"Lord Baizhu? Of course he's dead. I killed him myself," Han Jue said with a calm smile.
"Impossible!"
Lord Qilan immediately rejected the claim.
How could a Universe Master die so easily? They were beings who had transcended time and space itself, pillars of the most powerful forces in the cosmos. Their deaths weren't something that could happen without shaking the very foundations of the Original Universe.
"Whether it's true or not, why don't you ask the Northern Territory Alliance?" Han Jue had no intention of explaining further.
Lord Qilan must have left a divine power avatar within the Northern Territory Alliance. Asking around would reveal the truth, unless Lord Baizhu had deliberately concealed Han Jue's true strength before his death.
Lord Qilan paused, his consciousness reaching out across the cosmos to verify the claim. A moment later, his eyes widened in shock.
"How is this possible! You possess third-tier combat power? Have you already broken through to Universe Master?"
"What!"
Upon hearing this, Lord Youhou was equally stunned, staring at Han Jue in astonishment.
The gap in combat power between Universe Master tiers was terrifying.
The difference between each tier exceeded even the chasm separating an ordinary Immortal Marquis from an Immortal King, it was almost comparable to an entire major cultivation realm before achieving Universe Master status.
Previously, though Han Jue had been said to rival a Universe Master, most believed he only matched a first-tier Universe Master. After all, Lord Sirius wasn't particularly formidable. He was merely a peak second-tier Universe Master who excelled at self-preservation thanks to his high-grade Arcana, the Sirius Palace.
The gulf between first and third tier was immense.
Even though Lord Youhou had cultivated for an entire cosmic epoch, he'd only reached third-tier Universe Master strength. And Lord Sirius, who'd become a Universe Master in the early stages of the Original Universe's development, still hadn't made any progress after countless eons.
"Lord Youhou, let's attack together!"
Han Jue directly called out to his ally. He deliberately avoided mentioning that Lord Youhou was a disciple of the Lord of Darkness, that connection hadn't been publicly revealed yet.
At this moment, the doors of the treasure hall slowly opened!
"Alright!"
Lord Youhou proved quite decisive. He immediately burned his divine power again, launching a devastating attack toward Lord Qilan!
Whoosh!
Han Jue's domain unfurled like a vast canvas across space!
In an instant, he pulled both Lord Qilan and Lord Youhou into his domain. Lord Youhou was momentarily startled by the sudden shift, but quickly recovered and continued his assault on Lord Qilan!
Heavenly Prison!
Stellar Domain!
With a thought, Han Jue bound both supreme treasures to Lord Qilan simultaneously. Lord Qilan received the same treatment Lord Baizhu had experienced before, but unlike his predecessor, he didn't possess a palace-type supreme treasure to shield himself. He was now directly controlled and immobilized by Han Jue's techniques.
"Excellent!" Lord Youhou's spirits soared as he charged forward excitedly.
Youhou Spear Strike!
With this single attack, Lord Youhou burned 5% of his divine body to deplete 2% of Lord Qilan's divine body.
"Ah!"
Lord Qilan roared in fury.
Under the multiple binding techniques, he couldn't break free and could only be slaughtered where he stood!
"Attack together!"
Lord Youhou shouted.
With his own strength alone, even if he completely exhausted his divine body, he still couldn't kill Lord Qilan!
Though Han Jue's full combat power hadn't yet been revealed, he'd already trapped Lord Qilan in place. Combined with the fact that Lord Baizhu had died at Han Jue's hands, Lord Youhou immediately concluded that Han Jue must possess the ability to truly harm Lord Qilan.
Lord Qilan possessed a top-tier Arcana armor!
Han Jue gritted his teeth.
A top-tier Arcana armor could completely reduce an attack's power to one ten-thousandth of its original strength!
Five Evolutions Sword Qi!
The Five Evolutions Wild Sword materialized in his hand. This high-grade Arcana weapon seemed somewhat inadequate in this level of battle, nowhere near as overwhelming as when he'd first acquired it and used it to cut down Universe Venerables.
After all, ordinary treasures could be crushed at will by Universe Masters.
High-grade Arcana represented the baseline weapons Universe Masters could truly utilize in combat.
Lord Youhou and Lord Qilan, both third-tier Universe Masters, each possessed top-tier Arcana. Han Jue's only top-tier treasure was a special type, the Primordial Universe Model, which, aside from serving as a half-soul treasure, offered no direct combat advantage.
It seemed he needed to take advantage of this opportunity on the Primordial Star to acquire a top-tier Arcana weapon.
Ideally, he could upgrade his armor simultaneously.
Han Jue's current armor remained the Eternal Day Primordial Armor given to him by Lord of Ice Peak. This armor-type treasure had originally been a top-tier Arcana, but due to damage, it had fallen to high-grade Arcana level.
Because it was incomplete, the Eternal Day Primordial Armor might even perform worse than an intact high-grade Arcana armor in higher-level battles, unless it could be repaired.
Those capable of forging top-tier Arcana were extraordinarily rare throughout the cosmos. Those who could repair them might number a few more, but still no more than could be counted on two hands!
Whoosh!
A sword aura descended, but failed to inflict any significant damage on Lord Qilan's divine body.
Lord Qilan was about to utter a mocking retort when he sensed Han Jue's aura suddenly surge.
Chaotic Evolution!
Having consumed a massive amount of divine power, Han Jue burned an enormous quantity of energy, fortunately, his Star Stream Sea clone provided continuous supply. He condensed the power into his Five Evolutions Wild Sword, pushing it to its absolute limit, and unleashed another devastating strike!
Five Evolutions Sword Qi!
This time, the power was clearly incomparable to the previous sword strike.
Lord Qilan's expression turned solemn. It seemed this was Han Jue's trump card for killing Lord Baizhu!
This attack absolutely matched the strongest secret technique a Universe Master could unleash. Lord Baizhu's death was no fluke!
If Han Jue wielded a top-tier Arcana and joined forces with Lord Youhou, they might actually be able to annihilate Lord Qilan here!
Boom!
As the five-colored sword energy descended, the Arcana armor on Lord Qilan's body blazed with brilliant light. Even after the top-tier Arcana armor's weakening effect, this final attack caused Lord Qilan to lose less than 1% of his divine body, clearly still somewhat inferior to Lord Youhou's devastating technique.
But successfully injuring Lord Qilan was already a victory!
Han Jue's divine power far exceeded Lord Qilan's reserves.
Even if this sword strike severely depleted Han Jue's divine body, so what?
In the blink of an eye, Han Jue's divine body recovered to 100%!
His Star Stream Sea clone, separating a portion of its divine body for Han Jue to carry with him, proved more than sufficient.
"Lord Youhou!"
Lord Qilan couldn't restrain himself any longer.
At this rate, he might truly face the danger of perishing!
Lord Qilan didn't possess a backup clone.
If he died here, he would truly be dead, something an exalted Universe Master could not accept.
Lord Youhou gestured for Han Jue to pause his attacks. He didn't intend to actually kill Lord Qilan here. After all, the enmity between Lord Qilan and the human race wasn't particularly deep.
"Lord Youhou, and..."
"Call me Lord of the Void Realm," Han Jue interjected.
Lord Qilan nodded slightly and continued, "Gentlemen, I concede defeat this time. I'm willing to offer a high-grade Arcana to purchase my safe departure from this place. What do you say?"
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