Ganwu, We'll Hold Them Off for You

On the call was an alien venerable with purple skin and a silver scalp.

"Qian Wu, we've been friends for hundreds of millions of years. I know how hard things have been for you..."

"I heard you went to the Primal Star again? I think you should come back soon. We both have eternal life. You can take your time paying me back!"

"I'm not rushing you, but going to the Primal Star alone is dangerous!"

He was Venerable Zihua, one of Qian Wu's few close friends—and one of his creditors. Qian Wu had a good reputation, so even though he had owed them money for so long, no one had forced him to repay it.

Instead, they were urging him not to venture somewhere as dangerous as the Primal Star. Yang Hao was rather touched.

"Haha, Zihua, don't worry. If I dared to come to the Primal Star, naturally, I have some confidence," Yang Hao said with a laugh. "If I'm lucky, I should be able to pay you back before long. Perhaps we can even explore the Primal Star together then."

The alien venerable on the screen fell silent. They were all powerful beings who had lived for hundreds of millions of years, not children prone to tantrums. Since Qian Wu was confident, he must have encountered some other opportunity.

"Hmm... still, be careful, Qian Wu!" Zihua reminded him one last time.

That was not the end of it. Several of Qian Wu's other creditors called as well, urging him not to act rashly. He could repay the money slowly. If he died again, things would only get worse.

"Seriously, who leaked the news?"

Time passed. The Primal Star would remain open for a thousand eras, which meant that truly precious supreme treasures were exceedingly rare.

Most treasures that emerged were heavy treasure sets, ordinary supreme treasures, and the like, becoming targets for the powerful beings to fight over.

Yang Hao had been on the Primal Star for ten years. Aside from the heavy treasure set he had obtained at the beginning, he had only acquired a few ordinary heavy treasures.

He had sensed the aura of supreme treasures emerging, but the other powerful beings had incredibly sharp senses. By the time Yang Hao arrived, the fighting was already over.

"It doesn't matter. In the universe of Swallowed Star, time is the least valuable thing." Yang Hao sat cross-legged.

He spent his free time comprehending laws or creating secret techniques.

Although Qian Wu had created an ultimate secret technique at the High Universe Venerable tier, that had been Qian Wu's creation, after all. Yang Hao intended to create a secret technique of his own.

Just as he was congratulating himself on being such a genius for creating yet another second-rate secret technique, something happened.

A peculiar aura swept toward him!

"At the very least, it's a heavy treasure set. It might even be a supreme treasure!"

The now-experienced Yang Hao reacted immediately. The aura was very close to his current location, too. He had to fight for it!

Whoosh!

Yang Hao turned into a streak of light and flew off.

"Hmm? A treasure is emerging. It's roughly at the ordinary supreme treasure level!" Not far away, a powerful being from the Starry Sky Beast Alliance was wreathed in flames spanning over a hundred kilometers.

"A treasure's emerging! Go!"

"That treasure is mine!"

Everyone nearby, whether in teams or traveling alone, flew toward it.

Flying over a mountain peak, Yang Hao saw a small island in the middle of a lake. The aura was coming from the island's center.

One corner of a massive Warhammer had already emerged.

"There's only one! It must be a supreme treasure!" Yang Hao was delighted. An offensive supreme treasure in the form of a war hammer would be worth around one supreme treasure point at least.

If he could get four or five of them in a row, he could pay off all his debts!

He shook the jumble of thoughts from his mind and hurried over, hoping to pick up the supreme treasure.

After sending his divine power into it, Yang Hao sensed that the Warhammer was still joined to the island in the lake.

"It hasn't fully emerged yet!"

Some of the more valuable treasures took time to emerge. The more precious the treasure, the longer the process took. Some especially precious treasures even appeared within a temple. Only once a treasure had fully emerged could someone bind it and take it away.

"Human, leave the supreme treasure!"

"Kakaka! There's only one! It's a supreme treasure!"

The first to arrive were two powerful beings from the Northern Border Alliance. Formed by a group of weak races banding together, the alliance had become one of the universe's nine superpowers after inviting a supreme powerhouse to oversee it.

The Northern Border Alliance had many powerful beings. Though they came from weak races, they never bowed their heads. Whenever a treasure emerged, they fought for it like madmen.

This is bad. It's the Northern Border Alliance. Yang Hao's heart tightened. The treasure had not fully emerged, yet alien powerhouses had already arrived.

The Northern Border Alliance had vast numbers. A whole crowd of powerful beings could show up before he knew it. They especially liked group fights-the kind where an entire group ganged up on one person.

Boom!

A wave of scorching heat swept toward them. A figure appeared, its entire body blazing with flames that concealed its true form.

"A Northern Border Alliance team, and a human? Hmph! The supreme treasure is mine!"

"That's Flame Demon Venerable of the Starry Sky Beast Alliance, a Flame Star Beast. They say he has Universe Overlord-level combat strength!" Yang Hao frowned. He had not expected another formidable opponent to arrive.

The powerful starry sky behemoths all had enormous divine bodies. Those from the twelve pinnacle races were especially difficult to handle.

"You think there's no one here to stand up for the Human Race?" A thunderous voice rang out as a team of three human venerables flew over.

"Oh? Qian Wu Country Lord?" The three venerables were somewhat surprised to see Qian Wu.

"I didn't expect to run into Qian Wu Country Lord here." The speaker was Yuan Chen Country Lord, a being as ancient as Qian Wu who ruled the Yuanchen Universe Kingdom.

"Yuan Chen." Yang Hao hurried to greet him.

The pressure was overwhelming. Fortunately, a human team had arrived.

"Oh? Four human powerhouses? How interesting!" The flames surrounding Flame Demon Venerable roiled.

Then his flame-shrouded body abruptly expanded! In an instant, his divine body grew to thousands of kilometers in size. The flames took the form of a giant dragon and attacked Yang Hao.

"Qian Wu! We'll hold him off. Hurry and get the supreme treasure!" Yuan Chen Country Lord hastily transmitted.

A hazy light spread out from the three powerful beings, instantly enveloping tens of millions of kilometers of space.

"A domain-type heavy treasure!" The two venerables from the Northern Border Alliance narrowed their eyes.

"What powerful resistance! It must be a top-grade domain-type heavy treasure!"

"The Human Race really is a walking treasure trove!"

With the domain treasure restraining them, the two Northern Border Alliance venerables became less inclined to fight for the treasure.

This high-grade domain-type heavy treasure was worth as much as an ordinary supreme treasure. It could suppress every enemy within its range, considerably weakening their combat strength.

"Forget it. There's no one else from our Northern Border Alliance nearby. Let the humans and the starry sky behemoth fight!"

Seeing little chance of success, the Northern Border Alliance team did not linger. The human team had a domain treasure, while Flame Demon Venerable was a newly ascended Universe Overlord. Their chances of taking the supreme treasure were slim.

Hurry, hurry! Yang Hao was anxious. Why had the supreme treasure still not fully emerged?

Beichen and the others are all High Universe Venerables. They're no match for Flame Demon Venerable, but with their domain-type heavy treasure, they can buy me some time.

The powerful beings of the Starry Sky Beast Alliance all had enormous divine bodies, much larger even than those of the demon race, making them exceptionally troublesome. They burned their divine power at the slightest provocation. What could anyone do? Their divine bodies were simply that huge.

"Damn it! Accursed members of the Human Race!" Held back by Venerable Beichen and the others, Flame Demon Venerable could not seize the supreme treasure.

"Burn divine power!"

In an instant, endless flames engulfed the area, and fiery attacks poured down like a raging storm.

"Hmph! You think you're the only one who can burn divine power?"

Country Lord Beichen and the other two burned their divine power as well. Fueled by even stronger divine power, the domain treasure's suppression intensified, its range expanding to nearly a hundred million kilometers.

In a brief instant, the four powerful beings exchanged hundreds of blows.

"Qian Wu, is it ready yet? We can't hold on much longer!" Beichen's voice reached him.

Their opponent was a Universe Overlord, after all. The three had only held him back for a short while, yet they were already struggling terribly.