Lord of Ashen Soul

"Hmph, more and more Venerables are passing nearby. Looks like they're about to make their move." Yang Hao watched a squad of Venerables fly past overhead.

First came a squad of Venerables from the Machine Race, then squads from other races. What a coincidence-they all passed just beyond fifty million kilometers from Yang Hao.

They must have been specifically warned. His Domain-type Supreme Treasure's effective radius was exactly fifty million kilometers.

"What pressure!" Venerable Hua Qing entered the Primal Star where Yang Hao currently was through a Vortex Passage. He could not help glancing at the World Ring in his hand.

To avoid attracting attention, Venerable Hua Qing used his Innate Secret Technique to transform into a current of air on the Primal Star. He drifted with the wind, slowly approaching Yang Hao.

What an impressive Innate Secret Technique Venerable Hua Qing has. I only sensed something amiss when he drifted within a hundred thousand kilometers of me. Yang Hao accepted the World Ring Venerable Hua Qing handed him.

Had they not spoken through the Virtual Universe, he probably would not even have known that a Venerable had drifted up beside him.

Venerable Hua Qing then transformed back into a current of air and drifted with the wind, slowly flying toward the horizon.

"The trap is set. Now let's see whether the prey takes the bait!" Yang Hao looked at the World Ring in his hand and, at that moment, felt a crushing pressure.

Whoosh!

A figure flew out of the Vortex Passage in the sky, immediately becoming a streak of light as he accelerated to his maximum speed and flew toward Yang Hao.

His skin resembled crystal, and his divine body stood a kilometer tall. Who else could he be but Venerable Hanjing?

"Venerable Hanjing, have you come to die again?" Yang Hao's anxiety eased, and he immediately taunted him.

"Qian Wu, I remember killing you three times in a row before. I merely got careless and let you kill me once. By my count, you've still died more often." Venerable Hanjing snorted and launched into a war of words.

"You really are thick-skinned. No, wait-you're an energy lifeform. You don't even have a face. If you can count that as a win, you must be getting tired of winning." Yang Hao laughed. "I happened to see a video. Want to take a look?"

Without waiting for a reply, Yang Hao condensed his divine power, and an image appeared in the air.

"Spare my life! I'm willing to hand over all my Supreme Treasures!" Venerable Hanjing's voice echoed through the air.

"You..." Venerable Hanjing's expression changed drastically. Yang Hao had opened with his biggest move-how was he supposed to respond to that?

"Enough. Today is the day you die!" Venerable Hanjing's expression shifted slightly, and he said no more.

Boom!

An immensely towering figure appeared, roughly twenty thousand kilometers tall and two hundred thousand kilometers long. His enormous body had eighteen hoofed claws like pillars holding up the sky, along with four thick, long arms. His whole body resembled a bizarre reptile, and four extraordinarily long, fifty-thousand-kilometer feelers extended from his head.

He... was the Lord of Ashen Soul, a powerful being the Machine Alliance had recruited only after offering him countless benefits.

The Lord of Ashen Soul was a special lifeform born when the universe itself came into existence.

Special lifeforms possessed enormous divine bodies and extraordinarily high gene multipliers. They were powerful, but a special lifeform who had cultivated to the Universe Master level was truly formidable.

While he was still a Universe Venerable, the Machine Race had recruited him into the Machine Alliance.

The Lord of Ashen Soul possessed an enormous divine body and an astonishing gene multiplier of eight thousand! Even as a Universe Venerable, he had possessed the strength of a Top Universe Overlord.

Not long ago, he had advanced further, stepping into the ranks of Universe Masters.

As a unique special lifeform recruited by the Machine Alliance, he should not have lacked Supreme Treasures. Yet he had still come with Venerable Hanjing.

"You said his divine body grew larger, and his divine power was twelve times as pure as yours?" the Lord of Ashen Soul asked.

"Yes, Lord of Ashen Soul," Venerable Hanjing hurriedly replied. "Who knows what extraordinary opportunity that human Qian Wu encountered? His strength has increased tremendously lately. His divine power is exceptionally pure, and his gene multiplier already rivals that of many special lifeforms!"

"In that case, I'll have another powerful soul slave!" The Lord of Ashen Soul nodded in satisfaction.

As a special lifeform, he not only possessed an enormous divine body but also had a soul-related Innate Secret Technique. After becoming a Universe Master, his Soul Attacks had become exceptionally powerful.

He also commanded many powerful soul slaves. Although he had only just become a Universe Master, his actual strength already surpassed the Demon Race's Lord of Sky Wolf and was not much weaker than the human Lord of Ice Peak's.

It's the Lord of Ashen Soul! Yang Hao's gaze sharpened. He had originally expected a Top Universe Overlord or a weaker Universe Master to come hunting him. He had not anticipated such a formidable opponent.

The Lord of Ashen Soul is a special lifeform with an enormous divine body and a gene multiplier of eight thousand! In terms of divine body strength alone, he surpasses most Universe Masters, and he also possesses an exceptionally powerful soul-related Innate Secret Technique. Still, Yang Hao was not nervous. Since he had dared to come out and face his enemies, he had made plenty of preparations.

"Qian Wu, do you have any last words?" Beside the Lord of Ashen Soul, Venerable Hanjing looked like a tiny speck. He could no longer conceal the smile on his face.

"Haha, Venerable Hanjing, what impressive connections you have, to be able to bring a Universe Master here." Yang Hao laughed. "But isn't it a little too early to say that?"

"Human... I hear that you not only possess many Supreme Treasures, but your divine power is also exceptionally pure-twelve times as pure as an ordinary Universe Overlord's. How did you continue increasing your gene multiplier?" The Lord of Ashen Soul's four fifty-thousand-kilometer feelers swayed in the wind. His compound-like eyes seemed to hold limitless mesmerizing power as he stared at Yang Hao.

A Universe Venerable with an ordinary will would probably have fallen into an illusion merely from meeting that gaze.

The Lord of Ashen Soul already had an exceptionally high gene multiplier. Although he could continue increasing it after becoming a Universe Master, the cost would be immense. Naturally, he wanted to see whether there was some method of increasing it that he did not know about.

"Lord of Ashen Soul, I hear your gene multiplier is eight thousand. Now that you've become a Universe Master, it must be even higher, right? Why would you take an interest in a mere Venerable like me, whose multiplier is only a little over a thousand?" Yang Hao's will was extraordinarily firm, at least at the level of a Top Universe Overlord. He met the Lord of Ashen Soul's compound eyes without a trace of fear.

"Interesting. You're not afraid of me?" The Lord of Ashen Soul moved his enormous divine body, drawing right up in front of Yang Hao.

"I fear nothing, so naturally, I'm not afraid." Yang Hao raised his head to look at the Universe Master before him.

"Very well. Once you become my soul slave, I'll know everything." As the Lord of Ashen Soul spoke, all four feelers on his head lit up simultaneously.

Countless strands of law power condensed, and his compound eyes shone as well.

"Innate Secret Technique, Ashen Soul's Sorrow!"

Rumble!

An incredibly powerful surge of incorporeal psychic force poured from the Lord of Ashen Soul's feelers and enormous compound eyes. It took the forms of countless bizarre weapons and attacked Yang Hao's soul directly.

What a powerful Soul Attack. This is a real eye-opener! Watching from the side, Venerable Hanjing felt his heart tremble at the sight of that formidable Soul Attack.

The Lord of Ashen Soul had opened with his strongest Soul Attack. The Innate Secret Technique bestowed upon him by the Primal Universe had grown stronger as his cultivation advanced.

Even a weaker Universe Master would probably suffer considerable damage from Ashen Soul's Sorrow without a Soul-type Supreme Treasure protecting their soul.

"Being struck by my strongest move is a blessing for you." The Lord of Ashen Soul was quite proud of his Innate Secret Technique.

"Block it!" The Soul Attack, transformed into countless weapons, battered Yang Hao's soul relentlessly.

Yang Hao focused his will and resisted the Soul Attack with all his strength.

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