of course, joining forces with human races is not without its costs. For example, the Xuanjia race must provide a sufficient number and quality of Xuanjia armor at designated times, and situations like this, where they charge into battle for humans, also occur frequently.

"As vassals of the human race," Alice said with a shake of her head and a sigh, "they always get the dirty, tiring, and dangerous work done first! But we humans get priority for the good things, the happy things, and the precious things."

After reviewing the intelligence, Lu Ming sighed inwardly.

The survival of various races in the universe is indeed not easy. The strongest members of the Xuanjia race possess the strength of cosmic overlords, but because their race itself is a very tempting "hot commodity" in the universe, they only have two fates if they do not rely on the human race.

Alternatively, they would be divided and devoured by various tribes, leading to their extermination.

Alternatively, they could become slaves like the 'Silver Clan' and the 'Blade Demon Clan,' kept in captivity and their materials harvested periodically.

Compared to these two tragic endings, becoming a subordinate of humans is the best possible outcome.

"The human leadership went to great lengths to issue this mission and arrange for the Xuanjia Clan to participate." The reason for assigning these geniuses at the Domain Lord level to handle these matters was partly for training, but mainly to let them truly experience the dark side and cruelty of the universe. At the same time, it was also to cultivate their sense of racial identity.

The enormous human and material resources invested, only to produce geniuses who disregard their race, is clearly not the outcome that the higher-ups of humanity want to see.

……

While the Narukami spaceship was still in the dark universe, heading towards the Dark Cloud Star, a mysterious and powerful squad had already arrived at the Dark Cloud Star.

Huiyun Star is an ordinary life-bearing planet located within one of the Virtual Universe Company's outposts.

Inside the opulent, all-black hall.

Nine powerful figures sat down, their skin a deep black, their bodies covered in various shades of black armor similar to the "Black God's Armor." However, their special "black armor" was far more precious than the "Black God's Armor."

On the plates in front of them were various strip-shaped compounds or round materials that were as black as ink.

"Click-clack-click-clack".

Among the nine powerful figures, a young man with three sharp horns on his head was currently eating a round piece of metal with gusto, praising as he ate, "It tastes really good. The alloy that this Virtual Universe Company has put together tastes amazing. I wonder how they mixed it."

The leader of the nine was an old man also shrouded in black armor. At this moment, his slightly cloudy eyes were looking at a screen in front of him, which displayed some information about Lu Ming.

Suddenly, the old man's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Our contact this time is actually... His Highness Lu Ming?"

"What?"

Everyone else stopped what they were doing and stared at the old man in shock.

The young man from the Xuanjia clan with triangular hair quickly asked, "Captain, are you talking about Lu Ming, the peerless genius who is said to appear only once in tens of millions of human eras?"

"It should be His Highness Lu Ming!" the old man said slowly. "I saw His Highness Lu Ming's detailed information with the elders, and it's almost identical to the information on this screen!"

"Captain, I heard that His Highness Lu Ming passed the fifteenth level of the Bridge to Heaven at the cosmic level. Is that true?" the triangular youth asked curiously.

"As far as I know," the old man said slowly and seriously, "this Prince Lu Ming did indeed pass the fifteenth level of the Bridge to Heaven at the cosmic level!"

"What? It's actually true!" The triangular-faced youth's eyes widened in disbelief.

The other seven immortals who had been granted the title of Marquis were also filled with shock.

It should be noted that even the most powerful domain lord-level genius of their Xuanjia clan only has a level of understanding of the laws comparable to the eleventh level of the Tongtian Bridge.

But how could someone at the cosmic level reach the fifteenth level?

They simply couldn't imagine it!

It's just that the opponent's basic strength is a bit low, otherwise his understanding of the laws would be comparable to several of the people present.

"Now everyone should understand the importance of this mission."

The old man looked around, then solemnly said, "According to the clan's regulations, with His Highness Lu Ming's talent, he will likely become one of the high-ranking members of the human race soon. We must not offend him!"

"If possible, we should try our best to build a good relationship with them!"

"This mission might be the best opportunity to befriend Prince Lu Ming. If our Xuanjia clan wants to survive better, even if it's difficult to befriend the high-ranking humans, we should try our best to befriend their future leaders!"

"All for the sake of our people!" The other eight immortal gods solemnly replied.

……

Ten days passed quickly.

The outer space of Huiyun Star was desolate and dark. Suddenly, ripples appeared in the starry sky, and a dark purple winged dragon monster spaceship appeared out of thin air.

"Master, that planet ahead is Huiyun Star," Alice said on the control room screen.

Lu Ming stood there, gazing into the distance.

"Alright, let's go and meet the immortal powerhouses of the Xuanjia clan first."

Whoosh!

The Naruto spaceship swiftly entered the atmosphere of the Dark Cloud Star. Its stealth system failed to alert the planet's surveillance system or the people on the planet, and the Naruto spaceship landed at the Virtual Universe Company's base on Dark Cloud Star.

The estate is very spacious.

The nine members of the Xuanjia Clan stood respectfully, looking at the awe-inspiring dark purple monster spaceship before them. Its sharp, curved, blood-red edges seemed to be cutting through space itself.

"It's an F9-class spaceship!"

The triangular-faced youth's eyes gleamed, even his dark skin seemed to shimmer: "This looks like F9-grade metal, Thunderclap Essence. This huge spaceship is entirely made of Thunderclap Essence! This human genius is incredibly wealthy!"

His tone was full of envy.

"Yes!" The other Marquis-level Immortal Gods of the Lieyang Tribe of the Xuanjia Clan nodded, their eyes filled with longing.

As a vassal race, the resources possessed by the Xuanjia race were naturally far inferior to those of humans.

In the human race, almost every immortal god at the Marquis level can own an F-class spaceship. Even an F9-class spaceship only has a few million Chaos Units. However, in the Xuanjia race, only those with the strength of an immortal god at the King level can own an F-class spaceship.

As for immortal gods at the Marquis level, those who can possess such a precious spaceship are extremely rare.

"Whoosh!"

The hatch opened.

The nine members of the Xuanjia clan immediately became solemn.

Under their watchful eyes, a black-haired youth clad in exquisite crimson armor led the Lotus Rock King, whose aura was astonishing, toward the living room.

"Elder Qingfeng Lieyang of the Xuanjia Clan, along with his squad, welcomes His Highness Lu Ming." The elder leading the Xuanjia Clan bowed slightly to Lu Ming.

At the same time, the eight powerful figures behind "Qingfeng Lieyang" all bowed to Lu Ming.

"It's a pleasure to meet you all!" Lu Ming nodded with a smile, and then introduced the identity of the Lotus Rock King to everyone.

Upon learning that Lianyan King was an Immortal King from the Virtual Universe Headquarters, the Xuanjia Clan elder, Qingfeng King, who had also reached the peak of the King level, was immediately shocked.

Given the wealth of the human race, this King Lianyan probably has even more methods than him. To actually serve as a personal guard for a domain lord-level genius shows that His Highness Lu Ming's status in the eyes of the human elite is indeed frighteningly high.

"Your Highness Lu Ming, our team already has a battle plan for this mission, but it still needs Your Highness's personal approval!" King Qingfeng said with a smile, "Let's go inside and discuss it!"

"it is good."

Lu Ming nodded, and then walked towards the living room with everyone.

……

Inside the living room.

After a brief exchange, Lu Ming nodded in satisfaction and said, "I have no objection to Elder Qingfeng's action plan. Everyone just needs to follow the plan when the time comes."

"Yes." The old man in black armor, King Qingfeng, nodded with a smile.

They racked their brains and discussed the perfect plan for a long time, striving to ensure that there would be no mistakes.

Virtual Universe Company has prepared a sufficient number of personnel for this operation.

Although they only needed to deal with a Marquis-level Immortal God, the Virtual Universe Company still sent a King-level peak expert with the ability to stop time to lead the team, which can be said to be foolproof.

Once they reach the Immortal stage, their survivability is greatly enhanced compared to the Realm Lord stage.

Before reaching the Immortal level, even if two opponents are of similar strength, it is easy to determine the winner and loser.

However, immortal gods are very difficult to kill.

Ordinary immortal gods are a little better off, since their spiritual imprints and physical cells are not yet perfectly integrated. In that case, they can be directly bombarded and killed. After several consecutive bombardments, they can be annihilated.

The immortal deities at the marquis level have almost all achieved "immortality".

Even if the divine body is shattered, it will reassemble itself, and its energy will not be lost at all. Even if it is destroyed hundreds or thousands of times, it will be of no use.

At this point, there are mainly two methods.

One is 'soul destruction', and the other is 'forced annihilation'.

The destruction of the soul is similar to the methods of an illusionist.

Although his body's energy was not lost, it was as if he had been "poisoned." All his soul imprints were permeated, and as time passed, all his soul imprints would shatter... and he would die!

Forced annihilation relies on absolute suppression of power to destroy the opponent's immortal divine power time and time again until all of the opponent's immortal divine power is completely destroyed.

However, both soul destruction and forced annihilation require extremely high strength.

Soul destruction requires extremely high spiritual attainments, while forced annihilation requires strength far exceeding that of the opponent.

Generally speaking, if the difference in strength is enormous, a Universe Venerable could probably annihilate a Marquis-level Immortal with ease.

If the difference in strength is not too great, for example, if a newly appointed King wants to kill a high-ranking Marquis, he must pay a price, which is to "burn his immortal divine power".

However, once the immortal divine power is burned, it is equivalent to voluntarily losing this part of the divine power and the part of the soul contained within it, which is a permanent damage.

Once a newly appointed King-level expert ignites their immortal divine power, their strength skyrockets, making them comparable to a peak King-level expert. Naturally, they can easily annihilate a high-level Marquis-level expert.

Annihilating a high-ranking Marquis, or even a low-ranking King... would take hundreds or thousands of years to recover.

Of course, if a high-ranking king wants to kill a high-ranking marquis, normal attacks can damage the opponent's essence. A little burning of immortal divine power can easily kill the opponent, and it will take several years to recover.

As for those at the peak of the King level, they could probably kill a high-level Immortal with a single blow.

This is forced annihilation, relying on the absolute difference in strength. If the difference is not enough, it is made up by 'burning immortal divine power'.

This is also why Virtual Universe Company dispatched such a powerful Xuanjia Action Team.

With King Qingfeng's peak strength, killing 'Renani' would only require a small price to pay, and with his ability to stop time, he wouldn't give the opponent a chance to escape.

"Your Highness, when shall we begin our operation?" King Qingfeng asked with a smile.

"If you all have no objections, we can set off now!" Lu Ming nodded and said.

"No problem!" the armored elder, King Qingfeng, quickly replied.

Immediately, Lu Ming and the others boarded a spaceship and left Huiyun Star.

Lu Ming, on the other hand, separated a wisp of his consciousness to connect to the virtual universe and gather intelligence on the two immortal gods as targets.

The most important part of this mission is to kill the two immortal gods. The Virtual Universe Company even sent a team of powerful experts led by a peak-level King to carry out this task. Of course, Lu Ming had to make sure that everything went perfectly.

(End of this chapter)