Swallowing the Stars: Cultivate to Become Stronger.

Chapter 181 The mantis stalks the cicada

For immortals who possess eternal life, time is the least valuable thing before the destruction of the primordial universe.

In just one year.

For many powerful kings, it's not even a moment to take a nap. After all, it usually takes them hundreds of years to travel in the universe, so a mere year is just a blink of an eye.

But Luo Shen lived a very carefree year.

He had already made his plans, choosing his Crimson Flame Spirit clone and Yan Na as his helpers. Naturally, he didn't need to seek help from other powerful figures in the human camp. Therefore, Luo Shen spent almost the entire year wandering around this area.

On the Flame Sacrifice Continent, combat power approaching the peak of the King-level realm is absolutely at the very top of the pyramid.

Occasionally, his hunting trips have made other races aware that a powerful human wielding a sword has appeared on the Flame Sacrifice Continent. Known as the "King of Blades," he is a high-level King-ranked warrior, renowned for his swift movements and fierce swordsmanship, and is not to be trifled with.

Although he didn't hunt down any powerful alien races, it actually served Luo Shen's purpose of diverting attention from the fact that his identity had been exposed.

"A year has passed, and I reckon that Killing King should be arriving with his men by now."

Luo Shen lay on a rock, bored, and said, "I hope he can bring some powerful figures with him, otherwise it would be a waste of my time waiting. He should at least bring two peak-level King-level experts."

As mentioned before, Luo Shen intended to let the Killing King go, planning to use the sacrificial tower as a pretext to have the Killing King contact the powerful members of their demon clan, thus saving Luo Shen the trouble of searching.

Inside the sacrificial tower, one cannot leave by teleportation; apart from the normal passages, one can only rely on the divine kingdom's teleportation.

In this situation, even if faced with a life-or-death crisis, one can only confront the enemy head-on. That's why Luo Shen chose to let the King of Slaughter leave, so that he could find more allies and wipe them all out at once.

On the Flame Sacrifice Continent, there are not many experts at the peak of the King level.

Furthermore, each of them possesses extremely strong survival skills, making them extremely difficult to kill. After all, even if they are driven to the brink of despair, they will find a way to hold out until their allies arrive to provide support.

But it's different at the sacrificial tower.

The materials used to build the sacrificial tower are quite sturdy, as it serves as the cornerstone for the inheritance of the clan and race, and it is naturally not so easy to destroy.

Therefore, neither brute force destruction nor spatial teleportation can escape it.

In this way, Luo Shen will have enough time to deal with them one by one and eventually wipe them all out!

Of course, Luo Shen wasn't after the treasures they possessed. Although each of these powerful experts at the peak of their power was incredibly wealthy, with a minimum net worth of tens of billions of Chaos Yuan units, and if they possessed any powerful treasures, the price would be in the trillions of Chaos Yuan units, what Luo Shen truly valued was the experts themselves.

A king-level expert is an extremely rare existence, no matter where you are.

Even among the human race, those at the peak of the King level are extremely rare. The entire Hong Alliance only has about 300 million Kings. Keep in mind that this is one of the six most powerful races in the universe, and even they only have this many Kings.

Can be imagined.

Each king is considered a treasure within the clan.

Even with the existence of the Mind's Eye Blade elsewhere, Luo Shen wasn't 100% confident he could enslave a peak-level King-level expert, as enslavement itself was extremely difficult.

Although Luo Shen's mastery of the Mind's Eye Blade was almost at the level of a Cosmic Venerable, it was still only at the King level. It was unknown what effect it could have on a King-level expert. Therefore, to be on the safe side, Luo Shen planned to take advantage of the location of the Sacrifice Tower.

Yan Na laughed and said, "They're just three kings, no problem dealing with them."

The Crimson Flame Spirit clone glanced at it from the side.

To be honest, he had never been able to see through this woman's strength, nor did he know the extent of her understanding of the laws of space. He always felt that she was ready to step into the level of a cosmic venerable at any time, but there was still no movement from her.

suddenly!

"Swish!" "Swish!" "Swish!"

With a spatial fluctuation that seemed to teleport, three figures appeared in front of Luo Shen.

"King of Blades, you haven't left at all." The familiar voice of the Killing King came, and Luo Shen and the other two looked in the direction of the voice. They saw the familiar Killing King with two helpers beside him. One of them was a demon who was nearly three meters tall and covered with purple-gold scales. His flat, long head had two narrow eyes that looked like those of a venomous snake. The other one was full of savage and crazy aura and was covered with purple scales. He looked very dangerous.

During this time, Luo Shen also brushed up on his knowledge and learned how many powerful kings there were on the Flame Sacrifice Continent.

These two are the "Black Horse King" and the "Silver Scale King," both of whom are quite famous throughout the Seventh Battlefield. The Black Horse King is a demon race member who is nearly three meters tall, while the Silver Scale King is a powerful figure whose entire body is covered with purple scales.

He is called the Silver Scale King because he has a special secret technique called "Silver Scale".

In battle, once unleashed, his purple scales will instantly turn silver-white, and his combat power will also increase significantly, making him, like the King of Slaughter, a peak-level King-level expert.

As for King Wuju, he was a peak-level king.

"King of Slaughter is indeed quite capable, managing to invite King Black Horse and King Silver Scale. It seems you are determined to obtain the treasure of this sacrificial tower."

Luo Shen said calmly.

"Hmph!" The Killing King was still holding a grudge against Luo Shen for the insults he had suffered in the previous battle, so he didn't respond to Luo Shen's words at all, and instead focused his gaze on Yan Na and the Crimson Flame Spirit clone beside him.

"I haven't yet asked how to address these two people?"

King Wuju asked.

On this seventh battlefield, there are only so many powerful figures who have been granted the title of King. They have all met each other before, but they have never seen these two before. For safety's sake, they must first find out the background of Yan Na and the other person.

Luo Shen glanced at King Wuju and slowly introduced, "This is King Nanga, and her servants."

There were six people present.

There were also six tokens, clearly indicating that Luo Shen's side intended for the three of them to take action.

"King of Nanga!?"

The King of Slaughter's gaze swept over Yan Na, pondering, "Isn't this Luo Shen's bodyguard? How come he's here? Could it be?" His gaze then fell on the Crimson Flame Spirit clone standing to the side.

The Crimson Flame Spirit clone possessed an extremely strong fire attribute aura, making it immediately apparent that it was not a flesh-and-blood being.

"Are we going in or not?"

Luo Shen pursed his lips and said, "If you're not going in, then I'm leaving."

The three, including the King of Slaughter, exchanged glances and quickly finished communicating. They all took the tokens and entered the passage of the sacrificial tower.

Luo Shen and the other two exchanged glances and followed them inside.

The treasures in the core area of ​​the sacrificial tower are actually divided into two treasure chambers and one inheritance chamber.

The treasure room contains all sorts of expensive materials, weapons, and special treasures from the Flame Sacrifice Continent, while the inheritance room contains secret techniques accumulated over countless years by the native inhabitants of the Flame Sacrifice Continent, suitable for the life structure of their people.

One of the treasure rooms is the most basic, requiring no special requirements; it can be obtained simply by entering the core area.

The other treasure room and inheritance room can only be opened by combining the original inhabitants of the Flame Sacrifice Continent and the token.

Luo Shen is not sure if this sacrificial tower is the same one that appeared in the original story. Without the native inhabitants of the Flame Sacrifice Continent, it would be impossible to open another treasure chamber and inherit the legacy. Therefore, he has not placed all his hopes on the treasure of this sacrificial tower.

Anyway, if we can take down these three, including the King of Killing, the result will be the same.

The end of the circular passage.

Luo Shen, Yan Na, and the three members of the Killing King's group, a total of six people, each holding a token, began to enter the passage separately.

Crackling sound~~~

As the six tokens were placed into the groove at the end of the channel, all six channels began to rotate while vibrating. As they slowly rotated, one of the channels gradually closed and then stopped.

The passage in front of us is completely clear!

Before me was a completely empty hall.

"drink!"

As soon as they entered the core area, the three members of the Killing King began to attack, targeting the Crimson Flame Essence clone whose aura was clearly only at the World Lord level. Judging from their synchronized movements, it was impossible to say that there was no premeditation.

Previously, they had been holding back because the core area passage had been opened. Now that the passage was open and they had entered the core area, they would naturally deal with the weakest Crimson Flame Spirit clone first.

Actually, that's not the only reason.

The main reason was Yan Na's presence, which made these three powerful kings suspect that the human Luo Shen might also have come, but had been hiding in one of their world rings. Just in case, they wanted to force the person hiding in the dark out while they were still at the entrance of the passage.

With the combined efforts of the three kings, even the Crimson Flame Spirit clone, possessing combat power comparable to that of a king, could only retreat helplessly.

It turned into a ball of flames and ashes almost instantly.

"Good tactic!" Luo Shen gritted his teeth and exchanged a glance with Yan Na. Then he quickly flew forward along one of the corridors. Fighting at the entrance of this passage was pointless. Even if he defeated one of them, the other two might have already escaped.

"Don't even think about escaping!"

Seeing that Luo Shen and his companion had chosen to run away, the three of them were stunned for a moment, then quickly sprang into action and chased after them.

The interior of the sacrificial tower contains incredibly complex ritualistic runes. Under special application, the entire interior of the sacrificial tower is completely sealed off, making teleportation impossible. Therefore, they can only rely on speed to fly.

Luo Shen's speed is his greatest advantage in this area where teleportation is impossible.

Luo Shen swiftly changed direction in the winding corridor, his speed soaring. He quickly left behind the three powerful kings behind him, eliciting roars and shouts of anger as they unleashed their immortal divine power. However, they were unable to stop Luo Shen's actions in the slightest.

After all, Yan Na, a powerful figure who was becoming increasingly strong, was closely following Luo Shen.

This corridor is the internal corridor of the sacrificial tower. The core area is only tens of thousands of kilometers in diameter, but this corridor is hundreds of thousands of kilometers long, encircling many areas within the entire core area. Some corridor areas are extremely narrow, making it difficult to accelerate.

For a powerful expert who has reached the King level, such a short passage is almost over as soon as they accelerate.

Therefore, the distance between the three Killing Kings and Luo Shen and his companions was widening. Seeing that they could no longer even catch a whiff of their exhaust fumes, the Killing King's eyes turned cold, and he had no choice but to use the trump card he had prepared in advance to target Luo Shen.

boom!

An immortal divine power instantly burst forth from the center of the Killing King. As soon as it burst forth, it dispersed and intertwined with each other like a sky full of fire, forming a huge grid that directly enveloped Luo Shen.

This giant net of flames was borrowed by the Killing King from his clan over the course of a year.

Although it cannot enhance combat power, it is a powerful weapon against certain strong individuals with exceptional flying abilities, especially strong individuals like Luo Shen. Once they are tainted by this fire net, it will not be so easy for them to fly as easily as they do now.

Luo Shen frowned.

He had already noticed the fire net rushing closer and closer behind him, and seeing that it was about to hit him, he instantly swung his sword backhand.

The blade flashed with a sharp, terrifying light, and almost instantly cleaved the fire net in half. However, driven by the power of the Killing King, the fire net quickly recovered and continued to fly towards Luo Shen.

"If they get caught in the net, this battle will be much more difficult."

Luo Shen transmitted his voice through divine power: "Since we're already halfway into this passage, it won't be easy for them to escape. Let's start the battle!"

Yan Na was already prepared for the battle.

"Singing—"

A beam of icy blue light instantly rose from Yan Na's hand, accompanied by a burst of icy blue divine power. In almost an instant, the entire circular passage was covered by falling ice and snow, and the fire net that was flying towards them was instantly frozen into ice shards.

"What is this?"

The three men, including the King of Killing, were slightly taken aback. The King of Killing, in particular, was the one who had made the move. He knew best how powerful that fire net was, yet Yan Na had managed to neutralize it so easily. As expected of the bodyguard sent by humans to protect Luo Shen, she was indeed quite capable.

"freeze!"

Ignoring the thoughts of the three Killing Kings, Yan Na's eyes gleamed with an icy blue light, and she pointed her right hand into the air.

The snow and ice swirling around them suddenly swirled and gathered in a very short time, forming an ice and snow tornado that swept directly toward the three of them. Its speed was almost comparable to divine power.

As mentioned before, this circular passage is very short, with the longest section being no more than a hundred kilometers.

At such a short distance, there was naturally not enough time for the three of them to react before they were swept up by the ice and snow tornado. The three of them only felt a chill on their skin before being covered by the surrounding ice and snow, and were truly frozen!

God!

They were powerful beings at the pinnacle of the King realm. Even in the cosmic gales, only a very few could affect their physiques, let alone ordinary wind and snow. How could they be so powerless against it and be frozen in place?

Regardless of their confusion, Luo Shen showed no intention of explaining anything to them.

He instantly grabbed the fire net from the ground and slammed it down on the three of them, his eyes flashing with a dazzling light that sent chills down their spines, instantly striking their will.

A cunning dagger!

This is one of Luo Shen's strongest trump cards, as he is about to reach the level of a Cosmic Venerable!

Finally, at this moment, it shines with its most dazzling light.

(End of this chapter)