Swallowing the Stars: Cultivate to Become Stronger.

Chapter 195 Harvesting!

Joining the Hongmeng and handling the matter of the Tianyu clan joining Earth only took Luo Shen half a day.

This was because King Tianyu had made preparations long ago.

Even if Luo Shen does not agree to accept the Tianyu clan, the Tianyu King will choose to lead all his people away from the ancestral land of the Feathered People and find other places that are willing to accept the Tianyu clan. After all, there are many branches of the human race, and there are quite a few branches with cosmic overlords.

Although the Feathered People are powerful, they cannot control everything.

Therefore, within half a day of Luo Shen's agreement, all members of the Tianyu clan had already appeared within the territory of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom.

In response, Luo Shen could only sigh that Wang Yu was truly someone who was destined for great things.

Full of boldness!

……

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

Furthermore, Luo Shen spent seven days resting and sorting out the gains from the battle with the Zerg Queen Nan Cheng and the Xuanmu King in that forbidden space.

Of course, the time was mainly spent confirming whether a sealed star had emerged in the Star Tower, and traveling to human territories to purchase resources that would awaken the sleeping Xuanmu King.

There has been no movement detected in Zhenfeng Xingchen for the time being.

However, purchasing the resources needed to restore the Xuanmu King took a lot of effort from Luo Shen.

It's important to understand that the cost of resources needed to restore a god's body varies greatly depending on whether the loss is 10%, 30%, 150%, or more than 70%, or if the god is killed and falls into a deep sleep.

Although the Xuanmu King is a super-sealed king, his strength is more terrifying than most of the limit-level sealed kings, and he is only a small step away from becoming an invincible sealed king. However, whether he is a limit-level sealed king or a super-sealed king, he relies on body amplitude-type secret techniques to instantly increase the quality of his "immortal divine power", but his overall total energy does not change.

Just like in the original work, the Golden Horned Beast's enormous body greatly increased its strength after using "The True World" because its body shrank and the density of its muscles and bones increased.

As for the Xuanmu King, who was in a slumbering state, he had naturally long since deactivated the divine body amplification-type secret technique. At this moment, his divine body was that of an ordinary peak-level King-level expert who was in a slumber.

Therefore, restoring the Xuanmu King is no different from restoring a peak-level King-level expert.

but.

Although awakening the slumbering Xuanmu King is as difficult as awakening a typical peak-level King-level expert, the requirements are equally substantial.

The restoration of the divine body has two stages.

The first is to awaken from slumber, and the second is to fully recover. Once awakened, the Mysterious Tomb King will have self-awareness and can actively absorb the mysterious power contained in many treasures to quickly recover.

However, when it is dormant, it cannot actively absorb nutrients, so the required treasures are much more expensive!

Because the Xuanmu King is a different race, his life gene level is much higher than that of humans, so he needs more treasures. Even in the awakening stage, he needs 780 billion Chaos Units.

This only restored the Xuanmu King's divine body to about 20%.

At most, a divine body of this level possesses self-awareness and can restore itself by freely absorbing the unowned divine power from the origin of the universe.

However, this recovery is extremely slow.

Like in the original story, Luo Feng used the Fire God Source Crystal to self-destruct, severely injuring the Heavy Arrow King and the Blood Beast King. One was seriously injured and fell into a coma, while the other was frightened away. The Blood Beast King, who escaped, was the one who planned to cultivate in seclusion for hundreds of millions of years to restore his severely injured divine body.

This is because every bit of wealth possessed by a powerful king is hard-earned, the result of countless years of accumulation.

Moreover, this is the time it takes for the Blood Beast King, who possesses a near-divine physique, to recover.

If 20% of the divine body is restored to its full potential, the time required will certainly be longer.

If there had been that time to wait for the Xuanmu King to slowly recover, Luo Shen would have grown to an unknown extent long ago.

Therefore, it is necessary to purchase enough treasures to restore the Xuanmu King's divine body to its peak state. The price required for this part is lower, but it still requires treasures worth at least 30 billion Chaos Units.

The total exceeds 100 billion mixed units.

After obtaining the treasure from the sacrificial tower, Luo Shen spent a lot of money buying cultivation resources to aid in the body vibration technique, along with other supplies to aid in combat. As a result, he didn't have much cash left.

It was not enough to restore the Xuanmu King to his normal state.

Fortunately.

The world rings of Xuanmu King and others contained many treasures, which, pieced together from various sources, managed to fill the remaining gaps.

This doesn't mean that Xuanmu King can't even produce a treasure worth 100 billion Chaos Units. The treasure he possesses alone exceeds 1 trillion Chaos Units, not to mention the other treasures he has. However, these treasures constitute the main combat force of Xuanmu King, so Luo Shen naturally has no intention of selling them.

We can't let the mighty Xuanmu King become a mere day-shift character, can we? What use would he be then?

However, it was all worth it.

After all, in his complete form, the Xuanmu King's strength ranks among the top ten in the entire extraterritorial battlefield.

Each of them, who can be called a super king, has super combat power and life-saving ability. It is not easy for a strong person of the same level to kill them. Even Luo Shen only had the opportunity to enslave the Xuanmu King by relying on the Mind's Eye Blade, a secret technique of will.

Let alone in the primordial universe, even in places like the Origin Continent, the secret techniques of will are extremely terrifying.

For example, the divine eye technique of the Divine King of Jin, and the Yuan Dynasty's technique of categorizing the world.

With the Xuanmu King restored to his full strength, along with Yan Na and Luo Shen, they would be hard to find an opponent, let alone in the Star Tower or even in the outer battlefield.

Even though, unlike Luo Feng after the Star Tower recognized him as its master in the original story, he could not know the number of alien powerhouses in each forbidden space and could freely choose his combat opponents.

But Luo Shen and his group were stronger.

No matter what kind of enemy they encounter, as long as their numbers don't exceed a certain threshold, they have the absolute power to suppress them!

At first, Luo Shen didn't dare to go too far. At least when he encountered some alien teams that were too powerful, he would choose to give up, especially alien teams whose entire members were at the limit of the King level.

After all, the strength of someone at the pinnacle of kingship is already terrifying.

If given the chance, they might actually find an opportunity to expose themselves, and then the secret of the Heart-Eye Knife would be revealed, which wouldn't be a good thing for Luo Shen at this stage.

Luo Shen wasn't afraid of being granted a title of king in ordinary circumstances.

Even among the four most powerful clans, only those at the peak of the King level or above are generally qualified to be resurrected.

Ordinary kings cannot be resurrected unless their teachers are willing to pay a sufficient price.

Even if they fail to enslave them and force them to self-destruct, the secret of the Mind's Eye Knife will not be exposed.

If a powerful expert at the pinnacle of the King realm were to self-destruct and be resurrected, they might be able to discover some clues and deduce the existence of the Mind's Eye Blade.

Although the possibility was slim, Luo Shen was still unwilling to take the gamble.

Moreover, this situation changed after the Xuanmu King fully recovered.

The Xuanmu King himself is very powerful.

Even without the Mind's Eye Blade, a typical elite alien team at the King-level is no match for the Tomb King. Therefore, Luo Shen doesn't need to use the Mind's Eye Blade throughout the entire fight; he only needs to use it the moment the opponent escapes.

This way, the other party's attention will only be focused on the Xuanmu King.

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When venturing into space, comrades and servants are extremely important!

As the saying goes, "When you're out in the world, you're bound to get hurt."

Before one's strength reaches the level of Yuan, which allows one to break through all laws with one's own strength, one is ultimately weak. Even if Luo Shen possesses a secret technique of willpower like the Mind's Eye Blade, which gives him an advantage when dealing with the vast majority of strong individuals.

However, when faced with a large number of powerful opponents, Luo Shen still seemed somewhat overwhelmed.

However, obtaining a powerful servant is extremely difficult. After all, it is rare to find an opponent that you can handle and who cannot escape. Moreover, direct soul control is something that only soul masters can do.

Masters who excel in matters of the soul are extremely rare, even in the entire universe.

Of course, the simplest and most idiotic method is to kill the opponent and put them into a deep sleep, and then take control of them.

Just like how Luo Shen dealt with the Xuanmu King.

However, it is extremely difficult to kill an opponent into a deep sleep. Firstly, if the opponent realizes that they are not as strong as others, they may simply self-destruct. Secondly, it is impossible to control one's power with perfect precision to put the opponent into a deep sleep.

When a divine body is damaged to a certain extent, its defensive capabilities are extremely low, and it is possible that a slight burst of energy could kill the opponent.

Furthermore, even if one could successfully control a sleeping immortal god, how long would it take to bring it back to life?

It's impossible to spend a lot of precious treasures to restore and awaken them every time, like the Xuanmu King did. For Luo Shen, the value of a King-level expert is far less than one hundred billion Chaos Units.

This is why controlling an immortal servant with great power is so difficult.

Even those masters of the soul realm may not have servants whose strength is close to their own; most of them are at a level above them.

There are numerous forbidden spaces within the Star Tower.

Even if one spent billions of years in the Star Tower, it would be impossible to explore all the forbidden spaces. Furthermore, the opening of the passages to the forbidden spaces is completely unpredictable. Therefore, the powerful individuals who travel within the Star Tower almost always travel in teams to avoid encountering enemies who counter them and suffering unforeseen consequences.

Inside a forbidden area.

Snow and ice filled the air, and a fierce wind howled. Amidst the swirling snowflakes, three indistinct, tall shadows loomed on the snow-covered ground.

"What bad luck."

"We were about to capture that high-ranking Qiuka tribe, but who would have thought it could break free from our control at the last moment? And just like that, a passageway appeared right in front of it. What a lucky break for it!"

This is a rock creature with a ferocious head, its jewel-like eyes filled with a menacing light.

"We were so unlucky."

Another creature, resembling the rock-like being, growled in unison, "This is the third time in nearly a thousand years! If we successfully kill them all, our spoils will be at least double what they are now!"

Both of them are from the "Qiuyan Clan" on the very edge of the universe, belonging to a type of rock-based life form.

Both rock creatures possess peak King-level combat power. Most importantly, they have the unique advantage of rock-type life forms—extremely strong defense!

The "adult" they were referring to was the "Silver Scale King," who was also at the peak of the King-level and a master of soul control!

Be patient!

Beneath his black robe, the Silver Scale King revealed a pair of swirling, silver-white eyes. His face, partially exposed, shimmered with silver scales. As the leader of the entire group and also its strongest member, the Silver Scale King possessed ample patience: "The Star Tower is filled with countless alien races; there will be plenty of opportunities!"

They have been together for over five thousand years and are very familiar with each other.

Upon hearing this, the two rock creatures immediately understood that the Silver Scale King meant he didn't want to hear them nagging about missing their prey again. They exchanged a glance and obediently shut up.

"Buzz~"

Suddenly, a spatial fluctuation came from afar, and the three of them turned to look at the distance.

"Prey's here!" The Silver Scale King's eyes gleamed with ferocity. "Let's go see their strength. If they're not strong, then we'll devour them!"

"Tsk-ka!" The two powerful members of the Qiuyan Clan roared excitedly, their eyes flashing with ferocity.

However, they dared not act rashly before the Silver Scale King made a move. Firstly, they already knew how terrifying the Silver Scale King was, and secondly, they did not know the strength of their opponent. If the opponent was stronger than them, they would only be asking for trouble.

Two figures suddenly appeared amidst the swirling snow.

The three Silver Scale Kings examined him carefully.

"It's human!"

"It's the human Blade King! And the Nanga King. I've long heard that the human Blade King and the human super genius Luo Shen are suspected to be the same person. Judging from their relationship, it is indeed possible. They both suddenly appeared in the extraterritorial battlefield."

The expressions of the two powerful members of the Qiuyan Clan changed slightly.

Whether it's Blade King or Nanga King, although they've only recently emerged on the extraterritorial battlefield, their reputations are considerable. For them, they are definitely not easy targets to provoke.

However, whether or not to give up ultimately depends on the Silver Scale King's decision.

"Silver Scale King, I never expected it to be you."

Luo Shen laughed heartily and moved swiftly, appearing almost instantly not far from the Silver Scale King and his two companions.

"I never expected to run into Blade King here. It seems we're truly destined to be enemies!" Silver Scale King's laughter was shrill, making one's ears feel a little uncomfortable. At the same time, Silver Scale King secretly transmitted his voice: "Later, you guys hold off Nanga King. After I deal with Blade King, we'll join forces to deal with Nanga King!"

In Silverscale King's opinion, Luo Shen Blade King's reputation was not as great as that of Nan Jia King, and he could easily deal with him alone.

Although the two powerful members of the Qiuyan Clan were of average strength, their combined strength was enough to hold off a King of Nanga.

If we can deal with the newly emerging human Blade King and Nanga King, the rewards will definitely be substantial. After all, almost all human kings have powerful backers, and having a background means having abundant wealth. Killing one human king with a background is more profitable than killing five alien kings!

Both sides were filled with murderous intent.

Yan Na stood beside Luo Shen, and suddenly waved her hands, her divine power instantly spreading around them.

Space lockdown!

The reason why Xuanmu King and Killing King were not allowed to come out first was because they were worried about scaring the enemy away. Now that the spatial blockade has been formed, they cannot teleport, so it is time to reap the rewards!

(End of this chapter)