Swallowing the Stars: Cultivate to Become Stronger.

Chapter 193 The Movement and the Visitor!

"Whoosh!"

Spatial rifts appeared one after another, constantly appearing and disappearing around the Wu Shi Wings. After being subjected to the terrifying impact of the Skeleton Needle King's divine body self-destruction, even space as tough as it was could not withstand it.

Fortunately, Luo Shen ultimately withstood the blow.

"I didn't expect the Skull Needle King to be so decisive. Nan Cheng truly lives up to her title as the Queen of the Zerg. She can even casually throw away the life of her first king. If the Skull Needle King had self-destructed around the Killing King and his group of soul servants, I'm afraid they would all have lost more than half of their divine bodies by now."

Luo Shen looked at the Zerg Queen Nan Cheng, who had been cornered by Yan Na, and there were very few of the immortal Zerg warriors left around her.

"Yan Na's strength is indeed quite formidable."

Fortunately, Yan Na is one of our own, so there's no need to worry about her suddenly turning against us.

The Zerg Queen Nan Cheng was a master of soul control. Seeing that the situation was not good, she wanted to order her royal servants to come and protect her as she left, but Luo Shen and Yan Na would not give her the chance.

Because they were worried that the Southern Punishment Army would self-destruct like the Skull Needle King.

So the instant Luo Shen informed the King of Killing to release the divine power space seal, he instantly teleported to the vicinity of Nan Cheng's insectoid mother nest. His battle blade slashed through the insectoid mother nest, revealing the horrified Queen Nan Cheng.

"A dagger to the heart!"

He aimed a direct, sharp strike at Nan Cheng!

As a master of soul control, Nan Cheng's will has naturally reached a level close to perfection below the level of a Cosmic Venerable, even slightly better than Xuanmu King, and is only a step away from the level of a Cosmic Venerable.

But it was precisely this thin line that completely blocked its only chance of survival.

"The Phoenix Soars Through the Nine Heavens!"

Having worked together for a long time, Yan Na naturally knew that this was the best time to strike. In an instant, her long whip sent the charging Immortal Zerg warriors flying, and then she directly pulled the Zerg Queen Nan Cheng out of the nest.

The second level of the Ice Heart Order's secret technique was instantly activated!

Unleash a series of control attacks.

During this time, Luo Shen never stopped his relentless attacks, keeping Nan Cheng in a state of constant mental strain, thus creating an excellent opportunity for Yan Na to enslave her soul.

"Soul Stealing!"

This is the soul enslavement method that Yan Na cultivated. Previously, Killing King and others had the seeds of soul enslavement planted in them by this secret method.

failure!

failure!

failure!

Despite suffering repeated defeats and being rendered powerless to resist by the attack on his will, Nan Cheng's unwavering will prevented him from being easily enslaved like ordinary kings at the limit of their power.

But even the strongest will cannot withstand the persistence of water dripping on stone!

"Damn it!" the Zerg Queen Nan Cheng's will roared, "I'm not reconciled! I'm not reconciled! Humans, humans, I..."

The next second, all the roars disappeared.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that Luo Shen had finally broken through Nan Cheng's bottom line, and then the soul seed of the Soul-Stealing Secret Technique was directly planted in his heart. The once invincible Zerg Queen Nan Cheng was enslaved!

"It's a success!"

Yan Na's face lit up with joy, while Luo Shen's gaze turned to Nan Cheng.

With a gentle, delicate body, resembling a girl next door who needed to be pampered, Nan Cheng opened its eyes. Its gaze towards Yan Na held a deep, soul-stirring reverence. It quickly stood up and respectfully bowed to Yan Na, saying, "Master!"

Once enslaved by a soul, everything a servant does will revolve around the master who enslaved them.

Just like the previous Skull Needle King, even if Yan Na made it self-destruct and perish right now, it would not have the slightest thought of resistance and would die directly for its master!

"very good!"

Luo Shen's eyes lit up: "With the Xuanmu King and Nan Cheng, once I reawaken the Xuanmu King and combine them together, they will definitely form an invincible combination that will shock the battlefield beyond the realm!"

Yan Na, standing to the side, chuckled and said, "Our combination is already invincible enough."

That's right.

Even the combination of Xuanmu King, Nancheng, and Skull Needle King was defeated by Luo Shen and his group. Furthermore, the fact that one of their three main forces died and two were enslaved has truly demonstrated the strength of this combination.

"But it's strange, really."

Looking at the respectful Nan Cheng before him, Luo Shen pondered, "Logically speaking, the passage to this forbidden area shouldn't be able to open a second time in such a short period of time. We've only been here a short while and we've already encountered Nan Cheng and the others. How did the Xuanmu King get in?"

Yan Na didn't think much of it and casually said, "Maybe it's the birth of Zhenfeng Xingchen."

What was said unintentionally was taken seriously by the listener.

When Luo Shen first encountered the Forbidden Zone Guardians, he didn't take it to heart. After all, according to Killing King and others, encountering Forbidden Zone Guardians in the Forbidden Zone was quite normal. Although they encountered relatively rare Forbidden Zone Guardians of hundreds of kilometers in size, it wouldn't have been a big deal if it weren't for the fact that it was Luo Shen's first time encountering Forbidden Zone Guardians.

Most importantly, Yan Na had previously inquired with other human kings and found no difference between the forbidden area and the past.

So Luo Shen still didn't take it to heart.

But now, because of the incidents involving Nan Cheng and Xuan Mu Wang, coupled with Yan Na's casual remark, Luo Shen had a sudden inspiration and had other ideas.

One time could be a coincidence.

Twice.

Three times?

To verify his idea, Luo Shen and Yan Na quickly searched for a teleportation channel to the next forbidden space. He wanted to observe the state of the sealed stars below in the channel to verify his idea.

Inside the main hall of the Star Tower.

Puti looked at the forbidden space where Luo Shen was with great interest, his face full of admiration: "As expected of the race that the teacher values. I didn't expect that Luo Shen has only cultivated for a few hundred years, but he already has the strength to defeat the Xuanmu King and the Zerg Queen Nan Cheng."

"but--"

"The method he used has some resemblance to that of the Crystal Clan, but it is also somewhat different from their methods. It seems that Luo Shen is also a genius with great opportunities and good fortune, and he is worth guiding."

Puti thought for a moment, then waved his hand.

One of the countless sealed stars outside the main hall suddenly trembled, stood out from the crowd of sealed stars, and flew straight into the sky.

Puti's voice carried far: "Although the teacher forbade me from directly interfering in Earth's growth, allowing my future third junior brother to grow freely and eventually embark on a path of strength, Luo Shen is from Earth and has already arrived at the Star Tower. Although he has not yet cultivated the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual, we are still destined to meet, so I will give him some pointers."

"If he is truly fortunate enough to obtain this Star-Sealing Technique, then even at the risk of being punished by my teacher, I will still give him some guidance."

Both Puti and Yan Di, the patriarch of the Yan God Clan, are disciples of the cosmic super-powerful Zuo Shan Ke.

Although Puti was just a servant under Zuo Shan Ke, he eventually stood out after being guided by Zuo Shan Ke and was valued by Zuo Shan Ke, becoming his first disciple. The arrogant Yan Di never really thought much of his senior brother.

In terms of pure strength, although Puti humbly claims to be inferior to Yan Di, Puti's strength has actually far surpassed Yan Di's. Even the human Ice Peak Lord might not be able to defeat him.

After all, Puti, who was taken in as a servant by the Mountain Hermit and eventually granted the status of his eldest disciple, was no simpleton.

Don't you see?

In the original story, the identity of the Blood Cloud Palace Master prepared for the three disciples by the Mountain Master was a special life that he casually saved. Among them grew into top-level universe overlords such as the Black Sky Lord. However, even a special life like the Black Sky Lord still failed to catch the Mountain Master's eye.

Puti's ability to stand out among the servants of the Mountain Dweller suggests that he must possess some extraordinary qualities.

In the endless void.

Luo Shen and Yan Na sat cross-legged on a giant fireball, which was flying along a predetermined trajectory into the next forbidden space.

Deep within the endless void below, countless sealed stars are slowly rolling at a constant speed. They have been rolling for hundreds of millions of years and will continue to roll for even longer, never stopping, until they are born!

Luo Shen gazed silently at the void below.

With his eyesight, he naturally couldn't see the subtle changes in the sealed stars. However, he did notice some other changes: the sealed star below was rolling upwards much faster than the other sealed stars.

"It seems that we really might encounter a situation where the star that was once sealed away is about to be born."

Luo Shen said with a burning gaze.

Although he didn't know why an additional sealing star would appear outside of the original story, since in the original story, apart from the sealing star that appeared after Luo Feng arrived at the Star Tower, there shouldn't have been any sealing stars appearing at this point in time.

But Luo Shen was certain that the emergence of this sealed star was related to his arrival.

"Could it be that the Mountain Hermit, or perhaps that Puti, has noticed me?" Luo Shen wondered to himself.

Just as Luo Shen and his companion were about to reach the entrance to the next forbidden space, a call request was suddenly sent through the virtual universe. Luo Shen immediately sent a wisp of his consciousness into the virtual universe to accept the call invitation.

"Oh, Venerable Yezheng is leading the team personally?"

Luo Shen raised an eyebrow, his expression somewhat strange, as he had just hung up the call.

Although he knew he would join the Hong Alliance sooner or later, he did not expect it to happen so quickly. He also did not expect that the team that invited him to join the Hong Alliance would be led by a Universe Venerable.

After all, under normal circumstances, although a King-level expert would be invited to join the Hong Alliance, the invited team would only consist of a few King-level experts.

Luo Shen's case is truly rare.

Fortunately, Luo Shen was still at the entrance of another forbidden space, so there was no need to rush to the next forbidden space. He could wait for their arrival.

It didn't take long.

Luo Shen received news that a large group of powerful men were waiting outside his manor.

We left the manor.

At the main gate, a large group of immortal gods, who were being received by Rong Di, were quietly waiting for Luo Shen's arrival in front of a tall man wearing purple armor.

Among this group of immortal gods, there are various races, only three of whom are human, and the rest are of other races.

However, Luo Shen did not linger on the other kings, but instead focused his gaze on the tall man in purple armor in front of him, and tentatively asked, "Are you Venerable Yezheng?"

Of course, Luo Shen also sensed it from the oppressive aura emanating from the other party.

This was an even more terrifying pressure than the previous Xuanmu King had brought him!

"Greetings, Your Highness Luo Shen." Venerable Ye Zheng smiled and said, "I believe you have already received the news that we are a special envoy team from the Hong Alliance. We have come here to formally invite Your Highness Luo Shen to join our Hong Alliance."

Venerable Yezheng's attitude was very good.

There are two reasons. First, it's out of respect for Luo Shen's teacher, the Lord of Chaos City. Second, it's because Luo Shen killed a King-level Immortal God even before joining the Hong Alliance. No matter what methods Luo Shen used, it's a genuine achievement.

Most importantly, Luo Shen is still only a Realm Lord, which can be seen from the fact that Luo Shen is still the Realm Lord of the Primal Secret Realm.

Even a World Lord possesses such terrifying strength.

How powerful will Luo Shen be when he grows into an immortal god? Will he reach the limit of being a king, or will he be invincible as a king?

Nobody knows.

Therefore, Venerable Yezheng's attitude was very proper. At least in Luo Shen's view, the other party did not adopt the condescending attitude of a cosmic venerable, but maintained an equal stance, which made Luo Shen feel very comfortable.

"I don't have any impressive achievements to show for myself, so what makes me worthy of joining the Hong Alliance?"

Luo Shen tentatively asked, "Could it be that the teacher pulled some strings for me? This kind of thing is not encouraged. If I get in and the other princes laugh at me, it's fine if I lose face myself, but I can't let the teacher lose face."

He knew his own strength, but others did not.

Moreover, he used the identity of Blade King in the extraterritorial battlefield. Although the truth had been exposed by Xuanmu King and Nan Cheng, it would not spread so quickly to the ears of the human race.

That's why he tested the waters, intentionally or unintentionally.

Venerable Yezheng laughed and said, "King Blade is powerful enough to kill even a peak-level immortal god, so he is naturally qualified to enter the Hong Alliance. If even you are not qualified, then most of the many kings in the Hong Alliance will have to be kicked out."

The words of Venerable Yezheng also contained a lot of meaning.

This contained the information Luo Shen most wanted to know: first, his identity as the Blade King had been exposed; and second, the Skeleton Needle King, who had reached the pinnacle of the King-level realm, had self-destructed, and the military merit was attributed to Luo Shen, which was why the Hong Alliance's invitation mechanism was triggered, rather than the Chaos City Lord giving him a back door.

Upon learning this news, Luo Shen's smile widened even further.

"Gentlemen, please come inside and have a seat. There's no rush to join the Hong Alliance. My teacher is a hall master of the Hong Alliance, so how could I, as a disciple, not join?" Luo Shen invited. "However, I still only have a superficial understanding of the Hong Alliance, and I would appreciate your guidance."

The assembled kings and venerable masters naturally did not refuse Luo Shen's invitation.

After all, if it weren't for wanting to cultivate a good relationship with Luo Shen, this super genius of the human race, why would Venerable Yezheng, a dignified Venerable, personally lead a team to invite him?

Everyone followed Luo Shen into the manor.

After everyone was seated in the living room, Venerable Yezheng began to introduce the names of the powerful figures present to Luo Shen. As Luo Shen expected, apart from Venerable Yezheng, everyone else was a King, and the weakest was at the peak of the King level. There was even King Tianyu, who had an excellent relationship with Luo Feng's teacher, King Zhenyan, and was an invincible King.

This was somewhat unexpected for Luo Shen.

After all, although King Tianyu was slightly more active than King Zhenyan, he had been stationed at Demon Mountain and had not interacted with other kings for many years. This time, he actually made a move for a junior like him, which was indeed beyond the expectations of many people.

Little did they know, Tianyu Wang had come to discuss matters with Luo Shen.

(End of this chapter)