Just as the Hufeng Empire, the Rong Bing Empire, and a group of other Undying Deities were locked in a standoff in that Binary Star System, deep within the Ganwu Universe Country, inside a vermillion-red, pyramid-shaped cosmic spaceship, a crisp child-like voice suddenly rang out:
"Boss, my intelligent clone sent word that over at the Hufeng Empire side, Iron Sword is already about to make a move. The two God Sovereigns of the Rongbing Empire are merely middle-to-high-level Immortal Military Lords, so they definitely won't be a match for Iron Sword!"
Following the voice, inside the main control cabin of this vermillion-red warship, the Meteorite Star Ship, a demon child with two horns on his head and sharp fangs stood within a virtual screen, excitedly recounting the news from afar.
Along with the demon child's crisp, excited cries, in front of the virtual screen, the corners of the mouth of a human youth who looked to be in his twenties or thirties also gradually broke into a smile.
This was a man dressed in gorgeous black robes, under two meters in tallness, with a slender build, handsome features, and a pair of slender, slanted eyes that were extremely gentle and feminine, carrying a strange, heart-cleansing charm about his entire person.
His name was Hu Yanbo, and he was the sole master of the Meteorite Star Ship, a major power in the universe.
Right now, Hu Yanbo was in a very happy mood:
"Very good. Even if we cannot obtain the inheritance of that Marquis Yuchen, the opening bid from the Universe Mercenary Alliance should still be around six or seven million Hunyuan Units. By then, once we get sixty-five percent of it, our financial problems will be largely resolved."
Over these past years, Hu Yanbo's days had always been quite tight.
For the auxiliary plant life Cloud-Contact Vine to advance to undying, and to custom-order the F9-Class Red Mixed Copper Mother spaceship, the Meteorite Star Ship, each one was extremely expensive. Coupled with the fact that Hu Yanbo had only lived for over six thousand epochs so far, his accumulation of wealth fell far short of ordinary Marquis Undying.
Merely the expenses to enhance his strength had consumed a massive amount of the wealth of this noble five-star customer of the Universe Galaxy Bank, leaving him unable to even pull out four million Hunyuan Units right now.
"Congratulations, Master! Several million Hunyuan Units will soon be credited!"
"That Marquis Yuchen is also unlucky, having his soul severely injured by an undying Zerg queen. His entire assets have provided a lot of help to Master, at least."
"Master will definitely be even more powerful than that Marquis Yuchen in the future!"
"That goes without saying. Master is a soul master, after all, and his soul techniques have already infinitely approached the marquis level!"
Hu Yanbo's attitude immediately caused the other seven Undying Deities around him to burst into laughter. They were all Hu Yanbo's Soul Servants, and at this moment, they were all respectfully flattering him.
Hu Yanbo took great satisfaction in this.
He felt that his strength was about to usher in an explosive period in these coming years; all he needed to do was accumulate wealth, trade for a high-tier soul secret technique in the Extraterrestrial Battlefield military merit system, and then successfully enslave some World Master Level Zerg queen as a soul slave...
"Boss, something isn't right!"
Just as Hu Yanbo was daydreaming about his vast future, he found that the expression of the Intelligent Lifeform under his command—the little demon Babata—was somewhat solemn as it cried out in a low voice.
"What is it, Babata?" Hu Yanbo hurriedly asked.
What he cared about was not merely the inheritance of that fallen marquis-level Undying Deity Marquis Yuchen, but also that Iron Sword Marquis who was currently on the battlefield.
As things stood right now, Iron Sword Marquis was the biggest asset and trump card in Hu Yanbo's hands, and his combat power even exceeded Hu Yanbo's own, so he absolutely could not afford any mishaps.
"Boss, the two God Sovereigns of the Rongbing Empire found a very formidable helper. He actually blocked Iron Sword head-on-no, he's suppressing him!"
As an Intelligent Lifeform, Babata's voice actually carried a hint of urgency.
"What? Did they find some marquis-level entity as well?" Hu Yanbo frowned, his expression turning somewhat unsightly.
Given his current economic state, he really needed those few million Hunyuan Units.
Hearing this, Babata's child-like face twisted slightly before it spoke in a low voice:
"No, not any marquis powerhouse, but a... World Lord!"
"Swish!"
As the words fell, the imagery inside the main control room of the Meteorite Star Ship immediately changed, and the surrounding 100% external visual simulation turned into another vast expanse of starry sky.
In that starry sky, two types of law forces resembling cosmic tides were surging violently.
On one side was a decadent man wearing grayish-black Divine Battle Armor and wielding a plain iron sword. Ripples of the laws of gold and space surged all over his body, and every sword strike possessed the power to cleave stars.
It was none other than Hu Yanbo's Marquis-level Soul Servant, Iron Sword Marquis.
Standing in opposition to Iron Sword Marquis was a tall youth holding a pitch-black, deep war spear.
That man seemed to be blessed with some special combat secret technique, as both his entire person and his weapon, the war spear, seemed to have transformed into boundless black holes, possessing unparalleled density, mass, and unimaginable gravitational pull.
The black-hole-like man's comprehension of the Space Origin Laws even surpassed that of Iron Sword Marquis. Every time the war spear in his hand smashed down, Iron Sword Marquis had nowhere to dodge and could only choose to take the blow head-on, after which he was directly blasted flying.
The dynamic of the two men's battle was very clear-cut; it was evident that the spear-wielding man had completely suppressed Iron Sword Marquis.
"That's... a World Lord?!"
Such a scene left Hu Yanbo, far away at the edge of heaven, and the other seven undying-level soul slaves under his command gaping in astonishment, feeling a sense of suffocation for a moment.
They were all Undying Deities and could tell at a glance that although the spear-wielding man had the upper hand, the internal energy he utilized was lower-grade than that of Iron Sword Marquis. It was not divine power, but merely World Force.
Yet a powerhouse at the mere World Master Level had actually completely suppressed Iron Sword Marquis in a head-on battle.
Hu Yanbo swore that in his long life spanning over six thousand epochs, he had never witnessed such an absurd thing.
Although he had once heard claims that certain genius World Lords within the Giant Axe Battle Arena had law comprehension comparable to King-level Immortals, Hu Yanbo had always dismissed them as legends and fabrications.
The chasm between World Lords and Undying Deities stemmed from an absolute gap in life essence. No matter how sturdy an internal world was, its firmness could never compare to an undying god's domain, and the two possessed a chasm-like divide.
Yet at this moment, that legendary kind of World Lord had truly appeared before Hu Yanbo's eyes.
"Guixu: Suppression!"
Amidst his thoughts, Hu Yanbo saw that man let out a low shout. A beam of law light suddenly erupted from the pitch-black war spear in his hand, and the deep power of the Space Origin Laws entwined around it, actually sealing off all of Iron Sword Marquis's movements and forcing him to take the blow head-on.
"Boom!"
Against this strike containing the ultimate mysteries of the laws of earth and space, Iron Sword Marquis only had time to parry slightly before he could no longer withstand it. The Divine Battle Armor on his body was instantly torn apart, and the upper half of his entire body flew horizontally away, while his lower half was shattered into dust by the terrifying force of the laws, resembling mere foam.
What reassured Hu Yanbo, however, was that Iron Sword Marquis seemed unaffected; his shattered lower half transformed into dots of golden light and recovered to a perfect state in an instant.
"Boss, Iron Sword is fine! He told me that the previous strike didn't do much to his undying body!"
Soon, Hu Yanbo heard Babata's shout and relaxed quite a bit.
Iron Sword Marquis was stronger than him. This was reflected not only in combat power, but also in the fact that Iron Sword Marquis had mastered the undying body earlier than him, making him very familiar with this method of high-tier divine power application.
Next was to have Iron Sword Marquis burn 1% of his divine power and use thunderous means to directly defeat that World Lord...
"No, Boss!"
Just as Hu Yanbo was about to give the order, the chubby little face of the Intelligent Lifeform Babata suddenly twisted, and then it cried out in loud alarm:
"Iron Sword says that World Lord's weapon is tempered with divine power venom, and his divine power is starting to show signs of dormancy!"
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