The other Universe Overlords saw Venerable Liangzhu standing with a human, though they had no idea what their relationship was.
Still, standing together meant they were on friendly terms. They might even join forces to fight for the Supreme Treasure later.
One human was manageable, but adding a Special Lifeform made things much harder.
Special Lifeforms were blessed by the universe origin and possessed extraordinary Innate Secret Techniques. Their combat strength could not be underestimated.
"Then I'll call you Qian Wu," Venerable Liangzhu said.
His divine body was enormous. To speak to him, Yang Hao had to fly up to the level of his head, and even then, Yang Hao was smaller than one of his eyes.
"Then can I call you Liang Zhu?" Yang Hao asked.
"Anything works for me." Venerable Liangzhu nodded.
"What do we do when the fighting starts?" Yang Hao asked next.
"When the fighting starts, we'll stand side by side, of course. We're friends," Venerable Liangzhu said. "But among all the Universe Overlords here, the one we need to watch out for most is that fellow from the Machine Race."
"The Machine Race? You mean Venerable Entropyfall?" Yang Hao asked.
Humanity had little information on this Universe Overlord from the Machine Race. All they knew was that he possessed a formidable set of mechanical weapons.
Venerable Liangzhu lowered his head and glanced toward the bald Machine Race member. "Yes. He has an extremely powerful set of mechanical weapons. Universe Overlords with average defenses are no match for him. Even with your High-grade Supreme Treasure armor, you need to be careful."
"Mm, I'll keep that in mind." Yang Hao naturally did not dare let his guard down.
After all, as a pinnacle race, the Machine Race had its own specialties. Its members were united, its technology was advanced, and the mechanical weapons it manufactured were incredibly powerful.
One day passed, then two, then three, yet the grand hall, over a thousand kilometers in diameter, still had not fully emerged.
Nearly all the powerful fighters across half the planet had come. Some had even notified their races, asking nearby fighters to come reinforce them.
"For a top-tier supreme treasure, being a Universe Overlord is only the minimum qualification to compete," Venerable Liangzhu said, watching the hall that had yet to fully emerge from the ground. "Normally, at least some Top Universe Overlords would come to fight for it, perhaps even Universe Masters."
"Let's hope the hall emerges soon. If Top Universe Overlords or even Universe Masters arrive, this Supreme Treasure won't be easy to fight for," Yang Hao said with a slight frown.
"Haha, that's true. With us brothers working together, our chances of taking the Supreme Treasure from other Universe Overlords will naturally be better," Venerable Liangzhu said with a laugh.
Who would not want a top-tier supreme treasure?
If anyone stronger arrived, none of those present would stand a chance.
Rumble!
After a bout of earth-shaking tremors, the grand hall fully emerged. It was over a thousand kilometers in diameter and five hundred kilometers tall.
The hall had eight sides, each with a gate.
All eight gates opened. Each was two hundred kilometers tall and one hundred kilometers wide. Looking in from outside, no one could make out the interior, only wisps of white mist.
"To compete for the Supreme Treasure, enter through the gates." Secret patterns appeared above every gate of the hall. One look was enough for the gathered fighters to understand their meaning.
"Charge!"
"Top-tier supreme treasure, here I come!"
"Time to seize the Supreme Treasure!"
With a thunderous rush, the fighters threw caution to the wind and charged through the gates. What if they got lucky and obtained the Supreme Treasure?
"Let's go!" Venerable Liangzhu shrank his divine body so he could pass through the gate.
The Universe Overlords were closer to the gates and entered first. Most of the Universe Venerables watching from farther back followed them in to join the excitement and try their luck.
After all, the rules for Supreme Treasures that did not emerge out in the open were hard to predict. There had been cases of weaker fighters snatching Supreme Treasures from a crowd of stronger ones.
Boom!
As Yang Hao entered the grand hall, he felt space and time shift, as though he had arrived in another space.
The interior was vast, far larger than it appeared from outside. Liang Zhu immediately expanded his divine body to its maximum size of twelve hundred kilometers.
In this enormous space, they could see no other passage besides the gate behind them.
"Within the grand hall, only one team may survive in each passage. If you wish to claim the Supreme Treasure, survive."
Upon entering the grand hall, they received this message in their minds.
Yang Hao and Liang Zhu exchanged a look and instantly understood each other.
There's no other choice. Looks like we'll have to start slaughtering them right at the gate! Yang Hao thought, taking out the Twisted Lighthouse.
Powered by his divine energy, the Twisted Light enveloped the entire space, with particular attention paid to the entrance.
"Huh? What a huge space!" A team of Venerables entered through the gate, with one at the front craning his neck to look around.
It was his first time entering a Supreme Treasure hall. Everything seemed novel, and he could not help taking a few extra looks.
"This is bad! It's a Domain-type Supreme Treasure! Prepare for battle!" One Venerable sensed something was wrong. Why had his speed dropped? He reacted at once, realizing that the Human Race's Qian Wu Country Lord was using a Domain-type Supreme Treasure.
"Aoo!"
At the tips of Venerable Liangzhu's enormous antlers were a thousand tiny tines. Seven-colored divine energy gathered from those thousand tines, then fired together with a ten-colored beam from his mouth.
The two beams brimmed with destructive power. Before the Venerables who had just entered through the hall's gate could react, they were picked off one by one.
"Run!" The other Venerables had never seen anything like this. The moment they entered the gate, they saw a bizarre divine beast with a divine body over a thousand kilometers long blocking the entrance.
The ten-colored light shooting from his mouth was a death ray.
Venerables without adequate defenses died at the slightest touch. Those with somewhat better defenses merely lasted a little longer.
"Where do you think you're going?" Yang Hao would never let such an opportunity slip away. Controlling the Twisted Light, he charged to the gate and attacked the incoming Venerables.
"Earthquake!"
"Tsunami!"
"Volcano!"
Although his divine body was hundreds of meters tall, it was extraordinarily agile, his movements as elusive as a ghost.
These Venerables tried desperately to dodge Venerable Liangzhu's ten-colored rays while also facing Yang Hao's Turbid Abyss Breath attacks.
With two Universe Overlords taking turns attending to them, how could their good fortune be anything but tremendous?
Rumble!
The hall's gate, one hundred kilometers wide and two hundred kilometers tall, had become a passage of death.
Since those outside could not see what was happening inside, Venerables kept dying within, yet many more continued entering in pursuit of the Supreme Treasure. They even included a Universe Overlord who had arrived late.
"Within the grand hall, only one team may survive in each passage. If you wish to claim the Supreme Treasure, survive."
This Universe Overlord from the Thorn Ring Alliance had long, slender limbs and dozens of bones sprouting from his spine. His face had not a trace of flesh, only a pair of eyes in their sockets. His entire divine body resembled a gigantic skeleton ten kilometers tall.
He called himself "Supreme Skeleton" and had been a Universe Overlord for countless years. The moment he entered the gate, he received a message in his mind.
"What's going on?" Supreme Skeleton saw two powerful fighters bombarding the gate.
Were they playing fucking match-three at the entrance?
This is bad. There are two Universe Overlords here, and I'm alone. I don't think I can beat them. Supreme Skeleton's eyes darted about, and he soon came up with an idea.
"Qian Wu, Liang Zhu, why don't we form a team? With three Universe Overlords, wouldn't our chances of claiming the Supreme Treasure be even higher?" Relying on his formidable strength, Supreme Skeleton moved farther into the passage.
Yang Hao, who was frantically mowing down Venerables at the gate, suddenly heard someone asking to team up.
That was impossible. It was not as though they had a good relationship with this Universe Overlord from the Thorn Ring Alliance. In fact, they had no connection whatsoever.
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